{Note : - Stuff happens. Stuff I am not very happy about. But it was necessary. So please prepare your heart. Also remember that's this story most definitely has a happy ending.

Trigger warning, Mild non con. towards the end of the chapter.
I will mark the start & end with N/C}

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Yenay walks out of Wei Ying's room and immediately goes to her room. Takes out a sheet of paper, writes something and goes to the main gate of Lotus Cove.
She looks at the boys standing guard at the gate and calls over a lanky looking young boy.
She hands the sheet which is now sealed with the Jiang emblem to the boy and says,"Chu, listen carefully. You need to give this only to Clan Leader Cheng OK. Do not, under any circumstance show it to anyone else. Leave now. "
"Should I get a response back to you?" Chu asks.
"Clan leader will tell you what to do. And if he sends a letter for me, dare not deliver it elsewhere." Yenay says and walks back inside.

*Wei Ying's room*

"Lan Zhan.... Hanguang Jun... Lan Er gege... say something...Aioo are you back to ignoring me again?...ok. OK. You are not Shameless. You are the best... Most handsome... The best cultivator.... Lan Zhan!" Wei Ying begs his best friend.
After being called "Absolutely Shameless" his friend has seemingly zoned out.

Lan Zhan sometimes curses the day he first saw Wei Ying. After the nose bump Lan Zhan's body has stilled but his mind can't seem to shut up....Lan Zhan's mind is screaming, 'Stop playing with my feelings Wei Ying. Stop being so sweet. Stop coming close to me. And if you do come close...then don't walk away from me... Please Wei Ying. Stop saying my name like that...stop looking at me like that.'
Lan Zhan keeps looking at the floor.

After a while when Wei Ying stops blabbing, Lan Zhan's mind goes quiet too.
He looks up at Wei Ying and starts disrobing himself.
It is now Wei Ying's turn to stare at the man in front of him.
Lan Zhan with a few precise moment takes off his belt and keeps it on the bed. His hands go to his robes but before he can remove them Wei Ying shouts , "Lan Zhan!" he covers his eyes with his hands and turns his back to his friend, then he adds, "What ARE you doing Hanguang Jun."

"Changing." Lan Zhan says still looking at Wei Ying.

"Well there is a perfectly good changing partition right behind you. You can use that you know." Wei Ying says blushing furiously...his face still turned away from Lan Zhan's.

"It seemed fair." Lan Zhan says expressionlessly.

"What?" Wei Ying is confused.

"I saw you. It's only fair that you see me too." Lan Zhan's voice is as steady as ever but his brain is like a pile of confused nerve endings.

"No need...no need. We are good. You get changed here. I will use the partition." Wei Ying says walking towards the changing area.

'FuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuck' Wei Ying mutters and puts a hand on his heart that is threatening to jump out of his chest ..'Calm the Fuck down Wei Ying. You don't know what he feels for you yet...Yes he did say he lost control of his feelings when he sexily bit you but he never said that he loves you. Maybe he lost control because he was thinking of someone else.... You were gone for sixteen years and Hanguang Jun is a handsome man... any woman would be lucky to have him... Maybe he fell in love... Maybe they had to separate...maybe he still has feelings for her... Maybe... '

Wei Ying's internal panic talk is interrupted when he hears Lan Zhan's voice ,"Wei Ying, are you ok? What is taking so long?"
Wei Ying is snapped back to reality, "Almost done." he says and he quickly starts to change.

When he is done he walks back to where Lan Zhan is sitting on the study table and waiting for him.
Wei Ying can't but appreciate the way his friend looks so elegant even in night cloths. He gives Lan Zhan a once over as he thinks, 'How is it that even these simple night cloths look like formal wear on Hanguang Jun?..He truly is worthy of being called a Jade.'

"What do you want to do next?" Lan Zhan asks looking around the room.
His eyes fall on the frame of the bed on which there is a picture of two boys kissing. He walks to the bed to take a closer look.
Wei Ying sees him going towards the bed. He follows Lan Zhan's eyes that are looking intently at the picture.
He smiles remembering the old days and comes and stands next to Lan Zhan.
Wei Ying sighs.

Lan Zhan looks at him
He sits on the bed. His eyes on the picture, he thinks, 'I need to know what Wei Ying feels for me. There is no other way. I need to ask him. And I will accept it, whether I like it or not and continue to stay by his side'

"Wei Ying, Come." Hanguang Jun gestures to the spot on the bed next to where he is sitting and says "Sit."

Wei Ying gives a small smile and sits down next to his friend.

Lan Zhan looks at Wei Ying, the flickering candle light throws shadows on Wei Ying's face and it looks like they are playing on Wei Ying's face. Wei Ying looks breathingly beautiful.

Lan Zhan turns to face him..."Wei Ying... " he starts to say.
He wants to ask Wei Ying about his feelings towards him, his gaze shifts a bit.

"Lan Zhan, what is it?" Wei Ying asks, sensing hesitation in his friend's eyes.

