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acearohippo · 10 months

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Oh yeah, Tang Xuan absolutely called Li Ling after he sent this message

You can't tell me that Tang Xuan left the convo at that.

I held my shipping self back with my previous posts but no longer. Take this fic, I might post this on ao3 later this week because it's... actually pretty long.

AO3 Link:

Ship: Li Ling/Tang Xuan

Rating: T, for language

Word Count: 2.6k

Summary: They're just chatting on the phone being cute and whatever.

[[I'm glad you're safe tho... you scared the hell outta me]]

Tang Xuan sighs, a bit dreamily. His boyfriend can be so cute, it’s unfair. He’s by himself, in one of the lounging rooms found in New Mylo Marshall’s station. It’s been repurposed as a temporary room for him to rest in, not that Tang Xuan has been able to use it as such. Giving himself only three days to resolve the truth behind the collapsing Miracle, Javid’s role in it, and the frequent Miramon waves plaguing New Mylo has left him no time to relax for more than a few minutes at a time.

He starts typing out a reply but pauses. He has nowhere to go for the half an hour and it has been a while since he got to hear his boyfriend’s voice. Not that Tang Xuan needs an excuse to call Li Ling, his thumb already hitting the “Call” button and happily getting cosy on the couch as he waits for his boyfriend to pick up. The call doesn’t even ring once before he hears the tell tale click of the person on the other side picking up the call. Tang Xuan’s heart swells and he can’t stop the grin forming on his face.

“Babydoll, you better be calling me to tell me exactly where you are so I can come get you.” Li Ling’s low monotone drawls out. Tang Xuan tenses up, recognising the signs of an emotional shutdown. His happy mood fades as he assesses the situation. The fact that Li Ling answered his call, means they still have time before any social withdrawals. He doesn’t sound any different from usual, only a bit more flat in his speech. Hearing his voice does reconceptualise his text. Tang Xuan takes a moment to calm his racing heart and thinks quickly.

First, he needs to make sure Li Ling doesn’t try to come get him. Because he will, he seriously will leave wherever he is, find him (somehow), and- if he can’t take Tang Xuan with him- he’ll latch himself to Tang Xuan and not leave. Tang Xuan loves working with his boyfriend, but this case requires a lot more finesse and critical thinking than Li Ling’s impatience is willing to handle. Not to mention the time limit and what’s at stake will annoy Li Ling and cause him to make rash decisions that may negatively impact everything. Li Ling jumps to conclusions too often, and while Tang Xuan will admit he does too, Li Ling doesn’t stop to question those conclusions, not unless someone directly challenges it and he’s given time to reflect on it. Three days is not enough time for Li Ling to process something of this magnitude, Tang Xuan is still trying to wrap his head around Javid's cruel decision and how it doesn't quite fit the man who protected him in the desert, even if he was a bit of a douche about it.

“They sent me to New Mylo.” Answer his questions honestly. When Li Ling gets like this, it’s better to answer succinctly. Tang Xuan is grateful they’re voice calling, as he can easily pitch his voice to sound calm and casual. He lets a bit of the past day’s frustration leak into his voice when he continues. “You would not believe the crap that’s happening here, babe.” Tang Xuan waits for Li Ling’s response. He isn’t trying to change the topic, that never works with Li Ling for long anyway, but he is trying to gauge how far along Li Ling’s fatigue is, to better help his boyfriend out.

“New Mylo? Isn’t that the place that’s about to get wiped out by the new miracle shit? The celestial anomaly thing the higher ups won’t shut up about?” Li Ling goes quiet for a bit, though he isn’t idle. Tang Xuan can hear him tapping away at his screen. “You’re like, a few hours away by plane… I could get to you in less than 5 minutes if I use my ring… Are these photos up to date?” Li Ling mutters to himself and Tang Xuan sighs. Looks like he’s still focused on getting to him. Tang Xuan wonders if Li Ling even realises he’s smack dab in the middle of the small town that’s in danger of being wiped out, thus being in danger himself. Not that Tang Xuan is nervous, but it’s good that Li Ling didn’t make that connection just now. The more he talks, the flatter his voice becomes and realising the danger Tang Xuan is in could be the last straw that sends him into a non-responsive, hyper-sensitive mess.

So, Tang Xuan goes for a different tactic, switching positions on the couch to get more comfortable. “I could send you pictures if you want.” He’s still going to try to keep Li Ling there, but sometimes agreeing with his spontaneous needs can help him calm down faster. “But, I don’t think Raven will be happy if you suddenly show up on my mission.”

Li Ling scoffs. “Like I give a crap what she’ll think. What was she thinking sending you on your own there?”

