#in defense of Wang Yibo

[accio-victuuri]

wang yibo - excerpts from an article about his recent race win

China (October 19, 2024) - The first round of the final of the 2024 GTSC season in Zhuhai (GTSC·Guangdong Province GT Series Zhuhai Station) has come to an end.

Wang Yibo, a well-known artist who represented UNO Racing Team, ushered in a professional GT event for the first time. He showed his outstanding strength and excellent defense with professional driver Fang Junyu, and successfully won the runner-up position. In terms of group results, Fang Junyu/Wang Yibo won the runner-up in the GT3 PA group.

Wang Yibo's first journey in the GT finals was challenged by many strong players on the field, including the experienced Li Dongsheng. Li Donghui and Li Dongsheng were in a fierce chase throughout the game. Li Donghui completed a tough defense at the beginning and maintained the third place. After Li Dongsheng took over the car, he launched a strong pursuit of Wang Yibo at the end of the game. The two drivers presented a wonderful offensive and defensive battle in front of many online and offline audiences. In the end, Wang Yibo held his position and crossed the finish line 0.398 seconds ahead of Li Dongsheng, and won the runner-up with Fang Junyu.

[Post-race Remarks]Runner-up/GT3 PA category runner-up UNO Racing Team Wang Yibo

I am very happy to participate in a professional GT race for the first time. The race was very exciting, and I was also very nervous during the final battle. I still need to continue to improve my familiarity and control of the car, and I look forward to running at a better speed next time.

[p-h03n1-x]

Yibo Official Weibo update 5.1.2024

Load the bullets, aim at the direction,build the blue line of defense, and guard the hope of peace. 🕊️

Peacekeeping riot team sniper Yang Zhen Wang Yibo is on standby at any time! 🫡

[rainbowsky]

Hi rainbowsky☺️ thanks for all the fun posts. I love them a lot! I am a fruit from 2021. Toxic mtjj has recently attecked fruit with this claim. 'The court ruled that bjyx is a disgrace to Mr. Wang Yibo.'

I am trying to find information on this, but I can't seem to find it. Do you know anything about it?

Hi remember! Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying my blog! ☺️

If I've said this once, I've said this a thousand times, block and ignore toxic people (and report where appropriate). Don't give them the time of day. They are trying to hurt you. Ignore, ignore, ignore.

As for this particular claim, this emptyjiejie is misrepresenting what happened in order to upset turtles.

They're talking about the Lyfen case, where a BXG sued Lyfen for failing to give them a prize they had legitimately won. Lyfen's homophobic defense was that they were trying to protect DD's reputation by disassociating the contest/event from BXG.

Lyfen won the case. Of course they did! Anyone who thought the ruling would go against Lyfen is out of touch with reality.

This is a lone BXG against a large corporation with high powered lawyers. The BXG never stood a chance, regardless of what basis Lyfen argued its case upon.

Lyfen was the defendant in the case, and a brand arguing it was trying to protect its reputation and the reputation of its spokesperson is already at an advantage. I'm not an expert in Chinese law, but in most courtrooms around the world all Lyfen would have had to do to win the case was prove that, in their mind, they were acting in good faith. They wouldn't have had to prove anything beyond that. They wouldn't even have had to prove anything negative about turtles, just that as a brand, they were acting based on what they felt was best for their company and their spokesperson. If they weren't acting illegally in doing so, they win.

LGBTQ rights aren't protected under the law in China. In a country like China where there are no legal protections in place against LGBTQ discrimination (and where, in fact, the current government - which is very homophobic - is increasingly cracking down on LGBTQ people), courts are going to side with a defendant who is arguing against being associated with 'deviant queer culture'. According to the law in China, queerness isn't a protected class. Quite the contrary.

The courts didn't rule that BXG are a 'disgrace', they ruled that Lyfen was within their rights to not want to associate with them. Even if the courts had made that determination that BXG were a bunch of disgraceful, immoral monsters, anyone wanting to cite a LGBTQ repressive institution on matters pertaining to the morality of homosexuality/queer culture... uhhhh*... 🤔

I have said this before, but anyone who smugly cheers on this kind of thing is a fucking asshole, and a homophobe.

*This reminds me of shrimps gleefully quoting a bottom-feeding paparazzo as 'proof' that BJYX isn't real. Solos don't actually GAF about right and wrong when it comes to attacking BXG. They'll throw all morality out the window if they think it can help further their anti agenda.

Block and ignore, block and ignore, block and ignore.

And please, if you read any of my posts, make it this one.

I talked a bit more about brand antis here.

