#ler!Lan Zhan

[fluffyweeby]

Day 5 - Magic

Yea it’s day five! I’m excited to post this one couse I made it quite some time ago. I decided to wait for the Tickletober and just put it under prompt that would suit it best so I think “magic” is the best in here even though what they were using wasn’t exactly magic 😅.

Yea anyway if they have a silence spell and the body locking one then who said there is no tickle one? And if there was then come on Lan Zhan would use it all the time on poor (well no so much but yk) Wei Wuxian!

Prompts by @lizzienaut 👇

#tickle art #mo dao zu shi #mo dao su zhi #idk with one is correct don’t kill me lol #mo dao zu shi tickles #ler!Lan Zhan #Lee!Wei Wuxian #tickletober #tickletober 2022 #tickletober2022

[kanene-yaaay]

Warm, Soft and all the other things that I can only be with you

Kanene's notes: Ok, I just had NO IDEA that I would come to like Jiang Cheng as much as I do when I first watched mdzs. Maybe I should've realized when his first apparition is LITERALLY coming right when Jin Ling is being defeated by Wei Wuxian and calls him saying that >:[[ his jiujiu will kill him and aaaaaa Wei Wuxian asks who his uncle is and then KJHGFDEFGH JIANG CHENG LITERALLY APPEARS FROM NOTHING SAYING "I'm his uncle. Any last words?" BRUHH. He just breaks me. aughhh ALL OF THEM MAKE ME GO INSANE!!!

Anyway this story isn't about any of this. It's about Jiang Cheng and Lan Xichen being absurdly in love and playful and cute and silly <3 All the thanks and applause and hugs for @squeaky-n-blushy for spending literally HOURS screaming about mdzs+tickle scenarios with lil ol me because it helped me so much to brainstorm kjhgfdfghjk

Warnings: This is a bit of more intense story than the usual that I write, so be warned. There's angst and lots of fluff. Also a suggestive joke (LOOKING AT YOU WEI WUXIAN) and some making out in the fic but it's really not the main focus here and a quick thing. Lots of teases, tickles, kisses and more teases. Especially about losing control. Romantic setting. Around 13.000 words. Mainly Ler!Jiang Cheng and Lee!Lan Xichen.

[~*~]

Jiang Cheng was not jealous. 

He was fine. Great, even.

He was just... curious.

There were a plentiful of words that could be used to describe Wei Wuxian.

Insufferable. (Strong). Troublesome. (Joyful). Annoying. (Smart). Stupid. (Traitor). Stubborn. (Sacrificial). Careless. (Mischievous). Impulsive. (Brillant). (Genius). (Caring). (Important). (Family). (Stupid). (Stupid). (Stupid).

(Brother).

And, if needed, Jiang Cheng had all of those and much more that he used on a regular basis every time they got stuck in one of their usual bickering matches, both of them still learning how to tip toe the lines between hurt and healing, family and enemies. 

It was hard. Confusing. Good. Exhausting. Raw. They would fight and punch each other across the bonds during a heated match - that were actually growing less and less frequent, thankfully - or extend an olive branch in each other’s direction and not comment on how small it looked in the ocean between them. 

But both of them grew up in the Lotus Pier and no water body could ever scare them. Bandages and cuts decorating their hands as they kept building the bridges and boats to forgive and find each other someday. 

Day after day.

Jiang Cheng shook his head, dissipating those overly sensitive thoughts. All of that was irrelevant and not at all where he wanted to get. Unfortunately, by doing so there wasn’t anything else left to distract him from the little lightheaded, annoyed (flustered) feeling that was taking over all his senses after what happened.

(What just happened?)

He clenched his jaw and huffed, still confused, still annoyed. His steps sounded firm and clear as he kept his determined stride to the room he already knew so well, not even glancing at the young cultivators that knew better than to interrupt him when he looked like this, even if they seemed much more relaxed with his presence at the Cloud Recess after seeing it so often.

Never, ever Jiang Cheng could describe Wei Wuxian, the Patriarch Yilling, one of the most feared cultivators across all the sects, the black spot in Lan Quiren's golden record, the most irresponsible uncle and brother this world had ever seen, as embarrassed.

The scene had hit him like a brick and Jiang Cheng didn’t even mean to see it in the first place! He could pretty much actually go on with the rest of his entire life without ever picturing for a single second what Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan liked to do in their freetime together.

Nowadays, however, both of them spend more time over each other than away, absolutely shamelessly, with no care about who was watching or where they were. With Wei Wuxian drapping himself over his husband's lap during dinners and conferences and Lan Zhan spending every night when the other is away in a hunt or a visit to the Yunmeng sect playing his guqin melancholically through the night and the early hours of the morning to express his deep feeling of longing and pining.

(Thanks everything that Jiang Cheng was never actually there to witness the last one, being an information that Lan Huan shared with him recently with an amused smile on his lips. Because he was pretty sure that if he was living in Gusu Lan and had to endure their constant show of unyielding affection for each other he would end up breaking that damn instrument into pieces.)

So, it was no surprise that Jiang Cheng was forced to witness his brother’s love life first hand again. Because he had been a fool who accepted to have a tea over Wei Wuxian’s house and even more of a fool to believe that his brother, the very one who called him in the first place, would be actually prepared to receive him on the time he himself choose and perhaps be there to show him at least a hint of respect and hospitality that the leader of Yunmeng Jiang Sect deserved and open that goddamn door at once!

(And, yes, maybe he was still jittery about Wei Wuxian’s death. Maybe when he heard the cultivator of resentful energy shout - even though loud noises are forbidden in the Cloud Recess - and the sound of something heavy falling following suit his mind got somehow clogged and his knocking louder and more incisive the longer no one answered him. Maybe he forgot for a moment that they were in the Gusu Lan Sect and, for the first time in a long while, it was only him and Wei Wuxian against the world again. This time he would not run the fuck away.) 

However, when the door opened - a better description would be “was forcefully ripped away from his path, but that was irrelevant - the scene that greeted him had absolutely nothing to do with blood or pain or any kind of danger.

(Not one that Wei Wuxian wasn’t more than used with, at least.)

“What” his voice trembled, no longer with a jittery feeling, but with a barely concealed annoyance. The electricity cracking from Zidian danced now in his arm for an entire different reason than getting ready for a fight. “Is happening here?”

Wei Wuxian squealed on the floor, squirming on the ground like a worm on a rainy day as his husband’s hands danced dedicatedly on his torso at a tickly pace.

“Punishment.” Lan Zhan answered, stoic and direct as ever, totally impassive under Cheng’s blasting glare. Especially because he didn't see it, not even bothering to look up from his position, gaze clued on Wei Wuxian’s face almost hypnotized, as if it was the only image that could ever matter in the world.

(Urgh.)

“A-Cheng!” 

It was ridiculous, really, how only that (and who knew he still had in him to call Jiang Cheng in such an affectionate form) was enough to make his eyes immediately snap into Wei Wuxian’s direction, something relaxing in him when he acknowledged the usual playful tune he already knew too well.

“What.”

“Hehehelp me!”

Jiang Cheng could feel an artery pulsating in his forehead, they both falling easily in their usual push and dance. “Stop being dramatic, he is barely touching you. Get up and use your hands!”

“No, I can't!” His whine was quickly taken over by more giggles, his entire body contorting in protest at the playful attack as he kept his dramatic wailing. “I will rip Lan Zhan's headband! Please, A-Cheng!”

Jiang Cheng almost had a whiplash at how quickly his head turned to look at Lan Zhan’s naked forehead and then at Wei Wuxian's hands, seeing that they were in fact bonded by the delicate, white band that the Lan Sect was known for. 

The headband. A sacred symbol of resilience and restraint, an extension of yourself that could only be touched by your close family and your significant other, being used as an illusion of a bondage in a meaningless punishment of a childish game.

Lan Zhan’s expression continued just the same as it always did, impassive and serious. Yet, he managed to look extremely smug all the same. He was fully aware of the trap he just put his husband into, knowing Wei Wuxian would rather endure far worse tortures than tickling instead of giving the headband left in his care a single strain or tear.

Shameless.

He scoffed. 

(Jiang Cheng ignored how he himself felt when Lan Huan let him touch his own headband. He took the ends of the white fabric and freely gave them to Jiang Cheng in one of their quiet evenings, only so they could be woven into the braids of the Yumneng Sect he was occupied in replicating, eyes focused and movements certain as he styled the other’s long, beautiful black hair. How soft and small it felt in his palms. The meaning of that act. How reverent and careful Jiang Cheng was during the entire process, holding the white fabric into his calloused hands while his fingertips and soul trembled with emotion.)

And then those two were just playing around with theirs. They really have no shame!

“Always asking me to clean up your messes, fight for this one yourself! Don’t you remember that you called me here to have tea in the first place? Have you really lost all the sense of respect?”

Wei Wuxian only giggled harder. Whether it was because he always thought it was fun how upright Jiang Cheng was about both of their reputations and how easy it had always been to rile him up about it or because Lan Zhan now changed his absolute nonsense of a tickle attack to focus on his sides, it was uncertain.

“Don’t be so grumpy, A-Cheng!” He squeaked loudly when Lan Zhan tweaked his lowest rib (of course he discovered about that specially ticklish spot, Wei Wuxian had always been so obvious about it, crackling and squirming like crazy when Jiang Cheng did no much than just glaze over it). It didn’t take long before the new sound was completely engulfed by a new round of even more uncontrollable snickers, his legs kicking desperately with energy. “Your face will get stuck in a frown forever! Like a sour plum!”

And, of course he would use his every ounce of oxygen to tease him. Jiang Cheng opened his mouth to replicate.

“Mn.” Lan Zhan interrupted. (Was that an agreement?!) “You’re early.”

The leader from the Yumeng sect crossed his arms defensively, refusing to look too much into the meaning of the other’s words. Another scowl formed in his face. “Of course I am early. Like an actual adult that has more responsibilities and matters to attend to than to get into childish games like tickle fights.”

If that could even be considered a tickle fight at all. It was nothing like the wars he and Wei Wuxian used to get when they were kids, far away from their parents and with too much energy, time and laughter to spare. More often than not they would be rolling on the soft soil or giving the other a surprise ambush in the middle of the piers, squeezing, digging and tickling anywhere they could reach. Teasing, taunting and threatening each other with every sound and laughter. Using all the tricks and pages on the book to get the upper hand for at least a few giddy, breathless seconds. Big smiles, warm hearts and adrenaline running freely in their bones for hours with no end until they both laid exhaustively on the ground, accidentally rolled into one of the lakes or Shiejie came to call them for dinner.

Jiang Cheng watched as the delicate hands rested on the other’s sides and continued to softly scribble non stop on the lowest ribs over and over again, taking turns before quickening their pace and making We Wuxian trash from a side to another with a high pitched ‘eee’ sound until it slowed the rhythm to a light plucking of strings, lightly pressing each spot and barely vibrating there before jumping away.

“Not a tickle fight.” The Lan enlightened. “Punishment.”

“Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan! No! Please, have mercy. Take pity on your poor husband!”

It was like Jiang Cheng couldn’t pry his eyes away, watching as Lan Wangji calmly run the tip of his fingers up and down the others’ ticklish sides, repeating the cycle for a couple more of times, like a boat letting itself being dragged by the slow pace of the river in a calm day, completely unfazed by his husband’s increasing maddened snickers, his tune starting to border on hysterical.

For a moment, the fingers curled into claws and Jiang Cheng thought that he would actually use an efficient, honest and true tickle attack, finally kneading on the skin and letting the crackles and squeals fill the air with their cacophony. 

His hopes, however, seemed unfounded when the Lan just continued his soft touches, now using more of his nails to create an unbearable, ticklish feeling than only his fingertips and successfully pull more squeals and squeaks with such a move.

(And, if his own ticklish sides tingled in sympathy that was literally nobody's business and a secret that will die and be buried with him.)

Jiang Cheng finally snapped.

“That is not even the proper way you do it!” He did not get close and demonstrated his point, of course. Because he… (surely wouldn’t be welcomed to) he wasn’t a kid anymore and knew he was right. 

Yet, his hands still gesticulated around, antsy.

(Wanting to grab, wanting to dig, wanting to squeeze, to attack and win and listen and never let go again. To feel the taste of the victory of a brawl that is meaningless and only in playful fun, again. To hear screams of laughter and not of fear, to perform with the crackles and shrieks and giggles as the only instrument he was ever actually skilled. An especial melody of affection that needed no words and even he could learn how to play.)

Jiang Cheng pushed those thoughts deep down and continued.

“You’re not even giving any attention to his hips! It’s his most ticklish, weak, defenseless and easy spot ever!” He ignored the protesting, giggly shout from Wei Wuxian and continued, forcing himself to focus on his words and not on the natural answering smirk trying to take over the corner of his lips. “You just need to knead there for a few minutes and then he will be gone. Besides, when you add raspberries to it he’ll laughs so much that you will actually be able to shut him up for once. That is a proper tickle attack. With this, you’re just being lazy!” 

Purposely, he pointed to Lan Zhan’s administrations that now consisted in sweetly rubbing his thumbs on Wei Ying’s highest ribs, happily following his torso as it shook with the barely concealed chuckles and tried to wiggle away from the touch. A lazy job indeed. “You’re barely even touching him at all! That is not even tickling!”

“Oh, it tickles!” Wei Wuxian whined, words were almost completely lost with how much he was giggling. His arms trembled with the force to not slam down when Lan Zhan used a single finger to calmly poke and scratch his armpits, more than unfazed at both of the Yunmeng siblings' outburst. 

Actually, if Jiang Cheng squinted his eyes, he could actually imagine a challenging glint when those golden eyes quickly stared at him for a second. 

“It really tickles! It tickles so, so much!”

For a flash Jiang Cheng saw himself marching determinately at him, sitting on the ground and then diving to dig on Wei Wuxian’s hips non stop. Remind him what is actually a tickle attack so he would actually agree with his point and not poke fun at him just this once. Use the techniques that he took years to perfect and his muscles still remembered perfectly even when his mind refused to. Watch as that smug air in Lan Wangji changed to surprise when he got Wei Wuxian to really laugh and show all of them how right he was.

He crossed his arms even tighter around himself, growling harder and looking in another direction. His feet continued locked on the ground.

Unfortunately, Lan Zhang took the silence as an opportunity.

“Wei Ying is very cute and beautiful like this. Red and happy.”

“Lan Zhan! Warnings! You can’t say things like that without warning me first.” 

Jiang Cheng stopped right in his tracks and slowly turned to look at Wei Wuxian, time slowing as he realized what Lan Wangji had just said, barely processing the rest of their conversation. 

“Besides, I can think of something else that makes me very red and happy- Lan Zhan, no!”

“Shameless.”

“Husband, please, you’re killing meee!”

“Wei Ying.”

“Wait, wait, not there!”

It was true.

Jiang Cheng's eyes widened, but the image in front of him didn’t change. The other was right. 

Wei Wuxian was blushing in embarrassment. 

The color was not a fruit of his loud, unrestrained laughter, because for the last minutes all he did was giggle and snicker non stop, with plenty of oxygen and teases filling his lungs. It was not the result of any kind of flirt because Wei Wuxian took those as a challenge that he knew he would always win. It was not a make up he tried with Shijie. A natural consequence of spending an entire day under the sun training with his sword. It was nothing else. No other explanation besides the fact that, after thirty years, Jiang Cheng finally saw his brother get flustered. 

Embarrassed. 

Shy, even.

