Just throwing that out there....

Oooooooo yeaaaahhhh

As fun as Jing laughing so hard he throws himself into labor would be, I have a better idea.

ERLANG.

Erlang and Jing are roughly 3-4 months apart, so Erlang has already seen the HELL that Jing is put through. He’s kinda nervous, especially since he and Macawue decided to keep the babies gender a suprise until the birth, but it’s fine! It’s only one baby, so it won’t be as bad!

But back to labor! How does one laugh so hard? Well, let’s just say that Erlang had been having a shitty day. His back hurt to hell and back, the store was out of his favorite caramel ice cream, and he and Syntax had been tistling over the fact that Erlang wanted to move around more now that he was in 9 months, but syntax wanted him to rest.

Then Wukong tries to breakup the fight, and ends up tripping and falling into the lake by accident. Erlang has no idea why, but the shriek the monkey let out just tickled Erlang the right way, and he started laughing his ass off!

And then his water broke.

Cue much screaming and panicking, and Erlang being taken to the celestial er for delivery! Thankfully labor wasn’t very long, only about 7 hours (unlike a certain progoda king), after which he gave birth to a beautiful baby boy!

I will probably never finish this because I hate drawing macaque (and Wukong as well but oh well I’ll get used to it)

Look at the SKRUNKS

God they’re so in love

Some Guy: "Don't tell Macaque I'm the one that told you this..."

Wukong: "?"

Some Guy: "But he's cheating on you with ERLANG SHEN of all people!!!"

Wukong: "..."

Some Guy: "I know it SOUNDS crazy but! Erlang is carrying his child! Macaque has been attending ALL OF HIS APPOINTMENTS!!!"

Wukong: *lols so hard he loses an immortality*

Some Guy: "What? How is any of this funny?"

lol some poor shmuck be trying to start drama and just- doesn’t understand how poly relationships work 🤣

You know what would be even funnier? If some celestials, with only the knowledge of their ainchent times, look at his situation “OH SH- Sun Wukong is building a harem?!” And… well in their context it’s wrong.

Wait weren’t harems like, just the place where all the women and kids stayed in the palace?? So the personal family “wing” would technically be seen as the “harem”……..Huh.

Anyway, tangent over, to the outside celestials, it looks like Wukong has pulled Erlang in as a concubine! This, of course, sparks WILD rumors. Including the idea that the baby isn’t macaques, but Wukongs.

But also, wasn’t relations between concubines forbidden in some places? Idk about china but pretty sure. So Erlang potentially “cheating” and having Macaques baby only adds fuel to the fire!

Meanwhile poor Erlang has no idea about this. Wukong would def tell Mac, bc FUNNY, but they’d keep it away from the preggo to keep his stress levels down.

How do they decide what the baby will call each of them?

It’s a bit complicated but basically:

Erlang: Mommy - 妈妈 (Mama)

Macaque: Dad - 爸爸 (Baba)

Wukong: Pa - 帕 (Pa)

Erlang has to deal with THREE partners doting on him!

Oooooh yeah! Oof I would love and hate it at the same time.

One partner hovering is bad enough, but three? Erlang is losing his mind! He’s so used to being independent, and hates feeling like he’s being treated like he’s fragile! It’s coming from a place of love, but you gotta remember that demons are VERY protective of their partners. It’s worse when they are expecting. Even if not lovers directly, even if just it’s just a QPR between him and Wukong + Syntax, the latter two are still terribly protective.

It’s nice in some reguards though. He has less chores, he can get them to fetch whatever cravings he has at the drop of a hat, and can get his way just by flashing his sad eyes bc they are WEAK to pregnant partner(Wukong/syntax) and mate(macaque). Erlang gets messages, and foot rubs, and just general pampering.

Jing, eating his third bowl of Sushi noodles: “It’s nice isn’t it?”

Celestial Primates, as it turns out, are much, MUCH more fertile then normal demon monkeys!

Erlang is happy, even if it’s unexpected! He’s always wanted a family, and now he gets to be preggo buddies with Jing!

Macaque… is not UN-happy. But this is def something he never really thought about. It’s a “how did this happen?!” kind of shock. With everything that’s been going on, a kid? Would he even make a good dad? Would he have time for this kid? Should he even be bringing a kid into this world with the way things are now?

His worry is… not unwarranted. Danger around every corner, enemies new and old, to bring a kid into all of this…

But Macaque sees the glimmer in his lovers eyes, the excitement in Wukongs’, and the interest in syntaxs’… and he knows that it’ll be ok. Scary for sure, but he’s got his partners.

Wukong partners love to bite. They just do and Wukong don't mind. (He loves it)

TW implied intimacy

I can see them doing that both an intimate and non-intimate way.

Like, during fun times they like to leave their mark on him to show he’s theirs!

But also just.. doing it bc stimming. Never hard of course, but I can imagine syntax has sat next to Wukong and just nibbles on his arm/sleeve while reading. Or macaque nibbling hi sholders lightly when he’s anxious to calm himself down.

Sadly no 😅 they tried, but Wukongs eyes of truth are more of magic detectors then X-rays, and Erlangs third eye can only enhance what he sees on the outside.