warm - xiao

3 | joke.

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you yawned, stretching your arms. it's been 2 hours since you both quietly started to read the biology books after discussing on what to study first. you kind of understood a bit of what you read, but whatever. you looked to the window, only to be met by the pinkish purple horizon, indicating that it was almost dark outside.

"xiao." you yawned, only to be met by a sleeping xiao, his head slammed into the biology book. "this, um, shrek colored hair." you muttered, before shaking his arm.

"ayo good sir, wake up!" you exclaimed directly on his ear, only to no avail. he surely is a heavy sleeper, no doubt.

after five minutes of poking and prodding his head and arms, he was still asleep. you sighed. you were down to your last resort, but you only saw hu tao use this on ganyu since ganyu was super ticklish, so you didn't know if this will work. you smiled devilishly, before placing your face close to his.

you were now super annoyed but, actually, he was awake. he was trying to pretend to be asleep just so he could annoy your dumb ass. and it worked, so he closed his eyes, his brain amused by your frustrated grunts and incoherent mumblings while you try to wake him up.

you put your face close to his, which xiao felt. xiao was praying that you won't get any closer, but you edged your way nearer to his ear.

you then blew on his ear softly, which made him sit upright and cover his ears, blushing. his eyes were squinting and he was frowning at you.

"w-what the fuck, (y/n)?" he said, protectively covering his ears. "what the hell was that?" he was not expecting that, at all.

you just smirked at him, leaning in your face close to him, causing him to back up, his face super red. like, red red.

"hmm, oya? could you be... sensitive?" you said smugly. he stared at you blankly, his face red, and pushed you off, taking a hold of your shoulders.

"no, i am not. try another move and i'll kill you."

"just admit it,"

you just snickered at him, before trying to tickle him but that was the last straw. he pushed you against the wall and pinning your right hand, causing you to shut up. he was glaring at you intensely, like he would kill you any second and cook you up for dinner.

"er, xiao?" you muttered nervously, smiling at him. he was glaring at you, his one hand trapping you to the wall. "it was a joke best friend, hehe, now now, no need to get so serious-"

the front door opened, and hu tao peeked in, "im home! turn on the AC, (y/n)~, it's super hot-"

you all stopped in your tracks as you both stared at hu tao, whose eyes were widened, staring at the two of you.

"oh?" she teasingly hummed, staring at you, eyebrows raised.

"no, hu tao! it's not what it looks like!" you exclaimed, pushing off xiao. xiao just sighed deeply, getting off of you and sitting beside you.

he packed up all his stuff in a flash and stood up. "i'm going home. thanks, i guess." he passed by hu tao with a tiny bow and left, the sound of the door closing echoing in your mind. you stared at the door, dumbfounded.

"eh?" you exclaimed, eyebrows furrowed. hu tao sat beside you, rolling her eyes.

"i thought he liked ganyu, but eh. so, what were you doing with him, (y/n)?"

"project." you answered, closing your eyes and putting your hands behind your head. you suddenly opened your eyes after processing what you heard.

"wait, what? he likes ganyu?!"

"yes? (y/n)?" ganyu peeked through the front door, all dressed up in her work uniform. she works part-time in a flower shop, and she often comes home early. "i'm home."

"welcome home," hu tao greeted, before standing up and walking to the fridge, picking up a can of soda inside.

"so, (y/n)?" ganyu looked at you expectantly, while elegantly removing her shoes.

"oh... well, do you like like xiao? you know, shrek hair?"

hu tao spit out her soda, bursting out in laughter. "shrek hair!" she echoed, clutching her stomach and laughing.

meanwhile, ganyu was flustered, waving her hands all around.

"yes. ah, no! i don't like him in that way, he's a friend!" ganyu denied, face flushed and taken aback. "where did you get that info, (y/n)? i don't usually get entangled in these things..."

"well, i heard rumors around and told her." hu tao said, smiling cunningly. "but nevermind that, again. i'll cook dinner tonight!"

"we were childhood friends, that's all... i hope they don't get the wrong idea."

ganyu sighed and headed to her room, while i cleaned up all of my stuff on the living room.

"shrek hair was ganyu's childhood friend, huh... he actually has friends? he doesn't seem like the social type." you muttered to yourself, before waddling to the kitchen to help hu tao, your head bowed down in exaggeration of tiredness. hu tao saw you come in with such exaggerating actions, and she just furrowed her eyebrows at you.

"(y/n)? don't worry, i'll handle this, uh, maybe. why don't you take a bath first?" hu tao enunciated, staring at the contents of the fridge, as you just smiled to yourself.

you smiled at her, before hugging her casually by the neck. "thank you." hu tao just patted your arm, examining a pack of carrots. well, finally.

that night, you ate a peaceful dinner with ganyu and hu tao. also, you finished your homework early and slept in peace. it was a very peaceful night, a night you always wanted to experience again after not sleeping properly for weeks.

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