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The siblings of three are currently cozzing in Wei Ying's living room.
Jiang Yanli who has nothing to do much at home since her husband was at work, decided to invite Jiang Cheng, who is on his off day to visit their brother and makes sure that he is fine and healthy, considering that his husband isn't physically there to take care of him and his condition.
"When are you telling him?"
"On his birthday," Wei Ying says while nibbling on the ginger cookies his sister specially made for him.
"On his birthday? Isn't he arriving on the nineteenth though?"
"Yeah and his birthday is on the twenty third," Wei Ying states a very obvious fact to his brother, who's seated across from him.
"Why wait for three days?"
"A- Cheng," Wei Ying starts then he puts down the piece of cookie on his plate to continue, "Isn't it obvious that I want it to be a surprise, a birthday gift for him"
"And it'll be the best birthday gift, A-Ying" Jiang Yanli supports his idea.
"Thank you jiejie." Wei Ying winks at his sister's kind and supportive words, truly the best sistet out there.
"Wait, if you're planning on surprising him, how do you expect that he won't find out?"
"Glad you asked A-Cheng," Wei Ying smirks, "Of course I've thought about the possibilities of him finding out, which is why I've already made a plan and I can't wait to execute it"
Wei Ying met Lan Zhan during highschool.
It was a time when the omega had done nothing but tease the alpha shamelessly, following the alpha almost everywhere he goes and bothering him at every chance the omega has.
Wei Ying had genuinely thought that the latter hated him even as he was doing his best to be friends with the alpha.
But who knew that after graduation and a few years into college that the two would end up as roommates and eventually as lovers after a drunk night and a slip up confession.
With that, Wei Ying's life blossomed with more color and happiness as his alpha proposed to him on his birthday and married him with overflowing love and commitment.
So, Wei Ying hopes that his surprise would make Lan Zhan as happy as he was when the latter had proposed on his birthday.
He puts on his mate's baby blue sweatshirt and a pair of black shorts and ties his short silky black hair into a ponytail as he readies himself for his husband's arrival.
Lan Zhan's been on a business trip since the 2nd week of the month and Wei Ying has spent 2 long lonely weeks without his husband. Only talking and seeing each other through video calls.
During those long and lonely weeks Wei Ying has been fretting over the fact that his husband's birthday is coming soon and that the end of his business trip will be 4 days before his birthday.
Wei Ying's been surfing through the internet to find the best possible gift he could ever give, he even asked for his sister's advice for it but nothing seems to catch his attention. And it wasn't until a week later did he find the perfect gift for his mate.
He hears a notification from his phone and sees it to be a message from the person he was just thinking about.
Laogong<333
Almost there.
Wei Ying giggles at his husband's short message and excitedly speeds up his preparation just in time to hear the sound of the doorbell ring.
He walks briskly down the stairs and the hall, reaching for the front door.
He opens it cheerfully and is greeted by the sight of his very handsome husband he hasn't seen for so long. Without waiting for his husband to come inside, he jumps at him and hugs him tightly, exclaiming his name while standing on the tip of his toes, "Lan Zhan! You're back!"
Taken back by surprise, Lan Zhan drops his things and reciprocates the hug. He buries his face on his omega's neck and whispers, "Wei Ying, I'm home." Then presses a light kiss near the mating mark of his mate.
Their hug develops into a chaste kissing session. When they break apart, their faces stay inches away from each other, Lan Zhan's arms rests on the younger man's waist and latter has his own arms encircled around his husband’s neck.
Just as their eyes are locked on each other, Lan Zhan's own roamed downwards and widens as it catches the sight of his baby blue sweatshirt that hugs the small frame of his husband loosely.
Wei Ying on the other hand, has a confused look on his face when Lan Zhan's eyes roamed downwards on him and stayed there. He then thinks if there is some dirt on him or anything wrong on him, when suddenly he remembers that he is wearing his husband's clothes. He grins upon realization and starts to tease him, "Hm...Does Lan Er-gege like me wearing his clothes?"
Lan Zhan's molten gold eyes darken with possessiveness, he lets out a small yet audible growl before he shuts up the smaller man with a kiss this time fiercer and deeper. His things on the doorway long forgotten as he closes the front door, maneuvering the shorter man by lifting him up as if he weights as light as a feather, making sure that those long and slender legs wrapped his waist tightly, he then presses the shorter man onto a wall. One of his hand snakes under the sweat shirt, finding one nipple and giving it a flick and a tight squeeze. Making the omega under him shudder and moan softly from the pleasure.
