Dimensions Apart (Wangxian)

*Lan Wangji*

"Stop torturing yourself, you stubborn brat! He won't come back even if you kill yourself!" Lan Xichen shouted, frustratedly

"He will! He has too! He loves me! He is mine-" Lan Wangji gave a strangled cry and gasped in pain as the skin around his open wounds torn more with the slightest of his movement

"You're crazy! Have you forgotten what you did to him? You hurt him! Destroyed your happiness with your own hands, you fool! He is in a better place now. A place where fools like you do not exist!" Lan Xichen shouted, angrily, "Didn't I warn you that whatever you're doing will harm you in more ways than you can imagine? Didn't I, little brother?!" Lan Xichen said, sarcastically

"Enough!" Lan Wangji growled, "I haven't forgotten anything. It wasn't easy for me to treat him like that, Xichen, and you know it better than anyone else! I did what I had to do in order to win our true freedom and I don't regret it! Because that was the only way!"

"No! You're a fool who thinks that was the only way! Open your eyes, Wangji! He's not with us! Our kid...our sweet innocent kid, we've lost him! All because of your absurd plans! Didn't you say that everything was under your control? That everything was happening as per your plans? Then what happened?! Why did we lose our Wei Ying?" Lan Xichen glared at his brother as a lone tear escaped his dark golden eyes

"Xichen! Calm down, sweetheart!" Nie Mingjue's deep and loud voice reverberated in the entire hall as he entered home and saw his usually calm and composed beloved shouting at his little brother angrily

"How can I calm down, Ajue? How can I when my fool of a brother thinks that, by tormenting himself, whipping himself with a godforsaken discipline whip every single month on the same date when he shot Ying according to his grand plan, our Wei Ying will come back!

Ying was the only good thing that happened to us, Ajue! The only sunshine in our gloomy and hopeless life and yet, we couldn't save him!" Lan Xichen burst into tears

"Don't cry, Xichen. I know you miss him, dear. How can you not?! You raised him like your own child," Mingjue engulfed his sobbing husband into his strong arms and patted his back, gently, "You should stop it, Wangji. When will you learn that your actions don't only affect you but all those who care about you?"

"I won't stop! It's my life! These are my decisions! This is my body! I did what I thought was right! I get to decide what will happen in my Ying's life! He is mine!" Lan Wangji gritted his teeth, angrily, and tried to stand up on his feet as his wounds started healing bit by bit

"He is not yours, you brat! He is his own person! He had his own mind to think, his own heart to feel and you considered nothing! You played him like fucking piece of chess!" Nie Mingjue roared

"I clearly remember that I never gave outsiders any right to comment on my life!" Lan Wangji retorted

"Mind your language, Wangji!!! He's your brother-in-law!" Lan Xichen snapped

"Yeah! The same brother-in-law who failed to control and teach morals to his own little brother!"

"You-!" Lan Xichen began but paused abruptly and sneered as a thought crossed his mind, "If he failed to teach his little brother then I have failed too. And I most definitely regret it!

Actually, it's good that our kid is in a different world. At least, he's among people who look after him, care for him and love him wholeheartedly, unlike someone who loved manipulating him as per his plans. One who didn't know the importance of communication, consent, trust and belief!

At least that world's Lan Wangji is a better person. A better husband. A better father!"

"XICHEN!!!" Lan Wangji bellowed, his golden eyes filled with rage against not only his own elder brother but the whole damn world who took his Ying away and gave him to a pathetic loser!