For the second time in his life, Jiang Cheng found Lan Wangji leaving him without words.

With a whoosh, he was out of the room.

[~*~]

“Good afternoon, Jiang Cheng.”

As it always did, a pleasant shiver ran on his body when Lan Xichen called him. All of his previous thoughts disappearing immediately from his head, his usual frown naturally losing the heat and annoyance as he looked at the other. 

Lan Huan looked as ethereal and beautiful as ever, the white robes and blue hues pooling like waves at his feet and around his straight posture as he wrote on his desk, probably answering letters from other sects and solving administration matters. His hair was slightly messed and he was only in his inner robes, completely comfortable and domestic, not batting a single eye when Jiang Wanyin barged right in.

Even after being together so long, the scene still looked gorgeous as it always did. Like it came right out a scenery painted in a fan that you hid in your robes and carried close to your heart. A picture drawn straight from the purest jade. He had seen it plenty of times before and hoped to continue to do so for much more.

It left Jiang Cheng breathless.

“I see you’re back early.”

And just like that, his breath and frown were back again. The one in purple robes scoffed and closed the door. He headed to the bed, sitting there with a grunt. 

“Not in the mood to watch Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji declare their undying love for each other for the hundredth time of the day.”

Lan Huan chuckled. It rang sweet like the bells the Yunmeng sect used to expurge curses and clean the mind. “I see. Perhaps it’s time to start closing your eyes, then?”

But the light tease didn’t actually register for him, because for a moment he looked at the other and another scene appeared in his mind as a flash. 

Lan Xichen’s smile growing bigger, wobbling at the corners as his controlled chuckles were transformed into bubbly giggles and loud snickers, his entire face covered by a layer of red that spread in a beautiful hue from his cheeks to the tip of his ears, his eyes - teary and brilliant and so full of love and feelings - watching him in excitement, protests that held no true meaning falling freely from his lips and locking Jiang Cheng’s gaze forever on him with how melodious it was.

As it was usual, his body and mouth were already acting even before his own mind catched up with it.

“I want to try something new.” He listened his own voice saying. Steps steady and determined carried him to the sect leader Lan and pulled him to his feet, basically dragging him back to his bed.

Lan Xichen didn’t yelp, but let out a tiny surprised sound when Jiang Cheng shoved (much gentler than anyone could ever believe him of being) him on the mattress, quickly straddling him and sitting on his thighs, storming gray eyes looking at him intensely, watching his every twitch and expression in search for any kind of discomfort. 

Of course, realizing that only made Lan Xichen melt, following the other’s lead easily.

(Not blindly, of course. )

(He sometimes wonders if he will ever be able to do so, ever again, but those are thoughts for other moments.) 

So he tilted his head and questioned to those brilliant eyes. “What do you have in mind?”

“I want…” And his face morphed, never losing its lines of determination and decision, but now being tinted in red as Jiang Cheng looked away from him, a very lovely blush taking over his face. His jaw locked and words quieter, as if they were being pushed through his teeth. There was shyness in his tune. “To tickle you.”

“Oh.” 

Lan Xichen tried to not sound too teasy, but he couldn’t really hide the playful amusement taking over his tune, his expression, his gaze, his everything after such an adorable admission. 

He didn’t really know what sputtered his lover’s mood all of sudden, but interacting with Wei Wuxian and his own brother always left Jiang Wanyin’s emotions all over the place. If what his beloved needed after this afternoon was to have him laughing hysterically until he was a mess, completely putty and willing under his strong and trustworthy hands, Lan Xichen hardly had any opposition to this.

(Which wasn’t to say that he wouldn’t look into some sweet… justice, later. Revenge is forbidden in the Cloud Recesses, afterall.)

Tickling was always a concept that interested him immensely. The laughter full of joy and the touches that were both incredibly warm and completely unbearable, together with the playfulness of the teases and the care intertwined in every note of those steps made his heart softer and his stomach flutter pleasantly everytime such bonding activity was involved. Especially when it came to Jiang Cheng.

“Alright.” He said. “I won’t hold back, then.”

“You better not.” The one in purple bit back, but his words held no heat and there was a grateful line softening all of the hard edges in his body. He positioned his hands on Lan Huan’s ribs - a good starting point, not too ticklish so he would lose all his energy right in the beginning and yet effective enough that just with a few moments of drilling his laughter would already be bubbling out of his lips. 

Jiang Cheng felt how Lan Xichen tensed instinctively under him and he curled his fingers close, just enough for his nails would graze on his skin, actually giving him a reason to tense up this time and successfully pulling a squirm out of the Lan.

Perfect. He just needed to keep going like that. Soft and light. See for himself what is so special about this technique that it’s worth giving up the adrenaline of seeing someone become undone with only a few touches, to watch them get hysterical, loud, free with the more effective and energetic tickly ministrations. See how long would it take for his lover to become a total mess, to completely lose the battle against the sensations and just let himself be lost in a sea of giggles and blushes. 

Exactly. Just like that. 

Soft and light. 

Simple and clear as water.

His fingers didn’t want to move.

That was the thing, wasn’t it? 

Jiang Cheng wasn’t gentle. Nothing about him was soft, or light, or caring. His fingers were calloused and his skin thick after years of handling Zidian and its electricity, of carrying oars and rowing around the countless rivers in Lotus Pier and holding his weight in fights since he was a child, not at all skilled in the finest arts such as playing instruments skillfully like Lan Huan or painting beautiful landscapes as Nie Huaisang. 

His hands were the reason of more pain and tears than laughter and happiness. He was Sandu Shengshou and he carried that mantle with pride. It's what made him survive after the Wen’s massacre of his clan. It's what brought his entire sect rising back again, strong and new from the ashes and fire as he maintained every building, every alliance, every battle to prove their worth with his own sweat and blood, clawing, tearing and snarling his way up, up, up. Until Yunmeng was back to be one of the four most powerful and influential sects again. Until him, A-Ling and the entire world of cultivation had more than smoke and destruction to remember his family by. Until the other’s pity became respect and fear. It was what had been necessary at the time. He did what he had to.  

(It was what destroyed one of the last remnants of his family and pushed his brother far and away. What left him angry and frustrated behind, hitting back at anything that got too close, completely alone in the world except for a nephew that he had to raise, too young to even remember his parents. It was what consumed his every action and every thought and every lashing until there was nothing left except hope and resentment. 

And yet… He was still here. Trying. His nephew was now the leader of his own sect. Yet, he was blessed with Lan Xichen. Yet, his sect respects and grows under his direction and the rivers continue to flow and the lotus to bloom totally uncaring for the tribulations of his mind. Yet, his brother is finally back and they are still trying to fix all of that.)

(Trying.)

A hand pulled him right out of his merciless thoughts, smothering the hard lines of his frown. Lan Xichen’s eyes immediately found his own, staring at his surprised face for some seconds before lifting his torso and placing gentle kisses on his front, following the path of warmth and electricity that his touch had already started. 

The care and intimacy made Jiang Cheng scoff and frown again but now for an entirely different reason, momentarily rendered unable to move to hide his flaming face until the other decided that all the lines of his expression had been thoroughly kissed and smothered enough, no more darkness or doubt filling his gaze.

Clear enough from his previous thoughts, that only made him get even more determined about his decision, not shying away from the leader from Gusu Lan’s sect when those brown eyes focused on him, plenty comfortable to just lay there and exchange silences until Jiang Cheng could gather and organize his thoughts. 

“I want to be gentle.” He finally spit, words tumbling out of his lips before he could take them back. 

The eyes crinkled on the corners and seemed to shine brighter in understanding and then something else, so strong that made it impossible for him to keep holding his gaze, feeling strangely bashful under it. The feared Sandu Shengsou humphed and turned away his gaze, again.

…That wouldn’t work. He had to be able to watch and analyze his Lan Huan’s every tiny reaction, every quiet sound and every hint of movement to map all his best spots and what tickling worked best, with this new technique. He may not be totally sold to this entire idea of “soft touches” yet, but that was no excuse to not do a decent job. 

Jiang Cheng had never half assed any of the things he set his mind to do and he isn’t about to start doing that now.

He wasn’t sure of how successful he would be in that, however, when Lan Huan’s gaze kept capturing and rendering him defenseless with those beautiful stares again and again.

“Close your eyes.”

Lan Xichen arched an eyebrow, more amused than questioning, but he hesitated for half of a second. It was enough to make Jiang Cheng’s brain disconnect from his lips and words fall, blunt and true, from his mouth before he could stop them. 

“I can’t do it with you looking. It’s frustrating and distracting.” (Mesmerizing. Beautiful. The only thing I could look at for hours and hours at the time.)

Once more, the other’s brown eyes got filled with fun and something before he complied.

“Alright. I will be sure to give you my oral report in the most detailed and thorough manner as possible afterwards, of course.”

“Shut it.” Jiang Cheng digged on his ribs momentarily, a hot flush of pride spreading on his soul at how that made Lan Huan immediately jump, a surprised squeak filling the air and almost convincing the one in purple to throw away everything else and just dig more and more until those and other delightful sounds ran loud and free across the room.

But, no. Now, he had another objective.

He stopped pressing so firmly on the skin, leaving his fingers only resting on the spot before slowly running them up and down on his ribcage. 

Holding his breath, Lan Xichen waited. When no other attack came besides the soothing rubbing, his body inevitably relaxed little by little, melting with the ministrations. 

“That is very nice.” His words came out less jokingly than before, shining with genuinity. Of course, lying was forbidden in the Clouds Recesses, however, a direct honesty was a rare threat that Wanyin was more than happy to enjoy. “Mm.”

Jiang Cheng hummed in acknowledgement and continued with his touch. 

With no hurry, he took his time to let his fingers wander, lower enough to caress the dip of the other’s hips and then back up, deviating from his torso to massage his arms and shoulders and slightly press his thumbs in circling motions on the base of his neck. 

For a moment he mused letting his hands go even higher to cup his face so he could kiss it. That idea was fastly discarded, though, since Jiang Cheng was pretty sure he could quickly be dissuaded from his new experiment if they were to follow this path. Lan Xichen knew how to be very distracting when he wanted to.

His hands continued to wander on that very same path for a few more minutes and soon enough Lan Xichen felt himself even more relaxed, as if floating in clouds, not even bothered by the small sounds that kept being fished from his lips again and again as the soft touch kept slipping and brushing on every sensitive part of his body before continuing with its path. 

It was like Jiang Wanyin was mapping every single weak spot on his torso and purposely focusing on them with tiny scribbles and light scratches more and more. 

With each new repetition, Lan Huan could only feel the tingles spreading further across his nerves, teasing and tickling them for seconds after the caring, a tad unbearable touch of the other went away, only barely starting to subside before those playful fingers were back to alight them once more, making the tickly sensations grow stronger and never really end.

Therefore, his relaxed sounds quickly began being interrupted by huffs of laughter and tiny notes on the back of his throat that were starting to sound too much like high pitched giggles to be ignored or pushed away.

Lan Xichen was so lost in those thoughts that he barely registered as the hands came to a stop on his ribcage, spreading across his ribs and on those awfully sensitive places in between them. Not until small, extremely controlled and tiny sparks of electricity made him jump, pulling a surprised, and uncharacteristically loud shriek from him, his mind and body falling too quickly from the clouds for him to try to stop its escape.

Jiang Cheng chuckled darkly. 

“Oi, what was that?”

When he pressed his lips and didn’t answer, another spark of electricity teased the spot, and then another and another and another. Lan Huan felt himself grow giddier, not being able to help but squeak and yelp at each new attack on his poor ribs. 

“To think that only Zidian could have so much effect on the very own Zewu Jun. Maybe I should have tried to use it earlier if I knew it could make you squeal like that.” The feeling of giggles in the back of his throat came back with full force. He bit them back. “Tell me, Xichen, how much longer do you think you could take it before descending into madness? You’re barely surviving those few sparks as it is. What if I decided to wrap the Zidian around you and unleash all this new power. How much time do you think you would be able to hold your laughter back, then?”

His eyes were closed but Lan Xichen could feel the other’s gaze on him, staring unblinking and attentively, drinking up his every reaction. He knew he could see how the light burn of blush started to take over his ears and spread lower in his neck, how his torso squirmed instinctively with each word. In a desperate attempt of defense, he scrambled for anything before his brain, who was trying really, really hard to not think about Jiang Wanyin’s words or otherwise he would die, caught up into a cute, very special detail about this new tactic of his.

“Have,” he gulped, taking a few tries before his words could come out with just a slight tremble on them, hiding the persistent joyful energy that kept trying to take over. By the way that Jiang Cheng’s fingers digged on his ribcage and began vibrating in a low, warning pace, he wasn’t very satisfied with this. 

Still, no one could overcome a Lan in a battle of self control, even the most stubborn of their lovers. He continued.

“Have you been training harmless ways to use your Zidian lately, Sandu Shengshou?”

The fingers on his ribcage froze, and a very pointed silence followed his question. As a result, his smile got even bigger, making him want to open his eyes just to see the delightful effect of his words on his beloved. 

Lan Huan decided to push his luck a tad further, putting all the fondness and warmth he was feeling in his words and tune until it spilled in every syllable and letter. 

“To think my dear Jiang Wanyin could be so attentive and cute. Must have taken a lot of time and practice to achieve a fine skill like this one.” Then, with a more innocent tune. “I would love to hear all about how you accomplished such a dangerous feat to perfection all by yourself. How much restraint it must have taken.”

The implications were clear, even if he didn’t say anything else out loud, pulling his sleeved hand up to cover his playful grin. 

Jiang Cheng felt his entire body, from his tip of his nose to the end of his fingers, burn, flustered, when he remembered all those times he had to test the technique on himself, learning how to control the power he could use in each attack. It took weeks until he had perfected the new tactics and made those tiny sparks spread a maddening, tickling feeling across every sense and a giggle sprouted in his mouth. 

Only then he allowed himself to try it on others. Sneaking a few electric pokes and jabs to hit his disciples once or twice while correcting their forms during the training and watching them or jump away surprisingly or try to hide their initial squeaky reaction, especially under his usual frowning, serious gaze. It was the only way to be sure that it worked, of course. 

So much work only so he could surprise his family in a future tickle fight, having now a new trick under his sleeve to put in good use.

Jiang Cheng growled in answer to the tease and his fingers crawled higher, filled with electricity while poking and prodding all their way up the other’s torso until it stopped just a few inches from his armpits. He watched with satisfaction the way that just the hint of his hands there made Lan Xichen wiggle like a worm from one side to another. Plenty of poorly concealed snickery titters filled the room the entire time, his hand shooting down again, showing his smile once more.

(Really, who did Lan Xichen think he could fool with this? Hadn’t he been the one to say he wouldn’t hold back? And yet he kept concealing smiles and holding up his laughter in every way. Hmph.)

(Nevertheless, Jiang Cheng couldn’t really say that the prospect of breaking his barriers bit by bit until he could no longer hold back his every giggle, chuckle, crackle and squeal didn’t fill him with new fierce, unwavering determination to keep going.)

“You want to talk about restraint, then?” Jiang Wanyin snarked, getting closer and feeling incredibly smug when that succeeded in turning Lan Xichen’s grin much wobblier and shakier.

His smirk shone, taking over his entire expression, sharp enough for the other to feel it without needing to see. 

“I have a challenge. To see how much of your giant and stubborn self control will save you when you’re completely at my mercy.” 

His words were taunting and, still, Lan Xichen couldn’t even pretend to feel truly threatened by them. 

