Slither Mate (WangXian & XiCheng FF) || Hybrid Omegaverse AU

Slither 19

Wei Ying entered his room with his hands clutching his chest. He doesn't know where he got his courage to speak up but now that he already spit out what his brain had been telling him all this time, his whole body is trembling. His heart is beating wildly, the confidence he had a while ago have banished and is now replaced with fear. 

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. How will he face auntie Ziyuan from now on? What if her anger at him is ten times worse than what he is getting now? What if she'll throw him out of the mansion for real? He is yet to manhandle his father's company! He's still in college for pete's sake. What will happen to him?

He inhales and exhales to calm his nerves. Ah fuck, maybe he needs calm for a while. Maybe a cold shower could help him. 

He heaves a long sigh before stripping off his clothes along his way to his bathroom. It's a good thing he had dinner with Lan Zhan a while ago, he doesn't need to get out of his room just because of hunger. His courage has already drained back there and he can't face his auntie after that.

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Wei Ying took an hour in his bathroom, he soaked himself into a bubble bath to ease his nerves. The nerves are still there but the bubble bath at least helps a little. He sighs with contentment as he leaves his bathroom all fresh and already in his comfortable pajamas. 

As he walked to pick up his scattered clothes, his phone rang. He immediately grabbed them and answered without looking who was calling. 

His eyes went wide upon seeing two alike faces on his screen. A group chat just magically appeared. "Xichen ge?" he asked, surprised at the sudden appearance. He thought it was Lan Zhan who called him, he didn't imagine Xichen joining them. "What's the meaning of this?" he asked, eyeing Lan Zhan from the other side of the screen. 

Lan Zhan shrugged, a small smug written on his face. "I accidentally told brother that I'm courting you," he utters like it's normal.

"And I'm here to congratulate you two!" the older giggles excitedly.

Wei Ying's cheeks flushed red in an instant, hearing Xichen say that makes it looks like they are already dating. The idea of it is making him feel butterflies in his stomach.

"Oh my, he blushed!" The older immediately remarked. 

Huh? Is it really obvious on the screen? That's so embarrassing! 

he immediately grabbed a pillow and hid half of his face. "T-thanks I-I guess..." he mumbles. 

Lan Zhan chuckles, the rare chuckle Xichen ever heard. The older's eyes are wide from witnessing another rare phenomenon of his brother. 

"I'm still courting him, brother. Don't make him blush too much or he might combust," Lan Zhan remarked. 

Wei Ying immediately threw the pillow away as he unveil his reddened face to act as if he is not blushing. "I am not blushing!" he retorts, involuntary pouting. 

Lan Zhan chuckles even more. "See, his face is all red," he said once again making the omega whined in annoyance.

But Wei Ying and Lan Zhan stopped their banters when they notice Xichen's face gets serious as if he's waiting for someone or something. Confusion rolled on the two's faces.

"Xichen ge, you okay?" Wei Ying immediately asked out of concern. 

The older alpha smiled sheepishly and scratch the back of his neck. "Well, I added Cheng here in our group chat but he's not answering the group call," he uttered, dejected and worried at the same time. 

Wei Ying immediately understood the worry coming out of the older alpha's lips, and so he sighs. "Uhm, he's kind of not feeling well, I think. Uh... something happened in the house, family matters something like that, so maybe... uhh.. that's why?" he answers. 

Xichen's expression immediately turned into a frown, his protective instinct kicking in. "Oh... I uhh... I gotta go. I need to finish something," he answers, he smiled but he knows it didn't hide his real expression. "Enjoy, you two. Let's have another group call next time. The call is all yours," he even teased, trying to mask the anger from his instincts. 

The two nodded, not asking any further cause they already figured him out.

The two were left alone, a short silence fell open until Lan Zhan spoke. "You're not involved in what's happening there right?" he asked. 

Wei Ying fell silent for a second, pondering if he should lie or tell the alpha the truth. But he doesn't want him to involve his suitor in this situation. It's a family problem that is meant to be fixed within the family only and not involve anyone in it. And so he smiles and shook his head. 

"Nah, it's just a small fight. Nothing big to worry about," he lied. "Oh right, the food in the restaurant you brought me is delicious!" he utters, just to avert their topic. And he was glad the alpha took the bite, the frown on Lan Zhan's forehead disappeared replaced with a loving smile. 

They talked the whole night until they both fell asleep, the call still rolling showing their sleeping faces and eventually waking up to their faces still on their screens.

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After hearing from Wei Ying that Jiang Cheng is in distress, he immediately calls the beta. he called once and the phone was not answered, he called twice and it's the same, then he calls thrice, four times, five times and goes on, still, none of his calls were answered. 

Xichen sighs, he's giddy. He needs to know what's happening to Jiang Cheng, he wants to comfort him, he wants to be there for the beta, he wants to ease the pain he is feeling right now. 

It's a good thing he knows all the beta's social media accounts. He opened all his social media and just spam the beta with messages. 

Jiang Cheng groaned upon hearing his phone continuously ring and ping with notifications. He thought whoever is calling him will stop eventually but he thought wrong. 

He's been holing himself up inside his shell after entering his room, bringing himself into his vulnerable turtle state, shutting everything out, and sinking into the comforting scent coming off from the jacket he was wearing. 

His shell is not even helping to insulate his ears from the continuous sound.  He sighs exasperatedly, poofing out from his vulnerable shape and extending his arms to grab his annoying cellphone from his side table. 

He lazily browses on his phone, but upon seeing all the notifications his brows furrowed. It all came from the same person!

Lan Xichen.

He clicked his tongue, will all the annoying messages be gone if he responded? Maybe it will. 

So immediately open one of his social media accounts and called the one person who was pestering him. 

Upon ringing once the call is immediately picked up from the other side of the screen. Worried eyes looking at him from the other side of the screen. He was supposed to answer snarkily, he was supposed to scowl at the alpha, but everything that's he was supposed to do crumbled into pieces. A simple, "Are you okay? You can talk to me, y'know," from the alpha just made his heart tighten, his voice cracking as tears fell from his eyes one by one. 

The alpha panicked from the other side upon seeing the beta's vulnerable sight. He wished he was beside him right now, wiping the beta's tears and comforting him to sleep. But he can only watch him from the other side of the screen as he clutches tightly the arm of his swivel chair. He can only watch and it's breaking his heart seeing the other cry. 

"Tell me. I'm here for you..." 

It's not the usual teasing from the alpha but a gentle voice. A gentle voice that's making his heart wants to voice everything out. He sobs, setting all his pride aside. He doesn't know why but his heart opened up to the alpha who intently listen to everything he kept deep inside him.

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A/N: I'm bummed lol. I don't know if I made sense or what but I apologize for my lack of vocabulary. I'm really not good at using words, I hope I got my message through. Anyways, take care, everyone! love you all! <3