Fluffy WangXian Oneshots

The Dating Game Part 5

Lan WangJi was fretting.

Mianmian had convinced him to go for the dating app and now after putting his photograph in it he could not resist writing the bottom phrase.

It was simply the truth, that as he wished not to waste anybody else's time, no one else should apply except for Wei Ying.

But after the disaster that was today, he was second guessing himself.

It all started after he met Huaisang and Jiang Cheng for lunch. They had brought a friend over from across the road, Mianmian, whom Lan WangJi had heard of but never met.

Together they had convinced him to set up his dating profile, even going so far as to fill it in for him. And when they had asked him about specific requirements, that's when he had grabbed his phone back and filled in the rest by himself.

When he sat back, satisfied that he had done his best, and it was as good as taking a cheerleading band to Wei Ying himself and announcing his intentions via megaphone.

Three pairs of eyes stared back at him, and then Jiang Cheng had snatched his phone back to look.

"That ought to do it." He had claimed, finally smiling for the first time during that lunch time.

But as the day wore on and the minutes ticked by, Lan WangJi was filled with trepidation. And then, in the middle of the meeting, he had a call and put Wei Ying on speakerphone because his hands were busy. Technically, the meeting had not begun yet, with just a few people pottering in and out before the important ones got there.

But just when he tried to hang up, Wei Ying had added that last bit and declared he loved Lan WangJi.

Right when he was trying to tape together a box holding a bunch of fliers. Of course the tape slipped and the box fell on the floor and the fliers flew.

Everywhere.

No one dared to laugh at him. Not to his face anyway, and Lan WangJi was too busy wondering what Wei Ying had said, and wasn't that just his ears playing tricks on him, there was no way Wei Ying would say something like that...right?

Did he imagine it?

But every time he tried to call Wei Ying after that, the phone just went to voicemail and now he was wondering whether Wei Ying had actually seen his dating app page, and if so, why wasn't he answering? Or...and this was so much worse, what if he had seen his page and that was the reason why he wasn't answering??

All this thinking was making his head hurt.

But Wei Ying had promised to see him tonight.

And Lan WangJi was going to make it count.

He finished his work as fast as he could, and then went to talk to his boss to beg off work a half an hour early.

Luckily or not, word had spread about the board meeting and his boss was a kind soul. He let Lan WangJi go with a smile and a kind word.

Lan WangJi went to the grocery store on his way home. He bought all the ingredients he would need for lotus root and pork rib soup, Wei Ying’s favourite dish. Then he came home and began making it.

It was eight o'clock.

Wei Ying would be home soon and Lan WangJi wanted to be ready. He set the table, even added a couple of candles to set the atmosphere, but he drew the line at sprinkling rose petals on the table.

He had a speech prepared too, one that explained to Wei Ying how they could be really compatible and please could Wei Ying give him a chance? And if it looked like Wei Ying wasn't happy with his suggestion, then Lan WangJi was going to say fine, he was ready to accept anything Wei Ying had in mind.