LZ looks up from the butterfly he's currently working on to gift to his mother when he's back home. He may look too serious for a toddler, but his eyes instantly light up at the sight of his best friend.
"Wei Ying." Joy clear in his voice.
"Lan Zhan look!" WY says as he plops himself on the chair next to LZ's and holds out his tiny hand. In it, there's a flower that LZ has seen a couple of times but doesn't know it's name.
"Mama said you can make a wish with this!" WY continues.
At this, LZ responds with an "Oh", soft but full of wonder.
"Here!" WY takes LZ's hand and places the flower on it, he then takes his other hand and makes LZ hold the flower with both hands in front of him.
"You have to make a wish and then blow it, so the white things go flying!"
LZ gasps, "Like my butterfly?" He looks at WY who in turn, also seems to process the possibility and his smile becomes impossibly wider.
"Yes! Burerfly and white things fly high!" WY exclaims.
LZ looks at the flower again and then turns to WY. "Wei Ying wants the wish?"
"No! I found it for Lan Zhan! I carried it with me aaaaall the way just for you!" He says, clearly proud of himself.
LZ looks back at the flower still in his hands and smiles at it.
"Go on, make wish!" WY whispers loudly.
LZ doesn't take much time to think of one, so he breathes in and out, and whispers to the flower "I wish that Wei Ying and I can be together forever."
He then blows as muchas he can to make sure all the white little things fly away.
He hears WY giggle next to him. When LZ turns, he sees his best friend hiding his smile behind his hands. "Silly Lan Zhan, you don't need to wish that. I'll always be with you no mader what!"
LZ smiles at WY, "Just in case."
-.-.-
"A-Die! Baba! Look! Funny flower!"
LZ looks up from his computer, where he's been grading his student's homework. WY, who was sprawled on the sofa next to him, reading some horror book, also looks up before sitting up.
"Wow, well aren't you a lucky one, little radish!" WY says.
A-Yuan finally gets to his parents and LZ instantly puts his PC aside to carry A-Yuan up and place him on WY's lap.
"What is it?" A-Yuan asks.
"It's a wishing flower, bunny. You can make a wish with it." LZ explains.
A-Yuan gasps as he holds the flower in front of him, his eyes fully wide.
"How can I make the wish?"
"You have to hold it as you're doing, make your wish, and then blow as much as you can, so the little white things fly away." WY explains.
"Wow!" A-Yuan exclaims before he frowns lightly and looks up at his parents. "But will it really work?"
"Of course it will! Look your A-Die made a wish when we were kids and it worked!" WY says before turning to LZ and winking at him.
LZ looks at his husband with inconceivable fondness, unable to not smile at his small family.
"Oh, then I wish... For all of us to be happy together, forever!" A-Yuan exclaims before blowing on the flower and making the white things fly away.
WY's laughter echoes through the room. "Oh radish, you're just like your father!"
LZ looks at WY and at A-Yuan's confused expression. He lets a huff escape his lips before pulling both his husband and his son in a tight hug.
These flowers really can make wishes come true.
The end!! ✨
(Hi, if you've read this far, thank you so much!!!
This Threadfic was made in honor of @/flowerofgusu 's bday! 🎉✨✨✨ )
(I must admit tho... I was this close: 👌🏻 to writing something angsty today haha, but no angst during birthdays, no no! ... Maybe some other day hehe 🤭)
You know? For the past couple of days since I read this, I kept thinking about this thread and I believe it pin points exactly what made MDZS elevate my standards for romance, what I struggled to put into words, and why romance in film/shows feels bland in comparison to me.
Because, ok, in these past few weeks, I've re watched a couple of movies that help me compare this to what the OP says in the thread.
The first example is HTTYD.
I love that movie, I really do, but when I watched it two weeks ago, there was a certain detail that felt off to me,
and it was the Hiccup/Astrid "subplot" because while yeah... It's not super developed and it's not supposed to be the center of attention, I think what makes me go :/ is how Hiccup says in the begging "killing (X) dragon would definitely get me a girlfriend",
WWX left the Cloud Recesses a little over a year ago, after his fight with JZX so there's no reason why he'd be in Gusu.
But there he is anyway, looking at the bunnies surrounding LWJ as he keeps them company with so much awe that it makes LWJ's heart skip a beat.
LWJ looks back at WWX, taking in the sight of this dream's version of him: wearing his sect's purple robes, unlike the white ones he'd been wearing during his stay in Gusu, his red ribbon and those bright eyes that shine under the sunlight.
WY has been acting strange all night, but it can't be because of the mistletoes... right?
It's a bit silly to think about it like that, but LZ has noticed that, with every mistletoe he puts away, WY seems to get... Nervous? Sad?? Upset???
And it's not because LZ is doing it to bother WY, but he's... Afraid. He doesn't want to be under the mistletoe at a party with so many people around, with who knows who, and at the same time, he also doesn't want WY to kiss someone else...
It's selfish, yes... For WY and for everyone else in the party, but LZ has noticed this strange atmosphere surrounding his roommate and him when they're both alone. He has noticed the way WY looks at him from across the room and looks away as quickly as possible when caught.
"He loves me, he loves me not.
He loves me, he loves me not.
He loves me...
He loves me not."
LZ sighs as he looks at the last petal, reminding him of what he can't have.
He knows this is ridiculous, to have a flower decide what another person feels about him, but... it gives him a bit of hope. The first time he tried, he didn't think to much about it, but he had gotten a good result, and it made him feel... Like there was a tiny chance.
He felt like it was possible that the man with the brightest smile in the world could feel something for someone like him.
He hasn't gotten that same result again, and yet, he still tries.
He doesn't cheat nor counts the petals beforehand.
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