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Jiang Cheng woke up to a surprise, a surprise that struck him into a spell of frozen awe.
His mouth parted in shock before it splits into an amused smile.
His Lan Huan's still sleeping!
He tried to calm his heart down from the excitement, lest it awakens the sleeping man on his chest.
Faintly brushing the wisps of hair fallen on Lan Huan's face, Jiang Cheng watches his beloved's nose slightly flare in deep sleep with lashes quivering as if he were dreaming.
It's Jiang Cheng's first time awakening to Lan Huan's sleeping face— two years they've been together and he only got to see this today, eyes swollen from sleep and mouth drooling steadily , forming a spot on Jiang Cheng's shirt.
Jiang Cheng always wondered why he woke up to Lan Huan patting a paper towel oozing with the strong scent of antiseptic on his chest. He didn't ask out of concern for Lan Huan's burning cheeks each time.
He couldn't resist rubbing Lan Huan's back as he stares up at the ceiling, letting time pass, content.
It wasn't until he feels Lan Huan stir that he realized he dozed off. Jiang Cheng carefully blinks one eye open, seeing Lan Huan slowly raise to one elbow.
While yawning into his hand, Lan Huan noticeably jolts and wipes his mouth frantically with the back of his hand. "Oh, no—"
Before Lan Huan managed to even jump out of the bed, Jiang Cheng's arm shoots out to grab ahold of Lan Huan, who positively lets out the most adorable squeak that could ever made by a human voice.
"Where are you going?" He must have given away the fact of his early waking, if the alertness in his voice was taken seriously.
"Why are you awake?!" The man tone raises in defense. Lan Huan's are wide and wild for someone who just woke up as he viciously pats down his unkempt hair. "You saw nothing!" He shrieks.
"Why are you so worked up?" Jiang Cheng pulls himself up enough to slither into Lan Huan's space, inviting himself to lay on the man's lap, unbothered by the awkward slant of his body if only to hound a man obviously caught in the middle of an escape.
He delights in the hand that naturally settles in his hair. "So early in the morning." Jiang Cheng hums.
"You're supposed to be asleep." A sigh is heard from above. "I guess it's better that you see me like this now than further in the future."
"I wish I had seen it sooner." He remarks off-handedly, snuggling closer like a rabbit that finally burrows into its blanket of safety. "Another side of you—"
"Another part to love about you."
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Lan Huan couldn't say he's startled by the words... The admission... The adoration.
Wanyin is the love of his life as he is to him; every cell of his body knew that it's loved by the man that lays on his lap.
Perhaps there was a flicker of surprise, but only a flicker, followed by a slow chill of self-confidence and reassurance.
So as they lay back to spend an hour more in bed, Lan Huan thought maybe he can sleep half an hour more from now on.
Now that he knows for sure, Jiang Cheng couldn't care less that he wakes up any less than perfect.