THE GAME

Incense Burner I

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Lan Wangji gives up on sleep after trying so hard. Thoughts of the incense burner ate at his mind- he was anxious to confirm it again that he and Wei Ying were truly soul bonds.

Caving in, he cautiously slides out of the bed in search of the artefact. There was not much to it: all Wangji had to do was light the incense. He did not know how exactly it would work but he leaves it to chance and goes back to bed.
Wei Ying groaned when tiny strands of smoke diffuse into the room. It was so calming that Lan Wangji did not know when sleep seized him...

First, there was an illumination beyond what the eyes could bear. Then it diminished...and was replaced with the night.

Lan Wangji identified Wei Ying by the pyjamas he wore to sleep. He engulfs him when they meet. If this was his Wei Ying, then there was nothing to fear. They are soulmates.

" Lan Zhan, what are we doing here? How did we get to Gusu...To the Jade Mansion...", Wei Ying patted his back like a child.

Lan Wangji gives a rough explanation of what went on while he slept.

"Dream searcher?..."

Wei Ying turned when he hears distant laughing and cussing. Soon a Wei Wuxian from months before came out of the dark holding onto a drunk Lan Xichen.

From where they stood, Wei Wuxian knew he should have been seen but his replica didn't even react. So he goes closer and tries to touch him as he struggles to help Xichen. But his hand goes right through the clone's body like a ghost.

"Wei Ying, let me take Xichen. Lan Wangji is hugging a tree because he wants you to take him inside.", Jiang Cheng came into the scene.

Wei Ying slowly backs away to the Lan Wangji he could touch.

" This...its the night we went clubbing.", Wei Wuxian watched as his image hands Lan Xichen over to Jiang Cheng and goes looking for his jade.

Lan Wangji was a bit puzzled. 'This is my dream.', the thought crosses his mind. Wei Ying being familiar with the scene, in the beginning, was okay as long as it didn't go further.

"Lan Zhan, look...I'm taking you inside. You are very hefty when drunk...Let's follow them."

"...", Lan Wangji could not deter the other from having his way even if he was uncomfortable. Wei Wuxian noticed him dragging his feet but they made it to his room in a few leaps.

" Wei Ying wait. I have to tell you something...", Wei Wuxian entered before the jade could even end his statement.

"Don't be nervous Lan Wangji. I'm sure there's nothing odd going on in that room.", The omega winked.

The jade clenched his fist, half-embarrassed by what Wei Ying might think of him after discovering his dirty dream.

On the other side of the coin, Wei Wuxian withheld from blushing. He remembered that fateful night vividly. And as the scenes played out, he wondered what the alpha was feeling.

"Wangji, control your pheromones...You can smell me all you want as long as you promise not to bite.", the words slipped out of Wei Ying's lips as he waved two fingers over Wangji's face. The alpha followed it like a cat spotting a red dot.

"Mn...I promise.", his voice rippled in his throat.

Thereon, the pair watched as their other bodies coiled up on the bed. The kiss that broke out between them granted the alpha an enduring spirit to enjoy what they shared.