“you can’t — mean that…” [ maybe for when WWX broke up with both LWJ & XY :^) ]-
MEME I’M TOO LAZY TO FIND // @cxndybxstxrd & @ofwindsweptpines
Was it NECESSARY to do this in the most painful and heartbreaking way.... perhaps not. But Wei Wuxian also knew- he also knew that if they tried, he’d cave. That’s how much he loves them, but he can’t allow himself to do so. He’ll drag BOTH OF THEM down with him. Just because this was the path he was choosing, didn’t mean they had to follow him into it. They can live without him, they have each other, the Gusu Lan Sect.. it’ll be just fine. They’ll be fine. Madam Yu was right, after all.. more often then not, people around him get in trouble because of him. Because of his choices, good intentions or not - and Lan Wangji. Xue Chengmei. They can’t be collateral damage. He won’t allow it.
They don’t even fully understand, either. They don’t know the truth as to why he isn’t carrying Suibian anymore. And.. deep down he knows why he’s pushed them away more then anyone else, because if they really started looking- they’d find out the truth. They know how much he enjoyed swordmanship, boosting about his skills to others, occassional fights - reasonable or not. As arrogant as he could be, as untamed and undisciplined others viewed him as... aya, it didn’t even matter.
‘’I do.’’ He didn’t. But he needed them to let him go. ‘’We can’t see each other anymore, you.. you understand that right?’’ it took every ounce of self control to keep his voice steady, trying to make it sound sincere, while also keep himself from shaking. His grip on Chenqing tightens. He had taken the Wen’s under his wing now, he’ll be responsible for that decision. He’ll see it through, no matter what they think, no matter what Jiang Cheng thinks. Because if he didn’t.... who would?
Why didn’t other people CARE about innocent elders, children and women who hadn’t partaken in the war being CONDEMNED for actions not their own, but that of their Sect. Of other cultivators. These people- they weren’t even cultivators. How did punishing them, torturing them and killing them make them ANY different from the Qishan Wen Sect?
‘‘Who are THEY to tell me to give them the Yin Tiger Seal?’‘ What have THEY done to deserve such a powerful tool? The Lanling Jin Sect can’t be trusted, the Yunmeng Jiang Sect.. well, if they’d let Jiang Cheng keep it, they wouldn’t make such a fuss about Wei Wuxian having it, since he’s still part of that Sect. So that left Gusu Lan or Qinghe Nie.. It’s ironic, how he went from being their hero, praised for his actions with this very tool they now demand of him, as well as the left Wen remnants.
Wei Wuxian huffs, shaking his head. Resentful energy coming off of Chenqing in waves. ‘‘Who are they to decide the faith of INNOCENTS?’‘ They may not agree with the means Wuxian uses, but could they genuinely step aside and let these women, elderly and children die if it came to that? If the Gusu Lan Sect doesn’t intervene, would they follow those orders?...............
None of it matters, because Wei Wuxian won’t let it get that far. The only reason he was here- was because it was no secret that he’s... well, to the outside world all there is to their trio; is friendship, but they themselves know the truth. His gaze shifts over both of his lovers, taking a deep breath as to still his aching heart. ‘‘If I don’t do this, no one will.‘‘ and that’s the only explanation he would give. For it had been done already. If it wasn’t for his own talisman, his own barrier to protect the Wen remnants, he wouldn’t have come today.
‘‘I’m already gone.’‘ That’s what they’d all FEARED anyway, didn’t they? That the resentful energy would poison his mind and soul. It hadn’t, but if it made things easier for them to let him go, then he’ll have them believe it. And if necessary, he’d add lies. Tell them he doesn’t love them, that he never did. That he was just... experimenting, or something. A phase he’d grown tired off. Anything he had to do to sever these ties, to keep them safe && away from the judgement that other Sects would convict upon him.