[peanutbutteresque]

salut, bonjour, guten dag, ciao!

get to know me and le château of my mind (っ˘ڡ˘)っ♨

⍣ i never get caffeinated even after drinking two cups of coffee in less than 10 minutes time gap (i feel like i can pull five cups of coffee in a day and still feel nothing, haven’t tried it yet but i’m pretty confident). it is probably because i have been having lattes, not that tiny yet deadly shots of espresso or proper drip coffee. i normally have one instant coffee and low-calorie sweetener dissolve in small amount of hot water, then put some ice cubes, and at last, pour the pricey-but-hard-to-resist oat milk on it cause we need to balance that less than a dollar grinded coffee with a five dollars milk. believe me, this simple recipe creates a decent typa coffee. it does taste so good and addicting but it doesn’t kick in, i need something stronger which means more acidity and bitterness that i don’t think my tummy is ready for a level up yet. i’m saying this all as if i’m in a person who needs a specific dose of caffeine per day to get their busy business life done lol wrong person *cough cough*. but no, i adore coffee and its caffeine on behalf of dopamine and antioxidant. i also do have a very special coffee buddy whom i cherish the most. we have paired our lattes with an interesting range of food, we went from cakes/cookies to instant noodles. we literally have everything with our lattes. i wish we can go out more and do cafes hopping to explore all the coffee recipes that exist. anyway, y’all better drink water more than coffee, we can’t deny the fact that it’s 100000 times healthier and more important than that colored drinks. 

⍣ i am an aries, yup, “the leader” of all the signs, the hard to get, the dominating, the chaser, the independent, mr/ms. confident, the headstrong type of personality, and the list goes on. frankly, i don’t always feel like i own those natures, it feels like i lean more toward the soft and emotional kind of aries. i can be as indecisive as a libra, sometimes confidence doesn’t seem to be my strong suit, i can’t always say what’s on my mind like most of the aries i know seem to be really good at, i tend to put myself on other’s shoes, i think too much than i act, there were numbers of argument i lost because i chose to breakdown and cry rather than defense myself, i can be as gossipy as gemini. just like many aries, i do have a perfection side but it often leads to me being angry and depressed about it. they said, aries is the type of person who is strong and reliable, i might seen as one with my appearance and how i am in my daily life. can’t deny the fact that people see me as a joker, i always make them laugh in any occasion with or without a purpose. i often wonder, am i doing it because they expect me to do so or is there even a possibility that i am a natural joker? hate to break it to you, i don’t think so, it is true that deep down, i am a wreck, i am lost, i am scared, i do not know what to do. the future i once had a clear vision of seems blurry right now. i need someone to wake up the real sleeping aries in me, she must know how to face a situation like this with such grace and poise. anyway, sorry for turning this into a journal but it will eventually just so you know ;)

⍣ let’s get into the real business, i will use this space to post reviews about movies and tv shows (mostly on netflix and disney+) have watched that leave strong impressions on me. it actually will be rewritten from the reviews i have done on my instagram. most of them posted in close friends, and please note that i have a really really small circle, that’s why i’m planning to re-post them on this platform so it will be more accessible. since i am a full-time fangirl, i will also be liking, re-blogging and might be posting everything about my favorite artists, be it holywood peeps, kpop or cpop idols (mostly wang yibo and xiao zhan)!! 

thank you for coming to my ted talk. please check out my blog regularly for the new updates! take care my loves and be happy! see you latte(r)! <3

[drmikewatts]

Complex & Intelligent Systems, Volume 10, Issue 5, October 2024

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[untamed-wolfenm]

To the people hating on Wang Yibo for not "speaking up" for Xiao Zhan ...

Some things to consider (and I'm saying this all as a Xiao Zhan fan myself):

- People made awful assumptions about Xiao Zhan for not saying anything after the AO3 incident -- if you defended him then but are trashing WYB now ... doesn't that make you a hypocrite?

- While I do love all the industry people rushing to his defense, XZ himself said in an interview that he doesn't argue with critics, but rather considers what they have to say, as there's usually some value in it. He also seems averse to confronting people online. Don't you think there’s at least some chance that WYB might be respecting XZ's feelings on this? (Don't YOU? Or would you run roughshod over his feelings and defend him even if he specifically asked you not to?)

- WYB doesn't strike me as the type to care about the Golden Brooms, and therefore might consider the outcome to be beneath his notice. Honestly, the best thing you can do with bullies like the creators of the Golden Brooms is to ignore them, since what they want is attention -- that's the whole point of those awards, isn't it? "Looks at me and what I think! My opinions matters! Look as I drag people down and tell hem they suck just because I say so!" Nah, bro, nobody needs that kind of noise. To defend against it is to actually give it power / value. I appreciate the desire to defend Xiao Zhan, but I also see a lot of value in treating it the Golden Brooms -- or Xiao Zhan’s haters in general -- like they’re nothing.

- Tearing down WYB / encouraging people to hate him tears down The Untamed, which tears down XZ. Look at what XZ haters did to attack him -- lowering the rating of The Untamed, which affects all involved, There’s no “winning” in this action. And dammit, if you’re a fan of The Untamed, we’re all on the same side! Unless someone from the cast and crew does something HEINOUS, like being racist or sexually harassing, support them ALL! (Or at least don’t *drag* them.)

