wwx being a popular parkour youtuber that lwj stumbles upon per jingyi messing with his youtube recommended algorithm, after watching like half a video lwj leaves a comment detailing the dangers of his activities
wwx finds this comment so random and way too detailed for it to just a troll and maybe the bunny profile picture adds to it all but he actually responds with "well ur definitely not going to like my newest video"
so obviously lwj goes and watches and video and, surprise surprise he is even more upset with the lack of safety gear, nets or anything present in the video and so he leaves another comment
this time tho what lwj doesn't expect is wwx's fans coming for him, his notifs get flooded this time with people claiming he shouldn't comment, it's not like he could even do a fraction of what's in the vid, that wwx has been doing this for yrs and he doesn't need lwj's opinion
wwx finds this hilarious but apart of him feels bad bc no one really deserves this hate on the internet bc he's been through that already so he responds w/ "alright guys no need to make them feel bad, we all know no one can replicate these stunts the danger is what's cool anyway"
lwj reads this and his eyebrow twitches, danger is never fun. especially not when kids could be watching, so lwj sets off to do something he's never done for a random internet stranger w/ insanely good biceps and an annoyingly attractive smirk.

lwj's going to do some parkour
like most things that lwj attempts it starts off with research. The of gear, the shoes, the clothes, and most importantly the safety gear. His brother does give him a concerned look when he comes home with nearly a whole new closet and a gopro but lwj makes a beeline for his room
and then he starts the actual practicing, no tall buildings or roofs but he does find a park and he does it, or sorta does it. He come back with a couple bruises and waves his brothers prying questions as he passes out and plans to do it again tm
lwj sets off for the next week practicing the basics of parkour and gets it down, the knee pads and helmet are much needed but finally he gets his 'routine' down and records his video
lwj goes home and edits the clips together and titles it, 'For YilingLaozu' and the description, 'safety first'
wwx sees the video and nearly spits out his water, because Holy Shit. whoever this BlueBunnies33 is, is Not some old 40+ fuddy duddy who hates the youth but instead a Very fit 20 something guy w/ a chest span wwx is having a hard coming to terms with

Mr. Safety is Hot
wwx cant stand by as this newbie walks in posting a video wrecking the parkour aesthetic with his video spliced with safety tips while still managing to look cool as fuck and not cheesy it's just not right.
So wwx has to make a response video. He just can't let this clear disrespect for the art of parkour just slide. Yes that's all. This video he's making while wearing the black jeans that fit his ass just right is just for the sake of being right. No other ulterior motives here
wwx makes a quick video with free running in a crop top and jeans and the end he flashes a peace sign to the camera at the end "Pretty sure all that gear is slowing you down Mr. Safety, but i will admit you're a fast learner" he says with a wink
wwx posts it and anxiously checks his phone at every notif, but it's the same old praise from his regular watches. After 5hrs with no response wwx starts to lose hope. Maybe it was just a one time thing and hot safety boy has decided to move on to critiquing other sports
cut to lwj having the video of wwx free running across THREE roofs in a crop top for the past 2hrs. The amount of skin exposed is just asking for an injury.
That's what has lwj so frustrated the clear lack of care for his well-being. not the fact that there is 2secs where the shirt rides up just a little too high, that has nothing to do with lwj's reaction
lwj finally snaps out of it, what if this YilingLaozu cant actually afford all this and lwj is just being insensitive. Looking at all the clothes he bought for the last video none of it was cheap.

lwj knows what he needs to do.
lwj scrolls down and comments, "I will buy you a full shirt. What color do you prefer?" Probably best to start with just this lwj can send him his extra helmet later. His hands shake as he presses the send button but lwj ignores it, nothing to stress abt he's just trying to help
wwx gets a ping on his phone and reluctantly checks the new comment, he does love his fans and the support, but right now he had hope for a *particular* viewer. He nearly writes off the comment as spam before he registers the profile picture and he can't help but smile
lwj reads the response, "if u wanted to be my sugar daddy all u had to do was ask ;)" and his ears heat up red.
"Shameless" is what he leaves as reply. His offer was stupid in the first place, he has nearly a million subscribers he doesn't need lwj's help.
lwj thinks that is that, he must have over stepped some unwritten internet rule and the irresponsible parkour youtuber is going to probably block him

what he definitely doesn't expect is a response
"only for u 😘"

Maybe not all hope is lost, though lwj's notifications gets subsequently spammed with

