Ah love, my love {Mo Dao Zu Shi}

Out of Empathy

Wei WuXian tried. He really tried to glare at the man in front of him in clad white robes and blue outlines. His golden eyes, were looking vulnerable.
A better word could not be fitting. He looked so small, the great HanGuang-Jun, Lan WangJi, the mighty Second Jade of Gusu, the cold indifferent Second Young Master Lan, looked so...
So devastated.

Wei WuXian's mind was running miles in one second. Images of what he saw in the Empathy burned in his brain.

He was raped.

He was raped.

He was raped.

Lan WangJi was raped.

His Lan Zhan was raped.

When he was 7.

At a dungeon.

With no one to save him.

Multiple times.

Tears uncontrollably flooded out of Wei WuXian's eyes. His voice broke 'YOU HAVE TO TALK! YOU HAVE TO TELL ME!!! WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR HIDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?!"

Lan WangJi wanted to calm him down, but Lan XiChen beat him to it.

"WuXian, calm down and tell what it is."

"CALM DOWN?! CALM DOWN?!!?!?!?!? XICHEN-GE HE WAS-"

"WEI YING!"
This tine Lan WangJi called him, desperation in his voice.

Oh.

So he didn't tell his family.

Wei WuXian was dumbfounded. He never thought Lan WangJi would be capable of this. But apparently both of them were similar in the most horrific ways.

Wei WuXian whispered, "No one else knows?"

"...Mn.
" Is that a yes or a no?"
"No."

Wei WuXian's eyes hardened. He spoke, voice much steadier, "Shufu, XiChen-ge, let me do the rest of the Empathy in the JingShi. I will see this through and tell. "

Lan QiRen had kept silent up until now. He spoke solemnly, "But it might be dangerous. "

"Shufu I'll call for help if it is. This is important. Please permit me to do this. At least for the sake of your younger nephew."

Lan WangJi winced.

Lan XiChen cautioned, "WuXian, at least let us come."

"No." came the firm reply.

"But-"
"I said no."

No more room was left for arguments.

Lan WangJi and Wei WuXian walked to the JingShi in silence. It was laying heavy in the air.

After reaching the JingShi Wei WuXian slammed a dozen silencing talismans on the walls, windows and doors.

"Now tell me. Why the fuck have you been hiding this? "

"I.."
"You what?"
"I could not let them know."
"Why?"
The reply was silence.

Wei WuXian knew the answer. And call him a hypocrite but he was pissed.

"Telling your family about your problems is not an inconvenience,not for you, not for them."
"It's not just that Wei Ying."

Lan WangJi replied with a sad voice, "Wei Ying, I cannot help it. You know it better than anyone else how it feels to see the people you love feel pain because of you."

Wei WuXian remained silent. Of course he knew.

After all, it was his nature to hide his pain.

What he didn't know that it was his lover's nature as well. Perhaps he did know. But...to what extent, he didn't.

Wei WuXian came closer to Lan WangJi and caressed his cheek. It was as smooth as jade, but as soft as a cotton pillow, "Lan Zhan...you have to let me see the rest too. I...I have to find a way to save you. No, I WILL find a way."
He stood on his heels and kissed Lan WangJi, a gentle one.

Lan Wangji kissed him back with equal gentleness and love, pouring every bit of his affection for the younger man he loves so much.

After breaking the kiss, Lan WangJi chuckled softly, "How, Wei Ying? "

"Oh you'll see. I'll invent a way."
"But you..."
"Lan Zhan, you can't stop me. I will find a way to be together with you. If not in life, then death it is."

Lan WangJi's eyes widened, "Wei Ying! No,  don't even think of-"
"I can't lose you, I am tired of losing people I care for. I can't lose my love..." Tears gathered in Wei WuXian's eyes again.

Hell, they were crying too much for one day.

"Lan Zhan, a shadow cannot be without light. You are my light, my Light Bearing Lord. I...I am just a shadow. Without you, there will be no me."

He wanted to say more, but couldn't. Lan WangJi stopped him with a fierce kiss.

Hot tongues clashed, tasting each other. Breathing? Who needs that? Eyes locked into half opened ones.

Wei WuXian moaned into his mouth sensually. Lan WangJi bit his lower lip. Wei WuXian broke the kiss and instead started licking and sucking his red ears.

Lan WangJi was burning with want. A small part of his brain was reminding him of how tainted he is. But the want to hold his love in his arms won over.

Lan WangJi bit Wei WuXian's neck, marking him as his, now and forever. The said man moaned out in pleasure, writhing with desire. Lan WangJi's lips trailed to every bare inch of skin on his neck. Wei WuXian's nail had already scratched deep into Lan WangJi's robes.

When their eyes met, both had dazed eyes. Lan WangJi's eyes were rimmed bloodshot red, his golden eyes turning a  few shades darker. Wei WuXian's eyes were already black, his hands all but roaming under the cloths of Lan WangJi's abdomen.

Suddenly he thought. Abdomen. No. There is something that needs to be done first.

"Lan Zhan, we need to get a cure."

Lan WangJi looked horribly disappointed.

"My love, we need to know. I need to know." Wei WuXian spoke softly and kissed the jade's white cheeks.

The said jade sighed, "Fine."

Wei WuXian braced himself for the Empathy.

Not the Empathy itself, but for what he will see there.