The Black Dragon

chapter 20

꧁ Why are you crying ?꧂

In an unknown place and far from the kingdom's lands were Wei Ying and Lan Wangji who had been transported by Dilong. When they were thrown into that place, their minds were collapsed by harsh memories of the past, causing them to faint when they arrived. The first to wake up was Wei Wuxian, who, touching his head, gave a long sigh as he remembered all the terrible things from his past, things that he had experienced. He thought he had already forgotten them, but in that he was wrong. He barely stood up, still disoriented, not knowing where he was. He began to look around him, but he only saw plants and a nearby waterfall. When he looked at the ground, he saw that there was nothing. He was alone, but Lan Wangji was next to him, still asleep. At that moment, Wei Ying stared at him, contemplating Lan Wangji's face, which for Wei Wuxia was so beautiful that he couldn't stop looking at it, but in a few seconds he saw tears coming out from his eyes and falling all over his cheek, lan wangji was crying.

"What are you remembering from your past?" Wei Ying whispered with a little sadness, remembering that a few seconds ago he was in the same way, but suddenly Lan Wangji opened his eyes, scaring the opponent who jumped in fright.

"Oh hell! You scared me" Wei Wuxian exclaimed, touching his chest where his heart was beating a million miles per hour but not just from fright.

"Where we are?" asked Lan Wangji, who was also disoriented at that moment, touching his cheek and realizing that he had been crying remembering his hard past while Wei Ying looked at him seriously.

"Don't know!" answered Wei Ying, who stopped looking at him and started walking around the place.

"A waterfall?" said lan wangji.

"Yes, but the strange thing is that I have never seen a waterfall that has such crystal clear and cold water," he shouted that last word, jumping, the water was freezing but it was so beautiful.

"The water is cold, but isn't it cold here?" said lan wangji touching the water with his hands wei ying couldn't believe how he could continue keeping his hand in that icy water for so long.

"We'll have to camp here!" Lan Wangji exclaimed.

"Lan zhan" Wei Ying suddenly called Lan Wangji with a serious tone.

"Mm."

"Should we put up a barrier, could there be dangerous creatures?" Wei Ying said.

"Mm" Lan Wangji answered.

"Hey! Those are the only words you use, you never speak more than two or three words," Wei Ying exclaimed in frustration.

"..."

"Ah okay....well I'm going to start" said Wei Ying who made a small cut on the palm of his hand and clenched his fists throwing three drops of blood on the ground then he recited a few words and a barrier was activated All around the waterfall, Lan Wangji watched everything without saying a single word.

"Very well, it's done," Wei Ying said with a smile as he took a seat on the ground near a tree.

"Now that I think about it, how did we get here? The only thing I remember was that we were with the others in that big cave and suddenly BAM I woke up in this unknown place remembering all my past..." at that moment wei Ying silenced his words as he remembered how Lan Wangji was crying in his sleep.

"..."

"Lanzhan!" Wei Wuxian exclaimed.

"What's happening?" he asked lan wangji taking a seat.

"You know, I have lived for so many years and I haven't died yet, it's something disturbing, you know...seeing all your loved ones die in front of your eyes is something painful. Sometimes I think, when will it be my time? When can I die? But I think that "That will never happen," Wei Ying expressed, lowering his gaze until he realized what he had said.

"Oh..I..I'm sorry I shouldn't be talking about this..."

"Death does not steal our loved ones. On the contrary, it keeps them from us and immortalizes them in our memory. Life does steal them from us many times and definitely" at that moment, Lan Wangji's words surprised Wei Wuxian, who was left speechless.

"You're right about that!" Wei Ying stated with a sigh.

At that moment the two remained silent for several minutes, looking into nothingness, thinking, but for Wei Wuxian, who was someone who talked a lot, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he thought about bringing up a topic of conversation, but he couldn't think of anything until he remembered. When he saw Lan Wangji crying but he thought that maybe it wasn't a good idea to bring up the subject, maybe he wasn't going to want to talk about it but on the other hand he told him to ask and as always he spoke before thinking.

"Why did you cry when you slept, did you remember any sad moment in your life?" Wei Ying asked, surprising Lan Wangji who just watched seriously.

"No...not just me...it's okay if you don't want to tell me the reason, I'll understand" Wei Wuxian said, somewhat nervous and regretful since he could have upset the young man.

"Normally, when people are sad they don't do anything. They just cry about their condition. But when they are angry, they cause change" exclaimed Lan Wangji who looked up at the sky which was sunny.

"What..." Wei Ying said, a little surprised and disoriented by Lan Wangji's sudden words.

"Men are very strange creatures: half censure what they practice; the other half practice what they censure; the rest always say and do what they should" said Lan Wangji seriously while Wei Wuxian was very confused, he didn't know what he was talking about. and I came to think that maybe I was about to tell him the reason why I was crying.

"..."

"It will be dark soon, I'll go get some firewood," exclaimed Lan Wangji, then stood up and left, leaving Wei Wuxian more confused than he already was.

"But what the hell...as reserved as always" Wei Ying whispered a little disappointed since he wanted to know the reason, but it was better not to press maybe he wasn't ready to talk about it so he stopped suddenly and ran behind lan wangji "Wait for me lan zhan I will go with you."

"Mm."

"Hey, stop just saying Mm," Wei Ying exclaimed.

"I don't like to talk so much," confessed Lan Wangji, surprising his opponent who suddenly started laughing while Lan Wangji just turned around and continued walking, leaving Wei Ying who was still laughing.

"Hey wait, wait haha I'm sorry it sounds very strange coming from you... but now I know why you didn't speak you know ABCs I was wondering if you hated me and that's why you didn't talk to me" said Wei Wuxian walking side by side with Lan Wangji who only looked at him out of the corner of my eye and didn't say anything.

"I don't hate you" Lan Wangji said almost in a whisper.

"What did you say?" asks Wei Ying, who had not heard him.

"Nothing.."

"Oh! Look look, what is that?" Wei Ying exclaimed as he ran towards a plant following a little white animal, who crossed those bushes followed by Wei Ying and Lan Wangji who necessarily went, when he crossed the bushes his surprise was greater since that part was a very wide and full of flowers with a few white bunnies who ran everywhere, wei ying walked with lan wangji to the center of the place observing everything around him, the landscape was beautiful then wei wuxian had an idea he looked at Lan Wangji looked at him, their gazes were connected, the breeze was soft and time seemed slow, when suddenly Wei Ying grabbed Lan Wangji and threw him to the ground, he was on top of him. Lan Wangji remained serious.

"What are you doing? Get off!" Lan Wangji exclaimed.

"But what are you saying!...just stay still and look up" said Wei Ying who lay down next to Lan Wangji to observe the sky "Aren't they pretty?"

"..."

"When I was a child I liked to find shapes in the clouds, it was my favorite game" Wei Wuxian exclaimed while Lan Wangji only listened to him while looking at the sky. The two stood watching the beautiful sky while all the bunnies came around them to play. At that moment, Wei Ying thought it wasn't so bad to have company.

To be continue...