- I've seen some of the people who are calling out WYB for not sticking up for XZ, also insist that XZ and WYB aren't actually friends, saying people are reading too much into things between them. Well, which is it? If they aren't friends, why do you care if WYB speaks up or not? For that matter, why SHOULD he?

- As near as I can tell, XZ and WYB haven't been going for the same roles -- they AREN’T rivals! And even if they have or eventually do compete for a role here and there, there are plenty of roles for them both! A lot of friends in Hollywood have gone up for the same part, and are still friends! It’s ridiculously paranoid to think that WYB has orchestrated any sort of coup against someone he obviously got along well with and will likely cross paths with in the future. What has he done that suggests he’s at all vindictive, much less to to that insane of a level?

- And lastly, XZ constantly speaks of love, positivity, and being better. He encourages his fans to be their best, and not cause problems for others. Do you think XZ would *want* us to speak ill of *anyone* on his behalf, much less his friend? Are you really his fan if you're not taking his request for us to behave well to heart, and acting with kindness and compassion, instead of making negative assumptions about a person or situation with NO evidence?

Not speaking isn't "evidence" of anything when you don't know WHY he hasn't. There could be a MILLION reasons why WYB isn't saying anything -- and frankly, NONE of them are our business. If you truly love and respect XZ, ACT with respect towards WYB, whether they are friends or not, because that's what Xiao Zhan would do! For fuck’s sake, there’s enough hate swirling around -- please stop adding to it! LOVE, NOT HATE 

[lanwangjihouse]

[ohsehuns]

The Untamed [interview]

[tulu-xuanwu]

Watch another instance of me clowning myself about how long the video is going to be because I don't know how time works 🤡

[aheadinthecloudz]

Your face, sir. It offends me greatly

[jenroses]

Art for Pocketful of Soul: Lan Wangji

AHHHHHH I can finally post this!

Chapter 29 of Pocketful of Soul is up, and as a treat to myself, I commissioned @procoffeinating to do two pictures. The first was Mo Xuanyu with the ghosts of the Wen Remnants and was stunning. This one made me cry.

Image description: Lan Wangji (recognizable as the version from The Untamed as played by Wang Yibo) sits in a sunbeam in a clearing in a dark forest in Qinghe, playing guqin to a group of spirits he is putting to rest, while wearing A-Yuan, asleep, on his back in a traditional Chinese baby carrier.

This type of carrier is a red square of cloth with straps on all four corners. In the image we can see the straps coming forward over LWJ's shoulders and under his arms, gathered together in a twist/knot on his chest.

The infant (about six months old) has very fat cheeks and a few strands of hair caught in his hand. The spirits are translucent, colorless, faded, and listening intently. Lan Wangji glows, both with the sunbeam's light and spiritual energy.

The greenery is lush and vivid where the sun strikes it. End Image Description

So, the assignment I gave Procoffeinating was almost exactly that image description. Literally the day before the draft was sent to me (draft, ha, it was almost exactly this finished!) I'd spent some time seeing what I could get out of Dall-E for a similar prompt. Honestly? while the results were hilarious and disturbing, I regret NOTHING about paying Procoffeinating to get the exact image I wanted.

For comparison, here's what Dall-E generated.

I'm so sorry. And no, I don't think Procoffeinating has anything to worry about in terms of competition.

Speaking of which: This fanfic is a prompt fill for Fandom Trump Hate, and raised money for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. I also decided to help support two artists by commissioning works. I'd like them to get more support, because while I paid with bonuses to both artists for doing such a good, comprehensive job with my requests, both can use more support.

Also, I really want to do more art for this story. It could have art between scene breaks, or for each chapter, or for the various talismans. And I'd really like to raise more money to support things I care about.

SO... If you want to see more art for this story beyond what is already commissioned/done by me, here's what you can do:

Donate to any of the charities supported by Fandom Trumps Hate and let me know how much you donated.

Donate to @procoffeinating's Kofi! Let me know how much you sent!

Buy things from @melomelany_art's redbubble and let me know how much you spent!

Donate to any organization supporting refugees, Ukrainian or otherwise, and let me know! (My own grandfather was a Ukranian Jewish refugee a century ago.)

Donate to any organization FTH has supported in the past, and let me know!

If you tell me you donated and how much, I'll make sure there's more art. Donate $50 or more, and up to the point I can afford it, I'll commission more art from either these artists or another queer artist in need, matching your donation.

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Load the bullets, aim in the direction, build a blue line of defense, and protect the hope of peace. 🕊️Peacekeeping riot squad sniper Yang Zhen @UNIQ-Wang Yibo is on call at any time! 🫡 #Formed Police Unit# is now showing!

