#ashinlae

SO glad to be of service katherine 🙏 i haven't stopped thinking about them ever since i randomly got the urge to make gifs

no but seriously what's going on here. i need to know

comfort movies: The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity 🤍 | the Lord of the Rings trilogy 💕

comfort food drink: hot water

comfort clothes accessory: my One Ring replica 💍  

comfort songs: anything by NCT | Deng Lun - 癡情冢 | Zhou Shen - 大鱼 

comfort books: anything by Tolkien | S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders

comfort games: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

comfort shows: Due South | Arthdal Chronicles | Legend of Fei

+ comfort persons: Deng Lun 💖 | all NCT members

Happy belated Valentine's Day! Did you know that hanwenzhou invented love? <3

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14. “Why do you always have to be so cute when you’re frowning?”

The argument has been going on for a good quarter of an hour now, not that anyone besides Han Ying is counting. Whatever poor, optimistic soul decided that a holiday celebrating romance and love was going to bring people in relationships closer together, had clearly never met his partners, who treat it like a blood sport.

“Lao Wen,” Zhou Zishu growls. “If you walk out of the door with this abomination on your head, I’m getting a divorce.”

Bold words coming from the man who matched a white dress shirt with blue basketball shorts, Han Ying thinks. The abomination in question is a pair of bubblegum pink heart-shaped sunglasses. They are without a doubt an odd, but oddly fitting, accompaniment to Wen Kexing's red velvet suit.

“Do you have something against love, A-Xu?” Wen Kexing demands, imperiously looking down his nose at Zhou Zishu through the glasses.

Maybe it will be a good thing if they don't make their reservations. Then Han Ying won't have to make uncomfortable and apologetic eye contact with their server while these two inevitably keep the theatrics up throughout the entirety of their dinner.

“Me? Not at all,” Zhou Zishu shoots back. “If not for love, how else would I put up with your bullshit?”

The question is delivered in such a scathing tone that it takes Wen Kexing a moment to register what Zhou Zishu said. His eyes widen comically, and he gives an exaggerated gasp, launching himself at Zhou Zishu and trapping him against the hallway wall.

“A-Xu,” he coos. “Such a romantic. I love you too.”

The very tips of his ears are red, Han Ying notes.

Zhou Zishu huffs. “Pest. Don't start.”

“You're so cute. I can't help myself,” Wen Kexing says gleefully. “No, stop frowning! It just makes you cuter. Why do you always have to be so cute when you’re frowning?”

“I am not–”

“Ying'er, isn't our A-Xu cute?”

“Every bit as cute as you, Kexing-ge,” Han Ying says, and turns away, chuckling to himself as Wen Kexing starts spluttering. He gives the both of them a pointed look and holds the door open. “Ready?”

“Sorry, Ying'er,” Zhou Zishu says with an impenitent grin. “I was ready an hour ago, but this peacock needed to get dressed up.”

“You were napping an hour ago,” Han Ying tells him, and opens the door wider.

Wen Kexing is either mollified by this or else just decides to take pity on Han Ying, because he laughs brightly and loops an arm through Zhou Zishu's, guiding him outside. Han Ying is barely afforded a moment to lock the door behind them before Zhou Zishu is tugging at him, wrapping his free arm around Han Ying's waist. It's a precious few moments of companionable silence until they reach the car.

And then, of course, Wen Kexing says, “A-Xu, give me the keys.”

Han Ying lets out a long sigh.

“What for?” Zhou Zishu says.

“So I can drive, of course.”

“I'm driving. If you want the keys, take off the glasses.”

“If you wanted me to take off the glasses, you should have worn real pants. And I’m driving.”

“Zishu-ge,” Han Ying interrupts. “If you let me drive, you and Kexing-ge can make out in the back.”

The keys are in Han Ying's hands in an instant. He unlocks the car and smirks at Wen Kexing.

“Ying'er does have the best ideas,” Wen Kexing murmurs, a calculating look in his eye. “A-Xu, I’m feeling magnanimous. You can drive on the way back.”

“Absolutely not,” Zhou Zishu says, and shoves him into the back seat. “You just want to get first me and then Ying'er to yourself, do you think I can't see through you?”

Han Ying laughs. He wasn't thinking so far ahead when he made the suggestion, but this gives him something to look forward to regardless of who wins the argument.

“Hey,” Zhou Zishu says, halting him as he makes for the driver’s seat. “What would we do without you?”

The look he gives Han Ying is so soft that Han Ying struggles to meet his gaze without squirming.

“Get a taxi and victimize your driver?” he offers wryly.

Zhou Zishu furrows his brows. “Probably true, but not what I meant.”

“I know,” Han Ying says. “And Kexing-ge was right, you are cute when you frown.”

you were saying? 🥺

OKAY LISTEN HI ASH BUT I HAVE SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR THIS @talays-portkey DECIDED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO SPAM ME WITH THE OST AND PROCEEDED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH LIFE I JUMPED INTO THIS. DIVED. HEADS FIRST TO BE MORE PRECISE AND NOW I AM ON A HUNT FOR ANY PIECE OF CONTENT I CAN FIND KSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSK HELP

IM THIS 🤏🏼 TO BUYING THE NOVEL AT THIS POINT. I AM LOSING MY MIND AND WELL Y’ALL WILL DEAL WITH THAT SKSKSKKSKSKSKSSK

btw, is the novel that much different? i mean, it definitely is cause censorship and whatnot. i need all the novel details plsssssss 🫣

@dual-domination also asked for xxc

daozhang gets an honorary bingo because i said so <3