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"Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan!" Wei Wuxian's voice echoed through the halls of Lotus Pier as he bounded toward the entryway where the GusuLan contingent had just arrived.
He ignored the scowl on Madam Yu's face as he rushed past them, bowed perfunctorily to Zewu-jun, then grabbed Lan Wangji's wrist and dragged him off.
"Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan, I can't believe you finally came!" He laughed as he pulled Lan Wangji across the boardwalks. "We're going to have so much fun. I'll give you a tour around here and Yunmeng, and I can show you all my favorite foods and spots to play around town, and we can swim the lakes and pick lotus seeds--did you know the lotus seeds taste best when you pick them with the stem still attached?--and we can spar together on the training field or hunt pheasants or--"
"You're going to pull his arm out if you tug on him any harder."
As they turned the corner, Jiang Cheng stepped in front of them, halting Wei Wuxian in his steps.
"Jiang Cheng, look! Lan Zhan did come!" He waved Lan Wangji's arm around as if to show off a hard-earned prize.
He certainly felt like he must have won some great honor to be granted with Lan Zhan's visit after so many years of pestering. They had a rocky relationship since the Cloud Recesses and the Qishan Archery Competition, but after that incident Wei Wuxian wrote Lan Wangji to sincerely apologize for whatever transgression he had committed, and they had been corresponding ever since. Wei Wuxian liked to think they were getting along much better now, almost three years since their first fateful meeting. That Lan Wangji even answered his letters meant a lot, and he didn't correct him when he called them close anymore.
Jiang Cheng scoffed. "And you took him hostage before we could even greet him properly."
"It's not my fault he went with me!" Wei Wuxian defended. "We just wanted to see each other more, clearly."
Wei Wuxian was expecting Lan Wangji to correct him, or at least stay quiet, but his voice sounded from behind him. "Mn."
Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes, while Wei Wuxian felt a pleased thrill run through him.
"Whatever," Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes. "A-Jie made soup, since you kept talking about how much you want Lan-er-gongzi to try some. Don't make him miss it, will you?"
He stalked off at that, and Wei Wuxian waited until he had turned the corner before heading off, changing course and dragging Lan Wangji toward the kitchen. When they arrived, he pushed Lan Wangji down into a stool by the fire while he ladled two bowls for them.
"This is my shijie's soup, Lan Zhan," he told him as he pushed the bowl into his hands. "It's my favorite food, so you have to try it, okay?"
He pulled up a stool from a different bench and sat across from him. If Lan Wangji noticed that Wei Wuxian was watching him expectantly, waiting for him to try it before eating his own, he didn't say anything.
Slowly and neatly, he brought the spoon to his lips. Wei Wuxian hung on the edge of his seat, until Lan Wangji swallowed and said in his ridiculously flat but sincere voice, "It is good."
Wei Wuxian grinned. "I knew you would like it! Shijie makes the best food, Lan Zhan. She's really great, so you have to meet her, too. But not yet though! I still have to take you on a tour around Yunmeng, so when you finish we have to go out!"
Lan Wangji ate the rest of his bowl in silence, while Wei Wuxian talked between bites about whatever came to his mind, like the Compass of Evil he had been designing, or the gossip he heard from the jiejies in the marketplace. When they finished, he grabbed Lan Wangji's wrist again and dragged him off toward the exit and into the streets of Yunmeng.
When they made it to the marketplace, Lan Wangji kept pace beside him. Wei Wuxian let go of his wrist, and held his hand instead.
"It's much more effective like this, isn't it?" He remarked when Lan Wangji turned to look at him. "I can't have you getting lost."
Lan Wangji nodded.
Wei Wuxian weaved the two of them through the crowds of people, stopping at each stall he regularly frequented. He took one of everything to give to Lan Wangji, pulling the other man along when he stopped to try to pay for things, assuring him that Jiang-shushu would cover the cost, and since he invited him personally he couldn't possibly make him pay for anything. Soon, Lan Wangji's arms were full, stuffed with different types of pancakes, candies, a bag of nuts, two purple hair ribbons, and a stuffed toy shaped like a tiger.
He himself was holding two sticks of spicy potatoes, alternating between popping one into his mouth and feeding one to Lan Wangji.
"How do you like them, Lan Zhan?" He asked between bites. "These are some of my favorites."