Somehow, his thoughts must have shown on his face because Jiang Wanyin let out those fond huffs he always did when he thought someone was being too cute for no reason and his tune got into a mix of soft and exasperated. 

“But, if you’re already giddy and giggling like this-” to highlight his words he suddenly pressed on the pits, making a snort explode from him, his bubbly snickers that the other just described jumping on his throat and begging to be set free. The burn of his ears was back. “When I have barely even done anything? Maybe it won’t be a challenge at all. I didn’t even get to start with the real tickling and you already look so close to losing.”

Maybe it was the playfulness. Maybe it was how at ease and safe he felt around the other. Maybe it was the adrenaline of the new game. The joy of seeing how much fun Jiang Cheng was having, how vocal he was being about it. However, for once, Lan Huan didn’t even think twice about the words that were falling from his mouth.

“I am still not laughing right now, though. Am I, Jiang Cheng?”

There was a quick, sharp intake of breath and some seconds of dangerous silence. Lan Xichen felt the hair on the nape of his neck standing and a small hum of electricity charged the air.

A low, raspy chuckle that sounded so close to him made a kind of energy that had nothing to do with the Zidian run like crazy across his spine, sending all his nerves into a frenzy and his mind to tip the abyss of incoherency. Two hands laid on his wrists and started to pull them upwards until they rested nicely above his head, leaving his entire torso free from any form of defense.

His voice was really, really close.

“Don’t you dare to put them down or I won’t hold back.”

Having already played too much with fire, Lan Huan only nodded, letting the other concentrate once again in his attack. He took a deep breath and buried his reactions and snickers deep inside, relaxing his muscles and reining his expression and soul back into a calm and serene appearance, as if he was just getting ready for another afternoon of meditating.

Very well, if this was a challenge, he might as well give his best.

(No one could overcome a Lan in a battle of self control, afterall.)

Jiang Wanyin went back to a more upright position and stopped for a few seconds, eying the arms in front of him with a concentrated consideration. 

Unexpectedly, he remembered a game that his Shiejie used to play with him when he was being too grumpy as a kid, which was, non-surprisingly, more often than not. The pang on his chest that always came when he thought about her didn’t feel as painful as it normally did, not when he was surrounded by Lan Xichen’s warmth and presence, when there was too much joy and happiness going around. It did, though, gave him an idea.

He laid one finger on the center of the other’s slender palm, and slowly started to swirl his digit over its lines and curves. The muscles under it trembled and his sharp attention was quick to capture how it made Lan Huan’s breath hitch for a moment before it went back to normal, face as calm as ever. 

Jiang Cheng felt like a predator, slowly backing his prey into a corner. 

Carefully, he continued drawing spirals on the skin, doing a couple of them before going up to lightly scribble at each finger, being careful to keep the touches light and soft as he went descending to the wrist. Every single inch of it got a good skittering and a few more swirls, dancing fingers continuing to follow their path. 

Getting to the forearm, Jiang Wanyin changed the pace of his fingers and the pressure of his touch, now focusing and curling more his fingers and letting his nails drag themselves freely across his skin. Goosebumps follows his tickles, especially as he decided to take a break on the inner part of Lan Xichen’s elbow and dance, scratch and scribble on the most sensitive spots he found until now, quiet as ever as he used every ounce of his attention to catch and internally cherish every surprised, barely audible huff and puff of snickers from his lover with the breakeaned pattern.

The path across his biceps was even slower, with him doing everything to drag the moment for as long as he could before arriving at his primer destination: the armpit. His hand rested there, not even twitching as he saw Lan Huan hold his breath, waiting in expectation for his next move.

Because it would be foolish to think he wouldn’t have another one prepared. That he wasn’t as expectant as Lan Xichen himself for the moment that the dam would finally break and his usual merciless and energetic tickle attack would be unleashed upon every single tickle spot. 

But Jiang Cheng was feeling mischievous. The game had barely begun, afterall. 

So, with his other free hand, he started repeating the same tickly treatment on his other palm, and thinking that was it, Lan Xichen allowed himself to exhale, gathering his strength to keep up with the challenge, feeling a bit more confident for it, since now he already had an idea of what was going to happen.

That was until the leader of Yunmeng sect began pinching his armpit and a sharp gasp was suddenly ripped from him. His arms twitched downwards and his head turned just half of an inch to the side, cheeks puffing just the tiniest bit with barely concealed sounds before it all turned back to normal, his face going back to a serene, unbothered mask. 

Still, no small details escaped Jiang Cheng’s attentive gaze: the way that his fingers curled every time he hit a sweet spot, how the skin around his eyes crinkled when a playful poke hit his pit, and, especially, how red his ears were getting, the color starting to spill to his neck with each passing second. 

This was fine. 

Jiang Wanyin could be patient. Precise. Unwavering. 

There was one yet to be born who was able to win against him when it came to stubbornness.

Therefore, he continued his double attack, assaulting the defenseless armpit with gentle, quick pinches that felt like tiny kisses on his skin at the same time that his other hand concentrated all the skittering and dancing on the other ticklish arm. 

The longer he went, the more his tranquil façade began to slip, each and every single occasion being followed by way too smug chuckles that made Lan Huan both want to kiss his lover, let everything go and let himself giggle non stop or even worse: whine in protest. 

The thing that Lan Xichen failed to consider when accepting this challenge was a very simple one: he did not realize how absolutely maddening and unbearably quiet this all would be. 

Silence had never bothered him, of course. Yet, right now it only left him with no other option but to concentrate on everything happening around him: on the way his lover kept scribbling, pinching and poking his tickle spots calmly without ever, ever moving away. On the soft tingling touches following his every twitch. In those attentive eyes that kept watching his every reaction, every move and smile. All of his sharky intakes of breath, gasps, yelps and quiet snickers seemed to resonate in his ears and across the room like they were being amplified. There was only one thing that interrupted them:

Jiang Wanyin’s teases.

“What?” Said one taunted as he finally, finally decided to move on from his poor armpits. His relief, though, was very short when he pressed on his higher ribs and vibrated. Lan Huan’s back arched and a snort almost broke his barriers. “You thought it was over? Not so soon, I still have much, much more places to explore. Is the challenge getting too hard for you already?”

He didn’t answer, too much concentrated in keeping his composure as those horrible, unfair and worming fingers quickly scrambled to wiggle on the base of his spine, their light scratches making him want to jump from his skin. His body tried to move both far away and much closer from the sensation. 

“I can see your arms coming down, Lan Huan. Keep them up, I said. Have you forgotten about my promise that quickly or are you testing me? Do you really want me to destroy you with tickles that bad?”

Lan Xichen held his breath and squirmed lightly in the same place. Usually Jiang Wanyin’s merciless teasing was accompanied by an equally ruthless tickling that would leave him laughing hysterically, too occupied with his own inelegant and extremely loud crackling to even think too much about his words. As they were right now, however, he was just unable to tune every provocation and every tickle out. 

Even if he stopped pressing his lips so tightly and let his control crumble, the leader of Lan Sect was pretty sure that his bubbly giggles and childish squeaks wouldn’t even come close to subdue his lover’s sentences. No one could ever dream of being able to outshout the very own Sandu Shengshou, afterall.

Those hands crept higher, jumping from his spine to press on each and every rib on its way for so quickly, so, so fast that the touch only lasted a few seconds before the fingers scrambled away as if his skin was made of fire. The pokes came one after the other in a rapid succession that teased and left more ticklish sparks across every nerve. At this point he couldn’t even distinguish if Jiang Cheng was using the Zidian or if all the anticipation and gentle scribbles made him infinitely more ticklish, muscles tensing and trembling with every touch.

Lan Xichen found himself on the brick of letting his control go and his snickers and chuckles free. His arms and armpits still tingled from the previous attack and every instinctive twitch of his torso made a new wave of phantom tickles tease them, his entire body feeling just like a giant, ticklish spot. 

His lips were wobbly and a smile was finally able to blossom on them.

His arms went down.

“Lan Huan,” Jiang Wanyin warned once more. 

A single finger began scribbling and prodding at his spine, way too close from his shoulderblades too be a coincidence and Lan Xichen wanted to kick out the pent up energy that didn’t stop flooding his veins. His back once more arched a piece of time longer than the previous time. Lan Huan caught himself and forced it to relax again into the laying position, bringing it right back to the assaulting finger. It was quite counterproductive, since it made him want to squirm away all over again. “Put your arms back up.”

Lan Xichen felt like he had all the reason for the pout he showed the other, still he hid it all the same behind one of his sleeves. 

There was simply no warning before the hand on his spine pressed on and drummed in a full attack on the spot, making his entire body spasm with the force of the crackle he had to hold, torso squirming away but unable to truly escape from the tickles.

Jiang Cheng’s previous other free hand latched on his side and began squeezing. His entire body now bounced, cheeks puffed out with all the laughing being held inside. Still, no sound left him. Thoughts and feeling zig zagged in his mind in a totally undignified frenetic manner that would certainly make his uncle and the elders of the clan go into qi deviation if they knew.

“I told you, didn’t I? Arms up, Lan Huan.”

Lan Xichen kicked, pressed his hand firmly on his mouth and squirmed on the same place, feeling like laughter was about to break and fill the entire room in any second now. He managed to endure a total of half of a minute before his arms were shooting upwards again and, just as fast, the hands there were just now mercilessly assaulting his ticklish with all the kneading and drilling of an energetic tickle attack, went back to caressing softly at his skin. 

He quietly muffled a tiny, surprised squeak. Somehow the light, sweet scratches felt even more awfully tickly now than before and Lan Huan barely had any willpower left to keep his bubbly, high pitched reactions inside as he tried to take his breath back.

“I can see your barrier cracking.” Jiang Cheng’s voice was suddenly horribly close and he hummed in response to the teasy words. No matter how giggly and silly he sounded now or how fireflies batted their wings like crazy in his belly or how his lips couldn’t stop curling upwards and his face started getting redder than ever. It was only a hum. “I can see how your eyes crinkle and how your smile grows bigger and bigger with every tiny, smallest move of my fingers. I can feel how your muscles tremble under them, before you regain your control and force them to relax. I can hear your giddiness and how you hold your breath every time I find a new defenseless, sensitive spot. I know how it’s taking longer and longer for you to gather your restrain and hide all of these little details.”

At that, he purposely focuses his attention in prodding and wiggling his fingers in the place where Lan Huan’s stomach and side meet, pulling another loud snort from him. 

“And,” Jiang Cheng continues, his usual rough tune coming out like a pleased purring of a predator that circles his prey. “Above it all, I can see how you try to move your face away from me, Lan Huan. But you’re not getting away. No. Not after all the effort I used here and not until I get to see how much of a laughing, blushing mess I can make our elegant Zewu Jun to be. Until you won’t be able to look at me without feeling giggles filling your throat and a smile taking over your face. Until I get to hear every squeal, every snicker, every delightful, uncontrollable reaction you have to offer.”

Lan Xichen felt like he was going to explode. The gentle tickling continued as slow and as light as always, sweet and lovely as if nothing had happened at all, in a total contrast from the absolutely unmerciful and on point that it was every tease. Each word seemed to hit his sensitive ears and coax him closer to giving up from a challenge that he never really cared about in the first place. 

Jiang Wanyin seemed very aware of all of this. The leader of the Lan Sect wondered when did they become so crystal clear to each other.

“And then, when all of your barriers break, when your self control and restraint can no longer save you from me, I will keep on tickling, keep on teasing and keep on getting all of your smiles, squirms and giggles, over and over and over again.”

A quick pinch kissed his hips and Lan Huan let a giggle escape from his lips.

And then another and another and another. Suddenly, the room was filled by a high pitched, quick and loud giggling fit that he hardly indulged in his daily life, making his ears feel like they were on fire when, with each passing second, they only continued to grow more uncontrollable and ring louder, being interrupted only by a couple of snorts before continuing their song and dance.

A white flash suddenly appeared in Jiang Wanyin’s field of vision and in a blink those long sleeves were concealing his lover’s smile again. 

Jiang Cheng huffed, rolling his eyes at the sudden bashfulness of the other and Lan Xichen didn’t need to open his to see the fondly exasperated grin that always accompanied those moments. 

After a few pieces of second when he saw that the other wouldn’t really move, the one in purple robes tried to take his arms away from his face. However, the Lan simply dodged from his grip, giving Jiang Cheng only a glimpse of that full dazzling smile before it was gone again, sleeves fluttering skillfully in and out of his hold when he kept trying to push them out of the way.    

"Stop hiding your face!" For once his exclamation didn’t even pretend to sound annoyed, the threat hidden in his words losing any and every heat as it got mixed with a bark of laughter. “Wasn’t you the one who was all about not holding back just minutes ago?”

Lan Xichen merely chuckled. Jiang Cheng kept fighting to pin, once more, his energetic arms.

In the end, he was successful, of course. 

His lover had been barely trying, afterall.

Still, he felt a tad breathless, little from the quick roughhousing and much more because he was suddenly hit by the full image of Lan Huan’s handsome, gorgeous face. He could feel his own skin heat up as he momentarily froze in the same place.

Lan Xichen lightly pulled his arms in protest, unaware of the other’s struggles. "It's stronger than me!" He giggled a defense and the way that it sounded like it was only two seconds from becoming a screech broke Jiang Wanyin out of it.

Once again, a huff left his mouth.

The hands stopped their dance on his hips. It took three heartbeats, but Lan Xichen felt his pinned wrists being pressed a bit stronger on the mattress and the weight on his thighs shifted forward. If that hadn’t indicated that the Yumeng sect leader moved closer, the voice hitting his absurdly red ear certainly would. 

“You know who else is stronger than you?”

There was a hint of a growling in his tune that made bells ring in alarm in his mind, nerves getting alight with electricity. 

For a moment he almost gave up and opened his eyes, wanting to see what was happening, but the anticipation on the air was already stronger and Xichen wanted to hear where it would go if he didn’t tip it any further. The hands on his wrists gave them a squeeze that was both too much of a warning to be a purely comforting touch and way too soft to match the threatening tune that fell from Jiang Wanyin's lips. 

“Me.” 

His breath now teased the skin of his neck, making electricity to fly across the tickle spots to his mouth, expanding his smile. "So I will repeat myself just this last time: keep your arms here, nice and far away from that pretty face, or I will do it for you. Deal?" 

Lan Xichen’s snickering now had less to do with the tickles and, just for the fun of it, he tipped his head to the side, as if thinking about his answer. 

(If that opened the path of his neck for more attacks, it was simply a coincidence. He hummed a not-so-controlled giggle when his lover caved to the cute sign and laid a quick kiss on the base of his jaw. Good, he was starting to think he would have to pout for it.) 

He could feel those gray eyes glued on him as the silence stretched and the squeezing of his hands quickly changed to a firmer hold of his wrists in an answer of a question that hadn’t even been voiced in the first place. 

"Oi, I am going to break your legs!” This time, Lan Huan really couldn’t help the playful tilt of his tune as the snickers grew to full chuckling, his reactions being totally unleashed and all over the place. They sounded just the tiniest bit hysterical, but the teasingness of it couldn’t really be ignored. Jiang Wanyin made it too easy. “Tsk. I thought it was against the great Gusu Lan's rules to be impolite. Disrespecting and leaving another Sect Leader without an answer is an offense that is not taken lightly." 

Truly, the words had slipped from Lan Xichen’s lips even before he could truly ponder about them.

"Maybe some people just like to think before answering, Wanyin." 

