#but as far as Actually Attractive to real me? fei du is Red Flag city

[mejomonster]

I'm imagining an AU where Silent Reading is the same but Tao Ran is bisexual

On the one hand: hilarious. Phenomenal. Luo Wenzhou would try to lock him into a friend's with benefits so FAST (even though he did that to straight Tao Ran this version would involve makeouts+ lmao), but Tao Ran would insist they should settle down and adopt if they're gonna he together then Luo Wenzhou would insist they kind of did (points to Fei Du) and Tao Ran would -.- say no dumbass that's not what I mean, what do I tell my mom?

Then Fei Du would hit college and ALSO start hitting on Tao Ran, and Tao Ran absolutely would STILL not date him because thats his little kid he babysat and thats his little violent demon he would Actually suspect of murder if it came to it and Tao Ran unlike Luo Wenzhou won't touch that walking red flag, knows Fei Du only wants him to maintain his life's status quo and AGAIN Tao Ran wants kids! A house! To build a future! And while Luo Wenzhou may actually eventually do that, in Tao Rans eyes no one younger than 30 is gonna want to so Fei Dus out of the running.

Luo Wenzhou would ABSOLUTELY stoop to the level of rubbing in he's slept with Tao Ran. That might even be what breaks his and Tao Rans friends with Sexual benefits thing (but it won't end the surrogate partners thing they're too enmeshed), Fei Du would absolutely try harder than he does in canon like hand kissing and leaning toward Tao Ran next to a wall and loudly declaring his intentions so any poor sap who WANTED to date Tao Ran would run in fear. Tao Ran, ultimately, would end up with that girl he does in canon. Unfortunately, there would never be a genuine love Triangle or throuple (there's just Too many things he sees Fei Du as NOT partner material over, and while Luo Wenzhou MIGHT have a chance with a bi Tao Ran I think ultimately he would find his vision of a future not the same as Luo Wenzhous - starting with Luo investing in this kid and case they should've stopped messing with, continuing with Luo seeming to prefer the lone wolf man life over building a family generally - he's nurturing to fei du and fei dus cat and eventually Tao Ran out of romantic spoiling but he's usually not a nurturing softie the way I think Tao Ran would prefer like himself). A throuple would be Funny, but it wouldn't happen. But it WOULD make their love Triangle era so much funnier.

On the other hand: I just cannot imagine Tao Ran ;-; (in related news he's my babygirl and I love him as much as his fool friends even though it's hopeless ahh)