ModernAU Wangxian: Music School Edition
Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian had been assigned to perform a duet together. Perhaps their professor had thought that Lan Wangji would be a good influence on Wei Wuxian--something he could not say the other students would be. Most would succumb to Wei Wuxian's mischief. His approach was different.
Stolen glances that meant nothing.
Silence instead of speaking when his heart thrummed.
The squeeze of his fingers into a fist.
Together, they were weapons against the assault Wei Wuxian waged on him. The other man would never know how he affected him, should never know, else he might use it to his advantage and get out of practice.
Wei Wuxian did not show up to the practice room for the first week. The performance of their duet would take place in another.
Then, one day, Wei Wuxian mysteriously appeared behind Lan Wangji and whispered in a low, teasing voice. "Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan, let's meet up tonight in the practice room. I'll play whatever I want to play, and you can join in. How does that sound?"
Giving Wei Wuxian the choice of music was not the worst decision. He might pick a pop standard. Lan Wangji could endure it. "Mn."
Later that evening, Lan Wangji sat at his guqin, plucking a few notes. Wei Wuxian was running late.
And then, in the distance, he heard the whining cry of an instrument, wavering in the air, but it was not the sound of the dizi. A black shoe stepped into the room, then another. Wei Wuxian's long hair blanketed his face. Behind the curtain of hair, Lan Wangji spotted the offending instrument, Wei Wuxian's fingers expertly playing the otamatone.
A modern instrument. Electronic. How distasteful.
The corner of Lan Wangji's mouth twitched upwards briefly, almost invisibly, before settling into a frown.
They would play a duet tonight. But at what cost?
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For reference, this is Wei Wuxian's precious otamatone:
(He has another dozen at home, but he'll bring those out another day to offend Lan Wangji's sensibilities.)
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