𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 ✰ 𝘅𝘂𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗮𝗼

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song lan served xingchen the food he had made.

"it's some spicy seaweed soup, with beef broth, i think you'll like it." song lan smiled, xingchen nodded and took a sip of the warm soup. the flavor of many spices cleansed his palette as he hummed in happiness.

"i'm glad you like it, hey, why couldn't you open the door when i first knocked?" song lan asked making xingchen cough after taking another sip. he wiped his mouth and looked up at his friend who waited for a response.

he kept his head down as he replied, "nothing, just my headache. i didn't hear you the first time." song lan raised his brow and cocked his head, "xingchen. i heard you talking, who were you talking to?"

xingchen mentally cursed to himself, "myself. sorry it really hurt so i started muttering to myself." his friend sighed in defeat, while xingchen sighed in relief.

suddenly while taking another sip of his soup, he remembered xue yang. he didn't know if he ended up leaving or is still in his room.

"i'm gonna go get my water bottle i left it upstairs." xingchen lies beginning to walk, when song lan grabbed his arm, "i can just get you another one."

xingchen pulled his arm back, "no, i don't wanna waste water." song lan huffed, "then i'll go get it."

of course, song lan having sight he was able to run upstairs and get to xingchen's room quicker. huffing in defeat xingchen made it to his room just a couple seconds after. he heard song lan messing with stuff on his table, "song lan!! don't mess everything up."

xingchen felt his way to his bathroom standing in front of it as song lan examined the rest of his room. eventually the blind boy excused himself to the restroom walking in and shutting the door. he sighed in relief and felt around waiting to feel xue yang or smell him, but he never did.

"xue yang?" he whispered on the floor his hands tracing it. then he began to smell his familiar smell, 'cologne!' he followed the smell as if he was playing the hot cold game. finally he grabbed a chiffon fabric and pulled it, yet it seemed to just be a piece of clothing. he inhaled the scent and moaned out smiling as he knew it was xue yang's.

he felt around some more and felt a piece of paper. he grazed his fingertips over it yet couldn't read it, "idiot, did he forget i'm blind..." letting out a puff of air he stood up and put it in his pocket, 'i'll just wait until i see wei ying..'.

xingchen came out and didn't hear any more shuffling, "song lan? lan?" he called out concentrating on the silence. he got no response.

shrugging xingchen walked to his bed, he sat down and felt his clock which read 7:38 pm. surprised he shot back up, "wow, time really does fly when you're busy huh?" he walked to his drawers feeling for the writing which was handcrafted especially for him for which drawer held what. finding his pj drawer he collected a pair of velvet short and a velvet long sleeve.

the boy changed, washed his face, then finally crawled into bed. sometimes he read a book, of course being nighttime and in the dark doesn't stop him, but today he was exhausted his eyes closing immediately.

***

xingchen was running, he couldn't see where he was running, but a hand guided him.

"c'mon! we have to hide." someone yelled pulling him more.

the blind boy recognized the voice, "xue yang?" he was then pulled to the side. 'shit' xue yang muttered, "what happened?" xingchen asked instinctively grabbing his arm and holding on to not lose him.

"it's a dead end, we have to hide some-" suddenly shouting filled the walls as it echoed. xingchen felt his legs shaking, 'what was happening?' he thought.

all he could hear next were footsteps coming closer to them, "well, well, well.. mr. xue yang. we meet again." the voice wasn't familiar, it didn't sound like wei ying, or song lan. something stiff abruptly grazed the blind boys forehead, he finched and stood behind xue yang.

"aw, who's this? your blind boyfriend everyone speaks of?" the man chuckled, xingchen shook as he stood behind xue yang.

"wen chao, just leave, we don't want any problems. why are you chasing us anyway? i gave you your cash a while ago." xingchen perked his head, 'wen chao..'

he remembered when wei ying was talking about him some time ago. he said the wen gang, was another notorious gang but was overthrown by xue yang's.

"no, i don't think i will. because you still have to pay, for overthrowing US."

that's when xingchen heard a click, "xingchen! move!" xue yang pushed him to the side, as xingchen hit a wall falling to the floor. about to get back up he heard a loud pop, which made his ears ring immensely. shaking in fear he crawled over, "x-xue yang? xue yang.." he heard wen chao's evil chuckle but then heard footsteps walking away.

his hands guiding him, he still felt around for xue yang finally touching him.

"xue yang! are you-" he suddenly felt a wet substance, there was a lot of it. grazing his hands up to his face, he felt the thick texture again. bringing his hand up to his face he smelt it, 'blood.'

that's when xingchen realized, 'that popping noise was..' suddenly he started wailing, "xue yang! please don't tell me your dead..... xue yang!" he screamed shaking the body which made no effort to respond.

xingchen continued to shake him holding his upper body in his arms cradling him. "xue yang... please stop messing with me.." he felt his face and noticed his eyes shut, "open your eyes! xue yang!"

thats when xingchen heard more footsteps and held tightly onto xue yang's body.

"xingchen! it's me wei ying!"

xingchen gasped, "wei ying! please hurry come over, xue yang he-"

wei ying grabbed his away from xue yang's body, "no! what are you doing?" xingchen tried to fight against him but felt another pair of strong arms grab him.

"xingchen. xue yang is gone, i'm sorry." lan zhan said in his montons voice. that's when xingchen finally broke down his legs giving out. the words, "he's gone." echoing through his mind.

***

"he can't be.." xingchen opened his eyes and shot up from his bed. he breathed hard holding his chest tightly, "j-just a nightmare xingchen." he muttered ruffling his hair.

feeling his clock, it read 5:40 am.

"ugh... it's still so early." xingchen groaned laying back down. his thoughts focused back on his nightmare, the thought that xue yang would be murdered by another gang scared him.

it was the reality for him though, he's the top dog, 'he must risk so much everyday' he thought pouting. remembering what xue yang told him,

'i would never force you or want you to be included with what i do.'

xingchen smiled at that, it warmed his heart to know he cared about him like that. closing his eyes, he fell into dream land again, hoping this time it would actually be a dream.

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