Fluffy WangXian Oneshots

The Language of Flowers Part 4

Lan Zhan took a break every day at exactly eleven o'clock. A man of routine and rule, this was a sudden change in his schedule that Mrs Tanning had made sure to add, because her boss had insisted upon it.

At this eleven o'clock time, especially reserved was the time for Lan Zhan to visit the flower shop, Lotus Pier and see the special man who lit up his thoughts and excited his heart.

And every day, he made sure to buy a red rose to put in Wei Ying’s hair, his red ribbon shining brightly next to it. Wei Ying in turn, would take a break at exactly five minutes past eleven and bring Lan Zhan straight into their store room, because, he told Jiang Cheng it was so Lan Zhan wouldn't suffer another episode, but they both knew it for what it really was.

Jiang Cheng would roll his eyes but dutifully man the front desk for the allotted time.

Today was no different.

At exactly eleven, the tiny silver bell rang, and Wei Ying greeted the beautiful man standing in front of him with a magnificent smile.

Lan Zhan was never quite ready to see it.

He always thought he was, even tried to imagine that gloriously upturned mouth, with those ivory pearls glistening in that lovely way of his, but every single time, his heart stuttered almost painfully.

His own mouth would tilt up, and Wei Ying would rush him into that room and attack him, like a super cuddly Teddy bear.

Their lips would crash together and before they knew it, Jiang Cheng would be knocking on the door, yelling at Wei Ying that his break was over.

Both would come out of that room dazed and so out of it, Jiang Cheng was certain he should be charging Lan Zhan something.

And now, Wei Ying made it a point to give Lan Zhan a special flower in return, telling him all about its meanings and anything else he could think of.

Jiang Cheng liked to think he was an understanding sort of brother, and he was...to a point. The eleven o'clock saga would be fine, absolutely great, if they did not meet again for the whole day.

But they had lunch together.

And since this was England, Lan Zhan made a point of having a tea-time break too.

So Jiang Cheng was getting a bit sick of the lovey dovey couple...

Two weeks had passed since their first date, and now, with Wei Ying spending practically all of his free time with his unproclaimed boyfriend, all the sodding time...Jiang Cheng found that he was missing his brother far too much.

The only relief he found, was from the unlikeliest source, Lan XiChen, the not-boyfriend's brother. One night, and one complaint turned into a bitch-fest about both their brothers and how gag worthy their relationship was becoming, and now Jiang Cheng had started to look forward to the evening trips as much as the morning ones. Thankfully, both their brothers made themselves scarce, leaving Jiang Cheng and XiChen to bond by themselves.

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Three weeks in, and Wei Ying had a surprise planned for Lan Zhan. He was so excited, he was running around with too much energy and winding Jiang Cheng up on another level.

The floor was mopped in record time, the buckets of flowers were arranged in colour coordination to nines, the window display was expertly done, and eleven o'clock was so far from coming, Wei Ying was frustrated. He kept staring at his phone, checking the time, checking for messages.

And then, the worse possible thing happened.

Eleven o'clock came....

....and went...