Lan Wangji nodded, one tiny potato still held in his mouth.
They wandered around the market until Wei Wuxian had shown Lan Wangji every spot he could think of. The sun was beginning to dip on the horizon, so they finished the dinner they had bought on the street, packed their new things into Lan Wangji's qiankun pouch, and headed toward the lake by Lotus Pier.
Wei Wuxian untied a boat and helped Lan Wangji into it. He sat down with the pole, but Lan Wangji gently took it from his hands and steered them through the water at Wei Wuxian's directed. He guided them away from the shore, toward where the ripest lotuses bloomed in clusters.
"Here, Lan Zhan!" He reached into the water as Lan Wangji stopped the boat, pulling out a lotus by its stem. "Look, the lotus seeds are the best when the stems are still attached, so you have to try one, okay?"
He quickly shucked the seeds, but before he could eat them, Lan Wangji asked, "Wei Ying, is this lake owned by anyone?"
"No," Wei Wuxian said. "All the lakes here are free to use."
Lan Wangji did not raise an eyebrow, but his look was just as unimpressed.
The dim glow of the sun glanced off his jade skin, as if he was radiating the light himself. Wei Wuxian couldn't help but reach out to him, pressing a lotus seed against his lips as an excuse. Lan Wangji opened his mouth, and, without breaking eye contact, took in the lotus seed, his lips brushing ever so slightly against Wei Wuxian's fingers.
Wei Wuxian quickly snatched his hand back.
Lan Wangji swallowed the lotus seed. "You were right."
"Huh?"
"They do taste better." Lan Wangji said, his face almost impassive, if not for the redness spreading to the tips of ears.
A slow smile spread across Wei Wuxian's face as he noticed it. Then, without warning, he wrapped his arms around Lan Wangji and brought him down over the side of the boat.
He pulled them up quickly, considerate of the fact that Lan Wangji hadn't had much time to catch his breath. He grinned at Lan Wangji as they surfaced, laughing at the way his hair was plastered against his face. He reached out to brush it away for him, but the moment he did, Lan Wangji grabbed his shoulders and pushed him under again.
Wei Wuxian launched back up and threw himself against Lan Wangji, knocking them both backwards. He could hardy feel the cold of the water the way he was pressed wholly against Lan Wangji, the warmth of his body seeping into him.
"Haha, Lan Zhan! Who knew you had this in you?" Wei Wuxian laughed as Lan Wangji continued to shove him around in the water. "So rough, no one would ever believe me if I told them you treated me like this!"
He got another faceful of water for that remark.
They played until the sun had fallen below the lake and the moon was bright overhead. When Wei Wuxian finally began to tire, he led them away from the boat and back toward the shore, goading Lan Wangji into following him as he brought them closer and closer to Lotus Pier. Once they were finally within a safe distance, he sprung at Lan Wangji again, but instead of grabbing his body, he latched onto the sides of disheveled outer robe.
He pulled it back underwater, freeing it from an unsuspecting Lan Wangji, and quickly turned tail and ran away. He sped toward the shore, Lan Wangji's shock giving him the head start he needed to start running away from the bigger man.
"If you want it back, you'll have to catch me, Lan Zhan!" He called over his shoulder as he climbed up the dock and broke off down the halls of Lotus Pier.
Lan Wangji gave a frighteningly determined chase, matching him almost step for step until he was almost within arm's reach. By the time he finally reached the door to his quarters, Lan Wangji had fully caught up, his weight pushing the rest of the way into the room.
Wei Wuxian still tried to make his escape, jumping for his bed throwing the robes ahead of him, but Lan Wangji caught him around the waist and threw him down into the unmade pile of blankets. He wiggled underneath him, attempting to shove the robes under his pillow at the head, but Lan Wangji grabbed his wrist and pinned it to the mattress.
Wei Wuxian looked up at the hand holding him down, and just behind it, the silly engraving he had made all those years ago of couple kissing. He turned back toward Lan Wangji, his face barely centimeters from his own. The pupils of his citrine eyes were blown wide, and his warm breath puffed against his skin. Wei Wuxian didn't know who moved first, but before he realized it, Lan Wangji's lips were being crushed against his own.
Wei Wuxian reached up with his free hand, curling it into Lan Wangji's hair and pulling him closer. With every movement of their lips, he felt something uncurling inside him, something that had been held tight within him that he hadn't even realized was there.
