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The two entered the Lan House after Wei Wuxian parked his bike outside.
“I thought I could never come back here again after that day at the hill. “ Says the man as they walk towards the living room.
“Wei Ying will always be welcome here. “ Even when we stop courting. Is something unsaid but not unheard.
“Really? Though I think your uncle begs to differ! Surely he’ll be like, ' What business do you have here? ‘ Haha “ he says as he tried to imitate Lan Qiren making Lan Zhan feel amused.
“We can still be friends. Friends visit each other do they not? “ Lan Zhan says and sit down at the couch placing the box of treat and a white plastic bag on the table.
The man sits beside her as he says. “ You’re right Lan Zhan! Even if we don’t get together, we can still be friends. But I don’t want us to stay as friends.“ he says watching her reaction as she opens the white plastic bag. She pulls out what’s inside it one by one.
There were many packs of napkin with different brands. The woman piled it in a neat row on the table. There was also the medicine and lastly an electronic hot compress.
Wei Ying thought she must have ignored what he said seeing she haven’t answered yet and kept on sorting the things in front of her making him feel disappointed. But before he can feel depressed, Lan Zhan suddenly utter “ Mn. “
“ Sorry what? “
She pause on what she was doing and look straight into his eyes saying. “ I do not want to stay as friends with Wei Ying either. “ then she went back to continue what she was doing as if nothing happened. As if she didn’t just make the man’s heart pound so loudly in his chest.
Wei Ying clicked his tongue and thought. ‘ How is this woman so smooth? ‘
“ Wei Ying, this..” he heard her speak as she gestured towards the many packs of napkin.
“ Ah that? I don’t know what brand of napkin you use so I decided to just buy any brands available. haha Jie jie uses Whisper but I’m not sure if you use it too. So there. Anyways! What do you want me to do, Lan Zhan? “ He says and then as if he had an idea, his face turns playful.
“ I can put the hot compress on your abdomen if you like! “ then he wink afterwards.
He laugh out loud when the other move away from him.
She put back the things on the table inside the plastic bag and stand up. "Stay here. I will be back."
“ Okay! “ he says as she left to go upstairs.
He smiles as he watches her go up.
Four months left and he’ll finally be free from modelling. Four months left and he can finally call Lan Zhan his girlfriend! His Girl! Friend! He felt giddy just thinking about it!
His life before he found Lan Zhan, it’s empty and worthless. And if he might say disgusting of some sorts. Alcohol addict, womanizer, party goer and the like. But now that he have her, he felt like he can get a second chance at life. A life full of hope and love. No longer toxic.
Feeling a little bored of waiting for Lan Zhan, the man decided to scroll on his phone. He smiles as he looks at the pictures of him and her during their dates the past months. Though he felt bitter that he can’t share this to the whole world because Lan Zhan doesn’t want him to post anything with her face in it. She even threatened to never speak with him again if he did.
He understands though. She likes her privacy and Wei Ying isn’t about to ruin that for his own selfish wants. So he’ll just be contented on having her pictures on his phone. Besides, it felt good knowing he didn’t need to share these moments with other people. That he can keep a secret as wonderful as Lan Zhan.
As he scroll, he startles at the call of his name almost letting go of his phone.
“ Lan Zhan, you scared the sh out of me! “ he said when he saw who it was.
“ Language. “ a pause and then. " Coffee? “ she says as she walks towards the kitchen.
Wei Ying clicks his tongue and stops her from going. “ Aiya Lan Zhan! Didn’t I tell you I’ll take care of you? What are you doing making me coffee.. come sit here. “ he says as he take her by the shoulders urging her to sit down on the couch.
“ Wei Ying what- “
“ You should sit there and put the hot compress in your abdomen. That’s what I see Jie Jie doing when she’s on her period. Now, where’s that thing? “
Standing abruptly, she said. “ My room. I will get it. “
But the man stops her. “ No! I will get it myself. Where’s your roo- “
“ No! “ she says eyes widen in surprise as well as Wei Ying. It was clear he was surprise at her outburst as much as her.
