Calla Lily

Chapter 07

Across the hall, Wei Wuxian was leaning against the bed as his husband was finishing up bathing

"Lan Zhan, how much do you think we'll be able to change? Can we fix everything? To will things go even worse than it was to us?" he asked as the other came out in a loose white robe. Smiling the older man sat next to the younger pulling him to his chest

"Whatever happens we'll do our best to help and change. They won't have our fate... I will not lose you, not this time" he said as the other gently moved his hand along the whip marks that crisscross the other's back a memory Wei Wuxian would do everything to erase from his husband's memory

"Hmmm... Lan..." he was about to say when a slight noise was heard outside their window when another was heard near the door. Nodding to each other each went near the sound

"Aaaa Lan Zhan... I...I... just came to see the moon... isn't it a lovely night today" the younger voice of Wei Wuxian could be heard as Lan Wangji opened the window

"Good evening, Wei Ying, come in... I'm sure you can see the moon well even if today is a new moon night," the older man said as a small smile left his face while the other went scarlet looking anywhere but his face went hoping into the room

"Are you gonna just stand there, Lan Zhan? Or will you come inside? Hmmm... aaaa come on" the voice of the Yiling Patriarch came as he dragged the younger version of his husband

"Lan Zhan... look who I found outside... or looks like we both caught something" the Yiling Patriarch laughed as his younger self was told to sit down while he pulled his husband's younger self to sit next to him

"so care to tell us why you two are sneaking around?"

"wanted to talk... a lot you said. Wanted to know more" Lan Zhan said

"yeah, what he said... what you all said at some parts made no sense," Wei Ying said,

"what do you want to know first?" Lan Wangji asked from his place in front of the duo

"What did you mean I die? If I did then who are you? I don't see you as a fierce corpse... Then what are you?" Wei Ying asked

"aaaa going for the hardest first, ok... to be frank, I am you, you see once this war is done people that were once your allies become your enemies and vice versa. In the end, there was a siege and I died simply..." Wei Wuxian said when Lan Wangji flinched

"Lan Zhan..." the other said as he held his hand with the older shifting even closer to his side almost burying himself in his arms "sometimes it's hard to see if it's harder to be the one who dies or the one who survives..." Wei Wuxian said softly as the older second jade held the man even closer

"You... don't hate me? You hate me for using residual energy? For being loud? Messy? Annoying?" Wei Ying questioned as he looked at Lan Wangji only for the man to nod towards his younger self

"never hated Wei Ying... never did find him annoying or messy or loud... never had a friend so didn't know how to act. I'm sorry if I made you think like that. I do hate you for using residual energy" Lan Zhan said as Wei Ying growled at him

"But only because it's hurting you, I can see it's hurting you to not be able to do even common work, can't sleep or eat right... I'm worried I don't hate you. I know there must be a reason why you're using it I won't ask till you tell me but I want to help" Lan Zhan continued as the blacked robes man looked at him with eyes full of tears before jumping onto him and hugging him tight

"what about asking me to come to Gusu with you? Wasn't that to punish me?" the younger asked

"NO!!! I wanted to hide you, keep you hidden from everyone since they'll hurt you once the battles are over, I'm sorry I didn't make myself more vocal about my wish. All I wanted was to keep you safe" Lan Zhan said as the younger hugged him even tighter.