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VIDEO: China will release this year its air force film in the "Top Gun" style

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 08/23/2022 - 12:00 PM in Military

In mid-August, the official Weibo account of the Chinese film "Born to Fly" made its first post, announcing the release of the film later this year and listing the cast and production team.

With boy band artist Wang Yibo and experienced dramatic actor Hu Jun in the lead roles, the fifteen-second teaser prepares the viewer for a story inspired by the test pilots of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) on their test flights of China's most advanced J-20 poaching and the latest Flanker models manufactured in the country.

Lei Yu (Wang Yibo), in a frozen cockpit.

"To take our planes to the limit, you must first break your own," says the narration, since test pilot Lei Yu (played by Wang) is trapped in the cockpit of the test plane under sub-zero temperatures and then high temperatures are subjected to the fuselage by the test chamber.

In the next scene, we see the actors enter the cockpit of a real J-20 and cut to an outlet during a low passage. In the promotional poster of the film, the crew poses behind the J-20 "Powerful Dragon", which has a dominant presence in the feature film.

The production of the film was assisted by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the state aerospace conglomerate behind much of the Chinese air force, in a reflection of the relationship between the Pentagon and Hollywood in film production in the U.S., which produces films with plots that improve the public image of the U.S. Department of Defense in foreign and domestic markets, in

Another poster of the film's promotion shows PLAAF's J-20.

However, previous Chinese films produced with the government's cooperation had an unoptimistic reception outside the domestic market. Despite this, the Chinese domestic market has been more than receptive to production.

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It might be for the best 10cent decides to delay Oath of Love. I can only imagine the effect it has on BXGs lol so afraid of kissing scenes. It's them who cannot survive CEnt at this points. Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo will have hundreds of kissing scenes. Thousands maybe for Xiao Zhan since Oath of Love alone has secured 50 kisses. I bet they'll have sex scenes too int the future (implicit probably). They have tons projects since they're still young. Poor insecure BXGs and their fragile hearts.

BXG hearts will never be as fragile as the hearts of solos, who still can't bear to accept the massive transformative role CQL has played in both of their careers and in both of their lives. There is nothing more insecure than a solo writing to a BXG blog, for example, trying to stir up some sort of fanwar over a young and inexperienced reader who has written in.

You obviously missed my answer, which would be the answer of the vast majority of BXG. We understand acting is acting. The real romance happens behind the scenes - those undeniable moments of deep affection between GG and DD that solos are so defensive about 3 years after filming.

I don't know whether you're a bo bo shrimp (most likely) or a zan zan cat, but I recommend you stay in your own lane.

NO REBLOGS PLS

[franniebanana]

CQL Rewatch - Episode 4

Okay, it’s been a hot minute since I was able to get to watching this episode, but here we go!

Great intro. Remember last time how Lan Wangji got to pick Wei Wuxian’s punishment? Well, it seems that Wei Wuxian was up late into the night working on transcribing and, surprise! he’s not done. And unless I’m mistaken, he’s actually spent days doing this, because when they first arrived, the salute ceremony was ten days away, and here we see Wei Wuxian is almost late for it. So by this point, I’d expect Wei Wuxian to have some serious hand cramps from all that calligraphy.

While I enjoy this comical moment and introduction to Nie Huaisang, I have to wonder why he thought bringing a bird into the salute ceremony was a good idea. Birds make noise—they tweet, flap their wings, try to escape cages! Anyway, it’s a goofy moment, but we got some cute expressions out of Xiao Zhan and some disdainful looks from Wang Yibo, so I can’t complain.

Xiao Zhan does a really good job of looking very young here at the beginning: his mannerisms, his facial expressions, how he carries himself, all really creates this feeling of being young and carefree. On the other side, Wang Yibo (who is six years younger than Xiao Zhan) does an equally good job of portraying someone more severe, mature, elitist. Lan Wangji has a reputation for being above people—for creating an aura that implies other people aren’t worth his time. In fact, he doesn’t even have any friends, as we found out in the last episode.

Wangxian really suit each other, even before they know each other at all: Wei Wuxian has this light, carefree nature to his character, while Lan Wangji’s is darker, more austere.

First of all, those fuckers. Gossiping about his lineage in full earshot of not only Jin Guangyao but also Jin Zixuan. This poor guy has practically clawed his way up to where he is, only to be an attendant to a clan that he has no blood relation to. His own father refuses to acknowledge him, his mother is gone, and these jerks gossiping—ugh! Hate it, regardless of who he grows to be later on in the series.

I really love Jin Guangyao and seeing how he changes from beginning to end is honestly a delight to watch. Like most of the characters, he seems so pure, so simple, such a kind person, and his relationship with Lan Xichen is something that you can’t devote enough time to. I think it gets shortchanged a little, but they only had 50 episodes, so I’ll take what I can get. Even in the book, I was left wanting to know more and see more about them (but I wouldn’t trade my wangxian content for that, so I guess I shouldn’t complain).