He is about to do more, when his husband tries pushing him and getting off him while still whimpering weakly. "L-Lan Zhan...lets-let's continue this next time hm? You just arrived today, you should be resting."
At that, he lets go of Wei Ying and watches him as he gathers his bearings and walks to the kitchen, slightly stumbling. "You should change first, I'll make you some snacks in the meantime."
Lan Zhan stands there dumbfounded by what has just happened.
His Wei Ying has rejected him from doing something more than kissing.
He doesn't understand why when it's Wei Ying who teases him and encourages him to do more than kissing and biting, no matter if they had a long and tiring day.
Instead here he is, suggesting that Lan Zhan should rest first before they do anything.
If disappointment is etched on Lan Zhan's face then Wei Ying never gets the chance to see it.
Lan Zhan thinks that Wei Ying is hiding something from him, he doesn't think it is anything bad considering that his husband has been anything but kind and loving to him, though he can't help but feel that there's something off about Wei Ying these past few days.
It starts when he wakes up the day after he arrived.
Everyday, Lan Zhan enjoys waking up to the scent of lotus and spices coming from the warmth beside him, he'll inhale the sweet scent and find comfort from it before he presses a kiss on his beloved as he starts his long day of work.
Though, on days when he doesn't have work, he loves to make his day special and different from his working days.
He likes waking up a little later than he normally does, he likes it when he doesn't have to rush anything and just stay in bed for a few more hours with his beloved by his side and cuddling him close before he rises from their bed to prepare breakfast for them. And he really likes it when the time comes for his husband to wake up, he'd be greeted by bleary silver doe eyes and cute pouty lips as they form a small 'good morning' to him.
He expects to experience all of that this morning since he hasn't been able to for the past 2 weeks.
And yet, this morning he wakes up without his husband by his side and found him already up and going, making breakfast for them.
Night comes, Wei Ying has invited him to sleep as early as eight, telling him that he is starting to feel tired and sleepy already.
The next thing he realizes is that Wei Ying has started cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner for them. Well it isn't exactly the first time Wei Ying has cooked for them and only done so for a few times since he fears that the food he prepares would come out badly or too spicy. To which Lan Zhan would always assure him that everything he made tasted great.
So, imagine Lan Zhan's surprise when his husband cooked for them for the past days without making anything spicy and without overcooking anything!
Another he has noticed is that Wei Ying has been wearing his clothes lately and it isn't anything unusual since he did have a habit of doing so before but then again, he would only do that because he is either teasing Lan Zhan or is too lazy to grab his clothes after a long lustful night, as Wei Ying stated.
However, this time is different.
The past few days, Wei Ying has worn nothing but Lan Zhan's clothes and every time he sees Wei Ying taking an afternoon nap he is always bundled up in his nest of Lan Zhan's clothes.
Of course Lan Zhan's not complaining at all, in fact he likes it very much when he smells his own scent on his mate, a possessive part of him would act up. Though he is wondering why Wei Ying had a sudden change of habits even if it were good for him, both of them.
Except one thing though, one thing that keeps him surprised (disappointed) and refuses to accept is a good change.
They haven't done their 'everyday' for 4 days now.
Every time Lan Zhan tries to do anything his husband would always have an excuse. It's either the food he is preparing or a phone call from his brother or sister.
So, Lan Zhan changes his tactic. Instead of trying something during the mid day, he tries something in the evening which he believes would work more since Wei Ying won't have any excuse.
Just as he thinks he succeeded, Wei Ying would fall asleep as soon as he starts coaxing him into taking him to bed and removing their clothes.
Of course being the ever considerate person he is—even though he's really been craving to touch his husband and do more than kiss him—he indulges him, arranging him to a proper sleeping position and tucks the blanket up to his chin before he leaves a kiss on the latter's forehead and makes a trip to the bathroom to deal with the ongoing problem between his legs.
Lan Zhan's been known to be a very patient and silent person, he rarely voices out his wants and would rather keep them to himself.
But, he really can't control himself from knowing whatever his husband is keeping from him or why he is acting strange and different lately. Which leads him to his present situation right now.
He is currently staring blankly at one of the pages of the book he has in hand, he's been planning to read it for a while now but it seems that his mind was too distracted with something else that it couldn't absorb anything written in the book.
