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Wei Wuxian doesn't know how he got here. Okay well that's a lie he does but still.
He had just come back to life, you know as one does when they die. Okay no one usually comes back to life but Wei Wuxian can say whatever he wants since this is his internal monologue.
He had made a scene, ran into a demon, ran away once he saw Lan Zhan -might I add hes grown up quite well, if you get what I mean- and then he got cornered by his nephew and brother, then Lan Zhan showed up, then- you get the point!
So yes, he does know how he got here, but he would rather be anywhere else right now.
Maybe even back in his grav- okay no were not going down that train of thought.
So here he is now, standing in a giant forest that's on fire, with his brother ("Not anymore." I remind myself again.) Jiang Wanyin, and the juniors of the Gusu Lan sect along with his nephew ("I don't deserve to call Yanli's son my nephew. Not after everything that's happened." I reprimand myself again.) a junior of the Jin sect, and Lan zhan.
Lan Zhan, who he cant even remember his last memory with him.
Wei Wuxian cant think of anyway he can get out of this situation, with Lan Zhan behind him and Jiang Wanyin in front of him, with the juniors standing there.
So Wei Wuxian will put the one thing (he thinks) he's good at to use.
Flirting.
He'll flirt his way out of this using his past with Lan Zhan. Wei Wuxian has always known he's gotten under Lan Zhan's skin, so if he does his tease flirting now, Lan Zhan will either speed up and take him back to Gusu and he can break out then (somehow), or he can kill Wei Wuxian where he stands.
Sad how the second option doesn't seem that bad at this point, even though he just got back.
So as soon as Wen Ning the ghost general is gone, Wei Wuxian doesn't waste a second before putting his plan in action.
He turns dramatically, knowing it makes his robes swish and his hair flip, while simultaneously twisting his wrist to get Lan Zhan to let go.
Once his hand is free and he's facing Lan Zhan he promptly gets on the tips of his toes and wraps his arms loosely around his neck, before leaning in slightly in and laying his head down softly on his shoulder.
He catches the way Lan Zhan's eyes flit to him, so he bats his eyelashes and watches enraptured as his pupils dilate.
'Why not take it further?' Wei Wuxian thinks to himself.
So he picks his head up slightly, leans in a little to Lan Zhan's ear while watching him out of the corner of his eye and breathlessly whispers.
"Lan Zhan..."
And he makes sure it comes out as a whine.
He leans in while whispering and lightly touches his lips to Lan Zhan's ear, and he delights in the way it makes his ears red and his pupils dilate even more.
So he pushes further.
And he puts more of his weight on Lan Zhan, resulting in their fronts touching, and he loves the way Lan Zhan's breathe catches and he wraps his wraps his arm's around Wei Wuxian's waist.
God he's missed him.
Most people would think the tease flirting Wei Wuxian pulled in their disciple day's was a joke, but what Wei Wuxian would've given to have this man hold him was no joke.
Lan Zhan leans down slightly and Wei Wuxian shivers, at the feel of his lips barely touching his throat, and at the whisper Lan Zhan lets out as a reply.
"Wei Ying."
God, this man will destroy his heart.
He leans back slightly, pulls Lan Zhan back by the hair a little, and then their kissing.
This isn't the outcome Wei Wuxian was expecting, but it's one he know's he'll never regret.
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Jiang Cheng didn't know what to expect when he went on a night hunt with his nephew. He knew he wanted Jin Ling to get something that would show his strength, would make both him and Jin Ling happy.
Finding a demonic cultivator? Not on his schedule.
Finding a demonic left arm? Not on his schedule, but could be used to his and Jin Ling's advantage.
Finding out said demonic cultivator is his dead brother, sect sibling, the supposedly dead Yiling Patriarch? Definitely not on his schedule.
Watching Wei Ying, Wuxian control the ghost general made him finalize his decision, Wei Wuxian isn't walking out of the forest free, or maybe even alive.
It made a strange pang go off in his heart when he thought that, but he ignored it.
It's not like Wei Wuxian didn't bring this on himself.
Lan Wangji showing up was something he didn't account for in that moment what with him being so distracted. But expected all the same, so it didn't quite surprise him, Wei Wuxian was here after all, as much as he would deny it or ignore it, Jiang Cheng knew Lan Wangji had loved Wei Wuxian.
Watching Wei Wuxian plot something wasn't good so he knew he had to hurry up, he pulled his arm back and yanked Zidian back, but, he knew he would be to late.
