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Wei Wuxian was hanging out with Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang as usual when they suddenly ran into Lan Wangji. Both his brother and friend froze, completely ready to see him get dragged of and have his punishment added to for skipping out.
But surprisingly, that is not what happened.
Instead of a scathing, if brief, rebuke, Lan Wangji said, "Wei Ying, may I speak with you... alone?"
Jiang Cheng's hackles immediately rose, and he tried to step in front of Wei Wuxian, but unfortunately for him, Wei Wuxian was faster. He smiled and said, "Of course, Lan Zhan!" then turned to the remaining duo and said, "I'll be back in a bit!" before skipping over to Lan Wangji's side and pulling him away for their 'private conversation.'
Nie Huaisang kept his fan up to cover his face, but his eyes were tracking the two retreating figures as his friend raged (quietly, they were still in Cloud Recesses after all) about the stupidity of his brother.
Despite being the one to agree to it, Wei Wuxian was the one leading them around, trying to find someplace 'quiet' that they could talk. Finally, he pouted and turned to Lan Wangji, "There are too many people wherever we go! Was there somewhere you were thinking of?"
Lan Wangji grabbed Wei Wuxian's hand, a surprising move that neither had expected, "Mn. We are not far."
He began leading Wei Wuxian deeper into Cloud Recesses, much deeper than Wei Wuxian was sure he was allowed. But he really wasn't focused on that. Instead, he was wondering what could be so important that Lan Wangji had asked to speak to him alone. Wei Wuxian was also using it as an opportunity to admire Lan Wangji's side profile.
Finally, they reached a small building. It was mostly isolated, but that might have just been an optical illusion because of the trees surrounding it.
"Wow." Wei Wuxian said in amazement, "Where are we, Lan Zhan?"
"This is the Jingshi."
Wei Wuxian whipped his head towards Lan Wangji, "Lan Zhan, did you bring me to your home?!"
"Mn." Lan Wangji nodded once, hair hiding the fact that his ears were a bright red.
"Whatever you wanted to talk about must be pretty important if you're bringing me here of all places!"
Lan Wangji said nothing but began leading him into the Jingshi.
Once they were both settled, with a cup of tea steaming between them, Lan Wangji stared at Wei Wuxian and tried to think of the words to say that would get his meaning across. "There is something I would like to ask Wei Ying." He said after a moment of deliberation.
"Of course! Anything for Lan Zhan!" Wei Wuxian exclaimed happily.
Lan Wangji stared at his tea a moment longer before mustering up all his courage and blurting, "I would like to kiss Wei Ying!" His eyes were closed, so he wouldn't see Wei Wuxian's reaction.
After a beat Wei Wuxian stammered, "You want to- are you s- with me?! -Why?!"
Lan Wangji could feel the rejection in the statements and began to open his mouth to apologize. Before he could, there was a hand being slapped over his mouth and Wei Wuxian saying, "Wait, that all came out wrong! Give me a second to order my thoughts!" It was a surprising enough statement that Lan Wangji opened his eyes to look at Wei Wuxian. The other boy's face was entirely red, and he seemed to be thinking intensely.
Finally, Wei Wuxian asked slowly, "You want to kiss me?"
Lan Wangji nodded.
"Romantically?"
Another nod.
"But why me? There are so many other people who Lan Zhan could want to kiss! So many who haven't been massive jerks to you the entire time you've known them!" Wei Wuxian removed his hand from Lan Wangji's mouth and asked again, "Why me?"
Lan Wangji licked his lips before he spoke, "Wei Ying is good. Strong. Righteous. Smart. Beautiful." With every word he spoke, Wei Wuxian's face just got redder and redder.
"But there are other people who are all of those things and have the added bonus of not being a pain in the neck!"
"Mn. There is one thing they are not though."
"And what is that?!"
Lan Wangji looked Wei Wuxian in the eye and said, "None of them are Wei Ying."
Wei Wuxian's mouth dropped open, and his entire face turned a deep red before he finally muttered, "... you too."
Lan Wangji tilted his head, having only caught the last few words, "Mn?"
"I want to kiss you too!" Wei Wuxian shouted. They both stared at each other in surprise.
Neither was sure who moved first, but suddenly their lips were locked together and they were pulling each other closer.
It wasn't a good kiss, neither of them having had any kind of experience, but it was intense for the both of them. Finally, after both came up for air, Wei Wuxian was panting as he layed his head on Lan Wangji's shoulder and teasingly asked, "How long have you been wanting to do that?"
Lan Wangji, similarly out of breath, quietly said, "Wei Ying climbed over the wall, and I wanted to press him against it and kiss him senseless."
Wei Wuxian laughed in surprise, "I probably would have let you that night!" Then he thought of something, "Wait, then all the times you glared at me in the library?"
Lan Wangji's ears turned pink, which Wei Wuxian was finally close enough to appreciate, "Mn. Mad at myself for wanting. Mad at Wei Ying for tempting." Wei Wuxian couldn't help but laugh and lean up to place a gentle kiss on the corner of Lan Wangji's mouth.
The two of them stayed in that position for a long time, neither of them wanting to separate from the other. Until the dinner bell rang and Wei Wuxian said, "We should probably go. At least to make an appearance and assure Jiang Cheng that you didn't kill me somewhere in the back hills.
"Mn. Wait," Lan Wangji said, as they both began to stand. He slowly reached up and began removing his forehead ribbon, making sure Wei Wuxian could see exactly what he was doing.
Wei Wuxian's cheeks were beginning to glow once more as he remembered the rules pertaining to a Lan's ribbon.
Once he was holding the ribbon, he reached out his hand, obviously asking for one of Wei Wuxian's. With a sparkle in his eyes, Wei Wuxian extended his left wrist, and Lan Wangji made quick work of retying his forehead ribbon around the offered appendage.
After he finished tying the last knot (several more than Wei Wuxian thought he would, but Lan Wangji wanted to make sure it wouldn't move), Lan Wangji placed a kiss on the forehead ribbon and said, "There. Now we can go."
"Laaaaan Zhaaaaan!" Wei Wuxian whined as they walked hand in hand toward the dining hall, "You've got to warn me before you do something like that! My heart can't take it!"
"Wei Ying will get used to it."
After a moment of gaping at the new sassy side that Lan Wangji was showing, Wei Wuxian laughed, "Your uncle is going to have an entire qi deviation when he sees this, you know that right?"
"Uncle will get used to it."