#to specifically peel wkx apart a bit more i think it feels safer to him to be ridiculous and over the top so if hes rejected its more

[geneticcatalyst]

climbing out of our shared insanity in the replies to present this wkx take to @sirenofthegreenbanks as if i am kneeling with a sword:

wenzhou to me is like. neither one of them can come out and ask for what they want that's way too risky. zzs is like downplaying everything trying to ignore his own desires out of habit he convinces himself that there are logical and sensible reasons for things it's like. ugh well I guess it is really cold tonight and it's too late to get a room with two beds and if wkx sleeps on the floor he'll be so fucking annoying about it that neither of us will sleep I GUESS it's ok if we share the bed. because he can't ask for that.

but meanwhile wkx is on the other side and all he knows how to do is performance. he's so fucking dramatic because it allows him to camouflage himself like one of those very brightly colored poisonous creatures. like he very much IS deadly but it's easier for him to get what he wants if just being loud and over the top is enough to remind everyone. so he starts in with the theatrics first. a-xu is so mean i am a scorned wife let me (redacted)(redacted)(redacted) if i can't share your bed i will die of a broken heart let me consume you whole etc etc etc. when all he wants. is to share the bed that night. but he can't ask for that.

so you can see where they meet really neatly in the middle and each get to pretend it's a compromise when they're actually just getting exactly what they both wanted without actually having to ask for it.