There was tension in the air for a short moment before Lan Zhan speaks softer this time. “ I will get it. “ then she went away leaving the man to stare at her back.
“O-okay, Lan Zhan! I will wait for you here."
Waaahh, Lan Zhan sure is scary when she's in her period. He should take note of that.
When she came back, she immediately apologize for her outburst earlier. Wei Ying didn’t deserve to receive such treatment after all. He just wants to care for her and she acted ungratefully towards him.
“ It’s fine, Lan Zhan! Don’t worry about it. It’s my fault anyway. I shouldn’t have pushed you. You already told me I’m not allowed to enter you room after all. Yet I still tried to push it. I hope you don’t hate me for it, Lan Zhan. “
“ Don’t hate Wei Ying. “ will never hate Wei Ying. If anything, who she hates is actually herself. She hates herself for keeping him in the dark. Not telling him about her obsession of him. And the proof of that obsession is plastered all over her room.
She’s been planning to tell him about it. But whenever she does, she kept feeling afraid of how the man would react. Afraid he would look at her with disgust in his eyes and telling Lan Zhan they should separate ways because he couldn’t take her obsession of him. And she can’t take that. She can’t.
“ That’s good then! Haha give me that thing. I’ll plug it for you. Go and sit down. “
"Thank you, Wei Ying."
"You're welcome!"
As Lan Zhan goes lifting her shirt up to apply the hot compress, she smiles when the man averted his eyes from her. ‘ What a gentleman. ‘ she thought.
“ Uhmm.. okay, why don’t I get us some drinks? Do you want tea? Or maybe just hot water? “
“ Hot water. “
“ Okay! You can also eat the treat if you like. I bet it’s getting cold already. It’ll no longer be that delicious.“ he said as he walked towards the kitchen.
The woman looks at the table and saw the box in there. She reach out to open it. When she did, she saw that it was shaped like little boxes looking soft and delicious. She picks one then takes a bite.
True enough, the treat is delicious! It wasn’t even long before she pick another one.
When she pick for the third one, she heard a chuckle from behind her. “ I see you took a liking to it. Lan Zhan, how cute! You already finished two! Haha “
She felt her cheeks flush but still, she can’t lie. “ Mn. It is delicious indeed. “
Wei Ying smiles as he sit beside her. “ I’m glad you like it. Here’s your hot water by the way. “
“ Thank you. “ she said as she took a bite on the food.
“ Okay! Since you like it so much, I’ll make sure to bring you some whenever I come visit you! “
“ No need to bother. “
“ It’s no bother Lan Zhan! I want to- “
“ I will buy them myself. Send me the location. “
The man went silent trying to process what she just said.
When it sink in, he suddenly burst out laughing. “ haha you like it that much?“
“ M-mn. “
“ haha no need to be embarrassed! Come here will you? I’ll squeeze you so tight! You absolute adorable woman! “ he said as he pulls to a hug. “ Aiya, what am I going to do with you? “
Love me. Lan Zhan thought. Don’t get disgusted with me. Don’t run away from me, Wei Ying..
She went and hide her face on the crook of his necj as she felt her eyes sting. Damn it! She’s getting emotional again.
When Wei Ying starts to pull away, she tightened her hold on his waist. “ Lan Zhan?"
“ Let us stay this way. “
“ O-okay! I’d love to Lan Zhan. “
“ Mn. “ she says as she start to feel his neck pulse quicken. It felt good on her skin. And just because she can, she starts to smell him unaware of the effect it had to the man she’s feeling under.
Wei Ying’s breath hitch as he felt her smell him. His heart starts pounding so hard as he thought. Lan Zhan, what are you doing?? Are you trying to torture me?!
“ Wei Ying. “
“ Y-Yes? “
“ You smell good. “ she says in a low voice.
What. The. Fu. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Okay, calm down Wei Ying!! It’s just because of her period! It’s making her emotional! Maybe…! so don’t think too much!
“ I-is that so? Haha I’ve been told! “
“ Mn. “ she says and smells him some more.
