"You did not let me fall."

"Of course not. And if you did fall, I would catch you." 

Her face softens. Wei Ying is so unbelievably good.

"We should rest."

Nod. "Do you want me to stay?"

"Yes."

"Then I will." 

There is a bed. Wei Ying insists on supporting Lan Zhan on the side with the broken leg on the way over to it. 

They can lay down together. 

Lan Zhan has a lot of feelings about this. She's lucky that she's so exhausted, or else the feelings would probably be even more intense.

Good feelings, though. Wei Ying is right here (in the SAME BED) and they are both safe, now, and maybe some things will be okay.

"Do you want me to hug you some more, or--not that?" 

"Yes." 

She snuggles right up and gives a tiny contented sigh and drifts off quickly. 

This is a really, really nice way to fall asleep. For the first time in over a week, she doesn't wake screaming.

Wei Ying is still asleep when Lan Zhan wakes up in the morning. 

There are probably a lot of ways Lan Zhan could find to make herself useful in the Unclean Realm if she got out of bed, but.

Instead she's just going to cuddle the sleeping Wei Ying until she wakes. Rest is probably good for Lan Zhan's injuries anyway.

Not long after nine, Wei Ying shifts and stretches and opens her eyes. "...Good morning," she says, smiling at Lan Zhan. 

She smiles.

"Mmmmm this is really nice." She gives Lan Zhan's nose a tiny nuzzle with her own. 

Lan Zhan short-circuits. 

Nose nuzzling???? What does it MEAN. She is unable to respond aside from staring at Wei Ying and slowly turning pink. 

...Wei Ying starts giggling. 

"Aha, sorry Lan Zhan! I wasn't trying to fluster you again or anything, you're just so cute in the morning." 

THAT DOES NOT HELP AT ALL WHAT IS HAPPENING

She subsides and just sort of looks at her fondly. 

Lan Zhan eventually remembers how to breathe. "W. ei Ying."

"Hehe, you aren't very coherent in the morning, are you? You must have been really tired if you slept in this long."

Yes she has definitely been sleeping this whole time and not watching Wei Ying's face. And that is definitely the reason that she is incoherent right now and not any other reason. Lan Zhan's ears burn.

"It is an unusual morning."

"...Aah, yeah, it sure is. Sorry." 

"I am grateful."