#this is a happy liuqijiu zone!!!!!!!!! and thank you VERY much for sharing!!!!!!!!

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You mentioned happy qijiuliu in a post, so I thought I would share the random half awake dream I had that was defo inspired by your fic. Premise: after finding the Qiu mansion burned down, YQY got very drunk one (1) time, naturally with his reliable bro, LQG. And of course, he poured out his whole broken heart, and then LQG was a good enough bro to never ever bring it up again, so YQY let himself forget it happened. (1/3)

But LQG has it all rattling around in his head, this tragedy over YGY's Shen Jiu, his Xiao Jiu, so when he first meets the actual grown up Shen Jiu his reaction is more of 'ugh, YGY was all torn up over you??' And then Shen Jiu gets to know that YQY did try, he did care, he was just too late. Cue reconciliation speedrun, any percent, bonus trophy LQG (since the cure for SJ feeling insecurely jealous is to have a claim too). (2/3)

Sorry it was so light on the details, the rest of it was really hazy, but I hope it sparks some joy in your day! Thank you for always writing and sharing, I always look forward to it (3/3)

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ANY% MAJOR GLITCHES RECONCILIATION SPEEDRUN, WE LOVE THIS SHIT. yes please ;; that makes so much sense!! drunken mess YQY mad at the world and mad at himself. Maybe he even gets reckless with Xuan Su ("what use is all this power if I can't protect anyone who matters?!") and that's how LQG finds out. YQY mourns for SJ in LQG's company and LQG hears all about SJ's resourcefulness and intense protective streak. how SJ is YQ's dearest person in the whole wide world and now he's gone.

except he's not. SJ comes back to life and LQG rushes to YQY's side the moment he hears that Yue-shixiong's brought back a strange rogue cultivator. LQG meets SJ in the depths of his betrayed fury and shame that he's ever trusted Qi-ge to come back for him. LQG proves a hyper-effective catalyst and sets the record straight, because YQY hasn't exactly sworn to go to his grave with this secret (his silence is built out of habit and repeated silent self-confirmation more than anything). SJ is flabbergasted and disbelieving. Is this just some excuse YQY's new friend is making up for him? SJ pulls Xuan Su in a sudden motion (that YQY fully could have stopped) and finds out LQG's telling the truth.

"—why wouldn't you tell me?!" "I didn't want to make excuses—" "That's not an excuse, they screwed you over and left you for dead, heaven's sake Qi-ge, what—you, get out!"

This last bit's directed at LQG when SJ abruptly remembers they still have company. All of LQG's alarm bells are ringing about SJ though so he ignores SJ and looks to YQY instead. YQY looks between them both and nicely sends LQG away, and in that moment SJ sees the depths of LQG's loyalty to YQY. Oh, this cocky swaggering rich boy wants his Qi-ge, huh?

So as LQG's walking away, SJ grabs and kisses YQY. It's reckless it's messy it's a dirty tactic to drag YQY down with him it's a genuine display of his own feelings. YQY is shocked but shyly so. LQG's scandalized/furious at first (because you definitely did not do these sorts of things so crassly and openly! and with Yue-shixiong nonetheless!!) but when he sees YQY's flushed response he storms away, very much not comprehending why he's so angry when he should be happy YQY, or something.

Anyways yeah, disciple era young lovebirds shenanigans. SQQ's training goes smoother than in the original once he's accepted YQY's help. SQQ and LQG are still very much rivals who despise each other's guts except it gets more effectively tempered by YQY's mediation and also thanks to their mutual attachment to YQY. SQQ loves dangling YQY in front of LQG to the point where he kind of gets affronted "on YQY's behalf" when he spots LQG training/getting along with other people.

There needs to be some plot in that forces SQQ to confess to LQG that the only reason he's such a dick about being YQY's cultivation partner to LQG is because he's so insecure about not being as good as LQG. In turn LQG gets to confess that yeah he's totally been jealous but has confirmed that SQQ is every good thing YQY has said he was, and LQG's actually glad that SQQ's around to watch YQY's back especially in the political arena. Nobody else has as silver a tongue, especially not LQG, so good for all of them that SQQ is here at Cang Qiong, actually.

Talking through their misunderstandings leaves a good but awkward aftertaste lmfao, so in a hurry to get back to normal, SQQ resumes his prior behavior of dangling YQY in front of LQG, getting extra intimate when LQG is around, deliberately making eye contact while his hand's slipping into YQY's robes, etc. Except now...LQG's less going puce with outrage and more just rolling his eyes, and SQQ is less "hah see Qi-ge is mine mine mine" and more "look over here, hey why aren't you looking, aren't you always supposed to be looking."

YQY very much notices and is like, "um. So. Hey dear :) It seems that recently you've been really wanting Liu-shidi's attention." SQQ pulls a whole how dare you detective diaz-- monologue but ends up succumbing to YQY's bright idea of having LQG over for tea, and the three of them going on missions together, and going out to local festivals and attractions and such all three of them wouldn't that be lovely? Xiao Jiu and Liu-shidi getting along? Wouldn't that be nice~?

#this is a happy liuqijiu zone!!!!!!!!! and thank you VERY much for sharing!!!!!!!! #you have sparked joy <3 <3 <3 ;; <3 <3 <3 ily very much #679 #disciple era shenanigans always sounds so so so cute #we need more fics of it #asks