warm - one shots (lan zhan x wei ying)

there's more kinds of idiocy than one

wei ying really didn't expect this, when he first started kissing the boy in the darkness of the library pavillon's secret chamber. 

or 

of course it's the cloud recesses biggest troublemaker, who manages to piss off a very ancient, very powerful deity.

okay, so, wow. wei ying is very surprised, when the rigid boy he's enjoyed teasing in the lessons for the past month, suddenly pulled him into a hidden room downstairs from the library pavillon. "lan zhaaaaan!" he whines at the sharp grip on his wrist. "i'm sorry, okay? i shouldn't have put that silencing spell on you, when lan qiren asked you a question. it just felt like the perfect opportunity, after your brother taugh-", the taller cuts him off, by pulling him closer and stopping himself a millimeter in front of him. wei ying's breath catches in his throat and he can feel himself burning up. "i can't stand you, wei ying. i can't stand you and your dumb, dazzling smile, staring at me from across the room. look, i know, you think i'm stupid, when it comes to social stuff, but i know, what you're doing." wei ying simply stares. 

lan zhan smirks. that's definitely a new thing. "if you want me to stop, say it now." wei ying says nothing. the thing is, wei ying didn't get, what he was doing. not really, anyways. he thought he just liked to annoy the older a bit, found his angry blush pretty.
turns out, lan zhan knew it before him, so now, that he figures out, why he always wanted the lan's attention, he says nothing and just let's it happen. carefully, as if still hesitant and not to hurt him, lan zhan connects their lips. wei ying dies a little. lan zhan takes him through a thousand dimensions and grounds him at the same time. they break apart after a few seconds, both panting and staring at the other. wei ying lets out a giggle. "i don't think, you're stupid. i know, that i am." lan zhan smiles, just a tiny one. "i was bluffing. i wasn't sure. i just knew, that i had to try." he shows the younger his trembling hand. wei ying kisses him again and calls him an idiot in between. 

since then a few weeks pass and the two keep meeting in the secret part of the library to steal kisses and touches from each other. lan zhan is solid, like a trunk, wei ying notices, as he leans his weight onto the other. on the other hand, he's also all soft, when it comes to wei ying. his skin under his touch, his voice, in gentle conversation, his gaze, whenever wei ying catches his eye with a mischievous smile. wei ying loves it. he enjoys being the center of lan zhan's attention, revels in the care he receives. it makes him feel at home, in an odd sense, since he doesn't feel exactly the same way he does at the lotus pier. it's similar, yet different. better. lan zhan makes his at times hectic nature calm down and be able to breathe properly. 

one afternoon, lan qiren lets the students out a bit earlier than usual, seemingly having given up on the youth he's trying to teach discipline and etiquette to. they're pretty much all lost causes, wei ying has to agree with him. he has sent lan zhan a conspiratorial wink, when they were dismissed by a fuming lan qiren and soon feels a determined hand tug at his wrist, before the touch quickly disappears. he waits a few minutes, until he follows the taller, only to get held back by his brother. "wei wuxian, where are you going. don't go around causing trouble again, just because we have the rest of the day off." wei ying grins at him. "ayy, is my baby brother worried about me?!" he laughs at jiang chen's scowl. "no need, dearest brother of mine. i actually got called in by the younger lan to help sort out some documents as a punishment for an earlier mishap. and believe me, his glare is much scarier than yours, so i'll obey." he escapes, laughingly ignoring jiang cheng shouting after him. 

arriving at the library pavillon, he notices that lan zhan isn't there yet. that's unusual, but he might've also been held back by someone. so, he takes on to explore some of the rooms, since lan zhan has given him a key to the forbidden part. he's always been fascinated by those dark spells and enchantments that were stored here. just the knowledge that these were bad, sometimes evil magic, yet people still invented and wrote them down. it just meant there were things inherently evil in the world, that couldn't be eradicated by people as righteous as the lans.
he's flipping through the pages of a book filled with spells for taking revenge after someone broke your heart, when he hears it for the first time. it's a soft groaning, the kind of sound he'd make when he lands wrong after sword-riding practice, or when jiang cheng tackles him to the ground a bit too hard. it's not exactly pained, more like the person feels uncomfortable. 
wei ying looks up and puts the book back on the shelf. the groaning stops for a second, before it starts again and picks up in volume. it's a female sounding voice, a bit unpleasant for the ears, now that he can hear it more loudly. it also helps him in locating its origin. it's coming from a small, wooden box under the stairs that lead down to the secret chamber. 
curiously, wei ying walks towards it. before he can reach it and lift the lid, he hears lan zhan's stern voice: " wei ying. what are you doing?"