Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

A Single Flower amongst a bed of Thorns Pt 3

Lan Zhan had finished resetting the cool compress to Wei Ying's brow when a'Huan came back. His twin had a tray of food in his arms as well as some spare robes. He stood to help, but a'Huan shook his head.

"How is our sweet little bunny?" He asks as he sets the tray down with careful ease.

"Sleeping." Is the simple reply as he tucks the blankets around Wei Ying a bit more and then moving to help his brother lay out the dinner tray.

"That's good. Here, sit this by him." a'Huan passes him the memorial tablet and Lan Zhan carefully bows to it and accepts it. Moving it over to the small shrine by their bed with their mother's tablet , he sets it down and quickly sets out offerings, lights a couple of incense sticks before he offers a soft prayer to both tablets. a'Huan joins him after pouring tea and setting it down for the tablets and offering his own prayers as well. When they were done, they move to the table to eat their very late dinner.

"You are pleased... what did you do?" Lan Zhan points out, looking his twin in his slightly more amber colored eyes.

"Ah, can never hide anything from you, a'Zhan...." Lan Huan laughs as she wipes his mouth and leans slightly forward.

They often broke the rules where no one could see them, they found the rules ridiculous and unnecessary. They would be changing that when they took over soon enough.

"Uncle arrived back not too long ago." He informs which Lan Zhan is glad to hear. Their Uncle, who was never meant to be the leader of the Sect stepped up when their father refused to come out of seclusion and raised them when their mother could not. They had a bit of a soft spot for him, but he could be overbearing at times. "I informed him of our activities while he was away. I also implied that Su Minshan was sent out well before curfew and just now returned from the errand I sent him on. I also implied that he was a bit... influenced by wine. Hopefully the bug will come down with a severe fever come morning and Uncle will certainly not show him mercy."

"Good... not enough..."

"I know, baby brother, I know, but we have to be patient and careful.... Once we are ruling the clan and Sect, we can enact the plans we've wanted to since before mother's passing... we will never allow what happened to mother happen to anyone else ever again... especially our little bunny..." a'Huan hugs his twin close as they look at the painting of their mother hung over the tablets. She had been a beautiful woman, too good for this clan, too good for their father and unjustly imprisoned...

"Su Minshan needs to go..." Lan Zhan states one last time as they finish their meal, leaving the tray outside for someone to pick up come morning and getting ready for bed. They roll out a futon and lay down, carefully mediating until their minds quiet enough to sleep...

Lan Zhan's eyes snap open at 5am on the dot and he quickly pulls Wei Ying back into the room from where he was trying to escape out the window. The younger male flails with a startled shriek which wakes a'Huan, who chuckles seeing his stoic twin holding their bunny like a life sized stuffed doll. Wei Ying blinked as he saw Lan Huan sitting up in a futon and then looked up at Lan Zhan, who was looking down at him with soft eyes.

"Where does Young Master Wei think he is going?" Lan Huan asks, chuckling as he carefully gets up and helps his brother settle the sneaky bunny down on the bed, moving to check his minor injuries. "You worried us last night, going by yourself to deal with the Abyss. You passed out from Qi exhaustion and would have drowned had we not found you..."

"You-- You saw!?" He panics and struggles to get away and they let him go, which shocks him into stilling by the door, looking at them nervously. "Wh-why are you..."

"Wei Ying saved many. Wei Ying is nor prisoner..." Lan Zhan says.

"What Wangji means, is why would we tell anyone about what you did and risk you being imprisoned for using a method that many often misjudge?" Lan Huan clarifies. "Wangji's right, we wouldn't tell on you. You saved the town, you saved Su Minshan and you saved us. It would be dishonorable to arrest you when you saved so many. You are still weak and should not be moving about as much, but if you are not comfortable here, we will not force you to remain... but at least the Hanshi is more protected verse your shack..."

Wei Ying sputtered and blushed then he saw his tablet sitting beside another, the remains of incense sticks sitting before it with a small plate of offerings. He gapes and slowly sinks to his knees, curling up as he watches the Twins warily. This was not what they wanted, but they would work with what they were given.

"Young Master Wei, we know you are not from our Sect or any of the guest Sects here... We have known since you first arrived, but you seemed eager to learn and had not caused any issue. You've actually helped us deal with the issues in and around the town, allowing our students and guests to venture out further to train against tougher threats. You have also saved many villagers from harm. We could sense it whenever you used your gift, but it never felt malicious, just dark and powerful. We saw how you calmed and broke up the Abyss. We would not tell unless you brought harm to those within our territory." Lan Huan says calmly.

"But-- but... I'm not a cultivator... I... " He bites his lip and they are suddenly facing a Fierce Corpse who bears an uncanny resemblance to Wei Ying, who gasps and quickly grabs it from behind. "A'Die, no! Do not hurt them... they aren't hurting YingYing... go back to sleep, a'Die... please baba..." He pleads and the Corpse steps forward, glaring them down and then leans close to really study them.

The twins remain unmoving blinking slowly in confusion and surprise as the almost sentient Corpse pulls back and vanishes as quickly as it appeared. They looked to Wei Ying, who was pale and nervous.

"I'm... I'm a ... Necromancer.... I... I raise the dead and use the resentful spirits and energy as my 'cultivarion' It helps them to find peace.... I..."

"Wei Ying is very kind..." the twins say as one and he blushes and ducks his head. "Wei Ying may stay if he desires... but allow these twins to protect Wei Ying..."