Being left alone with his wounded friend Hanguang Jun did the only thing he could. He prioritises. He walks over to the locked door, opened it and took the first aid items left there by the midwife and placed then on the stool by the bed. He then promptly locked the door and drew the curtains. The room plunged into semi darkness. He lit a candle lying on the stool and sat next to the bed. Belatedly he realises that being bare chested his friend must be feeling cold so he covers the shoulders and arms with a sheet which the thoughtful midwife had also provided. 

Now his eyes finally travel to the wound which is still half covered still my the trousers. There is nothing he can do except undo the knots which are holding his pants securely in place and that is what he does. His hands tremble as he pulls the pants lower but stops and only uncovers the wound. He gently puts his hand over the top area to examine it. He thanks his sect rules which state that every man must have first aid knowledge and proceeds to first check the severity of the wound. The wound he observes is about 4 inches long . He cleans it methodically with deft hands. His mind only concentrates on the patient on the bed. He leaves a relieved breath when he realises that the wound though a bit deep is not life threatening. After disinfecting the wound he gently picks up Wei Ying in his arms to wrap the bandage around the wound.

"Ah...Lan Zhan..." Wei Ying calls his name suddenly... breathlessly.."It's so cold"...and he puts his arms around Hanguang Jun's neck once again...second time today. His hands still on his friend's lower back, "Wei Ying, calm down. I am almost done taking care of the wound." 

Wei Ying was not listening. "No...Lan Zhan, please..." he moans... his breath caressing Wangji's neck. The light bearer dies a little on the inside 'How am I to keep my sanity with him behaving like this???' . Hangwang Jun gathers the last bit of self restraint he has and pulls himself out of his friends grip and his friends face falls "Am I so disgusting to you Lan Zhan that you can't even bring yourself to comfort me a little bit....HaHA...what am I even saying...you pitying me because you think you have wronged me is the only reason you are here...isn't it?" a tear slowly makes it's way down his beautiful cheeks..."Hanguang Jun, I told you before...You owe me nothing....I have never blamed you. And so there is no need for you to stay next to me. I don't need your pity Second master Lan."....he looks his friend directly in the eyes and shouts "LEAVE...I have walked this path alone before and I can do it again. I don't...Ah!"...he looks down at his wound as sharp pain suddenly emits from it and he looses consciousness again and begins to fall back on the bed, but he is caught by Lan Zhan in his arms before his body can hit the bed. 

What Wei Ying fails to see again are the tears that are now freely flowing for Lan Zhan's eyes .He cradles his best friend's body in his arms for a few minutes and gently lays him down on the bed. And wips his tears. 'After all this time if you can't see that disgust is not what I feel for you then you are a bigger fool than I thought you to be Wei Ying' , he thinks while stroking his friend's eyelids, 'you are the fool to have fallen for him though isn't it?' ...his brain supplies again.

Lan Zhan touches his forehead agin to check if he still has a fever and sure enough it's still there and he feels that his friend is warmer than before and now is visibly shivering. He takes his hand in his and begins to transfer spiritual energy to him. 'You will be warm in no time Wei Ying, and when you wake up, you can yell at me some more if it makes you feel better' he thinks. After a minute of transferring the energy Lan Zhan notices that his friend's shivering has not reduced ...'why is he still shivering? why isn't his body absorbing the energy?' ..

"Wei Ying", Lan Zhan whispers as he slightly shakes his friend's unconscious frame. "Wake up". 

There is no response and Lan Zhan panics. He looks around the room and in the cupboards and finds few more sheets, they are dusty but they will have to do for now. He wraps his friends body in the sheets all the while praying for him to stop shivering and wake up.

"Wei ya...why are you still like this?" he take his hands and starts rubbing them between his palms. 'I have done all I can but he is still so cold.' 

Cold sweat forms on Hangwang Jun's fore head and his face darkens ...and his hands move to undo his dress robes. In a few seconds Wangji is standing in front of the bed bare chested. A single word "Sorry..." escapes his lips as a single tear leaves his eyes and he begins to remove the sheets covering his friend one by one.  All the while repeating a single line over and over agin in his heart, 'I hope you will forgive me Wei Ying.'

{Note :- Hope you are liking the story so far. I like angst as you may have noticed...sorry. I will try to do better. As usual please excuse my mistakes. Feedback and comments are appreciated. Thank you.}