#(this fic is actually meant to be more fluffy and comedic xD)

[fortune-maiden]

Six Sentence Sunday 10.02.22

Who is Pei Ming to him anyway? Calling him a friend feels wrong in all sorts of ways. He isn’t a brother - Shi Qingxuan had one and the thought of him being replaced is unacceptable. Another type of family member? There aren’t many memories to draw from.

“It’s alright if there’s no word for it,” Xie Lian says gently. “Not all relationships need one.”

“I’ve always seen him as my brother’s friend. But I don’t think he’s ever just been that either.”

It’s easy for Shi Qingxuan to split his life into befores and afters. Before his awakening, after his fall. Pei Ming is there for both of these and like with everything else, it should be that their relationship has changed. It has changed. There’s no longer a Shi Wudu between them to act as both mediator and bogeyman. No one to lecture Shi Qingxuan and no one for Pei Ming to consider. There’s no connection between them anymore.

Yet despite it all, Pei Ming is still here. Still nagging and arguing, but still answering Shi Qingxuan’s calls and still helping him.

And not even in any way he hasn’t before. Their relationship, in many ways, is exactly the same.

#six sentence sunday #fortune's fanfics #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven offical's blessing #shi qingxuan #Pei Ming #peixuan #(not really - this isn’t leaving to a love epiphany) #(this fic is actually meant to be more fluffy and comedic xD) #(pm & sqx have yet another fight (aka a typical Tuesday morning) and this time maybe sqx feels a little bad) #(misunderstandings ensue) #(pm probably would call him either a little brother or a kid he babysat and wants to see doing well) #(I like thinking of him as a family friend/literal godparent) #one of these days I will dig into it more and also add px into the mix #pm has so many good relationships to dig into #his friends; his ex-bestie; his ex-lover; his many-times-great-grand-nephew; his friend’s sibling/kid; the rain master #pei ming is probably the most well rounded character in terms of relationships after xie lian