HeaL Me...( A STORY ABOUT ADDICTION AND SALVATION)

CHAPTER 15- "Acknowledgment Of Guilt..."

Chapter 15
Acknowledgment Of Guilt

"When you first shoot up, you will most likely puke and feel repelled, but soon you'll try it again. It will cling to you like an obsessed lover. The rush of the hit and the way you'll want more, as if you were being deprived of air-that's how it will trap you."

---- Sam, a 15-year-old addict

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Wei Ying woke up to Lan Zhan's arms still tightly wrapped around him. He smiled contentedly as he pulled Wangji's arm tighter to his own body.

Wei Ying was in Wangji's shirt while Wangji lay in only his boxers. Both of their legs were entangled below a white sheet.

Kleo stood in the doorway staring in at the couple.

She had only walked up to knock on the door to ask Lan Wangji where he kept the Tylenol for her headache. But the door opened unexpectedly when her hand gently touched it. She saw Wei Ying and Lan Wangji sleeping in an obvious aftermath of a night of sexual endeavours.

"I wondered where you were when we got back."

She could see Wei Ying's eyes widen before he pulled out from Lan Zhan's sleeping arms.

Wei Ying put his finger to his lips alerting Kleo to be quiet.

He moved Wangji's hair from his face before leaning to kiss his forehead. Wangji groggily mumbled something incoherently before pulling a pillow closer to him. Wei Ying couldn't help but notice how beautiful Lan Zhan was.

Kleo rolled her eyes as Wei Ying did that. Then she allowed Wei Ying to lead her out of Wangji's bedroom.

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"We're not back together."
Wei Ying whispered as soon as they were away from the room.

"But you had sex." Kleo sounded judgmental. "So sleeping over at Lan Wangji's means having sex with him."

"Honestly, Kleo, this isn't any of your business." Wei Ying crossed his arms over his chest defiantly. "I don't answer to you."

"I thought you answered the Almighty God now." Kleo chuckled haughtily. "Isn't there something in that book of His about chasteness?"

Wei Ying's eye twitched as his jaw muscles tightened. "Mind your own business." He had enough of Kleo's condemnation of him.

"You've made it plain our friendship is over. So I don't need to try to keep up appearances for your sake."

Kleo gave a lopsided grin, nodded to the door where the girls all were sleeping. "Don't worry. They're all out of it. Chengjing got some old dude to buy us some alcohol. They're all sleeping off a night of binge drinking."

"And you're not." Wei Ying leaned against the hall wall crossing his legs at the ankles. "I suppose I'm going to be your next gossip of choice."

"Not really." Kleo leaned up against the adjacent hall wall. "I just can't believe you'd be sloppy seconds to Liu . Are you- the side chico now?"

"Hmmph. Really, Kleo ? " Wei Ying bit his lip as he closed his eyes. Now wasn't the best time to be reminded that he slept with Liu's supposed boyfriend.

"Yeah. Really, Kleo ? Why don't you mind your own business? "

Wangji had awoken and shocked both, when his voice interrupted them. He had slipped on a pair of loose jeans. They hadn't even seen him awake, no less walking out of his room.