Wei Wuxian started to lose himself to the feeling of kissing Lan Wangji, when all of a sudden he was jolted by impact of a hand against his ass.
He startled back. "Lan Zhan!"
Lan Wangji just stared at him, his hand still squeezing him down there.
"Lan Zhan, so rough!" Wei Wuxian scolded. "Surely this has to be against some of your rules--"
Lan Wangji shut him up with another kiss. Wei Wuxian kissed him back, running his hands through his hair until he touched against his forehead ribbon.
Wei Wuxian immediately ripped his hand back and pulled away. "Sorry, Lan Zhan, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to touch it."
Dammit, their relationship had been going so well! Of course Wei Wuxian was going to ruin it with his carelessness, just after he finally got Lan Wangji to come to Yunmeng. It took so long for them to get past the first forehead ribbon incident, Lan Wangji would probably never forgive him now.
Wei Wuxian braced himself for Lan Wangji's anger, but when he looked up, Lan Wangji remained impassive.
"No need." He said simply.
Wei Wuxian's furrowed his brow. "What do you mean? I thought it was bad for anyone to touch your forehead ribbon. I didn't mean to, I swear!"
"Mn." Lan Wangji said. "Only family touch the forehead ribbon. And one's fated person."
"Fated person?" Wei Wuxian asked. "You mean..."
"Mn." Lan Wangji nodded.
"Lan Zhan!" Wei Wuxian exclaimed with a grin. "Do you... like me?"
Lan Wangji huffed. "Mn. I like you. Have liked you, since we met."
"What? But you hated me!"
Lan Wangji shook his head. "Mn. I never hated you. I simply never met anyone like you before."
Wei Wuxian's face flushed scarlet as the ribbon in his hair. "Lan Zhan! You can't just say things like that, my poor heart can't take it!"
Lan Wangji let out a breath.
"But Lan Zhan, I have to tell you too." Wei Wuxian continued, needing to get his own confession out of the way. "I really like you, too. I've been so obsessed with you ever since we met, you know. I like you, fancy you, whatever you. I want to do everything with you. It can't be anyone but you."
At his words, Lan Wangji's lips twisted ever so slightly, into what almost looked like a smile. Wei Wuxian felt like he'd been struck by an arrow straight through his heart.
As Wei Wuxian watched, Lan Wangji reached up and untied his forehead ribbon, and before Wei Wuxian even realized his wrist had been freed Lan Wangji was already tying it against his other with his ribbon.
"Lan Zhan, how scandalous!" Wei Wuxian gasped. "Where did you learn things like this? Did you secretly read that porn I slipped you, hahaha!"
Wei Wuxian was once again shut up with a kiss.
They kissed for a while, Lan Wangji forcefully moving their lips together as Wei Wuxian melted into the bed. He brought his bound arms between them to tug at Lan Wangji's inner robes.
He got the message, breaking away for a moment to shed his own inner robes. With Wei Wuxian's hands tied as they were, he couldn't get his robes all the way off, but Lan Wangji was able to remove his trousers and pull his robes down his shoulders as much as he could.
"Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan," Wei Wuxian panted as Lan Wangji resumed his kissing, this time against all the spots on his neck that sent heat down to his toes. "I've never done anything like this before, so you have to show me what to do, okay? You can do whatever you want to me."
Lan Wangji didn't answer, his teeth sinking into the soft skin of his shoulder.
"Ah, ah! What are you, a dog?" Wei Wuxian cried out. "It's my first time, Lan Zhan, you have to be gentle with me."
Lan Wangji hummed and continued his ministration, kissing and biting and sucking across the skin of his upper chest while his hands sank lower to fondle Wei Wuxian's thighs and buttocks.
Their trousers had been removed, so their was nothing keeping them separate. Wei Wuxian raised a leg to wrap around Lan Wangji's behind, pulling him in and pressing their groins together.
Wei Wuxian gasped at the sensation of their cocks rubbing against each other. He couldn't help but pump his hips again, chasing that feeling.
Hands gripped around his hips tight, halting his movements. Lan Wangji pressed him further into the bed, so that Wei Wuxian could hardly even wiggle against him.
"Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan, please continue," Wei Wuxian begged under no pressure, "Don't you want to make your Wei Ying feel good?"