'get a room!'
'looks like mr safety might need some more protection soon'
'ASK HIM OUT'
as lwj scrolls through the, uh, inappropriate responses a reply comes in and it's from YikingLaozu, posted 1s ago, "ah guys leave him alone ! i was just teasing !! i don't even know his name!" and lwj feels his heart drop.
wwx hits send with on the response, there! A perfect segue for Mr. Safety to slide into his dms and tell him his name (twitter, instagram, maybe even his dead tumblr he forgot to unlink, wwx's not picky) but no response. Not for a whole 24hrs actually.
a week passes by since lwj had been, what? stranger-zoned? Is that even a thing? YilingLaozu must have a bunch of crazy fans and there's no reason to have thought that they would be, something? Maybe friends? Maybe something more?
lwj knows it's most definitely counterproductive but he spends all his free time going through the YilingLaozu's past videos, it's not like lwj had planned to fall for this youtuber and his infectious smile and stupid puns but he can't help but watch
it's clear from the 100s of videos that YilingLaozu someone who likes to joke and lwj took it just a touch too far, took his wink his emojis the wrong way
lwj also quickly learns that he's hardworking, which should have been more clear from the stunts he pulls, he also apparently has a nephew? a cousin? but sometimes he hears a tiny voice from off screen yell out "xian gege!"

he's good with kids
this is a critical blow
but the lwj starts getting to the older videos and there's a change. of course the camera quality drops but he's younger, much much younger whoever this 'Xian gege' is looks about 18? maybe 17 ? did lwj accidentally skip a bunch of videos ?
he goes back to the list of videos and nope, no skipped videos. apparently YilingLaozu ended up taking about a 3 year long break in making videos but he kept his old stuff up. strange
when lwj checks the comments of the older videos it becomes clear why. unlike YilingLaozu's supporters today it seems that the older videos were not received well, or more accurately a small group of people flooded the comment section
another parkour channel, wenchao, seeming led the charge with claims of editing and how YilingLaozu is scamming his viewers. clearly none of this is true, lwj has watched the videos, they are genuine, YilingLaozu is genuine
scrolling further and further into the other videos even, the comments dont stop, the malicious doesnt stop, they even start mentioning how he should be ashamed to be a single dad so young. A father? That kid lwj has been hearing is YilingLaozu's son?
lwj starts getting upset, all these comments date back years and years ago but he cant help but feel the urge to track down this wenchao person, by some sick joke seems to still be making videos, and teach him a lesson
its clear none of his claims were true and all these lies ended up driving YilingLaozu away for nearly three yrs. lwj feels his blood boil, no one deserves this, especially not 'xian gege' who is essential the sun personified, whos laugh alone could change the world
in the middle of lwj planning the logistics of hiding a body, he gets a notification that 'YilingLaozu just posted a new video! "thanks for 1mil !!!" '
the video opens up with wwx talking to the camera blog style as he walks outside, 'I know this is sooo late, but I mean its better than never right?' cue the laughter that hits lwj in the chest
'I just wanted to say thank you all, to new comers, to people who have stuck with me from the start, to daredevils like me and to even those who prefer the more cautious route—ah, that was dumb he's probably not even watching'
lwj eyes widen, YilingLaozu doesn't look upset, even though that was a clear jab at lwj and his (probably overactive) comments. how ironic for him to assume lwj isnt watching when that's all he's been able to do for the past week
then as a bonus bc for some reason the universe seems insistent to fuck with lwj and in the background of the video, YilingLaozu walks past a cafe, a coffee and tea cafe to be precise, the same cafe that lwj himself has walked past many times before
YilingLaozu lives in his city
lwj really cant be faulted for not recognizing the roofs of the buildings he's walked by on his way to work or when he was in uni, but lwj starts processing, they could've met, they might have already! they could've even been in the same store at the same time
lwj doesnt know whether this is very good news or very bad news, what happens now? if he sees him outside unexpectedly lwj doesn't think he would be able to handle the shock
is he just supposed to take this information to the grave? he cant just drop in the comments, 'oh hey i live in your city and am probably in love with you but i promise im not a stalker'?
lwj's imminent self destruction is put on pause when his eyes snap to a name he's seen one too many times today, wenchao
'YilingLaozu back from the grave? thanking your followers? half of them are probably bots and the others just havent realized how obnoxious and fake you actually are. why dont you get off the internet and leave it to the professionals?'
lwj doesn't even finish reading the rest of the comment that drones on about some bullshit or the other he's decided to spew this time, lwj doesn't care if YilingLaozu will see or figure out that he's watched all his videos, lwj can't just let this slide
lwj practically ends up writing an essay absolutely tearing him apart, '...You could not even hope to be a hundredth of the person that YilingLaozu is, leave alone his actual abilities in parkour. Jealousy is disgusting on you today as it was 6 years ago...'
wwx knew it was inevitable, wc was still out there making videos, it was just a matter of time that he was going to be back with the same old shit he pulled last time, at least this time wwx would be a bit more prepared for the onslaught
but, yet again hes caught off guard by the same bunny pfp that he's been hoping to see for the past week, it seems mr. safety left a reply to wc defending him ? would that make him mr. bodyguard? mr. knight in shining armor?
wwx reads the comment, once then again and again and again, he can't believe what he just read, he thought he had chased mr. safety away days ago with his flirting but here he is, defending him like nothing ever happened, like he's been here for years rather than days
wwx nearly forgets about wc, he nearly forgets his own name as his brain catches up with processing maybe the nicest thing anyone has ever said about him
wwx gives it a thought and honestly, responding to his knight in shining armor while completely ignoring wc would be such a Powermove, wc didnt even deserve getting a response from BlueBunnies33 in the first place when that was what wwx was hoping for for the past week
'MR SAFETY! UR BACK !!! I missed u sm don't ever scare me like that again! and ur defending my honor too ! u really are trying to seduce me huh? could i at least know ur name ? so i can properly thank u? <3' the heart might be too much, but wwx isnt taking any chances this time
lwj reads it, and then reads it again and then realizes that YilingLaozu just read what is essential a thesis of his confession and he feels his face turn tomato red
he cant run away, not again, not when hes fairly(?) sure he has some sort of an actual chance here. tho lwj can put 2 and 2 together and figure out hes not too cut out for this communicating online thing, but he doesn't necessarily have to...
what feels like years, but was more accurately like 20 mins wwx gets a reply, but its not what he's expecting. instead of a name, a youtube video is linked leading back to BlueBunnies33 channel, the second video hes ever posted
wwx buzzes with anxiety as the video buffers and almost passes out as the frame is filled with his knight in shining armor's face. his ears are tinted red and hes clearly awkward in front of a camera, but thats not the only thing that catches wwx's attention
he knows where that street, he just filmed a video on that same block yesterday, in front of that same cafe. wwx has to rewind and rewatch the video bc he tuned it all out overwhelmed by his face and the fact that HES SO CLOSE?
"I'm going to be at this cafe until they close, if you would like to meet up t-to talk, or get something to eat or exchange names. I'll be here."
"Oh, and one more thing please make sure to wear a jacket. It is cold out." wwx is out the door running as fast as he can, jacket be damned. Sharing body heat is the most effective way to stay warm anyway.
wwx arrives to the cafe out of breath, doubled over at the front entrance. He takes a couple deep breaths before making an attempt to fix his hair before reaching out for the door. Before he can grab it, the door swings away, out of his grasp and golden eyes fill his vision.
"My name's Lan Zhan, and you?"
—END—

