Thinking about childhood friends WangXian where bored WWX is...

So he shampoos LWJ's hair really slowly and with so much care and LWJ is like "oh. Oh. This is WORSE"
"Lan Zhan, take off your shirt!"
"What."
"You're already a good artist."
"But skin is different!"
LWJ shyly offers his arm, but WWX laughs.
"I need to practice on a big canvas. Something difficult to do. I was thinking of doing a chest tattoo that continues on your shoulder."
"Uh..." WWX seems to hesitate. "Because it's a tricky spot? And technically I'm getting two places at once."
LWJ frowns. "I don't want a chest tattoo."
"Lan Zhan, this is just practice. I'm not really giving you a tattoo," he raises a few pens.
He's about to say that, when WWX pouts and does his /nose sratch/ thing that makes him look too cute not to listen to. "You don't wanna try?" he asks.
"Okay," he says, and takes off his shirt.
Needless to say, it goes very poorly.
For him, that is. WWX is having the time of his life.
LWJ doesn't answer. He isn't sure he can talk. He's been shirtless in front on WWX before, but it never involved touching.
"I could tattoo your entire body, if you wanted," WWX says, and his voice has suddenly gone very low, which is. Not ideal. LWJ shifts on the chair. "Wouldn't that be cool?"
WWX keeps talking. "I could do something over your entire back. Maybe... on your legs, too. If you'd like that."
LWJ takes a very slow breath. If WWX keeps talking about parts of his body, he isn't gonna survive this.
"Oh," WWX says. "Sorry."
He goes quiet after that.
LWJ thinks WWX's slow breaths hitting his skin as he draws is much, much worse.
LWJ would be lying if he said he hates WWX's new search for a hobby. Trying to guess what his next obsession will be is half the fun. The other half is, of course, having WWX's attention on him.
So he decides to endure it.
LWJ grinds his teeth and tries to meditate.
"Open your eyes," WWX whispers.
WWX is right there, smiling his gorgeous smile, his face close enough that if he leaned in a little he could brush their noses together.
"Mascara," WWX explains, and his breath smells like the pineapple juice he just drank.
And if WWX looks at his lips, too, it's only because he's applying lipstick on them.
LWJ digs his nails into his thighs and endures it.
"Massage therapy!" he says, with the biggest grin on his face.
LWJ closes his eyes. He should've known this was coming. The heavens were never easy on him.
He lets WWX inside.
He lies down on the bed and waits.
"Lan Zhan... Get up."
"Why?"
"You have to take off your pants."
WWX only laughs.
"Lan Zhan, haven't you ever been to a massage place? I have to have access to your sciatic nerve!"
"You can have access like this."
"You're wearing jeans! But, fine, if you're not comfortable with that, I'll practice-
LWJ gets up, strips down to his underwear, and quickly lies back down on the bed.
"Done," LWJ says.
"... Um. Okay. That's-" he hears a sound of something knocking over, and WWX fumbling. "That's good."
But then WWX climbs on top of him, and all coherent thoughts escape from his mind.
The first touch of WWX's hand is surprisingly warm. LWJ closes his eyes to the feeling. He moves with skill, finding tense spots -
LWJ lets out a tiny exhale. Maybe it's okay if he lets himself enjoy this. He doesn't know if WWX will ever touch him like this again.
"Good," WWX says. LWJ feels electricity sparking all the way down to his spine.
He knows he's getting hard, but there's nothing he can do. Not when WWX is on top of him. Not when his hands are so soft on his back.
WWX sits on his thighs, and hesitates.
"Can I go down?"
LWJ wouldn't ever dream of saying no.
WWX massages the meaty part of his ass, his hands gentle, and finds his sciatic nerve with surprising accuracy.
LWJ tries to think of other things.
WWX huffs on top of him, and the pressure increases.
"Lan Zhan... is it not good?"
WWX lets out another sound on the back of his throat. He seems... Displeased. Is LWJ doing something wrong?
It's a lie. He's never felt more tense in his entire life.
WWX's hands freeze on his skin.
"It's ok," he says, climbing out from LWJ and sitting on the edge of the bed. And then, to himself, "I give up."
"Nothing!" he stands up and starts gathering his things back into his bag. "I just... Obviously you don't like it, so I should stop. It's fine, really."
"Wei Ying-"
"I need to wash my hands."
WWX goes into the bathroom, and LWJ-
"Wei Ying, did I do something wrong?" LWJ asks, standing by the open bathroom door.
"What?" WWX turns at him. "No. Noo, Lan Zhan, you didn't."
LWJ twists his lips. "Tell me."
LWJ freezes.
"What?"
"I really need to go."
He grabs his things and makes his way to the door, but LWJ stops him with a hand blocking his way.
"Wei Ying. What do you mean?"
"Lan Zhan, I have to be somewhere, I can't-"
"You've been doing this... Because you want me to react?"
LWJ drops his arm and lets his weight fall back on the wall.
"Lan Zhan, don't be mad, okay?" Wei Ying walks over to him and grabs his hand. "I had this... stupid idea, once, that maybe you liked me back."
"But you'd never say anything, so I thought that if I could make you react to me... touching you, you wouldn't be able to hide it anymore. I thought we'd get closer, and then you'd just have to... I don't know. Kiss me, or something."
"Lan Zhan, don't look at me like that. It was stupid. I see it now. Every time we do anything, you just keep... putting more distance between us. And I got it, ok? I promise I'll never make you uncomfortable again."
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done it. I just... caught you staring at me, sometimes, with something in your eyes, and I guess I thought... I don't know. But it's just friendship. I'll never-"
LWJ pulls him closer and grabs his waist.
"Wei Ying," he says. "Shut up."
"You-" WWX pulls back, but LWJ dives into his lips again, unable to help himself.
When he finally pulls back to breathe, WWX's face is a lovely shade of pink, and his lips look... not red enough. LWJ leans in to correct it.
"Wait," WWX laughs-
His... naked chest.
WWX looks down and swallows, remembering it at the same time LWJ does.
"You just kissed me," WWX says. "So does that mean-"
"I like you," LWJ leans over to press kisses against his neck. "I've liked you since we were 13."
"Mn," LWJ hums. He can't find it in his heart to be mad.
"We could've been doing this for years," WWX sounds almost mad at himself. "Why did you never tell me?"
"Lan Zhan," WWX cups his chin, smiling softly at him. "I love you, too."
LWJ smiles back, touching their foreheads together.
"Well, fuck. That's a lot," WWX says. "Okay. What now? What do we do now?"
"I mean, we lost all these years!" WWX says. "How are ever going to catch up? There's a thousand things we could do, so how do we even decide what to do first?"
LWJ raises his eyebrow, then gives him another quick kiss on the lips.
WWX's eyes go dark, and his hands lower to the hem of LWJ's pants.
"You're right. I need to keep practicing, too. That wasn't my best."
WWX throws his head back and laughs.
"Well, come on, then. Let me practice some more."
LWJ nods, and lets WWX push him back on the bed.
I'm sorry to my smut fans but I have to end it here 😭 we can all imagine what happened...
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