Instead of answering, Lan Wangji reached over to the bedside table, where a small jar of camellia oil had been left open and out. He stuck his three fingers into the jar.
"What's that for?" Wei Wuxian just had time to ask, before he got his answer when Lan Wangji slid one wet finger into him.
Wei Wuxian jolted, but he had nowhere to go.
"Lan Zhan! What are you doing?" He racked his brain for why Lan Wangji would touch him in such a place, until he finally realized. "Lan Zhan, do you mean to put your dick inside me?"
The finger inside him was down to the third knuckle, and the sensation wasn't too bad, if just a bit foreign. But looking down at Lan Wangji's cock... it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Second Jade had a well-endowed pillar.
"Lan Zhan," Wei Wuxian whined as a second finger slipped in beside the first. The stretch was more noticeable now, manifesting a full-body sensation as Lan Wangji grazed his insides.
It wasn't long until the third finger was added, stretching him until Lan Wangji could theoretically, possibly, fit.
Wei Wuxian's gut was heavy with anticipation and arousal as he watched Lan Wangji line himself up, and slowly press inside. He winced against the pain and quickly begged, "Lan Zhan, kiss me, you have to kiss me now."
Lan Wangji did as he was told, swallowing the rest of Wei Wuxian's moans and whimpers as he slide the rest of the way in. They didn't break apart until Lan Wangji was fully sheathed, their breaths puffing against each others lips as they panted.
"Ahh, Lan Zhan, Er-gege, so cruel, so cruel to your Wei Ying," he gasped, pain and bone-deep pleasure shooting through him as Lan Wangji began to move.
His thrusts started shallow, but slowly began to pick up in speed and strength, until Lan Wangji's were practically slamming into his. Wei Wuxian was speared deep on Lan Wangji's cock, and every other thrust brushed against that spot inside him that turned everything to white hot pleasure and made stars dance behind his eyes.
Wei Wuxian's voice was gone, his words choked by every hard thrust. All he could do was gasp and whine breathlessly as Lan Wangji worked him harder and harder and brought him closer and closer to that peak.
It wasn't long until Wei Wuxian felt his body tense, and Lan Wangji removed one of his hands from its death grip on his hip to his cock. The moment Lan Wangji's hand wrapped around him, he fell over the edge, coming with a shout.
Lan Wangji stroked him through his orgasm, extending it until his thrusts started to lose pace and he reached his own climax. When he was done, he laid against Wei Wuxian, crushing him to the bed.
"Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan that was so good. I like you so much. We should do that everyday." Wei Wuxian panted, dazed in the afterglow.
"Mn." Lan Wangji replied, his first words since he had fucked Wei Wuxian. "Mark your words."
Before Wei Wuxian could process that, Lan Wangji was pulling out and lifting himself off him. Wei Wuxian let out a slight whimper at the sudden feeling of emptiness, but Lan Wangji didn't let him alone for long. He untied the forehead ribbon from his wrists and scooped Wei Wuxian into his arms, carrying him over to the bath that had been set up while they had been out playing by the lake shore.
It was kept warm with heating talismans, so it was a balm to Wei Wuxian's now aching muscles as he slipped in the water. Lan Wangji came in the tub behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling Wei Wuxian's back against his chest.
"So what now, Lan Zhan?" Wei Wuxian asked as Lan Wangji sudsed up a bar of soap. "You just took my virginity, you know. You have to take responsibility."
"Mn." Lan Wangji nodded, his hands massaging into Wei Wuxian's scalp. "We should get married."
"Okay," Wei Wuxian nodded, suddenly growing quite sleepy as he relaxed in his lover's arms. "But since it was your idea, you have to be the one to tell everyone, alright?"
"Mn." Lan Wangji affirmed solemnly. His deep voice rumbled in his chest, a soothing sensation against Wei Wuxian's body, pressed against him.
"Good boy." He muttered, his eyes drifting closed. "You'll be my husband and cultivation partner, and you'll take care of me from now on, right?"
Wei Wuxian felt his lips brush his cheek. "Mn. Sleep now. I will take care of you."
Wei Wuxian let himself succumb to the warm darkness of sleep, and trust Lan Wangji would still be in Yunmeng and in love with him in the morning. And they would have all the time in the world after that.