#xiaotan

- When he gets excited sparks come out of his mouth! It's a stim he picked up from Xiaojiao, they both do it. Hers is fire and his is closer to lightning or sunlight. It happens alot when they both amp each other up, shouting and sparking back and forth.

- He knows 1000 different ways to style Mei's hair, and is always the one to do it. It's part of the reason you always see them together; a lot of the time Xiaojiao comes and wakes him early enough in the morning for him to style her hair for the day before work!

- He has to cuddle something when watching movies; a giant stuffed animal, pillow, anything. If someones in the room he has to lay on them or be laid on. Physical touch is super soothing for him and helps him regulate himself in social situations.

- He loves holding Xiaojiao's hand! (and later Red's, too). It helps him feel more connected with his friends, then he can shake their hands with his when hes excited, and they can tug on him to communicate. He just likes connections and emotions are difficult for him to describe, it's nice to just show :).

- He only likes playing fighting based video games with friends to talk about it/parallel play with. Otherwise they get kinda boring. Games with aimless tasks like animal crossing, minecraft, pokemon, botw and more are something he uses to wind down and help reduce stress. He likes to listen to music on noise cancelling headphones to help reduce stimuli and get more into his games.

- Coloring! He prefers markers over crayons and pencils, but brings those out with him since they're travel safe. At his apartment he has dozens of different markers, thin-point to chisel, oil and ink based and more. He likes paint markers and highlighters alot, since he enjoys making bold art for himself.

- Doesnt do it every day, but sometimes when doing Xiaojiao's hair and he really wants to, he asks her to do his makeup! Its usually just a bold colored shadow under the eyes for a pop, and some liner above that to make everything seem 'cool' and 'sharp.' Eyebrows can be fun, too, but he doesn't need much else :).

- He only paints his nails with Tang. It's a tried and true tradition- if they change the color, they do it together. And by together they mean they make Pigsy do their nails.

     MK: "You're the only one with a steady enough hand!"

     Pigsy: "YOURE AN ARTIST AND YOURE A WRITER, YOU HAVE ME DO IT CAUSE YOURE LAZY!"

     Tang: "Noooo, its cause you pick the best colors :3."

    Pigsy: "....[snatches clearcoat] Gimme that."

Xirui doodles my girl my girl my girl (and her sibling in image 1 too)