sleeping with the enemy || wangxian

POV Wei Ying

We were sitting at the dinner table Lan Zhan had invited me to. There were numerous important people here, and in the middle of it - us. Lan Zhan sat besides me, a few people in between us. I noticed him looking at me every couple minutes, as he talked with his brother, who sat right in front of him.
"Wei Wuxian.", Jiang Cheng said, making me look at him, "Hanguang-Jun keeps looking at you. What have you done to him?"
"I didn't do anything!" I could feel my face turning red as I thought of what we did earlier.
"Sh, be quiet!"
"I didn't do anything." I said, more quiet than before. He didn't seem to believe me though, since he gestured at the food on the table and replied: "Eat."
     It took about two minutes until everything was quieting down, as the people started to eat and I overheard Lan Zhan talking with Lan Xichen: "Now tell me, dear brother. What's going on with your love life?"
"Nothing." He said, staring at his opposite with a cold look on his face, that nearly made me shiver.
"What about those hickeys on your neck, Wangji? Did you fall down the stairs?" Lan Xichen made an amused face.
"I did not. It's none of your business."
"Of course it's my business when my brother finally found someone that he adores. There is no need for secrets between us. Tell me, do you like somebody?" Lan Zhan didn't reply with words, rather with a minimalistic nod, that could've easily been overseen if one didn't pay attention.
"What's their name?"
At those words I saw how Lan Zhan looked at me, his eyes caring, his lips parted and trembling, revealing how nervous he actually was. I nodded at him. I didn't care if his brother knew about us. I didn't care if anybody knew about us, actually. I wanted to be with him, no matter what it took.
"Wei Ying. I like Wei Ying." The whole room quieted down as if someone had clinked against a glass. Everyone was able to hear Lan Zhan's nervous breathing - with ease. Nobody said anything at first, they just stared at him. Then me. And then him again. Probably imagining how we got to that point since it always seemed like he hated me. I don't know if he ever really did, but he liked me now.
"I like Lan Zhan, too." I said, and now the people finally looked at me. Giving Lan Zhan some space, some time to calm down, without most likely hundreds of eyes watching him.
"Hanguang-Jun.", someone said, "You've become friends?"
"Right? I thought Hanguang-Jun didn't like Wei Wuxian." Another one added. I glanced at Lan Zhan, silently asking him what to say. Did he want to pretend to be friends in front of everyone? Did he mean that he wanted to be my boyfriend? Are we a couple? Have I all misunderstood the things we did?
Jiang Cheng spoke up: "I don't think they are friends. They didn't like each other from the beginning, why would they change that now? You must not to lie, Wei Ying." He gave me a cold stare. Colder than Lan Zhan had ever given me one.
"I am not lying, Jiang Cheng. It's true, maybe Lan Zhan didn't like me when I was studying in the cloud recesses. But I know that he does like me now.", I said, standing up, my arm pointing at Lan Zhan, my turning to look at me, "I like him."
"I like him when he stares at me like he hates me. I like him when he saves my life. I like him when he protects me. I like him when nobody else likes him. I like him when he smiles at me."
"You're funny. Hanguang-Jun doesn't smile at anyone." Someone said, his robe pointing at the Gusu-Lan-Clan.
"He smiles at me." I replied.
Another voice: "Why would he smile at you? I don't think he would. Maybe you've mistaken things. He probably smiled at a beautiful woman instead."
"Exactly. No offense, but Lan Wangji would probably only smile at his lover."
"How would you know I am not his lover?" The room got quiet for half an eternity. Eyes staring at me and Lan Zhan. Whispers emerging, getting louder and louder every second. Then, some Yunmeng-Jiang-Clan disciple agreed: "It's true, I saw them coming here. They acted like never before. Hell, they even held hands."
At those words, Lan Qiren raised from his seat - his face visibly shocked - and asked: "Lan Wangji. Is any of this true?" Finally, the whispers quieted down again. Leaving Lan Zhan room to answer. Everyone was tensing up now, getting more impatient with every second passing. Lan Zhan shifted in the bench a bit, seemingly overwhelmed with the whole situation.
Then, a quiet voice replying to the clan's leader: "Yes."
"What is true?"
"He is my lover."
Hell, I don't think that Lan Qiren had ever looked this unpredictable. You couldn't know if he was about to come here and punch Lan Zhan in his face, or if he was about to throw flowers at us.
"What?"
"What what? Didn't you understand him? I am his lover. He is my lover. We are a couple. Which does couple-y things. Holding hands. Kissing. Sleeping with each other." I said, raising my voice since I was about to loose my shit. How was it that when he would've said he was in love with a woman, nobody would've bat an eye? But when he says that he is in love with a man, everyone thought we were still 'just friends'?
"Wei Wuxian!" Jiang Cheng's words carried some kind of warning in it.
But before I could react to him, Lan Qiren's voice cut me off: "Wei Wuxian! What did you do to Lan Wangji? He can't be in love with you, he isn't like you! "
"I didn't do anything to him." There was an provocative tone mixed into my speech.
"Obviously you did! He can't be into men! He is Hanguang-Jun, one of the Twin Jades! He would never betray me like this. Wei Wuxian, you-"
Lan Zhan didn't let him finish: "I always did what you expected from me. I followed your words blindly, without ever questioning your judgement. I think who I like and who I don't like is my own decision. Not yours." Never had Lan Zhan ever talked back to his teacher.
"Lan Wang-"
"-No. I do not care if you like Wei Ying or not. I love him, and I will not tolerate any further offence to him. You have no right in saying those mean things to him. You have no right in choosing whom I should love and whom I should not love."
Lan Qiren wanted to cut him off, but Lan Zhan kept talking: "There is nothing wrong with me being romantically in love with a man who saved my life multiple times. Just because my name is Lan Wangji, and everyone looks up to me, doesn't mean that I can't live my life as I wish. I am not a different person because I love Wei Ying. I will continue to live in this clan, and I will continue to listen to you.", he looked at his leader, "But as soon as you try to destroy the bond that Wei Ying and I have, you will loose me. I will leave, and never come back, if that's what you wish."
He added: "As long as there is Wei Ying at my side, I will be happy wherever I am."