Aiya, Lan Zhan is really dangerous when she's on her monthly period. He must also take note on this next time.
Moments passed by without the two of them speaking and so the man -as always- broke the silence.
“ Lan Zhan? “ he asks. But the only reply he got was the head on his shoulder sliding downwards. Also, the soft breathing only a person sleeping would make.
He chuckles at that. “ Seems like you’ve slept on me huh sleeping beauty? Okay, let’s get you to be- oh, I forgot I’m not actually allowed in your room. Guess I’ll just let you sleep on the couch then. “ he says as quiet as possible gesturing to carry the woman in a bridal style.
But as he tried to put the woman on the couch, he suddenly felt the hold on his waist tighten.
‘ Seriously who holds this tight while sleeping? Tsk.'
“ Lan Zhan, you have to let go of me or else you would hurt yourself if you wont sleep properly! “
But no matter what, the hold didn’t loosen.
Sigh. “ Guess I’ll just put you on the bed after all so I can join you there. The couch is too small for the both of us after all. “
With that, he decided to head on to the stairs. “ Don’t blame me for this when you wake up, Lan Zhan! “
After contemplating which room was Lan Zhan’s (since there are three seemingly bedroom doors on the second floor), the man decided to enter the one that seems like hers. Somehow, his fingers trembled slightly as he states his apologies to the woman in his arms.
When he opened the door and looked around the room, he felt shocked to the core almost letting go of the person he’s currently carrying.
Those posters.. why do they look like me?!
Because it was you idiot! Answers a voice that sounds like Jiang Cheng, his adoptive brother.
That.. that’s me? he thought feeling quite dizzy at the fact.
He felt something stir in his arms making him come out of his reverie. Okay, he’ll see to it later. Lan Zhan has to sleep properly after all.
So the man entered fully in the room closing the door in the process and put the woman on the bed. At first, he was actually going to sleep beside the woman( nothing malicious! ) since her arms are still incredibly locked on his waist.
But his curious self won and so he tried his best to free himself from the encircled arms on his. He did it gently and carefully so as not to wake Lan Zhan. And after a few moments, he successfully freed himself and started to look back on the posters.
He started on the first poster plastered from the left side. It was a poster of him seemingly like the very first one he had during his debut as a model. He was wearing a casual wear. A red blazer and a black inner wear. His face was smiling that toothy smile who never fails to make his fans scream in delight.
He proceeded to look at the next poster. He was wearing his college uniform, not facing the camera but his face looks amused as he makes a small opened mouth smile. He noticed something written down below and he looked at it. It wrote : 2016.
Thinking that the first poster might have a year on it as well, he decided to go back to it. And he was right. There is a year written on it. It was : 2015.
Wei Wuxian felt his heart pound again. Lan Zhan she.. has she been my fan all this time?
He proceeded to the third poster. And to the fourth and onwards. But the one that got his attention was the one on 2020.
He was wearing a white blazer and a white inner wear in here. He remembers taking this picture of himself after he got inside the van. He was smiling softly in here. Down below the year, he noticed that there was some sentences written on it. It says:
July 12 : Met him personally. Made eye to eye contact with him. Spoke with me.
He laughed softly as he remembered that day once again.
August 8 : He announced to court me. Will I believe it or not? God, what are you playing at?
Wei Ying tried not to laugh out loud at that.
I must have shocked the daylights out of you huh Lan Zhan? You even called God. haha
What a sneaky woman. Pretending not to know him the first time they met when in truth she’s known him for years! No wonder she’s so adamant on not letting him in her room. Turns out it was because of this. Being his poster plastered all around the room.
How curious! If she has been his fan, she should have agreed to his invitation then. But she didn’t. Usually, fans would jump at the opportunity to be with their idol.
But he thinks, maybe that’s what makes her different. She valued herself more than having a temporary pleasure he was offering that night. Though Wei Ying doubted he would make her a one time thing. He thought, if he actually get to taste her that night he would have been addicted. He even got addicted with her even when he never tasted her yet! How much more when he actually gets to taste her, right?
