Emperors Smile

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After Wen Chao came home from school he went straight to Wen Ning and Wen Qing's room. He wanted to ask Wen Qing specific things about her little brother. "Wen Qing! I need to talk to you", he said as he opened the door, but the only person he saw was her younger brother. Wen Ning looked at him with a dazed expression on his face. After Wen Chao saw that dumb face of his he immediately felt annoyed.

"Where is your sister?" He asked while slightly raising his chin to intimidate Wen Ning.

Wen Ning turned his head away from his gaze. "Uh- She didn't- She isn't home yet." Wen Chao tilted his head, "Yeah, I can see that!" Wen Ning lowered his head and looked at his hands, "I can send her a message?"

As Wen Chao kept looking at Wen Ning the more, he realised that it would be easier to just ask him about himself. It's not like he's great at lying or hiding his emotions.

Wen Chao closed the door and came up next to Wen Ning. "I can just ask you, no?" Wen Ning didn't raise his head he just gave a quickly nod. "Great!", Wen Chao planted his hand onto his shoulder. "Is that Wei bastard gay?" –

After he asked me that I already knew what he was after. I kept denying and denying, but I just couldn't keep my emotions in control. So, the next day to school I tried to find you as quickly as possible. But I-

Wen Ning had texted Wei Wuxian to ask him where he was, but he hadn't replied, until now that is. After his class he would wait for Wen Ning at his locker.

While everyone was let out of their classrooms to go have lunch. Wen Ning was fighting his way through the crowd. And he finally saw Wei Wuxian waiting with Lan Wangji. Better to tell them both, than just one of them. Wen Ning thought as he took a deep breath and called out Wei's name.

Wei Wuxian turned his head away from Lan Wangji and smiled as he saw Wen Ning running towards him. "Hi hi~" Lan Wangji calmly turned his head and tried to put on a welcoming smile, he tried.

"Ah- hi", Wen Ning nervously said. "You wanted to see me?" Wen Ning nodded. But before he could say anything Wen Chao and his friends walked past them.

"Ooho A-Ning I wouldn't hang around him or else you might turn into a fa-" Before Wen Chao could finish his sentence Lan Wangji had grabbed him by the shirt and pushed him against the lockers. A loud 'thud' sound arose and everyone turned around to see where it came from. Wei Wuxian's eyes widened, "Lan Zhan!" As more and more people turned around, he panicked more and more. He tugged onto Lan Wangji's free arm, "Lan Zhan, think about your reputation." He whispered.

Wen Chao dug his nails into Lan Wangji's arm and said "Yeah, listen to your boy-" Lan Wangji pulled Wen Chao towards him and pushed him against the lockers once more before releasing his hold on him. Then he turned his back on him and faced Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian nervously laughed before turning to the onlookers. "Nothing to see here ahah- please leave~."

Wen Chao's friends came and quickly pulled him up. Wen Chao wanted to say something else, but every time he did, he just got interrupted so, in the end he just walked away with his friends.

After everyone went back to minding their business Wei Wuxian turned towards Wen Ning and saw that he was about to cry.

"We- A-Ning, are you okay?", he gently pulled him into a hug. "I'm sorry Gege it's my fault." Wei Wuxian looked down at him with a surprised look. He had never called him Gege before.

"Mh? What is your fault?" he patted him on his back. "He- he knows about you two because of me." Wen Ning could feel tears roll down his cheeks as pressed his face against Wei Wuxian's chest. He didn't want to let anyone see him cry even if they already knew he was. Wei Wuxian looked up at Lan Wangji with a shocked expression, but the way he reacted calmed him down.

Lan Wangji walked up to them and shielded Wen Ning from the other students. "It's okay", he said loud enough for just the three of them to hear. After he realised that that wasn't enough to make him stop crying, he slowly raised his hand to stroke his head. "There there." Wei Wuxian let out a little laugh and looked at him with a bright smile. Then he looked down once more and said, "It's not your fault that your cousin is a huge dick-" Lan Wangji gave him a little tern look. Wei let out a dry laugh, "I mean that Wen Chao already started annoying Lan Zhan and me even before you told us this. So, it's not your fault." He said as he was rubbing his back.

The two of you kept reassuring me that nothing bad would happen. So, what if Wen Chao told the world about you two, it's not like you can't take it. Right?