The Waiting Game

Description

~Please read this before proceeding ^^~

This is a semi-sequel to my layhan fic Gathering Storm and covers the events after the last chapter. HOWEVER, this is just an introduction into the actual sequel, which is why its format and perspective are so different from what you are used to from me :) I hope you will bear with it and read it til the end even if it's not from LayHan's perspective, because, ultimately, it is all about them (and the end of this story is important).

You can consider this a standalone story that connects Gathering Storm and its sequel (that is yet to come), and the story could be skipped, and also read by anyone that hasn't read GS previously (though if you plan to read GS I advise against it because you will be spoiled to its end game here, obviously).

 

For those of you who came here for Ten - feel absolutely free to read this, you don't need to have any previous knowledge about this universe to enjoy it ^^

 

 

Also, it has been exactly a year since I posted the first chapter of GS and I want to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful readers, whether you have made yourselves known to me or not, thank you so much for sticking with me 

Foreword

Just a story about one boy's infatuation.

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warmfuzzysocks #1
Chapter 1: omg poor ten. i dont even ship ten and yixing and my heart aches for him. it's okay, son, dont worry. and dont pine over yixing ;~;
i was feeling bad for ten throughout the story but then LUHAN CAME BACK and only happiness exists because finally, FINALLY, they reunited :')
forsteye #2
Chapter 1: Hyaaah i am loving it, despite Ten being sad and his crush over Lay (wait, i don't even know who is ten before i read this lol) i am just so happy xing is happy, and layhan is back!! So happy kyahahah xD
Some fluff since they are back? Or just an overall fluffy sequel? Or more angst (i am an angst trash)? I don't know what to expect really ! I will just accept whatever you offer to us authornim cause you are awesome af!!
-suki
#3
Chapter 1: Aaaaaaaaah noooo! Just a teeeeeny biiiiit mooooore! *whines*
vickymatters #4
Baby i read Gathering Storm in one big gulf;p Amazing supsense, deep characters, niice plot and of course the - you generously presented us wiith so many scenes and each time it was something fresh:D Love Lu as a in this particular story, you nicely show his character change and their relationship development; i just wonder why authors make Lu be hooker so often. He looks like a blushing :D Anyways waiting for the sequel!
The Waiting Game reversed things nicely from other P.O.V.-really smart move. also aawww at the ending need more domestic Lu now!
nalisoo #5
Chapter 1: I CRIED NOOO OH MY GOD
Lavaak #6
Chapter 1: Yixing reading the letter over and over again till its falling apart broke my heart into a million pieces and I'm not sure that I wanna talk about that any more cuz it makes me too emotional ;____;
I'm dying for the sequel! I don't even know how I'm gonna wait for it >__<
I wonder what luhans hair is like at the end? He was always changing it before so I guess it's changed now- just no middle part pretty please ;___;
Hmm I can't remember anything else in particular that I wanted to mention and I rambled quite a lot about this to you already :p I think this comment came out a lot shorter than I thought it would this time T_T
I love this fic, this part really gave me hot weather vibes you know and now I really want summer to come faster >_< I really am loving how they have a garden now, that really makes me weirdly happy but chilling in the garden in the sun is always such a happy vibe ^^
And because I know you've got a tendency to make luxing's life a bit more difficult, please may I request just a lot of fluff in the beginning of the next one just to see us through any sad times you might be planning to put them through ^^
I don't really like Ten at all now, if this rookie debuts and I have preconceived notions of him and start disliking him for no reason it's on you :p <33333
Lavaak #7
Chapter 1: My small criticism is more of a personal thing, and I promise it's not cuz I don't really like Ten in this much, but basically as it's written from Ten's perceptive and this is the first time we've seen him, I had no attachment to his character at all so whenever it came to his own concerns or his family life or anything I just somehow found that I didn't really care? I just didn't get attached to his story at all and wasn't feeling very emotionally invested in him, but I think that's more of a case of 19 chapters in and we've only just met him at this interval chapter so I just struggled to care about him- it's not your writing at all so dw, it's like how this week in my daily soap opera I watch a new character came in and she has this horrible back story and it's all tragic but I didn't really care and found it hard to care at all because I had no previous attachment to her as a character- is it just me who is like that? But yeah that's the only thing with this 3rd perceptive writing but otherwise I found it pretty awesome! I really really liked your writing in this part and I think your wrote this interval chapter extremely well!!
