THE GAME

His LOTUS

At the break of dawn, Lan Wangji was up, gazing at his 'sun'. No surplus pheromones weakening their resolve, no heat to quench. Just the stable body temperature and a clear mind. The jade relished the moment, worried for when the other will awake from his slumber. There was no guarantee of what was going to occur; would Wei Ying be welcoming or as cold as a blizzard.

Not long after he leaves to take his bath, the omega begins to twitch on the mattress...

Wangji halts when he emerges from the bathroom, clean and half-naked. What stops him from taking a step is Wei Ying's frame sitting on the other side of the bed, with his shoulders crouched.

"Leave...", A single word from the omega damns Wangji's mind to hell.

His back facing the jade, the lotus blinks away his distress with silent breaths and a flute hidden on his lap.

Wangji deals with the disappointment by going for the set of clothes prepared by the servant the previous day. He was not going to upset Wei Ying.

When the omega steals a glance at Wangji, his lowermost lip drops. A clear presentation of Hanguanjun's desperation was painted on his back; uneven scars cut across in all directions.
He looks away as soon as the alpha moves.

Draping his robes over the inner shirt Wangji recognised his shortcomings and bad behaviours. How were they going to have a decent conversation when he always shrunk at the omega's words

" Wei Ying...", he ignores the thick fabric that falls while he walks to the bedside."...We have to talk.", he says.

"Get out...", Wei Ying shut his eyes, tunning out the terror in his chest.

"I know it's not easy for you but it must be done."

"Get Lost!!...", the omega barks.

"No", Wangji squats before him.

"What?"

"I'm not running away from this, Wei Ying. I am yours and you are mine."

"I am not yours Lan Zhan..."

"Then I want you to be...", Wei Ying slides the flute beneath a pillow the instant Wangji grabs his face.

"...Alright, you want to talk, let's talk...See if can change my mind about you being the worst alpha on this planet... ", Wei Ying sneers with the sole aim of dampening the jade's spirit.

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Qishan Wen...

Xue Yang kept his word to Jing, providing enough to take care of her and her brother's needs without making Xingchen suspicious. " We won the lottery!", was the young girl's excuse and Xue Yang backed her up.

As for where Xue Yang got the money, why ask when he knew all he needs to about Sect Leader Wen's numerous accounts.

Without Wei Ying in the picture, the alpha felt empty. His goal in life was thrown off because of his desire for the lotus but that had also been snatched due to his carelessness. He could also not return to being Wen Ruohan's pawn.

So he sits in his room drinking beer, ripping out sheets from his bucket list. One thing was for sure, he was positive Wei Ying would need his help sooner or later. Either that or the world would end with Ruohan standing on its ashes.

It would give him pleasure to see Hanguanjun burn along with that world.

"Hah...Is this what heartbreak feels like?... Well, I might as well get a new robe since we will be returning to the stone age soon...Owww what name will I choose for my underground city...Hahaha", he shatters another bottle against the wall.