Happy Tears /Xiao x Reader/

6- Tofu

"Y/n?"

Y/n dragged her legs together. She forced everything in her body to walk to the Harbor. She found the familiar God standing in front of her. "Mo..rax?"

Her hair was messy. Strands covered her face no matter how many times she pulled it back. Her skin became dirty with dirt and mud. "Where's... Gui Zhong and Hav一"

She stopped herself once she remembered something. Gui Zhong and Havria were no longer with them. She stayed quiet. The smile faltered along with the lights in her eyes.

Her weak and frail arm reached out to his. He bowed down to be in the same level as her. He held her shoulders protectively and carried her.

"Let's bring you to Osi一Cloud Retainer."

Her tears started to form and dripped once again. The survivors were only them, Morax and Y/n. The other three had said their last goodbye since long after.

She shook her head weakly. "Please... I don't feel like seeing her," she muttered. Her voice was so low. "Not after I release them."

What was he thinking? Bringing her to someone she knew for so long only to be destroyed? "Then, what should I do to make you feel better?"

Y/n forced a smile. "Tell me a tale. A tale I have never known of."

Morax sighed. He nodded his head and started tell a story. "Years ago, there were five friends. Five friends that were insperable. Or so, that's what they thought..."

Y/n nodded her head. She laid her head and felt his heart beating slowly. Enjoying and finally falling to a deep slumber.

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"Almond Tofu. Where?"

She was lost in his eyes. She didn't know how long had it been ever since bees flew away to find new nectar. "Hello?"

Y/n blinked twice in realization. "O-oh, right. Please come inside." She gestured to her room. The light lit her room. A tea was served on the table along with some almond tofu as dessert.

The bed was small but big for a person. The fabric that was hang on top of her bed swayed along with where the wind was going. It looked so simple. "Here. Enjoy."

She gestured to the tofus that sat before her. Xiao nodded and walked near her. He gazed around the room, hoping to see something. But his gaze landed on a painting hung at the wall.

A lady with other fairies and adeptis next to each other. Messy writings of names in each and every paintings. She looked like she's alone this whole time.

"Do... you have a family?"

Xiao asked slowly. He could only hope his words didn't affect her. She put down the tea and looked as they reflected her reflection.

Did she have one?

Or did she use to have one?

"My my, what catches your interest in knowing?" She spoke softly. She didn't want to talk about this.

Out of all questions he could start, he had started with that. He sat there. "What do you think of the painting there?"

She gazed at the painting. Though, her eyes glimmered a little, she couldn't bear to show it. He followed to where she was looking. "Well?"

A sigh escaped her lips. "You're quite stubborn for someone like you," she commented. Y/n drank the tea again. "Family? I... did. Or at least that's what I thought of."

He regretted asking. But what had been done couldn't be undone. "Family is a someone who gives you home, make you feel appreciated, showering with care and loves. Though, it shouldn't be one-sided, it still feels like a family."