Fluffy WangXian Oneshots

Chocolate Surprise

One particularly difficult night hunt later, Wei Ying and the juniors were paid very little money and a cloth pouch of nuts.

The very grateful farmer who handed it over to Wei Ying, had winked and said it was very precious, though when Wei Ying had opened the pouch, the grubby looking brownish nuts did not look at all appetising, but since the farmer was already walking away, they had to accept it.

Wei Ying gave the money to the children and left, wondering how on earth these nuts were precious except for their rarity, which given how bitter they tasted, might not have been a bad thing.

The pouch sat on their table in the Jingshi for three whole days and nights. Every time Wei Ying went past it, he ended up scowling at this mystery, wondering how to make it better. It weighed upon his mind until he decided to do something about it.

Taking one nut, he grinded it into a fine powder and added sugar, but now it was just bitter and sweet, and what was he going to do with that? Maybe make a tea? He made several versions of this, and filled up a few cups, waiting for Lan Zhan to return from teaching so he could sample each one.

Wanting to make the taste better, Wei Ying had added different ingredients to each cup, hoping to improve on the taste, because it definitely felt as if something was missing. So when Lan Zhan returned, he was kissed for necessity and then led to the table where Wei Ying had laid out his concoctions. He eyed them dubiously before being made to sit down in front of them, and of course, Wei Ying had to sit in his lap.

"What are we doing?" Lan Zhan asked with trepidation.

"It's an experiment." Wei Ying replied enthusiastically, showing him his chart which he fully intended to fill out accurately.

On one side there was the different drinks listed and along the top of his chart, he had marks, and there was a separate section for additional comments, because Wei Ying wanted to be thorough.

"Has Wei Ying tasted these himself?" Lan Zhan raised a brow.

"Nope. We're going to do this together." Silver eyes sparkled with excitement.

How could Lan Zhan say no after that? But he wasn't going to do it for nothing...

"What will Wei Ying provide as an incentive?"

"An incentive, you say...?"

There was a stubborn look in those golden eyes.

"Mn."

Wei Ying put down his paper and brush, and took the face of his lover in his hands. Carefully, he slanted his mouth over those soft lips, gently easing them open to taste the thrill of kissing him deeply. He got so carried away that they both ran out of breath, and he couldn't help grinning widely.

"What do you think?" He asked mischievously.

"Every time one is tasted. Must clean and refresh pallette." Lan Zhan stared into disbelieving silver eyes that understood why he said that.

"Shameless! Lan Zhan, what will happen to my mouth?!" He mock shuddered.

"It is that, or no deal." Lan Zhan crossed his arms against his chest.

"Alright, alright!" Wei Ying quickly pacified him. "Let's do this your way.

The first sample was a simple tea, no sugar. Wei Ying lifted it to Lan Zhan's lips, watching his face eagerly. Then he took a sip from the same place, closing his eyes to absorb the taste better.

"It's...not bad...exactly..." He began.

But Lan Zhan wanted to clean his pallette immediately, so he couldn't finish what he was saying. Huffing and pretending to be annoyed, he filled out his paper.

"Out of ten?"

"Five."

"Would you drink that again?"

"No."

"Alright, onto the next one."

To this next tea, Wei Ying had added a piece of orange. It fragranced the drink quite nicely, and masked the bitterness of the liquid until the very end. That one got an eight and a much deeper kiss. The same results for the one he had added a few leaves of mint to. But the best one, for which he received a long kiss and a bite, was the one with sugar and a dash of milk. That one, Lan Zhan said he wouldn't mind drinking again, and if it was thicker, wouldn't mind licking it off his Wei Ying either.

Of course, after that the experiments were long forgotten...

But something Lan Zhan had said about it being a paste, germinated within Wei Ying's subconscious and a few days later, he was messing around again. He lit a fire outside and began warming up milk and sugar, but then, quite by accident, he found some beans had ended up too close to the fire and gotten roasted. When he made a paste out of this, it was much better. He grabbed a dollop of this mix and ran to his husband, sticking it inside his mouth immediately.

Lan Zhan licked the paste off, maintaining eye contact...but his teeth grazed the now sensitive skin until both were a mess...and no further experiments were completed that day too.

A week later, Wei Ying found he had run out of the beans and decided to find the farmer who had given them to him in the first place.

They bought a whole basket of these beans, Lan Zhan not batting an eyelid at the extortionate price.

This time, when they returned, Lan Zhan helped him create a tray they could place under the fire, so the beans could roast and not be burned. They ground the roasted beans into a paste, that was far smoother than previously, and then Wei Ying had a brain wave. To half of this paste, he added sugar and milk, and made it lighter by whisking it together. And then, he was inspired! He put the mixture inside a water proof container and tied rocks to it, placing it in the coldest part of the cold pond. He waited a few hours while Lan Zhan and he "experimented" with the after effects of the gloopy paste, feeling very satisfied afterwards.

And it was a win-win because they cleaned up in the cold pond too.

Later, when Wei Ying retrieved the box from the cold pond, he was delighted with the results. The paste had turned into,a semi hard substance, and had to be cut up into pieces.

He sat in his favourite place and put a piece of the chocolate in Lan Zhan's mouth.

"Don't chew it. Let it melt slowly." He whispered, mesmerised by those intense golden eyes.

"Where's Wei Ying's?" Lan Zhan just had time to ask, before his mouth was full of the velvety taste.

"Mine...is in there." Wei Ying looked at his mouth.

He licked his lips and kissed his husband, tasting the rich concoction from how it melted just right, the taste incredibly rich and decadent. Hot lips stole his breath as Lan Zhan tried to leave as much chocolate on his tongue instead, so that Wei Ying could also taste the pleasure of his creation.

When they finished, both were smiling brightly, well one was smiling only in amber eyes.

"Need to try this." Lan Zhan insisted, a hungry look in his eyes.

He put a chunk in Wei Ying's mouth and waited for a few seconds, before kissing him senseless.

By this time, Wei Ying wasn't sure whether it was the chocolate doing things to him or Lan Zhan, but he did know that this much wasn't enough, and they were probably going to get through it faster than he had anticipated...

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A/N

Just a quick one for ashleyhall232 and @CynthiaBorrego

Thank you so much for asking me whether chocolate was available in Cloud Recesses, and gotten me thinking, plus my fellow chocolate lover who eats a piece whenever that word is mentioned, hehe.

Have a wonderful day people, let's be happy!