Something changes in Lan Zhan's eyes, his hand comes up to softly touch Wei Ying's brow.
This sudden unexpected action makes Wei Ying gasp softly. His heartbeats speed up again.
Lan Zhan's fingers, in the mean while have moved down to Wei Ying's cheekbone ...lightly touching and creasing it with his thumb.
Wei Ying notices that Lan Zhan's eyes hold a dazed look and he is at once scared and turned on. But at the back of his mind he suspects if something is wrong with his friend.

"Lan Zhan, are you... " Wei Ying starts but is not able to finish. Lan Zhan without any warning slowly but surely starts leaning into his friend.

Wei Ying leans away but Lan Zhan keeps going. Eventually Wei Ying loses balance and his back hits the bed.

Lan Zhan follows Wei Ying and he too loses balance but quickly stops himself from falling on his friend.
Now Lan Zhan is looming very close on top of Wei Ying. One hand is supporting his weight. He continues what he was doing before they fell as if nothing had happened. Lan Zhan's hand moves to Wei Ying's lips. He traces them ...first the upper bow shaped one then the full lower one.

{N/C}
"Lan Zhan... " Wei Ying says breathlessly, " What are you doing?".
Lan Zhan doesn't answer. His hand moves to Wei Ying's neck and going lower he pulls on fabric.
"Ouch! Lan Zhan... that hurt... Stop. Lan Zhan.What are you doing?" Wei Ying says getting a little worried.
Lan Zhan doesn't react to Wei Ying's words. It's like he can't hear them.

He looks at Lan Zhan's face and can't recognize the emotion on it.
Lan Zhan is smiling... but there is no sweetness in it... pure evil is radiating from Lan Zhan's face.

Wei Ying tries to shake his friend's shoulder to get his attention but it doesn't work.
Wei Ying doesn't want to hurt Lan Zhan so he tries to pull away from him but fails.

Seeing what Wei Ying is trying to do Lan Zhan changes his position.

He takes both of Wei Ying's hands in one of his and pins them on top of Wei Ying's head with his hand. Then he puts his legs on either side of Wei Ying's hips and straddles his hips successfully trapping Wei Ying between his legs.

Wei Ying doubles his efforts to get away from Lan Zhan, all the while yelling for Lan Zhan to stop.
Wei Ying pushes his body up trying to push Lan Zhan off of him and that is when he feels something hard between his legs. He looks down his body and is shocked to see that Lan Zhan is hard. And it's positioned between his legs.

Lan Zhan let's out a low moan as soon as Wei Ying's body rubs against his.

Lan Zhan pushes his hips down and starts moving.
The fact of what is about to happen becomes clear to Wei Ying and he tries to close his legs. Lan Zhan doesn't notice and keeps moving trying to get as much friction as possible.
Low moans keep escaping Lan Zhan's mouth.
Lan Zhan tries to pull away Wei Ying's robes again but is met with resistance so his hands move to the belts that are holding the robes in place.
Wei Ying screams as Lan Zhan pulls off the belt and throws it on the floor.
He exposes Wei Ying's torso.
Lan Zhan's hand move to Wei Ying's throat and he squeezes it.
Wei Ying struggles to breath.
He thinks that Lan Zhan has changed his mind is going to kill him instead.

Wei Ying is proved wrong as Lan Zhan let's go of his throat and moves his hands to his shoulder and then his forearm. Exposing more skin is he goes.
Lan Zhan's hand comes to rest on Wei Ying's hip and his grip tightens.
He starts moving faster. His moans grow louder.
Lan Zhan stops and Wei Ying thinks it's over. Maybe Lan Zhan has come back to his senses.
Wei Ying is proved wrong yet again as Lan Zhan's hand move to undo Wei Ying's belt that are holding his pants.

Wei Ying can't take it anymore. He struggles violently. He puts all his effort into it. Lan Zhan is almost thrown off...but he manages to hold on. Lan Zhan in an effort to stop Wei Ying's movement puts his hand on his friend's chest and pushes him firmly into the bed.

Embarrassment and dread fills Wei Ying's heart and soul, he continues to struggle to get out of Lan Zhan's hold. But he keeps failing.
'Lan Zhan... DON'T....not like this... Lan Zhan.' Wei Ying's heart screams. Tears start falling from his eyes. He doesn't want to cry... He can't cry... He needs to save at least his last shred of dignity.
Wei Ying finally gives up. He has no strength left to resist Lan Zhan.

He tries to mentally prepare himself for the pain and humiliation that he knows are bound to follow.
He closes his eyes to stop the tears from flowing out....but they continue to fall from his eyes nonetheless.

In his panicked state of mind Wei Ying fails to notice that Lan Zhan's hand had stilled as soon as he had put his hands on Wei Ying's chest.
{N/C}

The pain and humiliation Wei Ying expects, never comes, instead he feels Lan Zhan's weight lifted off of him suddenly.
Wei Ying slowly opens his eyes.

{Note:- Sorry... For the pain.
This chapter was hard to put into words.
Remember, after pain comes pleasure.
I really need feedback on this one.
And I promise everything will be explained in due time.
Thank you for reading and my apologies for the pain.}