Give Me One Good Reason (prev: 13 Reasons) (HIATUS)

(57) The Phoenix Dies

PREVIOUSLY: (Lan Taehyung's P.O.V.) I hiccupped again before bursting into tears, throwing myself into Papa Ying's arms, I sobbed my heart out. I felt a second pair of arms wrap around me. The familiarity told me that it was my sweetheart and I cried harder than I thought I would again. My head and my heart ached, I knew I would end up with a migraine later on. "Please... just.... help.... help me." I begged through my tears.

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Lan WuXian's P.O.V.

"Please... just.... help.... help me." He begged through his tears.

Hearing his teary voice, my heart felt like it was breaking. I knew that our second eldest had been brutalized but I'd hoped that, even with the therapy and other things me and my Lan Zhan had been helping A'Win with, we'd managed to at least help him manage some of the trauma he'd suffered. 

My heart dropped with the restlessness of his tears and with the hope that this would all be over for my A'Win soon. I wanted to kill this Izuka Yang-Fei. 

Yeah, we've done our research on this piece of shit from the first time Kim Mitzuki had mentioned his name. I'd sent the paperwork off by courier over a week ago and almost hoped that the vile imitation of a person would come to Liánhuā Hú - I hoped he would come to Wàng Jī Lǚdiàn to face me and my Lan Zhan. 

We would teach him a lesson he wouldn't forget. Me, my Lan Zhan, and Jiang Cheng.
That waste of space wouldn't forget the person he'd damaged...

Ever. 

All the love and warmth we'd given to the new Lan Taehyung and he still felt like this. I feel like I've let him down! Was there something else I could have done to make his life since he came to us less hard? Eventually everyone in the room had A'Win in a huge group hug and the warmth, I hoped, would show our boy that he was loved.

A short while later I sensed another presence and when I looked over to the door I saw my Lan Zhan standing quietly with a soft smile on his lips. It was just a tiny curve, and almost invisible to everyone else, but I know my love well enough to know it was there. I know my answering smile was what got him to come over. Placing a hand on our Win's shoulder, I felt A'Win let me go and turned around to cry in Lan Zhan's arms. 

A'Yuan was likely the only person not surprised that my Lan Zhan allowed someone to hug him; the others all knew of my precious jade's reluctance to being touched, let alone cried and snotted all over. Lan Sizhui had known about this since I was gone for those years, Lan Zhan had adopted him and raised him to be the incredible young man he is. Strong and wonderful and though he had most of the GusuLan traits, he balanced our Lan with his Wen's outwardly cheerful and positive attitude. I loved these Lans with all of my whole heart. Feeling my fingers itch a little, I rubbed my hands on my robes to try to avoid the opportunity for mischief, I grinned when I caught my Lan Zhan's eyes. He shook his head 'no' and mouthed 'behave'. My eyebrows raised and I shook my head 'no' back at him.

Stretching out my fingers I began to tickle our sons. A'Yuan was the first to laugh, causing strange looks from the others, when A'Win began to squirm and wriggle about, Jin Ling caught on to what was happening - instead of letting himself become one of the victims, he began to tickle his brother Jin Lang. A'Win squeezed Lan Zhan tighter and when my love tried to stop me I grabbed his face and kissed him soundly, while he didn't resist I knew that his ears would be red and his heart would be racing when I pulled away.

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