"Thread of the Unseen Bond" *WangXian*
Chapter ⁵
The rain came softly.
It tapped against the wooden slats like fingers drumming a warning.
Wei Ying’s tiny hands grasped the edge of the cradle.
He had managed to turn himself halfway over.
A win.
His limbs ached with the effort, but he didn’t stop.
The world spun sideways.
He grits his gums and lifted again.
Another inch.
He hated how much strength it took.
He hated the helplessness more.
The door creaked open.
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(firmly) “You’re not supposed to move like that.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Wei Ying turned his head slightly.)
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(Jiang Cheng stood barefoot, his sleeves askew, eyes narrowed.)
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
“I saw you. You’re not supposed to roll that much.”
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(Came closer, standing over the cradle like a tiny warden.)
His mouth twisted suspiciously.
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
“You’re weird.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Eyes narrowed. Made a small, warning grunt.)
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(Grunted back.)
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
“Do you understand me?”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Didn’t blink nor Didn’t flinch.)
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(huffing) “Fine. I don’t care.”
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(Reached in and flicked Wei Ying’s forehead.)
It wasn’t hard, but it wasn’t gentle either.
Wei Ying squealed in protest.
A moment later, footsteps came fast.
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
“Don’t bully him!”
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
(Rushed in, tugging Jiang Cheng back by the collar.)
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
“You’re going to scare him!”
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(defensive) “He’s scary! He looked at me like—like he knew I was lying!”
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
(firm) “That’s because you were lying. You said you didn’t take the sweets!"
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
“… You weren’t supposed to know that part.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Coughed.)
It sounded suspiciously like a laugh.
Both siblings froze.
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
“Did… did he just…?”
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(muttering) “Told you he was weird.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Blinked back. Then yawned dramatically.)
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
(giggled) “Okay, okay. Come on, A-Cheng. Let’s go before Papa Feng sees us here again.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
💭l hated how it fit. Too familiar. Too wrong yet they say it so easily.💭
Jiang Cheng/Alpha/4
(grumbling) “He doesn’t do anything when he sees us.”
Jiang yanli/Omega/Six
“He smiles, A-Cheng. And that’s worse.”
The siblings scampered out.
The door closed softly.
Wei Ying was left in silence again.
Rain still whispered against the roof.
He turned his gaze to the corner.
There was a sword hung high on the wall.
Not his.
Too refined. Too ceremonial.
But it still called to something buried inside him.
He lifted his hand toward it.
The cradle groaned as he shifted.
The sword did not move.
Of course not.
He wasn’t Wei Wuxian anymore.
He was just… A-Ying.
A soft, whimpering A-Ying with no golden core, no talismans, no power.
Only memory.
Memory and confusion.
A floorboard creaked again. Not the siblings this time
The scent that followed was calm.
Familiar in an unsettling way.
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
(Entered, cloak drawn tight against the rain.)
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“You’re still awake.”
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
(Walked to the cradle, gently wiping rain from his brows.)
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“It’s late.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Stared at him.)
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
(Sat slowly, hands folded in his lap.)
He didn’t smile.Didn’t coo.
He simply looked at the child before him.
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“Do you remember something?”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Blinked)
Wei Wuxian/infant
(The words hit him harder than they should have.
He couldn’t answer.)
But Jiang Fengmian’s eyes softened, as if he saw something anyway.
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“…You’re not like a baby.”
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“Not even a little.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Made a low sound not to assent. But not to deny either.)
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
(Fingers brushed his cheek again.)
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“I don’t know where you came from.”
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
(Voice was soft, careful.)
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“But you’re ours now.”
Wei Wuxian/infant
(Breath stilled.His hand opened slowly.He reached up—)
Just enough to brush Jiang Fengmian’s wrist with soft fingers.
Jiang Fengmian blinked.
Then covered that tiny hand with his own
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
“…Sleep now.”
Jiang Fenmian/Dominant Alpha
(He tucked the silk blanket around him. Stood slowly and left without a word more.)
Wei Ying lay in the quiet.
Watching the ceiling.
The rain still whispered. But inside, something heavier had begun to move.
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