Together

1. Departure

"Jiang Cheng! Wake up! We're already late! Get up!!" Wei Wuxian shouted at his friend. Jiang Cheng groaned and looked at Wei Wuxian who was on top of him. "Good morning my Wei. Did you have a good night's sleep?" Jiang Cheng asked Wei Wuxian in a honey coated voice as he got up, ignoring the fact that Wei Wuxian was on top of him and could collide with him an minute. Wei Wuxian moved away fast enough and fought the urge to grunt in disgust. "Get up! We need to go. Aunt Yu is already very mad at you!" Wei Wuxian shouted at Jiang Cheng and stormed out of the room. Jiang Cheng chuckled and got out of bed.

"Bloody cut-sleeve! Stupid pervert!" Wei Wuxian kept cursing as he reached the dining hall. "Wei Ying. Did he wake up?" Yu Ziyuan asked Wei Wuxian asked him as soon as he entered the room. "Yes aunty Yu." Wei Wuxian said and sat down at the table. "A-Cheng really sleeps heavily. You know that right mother?" Jiang Yanli said as she passed Wei Wuxian peeled lotus seed pods. "Thank you Shijie." Wei Wuxian said giving her a smile and took the plate from her hands. "I honestly don't know how he is going to survive the Cloud Recess if he wakes up this late." Jiang Fengmian said as he ate his food. "Wei Ying is there so it should be fine." Yu Ziyuan consoled her husband. "After all, they are engaged." Wei Wuxian sighed slightly as he continued eating his lotus seeds. 'Mother, father, why? Why... did you leave me alone?' he thought. It had been nearly 6 years since his parents left him alone in this world. Wei Wuxian's parents Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren were close friends with Jiang Cheng's parents Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan. In fact, they were so close that they promised each other they would get their children married, even if it was 2 boys or 2 girls. By the time Wei Wuxian was born, Jiang Yanli was already engaged to Yu Ziyuan's best friend, Madam Jin's son Jin Zixuan. Since Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian were of the same age, they decided to get both of them engaged. Although at first the 2 of them were quite annoyed by the fact that 2 boys were to be married, they managed to warm up to each other and become close friends. After Wei Wuxian's parents died in a night-hunt 6 years ago, Jiang Fengmian brought the 10 year old child to live with them at Lotus Pier. 

Wei Wuxian became closer to Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yanli due to the time they spent by living together. He considered both of them his siblings and was willing to risk his life for them. However, things started going wrong for Wei Wuxian when Jiang Cheng started flirting with him and constantly getting on his nerves. However, looking at this development, Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan became happy as getting them married would become easier... or so they thought. But, what they didn't realize (or decided to ignore, Wei Wuxian didn't know) was that Wei Wuxian was hating Jiang Cheng's advancements to him. Sure, he cared for him. But his feelings for Jiang Cheng were completely brotherly. 'If Mother and Father were alive, I believe they would've cancelled the engagement.' Wei Wuxian thought as he sighed. "A-Cheng! You came, finally." Jiang Fengmian said, making the other 3 turn around an looked at Jiang Cheng who was carrying a bag full of clothes with his sword strapped to his waist. "Jiang Cheng! Do you have any time sense at all?!" Yu Ziyuan shouted at her son. "I'm sorry mom!" Jiang Cheng said apologetically. "Okay, calm down both of you." Jiang Fengmian said and urged is son to join them for breakfast. However the carriage sent to them from The Cloud Recess arrived, making it so that Jiang Cheng couldn't eat anything. Jiang Yanli and Yu Ziyuan quickly packed a little food for Jiang Cheng to eat while Wei Wuxian looked through Jiang Cheng's belongings to see if anything was missing. When he did, he shouted out in frustration. "A-Xian, what's wrong?" Jiang Yanli asked him soothingly. "Jiang Cheng! Where is your jade token?!" Wei Wuxian shouted angrily. "I have it with me! Calm down Wei Ying!" Jiang Cheng said as he ran towards the carriage with his and Wei Wuxian's luggage. Wei Wuxian quickly bowed to Jiang Fengmian, Yu Ziyuan and Jiang Yanli before running behind Jiang Cheng to the carriage.

When the carriage took away, Wei Wuxian and  Jiang Cheng waved at the other 3 and sat properly in the carriage. "Jiang Cheng, are you sure you have your jade token with you?" Wei Wuxian asked him. Jiang Cheng laughed as he leaned forward towards Wei Wuxian. "Are you trying to say I'm that forgetful Wei Ying?" He asked. "Yes." Wei Wuxian replied without any hesitation. Jiang Cheng grinned and pulled out his jade token from his clothes. At the same time, he pulled out some food and started eating. Wei Wuxian sighed and rested against the carriage wall with his arms behind his head. 'I wonder how things will be once we go to Cloud Recess. I just hope Jiang Cheng will be fine.'