“I mean, I did resolve the Crow issue practically on my own.” Tang Xuan still thinks it was weird how Tevor leftmost of the sleuthing to him. He brought the cat man with him specifically so he could sniff out the crow leader, yet Tang Xuan ended up gathering most of the clues and coming to the final conclusion of both the present mystery and the past mystery that caused the cruise events to happen. Waste of a favour and money, that was. “It only took me a few days, too! I think Raven and the others starting to see my worth, putting me on all these high, erm, ranked missions.” Tang Xuan almost slipped up and said high stakes. He bites his lip to prevent himself from rambling on. Fortunately, Li Ling doesn’t notice his almost slip up, mumbling affirmative sounds to show that he’s only partially paying attention to Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan pouts, tapping a finger against his cheek as he thinks of a way to break Li Ling’s concentration. “Oh! If you come here, we can do a road trip back to Gyrate.” Tang Xuan grins as the other line goes completely silent. He can practically hear Li Ling processing what he just said.

“What? No, absolute not! That’s our anniversary date plans, we aren’t moving those up.” Li Ling, finally, sounds a bit more lively. Tang Xuan digs in deeper.

“Weellll, if you come here, Raven’ll wonder why you’re here, and saying it’s because I’m here isn’t going to fly with her.”

“Screw her.” Li Ling sounds like a petulant child, grumbling under his breath.

”So we’re going to need to come up with a valid excuse. You got any besides an impromptu desert tour, babe?” The grumbling on the other end continues.

“But we are doing a road trip for our anniversary… what does New Mylo even have?” Tang Xuan wishes Li Ling was next to him, because he just knows he’s making that cute confused face, eyes rolling up and brows furrowing in thought.

“There’s lots of stuff we can do down here… maybe.” Tang Xuan sounds chipper, a genuine grin spreading across his face as he realises he’s got Li Ling. The man might hate rules, but he hates changing plans even more. “They have these sand glider vehicles I’m sure we can get a hold of.”

“And then we can, what, ride around the barren landscape?”

“Aaannnd, we can fight miramon.” Tang Xuan suggests, picking at his braid. He’s going to need a trim soon. “Hey it’s just a suggestion. You could also just wait a couple more weeks and then you’ll have me all to yourself.” Throwing his braid back over the backside of the couch, he rests his head on the cushion and prays that Li Ling will take the bait.

“Hn. You’re changing the subject. I want to see you now.” Oof, yes he is but he needs to convince Li Ling he isn’t.

“I really want to see you too.” Tang Xuan coughs, not expecting to say it so emotionally. But it’s true that he does. Him and Li Ling are almost never separate for more than a week at a time, and they especially don’t go hours between talking to each other. It’s something that leaves Tang Xuan feeling warm and soft inside, even after years of knowing Li Ling, and almost a year of dating him, how strongly they are still attracted to each other. It doesn’t feel overbearing, not like his childhood did- constantly being a unit with his younger brother. Everything they did was done together and any attempts at individualising himself never lasted long. Tang Yun could, and would, easily join whatever activity or hobby Tang Xuan would sign up for. It didn’t help that they were equally good at everything, despite having differing personalities.

Tang Xuan loves his brother, but he hated being overlooked for who he was. He never wanted to be a part of a pair again.

Until Li Ling came along and, gradually, all he wanted was to be matched with him. It felt different. They did many things together, but he was still Tang Xuan and Li Ling was still Li Ling. Sure, sometimes he was “Li Ling’s boyfriend” but Li Ling was also “Tang Xuan’s boyfriend” and it is exhilarating to him every time. Perhaps this is what those cheeky aunties meant when they would tell his younger self to “wait until he’s older” whenever he would declare he’d remain single his whole life. Being an item with Li Ling just carried differently than being “the Twins”. He is still himself even when he yearns to be plastered to Li Ling.

Damn, he loves this bastard.

“I want to see you so bad, Ling-Ling.” Tang Xuan continues, feeling a little embarrassed to hear it echo in the small room back to him. “And that’s what's getting me through this mission. We’re only a few weeks away from out 1st year anniversary, the places I want to go with you, the things I want to see with you, and do with you and do to you! I have been looking forward to it since you decided to stage a prison break for your former mentor.”

Li Ling has been quietly listening the whole time, and sighs softly between the break in Tang Xuan’s monologue. “Hou hou… You’re too damn cute.”

“Says the man who said he was worried about me after pretending he’s only been fighting miramon.” Tang Xuan teases.

“I was fighting miramon.” Li Ling says, and now he sounds like his usual self, even if his voice is still low.