Last thing I want to say is, DIMPLES! Look at those adorable dimples!!

This is so insane—he literally set this guy on fire! How can he get away with this?! Anyway, enter Draco Malfoy—I mean, Wen Chao. Ahem. This series wants to throw a lot of villains at you right away: we already have Wen Ruohan, Xue Yang, potentially Wen Qing (we don’t know at this point), and now we have Wen Chao. They’re really pushing the Wen Clan is bad agenda. And as if being generally rude and probably mentally unstable isn’t bad enough, Wen Chao literally sets fire to one of the Gusu Lan Clan disciples, while the other disciple basically does nothing about it (why is that guy so useless? Doesn’t he have some spiritual energy to throw at that magic fire?).

Wen Chao is one of those characters that I think most people love to hate. He’s so evil, so horrible, yet charming, in a way. He is a villain and he’s proud of it, y’know? There’s no ambiguity here about his actions, which is kind of refreshing in a series filled with grey characters (and I love grey characters, don’t get me wrong).

Oh! And I just noticed while I was saving that screenshot that Wen Ning can’t even look at what’s going on. Very accurate to his character—non-confrontational, just wants to float along and do as he’s told. Really shows he’s under the thumb of the Wen Clan. I also like how Wen Qing is the one to put out the flames. You get to see that healer side of her early on.

Jiang Cheng and I had the same expression here—I really wanted to know what their gift to Lan Qiren was. If this is something in the book, well, then I’ve forgotten. Wei Wuxian and I have that trait in common: bad memory.

LWJ: Bro, can I hit him?

LXH: Nah, bro.

I missed this on my first viewing—or just forgot, most likely. Lan Wangji is so poised and collected, but also so defensive. He’s the brother who will be the first to go on the offensive if he sees something wrong happening, which I love. But I also love Lan Xichen’s chill attitude—yes, this guy is clearly a troublemaker, and he’s dissing our clan, but let’s settle this in an adult manner. According to the wiki, Lan Xichen is only a few years older than Lan Wangji, but you can see that he is a lot more mature in just those few years. Like I said in the last episode, he kind of had to be a parent to his younger brother and set an example of how you should behave. Of course, he’s also the clan leader, so he can’t really act like a spitfire.

Of course, if anyone is more defensive than Lan Wangji, it’s Wei Wuxian. Even though Lan Wangji has been a bit of a pain in the ass to him, Wei Wuxian still rushes to their defense. Even this early on, he’s started to form an attachment to the Gusu Lan Clan, whether he’s really aware of it or not. I’m wearing my wangxian goggles, but the “you offended the Jiang Clan because my brother was in the middle of his salute” kind of feels like an afterthought.

But of course it’s in Wei Wuxian’s character to be heroic like this—to rush to the defense of others, whether it’s asked for or not, and I don’t get the feeling that Lan Wangji disapproves of this. I think he takes note of this and future events, adding it to what he’s compiled of what makes Wei Wuxian tick. And by this time, I think he’s also decided to give Wei Wuxian another chance—Lan Xichen has planted the seed in his mind that he could be a good friend to Lan Wangji.

I know he’s not supposed to be gay.

I know.

But…come on. The way he’s looking at Lan Xichen right now—it’s a look certainly of deep admiration and respect. And there’s not a hint of jealously either, even though Jin Guangyao has every reason to be jealous of Lan Xichen: the respect he commands is great—he can even subdue the Wen Clan. But instead of hating Lan Xichen, Jin Guangyao instead becomes close friends with him, very much a parallel to Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. Fascinating! These characters are so rich—so many layers, so much to talk about!

The first time I watched this, I was so annoyed with Nie Huaisang—any additional scenes that were added just drove me crazy. But now, having watched it all, I actually really appreciate these moments of comic relief, even the ones that are unique to CQL. As the series progresses, it gets darker and darker, and these lighter moments are honestly precious when you know what’s coming.

Someone explain to me why Jiang Yanli is making soup when meals are being provided to them? Yes, we know she takes care of her brothers, but why is it always her making soup? This is the first of many soup scenes, and at a certain point, it’s like beating a dead horse. I actually would have appreciated a little scene of them eating Gusu Lan Clan food and getting to see Wei Wuxian complain about it. I wouldn’t mind a disapproving look from Lan Wangji at overhearing it either.

Yeah, remember when I was saying Lan Wangji was taking note of the good things Wei Wuxian did? Well, he’s also very aware of how naughty he is. At the beginning, Wei Wuxian’s good traits are heavily outweighed by his transgressions, though, by comparison, they are minor ones. It’s ironic that later on Lan Wangji will overlook major transgressions without a second thought. Shows what a deep relationship they are able to cultivate.

