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The Burial Mounds (PT.7)

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Yanli gasped hearing that word tumble out of Hanguang-Jun's lips with such vulnerability, as did Lan Xichen.

Both stopped to stare at his face fears, their hearts aching even more to see the delicacy of a child in his eyes, but they soon fell shut as his body went slack.

Lan Xichen gasped, "A-Zhan!" He cried out as his baby brother fainted, his lips forming a small pout, his cheeks flushed as if he had a fever, and body shaking as if cold.

For a moment, Lan Xichen swore he saw the young boy out in the cold again, kneeling before their mother's steps, but washed the thought away to carry his brother inside.

Yanli followed, guilt gnawing at her bones, "C-C-Clan Leader Lan!" She gasped out, "I-If I said something w-wrong-"

"You didn't." Lan Xichen assured quickly, stroking his brother's warm forehead, "Wangji was just overwhelmed and being treated like that... he... he misses our mother so much and when you acted like her, even calling him 'A-Zhan' it must've shocked him a little, but rest assured you said nothing wrong, if anything you comforted him."

Yanli breathed out in relief, "Thank goodness... he must miss Madam Lan a lot... he looked so small."

Lan Xichen nodded, "I haven't seen him like that for so long..." He murmured, continuing to caress his brother's cheeks in hopes to ease him into a peaceful rest.

Sighing, Yanli wrung her hands together, "A-Xian..." She whispered, tears scratching at her throat as she looked to the adjacent bed where her brother lay; cold, unconscious, and broken.

Wen Qing gulped, looking at the self-sacrificing man on the bed, "I'm sorry there is nothing more I can do for him." She bowed, resisting the urge to caress Wei Ying's hair.

Yanli wiped her falling tears and shook her head, "It's okay, I just hope he wakes up soon..."

***

Month after month passed and still Wei Ying showed no signs of waking up, but his siblings and his fiance still refused to part from him. Once Wei Ying was stable enough to move to Yunmeng, he was taken to the healer's den and looked over by healers 24/7, plus, had Wen Qing checking on him three times a day.

Jiang Cheng and Yanli would eat their meals with him and... and Lan Zhan well.

Lan Zhan never once left his side. His fingers bled from playing Wangxian, he slept beside Wei Ying (at first on opposite beds) but once Wei Ying was well enough, he slept beside him and held his hand through the night.

He ate his meals with Wei Ying, crying into his drinks at the missing laughter and glowing smiles, it was awful.

He missed Wei Ying so much, having him so close yet so far was almost worse than not having him at all.

And then, one day, he was playing Wangxian beside Wei Ying. His fingers galloped and danced oh so gracefully over every string, notes from the instrument sending the melody far.

It was known as the melody of longing.

As the song finished and the tune died out on the strings, familiar, a warm giggle woke Lan Zhan's dormant heart, "Such a beautiful song Lan Zhan, what's the name?"

Lan Zhan froze, considering for a brief moment he was hallucinating, but once he had spun around he knew he wasn't.

Nobody would ever fathom how beautiful Wei Ying's smile is, "Wei Ying..." Lan Zhan whispered, tears coming to his eyes as he stood and leapt to drape himself over his fiance, sending the zither to the ground with a cry of complaint.