With a heavy sigh, he placed it down, removes his glasses, get up and headed to the kitchen where Wei Ying is cooking dinner for them.
He spots his husband who is sinfully wearing his clothes again, his dress shirt under the baby pink apron that emphasized his slender waist, focuses on his cooking, his back is facing Lan Zhan and it seems that he has yet to notice him.
Lan Zhan stands there for a moment, his mind is tinkering how he should approach his husband and get him to confess whatever he is hiding from him.
The perfect approach comes to his mind and he's sure Wei Ying would, will tell him this time.
Carefully, he walks towards Wei Ying who is humming their song, too distracted with his cooking to notice Lan Zhan coming towards him.
Wei Ying lets out a startled yelp as soon as he feels a pair of strong arms encircling his waist and the chin of his husband tucked on the crook of his neck, near his mating mark.
A blush is starting to creep on his neck and cheeks as he heard the deep and husky alpha voice of his husband whispering in his ear, "Wei Ying,"
The tinge of red grows brighter when he feels a hot breath blown on his ear and an even deeper voice continues, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Wei Ying's brain short circuits, he doesn't know how to respond to that. His nervousness spikes as he stammers with his words, "W-what makes y-you say t-that?"
"Hm...you've been acting differently lately, Wei Ying." Lan Zhan said before giving a small nibble on Wei Ying's ear.
"I-is that so?" Wei Ying has to turn off the stove as Lan Zhan is constantly distracting him.
"Mn," Lan Zhan hums, one of his hands travels downwards and caressed the exposed milky thigh of his husband, while doing so, he bites the smooth neck of his husband, "So, are you hiding something from me," He then ghosts his breath on Wei Ying's ear, “Lǎo pó?"
Lǎo pó! Lǎo pó! Lǎo pó!
Lan Zhan's breath tickles Wei Ying's ears and the way he says lǎo pó makes his knees go weak and his head dizzy.
It takes him a few moments to contemplate on how he was going to respond, he should've known that he couldn't outsmart his husband, he is too wise and observant but using an approach like this to make him spill whatever he is hiding is unfair! Lan Zhan knows how weak Wei Ying is when it comes to him, so he fully takes advantage of it!
It isn't until he receives another bit on his neck does he reply, "I-I.....I'll tell you soon!" He feels awkward and nervous with his sudden outburst that he has to wriggle out of Lan Zhan's embrace and make a quick excuse,"D-Dinner is almost ready, I'll go set up the plates!" With that Wei Ying leaves his cooking for a while and grabs the plates and utensils in the cupboard in haste, hoping that when he returns from preparing the table Lan Zhan wouldn't be standing there and bothering him about 'it' anymore.
Lan Zhan smirks, it seems that his approach did do the trick even if he didn't get Wei Ying to confess everything.
Lan Zhan expects to wake up without Wei Ying by his side.
Only to be proven wrong when he feels kisses littered on his face. He snaps his eyes open and sees the bright sunshine smile of his beloved and hears that soft and alluring voice greet him, "Good morning Lan Zhan, happy birthday! Did my birthday boy sleep well?"
Oh, today is his birthday.
"Mn."
"Good!" Wei Ying says in between kisses,"Hurry up and get ready, okay? I have so many exciting plans for you today!"
Lan Zhan receives one more kiss, this time on his lips, before Wei Ying walks out of their room.
By the time he reaches the dining room, fully freshened up, Wei Ying is already there, seated and presenting the 'birthday breakfast' he makes for him on every birthday.
Once he flops down on his seat, he receives another sweet kiss from Wei Ying on his cheeks that makes him smile warmly.
After they finished their breakfast, which Lan Zhan doesn't forget to thank and compliment Wei Ying for it, Wei Ying urges him to get dressed and ready for their mini date today.
Their mini date consisted of going window shopping, occasionally buying necessities and wants, and a short stop at the food court for lunch just in time to finish before they head to the cinema for movie Wei Ying booked for them.
They finished their date by 4 pm and spends the rest of the day at home with Wei Ying insisting Lan Zhan to go do something fun, telling him that the birthday celebrant should just spend his day enjoying it without worrying about other problems.
With a final look of his husband's determination and insistence, Lan Zhan sighs heavily and walks to his office to play his guqin, looking like a kicked out puppy.
After playing a few songs including the song he has written for Wei Ying, that he's sure Wei Ying could hear at the kitchen, he replies gratefully to all of the birthday greetings from his co-workers, friends and family.