“Why were you fighting miramon? You aren’t on miramon duty for the next month?” Raven might’ve been impressed by the corruption Li Ling and him revealed among the Tangton Correctional Centre, but they had to do press conferences and PR events for a week due to Li Ling’s outburst in front of the station going viral. Raven can be a petty boss.

“I’m still not on miramon duty.”

Tang Xuan waits for him to continue. Silence answers him instead and all Tang Xuan can do is sigh. “Please don’t get yourself in trouble before I get back. We’ve been planning this anniversary for months.”

“Don’t even, I should be saying that to you! You were supposed to be on vacation this whole month, what happened to that?” Li Ling spikes the accusation back.

“It’s not my fault! I swear I put in those vacation days, but when I checked I didn’t see them…” Tang Xuan still questions himself. He knows he pressed the submit button and he’s sure he received a message a day later that his time was approved, but when he pulled it up after splitting ways with Li Ling and Yun Chuan, he was shocked to see his schedule was filled again and none of the days he requested were blocked off. Even scarier, the message he received was gone. He had to go back and forth with HR for two days to clear up his schedule, again, and request the vacation but, by then, Raven had already tasked him with investigating the Crows on the cruise ship.

Tang Xuan hears tapping again. “Ling-Ling, what are you doing?”

“Making a note to talk to HR.”

“Why?”

“Because, when you come back, hou hou, I’m going to take you, fling you over my shoulder, and we’re just leaving. The note will be a warning not to interfere with us.”

“… Please don’t threaten anyone to give us a vacation.”

“I’m not. I’m promising them that they’ll regret screwing up your vacation with me.” He stops typing, sounding satisfied. Tang Xuan is now worried for a different reason, but a tapping on the door and Malik’s stern face peaking between the cracks, alerts him that he needs to return to the mission. Tang Xuan can only pray to the Sun that Li Ling will control himself and stay out of trouble.

“I have to go now, are we good?” Tang Xuan waves a hand at Malik to let him know he’s wrapping up his conversation. Malik nods in understanding and leaves him alone again.

“Yeah, we’re more than good, babydoll. Hmm, hey do me a favour before you go.” Li Ling sounds mischievous for some odd reason. Tang Xuan hums to show he’s listening. “Don’t tell anyone you have your phone back yet for the next two, three-ish, maybe six hours.”

“What? Six hours?? Why? If you were worried, the rest of our friends are so I don’t want to keep them in the dark.”

“Be-caauuusee,” Li Ling practically purrs, gleefully. “To make me feel better about you being MIA, Leora is taking me to a spice market nearby to try out Tangton candies,” Tang Xuan bites his lip to keep from gasping in pitied-shock. Tangton candies are lies in a wrapper. They aren’t sweet like candy, they’re just glazed balls of pure fire and agony. “And, after, Lewis is gonna treat me at my favourite grill joint.” Once again, Tang Xuan winces in sympathy. The food from that restaurant is delicious, but Li Ling always wants to sit right in front of hibachi grill and watch live as his favourite appetiser, skewered spiced-chili peppers, are grilled. Tang Xuan let him sit them there once and the smoke that came from those peppers hospitalised him as it clogged his nostrils and burned his eyes. As far as Tang Xuan knows, no one asides from him knows about the danger of letting Li Ling choose the seats. Tang Xuan sends a silent prayer out to Lewis, and hopes that his flaming hair will somehow render him immune to the effects of the spicey smoke. “And then after that, the boys and I are finally going to have an ultimate dodgeball competition!” Tang Xuan doesn’t even try to stop the grunt of disappointment from escaping, his hand audibly smacking against his forehead. Why do his friends become stupid the moment he leaves? They should know better not to encourage any sort of competitive sport with Li Ling, especially when there are balls concerned. Whatever damage they sustain, it’s on their heads.

Tang Xuan should warn his friends, but…

“It looks like I’m being sent out to look for more clues, so it might just be several hours before I post anything, anyway.” Tang Xuan has yet to see Leora lose her cool demeanour and it’s always fun to tease Lewis. “Send me pictures of Leora and Lewis enjoying the experience.”

“Deal, talk to you later, babydoll.” Tang Xuan returns his goodbye and ends the call. Refreshed, he gets off the couch and stretches. He has three days to wrap up this whole fiasco and he’s more motivated than ever to get it done.

#dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #li ling dislyte #lixuan #lotusmokey #monkeylotus #the hippo writes #well damn it's been a while since i've used that tag #i got over stimulated responding to those anonymous asks #so i wrote this to calm down #i apologise if the timeline is a bit off with the past few events #lord knows i remember nothing #and dislyte hasn't dropped the story event for playback for truth unveiled so I don't remember much of the details #if anyone corrects me i'll edit it for when it gets posted to ao3 #i will die on the hill that duplication is the cutest way to make nicknames #hence ling-ling and hou hou #hou being monkey in mandarin chinese #i like to think that when they're being soft and emotional with each other they'll use these cutesy petnames #but every other time they will call each other babe (tang xuan to li ling) and babydoll (li ling to tang xuan)#i will also die on the hill that li ling is autistic you cannot convince me otherwise #f in the chat for leora and lewis they will be missed

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supernovaae · 10 months

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I find it so wild how the word placements of a ship name can separate two different fandoms.

#monkeylotus #lotusmonkey #from what I’ve seen #the Dislyte fandom mostly uses the first #and the lmk fandom mostly uses the second #dislyte #lego monkie kid

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lucy6544 · 1 year

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I just wake up from a nap and i dreamed about tang xuan and li ling where they just finished a mision and raven called tang xuan on the phone and told him to get something important that was in li ling's house (i dont remember what) because li ling would forget that thing and to bring that thing tomorrow to the union because they Will need It for an investigation, on the way to li ling's house there was a mud puddle where tang xuan fall in because It was like 1am and tang xuan was tired as hell and didn't notice It, li ling who was walking ahead was like 🧍for a moment because he was tired to and then he sleepily laughed and help him up, they eventually arrived to the house and when they entered li ling didn't bother to turn in the lights he just went straight to his bedroom and entered the bathroom and he undressed not caring that tang xuan has follow him and he just got in the shower and closet the curtain (the bathroom lights were also off the only light that illuminated the bathroom came from a small window where the moonlight peeked out, in the dream that light gave a relaxing vibe to the environment) and tang xuan who was in front to the bathroom's door (li ling obviously didn't close the door) did not flinch and just asked if he could stay the night because it was to late and he didn't want to walk all the way to his house and li ling told him that yes he could stay that he could lend him one of his shirts (there were all over the bed on his bedroom) so he could sleep more comfortable and that tomorrow they could go to the laundry to clean their clothes, tang xuan (who was still full of mud) agreed and he undid his braid and begun to undress and when he was completely naked he entered in the shower with li ling still bathing and li ling was not bothered at all like they've done this a couple of times alredy and he began to support xuan against him and holding him close because tang xuan was falling down from exhaustion

( It looked so cute in the dream to be honest.

I just realized that they forgot to grab towels in the dream.

Sorry if the writing Is bad english Is not my first language.)

#li ling #tang xuan #lixuan #monkeylotus #dislyte

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bubble-popping · 2 years

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Just wondering, are you planning to do a part 2 of that LiXuan fanfic you did based off of Rowdy Boy Ling? Cuz i can imagine how he saves Xuan from some opposing gang guy or something but he just ends up in the hospital again and this time Xuan can treat him a little more focused but he's thinking about how cool Ling looked fighting

To be completely honest bc I don't wanna get anyone's hopes up, I probably won't. I didn't intend to do another part to it in the first place, it rly was just some crazy au my brain thought of when I was thinking out loud. But now especially since I've lost motivation to write them, (tho I do still love them) I don't see it happening.

I didn't expect ppl to like it sm, so if anyone else is rly interested in the au they can write what they envision the next steps to be. I don't mind anyone writing for frankly any au I come up with, lord knows I got too many that even I can't keep up with, lol

#bubble answers #dislyte #lixuan #xuanling #monkeylotus #trust y'all I would love to still write for these two idiots in love but if I force myself to write then it becomes a chore #and writing is truly one of the only things besides mobile games that I let myself have complete freedom #only thing holding my sanity up #do tell if anyone has more ideas tho I love to hear what ppl think of anything I write

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acearohippo · 2 years

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MonkeyLotus + Lewis discover that they have become popular enough to gain a fan base. Lewis loses his shirt (heh) over the fact the he is a meme (in a good way). Ling goes on a rant about how he is an artists worst nightmare (hands? I got six of em’!) and Xuan saves countless videos and animatics. Fanfic is written. Fic is discovered. Chaos ensues. Xuan makes literal essays of thoughtful feedback. Ling subjects Lewis to a dramatic reading of poorly written smut. The internet knows no peace.

You and me, right now? We this 🤞🏼. Cause I've been on that SAME WAVELENGTH FAM. What started as a thought of "What if the review section existed in universe as a way for non-espers to safely and anonymously vent, criticise, praise, and/or make suggestions about the espers around?" And then, because it was a bunch of out-of-touch boomers who decided to make this a thing, they didn't even attempt to but any regulations on it asides from some basic censoring some curse words and body parts. So, imagine the older espers, like gen xers and older millenials, genuinely wanting to hear what people had to say about them MEANWHILE younger millenials and gen Z espers are like "FFUUUUUU- NOOOOOO!"

