#jc is a freshman wwx is TECHNICALLY a 3rd year and jzx is also a 3rd year

[biennatodd]

A Little Party Never Killed Nobody... 

Pairing: JZX/JC Endgame; but it features some elements of WWX/JC too. Rated: M CWs: Alcohol Use, Underage (JC is 16, JZX and WWX are 19), Violence, Making Out, Dubcon (Everyone is under the influence, but consent is given), College AU

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Jiang Cheng has been pretty sheltered his entire life.

Between his overprotective mother and his distant father, he never really got to socialize with the other kids his age. Even on the rare occasions he was invited to hang out or go to a sleepover. His mother never let him go, and if she did, his father would forget to take him and schedule something else at the same time.

The only exception was Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng’s best (only) friend. Jiang Cheng had aways looked up to him, even if he wouldn’t admit it. Wei Wuxian was one of the cool kids. All of the older kids liked him--he was really smart and always knew what to say to make everyone laugh. And yet he always stuck with Jiang Cheng. The two of them were inseparable.

Or at least, that’s what he used to think.

As they grew up together, he started to wonder if that was actually true. 

Wei Wuxian was a few years older than him, and he was smart enough to skip grades. In fact, he could’ve graduated high school 2 years early. But instead, he waited. For Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng worried that he was holding his friend back, but Wei Wuxian just ruffled his hair and promised he’d never want to leave his didi behind anyway. 

And that’s how Wei Wuxian ended up graduating high school with an Associates Degree, easily overshadowing Jiang Cheng, who’d be his class’s valedictorian. But it’s okay! Jiang Cheng didn’t mind. What he minded was that Wei Wuxian had gone off and made a bunch of new friends while Jiang Cheng was busy playing catch up. New college friends. Ones that Jiang Cheng didn’t know. Like that “Lan Zhan~”. Sure! They could probably get along if he tried. But that was the thing! Jiang Cheng didn’t WANT to try. He was.. jealous.  

Which is what led to him being here: sulking in the corner of some cool college party, out WAY past his curfew, and waiting for Wei Wuxian to remember that he exists.

Until a cool cup of something presses against his chest. 

Jiang Cheng looks up at whoever has deigned to invade his personal space with a scowl, which only deepens upon seeing Jin Zixuan. “What’s this supposed to be, peacock?” 

“A sign to lighten up. your attitude will sink the entire party if left unattended.”

“If that was supposed to be a joke.. it wasn’t funny.” Jiang Cheng side-eyes him.

See, the Jins’ were an old family friend of the Jiangs’, and Jin Zixuan had dated Jiang Yanli for so long that he was practically a part of the family himself. So much so that even after he and Yanli broke up, he still would come around, the two of them able to maintain their “friendship”. Of course it didn't matter that he and Yanli were still friends, or that she didn't seem too hurt by the way things ended. Wei Wuxian said that they HAD to hate "the peacock" for dumping a-jie. It was practically their job! 

A shame, because Jiang Cheng used to kind of like Jin Zixuan. 

“What makes you think that I would want a drink from my sister’s ex?” 

Jin Zixuan sighs, shooting Jiang Cheng an entirely unimpressed look. “Are you really still hung up on that? Didn’t she tell you that we parted on good terms??” 

Jiang Cheng doesn’t buy it. ”Hmph! Wei Wuxian thinks that you were a terrible boyfriend and that you’re the reason jiejie swore of men forever!!”

“Seriously?!” Jin Zixuan frowns doubtfully, “And what does Yanli think?”

“...”  He looks away with a pout frown. “...Jiejie is too nice to say what she really thinks.”

Jin Zixuan simply has to laugh, and Jiang Cheng feels and angry flush warm his cheeks at being mocked. “Oh yeah? Well then, what do YOU think?” 

“I think you’re ANNOYING.” Jiang Cheng glares at him, but Jin Zixuan remains unfazed, snorting at his antics. Jiang Cheng feels a little better knowing that a vain man can make such an ugly sound. Jin Zixuan still presses the cup forward, pushing Jiang Cheng to take it. Jiang Cheng gives him an awkward look. Is this guy stupid?

“I’m not supposed to accept any opened drinks while we’re here. It’s not safe.”

“What. Did Wei Wuxian~ tell you that too?”

Actually he did. But Jiang Cheng doesn’t want to admit it anymore, feeling weirdly insecure about it. Jin Zixuan just sighs. “Look. I get it. That is good advice. But c’mon! You KNOW me!! You’ve known me your entire life! Even longer than you’ve known Wei Wuxian.”

“But--” 

Jin Zixuan rolls his eyes, cutting Jiang Cheng off and looking kind of done with the entire conversation.

“Do you ALWAYS have to do what Wei Wuxian tells you?”

Jiang Cheng’s immediate response is to say No, hackles raised because of his strong desire for independence, but the question makes him pause. Is that what people think of him?? That he just.. follows Wei Wuxian around like-like-- like some lost little ugly duckling? 

While Jiang Cheng is stuck on the question, Jin Zixuan takes a sip of the drink himself, looking more than a little offended. “There. See? I’m not trying to.. roofie you or something. Jeez. I don’t know what sort of bullshit Wei Wuxian’s been feeding you but I’m not like that. How much more proof do you need?”

Finally, feeling just a teeny tiny bit bad about it (he didn’t mean to imply that sort of thing about him okay?!!), Jiang Cheng is about to reach out and take the cup , but it’s at that exact moment that Wei Wuxian himself arrives.

He slides between them, throwing an arm over Jiang Cheng’s shoulder with ease.

“’Sup, peacock?”

Jin Zixuan doesn’t look happy to see him. At ALL. Even Jiang Cheng has to admit that the situation has become uncomfortably tense. He looks back and forth between the two older boys, both of them staring each other down like they’re already ready to fight.

Jin Zixuan pulls the cup back toward himself. 

“Speak of the devil.”

Wei Wuxian smirks, “..and I’ll appear~” 

Jin Zixuan looks from Wei Wuxian to Jiang Cheng, and then to Wei Wuxian’s arm on Jiang Cheng’s shoulder before scoffing, which just makes Wei Wuxian grin even wider. Jiang Cheng thinks to himself that it kind of reminds him of those monkeys who show their teeth as a threat.

“Whatever,” Jin Zixuan rolls his eyes. “It was nice seeing you again, Jiang Cheng. I guess.”

And then he’s gone, before Jiang Cheng even gets a chance to reply, and he’s left feeling like he’s definitely missed something there. He turns to look at Wei Wuxian with suspicion.

“...So what the fuck was all of that about?”

“Nothin’!” Wei Wuxian smiles easily, rocking his didi’s shoulder just a bit. “Don’t worry about it. He just has a stick up his ass. Like always.” He starts steering Jiang Cheng toward the bar island.

“Now c’mon, Chengcheng... let’s party!!”