Rewind

Chapter 1

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian found themselves staring at each other in shock and disbelief. They found themselves on the same roof where they first met at the ages of fifteen and seventeen, but it was clear that they were older. They blinked their eyes a few times before honey golden eyes met grey moonlit eyes. Both of them were scared to move or make a move.

"Wei Ying?."

Lan Zhan whispered pain and hurt and devastation clear and evident in the tone of his voice as he looked at his husband, who was standing in front of him and looked very much alive but also so very different from the last time he had seen him alive.

"Lan Zhan?."

Wei Ying also whispers out in disbelief and shock before he launches himself forward, and Lan Zhan opens his arms and catches him and brings Wei Ying into a hug and kept him there as Wei Ying cries and cries. Lan Zhan's tears also flowed freely as he realised that they both were alive once again. They both got a third chance to be happy.

"Lan Zhan, why did they do it?. Why?. I just do not understand?. Why?."

Wei Ying cried into his husband's chest, wetting Lan Zhan's robes with his tears.

"I do not know Wei Ying, but I can only think of one person who could have been responsible for what had happened. Jin Guangyoa.

Lan Zhan answered with difficulty through the knob in his throat as his tears flowed non stopped and anger seeped into his voice.

"Jin Guangyoa. Lan Zhan, what could he have said that would make them do it and if you are here. Lan Zhan, did you... did you also die and how?. Lan Zhan, what did they do to you?."

Wei Ying asked his voice small and filled with pain and uncertainty because why would Lan Zhan remember him and hold on to him so tightly. He tried to push himself away from his husband's chest, but Lan Zhan refused to let him go and just hugged him more tightly, smothering Wei Ying into his chest.

"Mm."

Lan Zhan answered, and Wei Ying felt unbridled anger starting to flow through his whole body.

"Who?. Lan Zhan who killed you?."

Wei Ying asked with a mixture of pain and anger in his voice.

"I do not know, but I think it might be Shu She."

Lan Zhan said as he rubbed his husband's back. Wei Ying stilled in his arms for a second before he spoke.

"Lan Zhan."

"Do not worry, Wei Ying. But first, we need to get away from this place before someone sees us. Leave the Cloud Recess and go somewhere else."

Lan Zhan said as he carefully pushed his husband away from his chest, and when Wei Ying looked up at his husband, it took not long for their lips to meet in a crushing and passionate kiss that stole both their breaths away. They kept on kissing and tasting each other for what felt like hours before they finally broke the kiss, as they both tried to catch their breath. Their lips were bruised and swollen as they looked deeply into each other's eyes.

"Where should we go, Lan Zhan?."

Wei Ying asked when he finally caught his breath and could speak.

"Yiling."

Lan Zhan said, and Wei Ying smiles at his husband.

"Yiling it is then."

Wei Ying said before they picked up their swords and pushed themselves off the side of the wall that led into the bushes on the other side of the hall. They both disappeared into the darkness of the night, making their way towards Yiling. They will have enough time to come to turn with their appearances and the power they are feeling flowing through their veins and blood.