a-yuan getting sick and refusing pedialyte so wwx makes it into a popsicle and going shh don't tell baba we're having dessert before dinner wwx has one too but his is mixed with a shot of vodka so like. pedialyte screwdriver?

lwj: why are you like this
wwx: don't judge, it's so hard being a single father
lwj: we're married
wwx: IT'S SO HARD BEING A SINGLE FATHER

meanwhile a-yuan in the background munching away on his Forbidden Dessert with a maniacal giggle at the thought of outsmarting baba

lwj comes home from like a business trip to find both wwx and a-yuan on the floor crying their eyes out, a-yuan because he feels bad and wwx because he got 30 minutes of sleep before a-yuan got sick everywhere. they're both upset so wwx was like hey let's both cry on the floor

speaking of crying on the floor there is at least one point where a-yuan is old enough to understand death and wwx is like oh boy here we go and a-yuan looks up at him and goes... does that mean.... the DINOSAURS TOO. and wwx didn't expect this response and is like... yes?

lwj finds a baffled wwx trying to comfort an inconsolable a-yuan who found out about dinosaurs the week before and had wanted to see them at the zoo (this story brought to you by Baby Griffin, circa 1993)

First day of kindergarten. A-Yuan, bb Jingyi, and Jin Ling are in the same class. everything goes fine for the first little bit. welcome to kindergarten, let's sit on the rug and sing the good mornings song, a-yuan is SO EXCITED to learn new songs

things go to hell when it's time for station play. jingyi and a-yuan are playing with duplo, minding their own business, when jin ling (who went to like, fucking montessori preschool) comes over and says he wants to help them with their house. jinyi shoots this kid a withering

glance and is like it's not a house it's a BUILDING? DUH? and jin ling's little face screws up because no one in his life has ever spoken sarcastically to him and he knows this other kid's full of shit and is like no, it's CLEARLY a HOUSE. meanwhile jingyi is ready to throw hands

over a complete stranger (forget the fact he hadn't known a-yuan that morning because they sat together for circle time which means they're best friends now) coming into HIS STATION PLAY telling HIM what THEY ARE BUILDING?? oh no. Jingyi Will Not Stand for this. meanwhile,

little a-yuan is staring between the two of them as they get progressively louder and more angry with each other and the teacher is coming over and has That Tone adults have when they're disappointed with you and a-yuan CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS. and immediately bursts into tears

he doesn't want to get in trouble! he doesn't want people to be mad! he just wants to be friends and this is his first day away from preschool and he loved his preschool teacher and his baba told him to be a big boy today and be brave and he's TRYING but now everyone is fighting

AND FIGHTING IS AGAINST THE RULES! all this said in one fast shuddering breath before he starts crying. jingyi and jin ling stare at him and let go of each other and they're totally calm by the time the teacher crosses the room. they still have to sit in time our for five (5) min

and in those five (5) min the kind teacher dries a-yuan's tears and by then it's snack time and jin ling and jingyi come to an Understanding about not making a-yuan cry ever again, even if they lowkey hate each other with the fury only a small child can possess. /end

(this thread brought to u by 3-year-old Griffin and FUCKING PATRICK who messed with MY LEGO BUILDING AT PRESCHOOL and I bit him in the back and he hit me in fair retaliation but then i went crying to the teacher and he got in trouble FUCK YOU PATRICK)