Cue the first ever espers union live reading of comments, and Li Ling just adamantly refusing to read a single one of his reviews. Tang Xuan is Lost™ and barely focused, Lewis is trying not to bust out laughing in front of the cameras.

"I'm actually illiterate, you ableist piece of shiii-" -Li Ling, straight faced, but flushed maroon and unable to make eye contact.

"I don't even think you'd be allowed to say half this stuff, live" -Lewis, trying to steal a sheet so he can read it out loud to test the censorship crew

"I have bore witness to a string of words I never thought to be grouped together and we, humanity, are forsakened." -Tang Xuan, Traumatised™

Them discovering fandoms and stan content related to them would be equal parts terrifying (for content featuring themselves) and hilarious (for content about their friends).

Eventually, because the trio of them are such chill and go-with-the-flow type of dudes, they'll probably jump in and add to fandom chaos! I'm talking, more fan service, random social media posts quoting lines from pretty well known fanfics, Tang Xuan sharing a crap ton of art, especially ones featuring him and Li Ling with captions like "this could be us but you're playing 🤡", and saving anything nsfw featuring him to a private account "this could be us but you'd rather impale miramon😔". Li Ling actually gets upset when artists forgo his arms, hand-drawing difficulty be damned, "Ableist, all of them! >:(" "bro, wtf is up with you and ableism?? You just learn that word or somefin?" "Besides, you can get rid of your arms at any time, that's not a disability." "Yeah?? And?? Sometimes people in wheelchairs CAN walk, we ain't taking away their wheeling privileges tho" "... I... Mm. I don't like that that is, probably, an... Acceptable comparison. " "Nah, but hard agree, why tf does that make sense?!" "It's called self-advocacy🤌🏽✋🏽👍🏽 😌✌🏽✊🏽🤙🏽"

Lewis commissions artists to draw all sorts of posters and create shirts and what not for the Fire Fists. Tang Xuan makes weekly posts covering his favourite songs and gets super stoked when they're used in AMVs featuring him. Li Ling will not touch social media because of the amount of thirst comments he gets, but he also reads every single social media post he can find on himself and will make references to them.

And the memes. Oh LORD the memes. Once the Boys get a hold of them, it's over for the Union. Or, rather, it's over for the aged Union members and an all out war amongst the younger espers.

#the hippo speaks #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #lewis dislyte #dislyte lewis #monkeylotus #!!#i hope that catches on cause i LOVE IT #the boys would be WILD with fandom #Esper Union HR would have to have a stern sit down with then to chill tf out before they cause an incident #not mentioned: Tang Xuan is part of every Li Ling fan forum and server #partially jealous about all the fans li ling has (enemies to their relationship)#but also gottdamn their sleuthing skills and lewding radar are unmatched and Tang Xuan is down bad 🥵🥵#also not mentioned is Li Ling keeps a photo album of every art of himself and shows it off like a proud grandpa with his grandkids #also also not mentioned is Lewis is a total sucker for cutesy handmade crafts and has several plushes of himself + his friends in his room #the hippo responds

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acearohippo · 2 years

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Between LiXuan, which of the 2 do you think asked who out first? :3

My answer depends on my mood, tbh :D

I have three ways it can go down:

1) neither of them ask the other out, they just... Become a couple and it isn't until one of their friends, like lewis or mona, start asking them "where's your boyfriend" that MonkeyLotus are like "oh. I guess we are dating, huh. Nice."

2) Li Ling is pining hard, and so is Tang Xuan, but they're both so heavily monitored and well known that finding a private moment to themselves is a hassle. In this situation, Tang Xuan gets Fed Up™ and dramatically (maybe on live TV or in the middle of a fight with miramon/shadow decree) just bellows to Li Ling "Li Ling, will you be my boyfriend?? Please?? I've been trying to ask you out for weeks! D':" and Li Ling is just "say my given name, and yeah I'll give you a time and place ;) " and Tang Xuan combusts on the spot because, holy shit that's a level of intimacy he's not prepared for (even though Li Ling calls him Xuan all the time). He does call him Ling, face fire engine red and unable to look him in the face, but it's a mushy occasion only ruined by their audience.