So he stopped just before Zidian went forward, just as Wei Wuxian spun around.
"Jiu jiu, why'd you stop?" Jin Ling asked as he approached.
'Because I know how this will end since Wei Wuxian used his brain for once.' He didn't say, what he did say was "Because then Lan Wangji will get hit and I'm not starting a conflict when I know I can get Wei Wuxian when he tries to run.
And that's when Wei Wuxian hugged Lan Wangji.
Jin Ling frowned. "Why is he hugging Hanguang-jun? And why is Hanguang-jun allowing it."
Jiang Cheng swallowed.
"Jin Ling close your eyes."
Jin Ling frowned. Jiang Cheng could tell the word why was on the tip of his tongue, but that was when Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian kissed.
Jin Ling's eyes widened and he gagged. "EUgh! WHY ARE THEY-"
But Jiang Cheng had already put a hand over his face to cover his eyes and mouth.
"Shush."
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God, Wei Wuxian would be happy to pass away right now, he kind of felt like he was already in heaven anyway, though he doubts he'll go to heaven after everything that happened.
Lan Zhan's lips were like velvet and liquid gold and ambrosia all at once, the slight whimper he let out when Wei Wuxian ran his fingers through the hair at his nape and pulled slightly will forever be etched into his memory.
Wei Wuxian had gasped when Lan Zhan nipped his bottom lip, allowing his tongue entry and Wei Wuxian lost all coherent thought at that.
When his brain caught up with his body, he realized he almost wasn't even on the floor anymore.
'God this man could choke me and I would thank him' was also one of the first coherent thoughts Wei Wuxian had, but that would forever be between him and whoever gave him this second chance at life.
Wei Wuxian let out a muffled whine when Lan Zhan swiped his tongue with his own, but he didn't get long to think about it because then Lan Zhan was pulling back, Wei Wuxian chasing his mouth with his own. There was a string of saliva connecting their tongues that disappeared when Lan Zhan closed his mouth.
He leaned down slightly to speak directly in Wei Wuxian's ear, who could barely hear over his own panting and the fire.
Right.
The fire.
"We will continue this later."
And then Lan Zhan was stepping back, leaving Wei Wuxian feeling cold and bare.
Wei Wuxian would never admit it, but he honestly thought Lan Zhan had lied when he said they would continue later, feeling almost as if he had only said it out of pity anyways.
But, like he said, he would never admit it.
He had a feeling everyone knew though.
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Lan Shizhui and Lan Jingyi had frankly, no idea what they were looking at.
Sect leader Jiang had called Mo Xuanyu ("I think that's what his name is??" Jingyi had said.) the Yling Patriach, which made no idea because he died 13 year's ago.
But, they were taught to respect their elders, at least Shizhui was, so they had to at least pretend to accept sect leader Jiang's reasoning.
"I think he's either confused or using it as a cover for something." Jingyi had proudly declared when sect leader Jiang had stopped talking.
Only for that to get thrown out the window when Hanguang-jun had started VERY PASSIONATELY KISSING THE YILING PATRIARCH.
The gasp that Jingyi and Shizhui let out will forever be between them only, because they sounded quite frankly, like little kids who found out they couldn't have the fancy tea they're parents usually had because it had alcohol in it.
You see, Shizhui was raised by Hanguang-jun, or Lan Zhan if you will, so he knew that Lan Zhan was quite enamored with someone, and he often wondered who that someone was when he was young because he always seemed sad whenever he would talk about Shizhui's baba, so, when Shizhui got old enough, he asked Jiu jiu why Lan Zhan always seemed sad talking about his baba, and Jiu jiu had said he could never tell anyone what he was gonna tell Shizhui.
And Shizhui had learned his baba was the Yiling Patriarch, the very one who Lan Zhan was so enamored with was the same one Lan Zhan had been forced to fight against.
So, when he trusted Jingyi enough, he had told him the truth about his baba.
Jingyi being shocked would be a major understatement, he had looked like his brain had just melted and started running out of his ears.
Or if Shizhui had told him he started learning demonic cultivation.
But he calmed down enough for Shizhui to explain, and he eventually promised to never tell anyone, and Shizhui trusted that promise.
Because if he didn't, all of Gusu Lan would be turned up on it's head if they learned the full truth.
Plus Shizhui would bring Jingyi down with him.
But that full backstory didn't do justice for what they were seeing.
And oh.
Oh.
Oh, was it shameless.
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And before you ask, yes, Lan Zhan made good on that promise to continue.