A Blooming Love

Chenqing/Wei Ying

"Chenqing... that was low." Xuanyu said seriously taking over Wei Ying's mind and finally remembering some things from the past. Images of Yin dancing with Chenqing tune, of Yang playfully chasing Yin in a heavenly garden, of him laying down in a bed of wild flowers with Chenqing kissing him with passion. Chenqing knew they have been lovers, yet when they reunited again, he still keep him in the dark.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Xuanyu asked seriously and Chenqing sighed.

This was a sensitive topic he was hoping to avoid. He could not tell Xuanyu about their past, but keeping him in the dark, especially when they were lovers was kind of cruel. Nevertheless, there was nothing he could do, other than to offer him his most sincere apologies.

"I'm sorry, Mo, it was not my secret to tell. Not even Yang knew that the reason Yin stopped using her sword to channel her energy, was because you were removed from the blade by the seer. At that time, Ying and I disagree to let you be detached from the blade, making Yin more vulnerable to madness, but you said that no one could oppose to the will of the gods and the seer was the closer to one." Chenqing said, looking at Wei's red eyes intensely.

"I agree? I don't remember much of what happen back then, but one thing is certain to me now. You were my lover... how come I agree to leave you behind? That doesn't make sense." Xuanyu told him.

"I ask you once, the same thing, after the seer talked with you, but you said we were going to reunite again, when we could stay together for an eternity." Chenqing whisper, coming closer to Mo, now called Xuanyu.

"What did the seer told me?" Xuanyu asked, getting even closer.

"I don't know. You were removed from your sword and sealed into a pouch. What I know is that she release you, so you could save your current host..." Chenqing inclined his head, slightly caressing Wei Ying's face, only focusing in those beautiful red eyes with the intention of kissing him, which make the other two present in the room react at the same time.

"Hey, that's my Master body!" Suibian protested, going to grab the flute spirit arm, but Lan Wangji did it first.

"Whatever thing you two had, it had nothing to do with Wei Ying's body now." Lan Zhan said seriously and Chenqing backed off, making a deep bow.

"My apologies, I was carry away, my interest doesn't lay with the host, but the one sealed within." Chenqing said.

"Indeed, Chenqing. This body belongs to Lan Zhan only, so don't mess up with him. Meet me inside my seal... Lan Zhan, have Wei Ying back. Catch him..." Xuanyu said as he free Wei Ying from the dark void, making his body fall on Lan Zhan's waiting arms.

Wangji carry Wei, to delicately lay him down over his bed and sat by his side, covering him with his quilt and waited for a minute for Wei Ying to be back in control of his body and open his dark brown eyes.

"Lan Zhan..." Wei Ying whisper. Closing his eyes again as his head hurt like hell.

"Wei Ying, are you in pain?" Wangji asked and Wei Ying open his eyes to look at the handsome man in front of him. There was concern in those beautiful eyes of his that make his heart skip a beat. Seriously, if he keep acting like a caring husband, he was going to fall for him big time. He was already tempted to kiss those soft lips, to have a real taste of them. To distract himself, he redirected his thoughts to a safer way.

"My head hurts... did Xunayu possessed me?" Wei asked, already knowing the answer.

"He did, but just for a very short period. Suibian, if you please, pass me that tea cup." Wangji asked while helping Wei sit on the bed and Ying's sword spirit hastily did was he was asked to, so politely. Wangji took the cup, that was still warm and offer it to Wei Ying, once again.

"It will help you recover, drink it all." Wei Ying smiled. Why he had to be such a hubby? He drank the tea with pleasure and give Lan Zhan the empty cup, that Lan Zhan pass it to Suibian, then his caring partner help him back to lay down on bed again.

"Where is Chenqing? What happen between the two?" Wei Ying asked to distract himself from temptation.

"They had a small argument that is now resolved. Have some rest." Lan Zhan said, as he make sure Wei Ying was all properly cover.

"Lan Zhan..." Wei whisper.

"Hum?" Damn, the man was so lovely, Wei thought.

"Thank you. It seems you are always taking care of me and I fainting on you like a girl." Wei joked and Wangji smirked.

