{Note :- Kind of Mature content *cough*.
I will mark it with A/N at the start and end.}

It took everything Lan Zhan had to stop himself from pushing Wei Ying into the bed and taking him there and then....but he did it.

Lan Zhan pries Wei Ying's arms from around his neck. And stands to look at him.

Wei Ying's face is a mix of surprise and dejection. He doesn't say anything. He just stares at Lan Zhan and after a few seconds gets up from the bed.

He rotates the flute in his hands like a boss as if contemplating something.

Then he smiles mischievously and says, "Lan Zhan , let's get to work."

Lan Zhan is scared of this particular smile the most. He knows what it means. He knows that, that is the Yiling patriarch smile when he takes something up as a challenge. And this time it's Lan Zhan's self-control that is standing between the Yiling patriarch and what Yiling patriarch wants... HIM
'Lan Zhan you are doomed.' Lan Zhan's mind supplies.

Lan Zhan nods and the men start preparing the clensing ritual for the spirits trapped by the dream demon.

Lan Zhan and Wei Ying sit in front of each other with zither and flute respectively.

"Lan Zhan you start the clensing music and if the dream demon tries to come and attack, I will play my music." he says in a serious tone.

"Mn....Wei Ying it's afternoon now, do you think the demon will come out of hiding." Lan Zhan asks.

"I can't be sure." Wei Ying replies.

"Wei Ying, so there is a chance that it can come out and latch on to one of us again?" Lan Zhan asks in a worried tone.

"Yes." Wei Ying simply says.

Lan Zhan gets up and grabs his headband from the stool and walks to Wei Ying.

"Here, tie it on you wrist." Lan Zhan says, handing the headband to him.

"No." Wei Ying says dismissing Lan Zhan's words.

"Wei Ying, you said it yourself, the dream demon may attack." Lan Zhan tries to reason with his friend.

"No. It's yours. You wear it. I am Good." Wei Ying's says as if he is done discussing about it.

"Wei Wuxian!"  Lan Zhan's tone becomes strict and cold. He doesn't like being dismissed like this.

"Lan Wangji.." Wei Ying says in a cold way.

Lan Zhan sighs and asks, "Why?"

Wei Ying gives him a hollow smile and says, "I told you Lan Wangji, I don't want it because it's yours."

Lan Zhan gets it now. He gets why Wei Ying is being so cold.

He sits in front of Wei Ying and takes his hand. Wei Ying tries to pull his hand away but Lan Zhan holds it tighter and pulls it towards himself. And looks at the younger man.

Wei Ying doesn't look at him at all.
'He is avoiding my eyes.' Lan Zhan thinks and puts his hand on Wei Ying's face and turns it towards him.
He looks into Wei Ying's eyes.

"I am yours. Everything I have is yours. So this headband is yours too. Let us get rid of the spirits and then I will answer your questions." Lan Zhan says softly.

"Promise?" Wei Ying asks innocently.

"Mn." Lan Zhan nods and smiles.

"Lan Zhan...it won't work." Wei Ying tells his friend.

Lan Zhan asks totally confused, "Why?"

"We can't tie it around our wrists and play....I need to move both my hands while playing and so do you. So it won't work." Wei Ying says in a serious tone.

"Is there another way we can help it protect both of us?" Lan Zhan asks.

"hmm.. there is if you agree to it." Wei Ying says smiling mischievously again.
Lan Zhan already doesn't like the idea if it involves Wei Ying smiling like that.

"Speak." Lan Zhan says giving up.

"I think if we sit closer we will be able to use our hands without any problem even if they are tied." Wei Ying says smiling at Lan Zhan.

"Wei Ying, we are already sitting close. How much closer can we get?" Lan Zhan asks perplexed.

"I can show you." Wei Ying says as he turns his body around and sits on Lan Zhan's lap.

"Wei Ying! What are you doing?" Lan Zhan asks getting startled.

Wei Ying takes the headband and ties it to their right wrists and says,"Look"

Lan Zhan looks and he has to admit that Wei Ying is right. In this position both can definitely play their instruments while being protected by the headband.

Lan Zhan nods. He takes out his zither and starts playing the clensing music.
Wei Ying keeps an eye out for the dream demon.

As Lan Zhan plays the music the windows and doors of the rooms fling open and the wind starts howling.
'It's working', Wei Ying tells himself.

After a few minutes the howling stops. Everything goes quiet.

Lan Zhan puts the zither away and says, "It's done. The spirits trapped here are gone. Only the demon remains."

Wei Ying nods.

"Wei Ying? " Lan Zhan asks.

"What is it Lan Zhan?" Wei Ying responds.

"The ritual is done. You can get off from my lap now." Lan Zhan says in a serious tone.

"Oh... yes.. that. No thank you. I am comfortable like this. I don't feel like moving." Wei Ying says playfully.

He makes himself more comfortable on Lan Zhan's lap.

"Wei Ying, you are not a child." Lan Zhan says in a scolding tone.

"That's exactly what I am saying Hanguang Jun." Wei Ying says as he presses his back to Lan Zhan's chest and holds Lan Zhan's hand and brings it around himself.

