Being told he won't be rejected is like being given permission to love him, finally love him as he had always wanted, and out pours a wave of emotion that has been dammed up inside of him for years. It would make the tidal waves of this pool blush.

He closes his eyes and thinks it's bittersweet, that this one might return his feelings, but he makes no guarantee for the other, not like Lan Wangji does. He knows the other Lan Wangji's heart, because he has always been so sure of his own. He cannot imagine a world which would create a Lan Wangji who would not follow his Wei Ying to the ends of the Earth.

He reaches over and lays his fingers gently on Wei Ying's wrist, presses onto his pulse. He just needs to be sure. He doesn't know how to handle another heartbreak.