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If you'd like to thread with Wei Wuxian outside of any games or memes, here's a place to do it! If there's a prompt or idea you have in mind, feel free to toss it at me. If a thread's going to be NSFW or contain triggering subjects, please mark it in the subject line. Other than that, go wild! Texts, emails, and other formats besides prose or action tags are welcome!

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Being in the background was his preferred situation, all things considered, especially with the current arrangements at his school. He'd been sent along with other members of his family to take part in the education program, but it wasn't as if he was a prodigy like some of the others.

He was more comfortable just fading into the crowd and that would have been fine, except for one thing. He'd accidentally caught the attention of a classmate from another clan, someone he'd.. well, he'd been aware of Wei Wuxian, because who wasn't with the way he tended to make himself known.

Not in a bad way, but he had a tendency to act without considering all the consequences and sometimes Wen Ning wished he was that bold. Granted, his intelligence and skill would have set him apart anyway, but being as outspoken as he was tended to get him noticed for the wrong reasons.

And somehow Wei Wuxian had zeroed on him. He still had no idea why, not really, but it was becoming a routine for the other teenager to show up wherever he was and that was drawing more attention than he was comfortable with.

But he couldn't say as much without being rude, at least not in his own mind so he'd been trying to find new places to study, which was why he'd settled in this corner of the library on campus. Clubs were meeting elsewhere so he had some quiet.

Maybe.

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"Wen Ning! So that's there you've been! What are you doing hiding all the back here?"

And there's that pipingly cheerful voice, much too loud to be appropriate within a place for quiet study. Almost as soon as the words are out of his mouth, several of the more serious students in the area, not to the librarian, are all hissing at him to shush. To his credit, Wei Wuxian does lower his voice to a still very audible stage whisper, an effort somewhat contradicted by him just kind of taking a seat on the table next to Wen Ning's books.

"It's so musty and dusty back here... How can you stand it? Besides, it's a beautiful day! How about we take off and go have some fun instead?"

As for why Wei Wuxian isn't attending any clubs, well, he's either tried them and gotten bored with them after about a week, gotten kicked out, or had been preemptively banned from even joining.

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He should have expected it, honestly, and maybe he had, at least a little but it still had him almost jump at the first call before he shifted the book he'd been reading, even if he does glance up at Wei Wuxian a moment later.

"I was trying to study." When he finally responds, his voice a little unsteady. "And it's quiet here. I like it." It was easier to focus and people didn't really look at him, or hadn't until now.

Still, it'd be rude to say no, and if they left, at least the other students could study, which is why he's shoving books and papers into his bag.

"We can..maybe outside.." Talk outside is more or less what he means, at least.

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With typical obliviousness at any discomfort he might be causing, Wei Wuxian simply smiles and starts helping Wen Ning with his books, shoving them into his bag for him. Once they're safely away, he'll drape an arm around his friend's shoulders and start ushering him toward the library's exit.

"There's this new bookstore that just opened up that Huaisang told me about that I've been wanting to go to! You like books, too, don't you? Maybe we could find something you'll like. It'll be my treat."

It's so rare that Wei Wuxian offers to treat anyone and honestly, who even knows if he has any money him right now. It's the thought that counts, right? And well, if he can't get Wen Ning a treat the honest way, he's not above getting one for him in a dishonest way. Really, who cares if Wei Wuxian pilfers a book for his friend?

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He follows along easly enough, relaxing a tiny bit once they're outside, at least until the bookstore comes up and there's a moment where he's just silent, considering how to politely ask the first question that comes to mind.

"...I do like books, yes, but...which bookstore?" Because he hadn't heard of a new one opening and he usually bought secondhand anyway.

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"Uh... Huaisang told me the name of it but I already forgot it. But I remember how to get there! It's a little far so we'll have to take a bus. We can stop for food along the way. It'll be my treat!"

Again, with what money, Wei Wuxian? But he has a plan for this, too, one that mostly involves sending Wen Ning out first under the pretext of saying he'll pay and then sneaking out the bathroom window. But it's foolproof! Wei Wuxian's practiced this plan to perfection and he's pretty sure he hasn't hit the place he's thinking of yet. Unless of course, he did and forgot about it .

"I'm sure the bookstore will have something you like in there! Huaisang says it has all kinds of different books. Just about anything you can imagine."

He's been really, really, really looking forward to visiting it, okay.

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"I'm not sure Huaisang and I have the same tastes in books." It's a diplomatic attempt at protesting anyway and he checks his wallet before glancing at Wuxian.

"But I'll cover lunch, at least and wait for you outside the bookstore."

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"Well, Huaisang has his own tastes. Everyone does, don't they? They're supposed to have all sorts of different kinds of books there. He told me that found some really good poetry books there."

There were erotic poetry books but of course, Wei Wuxian's conveniently forgotten that part of the description.

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"I'm sure the store does, Wei-gongzi, but...I'm not sure that the sorts of books they sell will be of any interest to me. I don't really like the same kinds of books you and Nie-gongzi do. So if it's all the same, I'd much rather wait while you browse and then we can get lunch."

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"Alright, fine. But if there's a book you want somewhere else, tell me, okay? I'd like to get you something nice."

Because Wen Ning's nice, if really shy, and a good friend. As clumsy as Wei Wuxian's attempts at friendship are, they're nonetheless sincere. There's some things he doesn't really get and others he gets a lot more than anyone would expect someone as shamelessly outgoing as he is to.

"So what kind of books do you like to read anyway?"

Maybe he should've asked this first, huh.

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"I will." It's an easy response, even if he likely won't follow through on it anytime soon. Although there is a secondhand store he frequents that he might suggest they visit later. It's more comfortable than going to the bigger stores and the owner is nice.

"I read a lot of different types of books. History is good. Zoology, um...Marine biology. I do read some fantasy on occasion..."