In the midst of doing so, he gets a call from his brother wishing him a happy birthday.
"Happy Birthday A-Zhan, didi!" His brother's voice resounds gleefully from the phone.
"Mn, thank you xiōngzhǎng"
"Are you enjoying your day?"
"Mn...." His response comes out in a small voice.
Lan Huan instantly recognizes the kind of tone he used, he knows his younger brother only has that tone when something is worrying him and so he asks, "Hm? Is something wrong?"
"..."
"A-Zhan?"
"Xiōngzhǎng...I believe-think that Wei Ying is hiding something...."
"Hiding something?"
"Mn."
"Why do you say so?"
"He's been acting differently lately, been waking up and sleeping early, hasn't been eating anything spicy, prepares food for us, been nesting lately and...."
"And?"
"...We.... haven't made love for a while" His ears flushes red, feeling embarassed and awkward to tell his brother his sex life.
"Ah...I see." Lan Huan chuckles lightly, he certainly didn't expect to hear how his brother's sex life is going on, though it seems that his brother-in-law isn't quite good at keeping 'it' a secret.
"Xiōngzhǎng?"
"Well didi...I think you should just wait for him to tell you. He'll tell you soon, I'm sure."
"Mn."
"Just enjoy the rest of your day okay? Tomorrow uncle will be expecting you with A-Ying for dinner"
"Mn, thank you xiōngzhǎng"
He ends the call with synchronization as Wei Ying comes into his workplace inviting him to dinner.
Lan Zhan's delightfully surprised and very touched to eat his favorite dish especially made by his beloved, it tastes just like he wants it to be, not too salty or sour just right.
Then, Wei Ying asks him to close his eyes for a while, he does as he is told and mildly sees through his closed eyes that the lights are turned off and hears a soft singing of happy birthday getting louder as Wei Ying walks closer to him.
When he's asked to open his eyes, there is a beautifully decorated cake with candles placed on top of it in front of him. His Wei Ying is singing to him and tells him to make a wish.
He does and blows out the candles from the cake, celebrating the last few hours of his birthday with his beloved.
Fully stuffed from the food and cake Wei Ying prepared, they lay lovingly in each other's arms on their bed.
He feels Wei Ying shift from his side and gets up from their bed to grab something from his things.
Wei Ying comes back with a large sized box decorated in a blue wrapper and white ribbon.
"Lan Zhan, I know you've been suspecting that I've been hiding something and, while I don't like hiding anything from you, I had to, just for awhile." Wei Ying sits down near Lan Zhan and hands him the box he was holding.
"This is?" Lan Zhan asks to which Wei Ying replies, "This secret of mine was my gift to you, I know I gave you one already and that you aren't too fond of surprises but this is for you, I hope you'll like it."
Lan Zhan opens the box and is confused to see two stuffed bunnies, one black and one white with a small white blanket, a beanie and brown long envelope. He eyes Wei Ying curiously.
"Open the envelope and you'll see." Wei Ying instructs him.
He opens it, inside are a medical test, an ultrasound and...a pregnancy test. It may have been his first time seeing one being presented right in front of him but he knows what it looks like, he knows what a positive one looks like.
And that is exactly what he has in hand.
He reads the medical test thoroughly just to make sure that both of them had the same result.
His eyes widen, he looks back to the tests and then raises his eyes to meet Wei Ying's sincere silver ones.
"Wei Ying...is this—is this?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Lan Zhan. It's all true! I'm pregnant! We're gonna have a little one!" Wei Ying answers too fast, continuously nodding his head.
Without warning, Lan Zhan moves quickly yet gentle enough to not startle the small growing life in his husband's stomach as he hugs him.
"Thank you Wei Ying, thank you" He whispers endlessly with tears of joy escaping his eyes. At this point both of them are crying in happiness for the little miracle they had made.
They break apart from the hug to dive into a passionate kiss that develops into a lustful and heated session as they lose themselves into the pleasurable night.
The air is thick with the scent of sex, their limbs are entangled, their bare skin are touching intimately and Wei Ying sighs in contentment with all of these.
He's delighted to know that even if Lan Zhan has suspected something, he still got to surprise him in the end.
To be honest when he first found out he is pregnant it was a bit hard for him to accept, nonetheless he was still overflowing with happiness.
Wei Ying knows that something is wrong with him.