(Lan Xichen ignored the irony.)

Before the other's growl could become stronger and his hands got free for the only purpose of absolutely destroying him with tickles until he took every single syllable back, Lan Xichen quickly lifted his torso and planted a giggly, placating kiss on his cheek, opening his eyes just about time to see that lovely red blossoming across Jiang Wanyin’s entire face. 

With his expression completely relaxed, the surprise and fluster successfully whipped away the frown that naturally appeared anytime he was provoked. 

With this, truly, Lan Huan couldn't really be blamed for the other couple of pecks he stole before the feared Sandu Shengsou came back from the surprise and turned away, hair falling in front of his face in a poor attempt to hide it while his hands continued to rend him immobile. 

"I will keep my arms up." He chipped, because even with his pokes of fun, the feeling that he would never be able to see Jiang Cheng’s hands getting close again without breaking into a sea of crackling snickers and the phantom tingling that kept playing with his nerves like a guqin, he was still having too much fun playing with this new side of his lover and he would actually hate to take the teases too far. 

"Feeling very confident today, aren’t you?" Lan Xichen felt his eyes widen. There was simply no other way to describe it, but when the other’s gaze fell on him, it could only describe them as hungry. 

"Let's see how much breath you'll have to tease me when we're done." 

Just like that, those hands were back, making him want to curl into a ball when, even after everything, no energetic, quick and destroying tickle attack assaulted his hips in a kneading, clawing and drilling dance that he knew so well and prepared for. A kind of attack that would have him lose control and laugh immediately, not caring at all about rules or pretenses for minutes at time.

Instead, this touch was light, traveling across his sides. It wiggled and scratched at any and every inch of skin, careful to not forget a single spot. 

Remembering Jiang Wanyin's first request, he closed his eyes, trying his best to not take the other's example and try to hide his own blushing face behind the curtains of his own hair. The tiny, unusual giggles flooding and spilling from his lips hysterically were back. 

They continued like that for a couple of minutes, Jiang Cheng actually feeling impressed with how Lan Xichen kept his arms - shaking in a far image from the how composed they were in the beginning of the game - up the entire time, especially as his pokes and pinches now deliberately focused on the most ticklish spots, wiggling and skittering more and more frequently as the seconds ticked by.

It didn’t take too long before he started feeling antsy. With all his lover’s most sensitive and weak spots being successfully mapped out so he could focus entirely on them and with the challenge no longer running there wasn’t a lot to focus besides the extremely cute reactions of his beloved, which was something he could indeed watch forever, but also something that he knew he could make it become even more adorable. That nagging feeling that he just needed to do something kept him agitated.

Usually, with his usual ruthless attacks, that would be the moment he would find himself spilling how precious and important Lan Huan was to him. How his presence warmed the coldest of the nights and his smiles brightened the greyest of his days. In those moments, though, his words were accompanied by a loud crackling or hysterical laughter, making it impossible for the other to even see how much vulnerable he decided to be. 

It was easier this way, when he was sure that his beloved wouldn’t take the chance to start praising him and make him freeze, or even worse, stutter over his words, quickly turning the tables about who the blushing mess was. 

(Gods, Huan was simply merciless when he stuttered, throwing one praise after another in a quick succession before he could even think of getting his footing again, refusing to not let the full extension of his own affection to show with his, as well.)

Jiang Cheng was definitely not a fool to even think to start, in that sweet, calm pace of the melodious giggling fit, a battle he knew he would not win.

Technically, he knew that Lan Xichen in no way minded the silence, he was the brother of Lan Wangji, after all. Yet, he found himself thinking about some other tease, a game or anything he could say or do to see which more reactions he could get.

At the sudden thought of his brother in law, an idea appeared in his mind. A kind of… provocation he saw him using earlier, if he could even call it that. 

It was silly, but it was worth a try.

He lowered his voice in a tune he knew that it affected the other immensely, raspy and paused. 

“Lan Huan.”

“Yes?”

The answer was as quick and eager as ever, no tilt of playfulness of flustering falling from it. Embarrassedly, Jiang Cheng felt his face get on fire.

(How would he know that this wouldn’t work! When he himself still felt as defenseless and soft as the first time Sect Leader Lan used his given name when he continued using it every single day?)

“Wanyin?” Lan Xichen tried again when no answer came, opening his eyes only to see the other quickly deviate his gaze, blush deep in his face, a giant pout resting on his lips. It only made him laugh harder, albeit confusedly.

“Nothing.” He grumbled. “Doesn’t matter. It’s not important.”

Lan Huan opened his mouth to disagree that there wasn’t anything unimportant when it came to Jiang Cheng when the assaulting hand decided that this was the perfect moment to claw on his belly, drumming and scratching fingers way too close to his bellybutton to be a coincidence. A shriek cut his thought process and opened the gates for all the high pitched series of squeaks that left his lips, snickery fit growing up a notch.

“Jiang Wanyin!” He protested at the clear attempt of distraction, refusing to break contact and close his eyes again. 

That is how he managed to see the exact moment Jiang Cheng faltered for a second with his words. Suddenly the redness of his face was painting from the tip of his ears to the tip of his nose and a shudder clearly went through him. Tiny pinches, much quicker and persistent than before, as if demanding his attention, began traveling all across his stomach.

He giggled hysterically. Yet refusing to stop until he discovered what was that about.

“Jiang Cheng!”

His eyebrows furrowed in pure concentration, which gave the Lan a fun contrast with the giant smile plastered in his expression. 

“Sush. It was nothing.”

Why was he reacting like this? Nothing had happened in those last moments and all Lan Xichen did was…

Wait. Could it be…

“Jiang Cheng?” He pushed the words through his high pitched giggles again, not caring how each syllable was completely consumed by his giddy, bubbly and quite silly reactions.

Jiang Wanyin couldn’t stop the way that his blush worsened at this crawling to his neck. His lover’s entire face brightened in understanding.

“Jiang Cheng!” Lan Huan looked like a kid being presented with his favorite toy as a gift. His voice was absolutely delighted, joyful and completely unbothered about how adorable and sweet he made Jiang Cheng’s name sound like this. His tittering and chuckling painted every syllable and sound in a maddening manner that made Jiang Cheng feel like he could keep tickling and listening to it forever. 

It was a dangerous weapon. 

He sticked his finger on his bellybutton in retaliation, scratching the walls and prodding the spot in a way that he knew would make the other go insane with ticklish sensations.

Those chuckles quickly evolved to a loud, belly laughter. 

Lan Huan’s back arched with the new attack and slammed back on the mattress, legs kicking uncontrollably at the sensations. In an alarming sign, Jiang Cheng saw him opening his mouth and quickly sent his other free hand to dig and drum on the rest of his stomach, spidering, squeezing and kneading everywhere he could touch in hopes of making him lose his breath. 

And still… 

“Jiang Wanyin! Jiang Cheng! Cute Cheng!”

Each word was shouted in joy, nothing like the usual calm and proper way Lan Xichen usually held himself. With his heart melting and his chest feeling just like it would explode, Jiang Cheng decided, he has no other option, truly. 

In a swift and quick movement, he freed his hands and turned around, latching on his knees and squeezing.

The sound that came out of the other’s mouth cut across the entire mountain chain, a mix of a shriek and loud crackling filling the air immediately. Jiang Cheng almost stopped right on his tracks with the sheer volume and force of it, quickly turning back to see Lan Xichen completely boneless on the mattress, head thrown back, mouth open wide and eyes crinkling in the corners as squeals and chortles mingled with his unstoppable laughing fit.

It did nothing to stop the warmth filling his soul.

Lan Huan could barely think about anything else but the tickles, how they demanded every ounce of his attention, took over his every thought and danced in every nerve, especially when those playful hands decided to wiggle their way to under his knees and scribble on the horrible, awfully sensitive soft skin there as if their lives depended on it, drumming and scratching non stop.

Well, he had quite asked for this.

Still, when a couple of curious tickly sparkles touched his knees and made all of his senses explode in tingles and laughter and tickles and snorts and tickles, his body automatically jumped to a sitting position and his arms engulfed the other, face immediately hiding on his back in a poor attempt to muffle a loud screech. 

The sparkles, squeezing and drumming continued for gods know how long. Lan Xichen could feel his entire body bounce with the force of each one of his crackles, giggling and squeaks. Jiang Cheng’s own amused chuckles accompanied his, even if the Lan wasn’t really able to make out the teasing words he uttered from time to time and made his back rumble, too occupied in feeling like he was going mad with tickling.

His body moved before his mind, once more. In a blink he was crackling too much to keep himself upwards and in the other he was smashing his lips against Jiang Cheng’s and muffling his laughter until the assault of his worst spot stopped and his reactions lowered to a string of non-stop snickers.

Jiang Cheng scoffed, but turned himself around and adjusted his pose so they could continue the new activity more comfortably.

Lan Xichen jolted and grinned in a truly ungraceful manner when those two hands came to rest on his sides, but they only rubbed firmly on the skin, the new giggles created by the scare being quickly kissed away as the other refused to let Lan Xichen be distracted by anything else that wasn’t him.

It didn’t take long before he melted completely again, his arms coming to rest on Jiang Wanyin’s shoulders and the blush painting his ears now for a completely different reason.

They separated to take a few gulps of air, lingering smiles and shining gazes focused on each other for a few moments. Already recovered, Lan Xichen found himself diving right back in, locking their lips together and pressing closer and closer.

That is, until the traitors, lying hands on his sides, digged on the sensitive spot with all their might. His arms came crashing down and his body tried to curl in a defensive ball, but it was already too late. A new round of loud laughter spilled from his lungs and jumped excitedly from his tongue, filling the room once more in a high pitched tune.

He couldn’t really help the squeal and trashing when Wanyin made sure to whisper the teasing growl next to his ear, again, voice still breathless from all their kissing. “You really thought that that would work, huh? That it would be so easy to distract me? Just a few pecks, then I would forget everything and you would be free to go and be a teasing bastard all over again.” He chuckled and rested his mouth on the base of his neck, every word rumbling and tickling. “I told you before, didn’t I? You will be at my mercy until you have no more breath left to provoke me ever again. I never go back on my word.”

And then he promptly began delivering a giant, unending raspberry on his neck.

Lan Xichen laughed and laughed and laughed for some more minutes until there were tears prickling the corner of his eyes and hiccups began ringing together with his giggles.

The very moment those appeared, though, the playful hands immediately stopped their playful assault to massage and rub softly until the leftover tingles disappeared. The raspberries metamorphosed to pecks and kisses all over his face that got him melting on the spot in no more than a couple of seconds, shoulders still lightly bouncing with the ligering tittering that followed them.

Silence stretched across them like dogs and bunnies usually do, on their lazy days.

“Jiang Cheng.” 

“Hm?”

Lan Xichen waited until those gray eyes were on him and let his smile shine unashamedly. His lover huffed, fond.

“Should this one give you the report now, Sandu Shengshou?”

“Oh, shut up.”

The sect leader Lan chuckled.

That was the only warning Jiang Cheng had before, in an elegant flash of white, he found his entire word spinning until his back hit the mattress and his hands were firmly held above his. A weight settled on his thighs, pinning him on the spot. Those brown, crinkling eyes were now just inches from his face.

He tried to squirm and pull his arms down, but the grip was as moving as the mountains that surrounded the Cloud Recesses.

“Since my report won’t be necessary, maybe I can explore other… techniques to show you my observations and feelings?”

Jiang Cheng’s eyes widened with understanding. He tried harder to free his arms to at least have a lieu of a shield to protect his currently defenseless tickle spots. His mouth was already betraying him, his lips wobbly turning upwards.

Lan Xichen kept watching him, serene, no hurry at all. 

“They do say that there is no stronger way to bond than to share similar experiences and I would be happy to assist in yours .”

“Lan Huan! Don’t! Do not dare!”

He trashed and buckled, squashing as much as he could the already bubbling titters filling his chest, the kind face above him seeing right through his frown - in the way that he called Lan Xichen by his birth name, how the Zidian didn’t crackle or activate like it did when his master was in danger, in the softness still lingering on him, the excited glint in his gaze, in the very same way that they already had this song and dance plenty of times before - and so effortlessly continued to pin him on the mattress, winking before starting to lower his face, bit by bit.

“Lan Huan, I’m warning you! I will-”

“I love your smile.” The sentence was calm and playful, but Jiang Cheng’s voice still got caught in his throat, frozen. Both because of his words and the tiny, careful and light nibble that hit the ticklish back of his ear, barely pecking the skin over and over again. “I love how beautiful and cute it is, when it’s tiny or big,” Another nibble. “When it’s soft or determined.” Another one. “When you’re aware of it or not.” Another. Another. Another.

“Shuhuhut up!”

Amidst his demand Jiang Cheng let out an uncharacteristic snort.

An answering chuckle rang like a bell and set his cheeks ablaze, stretching his grin wider as he turned his face to press it firmly on his shoulder. The other’s breath made him lift his shoulder in an attempt of defense, only for the ministrations to change to his other ear, more praises and loving teases pouring like rain and making him feel more and more silly, tickly, shy.

(Loved). 

He endured exactly three more compliments (he had to put a stop when Lan Xichen started to point out how he went out of the way to take care and make little nice gestures that should go unnoticed because they’re not a big deal at all!) before snapping, again, with no heat.

“Why don’t you stop saying nonsense,” he tried squirming and scrunching his neck, but the other only hummed dangerously in warning, making tingles and tickly shocks spread like flames on his nerves. He attempted to control the snicker painting his words, unsuccessfully. “And put your mouth to good use?”

“So demanding…”

Still, Lan Xichen acquiesced and took a deep breath. Jiang Cheng closed his eyes, preparing for the killer raspberry that would come and finally put him out of his suffering.

Only for a continued, light gush of air hit his skin, pulling those low, anticipatory giggles from him.

“Soon, Wanyin. First, I must tell you all the endearing, lovely things about you that keep making me swoon and fall in love all over again while I watch this blush take over your beautiful, adorable face. Then, after I’m done, you're going to tell me all of your favorite spots for the day and I will tickle every single one of them, maybe using that delightful technique you just spent so long teaching me all about today, maybe testing how loud and carefree I can make you sound. What do you think?"

Lan Xichen yelped and jolted away when harmless sparks hit both of his hands, making them tingle and automatically let go of the other, which was enough for him to dislodge the Lan from his spot with a hard buckle, throwing him back on the mattress and quickly turning around to run away from the bed.

Before he succeeded, however, Lan Huan jumped and locked his hand on his wrist, maintaining his grip even when Jiang Cheng twisted it left and right and pulling him closer and making the one in purple robes lose his footing.

He then quickly adjusted himself on the bed so the other would fall right on his side and Lan Xichen could quickly finish this game of cat and mouse. 

However, Jiang Cheng used the impulse to turn around and barrel him on the mattress, limbs getting entangled as both of them get lost in giggles, playful growls and some non heated pushing and pulling each other around.

It took a few minutes until he finally had the opening he was waiting for. Brown eyes shone when Jiang Cheng got distracted, too proud of managing to get on top of him during the brawl. With a fast swipe, one of his hands captured the other’s wrist and pulled upwards. His legs did a quick word in locking themselves around the other’s one pair. Unbalanced, Jiang Cheng fell on his chest with a shout and his free hand held his waist close, body rolling and putting Lan Xichen right on top, again. 