THERE IT IS GUYS!!!! thats sorta the end wow I can't believe this spiraled out like this i did not expect this to be more than a couple twts sorta with just a wwx jumping from building to building w a concerned lwj looking in horror but here we are
I'm going to include like epilogue type details, but the general story/story format is over. tysm for following along i loved reading everyones comments !! and not to mention the ART of parkour wwx IM STILL thinking about it, pls if you havent seen it, check out @/illopii !!
so obviously they talk and go on more dates and lwj gets to know more about wwx and has to expose himself for having binged all of YilingLaozu's videos and wwx learns more about lwj and they just Click
lwj learns more about the 3yr gap wwx had to take, it was partly wc and his cult creating a toxic parkour community and partly because of a-yuan who wwx ended up having to take in as his own son
lwj ends up meeting a-yuan fairly early on, and all their stress for the meeting is washed away when a-yuan superglues himself to lwj's leg
wwx and lwj truly quickly fall into the annoying pda couple around their friends and in wwx's videos. wwx still insists on the most improper attire 'for the aesthetic lan zhan, for the aesthetic'
the video 'my boyfriend tries to copy my parkour moves' and 'my boyfriend tag' are two of the most watched videos on wwx's channel
one last thing :,) i can just imagine wwx launching himself with a backflip into lwj's arms just out of nowhere, and lwj has to drop whatever he was holding.

wwx turns his head to the tripod while still in lwj's arms, "See! He did catch me!"
"I will always catch Wei Ying," cue the video cutting off mid kiss
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