I feel like, in a way, this is Wei Wuxian’s way of apologizing for offending him earlier—like, I’m being cute, Lan Zhan! Obviously it only makes Lan Wangji more annoyed, but it’s the thought that counts, right? Wei Wuxian is really testing boundaries here. He has such a fixation on Lan Wangji, one that definitely annoys Jiang Cheng (and makes him jealous to boot, in my opinion), but it works to his advantage, since Lan Wangji can’t really keep his eyes off of Wei Wuxian either. And the circumstances that follow just keep drawing them together.

After Wei Ying gets told to leave the lecture and go to the Library Pavilion, he doesn’t look at anyone except Lan Wangji. I wonder if he wants to know Lan Wangji’s reaction—is it disappointment, anger, something else? Whatever it is, he wants Lan Wangji’s attention—that’s what he seeks above anything else. You could argue that he doesn’t look at Jiang Cheng or Jiang Yanli because he knows they’re disappointed or upset with him, and I think that’s fair. And maybe he doesn’t seek their attention because he knows he has it—but he doesn’t feel like he’s gotten Lan Wangji’s attention here and that bothers him.

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[teamsarawatshusband]

5 clicks

I had the idea for this little story a while back, based on the “trash boyfriend” bts, I’m sure you’ve all seen it. I hope you’ll enjoy this. Let me know if you like it.

Obviously, as the writing genre states, this is FANFICTION. I have no connection to Xiao Zhan or Wang Yibo, and I obviously don’t know anything about their real feelings. Anything happening in this story is purely fictional.

Summary: When Wang Yibo is challenged, he’s not the kind of person who backs down.

---

It starts like all their little play fights on set.

"I'm not a trash boyfriend!" Yibo replies to the accusation against Lan Zhan. Maybe a bit too defensive over his character, if he thinks about it in retrospect.

"Trash boyfriend," Xiao Zhan repeats and smiles. Everything is a challenge. Such unsubstantial arguments are way beneath Xiao Zhan's quick wit. Yibo feels almost insulted.

But, then again, once they are at it, it's all so mesmerizing. Xiao Zhan's smile widens when they fight. His little laughs come in waves.

Yibo wants to swim in them.

He needs this to continue. So, he concentrates and tries arguing with reason, "I got beaten and still have the scars. I branded myself over my guilt. I went looking for you and never truly stopped, even after 16 years. I never wanted anybody else, " he counts each point off on his fingers as he lists them. "I'm not a trash boyfriend."

"What do your scars and branding help?" Xiao Zhan raises his brows, opens his mouth. It's like a magnet and Yibo has to resist the pull. "A good boyfriend would have swept me off my feet as soon as he found me, and showed me how much he missed me."

He has to focus on the words. Ignore the melodical voice, the smirk vibrating within. It takes effort to filter out the meaning, it's a challenge. Yibo loves being challenged. Unfortunately, the argument is convincing. He grunts and pouts.

"But it's okay." A smirk dances over Xiao Zhan's lips and Yibo anticipates the quip before it's sent his way.

Everything is a challenge. He raises his chin and smirks to signal defiance.

"I guess Lan Zhan is a little... " Xiao Zhan lowers his eyes to Yibo's lap, which really shouldn't tickle as much as it does, and tilts his head to the side for effect before looking back up at him, "...stunted."

Whoa.

That's just...

Look. Yibo knows it's just a character. But that was almost mean. Not to mention completely baseless.

How is he supposed to even argue against such inaccuracy? He stares at Xiao Zhan's lips that have closed and are now politely smiling at him.

Polite means no teeth.

Yibo can't help missing them.

Why do their little fights always have to be verbal to begin with? He wants to stand up. Wants to shove Xiao Zhan. Just a little. Not in a rough way, of course. Just. A bit of a push. Just enough to make him gasp. Maybe giggle.

But they're sitting with a stupid table between them. So, instead he raises his chin just a tiny tad more. "Oh, I can assure you, everything's perfectly in order down there."

Lips open and Yibo watches the giggles pitterpatter over perfect teeth.

Yes! They're back to playing.

"What." He barks and shows some of his own teeth. "Do I have to jump over the table and show you or what?"

Everything is a challenge.

"Wohoa, Yibo!" Bright laughter rings through the air like chimes and then Xiao Zhan's hand gestures to the staff around them. "Not in front of the kids."

Yibo almost gets lost in that humor, almost misses that... wait a second!

Ha.

Sweet, sweet victory.

"Of course not." He can taste it on his tongue. "There's no need," he adds and smiles graciously, "...because you know that I'm right."

It's his turn to giggle, and Xiao Zhan's mouth opens wide in mock outrage, "Wang Yibo!"

Everything's a challenge.

And he might have just won.