Hair fell on his face in a mess of untamed strands as his erratic breath matched Wanyin’s, smiles shining bright. He could feel the way that his headband was crooked on his forehead and his usual pristine robes got wrinkles. None of those details went unnoticed by Jiang Cheng, who smirked at him with a sharp smugness, even if his general state was just as bad.

Lan Xichen almost kissed him again.

Instead, though, he took a deep breath, reigning the joyful smile in his face and the childish snickers playing in his throat. 

When he opened his eyes, there was now a honed resolutioness on them, his smile became a smirk and his face got closer to the other. 

"Do that again and I will have to put my sect’s headband and spells to a good use.” As always, his voice rang light and sweet, but with an undertone of something low and dangerous that made the very own Sandu Shengshou shiver. “Alrigh?”

It was not a question.

Lan Xichen nuzzled his neck sweetly. “Thank you for expanding my collection even more with all your wonderful reactions.” 

Oh, gods, Jiang Cheng realized with wide, excited eyes. He was going to die, wasn’t he?

“Shall we begin?”

[~*~]

Random Thoughts:

Jiang Cheng, watching Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan: urg, look at them, so head over the heels for each other, absolutely shameless, no respect at all for anyone who is near. It’s like they have no sense of self preservation at all

Lan Xichen: a

Jiang Cheng: Oh my goddd it’s Lan Xichen hi hi hiiiii <3 <3 :3 <3

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Jiang Cheng to me is just aaaaa! The fact that he hates Wei Wuxian and keeps guarding his flute even after 13 years. The way that he follows Jin Ling in his every night hunt. How he was the only one to not chase Wei Wuxian when his identy was revealed. He handing Jin Ling the Zidian just like his mother did to him

I keep thinking about a continuation where, while they're still starting to get closer, Wei Wuxian start having more tickle fights in front of Jiang Cheng - both attacking Lan Yuan, Lan Jingyi or his own husband - until he finally has enough of him looking so gloom and doom everytime he does so and decides to take the matter into his own hands <3

Look, I'm going to be honest, I just need more of everyone in mdzs laughing, playing and being silly, okay? I need more of that happiness and if for that I need to write my own content and spend hours daydreaming about them in cute tickle scenarios so be it <3 <3 peace and love on planet earth

Maybe I will write something with the juniors in the future? Add some pure, playful and joyful fluff in the story. They are just way too precious and def deserve some more laughing in their lives. And Wei Wuxian just have such perfect, amazing tickle monster vibes iugtfrdefrgyu

Also, enjoy this amazing video of Jiang Cheng and Lan Xichen that I can't stop thinking about.

#Maybe I got some names wrong jugfdedfgh I am still getting used to them and it's been very interesting so far! #Ticklish!Lan Xichen #Lee!Lan Huan #Lee!Lan Xichen #Ler!Jiang Cheng #Brief Lee!Wei Wuxian and Ler!Lan Zhan #Brief Ler!Lan Xichen and Lee!Jiang Cheng #Kanene's fic #Kanene's fanfic #THAT ALMOST COSTED MY SOUL BUT IT'S FINALLY DONE LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO #Gosh. Everytime I think about Jiang Cheng I just remember that quote that is like 'there ws love. it didn't change anything. it didn't save #-anyone. but there was love and that is important.' #dead on the floor sobbing #ANYWAY DID YOU REALIZE HOW AFTER JIANG CHENG JUDGED WEI HE ALMOST ENDED UP RESTRAINED LIKE HIM??? TEHEE THE HYPOCRESY TEHEE #The Lans are simply something else indeed. how much stamina can a single body contain #Wei and Lan wasn't even supposed to appear for so much but I started thinking about Wei giggling while Zhan looks at him in complete awe #and then when I woke up there was like 3000 words on the doc. crazy how life happens fr fr #mdzs tickles #mdzs tickling #The way that I had to hold myself from writing Lan Xichen getting his revenge you have no idea- #Xichen and Cheng show each other ur smiles without covering your faces new year challenge

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Tickle-Tober Day 5

Heya Ya’ll so Im participating in T-Tober when I can, won’t draw something everyday but at least getting in the spirit Lol. So going based on this prompt and this prompt list. I made two versions one with commentary and other with ghosties! Thank you both for coming up with such funstuff! @the-cutest-tickletoy​​ (Ghost) and @gigglymonster​​ (Hug) Notes: Click on Pics for better quality. And if shared or reblogged please give credit lovies.

#mo dao zu shi #tickle tober #tickletober2021 #sfw #sfwtickletober2021 #lan zhan #wei ying #tickling art #tickling community #Tickling #i love this couple #this show is fire #ler!lan zhan #lee!wei ying #yes his ears are blushing! If shared or reblogged please give credit!

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Mo Dao Zu Shi tickle headcanons

That no one asked for but I've been dying to write for mdzs but I haven't given myself the time because I'm an awful procrastinator (also, I'm feeling really shy writing this omg idk what's happening) I'm only doing Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng for now, so LET'S BEGIN!

Wei Wuxian (Wei Ying)

Has one tickle spot and only one: right where his hips meet his thighs.

That's the most sensitive spot on is body (canon) so he's definitely pretty ticklish there

Not insanely, though, but enough to have him cackling and snorting if he's getting tickled for too long over there

His laughter is pretty cheerful, a bit high pitched but without being annoying nor agressive to the ears

It's pretty hard to catch him off guard, he knows his weak spot, so he's gonna try to protect it real hard

Probably the only person who can really catch him off guard is, of course, Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng back when they were young

Ruthless ler, will not stop tickling his victim until they're crying with laughter and begging for mercy

Wei Wuxian likes to poke people's sides to watch them flinch (it usually doesn't work with Lan Wangji), his favorite victim is Lan Sizhiu, the teen jumps like five feet in the air and flushes slightly and it always makes Wei Wuxian laugh

"S-Senior Wei, please don't do tha- EEK!"

Poking Lan Jingyi will end into a poking fight between the two

Wei Wuxian tries to cover his hips, but Lan Jingyi usually don’t touch that spot because well it’s a bit too low, but he does sneaks a poke here and there when he notices that’s the spot

The ponking war can only be stopped by Lan Wangji, Lan Jingyi will not fight against Lan Wangji

He doesn't mind being tickled, and he enjoys having tickle fights every now and then

Lan Wangji (Lan Zhan)

Knows what tickling is but has never been tickled before

Lan Wangji with his beautiful serious expression can't be ticklish... right?

Wrong! He's ticklish on his ribs, belly and hips, you can't change my mind

He definitely finds out when Wei Wuxian is being too handsy like always and too bubbly about finding Lan Zhan's tickle spot

Wei Wuxian just needs a soft squeeze to Lan Wangji's ribs to have him jumping away from him, chocking into a giggle

Both of them are very surprised

Especially Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji was not one to react this way at all

"Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan! Perhaps, you can't ignore the feeling because you didn't know how it feels?"

Wei Wuxian is satisfied only when he sees laughter induced tears in Lan Wangji's eyes

Lan Wangji doesn't have a loud laughter, it's quite deep and juuust slightly high pitched, just a little, but over all, it is very soft, it's truly a beautiful sound to hear and Wei Wuxian looooves it

Lan Wangji is all jumpy around Wei Wuxian after that attack, Wei Wuxian thinks it's the cutest thing ever

"Wei Ying," Lan Wangji would warn

"I will not do it again, Lan Zhan! You had enough for today! Tell me, tell me, did you like it?"

Lan Zhan is not too fond of the feeling just yet, but he can't help but feel happy when Wei Wuxian tickles him, so he thinks it's okay

He's a clumsy ler, not knowing what to do or how to do it, he's just adorable

Tries to stay away when Wei Wuxian is on his playful mood, he'd rather not die laughing

Lan Wangji gets tickled a lot when he's drunk, it's probably the only reason why Wei Wuxian makes him drink

"I'm missing your laugh, Lan Zhan!"

Poor Lan Wangji

Jiang Cheng

Will murder you if you tickle him

He's ticklish under his arms and thighs

He's only left his sister and Wei Wuxian tickle him before

Doesn't like to get involved in tickle fights, but if he is, he's gonna go hard on his victims

It really depends on his mood and the people around him if he joins the fun of a tickle fight

Wei Wuxian was the only one able to make him cry with laughter, he still feels humiliated about it

He's a ruthless ler like Wei Wuxian

Not scared of revenge, he knows he'd win- unless it is Wei Wuxian, then he'd go carefully

His laughter is loud, he's the most ticklish out of the three, so his laughter tends to be loud and squeaky, still pretty cute

"Stopstopstop! I'm gonna fuhuhuhuhucking kill you!"

Can’t stop swearing while being tickled, and can’t hold his laughter at all, he’s really cute

He once managed to tickle Wei Wuxian to tears, but revenge was hard on him

You know that egg yolk thing on the knee? He dies, like d i e s

#mo dao zu shi #mo dao zu shi headcanons #lan wangji #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #mdzs #mdzs headcanons #mia's headcanons #tickle headcanons #mia's things

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Cap. 14

Lizzy

Após as aulas na faculdade volto para casa. Preciso avisar aos dois que Sizhui nos chamou para ir até a cafeteria na qual ele trabalha mais tarde.

-Ah, você chegou? – Wei Wuxian pergunta no instante em que me vê e eu o encaro, eu senti muito a sua falta, acho que pensar que passei tempo demais longe dele me machuca. Mas não é apenas isso, preciso lhe dizer algumas coisas, na verdade, preciso dizer aos dois. – viu o Sizhui?

-Me desculpe Wei Yin. – é o que digo e ele me encara visivelmente confuso.

-Einh?

-Me desculpe. Pela decisão que tomei anos atrás, me desculpe pelo que fiz, me desculpe...

-Hey. – ele me interrompe segurando minhas mãos de frente a si e abrindo aquele sorriso que é só dele, aquele sorriso lindo e extremamente irritante. – as coisas ficaram no passado. Eu não sei a razão de você ter pensado que aquela era a forma mais simples de resolver tudo ou que era a única forma, mas nós já resolvemos isso, certo? no passado mesmo, já passamos por cima disso tudo e ficamos bem.

-Eu não fiquei bem, eu não te pedi perdão.

-Você voltou é isso o que importa.

-Eu voltei.

-Wen Qin?

-Uhm?

-Como foi rever o nosso filho?

Respiro fundo por um segundo, depois abro um sorriso.

-Tive que me segurar para não o abraçar.

-Conheço a sensação. Não acredito que ele está aqui.

-Não acredito que ele está a salvo.

-Nem eu. Enfim, eu preciso ir, fiquei de arrumar umas coisas aí, te vejo depois?

-Claro.

-Wen Qin?

-Hum?

-Talvez você queira falar com o Lan Zhan também.

-Sim.

-Então está certo, ele está em casa. Até mais.

-Tchau Wei Yin.

Bato na porta, mas não recebo nenhuma resposta, por isso a abro e sigo apartamento adentro.

É engraçado pensar que eu já me sentira insegura em entrar ali.

Sigo diretamente para o quarto de Wangji, quero dar o recado de Sizhui, mas também preciso lhe dizer algumas coisas.

Não tivemos tempo de conversar depois que lembrei de tudo, tenho muitas coisas para falar.

-Wangji? – chamo no instante em que empurro a porta.

Ele está lá. Sentado com um livro em mãos, por alguns segundos aquela cena me remete ao passado, ele sempre gostara muito de ler.

Ele desvia o olhar do livro para me encarar.

-O Sizhui nos chamou para ir até a cafeteria na qual ele trabalha mais tarde, ele quer nos apresentar formalmente a namorada dele.

-Uhm.

-Você vai?

-Uhm.

-Então eu passo aqui para irmos os três juntos. O Wei Yin saiu?

-Uhm.

-Obrigada.

Ele volta a encarar o livro no instante em que percebe que eu acabara de dar meu recado. Mas eu não saio. Ainda quero falar algumas coisas pra ele, preciso falar...

-Wangji...

-Uhm? – ele responde ainda com os olhos fixos no livro.

Por um segundo não sei se devo falar, não sei o que ele sente a respeito de tudo o que houve no passado, por isso respiro fundo e desvio os olhos dele, encarando o quarto ao meu redor. Não é o mesmo quarto, mas ele conseguiu deixar muito parecido com o quarto que conheci.

Dentre os ornamentos três me chamam a atenção. O guqin de madeira escura, o lenço vermelho e preto e a faixa azul clara.

-Você guardou. – falo e ele desvia os olhos do livro para me encarar visivelmente confuso.

-O que?

-O lenço.

Ele desvia os olhos para o lenço vermelho e preto em cima da mesa de cabeceira.

-Uhm.

-Por que?

-Você realmente não sabe?

Respiro fundo. Sei.

-Eu posso levar?

-O lenço?

-Não. A faixa.

Ele encara a faixa azul clara que permanece próxima a cabeceira de sua cama.

-Você ainda a quer? – ele pergunta simplesmente.

-Ela não é minha?

-É?

Caminho até a faixa e a toco, a me ver fazer isso, ele deixa escapar um sorriso quase imperceptível.

-Wangji... – começo e ele para de sorrir de imediato. – eu acho que nunca te pedi desculpas por aquela noite.

-Ficou no passado.

-Mesmo assim, as coisas saíram do controle, aconteceram tão rápido que eu não consegui te dizer que sinto muito. Eu não queria que as coisas tivessem acontecido da forma que aconteceram e eu ainda me sinto mal toda vez que penso a respeito.

-Esquece.

-Não tem como esquecer.

-Então supera.

-Você superou?

Ele me encara, pelo seu olhar sei que não superou, mas não quer tocar no assunto, talvez ainda doa, talvez o que eu e Wei Yin fizemos naquela noite, a decisão que tomamos, por mais que ele tente compreender, ainda o machuca.

-Não. – ele dispara de forma fria, eu não me surpreendo com a resposta. – mas vocês fizeram o que precisavam ter feito e eu fiz o que eu tinha que fazer.

-Eu sei.

-Não foi culpa de ninguém.

-Mas mesmo assim eu queria te dizer... Obrigada e desculpe.

-Eu já te falei isso uma vez no passado eu não sei se você se lembra, mas entre eu e você não há necessidade de obrigado ou desculpe.

-Eu me lembro.

-Uhm.

 -Hey, Lan Zhan! – a voz dele faz com que eu me vire para encarar a porta, já Wangji baixa os olhos em direção ao livro que tem em mãos novamente. – você não vai acreditar na maneira com que as pessoas...

A me ver ele para de falar de imediato, abrindo um sorriso em minha direção.

-Ah Wen Qin, eu não sabia que você ainda estava aqui.

-Eu esqueci de te dizer, o Sizhui quer que a gente vá na cafeteria que ele trabalha mais tarde.

-Tá bom, você passa aqui para irmos juntos?

-Uhum.

-Ok então.

-Tchau garotos, a gente se vê mais tarde.

Quando passo por Wei Yin noto os olhos dele pousando em cima da faixa azul clara que carrego. Por um segundo ele apenas a encara, então força um sorriso em minha direção.

-A gente se vê mais tarde. – é o que ele diz.

Quando volto ao meu apartamento Ravena está sentada na sala, a forma com que ela sorri para mim me deixa intrigada.

-Por que você está tão feliz?

-Você lembrou enfim?

A encaro. Do que ela está falando?

-O que? Eu lembrei de que?

-Wen Qin, você não precisa fingir pra mim.

Por alguma razão sinto vontade de sair correndo de lá o mais rápido possível, a maneira com que ela fala meu nome me assusta. Ela me conhece? De onde?

