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#MDZS #WangXian

SO imagine teen!wangxian stuck in an elevator meeting for the first time
wwx insists they can leave by the emergency exit on the roof

and lwj reluctantly hoists him up but they can’t unlock it and clumsily wwx tips over and they end up on top of each other..

with wwx’s lips pressed onto half of lwj’s - a kiss but not quite

lwj is flustered because he avoids touch in general and this is a stranger!! wwx obviously laughs it off and loosely apologises while going off on a tangent

“ahh i’m sorry!! you looked fitter that’s why i got you to do the hoisting” wwx pushed himself off lwj, “i hope that wasn’t your first kiss!!”

it is but lwj has other things to worry about

like how soft wwx’s body was against him and said teen thought that he had good physique

lwj doesn’t say anything the rest of the time and wwx is happy to ramble through the silence

they eventually get rescued and lxc goes; didi, why is the side of your lips red??

lwj just shakes his head and goes to bed, thinking about wwx the entire night

they start running into each other more often - they go to the same music school after all

they learn each other’s names and wwx often goes out of his way to greet lwj & tells of their tales in the elevator - the most popular one being their “kiss”

lwj often walks away at that point, uninterested in the “oohs and aahs” from wwx’s friends, he knows wwx is just teasing anyway

but lwj does notice is that wwx is avoiding taking the elevator and always uses the excuse to see if “he can beat the elevator”

one day it’s just the two of them walking through the doors - rare because wwx is usually late

“ah lan zhan! you’re here early”

“you’re early as well.” lwj pauses, trying to think of why and noticed wwx’s limping foot

“you’re hurt.”

wwx laughs it off like it’s no big deal - like he’s used to pain & it’s the norm for him to not be ok - “yeah, that’s why i’m taking the elevator this time!”

“you came early to take the elevator?” lwj questions

there really is no hiding anything from lwj, wwx thinks to himself

“i’ve been struggling to take the elevator since the day we got stuck in it” wwx confesses and waits for lwj to judge him for something silly

except it never comes

this is what wwx loves about lwj: he never judges & never berates anyone for what they’re afraid of

instead, lwj steps into the elevator and holds the door open for wwx

“i’ll take it with you”

wwx looks at him, surprised.

and then enters the elevator with hesitation, standing next to lwj

“if the elevator breaks down, i’m convinced we’re the problem” is a silly attempt to break the ice because lwj is looking at him seriously

“don’t joke about these things”

lwj proceeds to press level 5 and the door closes

as the elevator hums, wwx starts to fidget; he thinks about the first time he took the elevator after that day and he couldn’t stop the shakes after.

since then, he’s been sprinting up and down the stairs to avoid that feeling of trepidation

wwx’s fists clench and he can feel the nerves hit but because it’s only 5 floors, they’ve reached the top of the building.

wwx fully expects lwj to exit the elevator, their lesson is here anyway but lwj just presses the button for the ground floor,

“as many times as you need.”

they ride the elevator up and down a few more times but wwx can’t seem to shake the nerves.

sheepishly, he slides his hand around lwj’s wrist who is surprised by the touch but does not flinch or shake wwx off

“i feel better like that” wwx smiles at lwj and lwj’s ears redden

finally, after the 15th elevator ride, wwx starts to calm down and he pulls lwj out of the elevator on the 5th floor.

“thank you lan zhan, it’s not going to be a problem for me anymore.”

“it’s no trouble if it’s for wei ying.” lwj responds

so formal, but wwx cannot deny that he’s happy hearing lwj say that.

“well it’s the least you can do considering you took my first kiss!” wwx teases

“that was your first kiss?”

wwx clicks his tongue, memories of him bragging about his triumphs over the ladies come to mind

wwx suddenly becomes very aware of how their hands are still connected and let’s go

“you’re lucky i like you, lan zhan! i don’t give my first kiss to anyone so easily-”

lwj captures wwx’s hand this time and wwx can feel the heat sear through his body

“that is not how i kiss”

there’s a pause, then wwx grins almost slyly and he leans in,

“then show me how you kiss lan er-gege”

that statement makes lwj go feral and he pulls wwx back into the elevator to capture wwx‘s lips.

wwx is shocked first and then starts to kiss lwj back

the two of them are so lost in the kiss they haven’t realised the elevator started moving

rather, lwj uses the momentum to deepen the kiss and slips a hand behind wwx to support him as his knees buckle from pleasure

the elevator goes *ding* and the two snap out of it, wwx red as a tomatoes and lwj’s ears on fire

“okay, i think i have no problem with elevators now.”

-the end-

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