Unsurprisingly, their dorms were right by the Hanshi, Lan xichen's room, and well, Jingyi and Sizhui's dorm was the closest to the Hanshi out of all the dorms.
The night had already sunken in and there was absolutely no noise in the Cloud Recesses. Jingyi knocked a plant over by accident. Sizhui, "shh, we'll have to copy the sect rules if we make noise." He whispered as quietly as he could.
Jingyi, "I know, it was an accident." He laughed softly, however, the Lan sect's disciples could very easily be woken up by even the slightest noise, let alone a plant falling.
"Jingyi, Sizhui, it's already past nine, what are you doing?" A disciple called out, whispering.
Jingyi, "uh I was um...sleepwalking?"
Sizhui mouthed, "why this excuse?!"
The disciples were contemplating on what to do, another disciple called out, "well you should uh, get back to sleep, otherwise Sir will make you copy the sect rules."
Jingyi, "yes, sorry."
Sizhui clenched his teeth. Jingyi, "well that was close- "
Sizhui put his finger to his mouth, gesturing him to be quiet before whispering, "they could still be here."
Jingyi laughed imperceptibly, "they're gone, I heard the footsteps."
Sizhui realized he was laying on top of Jingyi's chest, "oh I um….sorry", he got up and went to his bed.
He laid on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. Jingyi walked over and laid down next to him, "can I sleep here?"
Sizhui's arm jerked slightly, suggesting that he wanted to get up.
"Please~"
Sizhui faintly curled up his fingers that were on his pillow, "okay but be quiet."
Jingyi nodded and laid down, putting his arm under Sizhui's head. Sizhui eased up a bit before putting his arm over Jingyi's waist.
And just like that, the pair fell asleep. The next morning, Jingyi and Sizhui were awakened by the chirping of birds and a disciple knocking at the door, "Jingyi, Sizhui, why is the door locked? It usually never is."
Jingyi jolted up and to his bed, only making one floorboard creak on the way, "I might've accidentally locked it."
Sizhui sat up, unlocking and opening the door, "sorry about that but I think it's around four-thirty currently, why are you waking us up?"
The disciple, "Sir has asked us to meet him in the Lanshi, I think it's urgent."
Sizhui, "hm?"
The disciple, "sect leader Lan wouldn't have personally woken us up if it wasn't urgent."
Sizhui nodded and closed the door, he walked over to Jingyi who sat up, "sect leader Lan personally woke them up? That's certainly saying something, I'm kind of scared."
Sizhui, "mn, that's true." He smiled before he felt a hand pull his collar, it was so abrupt that he fell on top of Jingyi, "w-what're you doing…?"
Jingyi, "oh nothing, just wanted to get a good look of my 'boyfriend'."
(I put this in quotations because I'm not sure if boyfriends even existed in ancient China)