-Quem é você? – é o que consigo dizer, ela abre um sorriso e se aproxima de mim, eu não reajo, ela estende a mão e pega a faixa azul que seguro.

-Ele te devolveu?

-Eu não sei a razão de estar com ele, quando eu... quer dizer, a ultima coisa que me lembro é de estar com ela.

-Eu tirei. – ela dispara simplesmente enquanto ainda segura a faixa. – me deu muito trabalho para tirar as manchas, mas como eu já estava acostumada a tirar as manchas que o Jin Ling deixava nas roupas...

E é então que eu enfim consigo reconhece-la. Por que eu não vi antes? Ela estava usando algum tipo de truque?

-Luo Qingyang?

-Eu pensei que você não ia conseguir ver através do amuleto.

Minha primeira reação é abraça-la, não acredito que é ela, não acredito que esteve ao meu lado esse tempo todo.

-O que aconteceu? Por que você não me disse que era você? Por que usou um amuleto para se camuflar?

-Porque eu não queria que você se lembrasse por mim. Passei tempo demais tentando reunir vocês três. Primeiro encontrei o Wei Wuxian e o levei até a delegacia onde o abrigo o acolheu, depois encontrei Sizhui e o Ning, você sabe o que me custou para de certa forma convencer os dois a se matricularem na faculdade que você trabalha? E então encontrei o Hanguan-Jun, para variar, ele foi o mais difícil de encontrar.

-Para variar.

-Foi ele?

-Uhm?

-Quem te fez lembrar?

-Uhum.

-Ele era minha última esperança.

-Luo... – começo e ela me encara.

-Oi?

-Por que estamos todos aqui? Por que agora?

-Eu não sei, talvez tenhamos deixado algo para trás, algo que precisamos resolver, todos nós.

-Você acha?- pergunto em tom de descaso. – eu me pergunto o que nós resolvemos no passado. Porque coisas mal resolvidas....

-Então acho que teremos que aparar as arestas para enfim conseguir descansar.

-Vai ser uma longa viagem.

-Bem vinda a bordo.

Depois do choque de quebrar o amuleto e descobrir que Ravena era na verdade Luo Qingyang, sigo para a cafeteria com Wei Yin e Wangji. Enquanto caminhamos até lá acabo contando a respeito do que descobrira e é claro que Wei Yin tem várias piadas para fazer a respeito.

-Não era ela que gostava do Lan Zhan? – ele começa com um sorriso.

-Quieto. – é o que Wangji responde em seu característico tom contigo.

-Era sim, eu lembro que ela estava sempre por perto e...

-Quieto.

-Mas ela vivia falando de você e... uhm... uhm...

Eu abro um sorriso ao perceber que de repente, Wei Yin não consegue mais falar.

-Wangji? – chamo e ele vira o rosto para me encarar, o olhar aborrecido.

-uhm?

-Obrigada por isso.

Quando chegamos a cafeteria Wei Yin já voltara a falar, mas está mau humorado demais para falar com qualquer um de nós dois.

-Nada de dar ataques de ciúmes. – começo quando sentamos em uma das mesas.

Wei Yin coça o nariz e eu lhe acerto um tapa na mão o que faz com que ele me faça uma careta, já Wangji está mais uma vez concentrado em seu ponto imaginário acima de minha orelha direita.

-Eu só acho que ele é novo demais para namorar. – Wei Yin dispara.

-Uhm. - Wangji concorda.

-Quantos anos vocês acham que ele tem? O Sizhui já tem dezoito e além do mas, não cabe a nenhum de nós três decidir isso e sim o Sizhui, ok?

Wei Yin dá de ombros, enquanto Wangji não se move.

-Então me prometam que não vão aprontar nada, você principalmente Wei Yin.

-Tá certo, eu vou me comportar.

-Espero que sim.

-senhorita Lizzy? – a voz faz com que eu olhe em direção a porta, Ning irrompe por ela com um sorriso no rosto. – boa tarde, o Fanxing chamou a senhorita também?

Wei Yin e Wangji me encaram visivelmente para ver minha reação, mas eu apenas abro um sorriso.

-Uhum, chamou sim, ele chamou você para apresentar a namorada também?

-Uhum, ele disse que me considera uma espécie de irmão mais velho ou sei lá o que. Eu posso me sentar com vocês?

-Claro.

Quando Sizhui se aproxima com a namorada eu noto a maneira com que ela parece um pouco desconfortável, não é para menos.

-Olá. – Wei Yin começa com um sorriso em direção a ela. – eu sou Xiao Zhan, amigo e meio que irmão mais velho do Zhen Fanxing e você não acha que vocês são novos demais para namorar?

-Zhan! – o reprimo pisando em seu pé debaixo da mesa, Wei Yin resmunga me encarando.

-Isso doeu.

-Wang Yibo. – é o que Wangji fala fazendo uma pequena reverencia em direção a garota.

-Lizzy. – falo com um sorriso forçado.

-Você eu conheço. – ela dispara de forma abrupta, vejo o instante em que Sizhui a encara visivelmente embaraçado.

-Não começa por favor.

-O que? Eu só disse que ela eu conhecia, ela não é a garota que parece ser afim de você mesmo andando para cima e para baixo com dois caras? Quer dizer, se ela já tem dois caras com quem andar, por que diabos ela parece estar em todos os lugares que você está? É como se ela estivesse te perseguindo e.... uhm...uhm...uhm...

Então eu noto que ela tenta continuar a falar, mas não consegue, é como se seus lábios estivessem selados.

-Rhuo? O que está havendo? Rhou você está bem?

Ela não responde, continua resmungando enquanto se afasta.

-Me desculpem por isso, eu preciso ver o que está havendo com ela e...

Sizhui segue caminho atrás da namorada, Wei Yin começa a rir de imediato enquanto eu desvio o olhar do casal para encarar Wangji que ainda olha em frente como se nada estivesse acontecendo.

-Wangji! – o repreendo.

Escuto um barulho e desvio os olhos dele para encarar o local no qual Sizhui desaparecera e ao olhar naquela direção a cena que vejo faz com que eu fique de pé de imediato, mas não sou a única, Wei Yin, Ning e Wangji fazem o mesmo, montando guarda de imediato.

São Wen Chao e Xue Yang, um deles segura Sizhui pelo pescoço, as unhas cravadas na garganta dele enquanto o outro nos encara, um sorriso no rosto.

-Parece que o trio está de volta. – Wen Chao fala com um sorriso enquanto nos encara. – e parece que vieram ver a miniaturinha, não é mesmo? Oh, general fantasma, até você?

-Solta ele. – disparo encarando-o firme.

-Ou o que, priminha? O que você vai fazer?

Ameaço dar um passo naquela direção, mas sou detida pelo braço de Wangji. Ameaço discutir, mas ele me encara de soslaio.

-Se você fizer alguma coisa, ele mata o Sizhui.

Meu filho. Aquele porco do Xue Yang está com as unhas cravadas na garganta do meu filho.

-O que você quer? – pergunto encarando Wen Chao que me encara firme.

-O que eu quero? O que você acha que eu quero? Eu quero vingança, eu quero que o Yiling Laozu morra pelo que fez comigo, eu quero que ele pague por tudo o que me fez, quero que o poderoso Hangwang- Jun se ajoelhe diante de mim e acima de tudo quero que você sofra, quero que chore ao ver a morte do seu amado filho.

No momento em que Wen Chao diz aquilo eu consigo ver os olhos de Sizhui aumentarem de tamanho.

-Xue Yang... – ele começa e eu consigo ver algumas gotas de sangue começarem a escorrer da garganta de Sizhui.

Se pelo menos eu estivesse com as minhas agulhas, se pelo menos a Yuchang estivesse comigo...

Escuto uma melodia conhecida e encaro Wei Yin. ele está de olhos fechados e assovia a música que por muito tempo fora a causa de meus pesadelos. 

Ao escutar a melodia Xue Yang se agita, então eu noto que a música o está deixando assustado e que isso não é uma coisa boa.

-Wei Yin! - chamo na tentativa de fazê-lo parar de assoviar.

Mas então a já tão conhecida luz azul toma o ambiente, o impacto atira Xue Yang e Wen Chao para trás, Sizhui permanece de pé onde está, visivelmente assustado, eu não o culpo, não é fácil assimilar algo que para você não faz o mínimo sentido.

Desvio os olhos para Yibo e consigo ver o instante em que ele guarda a espada, os olhos cerrados enquanto a recoloca na capa. Bichen. Eu reconheceria aquele brilho em qualquer lugar.

Por um instante o presente e o passado se entrelaçam em minha mente e o choque de rever o brilho azulado da Bichen faz com que minha cabeça doa. Sinto tudo ao meu redor começar a girar e minhas pernas fraquejarem. Vejo o momento em que Sizhui corre em minha direção, Wangji e Wei Yin fazem o mesmo, eles falam alguma coisa, mas eu não consigo ouvi-los. Vejo Ning se aproximar também e ameaço abrir um sorriso enquanto pareço despencar em um abismo sem fundo.

Eu só queria poder voltar no tempo quando as coisas eram fáceis. Quando éramos adolescentes bobos indo para uma conferência de cultivadores na vila Cayin e quando o nosso maior desafio era tentar não sermos punidos pelo severo Lan Qiren...

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Mo Dao Zu Shi - 109. Bölüm

Mega // MangaTr // veya “Okumaya Devam Et”e tıklayın (Hala tumblr öğreniyorum... Bunu daha önce keşfetseydim iyiydi...)

Uyarı: 111. Bölüm NSFW, +18. Yine +18 ve -18 olarak iki farklı versiyonunu yayınlayacağım. -18’ler uslu uslu -18 versiyonu okuyacağınıza inanıyorum.

Hatırlatma: Novel 113 + 14 ekstra bölümden oluşuyor. Yani son 3 bölüm kaldı. Ardından gelecek olan ekstralardan çevrilenlerin hepsi çok çılgın +18. Çevireceğim ama nasıl ben de bilmiyorum…

Gizlemek – Üçüncü Kısım

İttirmenin etkisiyle Lan XiChen birkaç adım geriledi. Neler olduğunu henüz anlayamamıştı. Bu sırada Lan WangJi tapınağın ortasındaki narin yüzlü Guanyin heykelinin arkasına vurmuştu. Heykel tabuta doğru düşerken titredi. Nie MingJue hala elindeki başı çoktan düşmüş olan cesedi inceliyordu. Ağır heykel ona çarptığında bir kez daha tabutun içine çöktü.

Wei WuXian Guanyin’in göğsüne atladı. Tabutun kapağı çoktan kırılmıştı. Nie MingJue ve öfkesini mühürlemek için kullanabilecekleri tek şey Guanyin heykeliydi. Altında, Nie MingJue dışarı çıkabilmek için tekrar tekrar heykele vururken Wei WuXian da tekrar tekrar sallanıyordu, o kadar sersemlemişti ki düşmek üzereydi. Sendeledi, üzerinde hiçbir tılsımın olmadığını fark etti, “Lan Zhan, çabuk çabuk, yanıma gel. Ağırlığı artırmamız gerek. Birkaç kez daha vurursa, heykel paramparça olabilir…”

Wei WuXian sözlerini bitiremeden aniden bedeninin ve görüş alanının titrediğini hissetti. Lan WangJi tabutun bir ucundan tutmuş ve kaldırmıştı.

Yani sadece sol eliyle ahşap tabutu, içindeki iki cesedi, tabutun üzerindeki Guanyin heykelini ve heykelin üzerindeki Wei WuXian’ı havaya kaldırmıştı.

Wei WuXian şaşkınlıkla yutkundu. Uzun zamandır Lan WangJi’nin güçlü olduğunun biliyordu, ama bu… biraz fazla şok ediciydi!

Lan WangJi’nin ifadesi değişmedi. Sağ eli gümüş guqin teline dokundu. Tel sanki kanatları varmış gibi tabut ve Guanyin heykelinin etrafında on kadar tur atarak ikisini sıkıca birbirine bağlamaya çalıştı. Ve ardından ikincisi, ve üçüncüsü… Nie MingJue ve Jin GuangYao’nun düzgünce mühürlendiğine kanaat getirdikten sonra ancak sol elindeki yükü bıraktı. Tabutun kenarı yere düşerek oldukça yüksek bir yankıya neden oldu. Wei WuXian da devrilmişti. Lan WangJi onun düşüşünü kollarıyla yarıda kestikten sonra nazikçe yere bıraktı. Neredeyse bin kiloluk bir yükü taşımış olan eller Wei WuXian’ı tutarken inanılamayacak kadar nazikti.

Lan XiChen yedi guqin teliyle sarılmış olan tabuta baktı. Hala düşüncelerini toparlayamıyordu. Nie HuaiSang elini uzatarak onun gözlerinin önünde salladı, çok korkmuştu, “…X-XiChen Ağabey, iyi misin?”

Lan XiChen, “HuaiSang, biraz önce, sahiden beni gafil avlayarak saldırmaya mı çalışıyordu?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Ben sanırım gördüm…”

Onun tereddüt ettiğini duyunca Lan XiChen bastırdı, “Biraz daha dikkatli düşün.”

Nie HuaiSang, “Şimdi böyle sorunca ben de emin olamıyorum… Sahiden öyle gibi gelmişti…”

Lan XiChen, “Öyle gibi mi gelmişti! Böyle bir şey oldu mu olmadı mı?!”

Nie HuaiSang zar zor cevapladı, “…Ben bilmiyorum, ben sahiden bilmiyorum!”

Çaresiz bir haldeyken Nie HuaiSang’ın verebileceği tek cevap buydu. Lan XiChen alnını ellerine gömdü. Sanki başı çatlayacakmış gibi görünüyordu, tekrar konuşmak istemiyordu.

Aniden Wei WuXian seslendi, “HuaiSang-xiong.”

Nie HuaiSang, “Hım?”

Wei WuXian, “Biraz önce Su She seni nasıl bıçakladı?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Kaçmaya çalışırken ağabey… Jin Sekt Liderini taşıyordu. Ben de yolundaydım, bu yüzden…”

Wei WuXian, “Sahi mi? Durduğun yeri yanlış hatırlamıyorsam, hiçte önlerini kesebilecek bir konumda değildin.”

Nie HuaiSang, “Bıçaklanmak için bilerek önlerini kesmiş olamam ama değil mi?”

Wei WuXian gülümsedi, “Ben böyle bir şey söylemedim.”

Nie HuaiSang, “O zaman ne söylemeye çalışıyorsun Wei-xiong?”

Wei WuXian, “Sadece aniden birkaç şeyi birleştirdim.”

Nie HuaiSang, “Neleri?”

Wei WuXian, “Jin GuangYao birisi bana bir mektup verdi ve tüm dünyaya yaptıklarımı açıklamakla tehdit ediyordu dedi. Yalan söylemediğini, gerçeği söylediğini varsayalım. O zaman bu kişi oldukça gereksiz bir hamle yapmış.” Devam etti, “Birisinin günahlarını anlatmak istiyorsan, doğrudan herkese ifşa etmek yerine neden gidip kişiyi elinde kanıtlar olduğu konusunda bilgilendirirsin ki?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Ağabey… Jin Sekt Liderinin kendisi, bu kişi benim özür dilememi ve kendimi teslim etmemi istiyordu demedi mi?”

