Together

7. Entranced

Lan Wangji opened the book and gave it a glance before throwing it away and standing up, his expression changing from calm to anger and embarrassment. Wei Wuxian, on the other hand laughed like a maniac while hugging his stomach. The book opened at a page in which a paper with a porn picture was in between. "Wei Ying!" Lan Wangji shouted as he stared at the laughing boy infront of him. Wei Wuxian continued laughing while talking. "Here! Here!"

Wei Wuxian continued laughing until he heard a sword being unsheathed. He looked at Lan Wangji and saw him with his sword in his hand, his gaze piercing through him. "Manners! Second Young Master Lan! Manners! Even I got my sword today. Do you really think your library pavilion will be fine if we were to fight?" Wei Wuxian said as he also unsheathed his sword. Lan Wangji pointed his sword at Wei Wuxian. "Just what kind of a person are you?!" Lan Wangji raged. "What kind of a person could I be? A man of course!" "Shameless!" "Oh please! Don't tell me you never saw such pictures before, especially a teenager like you. I won't believe it." Lan Wangji immediately rushed forward and picked up the book. However, both he and Wei Wuxian ended up grabbing it.

"Why do you want it? I thought you didn't want to read the book." Wei Wuxian teased while still holding onto the book tightly. "I... won't... read it!" Lan Wangji grit through his teeth, not loosening his grip on the book. The book eventually tore with the force from both sides, spilling torn paper pieces all over. However, while pulling, Wei Wuxian lost his balance and fell backward.

Lan Wangji's expression instantly changed from anger to concern as he leaned forward and wrapped his hand around Wei Wuxian's waist. Wei Wuxian was shocked and looked at Lan Wangji, only to gasp at the close between them. Lan Wangji's face was literally inches away from his. Wei Wuxian gulped lightly, suddenly feeling parched as he looked at the god-like face infront of him. Lan Wangji's gaze pierced him as he looked into his eyes, making him look away and clear his throat for Lan Wangji to let him go.

Lan Wangji instantly got shocked when Wei Wuxian fell backward and caught his waist for him to not fall backward, making himself shocked with his own actions. However, although shocked, he didn't let go of Wei Wuxian, for it seemed like he cast a spell on Lan Wangji. Now that he was much closer to Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji could actually see all his facial features clearly. He really was handsome. He smiled a bit when Wei Wuxian blushed a bit and turned his face. Lan Wangji gazed at the handsome face infront of him and was tempted to do something he was going to regret later until Wei Wuxian cleared his throat. Lan Wangji instantly snapped out of his dirty thoughts, silently cursing himself for having them in the first place and let go of Wei Wuxian rather dejectedly.

Soon after Lan Wangji let go of him, Wei Wuxian moved away from him in a hurried manner and looked away, his face turning a deeper shade of red each second. "Lan Zhan, I... I'm sorry. I... I promise I wouldn't do this again." Wei Wuxian said, still not looking at Lan Wangji. If this was how he was going to be treated every time he teased Lan Wangji, he'd rather not tease him at all. An awkward silence fell between the two until Wei Wuxian looked at Lan Wangji, bowed and exited the library.

As Lan Wangji looked at the figure in black move away from him, part of him was relieved while another part was dejected. Shaking his head, Lan Wangji started clearing up the mess created by tearing the book, while trying hard not to think about Wei Wuxian. However, at the current moment, it seemed impossible. Realizing that he needed to calm himself down, Lan Wangji headed towards the cold spring.

Meanwhile, Jiang Cheng came to the library at the time when Wei Wuxian's supposed punishment should have ended as usual. During the time Wei Wuxian was punished, Jiang Cheng always came to pick up his fiancée later. As he came near the library, Jiang Cheng heard noises, making him walk as fast as he could to the library to see if Wei Wuxian was alright. However, the sight infront of him shocked Jiang Cheng beyond belief. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji were holding onto each other in such an intimate way that made Jiang Cheng burn with anger and jealousy. Unable to bear the scene infront of him anymore, Jiang Cheng left, promising himself to make Wei Wuxian pay for what he did.