"I am not a child. I am an adult. So don't treat me like a child...Lan Zhan, your touch won't break me." Wei Ying says looking back at Lan Zhan.

Lan Zhan's face is very close. Wei Ying puts his hands behind Lan Zhan's neck and pulls it gently.

'Just this once.... Just this once I will give him what he wants', Lan Zhan thinks and puts his lips on Wei Ying's.

They start with barely there pecks on each others lips. But then Wei Ying becomes greedy. He stops and turns in Lan Zhan's lap. Now facing each other. Wei Ying wraps his legs around Lan Zhan's waist.

{A/N}

"Wei Ying...what are you doing?" Lan Zhan asks in what he believes to be a expressionless tone but it comes out as scared....and excited.
Wei Ying puts his arms around Lan Zhan's neck.
"Please Hanguang Jun.. " Wei Ying begs and traces Lan Zhan's lips with the tip of his tongue.
Lan Zhan doesn't think that's a good idea. He doesn't want things to go further than this... at least for now.

"OK...don't blame me for what I do next Hanguang Jun....desperate times call for desperate measures." Wei Ying says smiling mischievously and rocks his hips.
"Wei... " Lan Zhan moans, involuntarily giving Wei Ying a chance to enter Lan Zhan's mouth.

'Mission accomplished.' Wei Ying thinks smugly,  stroking Lan Zhan's tongue with his.
'This feels good...so good... Mine... Mine... I want more... I want to taste more.' Wei Ying's mind screams.

Wei Ying's hands find their way into Lan Zhan's hair at the base of his neck and he deepens the kiss.

No moans leave Lan Zhan's mouth. Wei Ying makes sure of it.

Wei Ying's hands become braver and travel to Lan Zhan's chest and go lower and lower. His hands come to rest on Lan Zhan's trouser beats.And he rocks his hips again.

Lan Zhan is painfully hard now and so in Wei Ying. Wei Ying breaks the kiss and looks between their bodies.

Wei Ying wants to touch...to stroke.

Lan Zhan stops Wei Ying's wandering hands with his own. He is breathless and shaking slightly.

{A/N}

"Wei Ying..Stop....please." Lan Zhan begs, sounding like a defeated man.

Wei Ying stops. He looks at his lover's face. It's a face of a desperate man.

'I need to stop if it's bothering him this much... but I need to know... I need to know why he is pushing me away.'

"Lan Zhan, you promised that you will answer my question. Well, now is the time. So tell me why you push me away." Wei Ying asks sincerely looking into Lan Zhan's eyes. He wants to understand what the other is thinking.

Lan Zhan can't tell the truth so he lies... With great difficulty.

"Wei Ying, I have never done anything like this before so.. I...I am not sure how to make...how to.... Wei Ying all I can tell you is that I love you." Lan Zhan answers nervously.

'It's not a lie.' , Lan Zhan tells himself. He definitely loves Wei Ying.

Wei Ying doesn't question Lan Zhan anymore over this because Hanguang Jun never lies....or so he thinks.

"Do you really love me?" Wei Ying asks hesitantly.

"Mn."

"Are you sure, you don't just pity me or feel like you owe me?" Wei Ying asks innocently.

"Mn."

"Lan Zhan are you sure you will able to love a man? Are you sure you won't regret it?"

"Mn."

"Are you sure you can be and want to be with me in this lifetime?"

"Mn."

"Are you sure you will be able to bare the ridicule and insults that will invariably be directed at you for being a cut-sleeve and being with me?

"Mn."

"Lan Zhan, if you have never done it before, then how do you know that you will like it? How do you know ...you will like being... that way with a man?" Wei Ying asks, self doubt plagus his heart.

"Because there is nothing that my heart wants, more than it wants you. I want you Wei Ying, but I just need some time...Can you give me that Wei Ying?" Lan Zhan asks ,bring their faces closer and pressing their foreheads together.

"So you are saying you don't know what to do. So will it be OK then if I do something?....You won't have to do anything. And I will stop whenever you want me to....Lan Zhan, what do you think?" Wei Ying asks sincerely.

'He wants to ease me into it...Me, who already came calling his name over and over, just this morning....but there is no other way... It's better that he take the first step... He will know what he is comfortable with....then he won't get those horrible attacks.' Lan Zhan's mind tells him.

Lan Zhan thinks that this is the best way to go about taking care of his soulmate.

Lan Zhan nods.

Wei Ying smiles his bunny smile and Lan Zhan's heart skips a beat.

Wei Ying unties the headband that is still wrapped around their wrists and give a quick kiss on Lan Zhan's cheek and gets off from Lan Zhan's lap.

"See, that wasn't difficult right." Wei Ying says happily holding his hand out for Lan Zhan to hold.
Lan Zhan holds Wei Ying's hands and gets up.

"Lan Zhan, let's go. We have things to take care of." Wei Ying says urgently and drags Lan Zhan out of their room.

{Note :- Poor Lan Zhan... My heart bleeds for him.
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