Wei WuXian, “Uyan bakalım. Jin GuangYao’nun kendisini gidip teslim etmeyeceği son derece aşikar. Böyle bir hamleyi yapmasının sebebi neydi öyleyse? Amaçsız gibi görünüyor. Peki Jin GuangYao’nun eski sırlarını ortaya çıkarmış bir kişi anlamsız hamleler yapar mı? Böylesine gereksiz bir hareketin, ulaşmak istediği bir amacı olmalı, belki kışkırtmak istemişti belki harekete geçirmek.”

Lan XiChen irkildi, “Kışkırtmak mı? Neyi?”

Lan WangJi kısık bir sesle, “Jin GuangYao’nun öldürme isteğini.”

Eğer her zamanki ZeWu-Jun olsa, böyle bir olayın altındaki amacı hemen görebilirdi. Ama şu anda zihninde düşünmeye ayırabileceği tek bir yer kalmamıştı.

Wei WuXian, “Aynen öyle. Mektubun amacı tam olarak Jin GuangYao’nun öldürme isteğini emsalsiz bir seviyeye dek kışkırtmaktı. Ölümünün yedi gün içinde olacağını söylemiyor muydu mektup? O zaman ilk olarak kendisi saldıracaktı. Bütün ana kuvvetleri Mezar Tepe’ye çekerek yedi gün içinde ilk kimin öleceğini görecekti.”

Lan XiChen, “Yani mektubu gönderen kişinin amacı bu muydu? Onu harekete geçmeye zorlamak mı?”

Wei WuXian, “Bence öyle.”

Lan XiChen başını iki yana salladı, “…O zaman mektubu gönderen kişi bununla neye ulaşmak istemişti? Amacı Jin GuangYao’yu mu yoksa tüm sektleri mi yok etmekti?”

Wei WuXian, “Aslında çok basit. Kuşatma başarısız olduktan sonra neler oldu? Herkes Nilüfer Rıhtım’da toplandığında, heyecan doruktayken, SiSi ve BiCao içeri girdi – bu iki görgü tanığının gelişinin rastlantı olduğuna inanmıyorum. Onlar sayesinde tüm parçalar bir araya geldi.” Wei WuXian bir an duraksadıktan sonra devam etti, “Tek istediği Jin GuangYao isminin kirlenmesi değildi. Aynı zamanda Jin GuangYao’ya bütün dünyanın düşman olmasını istiyordu. Ölümcül bir darbe olmalıydı, geriye çevirmesi imkansız olmak zorundaydı.”

Nie HuaiSang, “Bu kişi tüm bunları uzunca bir zamandır planlıyor olmalı.”

Wei WuXian ona baktı, aniden sordu, “Sahi, ChiFeng-Zun’un bedenini korumaktan sen sorumlu değil miydin Nie Sekt Lideri?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Önce bendeydi, ama bu akşam aniden Qinghe’deki bedenin kaybolduğu haberini aldım. Yoksa neden Qinghe’den çıkıp Su She’ye yolda yakalanacaktım ki…”

Wei WuXian tekrar sordu, “Nie Sekt Lideri, sık sık GusuLan Sekti ve LanlingJin Sekti arasında seyahat ettiğini duymuştum, doğru mu?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Evet.”

Wei WuXian, “O zaman sahiden Mo XuanYu’yu tanımıyor muydun?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Ha?”

Wei WuXian, “Beden feda edildikten sonra seninle ilk karşılaşmamızda beni hiç tanımıyormuş gibi davrandığını hatırlıyorum. HanGuang-Jun’a benim kim olduğumu bile sormuştun. Sonuçta Mo XuanYu bir ara Jin GuangYao’nun canını sıkmıştı, üstelik Jin GuangYao’nun koleksiyonundaki kitaplara bile ulaşabilen birisiydi. Sen ise, sık sık yakınmak için Jin Sekt Liderini ziyaret ederdin. Mo XuanYu’yu yakinen tanımıyor olsan bile, sahiden onu daha önce hiç görmemiş olma ihtimalin olabilir mi?”

Nie HuaiSang başını kaşıdı, “Wei-xiong, Jinlin Kulesi çok büyük; oradaki her bir kişiyi görmedim, gördüklerimin ise çok azını hatırlıyorum. Dahası…” biraz utanmış görünüyordu, “Mo XuanYu’nun geçmişini biliyorsun. O biraz… LanlingJin Sekti olanların sır olarak kalması için çok çabaladı. Onu görmemem pek tuhaf sayılmaz değil mi? XiChen Ağabey de onu görmemiştir muhtemelen.”

Wei WuXian, “Ah evet. ZeWu-Jun Mu XuanYu’yu tanımıyor.”

Nie HuaiSang, “Dimi?! Ve sahiden anlamıyorum. Mo XuanYu’yu görmüş olsam neden bilerek tanımıyormuş gibi davranayım ki? Böyle bir şeye ne gerek var?”

Wei WuXian gülümsedi, “Hiç. Biraz tuhaf geldi sadece. O yüzden sordum.”

Ancak aklından başka bir cevap geçiyordu, Karşındaki ‘Mo XuanYu’nun gerçek Mo XuanYu olup olmadığını anlamak için elbette.

Herkesin çekingen ve korkak olarak tanımladığı Mo XuanYu, nasıl kendi canını alıp bedenini feda edecek cesareti toplamış olabilirdi? Neden ChiFeng-Zun’un sol kolu serbest bırakılmıştı? Jin GuangYao kazara mı kaybetmişti sahiden? Ve neden bedenin feda edildiği Mo Köyündeydi, neden Wei WuXian’ın yeniden doğduktan sonra karşılaştığı ilk şey olmuştu? Neden başka bir yer değil de orası?

ChiFeng-Zun’un bedeni QingheNie Sektinde gömülmüştü. Nie HuaiSang her zaman abisine hayran olagelmişti, geçen tüm bu yıllar boyunca sahiden bedeninin değiştirildiğini fark etmemiş miydi?

Wei WuXian başka bir ihtimal olduğunu düşünüyordu.

Muhtemelen Nie MingJue vefat etmeden önce, Nie HuaiSang sahiden hiçbir şey bilmiyordu. Ama Nie MingJue’nun ölümünün ardından, her şeyi öğrenmişti. Nie MingJue’nun bedeninin değiştirilmesi de dahil. Bir zamanlar güvendiği, abisinden ayırt etmediği kişinin gerçek kişiliği de.

Abisinin bedenini aramaya çalışmış ancak yıllar boyu elinden gelen her şeyi yaptığı halde sadece tek bir sol kola ulaşabilmişti.

Bu aşamada takılı kalmış, bir adım daha ileri gidememişti. Ek olarak sol kol anormal derecede vahşiydi, baskılaması çok zordu. Eğer onu yanında tutarsa eninde sonunda kan gövdeyi götürecekti. Böylece aklına birisi gelmişti. Böyle şeylerle, böyle problemlerle baş etmekte üstüne olmayan birisi.

YiLing Piri.

Ama YiLing Piri çoktan paramparça olmuştu. Şimdi ne yapacaktı? Ve bu noktada aklına başka birisi gelmişti. Jinlin Kulesinden kovulmuş olan Mo XuanYu.

Muhtemelen öncesinde bilgi almak için Mo XuanYu’yla bir kez olsun konuşmuştu. Mo XuanYu’nun kininden dolayı daha önce Jin GuangYao’nun koleksiyonu içindeki antik, yasak tekniği barındıran parçalanmış el yazmasını okuduğunu biliyordu. Kendi hane üyeleri tarafından yeterince aşağılanmış olan Mo XuanYu’yu yasak beden feda etme tekniği kullanarak intikam alması için kışkırtmıştı.

Ve çağırdığı korkunç hayalet kimdi?

YiLing Piri’ydi elbette.

Mo XuanYu artık yaşadıklarına dayanamadığı noktada kanlı rünü çizmiş ve Nie HuaiSang’da bu fırsatı kullanarak daha fazla elinde tutamadığı alevi serbest bırakmıştı: ChiFeng-Zun’un sol kolunu.

Ardından da başarılı planı başlamıştı. Artık tüm enerjisini Nie MingJue’nun kayıp olan parçalarını aramak için kullanmasına gerek yoktu, onun yerine bu tehlikeli ve zorlayıcı görevi Wei WuXian ve Lan WangJi’ye bırakabilirdi. Tek yapması gereken onların her hareketini gözlemlemekti.

Jin Ling, Lan SiZhui, Lan JingYi ve diğer gençlerin yolda rastladığı tuhaf ölü kedilerle ilgili olayda da birisinin bilerek anomaliler yarattığı belliydi. Onlara yakındaki köyün yolunu gösteren var olmayan ‘avcı’ da hesaba katılınca belli ki amaç olaydan habersiz gençleri Yi Şehri’ne sürüklemekti. Eğer Wei WuXian ve Lan WangJi bir parça dikkatsizlik etseydi ve onları korumayı başaramasalardı, Yi Şehri’nde gençlerin başına gelen olaylardan da suçlanacak olan kişi Jin GuangYao olacaktı.

Her şekilde, Jin GuangYao ne kadar suçlu olursa onun o kadar işine gelirdi; dikkatli kötü adamı ne kadar çok hata yapmaya ve ardında iz bırakmaya zorlarsa, o kadar iyiydi; trajik bir ölüm yaşamaya onu ne kadar yaklaştırabilirse o kadar başarılıydı.

Lan WangJi Bichen’in ucunu kullanarak tabutun yanındaki siyah sandığı çevirdi. Wei WuXian’a dönmeden önce üzerine kazınmış olan efsunları inceledi, “Başı.”

Bu sandık muhtemelen Nie MingJue’nun başını koymak için kullanılmıştı. Jin GuangYao başı Jinlin Kulesi’nden aldıktan sonra buraya gömmüş olmalıydı.

Wei WuXian başını salladı, “Nie Sekt Lideri, bu tabutta aslında ne vardı biliyor musunuz?”

Nie HuaiSang, “Ben nereden bileyim? Ama Ağabey… hayır – Jin Sekt Liderinin ona nasıl baktığı düşünülürse muhtemelen önemli bir şey vardı değil mi?”

#Mo Dao Zu Shi #Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation #Founder of Diabolism #Türkçe Novel

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god I love the Lan brothers dynamic. I LOVE that the younger brother is the quiet scary one and the older brother is the more friendly one who Knows What’s On His Lil Bro’s Mind will speak up when his sibling is doing his intimidating silent stare thing XD

AND ALSO !!! I love that Wang Yibo is SMOL(ler) in comparison to a bunch of the cast!! He is 179cm/178cm, and Liu Haikuan (Lan Xichen) is 183cm! 

(incidentally, Xiao Zhan (Wei Wuxian) is also 183cm :3)

#the untamed #mdzs #that whole thing about fans thinking wang yibo is taller than he is and him correcting the record xd #this article is like ''fans thought he didn't like being called 182cm bc he wanted to be called 185 but then he was like nah i'm 179'' #pure magic #^ the height differences aren't super a lot but defo enough to be noticeable and i really like that #i did not notice at all the first time around #it's only now i'm like o: he is !!! shorter !!! #mxtx

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Cap. 14

Lizzy

Após as aulas na faculdade volto para casa. Preciso avisar aos dois que Sizhui nos chamou para ir até a cafeteria na qual ele trabalha mais tarde.

-Ah, você chegou? – Wei Wuxian pergunta no instante em que me vê e eu o encaro, eu senti muito a sua falta, acho que pensar que passei tempo demais longe dele me machuca. Mas não é apenas isso, preciso lhe dizer algumas coisas, na verdade, preciso dizer aos dois. – viu o Sizhui?

-Me desculpe Wei Yin. – é o que digo e ele me encara visivelmente confuso.

-Einh?

-Me desculpe. Pela decisão que tomei anos atrás, me desculpe pelo que fiz, me desculpe...

-Hey. – ele me interrompe segurando minhas mãos de frente a si e abrindo aquele sorriso que é só dele, aquele sorriso lindo e extremamente irritante. – as coisas ficaram no passado. Eu não sei a razão de você ter pensado que aquela era a forma mais simples de resolver tudo ou que era a única forma, mas nós já resolvemos isso, certo? no passado mesmo, já passamos por cima disso tudo e ficamos bem.

-Eu não fiquei bem, eu não te pedi perdão.

-Você voltou é isso o que importa.

-Eu voltei.

-Wen Qin?

-Uhm?

-Como foi rever o nosso filho?

Respiro fundo por um segundo, depois abro um sorriso.

-Tive que me segurar para não o abraçar.

-Conheço a sensação. Não acredito que ele está aqui.

-Não acredito que ele está a salvo.

-Nem eu. Enfim, eu preciso ir, fiquei de arrumar umas coisas aí, te vejo depois?

-Claro.

-Wen Qin?

-Hum?

-Talvez você queira falar com o Lan Zhan também.

-Sim.

-Então está certo, ele está em casa. Até mais.

-Tchau Wei Yin.

Bato na porta, mas não recebo nenhuma resposta, por isso a abro e sigo apartamento adentro.

É engraçado pensar que eu já me sentira insegura em entrar ali.

Sigo diretamente para o quarto de Wangji, quero dar o recado de Sizhui, mas também preciso lhe dizer algumas coisas.

Não tivemos tempo de conversar depois que lembrei de tudo, tenho muitas coisas para falar.

-Wangji? – chamo no instante em que empurro a porta.

Ele está lá. Sentado com um livro em mãos, por alguns segundos aquela cena me remete ao passado, ele sempre gostara muito de ler.

Ele desvia o olhar do livro para me encarar.

-O Sizhui nos chamou para ir até a cafeteria na qual ele trabalha mais tarde, ele quer nos apresentar formalmente a namorada dele.

-Uhm.

-Você vai?

-Uhm.

-Então eu passo aqui para irmos os três juntos. O Wuxian saiu.

-Uhm.

Ele volta a encarar o livro no instante em que percebe que eu acabara de dar meu recado. Mas eu não saio. Ainda quero falar algumas coisas pra ele, preciso falar...

-Wangji...

-Uhm? – ele responde ainda com os olhos fixos no livro.

Por um segundo não sei se devo falar, não sei o que ele sente a respeito de tudo o que houve no passado, por isso respiro fundo e desvio os olhos dele, encarando o quarto ao meu redor. Não é o mesmo quarto, mas ele conseguiu deixar muito parecido com o quarto que conheci.

Dentre os ornamentos três me chamam a atenção. O guqin de madeira escura, o lenço vermelho e preto e a faixa azul clara.

-Você guardou. – falo e ele desvia os olhos do livro para me encarar visivelmente confuso.

-O que?

-O lenço.

Ele desvia os olhos para o lenço vermelho e preto em cima da mesa de cabeceira.

-Uhm.

-Por que?

-Você realmente não sabe?

Respiro fundo. Sei.

-Eu posso levar?

-O lenço?

-Não. A faixa.

Ele encara a faixa azul clara que permanece próxima a cabeceira de sua cama.

-Você ainda a quer? – ele pergunta simplesmente.

-Ela não é minha?

-É.

Caminho até a faixa e a toco, a me ver fazer isso, ele deixa escapar um sorriso quase imperceptível.

-Wangji... – começo e ele para de sorrir de imediato. – eu acho que nunca te pedi desculpas por aquela noite.

-Ficou no passado.

-Mesmo assim, as coisas saíram do controle, aconteceram tão rápido que eu não consegui te dizer que sinto muito. Eu não queria que as coisas tivessem acontecido da forma que aconteceram e eu ainda me sinto mal toda vez que penso a respeito.

-Esquece.

-Não tem como esquecer.

-Então supera.

