Yunlan and Shen Wei met again.
"What a coincidence meeting you here," Zhao said, but it wasn't, there was nothing coincidental considering that both had wandered the area where they had met before hoping to meet the other.

Yunlan wanted to see him again, wanted things with Shen Wei to move forward and become something more.
The envoy intrigued him in a way that he couldn't understand, but he knew he liked Wei, he knew he wanted him, and after he was in a real relationship he was sure that things would be alright, he would only think of him and the confusion would go away.

Wei wanted to see him again as well, after that kiss he couldn't think of anything else. It was useless to remind himself of all the true reasons for avoiding the charming chief, it was indeed too late, there was nothing he could do now about it.

They walked a bit, really slowly, saying only a few words because small chat was difficult right now, they had big thoughts busying their minds leaving little space for anything else.

When it started raining, they weren't prepared, the rain was too sudden and too violent and in no time they were soaking wet.
Their first reaction was to run for cover, they entered a bar but didn't stay for long.

Yunlan was lucky enough to have a hood over his head, but having no umbrella, with the rain so heavy, they were both already soaked, there was really no point staying there.
If Yunlan had first cursed under his breath because his date had been ruined, he soon found himself again and turned things to his advantage.

This rain might be just what he needed to get this man out of his clothes, he thought.

Yunlan faked an exaggerated concern for his health, saying, "You will get sick if you don't dry yourself, you better come with me."

Wei tried to refuse, he felt incredibly anxious about this, but Yunlan knew how to get to him.

"You want me to get ill? You know that I'm not leaving you here alone, right? I'm going to stay with you today, so it's your choice, you're the only one responsible for your choices and my health, either we both stay here and get sick together, or we both go to my place where we can warm ourselves and dry our clothes."

Wei agreed. Too easily, he scolded himself, but he couldn't stand the thought of being responsible for Yunlan getting sick. He followed him with his heart in turmoil, wanting to be with him as much as possible but scared like never before in his life.

They arrived at Yunlan's apartment and he went immediately to his room to take a change of clothes for the both of them.

"You shower first, you need to warm yourself up. I'll get you some clothes that should fit you."

Wei did as he was told, and the noise of the water first and then the hairdryer could be heard, but when he came out of the bathroom Yunlan was very surprised to see him fully clothed with the same clothes that were so wet a few minutes before and that were now already dry.

Yunlan came out of the bedroom wearing only a pair of warm sweatpants, with his upper body completely bare under Shen's eyes.

Wei gulped and stared at him, his eyes glued to his chest as he admired his beautiful body, his skin was so perfect...

'How can I compare, with this disgusting body of mine,' he thought painfully. He had never cared before, but now he would have given anything to look as beautiful to Yunlan's eyes.

Yunlan was surprised, how had Shen managed to dry his clothes so quickly... he was also disappointed, but then he noticed the way Shen was looking at his body, he recognised the hunger without a doubt, and was very pleased, things might still go his way after all.

He could always tell when someone liked him, and he was sure that Wei wanted him too, so he walked closer, and closer, he was but a meter away and Shen couldn't take his eyes off him.

So he moved closer still, pressing their bodies together, slowly, Wei didn't move a muscle, a part of him wanted to run away, but the other part was afraid of what he might do if he actually moved.

"I haven't even touched you yet and you're already so hard," Yunlan murmured teasingly, so close to his face, and then he kissed him.

Wei raised his hands intending to push him away but Yunlan's lips moved so tenderly and so lovingly over his that he buried his fingers in his hair instead.

He was lost, he doubted he could ever be his old self again, the power that Yunlan had over him was unmeasurable, his fingers stroke the soft, slightly wet hair and he devoured his mouth with lust and longing.

Yunlan felt Wei's lips and fingers, and opened his eyes, he knew this sensation, this fire, and things went finally into place. He fully enjoyed the kiss now that there was no more confusion in his heart.

"You're so good at this," he said and Wei couldn't stop his hands from exploring his bare back.
So lost in the moment, he didn't even notice that Yunlan was pulling him towards his bedroom.

"Hong told me about the envoy of her world, but I never expected him to be this sexy," he said the words directly into his mouth, not letting him go, but Wei gasped at those words. He looked at him without saying anything.

"You can lie as much as you want, but your kiss gave you away. I know this kiss, I've felt it before, and I know now why I felt attracted to two people, it never happened before, but it was always you."

His words pierced through Wei's heart. "So you know... aren't you scared of me? I’m a monster."

Yunlan kissed him again, clouding his judgement, making him sit on the bed, then he kissed him deeper. Wei tried to resist but Yunlan took his hands and placed them on his own chest, the flat palms feeling his muscles, then he gently moved Wei's hands so that his fingers brushed his own nipples.

'Why can't I resist him?' was the only thought in Wei's mind.

Yunlan moaned under the touch of his fingers. Wei felt a rush of desire he had never known before, it must have been reflected in his eyes because he saw Yunlan licking his bottom lip at the sight.

Yunlan moved his hand and removed his glasses and Wei gasped. "No!" he yelped but it was too late, Yunlan took them off and when he was about to put them down they vanished.
Yunlan looked where the glasses were supposed to be, then at him, curious. "Where did they go?"

Wei didn't say anything, and Yunlan let it go for the moment, focusing on more pressing matters. "Does that mean that if I take these off of you, they'll vanish too?" he asked touching his pants.

Wei's breathing was irregular when he tried to explain. "I... as the envoy working for the king, I have a device that changes my clothes according to my needs."

Yunlan looked really interested. "And does that mean that you can also make them disappear at will?"

"That's not appropriate, I am the envoy, I have duties, I shouldn't. .. this is not right..." Wei tried, but he felt how empty those words sounded.

"This is the right thing to do, according to my needs," Yunlan replied, then palmed him thru his trousers. "And yours too," he said stating the obvious.

Breathing heavily, Wei made his trousers as well as shoes and socks disappear in the blink of an eye. The feeling of Yunlan's hand on him had been so arousing that he acted before he could think better of it.

He was left with his long shirt on, covering the view. Yunlan laughed and Wei frowned, but then Yunlan took his own pants off and Wei forgot all about the laugh.

"Take it off, I want to see you," Yunlan said, but the shirt didn't vanish and he looked puzzled.
He wasn't mistaken about him, Yunlan saw the longing in his eyes, felt the passion in his kiss, there was no doubt that Wei wanted him too, so what was that all about?

"Have you ever done this?" he asked, wondering if that could be the problem.

Wei swallowed drily. "With women, yes, but it's been a while."
It had been a very long time, he had experienced sex when he was younger and hadn't yet realised that those offering themselves to him were actually forced to do so by the rules of the palace; he was the envoy's son, he would be the next envoy when the king decided that his father was too old. He had known carnal pleasure for a while but had stopped after learning the truth.

He knew then, and he knew it even better now, how it feels to be owned by someone, so the next time that something like that happened, he let them in then said that he was tired and they just slept together.

Yunlan didn't feel at all discouraged, if that was the only problem, he had the perfect solution,

"Then let me explain how it works," he said, and he slowly pushed him down until his back laid flat on the bed.

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A/N

Is the device-thing clear? I don't know how clear the explanation was 🤔
If you're familiar with Star Trek's holodeck, you can think of it as an holo-brooch. Imagine that there's an holographic field around his body, the clothes are real while near it but vanish when you take them away from the holo-brooch.
These Dixingians have no powers or magic really, so it was a way to make him change clothes quickly 😅