"You are a very strong man, Wei Ying. Now rest." Wangji said.

"You too... it's getting late and our training was quite the hassle, you should be tired." Wei added, still mesmerized by the charming man.

"Oh, come on, just kiss him goodnight and be done with it." Suibian said to his Master internally, before going back to his blade.

"Shut up! Mind your own business!" Wei yelled inwardly.

"Wei Ying?" Lan Zhan asked, with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Ah, never mind me, go rest Lan Zhan, I'm sure our training tomorrow will be a hard one." Wei Ying said, already feeling a bit sleepy.

"That it will. Goodnight." Lan Zhan said, as he stood.

"Goodnight." Wei whisper and Wangji blow up the candles, making the room return to darkness. Almost immediately, Wei Ying was back to that deep void of oblivion, but his sleep was not an undisturbed one.

He found himself back to when he was a kid, when he had so foolishly gone out of the safety of his Clan to demonstrate his father that he was ready to join the night hunters. He had gone out a few minutes after the team, confident in his skills with his spiritual energy and many talismans.

As he went deeper in the forest surrounding the Clans, he lost the trace of the hunters and got lost, but still he was not scared. That was, until he heard them, a group of wild dogs. He try to go back on his trace, but they got to him way to fast. The dogs were ferocious barking at him as they surround him. Obviously, as the dogs were living things, his spirituals energy and talismans didn't worked on them.

Panic then was pray of him before the dogs did, he was so scare when he saw them run to him with those long fangs that most likely would tear up his flesh and bones, he closed his eyes and concentrate in anything that could help him survive, anything that will make him see another day and go back to his parents.

He screamed his heart out and felt a strange dark energy surrounding him, an energy he could use to defend himself, so he unconsciously call for it and manipulate it. Just in mere seconds, the strange energy was running on his vein and he use it to send out a shock wave that sent all the wild dogs meters away all around, some hitting tress and the other running away from him.

It was when he was safe that he screamed in a crushing pain that recover every fiber of his body, as his veins tinted black, his eyes turning deep crimson and his heart almost exploding inside his little chest. He passed out for the intense pain fearing he was going to die and so the young adult Wei Ying wake up from his nightmare, sitting over his bed and hugging Lan Zhan, who was actually trying to wake him up.

He had hear Wei Ying whimper in his sleep, then shake in his bed, so worriedly he was suffering from a deep nightmare, he went to try wake him up, calling his name several times, he was about to slapping him awake when he had finally wake up on his own and held him for dear life as he tremble.

"Wei Ying, its fine. I was a nightmare." Lan Zhan whisper as Wei shudder in his arms, while he held him.

"Not a nightmare... an old memory... the time when the wild dogs were going to tear me apart and I used Xuanyu's energy to save myself..." Wei said and Wangji held him closer, while rubbing his back. The caring gesture was so soothing, that Wei Ying began to relax, while his heart went back to beating normally. Soon, he barely registered when Lan Zhan had lay him down in bed again and along with him.

Lan Zhan covered the both of them with the warm quilt and hug Wei Ying again, slightly kissing the crown of his head. That young Jade was really something else and in return, Wei kissed Lan Zhan's neck, which was the thing he had the closer and Lan Zhan hug him tighter.

Like that, while hugging each other, the two partners got back to sleep. At the entrance of their room, both Bichen and Suibian watch them sleep, once again peacefully and went out so not to disturb their dream and loving moment. In their minds and hearts, there were no doubts that the two would eventually end up together and as they looked up at the shining stars, Suibian also hoped to catch the heart of the pure white star right in front him.

AN: Thank you my darlings for the lovely support. I am currently living a hard time with my island been hit by several tremors and earthquakes most of which are from magnitude 4 to 6.4 and even more aftershocks, just in one day, we got 90 of them. Because of that, I no longer can said when the next update will be, although to distract myself from the anguish of expecting the next shake, I try to write as much as I can. If you are a believer, please include my island, Puerto Rico in your prayers, we need them so desperately. With all my love to you all, please take care. 🙇🙏❤❤❤❤❤