It all started when Lan Zhan had left for his business trip.
He doesn't know why but he's been craving for his alpha's scent, presence and touch ever since, it isn't something unusual but this time it is like he is addicted to it that he didn't want the latter to leave even a few days prior when Lan Zhan had informed him about the business trip his scent had soured unintentionally to the point that his mate had noticed and asked what is wrong, he shrugs and tells him it is nothing, telling him to just be careful yet deep down he doesn't want him to leave.
Then comes waking up early just to empty half of his stomach and the constant weird cravings. He doesn't take any action at first, claiming it is nothing not until it occurred to him that he is supposed to have his heat this week and it hasn't arrived.
Wo de tian! Something really is wrong with him.
Not wanting to trouble his husband, he calls Wen Qing and his sister first.
And they said the same thing.
Take a pregnancy test.
Wei Ying has to admit that despite being an omega he has no knowledge what pregnancy is like, he knows the basics but the symptoms and all that, he doesn't know anything about it.
So in desperation and confusion, he searches for the symptoms of pregnancy and they all match up with everything he was feeling these past few days. He doesn't want to make assumptions but maybe...he is pregnant?
Without even being given the chance to have second thoughts and buy pregnancy tests for himself, his sister and friend comes to his home with plastic bags filled with pregnancy tests and necessities he'll need as a pregnant omega.
He huffs at their overreaction and makes a trip to the bathroom to take the tests. All in all he took four of them, two from his sister and two from his friend.
He waits for a total of four minutes just to be sure and they all come out as,
Positive.
He’s pregnant.
He’s with child.
Lan Zhan and him are going to have a little one.
Oh, he is so excited to tell Lan Zhan that he is going to be a father! He knows he'll be a great one but...what if the test was a bluff? and even if it isn't what if...Lan Zhan isn't want the child?
Anxiety and fear fills his mind at the thought of those and that is how he is found by his sister and friend curled up in their bedroom.
"A-Ying, what's wrong? Shouldn't you be happy that you're pregnant?"
"I am...it's just that..."
"Just what?" Wen Qing interjects.
"What if the tests are wrong? Or even if they're correct what if Lan Zhan doesn't want the child?"
"If you want we can go visit an OB-GYN to be sure, Luo Qingyang is one, I'm sure she'll be glad to have you as her patient."
Wei Ying nods at her sister's suggestion.
"And what makes you think your mate wouldn't want the child? He practically worships the ground you walk on, of course he'll want it!"
Wei Ying's cheeks redden like a tomato at her statement, then asks with hopefully eyes, "You...really think so?"
"Has ever expressed not wanting to have a kid?"
Wei Ying shakes his head as a no.
"Then, there you have it!"
"A-Qing's right, A-Ying. Your husband loves you very much, I doubt he wouldn't want it."
"Hm...okay"
They accompany him to their friend, Luo Qingyang who's an OB-GYN and finds out that he is pregnant, 2 months pregnant to be exact and only then did Wei Ying notice the small bump, he used to thought he is getting fat, is growing steadily and healthy. Soon it'd be big enough that he wouldn't be able to hide it under his layers of clothes.
His initial thought is to tell Lan Zhan right away then it occurred to him that he could surprise him and that was how he had come out with the best birthday gift.
“It’s been hard to handle the pregnancy without you around, I wake up everyday due to morning sickness, I have weird cravings and I've been missing your touch and scent,” Wei Ying pauses for a while then continues, his cheeks flush and he kept his gaze towards his mate’s chest as he draws circles on it."I’m sorry I’ve been acting weird lately and for depriving...our everyday. I just wasn’t sure if it was safe for the baby not until Mianmian told me it was okay.”
He looks and meets Lan Zhan’s gold orbs, he makes his eyes big and makes a cute pout, “Forgive me?”
“Mn, forgiven. You are always forgiven,” Lan Zhan kisses his forehead, nose and cheek. Obviously smitten and weak to his husband’s everything.
"Are you excited, Lan Zhan?"
"Yes, very excited," Lan Zhan hums while stroking his mate's baby bump, making Wei Ying giggle at his action.
"Happy Birthday, A-Zhan. I love you"
"Thank you, A-Ying. I love you too"
They place another kiss on each other's lips and cuddle closer to each other before slipping away to a restful slumber.
Seven months from now they'll be having a little one in their arms and they couldn't be anything but happy and blessed.