Fate

Ch. 16

"I have a feeling that from here it gets worse for Wei Wuxian," Zhan said, "he suffered from verbal abuse and bullying quite a bit especially as he grew up. Growing in that environment can affect the mind quite a bit. And he was basically discriminated against a lot of people."

"It doesn't even sound like he has done anything wrong to begin with. He just wants to help others and he suffered major injuries and trauma from it," Yibo said.

"From what it seems as well, Wangji has his own regrets too," Haikuan said. The three look back into the living room to see Wangji and Wuxian cuddling up on the couch together. Wangji was even humming softly in Wuxian's ear. Wuxian looked like he was close to falling asleep.

"I think they are going to be able to get through it," Zhan said, "if they stick together it will be okay for them. Wangji cares for him a lot."

Yibo liked the love dynamic between them. He wanted what they had between him and Xiao Zhan. He just let it go for now. Haikuan had to go pick up Fanxing so he left for the day and would return in a couple days. Yibo and Zhan remained in the kitchen for a bit.

"Zhan-Ge?" Yibo asked.

"Hmm?"

"Do you...still want to try to be together with me?" He asked.

"Of course," Xiao Zhan said, "I am sorry if it seems otherwise. There has been a lot happening lately."

Yibo nodded and pulled Zhan into a hug, "hearing their story breaks my heart, Zhan-Ge. How do you deal with these things everyday?"

"It's not easy but helping people is always something that I wanted to do. You do the same thing but you focus more on the body, not the mind," Yibo looked up at Zhan, "why don't we go to the beach this weekend? We can take Wangji and Wuxian and we can all hang out. If Kuan-Ge wants to come with Fanxing he can. It's something we can all do to relax a bit after everything that has been going on."

"That's a nice idea. We can set up a picnic too," Zhan said.

"Should we go ahead and ask them?" Yibo asked, "or ask them later?"

"I say later, we can start preparing dinner and maybe after we can ask," Zhan said.

Yibo nodded. The two prepared a Korean dish called Bibimbap. Bibimbap simply translates to "mixed rice with meat and assorted vegetables". It was something that they thought Wangji and Wuxian would like. Which was exactly the case.

"What is this, it's so good," Wuxian said.

"It's a Korean dish called bibimbap. It's rice, meat, and vegetables. It can be a vegetarian dish too if you want. Which is why we made one vegetarian specifically for Wangji as he doesn't eat meat," Zhan explained.

"It is still good," Wuxian said.

"Zhan and I wanted to ask, we were planning to go to the beach this weekend to relax for a bit. It's been a stressful few weeks so we wanted to invite you and we will invite my brother and Fanxing," Yibo said, "would you like to come?"

"Sure, Lan Zhan?" Wuxian asked.

Wangji nodded, "I will come."

"Sounds fun, do you two have work tomorrow?" Wuxian asked.

"We do, Haikuan also has work so it will just be you two here," Zhan answered. Zhan could see the mischievous grin on Wuxian's face, "keep the intimacy in your bedroom."

Wei Wuxian stared at him, "did you just read my mind?" He asked.

"I feel like you are me in a different world. I can be mischievous when I want to be, and that look I know all too well. I'm sure Yibo even knows it," Zhan said.

"Zhan-Ge, let them be. If I could, I'd take you in every room too," Yibo said.

Wuxian giggled, "sounds like Lan Zhan."

"Wei Ying," Wangji said, "behave."

"You do not have room to talk, Lan Zhan. You are so proper but when we are alone you turn into an animal," Wuxian said.

Yibo can only laugh at the scene before him, "it's fine," He said and looked at Zhan, "as long as they clean up after themselves I think they are fine. I trust them....well one of them anyway."

"Which one?" Wuxian asked.

"I am not answering that question," Yibo said with a smug grin.

"Wei Ying will probably sleep a while tomorrow anyway," Wangji said, "he sleeps a while."

"Most of the time I don't actually sleep. Not until I'm too tired and I crash. I started having a proper night's sleep when I got here. Even then I fear to sleep as my nightmares are just horrible. They keep me from sleeping. I don't like keeping others up because of my night terrors and screaming," Wuxian said.

"You are safe here you know," Zhan told him, "try to get a proper rest tonight."

Wuxian nodded as he was actually pretty tired, "Lan Zhan is there with me, so I guess I am okay."

"You sleep better when I play my soul calming music," Wangji said.

"Have you tried to have music play as you sleep?" Zhan asked.

"How?" Wuxian asked, "we play instruments but they do not play themselves."

"Make a talisman so the instruments play without someone touching it," Wangji said.

Wuxian sat there and thought for a moment, "I mean I could."

"Here we have electronics that allow music to play. I can let you use one tonight to see how it works for you. As long as it doesn't bother Wangji too much," Zhan said.

"We can try it," Wangji said.

So they did. Zhan brought his iPad in and plugged it in so it can play through the night. He pulled up music that would be fitting for the two. Which were ancient Chinese musical instrumentals. That night, it didn't interfere with Wangji's sleep and it helped Wuxian sleep better that night. The music was soothing and it let him sleep through the night without waking from nightmares or night terrors.