Now that Lan Zhan had put some distance between him and the man he had loved for nearly two decades his mind clears up.
'I can finally think straight.' the tells himself.

'Are you sure you are capable of thinking straight?' his heart mockingly asks him.

Hanguang Jun takes a deep breath and quickens his steps. He needs to get pain killers and lots of food.
'Wei Ying sure has a mighty appetite.' he thinks fondly. He realizes then that he is actually smiling.

'Wei Ying is ok. Weak but not critical. He will be completely fine in no time. I will make sure of it.' he promises himself as he enters the market place.

The market thought small looks to be well stocked with appetizing eatables.
He approaches a shop selling soups and orders Lotus Ribs Soup.
'Wei Ying would love this.' he smiles again

The shop keeper looks at him funny.
"Young master?" he says

Lan Zhan "Mm? "

"Did you happen to run into undead corpses on your way?" the shopkeeper enquires.

"Mm."

"Are they on their way here? "

"No. Dead. "

"Did You kill them?"

"Mm" Lan Zhan says not wanting to say anything about how or who killed them.

The shopkeeper leaves his stall and bows to thank him.

"Even though they never set foot in the village or the market they were very bad for business. Thank you young master of helping us. If there is anything more you need just let me know."
He looks at the multiple wounds on Lan Zhan and continues "There is a medical doctor right in the alley if you would like,  I can take you there once I am done with your order. He is very good. "

"Mm." Lan Zhan nods.

After a few minutes the shopkeeper hands over the soup 'No charge' to Lan Zhan and they proceed to the doctor's shop.

They go inside.

When Lan Zhan comes back to the house he notices that everything is as he had left it. He doesn't feel the midwife's presence either.

'Wei Ying was tired. He must still be sleeping' he thinks to himself as he enters the house and closes the door behind him.
Even so he knocks on the door and keeping his eyes on the ground he opens the door just a bit.

"Lan Zhan, is that you?"

"Mm"

"What are you doing standing outside Lan Er. Gege, just come inside"

Lan Zhan walks inside carrying all the things he had acquired at the market. A few steps in he looks at his friend and he stops dead in his tracks. Wei Ying is sitting with one of his shoulders exposed... bare.

"Hanguang Jun... " he says not looking at Lan Zhan but at his shoulder blade. The same one Lan Zhan had left a bite mark on. "how did I get hurt here? It's an awkward place to get a bump and it's stinging. Come. Take a look."

Lan Zhan feels like his feet are stuck in the ground. He can't seem to move.

'I might as well come clean. I might lose him but at least my conscience will be clear.' he thinks and gets ready for the hate he is going to be subjected to soon.

"Sorry..I.. I.. " he starts, but is cut off.

"Lan Zhan, you got food? " Wei Ying says excitedly as he fixes his robes and walks over to his friend.

"Mn." Lan Zhan says leaving a breath he did not know he was holding.

Wei Ying takes the items from his hands and turns to the table. He puts it on the table and excitedly opens it.

"Hanguang Jun.... " he whispers as his eyes fall on the neatly packed lotus rib soup.

He turns and throws himself at Lan Zhan and before Lan Zhan can form a coherent thought in his mind he is engulfed in Wei Ying's warm soft embrace.
Wei Ying's body shakes.

'He is crying. But I thought he will be happy.' Lan Zhan thinks dejectedly.

"You have made me so happy Lan Zhan." Wei Ying says still embracing his friend.

"Do you know how I have wanted to have this since returning from the dead?" Wei Ying says, letting go of his friend .

"Lan Zhan... " Wei Ying says cupping his friend's face with his hands and continues "Please forgive me for what I am about to do..ok. And don't kill me."

Wei Ying without a second's notice starts peppering Hanguang Jun's face with kisses like a small child..carefully avoiding his lips.

Lan Zhan is stunned. Unable to move.
'Is this a dream or is Wei Ying actually kissing me?'

Lan Zhan doesn't know what to do with his hands so he just let's them dangle at his sides.

After what feels like hundreds of kisses Lan Zhan can't take it anymore.
Wei Ying's innocent child like kisses are not being recognized as child like by Lan Zhan's body. He feels hot and his heart starts beating faster. If he doesn't stop Wei Ying now Lan Zhan is sure do something bad... Really bad. Something that may result in him losing his best friend forever.

Hanguang Jun puts his hands on Wei Ying's wrists and gently removes his friend's hands from his face "Wei Ying that's enough," he says and steps away.

Wei Ying is still smiling.
Lan Zhan's heart beats a little faster.

"OK.. OK... I won't irritate you any more" he says and turns to the table once more.

"You got medical supplies... Good." Wei Ying says pleased.

He takes the medicine and the bandages along with a few other things and turns to face Lan Zhan.

"....." ,Lan Zhan looks at the supplies in his friend's hands.

"For the wound" , Wei Ying says simply.

"Eat first. I have already attended to your wound. " Lan Zhan informs his friend.

"It's for your wounds Er. Gege...or have you forgotten that you were injured?" Wei Ying says walking towards Lan Zhan.

"Not necessary." Lan Zhan says taking a step back and lowering his eyes.

Wei Ying steps forward.
"Are you going to stop me Hanguang Jun?" Wei Ying  says confidently taking steps towards Lan Zhan till he has backed Lan Zhan against the bedroom wall.

"Hm?" Wei Ying says mischievously... daring his friend to say something.

When Lan Zhan just stands there looking at him, Wei puts the items on the stool next to the bed and looks at Lan Zhan.

"Lan Zhan, let me take care of you", he says as his hands move towards the belt holding his friend's cloths in place.

"Wei Ying.." Lan Zhan says trying to sound cold and swatting his friend's hands away. "What are you doing?"

"Aaa...Lan Zhan...stop being unreasonable."

"No." Lan Zhan persists.

Wei Ying takes a deep breath and takes his mouth close to the other's ears and says, "I see... so that is how it is..." Lan Zhan's attention is completely on what Wei Ying is saying.
Taking advantage of this Wei Ying's hands travel to the belts again as he continues , "....you can undress me..." he undoes the belt and it falls to the floor ,"...and you can touch me... " he says putting his hand inside Lan Zhan's now loose robes and putting them on top of his heart, "but... you forbid me from doing the same to you..." Wei Ying looks at his friend's face now, "Lan Zhan... tell me how is that fair?"

When Lan Zhan doesn't say anything and keeps looking at his friend, Wei Ying maintaining their eye contact puts his other hand on his friend's robes and slides them off completely.

The white robes fall to the floor unceremoniously.

{Note :- Yes... I know another cliffhanger.
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{Note :- I am going to just blabber about myself cause I don't have many friends in real life. So you can skip this.
This is my first fan fiction in 4 years or so and the longest one so far. The other ones I wrote where barely 1000 words each... And I have only ever written 3 other fan fictions in my life... Lol. So mistakes are bound to happen. I also am aware that I am not that good at writing. English is not my first language. I just have too many feels about 'The Untamed' and especially WangXian and I didn't know how to process these feelings so I ended up writing this fic.
If you are still reading then 'Thank you and Sorry' because I know you came to read the fic and not my rants. }