Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 70 - Suddenly Distant

Wei Wuxian sighed within his heart, 'Never mind about these further investigations and whatnot... I'm more worried if I hurt Lan Zhan in some way. He has been acting differently since leaving Lotus Pier.' As he thought, the fatigue of the past few days began to rise. Wei Wuxian rubbed his temples.

Lan Wangji, "You should rest."

Wei Wuxian, "Okay." As he spoke, he sat onto the bed, kicked off his boots, and lay down, "Hanguang Jun, you should also..." At this point, he discovered quite an awkward problem.

There was only one bed inside the room. If Lan Wangji was going to rest as well, he had to sleep on the same bed as him. Despite the number of times they'd slept on the same bed in the past couple of days, a lot of things had become delicate after Jiang Cheng's words at the ancestral hall of Lotus Pier. Now, much less tell Lan Wangji to sleep on the same bed as him, he mulled things over for so long even when deciding how many rooms to take.

Lan Wangji, "There is no need."

Wei Wuxian somewhat propped up his body, "How could you do that? You've also been..."

Just as he finished, he started to regret it. What if after he said so, Lan Wangji thought that with so much hassle, it was best if they had two rooms? Wouldn't it be more awkward?

...

"Wei Ying?" Wangji said.

"Don't bother, it's in the past," Wuxian said and moved out of his arms.

"Then what are you doing?" he asked trying to stop Wuxian from moving off his lap.

"I need some space," Wuxian told him but he still sat beside him, "just a bit."

Wangji nodded as he didn't want to stress him out in any way. Wangji could tell that it's going to be rough for him, especially since his hormones are causing mood swings.

...

Lan Wangji, "I am fine. You can rest."

Wei Wuxian touched his chin, "... Oh. Then I'll lie down for a bit. Wake me up at three."

Seeing how Lan Wangji had already shut his eyes and begun to meditate, still seated at the table, Wei Wuxian finally lay down again. He lay on his arm and stared at the ceiling for some time, turning around for his back to face Lan Wangji. Even after a while, he was still wide-eyed, unable to fall asleep. He couldn't help but become irritated. Back when he was playing the madman, he said something like he could only sleep when he was beside Lan Wangji. Of course, all of that was nonsense. But ever since however long ago, the nonsense seemed to have become a reality.

Wei Wuxian thought, 'What should I do now? Don't tell me from now on I really won't be able to sleep in a bed that doesn't have Lan Zhan in it?'

After a long struggle, Wei Wuxian finally managed to clamp his eyes shut. Having slept hazily for who knew how long, when Wei Wuxian woke up, the light had already disappeared from the window. It was probably past five already. Wei Wuxian sat up at once. A noise came from behind him. Turning around, he saw that Lan Wangji had just closed a book.

...

Lan Wangji was struggling in his mind during that time, but he could see that Wei Wuxian was slightly hurt by his distancing himself from Wuxian. Wangji felt bad that he made Wuxian question him.

'Wei Ying just wanted to be in my arms, and I didn't even realize it. He wanted to be beside me. I was hurting him,' Wangji thought.

Wuxian noticed Wangji deep in thought. He was going to question him, but Wuxian just decided to leave him alone.