He can tell by Xiao Zhan's index finger streched out and pointing towards him, so close that he can almost touch it. He can tell by Xiao Zhan's big eyes shrinking joyfully from laughter. He can tell by the rosy tip of Xiao Zhan's tongue jumping from side to side on his lower lip, trying to decide between admission or retaliation.

"You're all talk and no action."

Sparkly laughter, Yibo thinks, staring at Xiao Zhan's lips, light and beautiful. It's so effortless, he wants to drown in it.

"Tell you what,- " The laughter is replaced by a gorgeous smile and Xiao Zhan leans forward, waving him closer in pretend secrecy. "Tonight at the hotel, I'm gonna leave my door open. Just a smidge. A tiny bit. I dare you to come over."

Yibo can't help laughing out loud and Xiao Zhan joins right in.

Everything's a challenge, and Xiao Zhan always wins. And Yibo loves watching him win.

---

It's been a good day, exhausting but very productive, and also a lot of fun. Yibo still grins at their antics.

He has to do some commercial promo shoot after, while Xiao Zhan is driven to another set to do some solo scenes.

Yibo is kind of ignoring his Ge's dare ever since it was spoken. Obviously a joke. And Xiao Zhan is most likely asleep already anyway, by the time Yibo arrives at their hotel.

Yet, still. All the elevator ride up to their floor, Yibo's neck is burning. Like fine hairs ignited by some weird kind of electricity.

He walks around the corners, could walk them blindly after the two months they've been staying there already. And, somehow, all he thinks about is Xiao Zhan's door. He sees it in his mind, open, just a smidge, teasing him. He keeps walking, decidedly not looking up as he turns around the last corner. His walk is relaxed, as always, no sign of anything out of the ordinary. He's not sure why he's burning up inside.

It was a joke. He remembers Xiao Zhan's giggles. He's doesn't look, stares at the carpet in the middle of the hallway, like it brings salvation. When he reaches their doors, Yibo turns to his and, only once he's fully turned, lifts his eyes to the card slot.

He already has his key card in his hand. Has had it since he stepped out of the car downstairs. Has rubbed his thumb over the side all while the image of Xiao Zhan's door has kept mocking him in his mind.

He takes a deep breath and lifts the card.

Obviously a joke.

Yibo shakes his head at himself as his hand with the key card sinks again. Presses his lips together tightly.

He doesn't want to look. Even so much as looking means he's lost the challenge. Even if Xiao Zhan would never know. Yibo would know and always remember the defeat at the sight of a closed hotel room door.

It's not like he actually would want the door to be open, of course.

And it was a joke.

Yibo shakes his head again. This is ridiculous. And he's been hesitating way too long already. Thank goodness their doors have no peep holes. He'd never live down the shame of Xiao Zhan watching him struggle in the hotel hallway with a simple task of checking the state of a door.

The door is obviously closed. He doesn't need to look to know. And he doesn't want it to be open.

He lowers his head again, feels the sweat bead up at the back of his neck, and wonders how a stupid hotel room door is able to radiate so much heat that it makes him sweat at 1am in the morning.

His hand is raised once more.

It was a joke. And he won't lose and look.

He won't.

...

His eyes are closed after the 180° spin and he's slapping himself in his mind for being so dumb.

But this is ridiculous. It's just a door. It was just a joke. And what is he even doing? It's just a quick glance, anyway. He opens his eyes.

Of course.

A quiet puff of air leaves his lips in a short laugh. His eyes dart to the carpet again.

Of course.

His thumb grazes over the side of his key card as he turns back to his door and bites the inside of his lip.

His nose tickles and he tries to make it stop by scrunching it. It's not like he wanted the door to be open.

And he knew it had been a joke.

His own stupid door looks identical, and he kind of hates it.

The sweat on the back of his neck is cooling and Yibo quickly rubs his hand over it, to wipe it off. Let's out another quiet laugh.

It was a stupid challenge to be begin with. They're way too old to be playing these kinds of games. It's good that the door isn't open.

The key card in his hand is hot from all the rubbing and asking him to be used so he can get some rest.

And then he hears the click.

It's quiet.

If the hotel hadn't been so utterly silent at this nightly hour, he wouldn't even have heard it. But he does and it shoots heat through his body and pushes his heart into a gallop.

Before he can process, he turns around once more and stares at the bottom of Xiao Zhan's hotel room door.

There's a slim metal threshold at the bottom frame. On Yibo's side of it there's carpet. On the other side there's a fine line of dark wooden floorboards showing.

Maybe a centimeter. Not more.

Yibo's breath is stuck in his throat as he stares at it.

It's...

He's not moving, his thumb stopped rubbing his key card. He wants to bite his lip again, but doesn't dare to make a move.

Maybe he will faint if he doesn't start breathing soon.

There's a huff from the other side of the door and with a click the dark wooden floorboard vanishes.

