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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!

ETA: NSFW threads within, some not explicitly marked.

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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..."