Also I feel like I need to say I know how mean I sound about Ten >< I can't help it!! Firstly I feel very possessive on luhans behalf and very pissed about this kiss on luhans behalf and I just need luxing to smooch and cuddle it out in the sequel ok? And secondly Ten really does come off as such a nosy brat to me tbh, I know you don't mean for him to come off as an annoying character but I would have been so irritated knowing him irl and yixing has the patience of a saint putting up with him tbh (I know he does enjoy his company but really I don't get it T_T) I think Ten was really out of line a couple times towards the end and I'm waiting for luhan to have a moment and go put him in his place >__<
Lavaak #8
Chapter 1: LUHAN IS BACK LUHAN IS BACK LUHAN IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!^^^^^^^^^ IN YOUR FACE TEN!! (ok that was mean I apologise)
I'm so happy luhan is finally back!! "Ten was treated to the ever elusive genuine smile he had been craving to see for long"- yup!! You see Ten? This is how his boyfriend makes him feel and how happy he makes him and now you're finally gonna get why he was waiting for him for so long ^^ I'm so happy he's finally back!! And you know how happy I am from my previous commentary to you and I don't even wanna go over how much I cried for the part just before this, even just now rereading it to comment for you I couldn't actually reread it properly cuz it just makes me so sad seeing yixing like that! You wrote him really well in this part like I could really feel the longing and the pain he was feeling my poor baby :'(
I'm so glad luhan is back, him and yixing will be so happy!! (You better make them happy I know how you are with happiness in this fic :p)
I have to say again how I really felt like your writing had taken a leap and gotten even better through this interval fic!! I really enjoyed reading this!! Although ok you did tell me to tell you things I don't like too and actually rather than not like it's just a small thing I found- remember I said I like the writing from from a different character perceptive? Well I still love that and I think you did an awesome job with it in this fic I almost felt like I was Ten just observing yixing! I think it was a really effective way of writing this part and I think you did it really well and I really wouldn't change that, I actually think this is even better than seeing this part through yixing eyes it's awesome!
Lavaak #9
Chapter 1: I'm so mad at Ten that he kissed Yixing!! Grrr I can just hope luhan will be as annoyed as me and deal with the situation :D
I will say I felt like him kissing yixing like that out of nowhere just proved how young he still is hmpf T_T
I'm annoyed again, Ten is demanding things T_T I just don't get it you can't demand that someone open up to you and tell you things if they aren't comfortable to do so?
Yixings birthday :( oh this part really made me sad and I felt so sad on yixings behalf, no matter if luhan meant it or not he must have felt somewhat abandoned and forgotten especially after so long ;___;
Ten being so judgey about Yixings boyfriend who he knows nothing about really rubbed me up the wrong way T_T and his outburst was unbelievably rude he pretty much just called yixing crazy and undermined his whole relationship with luhan without knowing anything about it T_T I love that yixing actually snapped back at him and told him he's sticking his nose in >_< "I guess I went ahead of myself in thinking I was your friend"- well you said it bro :p
I love Mint, she pretty much passes on my thoughts to Ten ><
My baby he's crying ;____; my heart shattered knowing he's crying and you made me cry the first time I read this and I'm feeling a bit emotional already this time too T_T I guess I'm somewhat glad Ten tried to cheer him up, but he did kind of contribute to the sadness so I'll keep my thanks for now ><
Lavaak #10
Chapter 1: I think yixings little gardening habit since he got to Thailand is the cutest thing ever! After I stopped thinking of how adorable he'd look with a gardening hat and gloves I just thought of how cute it would be if luhan was there kicking a ball around while xing gardened and they took breaks to drink fresh juice and eat snacks together and ;____; </3
I must add I love how xing is speaking English pretty much through this whole thing, my smart little baby ^^
I'm sorry I get irritated every time Ten gets annoyed that he doesn't know things about yixing! "This didn't sit well with him(...)he didn't even know his friend composed stuff" why does not sit well with him? People aren't obliged to tell someone else anything if they don't want to even if they're friends and he's an 18 year old kid while yixing is like 24, the might not be huge but the generation gap is, it's the same difference as me and my sister and goodness knows I wouldn't pour out my heart and soul to her or her friends cuz there's a huge life experience gap with those ages, but ok theres always the chance that im being old and ageist T_T but really I think Ten is too nosy and I'd get really annoyed having a friend who wasn't content with just knowing what I'm happy for them to know. I'm on his friends side! The one who keeps telling him he's being a nosy brat >_<
Yixing dancing!! This moment!! So luhan was the only dancer around before and now I need luhan to know that yixing goes dancing and then I need them to go dancing together ><
You know through this whole fic the fact that Ten refers to Yixing as Lay really makes me confused every few sentences, I'll just realise that I saw Lay instead of Yixing and it throws me off for a moment >_<