Yibo is left standing there, blinking at the metal rim of Xiao Zhan's door.

His forehead wrinkles into a frown and he tilts his head.

He bites his lip to check for pain and lets go again, because, turns out he is fully awake.

And the door is closed.

Maybe this is a good time to breathe again. He tries, and, yes. Air is nice.

His head tilts to the other side. Maybe he was starting to imagine things.

It's late and he's tired and exhausted. Maybe his mind just played some tricks on him.

Yibo shakes his head and is about to turn around when - click.

The dark wood reappears.

At some point, when he's not doing some crazy weird staring in some hotel hallway, Yibo is going to analyze why his body decides to be this annoying, why his hearts starts racing, his breath stops going, his neck starts sweating at the sight of dark wooden floorboards.

At some point. Not now.

Now he is just trying to figure out what to do.

I'm gonna leave my door open.

I dare you to come over.

Xiao Zhan's voice from earlier rings in his head.

Somehow, Yibo manages to step closer without breathing, without making any sound. Just a step closer so he can stare at the door and be really, really sure that he's seeing this right.

No, yeah.

Yibo licks his bottom lip and the key card in his hand is probably super annoyed by all the rubbing and not being used.

His eyes close and open again. The floorboard is still there.

Yibo nods. Not sure if to himself or the open door, but, okay. It's confirmed.

He glances up at the door where, behind it...

Oh, maybe not think of Xiao Zhan standing right there. His heart agrees in between the pounding.

Yibo forces his eyes lower to the floorboard again and mentally tells himself to get a grip and stop losing it at the sight of an open door.

Another huff from behind the door.

Yibo's eyes dart up and - click.

He lets out a breath and closes his eyes. This time he doesn't need to look to know that the door is closed again. He's become a click sound expert already.

The frown returns and a quiet grumble forms in his throat.

He should have gone to bed.

But...

But, maybe Xiao Zhan's door is broken and opens on its own and needs to be repaird. Not to be alarmed, but this could potentially be dangerous.

He squints at the door.

Or maybe Xiao Zhan didn't close it properly on accident and there's a draft that swings the door a bit.

Yibo shakes his head. Whatever is going on, it's not Xiao Zhan opening the door for him from the other side.

It's not like he would even still remember his joke from earlier. He's most likely asleep already. And Yibo should go to his room and do the same.

And the stupid door is closed anyway.

Yibo rolls his eyes at himself and lets out another breath.

Yeah, time to go to bed.

He nods and- click.

This may sound weird, but Yibo kind of wants to yell at the stupid floorboards.

He shoves his key card into his jeans' back pocket and crosses his arms in front of his chest, glaring at the centimeter wide gap of floor peeking through.

Honestly? He's kinda pissed at this asshole of a door.

He's pissed at the dark wooden floardboard.

He's pissed at the huff from the other side of the door and-

Oh, no no NO!

"If you shut that door in my face one more time, I'm gonna move to another hotel and never speak to you again, I swear."

The words are fast and out of his mouth before they even register in his brain.

His tongue gets so much quicker when he's annoyed.

He has one second of glaring at the door, before it's harshly pulled open and Yibo is confronted with a wide-eyed Xiao Zhan staring back.

---

Like in some gangster movie with guns drawn at a Mexican standoff, they stare at each other, wordlessly.

Xiao Zhan's mouth is open and forming an O, and Yibo wonders if maybe his Ge needs to be reminded to breathe again as well.

It's a little funny.

Yibo opens his crossed arms and shrugs, "Just saying."

"How... How long have you been standing there?" Xiao Zhan finally whispers, looking a bit sheepish.

Yibo thinks. He's not sure of the time span in normal meassures. "5 clicks."

There, that makes sense.

Xiao Zhan's eyes dart to the door handle still in his hand and Yibo knows he gets it.

Then he wonders how many clicks he might have missed before.

When he realizes that it doesn't even matter and looks back at Xiao Zhan, he sees him bite his bottom lip, blushing.

The point is. The door isn't broken. There's no draft. There's no malfunction.

Xiao Zhan himself has opened it.

Several times.

Opened his door.

As announced.

For Yibo.

Yibo's heart is running a marathon, but he's really good at sports, he can take it. He likes the adrenaline. And, so far, he hasn't lost the challenge.

Not that it is one.

It better not be.

"You want this?" Yibo gets so blunt sometimes. But it's good, because he needs to know and there's no time for sugarcoating bullshit.

Xiao Zhan stares up at him and Yibo wonders how somebody who is taller and looking down can still manage to somehow stare up at you. Because Xiao Zhan does. He does it all the time.

It makes Yibo's insides melt.

He wonders if Xiao Zhan knows that.

Xiao Zhan bites his lips and... nods.

Fuck yes.

Yibo is in the room and pressed up against Xiao Zhan before the door falls closed.

Closed to the final click of the night.