3) Li Ling is like, 85% sure that him and Tang Xuan have a thing going on. Lewis tells him to check his math cause they 100% have a thing going on and Mona, the smart ass, tells him that he should leave room for error and clocks it at a 97% thing happening between the two. Regardless, every attempt to get him and Xuan alone is foiled, either because something comes up and interrupts them (and Tang Xuan has to be the hero) or something comes up (and Tang Xuan has to be the fucking hero) and Li Ling gets ghosted. Eventually, it becomes a sort of group effort, with Lewis and Mona, as well as some other espers like Brynn, Q, and David, trying to help set Li Ling and Tang Xuan up to make it official. But something always happens, either it rains and events planned are cancelled, or the theatre/restaurant they made reservations for gets held up in a terrorist/rival gang attack, or Tang Xuan runs off to be "a damn hero for the love of fuck, Xuan, stop riding Justice's dick and hop on mine" - Li Ling, fed TF up by now, calls after the younger man, who doesn't hear because he's long gone. Everyone else does and it circles the internet for a while, somehow missed by Tang Xuan...

Eventually, in the most cliched way ever, the two are just walking with their friends and, like, some kids or pets or something run by and get rangled in their legs and Tang Xuan and Li Ling fall into each other and share an accidental kiss. Tang Xuan separates the two and is all like "sorry bro 😃 haha, can't believe that happened for real" and their friends just look at them in various expressions of defeat, pain, and empathy. Until Li Ling says "fuck it. Nah, fuck! This!" And grabs Tang Xuan with all his hands and makes out with him. Tang Xuan is shocked and pliant, so Li Ling goes "guess we ballin all out" and wraps Tang Xuan around him and holds him in place as he ravages his mouth.

His friends: 🤯🤯🤯

The random passerbys: 😱😱😱

The children/pets they tripped on: 🤢🤢🤮

That one elderly couple that's been getting it all 60 years of their marriage: 🤪🤪🤪

When Li Ling finally breaks them apart, he just smirks all smooth and shit, taking the chance to wipe at the spit running down Tang Xuan's chin and using the opportunity to crook his chin up to make eye contact with him, says "Stop being a pussy, and go out with me as my boyfriend."

And Tang Xuan just blinks, face flushed, eyes dilated. "Um, ok. Sure, yeah" And Li Ling just gives the largest grin and goes to put Tang Xuan down except Tang Xuan tightens his grip around Li Ling and pulls him back in for a part 2 make out sesh. Lewis and Mona immediately take of their jackets and try to block them cause, whoo boi, part 2 is getting a bit rated MA and there are children you two, pull yourselves together! Q has his cam out (it's been out) and has started narrating the scene on live.

Can you tell which one really gets me going 😁😁

#the hippo speaks #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #li ling x tang xuan #monkeylotus #glares at lixuan #i really don't like that ship name 😐#it doesn't match the PATTERNS.#it's just xuan's name after he marries li ling 🤨#it's not a ship name it's his legal name 🤨🤨🤨#the hippo responds

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acearohippo · 2 years

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New story! It's the taste testing one, though that doesn't come in till the end :'D

Rated: Teen and Up

Relationships: Li Ling/Tang Xuan, Lewis & Li Ling

Word Count: 8883

Status: one-shot, complete

Summary: It's tournament week at the Esper Union, Lewis vs Li Ling, and the winner vs Tang Xuan.

Li Ling fights dirty, Lewis is fed up, Tang Xuan is flustered, and Raven doesn't get paid enough for this.

Also, Tang Xuan smells like peaches? Li Ling is intrigued.

#the hippo writes #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #li ling x tang xuan #lixuan #monkeylotus #xuanling #lingxuan #lotusmonkey

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acearohippo · 2 years

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Buckle up! The Hippo's commentary time is here~~ Starting with Li Ling's 'Spice' side story. Warning, I'm going to be leaning very heavily into shipping (Li Ling x Tang Xuan) territory with this one. Sorry for the non shippers.

Chopsticks? Whose? Where did he grab em from?? I doubt a cafeteria just has them set on the table.

There's three options: 1) he grabbed Tang Xuan's, 2) he grabbed Li King's, or 3) the boys are just used to grabbing extra cutlery during meals.

Ignoring three, either Lewis used Tang Xuan's used chopsticks or Li Ling's unused set.

Conclusion: The boys are that group of friends that just feed each other from the same dish, using the same cutlery, and everyone around them is unsure if they're dating or not.

Ok, so Lewis has known Li Ling for, relatively, longer (Li Ling's character profile suggests that he and Lewis hit it off first and Tang Xuan joined the group later via refereeing soarring matches) than Tang Xuan, so why would Lewis not recognise the hot pot? And why would Tang Xuan know that it would be spicy?

