Fighting and hating one another had seemed inevitable too. They are just fated to feel the extremes, it seems. At least like this they are in no danger of hurting someone else.
Zichen sleeps dreamlessly the rest of the night, waking in the morning and pressing his lips to Xue Yang's lips. Good morning.
Xue Yang lets out a grumbly little noise, but being woken up with a kiss... it is a nice way to wake up. He's just not a morning person. He nibbles at Song Lan's lips and peers his eyes open. "Mnnn..."
Zichen can make mornings a little softer, at least, and he strokes Xue Yang's cheek, enjoying his sleepy expression. He kisses the younger man again and then sits up, stretching.
Xue Yang's cheeks flush pink as he wakes up more and remembers his embarrassing outburst the other night. And because Song Lan is still being so fucking sweet right now. How dare he, honestly. He follows his lover's movements with his eyes.
"Are you going somewhere?" he asks when Song Lan sits up.
If anything, Zichen feels closer to Xue Yang. He knows the other man's fears and he feels confident that he can help ease them. As he stretches, the muscles in his back and arms especially noticeable, he shakes his head.
Then he lays on his side, facing Xue Yang. This is where he is needed and so he will stay unless he is turned away.
Zichen has plenty of them! His chest, his abdomen, his back, his thighs... And everything in-between. The black robes he usually wears hides his physique.
A small smile curves his lips and he trickles his fingers down Xue Yang's back. Only to then kiss him again, humming.
"It started out that way..." Zichen types between kisses, slowly enjoying Xue Yang's lips, "I was in the dark and I couldn't move. I felt cold and dead. Then I heard you say my name." he huffs out a small laugh, "Suddenly I wasn't dead anymore and I was warm."
Xue Yang flushes a little. He had thought that maybe it had been coincidence, but it seems as though his voice really had reached Song Lan in his sleep. "I just told you you were dreaming," he says before melting into another kiss.
Xue Yang's voice is special. Zichen had listened to it giving him orders when he had been little more than a puppet and now he has heard it rising in pleasure and calling his name. Of course that voice can reach his deepest consciousness.
"You didn't leave me like that. I had felt your control waning for some time." he sucks on Xue Yang's lower lip.
"Mm... I don't want to control you," he murmurs and slides his fingers into Song Lan's hair. His fingers find the spot where those nails had been embedded and he gently brushes over it with his fingertips.
Zichen softens and kisses him deeper. For Xue Yang to say those words, something big has changed in the younger man. Zichen wants to celebrate that change.
His breath catches and he whines, the black lines on his chest throbbing. It's not just his mind that remembers Xue Yang and his spells, but also his body.
"Really?" Xue Yang can't help but to be a little fascinated. He runs a gentle hand up and down those black lines on Song Lan's chest. "I guess... we are connected." Because he'd done this to Song Lan. "I did suspect that there's a particular connection between a conscious fierce corpse and their... creator. I think that's why I could never control Wen Ning." But with such a small sample size, he hadn't exactly been able to verify.
Zichen nods to confirm the suspicion, covering Xue Yang's hand with his own. There is a connection. When he had been freed of the nails, the connection had remained. The only difference had been his free will.
"Wen Ning understands Wei Wuxian. I understand you." which is why Xue Yang's emotions don't completely overwhelm or shock him. On some level, they are always sharing what they want, what they feel...
"That means no one else can control you." There is a relief in that. He'd be pissed if someone even tried. "And I don't want to... so. You have your free will."
"No, I wouldn't be able to hear them." Zichen means that on a deeper level, of course. He firmly believes if Xue Yang called out for him now - even if he was nowhere nearby - he would feel it.
"No, you wouldn't," he agrees with a surprisingly soft smirk on his lips. Mine, he can't help but to think as a wave of sudden possessiveness wells up within him.
"You didn't know it, but that day you bound us together." Zichen traces Xue Yang's smirk with his thumb, "You took me away from Xingchen and made me yours." he sighs and shakes his head, "That wasn't my choice. I fought you with everything I had. Yet it allowed me see you. To know you."
Xue Yang nips that thumb and lets his pointy canine graze along it. "Mmm... I didn't plan any of that. You surprised me." In the worst kind of way. He had let his guard down, hadn't thought he'd ever see Song Lan again. He still remembers the anger and fear that had struck him when he'd heard that voice say his name.
He watches, riveted, his lips parting. Tilting his head, he strokes over Xue Yang's chest and side, clearly lost in thought. That day had been...awful. The worst day of his life.
"You were frightened. I saw how happy you were with him and it enraged me."
Xue Yang makes a face and then sighs, almost petulantly. It had been the worst day of his life too. Worse even than losing his finger. "I couldn't let you ruin everything," he says softly, "but instead I ruined everything." A reluctant admission, but one he makes anyway.
"You could have told him the truth if you hadn't made him kill." Zichen then adds, "Or killed my Master and brothers." or done any of the killings, truly. But that was probably taking it too far back.
"If you had asked him for help, he would have given it. I, on the other hand, would have carted you off by the scruff of your neck."
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Date: 2023-10-26 04:51 pm (UTC)Zichen sleeps dreamlessly the rest of the night, waking in the morning and pressing his lips to Xue Yang's lips. Good morning.
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Date: 2023-10-26 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:03 pm (UTC)"Are you going somewhere?" he asks when Song Lan sits up.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:11 pm (UTC)Then he lays on his side, facing Xue Yang. This is where he is needed and so he will stay unless he is turned away.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:15 pm (UTC)Once Song Lan lays back down with him, Xue Yang scoots close again and slides his arms around his neck. "Good." He wants him here, can't help it.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:21 pm (UTC)A small smile curves his lips and he trickles his fingers down Xue Yang's back. Only to then kiss him again, humming.
"I dreamed about you."
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:24 pm (UTC)"Can't have been very pleasant," he says, "You seemed like you were having a nightmare..."
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:42 pm (UTC)"You didn't leave me like that. I had felt your control waning for some time." he sucks on Xue Yang's lower lip.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-26 05:51 pm (UTC)His breath catches and he whines, the black lines on his chest throbbing. It's not just his mind that remembers Xue Yang and his spells, but also his body.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-26 06:00 pm (UTC)"I can feel your power. It's like something in me vibrates."
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Date: 2023-10-26 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-26 06:12 pm (UTC)"Wen Ning understands Wei Wuxian. I understand you." which is why Xue Yang's emotions don't completely overwhelm or shock him. On some level, they are always sharing what they want, what they feel...
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Date: 2023-10-26 07:41 pm (UTC)"You were frightened. I saw how happy you were with him and it enraged me."
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Date: 2023-10-26 07:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-26 07:54 pm (UTC)"If you had asked him for help, he would have given it. I, on the other hand, would have carted you off by the scruff of your neck."
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