-Você superou?

Ele me encara, pelo seu olhar sei que não superou, mas não quer tocar no assunto, talvez ainda doa, talvez o que eu e Wei Yin fizemos naquela noite, a decisão que tomamos, por mais que ele tente compreender, ainda o machuca.

-Não. – ele dispara de forma fria, eu não me surpreendo com a resposta. – mas vocês fizeram o que precisavam ter feito e eu fiz o que eu tinha que fazer.

-Eu sei.

-Não foi culpa de ninguém.

-Mas mesmo assim eu queria te dizer... Obrigada e desculpe.

-Eu já te falei isso uma vez no passado eu não sei se você se lembra, mas entre eu e você não há necessidade de obrigado ou desculpe.

-Eu me lembro.

-Uhm.

-Hey, Lan Zhan! – a voz dele faz com que eu me vire para encarar a porta, já Wangji baixa os olhos em direção ao livro que tem em mãos novamente. – você não vai acreditar na maneira com que as pessoas...

A me ver ele para de falar de imediato, abrindo um sorriso em minha direção.

-Ah Wen Qin, eu não sabia que você ainda estava aqui.

-Eu esqueci de te dizer, o Sizhui quer que a gente vá na cafeteria que ele trabalha mais tarde.

-Tá bom, você passa aqui para irmos juntos?

-Uhum.

-Ok então.

-Tchau garotos, a gente se vê mais tarde.

Quando passo por Wei Yin noto os olhos dele pousando em cima da faixa azul clara que carrego. Por um segundo ele apenas a encara, então força um sorriso em minha direção.

-A gente se vê mais tarde. – é o que ele diz.

Quando volto ao meu apartamento Tiele está sentada na sala, a forma com que ela sorri para mim me deixa intrigada.

-Por que você está tão feliz?

-Você lembrou enfim?

A encaro. Do que ela está falando?

-O que? Eu lembrei de que?

-Wen Qin, você não precisa fingir pra mim.

Por alguma razão sinto vontade de sair correndo de lá o mais rápido possível, a maneira com que ela fala meu nome me assusta. Ela me conhece? De onde?

-Quem é você? – é o que consigo dizer, ela abre um sorriso e se aproxima de mim, minha única reação é dar um passo para trás.

-Eu sou a pessoa responsável pela sua segurança, a pessoa responsável por trazer Wei Wuxian e Lan Wangji de volta a sua vida e a vida um do outro, eu sou a responsável por reunir vocês.

-Do que está falando? De onde você nos conhece?

-Não foi fácil, de verdade não foi. Convencer vocês não foi nada fácil, por isso precisei usar a força.

-Força?

-Com você nem tanto, você precisava de alguém, estava sozinha na rua e naquele orfanato, fazer com que aquele casal te adotasse foi a parte mais fácil, um elogio daqui, outro dali e eles aceitaram, você era uma criança encantadora. Wei Wuxian foi mais complicado, afinal quem em sã consciência ia querer adotar alguém como ele?

-Não fala assim dele!

-Desculpe eu não quis ofender, a verdade é que nós sabemos como ele é. Então foi mais fácil acompanha-lo de perto enquanto ele se virava e então guia-lo até o abrigo quando a hora chegou. Já o Lan Wangji... Eu quase não consegui encontrar, mas no fim das contas deu tudo certo, vantagens de ter contatos por toda a China e ser muita boa em desenhar rostos.

-Foi você que trouxe Wen Chao de volta também?

-Não, claro que não, quando o encontrei ele já lembrava e o fato de ele aparecer aqui foi uma coincidência infeliz.

-E o Sizhui? O Ning?

-O Ning? – a maneira com que ela pergunta aquilo faz com que eu arme ainda mais a guarda. – O Ning está aqui?

-Você não sabia?

-Não, como ele está? Ele está bem? Ele...

-Por que eu te diria isso se nem ao menos sei quem diabos você é?

Ela faz um gesto negativo com a cabeça se aproximando um pouco mais, eu não reajo, ela estende a mão e pega a faixa azul que seguro.

-Ele te devolveu?

-Você sabe o que é isso?

-Claro que sei, fui eu mesma quem tirou de você naquela noite. - ela dispara simplesmente enquanto ainda segura a faixa. – me deu muito trabalho para tirar as manchas, mas como eu já estava acostumada a tirar as manchas que o Jin Ling deixava nas roupas...

E é então que eu enfim consigo reconhece-la. Por que eu não vi antes? Ela estava usando algum tipo de truque?

-Luo Qingyang?

-Eu pensei que você não ia conseguir ver através do amuleto.

Minha primeira reação é abraça-la, não acredito que é ela, não acredito que esteve ao meu lado esse tempo todo.

-O que aconteceu? Por que você não me disse que era você? Por que usou um amuleto para se camuflar?

-Porque eu não queria que você se lembrasse por mim. Passei tempo demais tentando reunir vocês três.

-Por que você fez isso?

-Eu estava cansada de ficar sozinha.

-E se eu nunca lembrasse?

-Eu sabia que lembraria. Foi ele?

-Uhm?

-Quem te fez lembrar? Foi o Lan Wangji?

-Uhum.

-Ele era minha última esperança.

-Luo... – começo e ela me encara.

-Oi?

-Por que estamos todos aqui? Por que agora?

-Eu não sei, talvez tenhamos deixado algo para trás, algo que precisamos resolver, todos nós.

-Você acha?- pergunto em tom de descaso. – eu me pergunto o que nós resolvemos no passado. Porque coisas mal resolvidas....

-Então acho que teremos que aparar as arestas para enfim conseguir descansar.

-Vai ser uma longa viagem.

-Bem vinda a bordo.

Depois do choque de quebrar o amuleto e descobrir que Tiele era na verdade Luo Qingyang, sigo para a cafeteria com Wei Yin e Wangji. Enquanto caminhamos até lá acabo contando a respeito do que descobrira e é claro que Wei Yin tem várias piadas para fazer a respeito.

-Não era ela que gostava do Lan Zhan? – ele começa com um sorriso. – era? Ou era outra garota dos Ling?

-Quieto. – é o que Wangji responde em seu característico tom contigo.

-Era outra, como era mesmo o nome dela? Eu lembro que ela estava sempre por perto e...

-Quieto.

-Mas ela vivia falando de você e... uhm... uhm...

Eu abro um sorriso ao perceber que de repente, Wei Yin não consegue mais falar.

-Wangji? – chamo e ele vira o rosto para me encarar, o olhar aborrecido.

-uhm?

-Obrigada por isso.

Quando chegamos a cafeteria Wei Yin já voltara a falar, mas está mal humorado demais para falar com qualquer um de nós dois.

-Nada de dar ataques de ciúmes. – começo quando sentamos em uma das mesas.

Wei Yin coça o nariz e eu lhe acerto um tapa na mão o que faz com que ele me faça uma careta, já Wangji está mais uma vez concentrado em seu ponto imaginário acima de minha orelha direita.

-Eu só acho que ele é novo demais para namorar. – Wei Yin dispara.

-Uhm. - Wangji concorda.

-Quantos anos vocês acham que ele tem? O Sizhui já tem dezoito e além do mas, não cabe a nenhum de nós três decidir isso e sim o Sizhui, ok?

Wei Yin dá de ombros, enquanto Wangji não se move.

-Então me prometam que não vão aprontar nada, você principalmente Wei Yin.

-Tá certo, eu vou me comportar.

-Espero que sim.

-senhorita Lizzy? – a voz faz com que eu olhe em direção a porta, Ning irrompe por ela com um sorriso no rosto. – boa tarde, o Fanxing chamou a senhorita também?

Wei Yin e Wangji me encaram visivelmente para ver minha reação, mas eu apenas abro um sorriso.

-Uhum, chamou sim, ele chamou você para apresentar a namorada também?

-Uhum, ele disse que me considera uma espécie de irmão mais velho ou sei lá o que. Eu posso me sentar com vocês?

-Claro.

Quando Sizhui se aproxima com a namorada eu noto a maneira com que ela parece um pouco desconfortável, não é para menos.

-Olá. – Wei Yin começa com um sorriso em direção a ela. – eu sou Xiao Zhan, amigo e meio que pai do Zhen Fanxing e você não acha que vocês são novos demais para namorar?

-Zhan! – o reprimo pisando em seu pé debaixo da mesa, Wei Yin resmunga me encarando.

-Isso doeu.

-Wang Yibo. – é o que Wangji fala fazendo uma pequena reverencia em direção a garota.

-Lizzy. – falo com um sorriso forçado.

-Você eu conheço. – ela dispara de forma abrupta, vejo o instante em que Sizhui a encara visivelmente embaraçado.

-Não começa por favor.

-O que? Eu só disse que ela eu conhecia, ela não é a garota que parece ser afim de você mesmo andando para cima e para baixo com dois caras? Quer dizer, se ela já tem dois caras com quem andar, por que diabos ela parece estar em todos os lugares que você está? É como se ela estivesse te perseguindo e.... uhm...uhm...uhm...

Então eu noto que ela tenta continuar a falar, mas não consegue, é como se seus lábios estivessem selados.

-Rhuo? O que está havendo? Rhou você está bem?

Ela não responde, continua resmungando enquanto se afasta.

-Me desculpem por isso, eu preciso ver o que está havendo com ela e...

Sizhui segue caminho atrás da namorada, Wei Yin começa a rir de imediato enquanto eu desvio o olhar do casal para encarar Wangji que ainda olha em frente como se nada estivesse acontecendo.

-Wangji! – o repreendo.

Escuto um barulho e desvio os olhos dele para encarar o local no qual Sizhui desaparecera e ao olhar naquela direção a cena que vejo faz com que eu fique de pé de imediato, mas não sou a única, Wei Yin, Ning e Wangji fazem o mesmo, montando guarda de imediato.

São Wen Chao e Xue Yang, um deles segura Sizhui pelo pescoço, as unhas cravadas na garganta dele enquanto o outro nos encara, um sorriso no rosto.

-Parece que o trio está de volta. – Wen Chao fala com um sorriso enquanto nos encara. – e parece que vieram ver a miniaturinha, não é mesmo? Oh, general fantasma, até você?

-Solta ele. – disparo encarando-o firme.

-Ou o que, priminha? O que você vai fazer?

Ameaço dar um passo naquela direção, mas sou detida pelo braço de Wangji. Ameaço discutir, mas ele me encara de soslaio.

-Se você fizer alguma coisa, ele mata o Sizhui.

Meu filho. Aquele porco do Xue Yang está com as unhas cravadas na garganta do meu filho.

-O que você quer? – pergunto encarando Wen Chao que me encara firme.

-O que eu quero? O que você acha que eu quero? Eu quero vingança, eu quero que o Yiling Laozu morra pelo que fez comigo, eu quero que ele pague por tudo o que me fez, quero que o poderoso Hangwang- Jun se ajoelhe diante de mim e acima de tudo quero que você sofra, quero que chore ao ver a morte do seu amado filho.

No momento em que Wen Chao diz aquilo eu consigo ver os olhos de Sizhui aumentarem de tamanho.

-Xue Yang... – ele começa e eu consigo ver algumas gotas de sangue começarem a escorrer da garganta de Sizhui.

Se pelo menos eu estivesse com as minhas agulhas, se pelo menos a Yuchang estivesse comigo...

Escuto uma melodia conhecida e encaro Wei Yin. ele está de olhos fechados e assovia a música que por muito tempo fora a causa de meus pesadelos.

Ao escutar a melodia Xue Yang se agita, então eu noto que a música o está deixando assustado e que isso não é uma coisa boa.

-Wei Yin! - chamo na tentativa de fazê-lo parar de assoviar.

Mas então a já tão conhecida luz azul toma o ambiente, o impacto atira Xue Yang e Wen Chao para trás, Sizhui permanece de pé onde está, visivelmente assustado, eu não o culpo, não é fácil assimilar algo que para você não faz o mínimo sentido.

Desvio os olhos para Yibo e consigo ver o instante em que ele guarda a espada, os olhos cerrados enquanto a recoloca na bainha. Bichen. Eu reconheceria aquele brilho em qualquer lugar.

Por um instante o presente e o passado se entrelaçam em minha mente e o choque de rever o brilho azulado da Bichen faz com que minha cabeça doa. Sinto tudo ao meu redor começar a girar e minhas pernas fraquejarem. Vejo o momento em que Sizhui corre em minha direção, Wangji e Wei Yin fazem o mesmo, eles falam alguma coisa, mas eu não consigo ouvi-los. Vejo Ning se aproximar também e ameaço abrir um sorriso enquanto pareço despencar em um abismo sem fundo.

Eu só queria poder voltar no tempo quando as coisas eram fáceis. Quando éramos adolescentes bobos indo para uma conferência de cultivadores na vila Cayin e quando o nosso maior desafio era tentar não sermos punidos pelo severo Lan Qiren...

[zhancheng-ao3feed]

by Luluza

Prompts e pequenas fanfictions para ler e aproveitar e/ou desenvolver

Words: 1441, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Português brasileiro

Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Multi

Characters: Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian

Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī

Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, for WangXian, prompt, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Fem Wei Wuxian, fem jiang cheng, Cheating, I don't know how to make tags

#the untamed #MDZS #zhancheng #fic #Lan Wangji #Jiang Cheng

[fluffyweeby]

Lan Zhan wanted to check if Wei Wuxian is as ticklish in Mo Xyuanyu body as he was in his own

#tickle art #mo dao zu shi tickles #ler!Lan Zhan #lee!Wei Wuxian

[kanene-yaaay]

Hey hey! Can I ask you 4, 6 and 17 for this ask game? 👀✨

Heyaaaa <3 Ofc! Answers coming for This Ask Game coming right away :D

4. What is your favorite tickle story trope?

Cheer up tickles are always going to be my fav one, I think. Not only for the lee feeling down and receiving some tickly, giggly kind of care and love that make them immediately perk up again and get a smile on their face, no matter if the tickling is just a slow and soft dance of fingers or a more energetic attack that will bring up the most fun reactions!

But also a ler feeling antsy and needing some distraction from their own thoughts or feeling quite sad or insecure that day and having someone willingly putting their trust, their reactions, their smiles and care and laughter right under their tickling hands. It really makes me extremely soft. I love both of those scenarios a lot and I can count on the fingers of only one hand the times that I wasn't in the mood to read them kjhygtfrfghjklkj

6. What fictional character(s) would you love to see have a canonical tickle scene?

Aaaaaa there is so much of them!!! Gonna be honest tho, lately I have been crazy about both Mo Dao Zu Shi and Sousou no Frieren and I think I would ace life if I got one (1) tickle scene with Himmel or a playful tickle fight between Lan Zhan x Wei Wuxian or young Jiang Cheng, Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang. <3 <3 <3 <3 theeeemmmmm

17. What are your favorite teases to combine with tickling?

Oh my! I don't know why but this is a tricky one for me, I am not really sure kjhgtfredfghujk but I think! I like when the teases focus in commenting the reactions, ya know? Like, saying how beautiful the lee's smiles is or when the ler accidentaly squeeze a weak spot and there's that loud squeal and for a moment both of them are quiet until the ler goes "... oh, what was that? care to do it again?"

Lees also being open about how much they're loving the tickles and/or praising how caring and playful the ler is being also is very *chef kiss* fabulooous <3 <3 <3

#Kanene's askys #Kanene's asks #Carrie-tate is precious #HELLOOOO <3 <3 #Thanks so much for the ask! #Ask Game #Asky Game