You see, after that day, he would look out on every single night for every long straight haired woman around the bar only to find out it wasn’t the face he wanted to see so badly. And because he had a very bad memory, he decided to sketch the woman before he forgets her face. And he doesn’t want to forget her. Even when his friends told him he should just forget about her, he refused to follow their advice.
And out of pettiness, he decided to ditch them for days going into another bar and start searching for his “ Violet “. That's what he calls Lan Zhan previously because he had no idea who she is. And another reason why he calls her that is because she reminds him of ‘Violet’, the protagonist in the movie ‘ Ultraviolet'. The way she spoke to him that night with a sexy low voice, the way she walked away elegantly sexy like Violet. ( Okay, Wei Ying. That’s enough use of the word sexy already. )
But no matter what, he never saw her again.
Thankfully, he was given a chance by the God of the heavens and earth and he finally saw his “Violet” once more.
Now sitting at the edge of the woman’s bed, Wei Ying caressed her cheek with his knuckles and said as quietly as possible. “ Hey, my Violet. When will you wake up huh? Wake up already so I can marry you now. haha “
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Lan Wangji woke up with a start. She felt a little better now unlike earlier. She blinked her eyes expecting she was sleeping on the couch of the living room. But then she noticed that there was no big chandelier on the ceiling. On top of that, the thing she’s been laying on seems to be too soft for a couch! She arose abruptly and started to look around where she is. And to her dread, she confirmed that she was in fact not in the living room but in her own room.
But who carried her here?
It can’t be uncle. He’s out of town after all. But maybe brother did!
She called her brother immediately. But unfortunately, her brother never left the company.
Lan Wangji, you’re an idiot! Why would your brother go home when it’s still working hours right? Of course he can’t just go home whenever he likes!
Then that leaves…. ( She lets go of the phone from her ear dropping it on the bed)
Wei Ying!
Immediately, she run downstairs with everything she’s got. She’s never run this fast in her years of existence. She tried to look for him in the living room. But there was no person there. She went to the kitchen. Still not there.
Music room. No one. Hall. No one. She looked everywhere for the man around the house but there was no sign of him. She should just call him.
She ran back to her room and immediately picked up her phone dialing his number.
Wei Ying please pick up. Pick up. Pick up!
The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later.
No! Wei Ying! she tried calling him again.
The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later.
Third dial.
The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later.
Fourth dial.
The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later.
Feeling like she was going out of her mind, she decided to send a message.
Wei Ying, where are you? (Sent)
Have you gone home? (Sent)
Are you angry? (Sent)
Please let me explain. ( Sent )
Fifth dial.
The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later.
I understand if you no longer want to speak with me. (Sent )
Nevertheless, let me speak with you. For the last time. Just please let me explain. (Sent)
Sixth dial.
The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. Please try your call later.
Wei Ying, please. I will let you go once I state my part. (Sent)
Please. ( Sent )
On the seventh dial, the man finally answered.
"Lan Zhan, you didn’t even claim me yet! How will you let go of someone you haven’t claimed yet? "she hears the man speak on the other line but it sounds as though she can also hear his voice near the room. Must be her imagination.
“ Wei Ying! “ she says clutching her phone tightly. “ You pick up. “
"Why would I not? Oh, you did call me multiple times already. Of course you would think I won't pick up " and again, it seems like she can hear his voice near where she is.
Strange. She never saw Wei Ying around the house.
Unless.. unless he wasn’t inside the house in the first place! But outside!
And as a cue, Lan Zhan heard footsteps behind her. She turns so quickly and there, she saw the man walk towards her. “ Wei Ying, you are still here.. “ she says as she put her phone down slowly. The man mirrored her actions as he walks towards her.
He clicks his tongue and says, “ You didn’t answer my question, Lan Zhan. How are you going to let me go when you haven’t even claim me yet? Unless…” he says as he did a once over at the posters of him in her room and then come close to where Lan Zhan is.
“ I..” she says as her heart beats like mad.
The man leans his face close to hers making her lean backwards. “.. you’ve been claiming me over the years? “
“ I-I dare not. “ she responds so quietly as if she’s lost her voice avoiding the man’s eyes.