From his and Li Ling's dates, that's how. It seems to be a common occurrence that Li Ling and Tang Xuan eat out together (Tang Xuan's 'Karma' side story and Li Ling's 'Bad Boy' side story). And I'm still stuck on Lewis now getting the "Tang Xuan's friend" title in Tang Xuan's story. They clearly all hang out, and not always as a trio, and have a great relationship, but it just feels like the stories are subtely emohasising the difference in what kind of relationship between Lewis and Li Ling, Lewis and Tang Xuan, and Li Ling and Tang Xuan. Seems like Lewis and Li Ling are best friends, Lewis and Tang Xuan are good friends, and Li Ling and Tang Xuan are... Headed towards a romance? 👀

Disclaimer: As someone who is acearo, logically, I know that even in a friend group everyone acts differently depending on who they're with. But as someone who's been in several friend groups, after a while (if it's a mutually fond friend group) everyone starts to assimilate to each other, which means matching speech, attire, personalities, tastes, etc etc. Not exactly, but definitely everyone rubs off on everyone.

I'm not seeing that with these 3. Granted, lillithgames isn't the... Best when it comes to cohesive and realistic dialogue, but I don't even think I could chalk this down to less-than-stellar writing. They each vibe differently with each other, and Li Ling and Tang Xuan just feel more romantically inclined to me.

But I digress, back to the story!

So, after further research... I'm going to but my South Indian/Chinese!Li Ling headcannon to rest 😔😔

Because South Indian/BURMESE/Chinese!Li Ling is where it's at 🤪🤪 Tangton is one sound away from Tangtong, which is a city in Burma [Myanmar]. It's located in South East Asia, to the right of Bangladesh and India and under China. They're all super close to each other and I have never felt more validated than now... Until the next time some random line adds to the headcannon 🤣

Either way, a quick glimpse at their cuisine and there's a lot of dishes that would absolutely work fantastically in hotpot form, and they share similar cuisine to Indian and Chinese food.

It's all coming together 😌

Why is Tang Xuan denying something happened?? This may be the Autism speaking (saw someone make a post about Li Ling and autism with this story, I dig it but allow me to push it further), but mayhaps it's a boundary issue? Something that just is with most people on the spectrum is this boundary (I call it consent, aholes will call it control) line where we don't like people in our personal space or our belongings unless we take the initiative. Think cats. While I hate lying, I can understand that accommodation to not ruin Li Ling's current mood so that he can take the initiative to share later, when he wants to. Small little moment, but adorable nonetheless.

HA! Not Tang Xuan trying to soften the blow and come up with excuses while Lewis is just like "absolutely not 😐". Those the kind of friends you need 🤣 a sweet friend and a hardass.

I ran out of space to add pics :')))

Sighs... Guess I'm making a part 2

#the hippo speaks #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #lewis dislyte #li ling x tang xuan #monkeylotus #lotusmonkey #lingxuan #sigh #lixuan #still don't like that shipname #it should MATCH #lastnamelastname or firstnamefirstname #or symbolicimagerysymbolicimagery #grumbles

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acearohippo · 2 years

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Rating: Explicit

Pairing: Li Ling/Tang Xuan

Summary: Tang Xuan can only "sleep" when his body and mind are overworked and well past his human limits. He had accepted that he'll get to sleep whenever he hits that wall and to be grateful for those few hours of unconsciousness. But there are other ways to overwhelm the mind and the body, and his boyfriend, Li Ling, is the perfect candidate to do so.

Please read the tags on the fic as well as the note in the beginning! Everything is consensual, but we definitely get into kinky territory

#fic #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #the hippo writes #7000+ words later and it's out there for all to see #lmfao the title makes it sound SO ROMANTIC #don't let it fool you! you're in for a wild and messy ride #lixuan #lingxuan #xuanling #i always forget to tag ship name #I'mma call it LotusMonkey #dislyte li ling #dislyte tang xuan #lemons #citrus #monkeylotus

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OMG i didnt know you had a tumblr! Ive read your lixuan fics on ao3 and wow 😳

I wanted to throw this thought your way. Uh nsfw 🔞 warning.

What if Xuan teasingly calls Ling daddy and it does something to him, cut to Ling counting Xuan's orgasms like a workout count 👁👁

Me: I'll make sure to keep my social media handle consistent so people can find me easier

Me, when people find me easier due to my consistent social media handle: *kill bill sirens playing over X Files theme song*

Hehe, yes, tis I! And thank you for sharing this morsel with me! 🥰

Sorry, it's taken me so long to reply, I came down with some sort of bug (love working at a daycare, really) and I've not been in the correct mindset to be all smutty... Till now :D

Had to write out the scene~

Nsfw under the cut

Warnings: Multiple Orgasms, fledgling Daddy Kink, sex talk, minor praise, Li Ling calling Tang Xuan baby, doll, and babydoll, neutral descriptions of Tang Xuan’s anatomy.

