#(LMK) Liùěr Míhóu x NB S/O reader

[angelfoodcake222]

LMK Macaque x NB!S/O reader

TW: mention of ending lives, previous forced marriages (see the later listed item), running away, name change, Y/N disowning own family, mentions of abuse, familial degradation, kidnapping, constriction, blood, a very protective Macaque, cuddles & comfort at the end.

At first, you had assumed that some haphazard punk tried to sneak in for some half-baked reason or another, or maybe an old foe came to confront him. A short silence was your cue to pick up the tray & decanter then carefully slide the door aside as you came to where you were now; face to face with the group you disowned nearly a decade ago in your mid-/late teens. Your parents, siblings & select few relatives were held to the ground by several shadow clones with Li Li standing near the door in a mid-dash pose. He stopped only when your face shifted from a happy greeting for him to a cold, livid snarl for those pinned to the ground. You felt the wind of his sudden stopping shift your garbs, bringing slight comfort in the warm weather.

You stood there, stunned at the sight before you which mirrored your frozen posture once everyone noticed you standing at your back sliding door. You had briefly stepped out of your backyard gazebo where your boyfriend, Macaque or Li Li as you took to calling him once you were comfortable with each other, was sitting alone & patiently. You had gone in to get the freshly made plum cakes you had spent all day preparing for your get-together, delicately placing them onto a doily-clad tray with the juice of your choosing as you stepped outside with the faint sounds of an argument.

Your arms cross, your body leans into the wooden doorway, the eyes that were soft & loving moments ago turned hard & hateful.

As you surveyed the scene, Li Li heard the rage boiling your blood & your precious heart pound with a pain you had long since buried. Both things he had in his nearly three years of dating you ever heard such sounds from you. Your typically serene, timid form was less than serene at the moment.

With a heated snort that chilled into a peeved sigh, you ask him to move the captured folks into an upright position for a more 'respectable' conversation that is undoubtedly about to take place. You simply step back, set the tray onto the countertop directly beside the door, then turn to see Li Li had done as you asked with a confused look on that oh-so-kissable face of his.

"No." your one-word statement caught your beloved off guard for a moment until one of your parents bit a clone's hand to speak. They cursed at you, degraded you for being an 'ungrateful, spiteful, uncultured brat' who 'needed to be educated on how to behave like the higher-class citizen you once were'. A scoff hissed past your lips as you shot back.

You were not against having a partner, having a family, something sweet, simple & domestic. With Li Li, you could have some of that. He was doting, gentle, you could sniffle in the lowest tone physically possible while he's away gods-knows-where & he'd be right there beside you most of the time. The few times he didn't show up instantly was followed swiftly with him appearing with damage that could only come from a war zone. By the time he showed up like that, you had already subdued your episode enough to patch him up. He says he doesn't need you to do so, but your big, pleading gaze convinces him otherwise.

How many failed matchmaking ceremonies have you been dragged to only to get ruthlessly rejected? How many times had you been kidnapped & nearly forced into spouse-hood by a rivaling family's newest leader/rogue child only to have escape, conning, &, in the more serious cases, murder be your lone option for a life outside of that one? 15 & 22, respectively, but who's counting? You. You were counting.

Every.

Single.

Time.

When you returned home to rest your weary body, embrued with the damage dealt by not only the sutor's gaurds, but but themselves as well, you were not met by warm, welcoming family. No. Cold, abusive, apathetic glares & jeers were all you returned to with a hefty drizzle of similar treatment to top it all off.

When one of your relatives hissed your original name, their tone soaked in animosity & disrespect, one shadow clone clocked them clean in the face with a sickening yet satisfying thwack sound to grace your ears. In near perfect unity, all of the intruders voiced their discomfort as the doubles shifted in shape to squeeze the air out of them to the point of silence, save for groans & moans of pain. While your beloved's shadows constricted around them, he steps to your side.

"Any other smart comments?" He came to your side, his tail caressing your non-supporting leg while he slightly eclipsed the gawdy grubs' view of you. You did like it when he became protective over you, very much, however, this time he was out for dealing near &/or absolute mortal damage to those who had the temerity, the unmitigated gall to cause any harm to his precious Y/N in any form. Your subtle leg flex to make your limb fit better in his extended spine only concretes his protective instinct. His intimidating inquiry was met with a wheezing scoff.

"Go crawl under Sun Wukong's cape, you mangey mongrel! You are just a shadow of him after all." This one's snarky jibe was soon drowned out by the blood sputtering from their mouth, the sound of struggling bones & joints filling the air. You allow it to continue only for a millisecond or two before running your hand over his shoulder, past his right pectoral, finally landing above his heart as it rapped against his sternum. You always had a thing for his softer, domestic clothes, a shame this one was torn in the tussle earlier. You'd patch it up later.

"Li Li, my love." your voice is low, a gossamer sound most wouldn't be able to discern from the ragged coughing dampening it out as the inflicted snake's wheezes & gurgles continued struggling to stay consious through the mind numbing agony, but your boyfriend could with uncanny ease.

"They do not deserve to be graced with death by your will, directly or by clone. Let their enemies find them, they'll be far more ruthless with them than either of us could be. Please, allow me to handle this." Your thumb rubbed a sultry line into his partially exposed, plush chest, free of armor & a sliver of cloth as one relative got a sucker punch in with their bladed iron knuckles. Must have been one Hell of a fight if they had to gang up on him like you just knew they would. Snivling cowards. His opening mouth closed gradually, ears once raised in aggression lowered coolly to match your tone.

You slide your hand from his chest, already mourning the lack of subtle warmth, only moving forward once he steps out of your way & reluctantly slides his fluffy appendage from your leg. You reach the two heads of the family you had disowned with a hefty weight in your gut. If either side had any sort of familial love for the other whatsoever, no matter how minor or minuscule, now was the moment to stamp it out indefinitely. Kneeling sternly, you gaze into the separate features that joined to make your face, disgusted at the fact you'd have to see them whenever you gazed into any reflective surface. They stare in gritted silence as you formulate your words, mulling over them momentarily.

"I am not your child, I never have been, never will be. You can do whatever you wish to attempt retrieval; kidnapping me with a whole military, bribing me with the three realms' riches blessed by Budda & the Jade Emperor themselves, or whatever overachieving way you think will work will not. With or without my dearest Liùěr to stand guard. I officially renounce you all as my family & claim myself as the sole member of a group all my own, with one exception." Your tone was unlike anything anyone had expected of you; cold, course & laced with a lifetime of compartmentalized emotions seeping out.

While they were stunned, you stood & strolled over to Macaque to caress your hand over the spot it rested moments ago. His tail followed in suit. You were sure to let some of your affection to be visible to them, but only a bit. When asked where he should send the date crashers off to, you deemed the nearby river a soft enough place for them to land. They are gone before you can fully snuggle up to your monkey man, his arms surrounding you lovingly.

"Let's eat inside; the air is a little dense out here." you nod, rubbing your face into his shoulder & chest affectionately as he guides you inside, your teary-eyed expression giving a heads up of the oncoming breakdown he had been expecting the second you answered the intruders bluntly. The rest of the evening played out like a sleepover; snacks, drinks, movies, even Li Li cracking jokes to cheer you up coupled with ample kisses & cuddles. Yes, he was scheming up millions of murder plans in his mind, but his heart was set on you & your wellbeing. At the end of the day & well into the night, you both lay in your bed, the one the two of you worked together to build from spare pieces, coddling one another with lengthy cuddles until sleep heaved your lids shut.

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