The Flower That Blooms In Adversity | Male! Mulan x Reader

Chapter 8

Your POV

"No, this is not a great idea," Mushu stammers. "What if someone sees you?"

"I'm with Mushu on this one," Minsheng nods, his hands over his eyes. You're getting undressed to clean yourself in the lake, hopefully having a little peace and quiet to yourself for a bit.

These last few days have made your muscles sore and you deserve some down time. "Just because I look like a man, that doesn't mean I need to smell like one," you protest, taking your hair out. "Besides, I deserve a break."

"I just don't want you at risk of being caught," Minsheng says.

"Yeah. And, so a few guys don't clean out their own socks," Mushu rolls his eyes. "Picky, picky, picky. Me, I kind of like that corn chip smell." You jump into the water, feeling the coolness of it against your body.

"Ah..." you sigh with relief.

"All right, that's enough," Mushu says. "Get out before you start lookin' like a raisin, all pruny and stuff."

"Mushu, if you're so anxious, go and stand watch," you suggest. Mushu walks off, grumbling to himself. You swim around, rubbing your arms and cleaning yourself. You only have a few moments of silence, when you hear Ling, Yao and Chien-Po crying out.

You duck down into the water, covering yourself with your hands. Chien-Po jumps in last, creating a giant wave. You grab a lily pad beside you and cover your face with it, swimming to a nearby rock. "Hey! Ping!" Yao shouts, waving at you.

"Oh, hey guys," you chuckle, putting on your manly voice. "I didn't know you were here. I was just washing, and now I'm pretty clean. So, I'm gonna leave. Bye bye!" You seek refuge behind a rock, trying to hide yourself.

"Come back here," Ling says. "I know we were jerks to you a few days ago, so let's start over." He swims toward you and holds his hand out. "Hi, I'm Ling." You shake his hand awkwardly, and then he pulls you toward him. Chien-Po appears behind you.

"And I'm Chien-Po," he smiles politely.

"Hello, Chien-Po," you greet, smiling anxiously.

"And, I am Yao!" Yao says dramatically, standing upon a rock. You jump a little and cover the side of your face, as Yao's man parts are exposed. "King of the rock! And there's nothing you girls can do about it."

Minsheng jumps in after you, swimming out and pulling you away from the others. You whisper a "Thanks" to him and he nods with a grin. You see that his face is beetroot red and you smirk. This must be very amusing for him.

"Yeah? Ping and I can take you," Ling threatens Yao as he nudges you.

"I don't really wanna take him anywhere," you shrug, swimming off while Minsheng follows after you.

"Ping! But, we have to fight!" Ling says.

"No, we do not," you chuckle slightly. "We could, uh, just close our eyes and swim around. Ling grabs your shoulders and arms, pulling you to him. Minsheng's eyes widen and steps in front of you.

"C'mon, don't be such a-" Ling begins to say. "OUCH! Something bit me!"

Mushu pops his head out of the water and mutters, "Ew, what a nasty flavour."

"Snake!" Ling screams, staring at Mushu. You whistle and Khan comes over. You hide your body behind Khan and Minsheng covers his eyes as he emerges from the water. You giggle slightly, but you're still uncomfortable.

"Are you okay?" Minsheng asks.

"Yeah, I'm... fine," you say. "Thanks for asking."

"Man, that was close," you shudder, wrapping a towel around your body.

"No, that was disgusting," Mushu says, brushing his teeth with an immense amount of toothpaste. "You owe me big."

"I never want to see a naked man again," you say. Suddenly, a whole stampede of men come running past you, all of them being... nude.

"Hey, don't look at me. I ain't biting no more butts," Mushu confirms. You follow Mushu to your tent and the only thing on your mind is going to sleep.

"Hey, uh," Minsheng calls. "Goodnight, [Y/N]!"

"Oh, goodnight Minsheng," you smile. You shake your head slightly, grinning to yourself.

"Hey, don't you get any ideas," Mushu warns.

"What ideas?" you raise an eyebrow, and then the 'idea' hits you. "Oh, no, no, no! Minsheng and I- no, we're not like that."

"Sure, sure," Mushu rolls his eyes. "I see how you look at him."

"Shut up, lizard," you chuckle.

"It's dragon!"

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⇢˚⋆ ✎ ˎˊ- Author's Note

I just wanna say that Chien-Po is amazing and I love him. Also, sorry for the short chapter. I quickly wrote this yesterday because I forgot to write it.