“ You dare not and yet you dared pretend you never know me when in truth you’ve known me for years? “
Lan Zhan closes her eyes for a moment. And then. “ Forgive me, Wei Ying. I- You.. “ she opens her eyes and looks at the man. “ You came to me so suddenly. It surprised me. I did not know what to do. “
“ So the best option you can think of is pretend you never know me?“
His face looks so serious and she might say, a bit dangerous of some sorts. There's an intensity she's never seen before in that usually playful and bright eyes. She doesn't know what to do about that.
“ I-im sorry. “ is the only thing she can say and avoids his eyes once more. Because for some reason, she just can’t take in the way he looks at her. It seems to be consuming her and it makes it hard for her to breathe.
“ And what about when we meet again? And the next day, and the next? Why’d you pretend you never like me? “ the man said pulling away from her turning his back on the process. She felt relieved at that.
“ Forgive me, Wei Ying. It is hypocrite of me. I know that full well. It’s just- I haven’t had the slightest idea how to handle you. “ A pause and then. “ You.. courting me. It is too good to be true. “
So hard to believe. After all, he’s the Wei Ying. That very popular model whom women would go crazy once they see him and his handsome smiles. Someone she can never touch. Someone that can never be hers. Someone she’s accepted to be just her passing fantasy in her lonely hours. Not someone that’ll come barging in her real pathetic lonely life declaring his intentions on courting her.
The man didn’t respond, making her panic. “ Wei Ying- “ she says and decided to risk stepping forward towards him. “ I understand if you-“ But suddenly, the man turns to her so fast making her shut her eyes involuntarily as if she was expecting him to hit her or something.
But the hit never came. She felt powerful arms embrace her instead. “ Wei Ying, are you- “
“ Lan Zhan, say no more please."
“ M-mn. “
They stayed like that for the next few moments until Wei Ying speak again still hugging her. “ So you’ve known me for years. “
“ Mn. “
“ And you’re my fan. “
“ Mn.”
“ You’re my fan and you never told me. “
“ M-Mn. “
There was silence again before Wei Ying pulls away and says, “ I can’t even get mad at you for this. Matter of fact, I feel so incredibly delighted about what I found out! So, care to explain why you didn’t told me about you being my fan? “
"You.. are you not disgusted with me?"
“ Lan Zhan, was that the reason why you never told me about this? Because you were afraid I would be disgusted with you? How could I get disgusted with you?? Did you know how I wanted to do things to you after I found out about all of these posters? Let me tell you honestly. They’re not innocent things! That’s why I went out of the room and then the house for good measure. Lest I molest you in your sleep! Haha “
Wangji felt embarrassed and went hiding her face on Wei Ying’s chest. She felt so relieved hearing that it Wei Ying did not think badly about her obsession towards him.
The man laughs softly at her behavior hugging her once more and kissing the top of her head on the process. “ Lan Zhan, don't you think you’re making the wrong move here? Shouldn’t you be running away from me not the opposite? Do you really think I won’t do anything to you right now hmm? “
She holds him even more tighter as she said. “ I trust Wei Ying. “
Wei Ying huffs at that. “ You trust me too much. Aren’t you afraid I’ll take advantage of it? “
“ I do not mind if it’s Wei Ying. “
“ Lan Zhaaaaaan! How am I the womanizer here charming every woman who so as look at me and yet I was the one being swept off of my feet with just your words!? “
“ Wei Ying is no longer a womanizer. Wei Ying is mine. “
The man splutters blushing furiously. “ Lan Zhan!! How dare you says such a- "
“ There. I claim Wei Ying. “ she says sounding smug but she stealthily went out of the room clearly making her escape. She’s afraid that if she won’t, Wei Ying will really do something to her and if he does she might not able to deny him.
“ Lan Zhan, stop talking already! Hey, where are you going?? Get back here! “ says the man as Wangji made it downstairs laughing softly. She felt so happy, she didn’t let her default blank face stop her from painting a happy emotion on her face.
"Lan Zhaaaaann!"