It would start out completely innocent at first, Tang Xuan calling Li Ling “daddy” because his skateboard broke and Li Ling pulled a toolkit out of nowhere and went to work fixing out. Why does he have a toolkit for a skateboard? He rollerblades, that’s why, but the randomness of it and Li Ling just automatically getting to work is comical to Tang Xuan. Tang Xuan then completely loses it when Li Ling starts dadsplaining on proper skateboard care and maintenance. It’s so out of character that it aligns exactly within character for Li Ling and Tang Xuan is delighted.

“Thank you, daddy, I’ll make sure to lube my wheels more.” Said with a cheeky grin, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Li Ling just levels him with a look and plays along. It’s a small moment, just a little light-hearted banter, and then Li Ling is back to watching Tang Xuan perform increasingly complicated tricks on his board.

Except, as the hour passes, that line- or rather, that singular word, echoes in his mind, followed by images of increasingly lewd situations where Tang Xuan could use it.

Li Ling lets a smirk settle on his face, the word humming in the back of his mind. He can work with this, and he lets his gaze grow heavy with intent until Tang Xuan notices. Tang Xuan doesn’t say anything, just raises a brow and skates over to him, casual and open-faced.

Li Ling grabs him by his waist and moves him towards the Union dorm building, no words exchanged but heated glances back and forth relay the message well enough, and it is reciprocated.

When they do get to their own room, Li Ling asks him to call him the word again.

“Hmm? And what does daddy need me to do?” The cheekiness is still there, but Tang Xuan is interested now, his voice low with arousal.

Li Ling smiles. “Nothing, baby. Just lay there and look pretty while daddy works.”

It’s so corny, they both break character to laugh it off. Tang Xuan pulls Li Ling into the bed with him and they strip down and bring each other pleasure.

Two orgasms later, and Tang Xuan now understands the beast he unleashed within Li Ling. He jumps on a particularly rough thrust from Li Ling against the sensitive spot inside of him, and it triggers another orgasm.

“What number was that one, babydoll? Gotta help keep count for daddy.” Li Ling purrs, enjoying the quivering mess he’s turned his boyfriend into.

Li Ling has found that sweet spot, where he can just grind against Tang Xuan’s inner walls and give him multiple orgasms in a row.

“Th-three…?” Tang Xuan barely gasps out, after another orgasm overtakes him.

“Hmm, are you sure about that? Daddy’s gonna have to teach you how to count, babydoll.” No sooner does he growl out the pet name Tang Xuan clenches around Like Ling, whining and tossing his head back in ecstasy.

“Well, that was number four. Count with me, doll.” Li Ling adjusts his weight and posture so he can have finer control of his thrusts. He grinds his hips against Tang Xuan’s pelvis and Tang Xuan clenches tightly around him for a fifth orgasm. Li Ling groans out the number, reaching his second orgasm of the night, but remains hard and hungry for more.

“You didn’t say it with me, babydoll. Try again~! Say it with daddy now!” Tang Xuan can only murmur the number and brace himself for the subsequent orgasms Li Ling will wring from him before the sun sets.

“And that was orgasm number 6, you’re doing so well for daddy.”

“Come on baby, lemme here you. We’re on 7.”

“You’re being so good for daddy, giving me 8 orgasms. Daddy’s going to fill you with his fourth load now, baby.”

“Fuck, babydoll, don’t fight it. It’ll feel so much better when you let go… A ha! There you go, doll! Look at you all messy for daddy. You don’t even remember which number we’re on, do ya?”

“Breathe, baby, just give me one more orgasm. Make daddy proud and hit the double digits. Just one more baby and daddy will fill you up one more time. Come on, come on, come on. You’re so close, baby, I can feel you tightening around me. This will be your tenth one, come on babydoll, make daddy proud-! Fuck! Look at you, yeah ride it out, baby, take your fill. You’re so damn good, so fucking amazing, of course, I’ll reward you.”

Of course, when their coupling comes to an end, Tang Xuan finds himself laying limply with a dazed grin on his face, eyes glazed over, sated and trembling. It’s not comical anymore and Tang Xuan knows he’s going to have to encourage more of this at later dates.

#the hippo responds #the hippo writes #dislyte #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #lixuan #lingxuan #monkeylotus #li ling x tang xuan #ah look at that we got some smut in #i am dying but i've been sitting on this for a while #don't mind the errors please

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