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jian yi: gay panic
zhan zheng xi: hidden gay panic
he tian: protective mode
mo guan shan: self-concious, but loved
he tian: excuse me everyone, SEX! now that i have your attention...
mo guan shan: you don't have our attention.
he tian: MONEY!
mo guan shan: i'm listening.
jian yi: you had me at sex.
he tian: pervert.
zhan zheng xi: you have our attention just by screaming anything.
he tian: good to know. AAAAAAAAAAA
did I understand correctly that the whole 19 days fandom quietly agrees that future-mo guan shan usually sleeps on he tian's chest? and when tian has nightmares, he buries himself in the redhead's neck, and redhead hugs him and kisses the top of his head? and little mo loves when tian sneaks up and unexpectedly embraces and pecks him while he cooks, but still feigns annoyance? and that they can't watch a movie properly because they're always distracted by each other?
i like that.
he tian: what the hell are you doing there?
mo guan shan, standing on the table: it's my place too! i can stand where i want!
he tian, sighing: where's the spider?
mo guan shan: ...near the fridge.
He Tian would buy kitchen fornitures based on how Mo would look like bent on them. Like even the height of the table, the material, the roughness of it's shape. I feel like it would be the only help he could give to house shopping. Mo's having a tough time getting railed on a too high counter? He must change that. Mo's getting stung and scratches on the top of his tighs because of the sharpness of that table? He must throw that away and buy a soft edged one. It will be like that sometimes. (I hope it's understandable, English's not my first XO)
redhead's over 30, and he still sweats blood — mom is already 54, now it's difficult for her to work as much as before. they live in a cheap shitty apartment on the outskirts of the city. guan shan knows perfectly well how dangerous these streets can be, but he can't do anything about it. he just needs money. they need.
one night mo notices an unconcious man lying next to a garbage dump. it's dark and windy, so redhead decides to help, before anything happens to this poor guy.
the thing is, something has already happened.
_
mo guan shan doesn't understand what's going on. he is hot, and cold, and exhausted, and hungry... and that vile noise in the back of his mind. guan shan thinks he is going to die. guan shan hopes his mother will get out of this filthy hole and live a happy long life.
_
eventually, he's still almost fine. his mom seems ok with black shiny tendrils appearing right out of his skin all the fucking time, she's ok with a bloody alien parasite living inside of her son and dating (?) him. sometimes it seems to redhead that she likes this chickendick better than him. charming bastard.
tian doesn't like to work or deal with other people without chopping off their heads, but for the sake of a separate apartment with good sound isolation and for his other, he is ready to do anything.
the end?.. a little crumpled, but i tried really hard, because english is not my first language🖤
mo guan shan: you're a moron.
he tian: then you're a moronsexual, cause you love me.
mo guan shan: and who are you then?
he tian: i'm a mosexual.
*he tian and mo guan shan are talking to each other*
jian yi: i hate to admit this out-loud, but they're really cute together.
zhan zheng xi: yes, they are.
jian yi: i'd put them in a boat.
zhan zheng xi: …you mean you ship them?
jian yi: yeah…
i was rereading 19 days for the hundredth time and noticed something...
we saw redhead's smile.
the evil one but anyway!