[[忘羡 | WangXian 3]] : Our Flesh And Bones

[116.] The Hunt?

 Early the next morning the only people ready for the hunt were Wen Ning and Lan Sizhui. Bai Li had brought breakfast to the Young Master's room, and also to Miao Lu, totally disillusioned by now that any of the other Masters would be up. 

Today she was in a good mood – the Young Master was a bit dejected, but he was happy to be reunited with his uncles, and also his unborn brother; just like Master Wei, he got into the habit of talking to Miao Lu's belly  –  to her embarrassment and pleasure. Also, most of the servants were coming back to the House, and she could finally organize a proper celebration of the turn of the year. 

Everybody hoped for a year better than the last.

Finally, as the horses were ready, and Wen Ning and Lan Sizhui had waited long enough, the Young Master decided to go and wake everyone up. 

He started with the Jingshi, still a little mad at his parents for grounding him like a child, but he missed them, and he saw for himself that they felt the need to be closer than they had ever been before somehow. 

Hoping that they were already up, he glued an ear to the door, and so this is what he overheard:

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- Wei Ying, please! Please, sweetheart, tell me...

- There is nothing to tell, Lan Zhan! We kissed a little and fell asleep!

- But you are upset... I see it, I feel it... Please. I am begging you!

- No. Let's get ready, we are late!

- Now you are telling me that we are late?!

- Indeed. Let it go!

- No. You must tell me! Darling...

- Let go... Uhhh... Don't think you can bribe me with kisses, Wangji!

- Please... You know how bad it was last time... I cannot survive another crisis, Wei Ying... I am serious.

- Nothing to say. No... don't... don't kiss there... We won't be able to leave at all if you keep on... kissing... there...

- Tell me... I don't remember a thing... Why didn't we make love? Why are you upset... Tell me...

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Lan Sizhui was blushing deeply and knew that he had to walk away and give them privacy, but they had been hiding so much from him lately that he decided to stay. He had to know what was happening to the people he loved so much. Not knowing was just killing him, tearing his heart up with anxiety.

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- Unfair, Hanguang-Jun... You are so cruel to me, Lan Zhan... Uhhh...

- Tell me, I am imploring, Wei Ying... Did I hurt... Did I hurt you again, my love?

~~

A-Yuan gasped. He had never before seen or heard his father sob like this. He frowned and was just about to enter the room, risking a worse punishment, when Wei Wuxian moaned so loud, clearly in pleasure, that he changed his mind, his face burning again.

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- I am... not... upset... You were drunk, darling... It's... it's alright.... Ah! Mmmmm... Harder, Wangji!

- Please... please... please... I am on my knees, Wei Ying...  Please!

- Ohhhh... Uhhh... You said... You told me... Uhhhhhhhhh... No, don't stop! Don't stop now!

- What did I say? Tell me, my beautiful...

- Hanguang-Jun, you love torturing me!!!

- Tell me!

- Uh, alright. So that you stop moping and we go for breakfast. Gods!!!

- ....

- You told me not to touch you. You could not believe that we were married... You couldn't... you didn't recognize me... I...

- What?!?  No, Wei Ying.. No, don't cry, my love... No... Oh...

- Hold me... hold me, my heart... It hurt so much... It hurt so deeply to hear you say this... I ... A-Zhan...

- But how... How is it even possible... I... No more wine, my love. No more, ever. It is all my fault, I should have said "no". Wei Ying, calm down... Please, my light...

- Oh, Lan Zhan... I wouldn't have survived sleeping away from you... Not again... Never again...

- Love... my love... No... Never.. No, sweetheart... I love you so much... I need you all the time... I miss you always... I want to touch you always, Wei Ying... It is so hard...You know it!

- Don't leave me... Don't push me away... I can't live without you, my heart... I can't...

- No, never... Never!

~~

They fell silent, and Lan Sizhui was sure that they were kissing. He sighed, brushing tears from his eyes, and approached the Hanshi  in hope of a happier conversation. He knocked a couple of times, but nobody answered. He leaned in and listened:

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- Well, good morning to you too, future husband!

- Huan, you are impossible...

- Do you want to be woken like this every day, my sweetest?

-  ...

- Why are you blushing, my kitten? You know how sweet you are!

- I know nothing. Can we get dressed now? We are late!

- You have to answer my question first, Wanyin...

- Huh. What do you want me to say...?!  

~~


A-Yuan thought he heard growling and shuffling from inside, and then his uncle Huan laughed with a laughter he had never heard before  –  clear and ringing, expressing pure joy.

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- Um? Do you want me to say that I love your mouth on me?! Always? Your kisses give me life, Zewu-Jun... The hotness of your mouth is driving me insane... your lips on my neck make me weak... I am drunk on being close to you, sensing you close to me, in me... How do I say what I feel, Huan, when I feel it so deep...

- My lovely... Oh, my little one... Oh, husband...

- "Husband"... I love it when you say it, Lan Xichen... I love it so...

- Yes, my kitten... Yes... Yes...

- Are you happy, my love?

- So happy, Wanyin... Am I not showing it to you?

- You are... You... oh...uhhh... are... Uh, lower...

- Mmmm... so sweet... so tasty... So beautiful... Mine... Are you mine, kitten?

- Only yours, Zewu-Jun... Mmmmm... ahhh...Harder! Uhhh, I love you, Huan...

- My most precious... My lovely... My loved one... Mine... Mine... Oh, mine...

- Yours... Always, husband...

- Ohhhh...

~~


Lan Sizhui was gaping, all flushed, ashamed. 

This was somehow... worse. 

He bit his lips. 

Such passion, such love. He feared he would never find something like this. A soulmate to feel so deeply? How hard was that... Impossible almost. And now his family had two happy couples; it felt like he was the only one who was lonely and miserable.