The untamed / Grandmaster of demonic cultivation

A Modern day take

I'm taking these two out of their world and putting them in a modern day setting. It's a more adult theme (i dont mean smut, there is none in this story) as I'm tackling some very adult topics in this story. Hope you like it.

Wei ying wakes to crying. A small child's cry. With blurry eyes that can't get into focus he gets out if bed for the 5th time that night and goes to see what the fuss is about. Its still dark out but his eyes still can't focus to see the clock. He tries to remember what time it was the last time he woke up, he seems to remember seeing a four. He lets out a large yawn As he opens the nursery door the crying stops as soon as he walks in. Two big round eyes stare back at him as the arms go up asking to be picked up . He coaxes the child to lay back down and go back to sleep but she's not having any of it. "All right then, come with me back to bed all right. You can sleep with me." He whispers. As soon as they settle in together with the two-year-old in between the two men, Wei Ying finally starts to drift back off to sleep as the toddler starts to smack her other parents head to wake him. At that point the crying begins again, however it's not right beside his ear it's again in another room. Disoriented from lack of proper sleep, he thinks he just dreamed that he just got up until a small foot kicks his thigh. He groans and pulls himself out of the bed again as the one beside him protests. Lan zhan pulls her towards him into a snuggle. She stops fussing and hugs back rubbing her face into his neck . Wei Ying comes back carrying another child of equal size. "It looks like they're both up. I'm so tired I've been up all night. They seem to be egging each other on." He says this while he lays back down with the other child on top of his chest who doesn't seem to want to let go. The other child is shimmying in Lan Zhans arms as he pretends to sleep. Wei Ying is still struggling to keep his eyes open. Having twins definitely didn't mean these two were the same. One slept well, going to bed and sleeping through normally, however the other seemed to hate sleeping and would wake up in the middle of the night wanting to play. It didn't seem to matter what sleeping arrangements they gave them, they tried everything. It got to a point where they felt they were ignoring one child over another since one would just play quietly and the other one would scream and cry for attention. Some days it was nonstop throughout the day and the night. It became pretty clear over time what had happened . When they had done the fertility treatments with their surrogate, they had both donated their genetic material for the procedures.

As he laid there with his eyes closed he remembered the difficulties they had in trying to have children. Finding the surrogate, the fertility journey and procedures that they had with their surrogate, the failures they had. The amount of needles, the cost, the physical and emotional effects that it had on the childrens mother. In fact they were quite close to their surrogate and she was in the children's life. They hadn't been very close when she offered to carry their children for them but as they had all been ignorant of the fertility process it took much longer than they had anticipated. A year and a half of being in and out of clinics, the tears and heartbreak they shared together when they found out that their second attempt which had resulted in a pregnancy had ended in a miscarriage in the second month. The worry that she would back out after her loss as she recovered. They had done 3 iui's (intrauterine insemination), the second of which was successful but lost and two ivf (invitro) cycles, of which the first cycle didnt result in any pregnancies. But they had persevered together and finally their fifth attempt was successful. Their fifth attempt resulted in two emryos only, which they transfered all at once assuming it might not work again. They were shocked to hear the results of the first ultrasound; that there were two beating hearts. A boy and a girl. The two men were finally able to have the family they dreamed of.

At two years old they were tall for their age. The girl was chubby since she always stole her brothers food. Which worked well for him since he was such a picky eater. Despite his slim body he seemed to have plenty of energy so his parents didn't worry. The boy was a quiet one and the girl never stopped moving. She already had a mischevious grin when she was old enough to smile. It never left her face. The boy liked to snuggle and watch the world around him. Although he was the eldest, his sister was already starting to boss him around, but the boy was easy going and let his sister lead him around to do whatever she wanted.

Both children were clearly up for the day despite the very early hour. As Wei Ying lay there he was jolted awake again by a kick to his groin. "Oooooooooowwwwww!" They were just the right height to wack just the right spot if they were being held or their heads would slam into the sensitive regions if they ran into you. There were many injuries happening to that region lately. From both children. Lan zhan, knowing right away what had happened looked over with a pained look. They had started speaking short sentences a little while ago.  "Down! I want down!"  This meant she wanted out of the bed and for one of them to bring her down to play.  She mostly yelled commands at this point, not quite understanding that the world was not made for her, nor understanding the concept of volume.  The boy just looked up at his ba expectantly waiting for him to bring them down to play. "Ok, climb onto your ba, let your baba sleep. As they squabbled about how they would be carried down, Wei Ying had already started to drift off. "I'll take them down to play, you go back to sleep." He'd said it quietly as though afraid to wake anyone up. He got a "hmmmm" as a response, smiled and left the room. As his family left the room to play elsewhere, he fell back asleep with a smile and a feeling of contentment.