bitter exes | beidou x ningguang

chapter li

"Eyes on me!" as she came dashing forward to save Ningguang from the boulder which crashed upon them. For the nth time, she saved for her dear life again. Beidou grunted as she receives slight damage from the impact meanwhile Ningguang was still in a state of shock as she hugs Beidou in instinct.

The atmosphere was now filled with screams meanwhile Ganyu and Keqing quickly pulled away from the debris by teleporting to one safe place to another.

The whole place is now covered with darkness as people tried to escape on their own but since it's zero visibility, they struggled climbing on the exits. When the first floor collapsed, there was a fatui harbinger by the name of Tartaglia descends and was ready to fight a traveler. He was in delusional form but they somehow recognizes the man. After a while, they chose to ignore that thought and also ran for their lives before they could get killed by him.

Ningguang thought that this was the end of her life but was surprised to see herself still breathing as she clungs on Beidou who looked like she'll pass out for a moment as the temporary stitch on her chest comes undone, drawing blood from it. But at this moment, there's no time complaining for the pain since Tartaglia and the Traveler are now fighting each other, needing all of the people to escape out of this place if they want to come out alive.

The only light was only emmitted from Beidou's zap of electro surrounding both of them, shielding themselves from harm, "Beidou, oh my! Let us depart from here. Quick!" she was now snapped back into reality, grabbing Beidou's hands though cuffed and went to find the exits.

Beidou tugged on her eyes as she felt herself getting numb from the exhaustion, she grunted heavily as running made her chest tighten. There was another rumble coming from above, another large debris preparing to crush them. When Beidou noticed the huge rock falling above them, she pushed Ningguang away from it, stumbling back against the cold ground before the rock slammed in front of her. At this moment, the captain's stormbreaker started to fade away, leaving no trace of light.

Ningguang coughed and waved her hands to keep off the dust then looks around vigorously, "Beidou, Beidou!" she called out, her arms reaching out freely to find her since it's very dark in the place. She squinted her eyes, trying to see within a darkness then she felt a movement coming from one direction, "Beidou! Are you alright?!" she panicked, her hands digging on a pile of rocks.

She started crying as she imagined her love being buried alive by huge rocks, "Beidou, where are you!?" she cried out. Feeling ashamed that all this time, Beidou would always put her life in danger just to protect her, "Why!?" she felt like a fool crying when she's being surrounded by potential death.

"N-Ningguang, h-help! M-My l-lady..." a hoarse voice said from behind, pleading for mercy as she feels her wound getting worse and worse.

She wiped off the tears, realizing that she's been shedding tears at a wrong spot. Ningguang quickly went to the direction where she heard the voice and there she saw Beidou laying, almost paralyzed from the impact but she wasn't hit badly, "Beidou! For heaven's sake, you're alive!" then she supports her as she stood up, "Oh no, no, no, no..." she repeated when she noticed that Beidou is so close to passing out, "Stay with me, please... Honey, we are almost there... We will make it." she cupped her cheeks and followed her eyes.

Beidou's eyes drifted and her breathing became shorter now, "I— I don't think I can—with this body... I will only slow y-you down..." then she coughed blood, wiping them off quickly.

Ningguang sniffled and supports her waist, slowly struggling from her weight but she still managed to drag both of themselves out, "Don't say that! It's not like I have the capability of leaving you behind!" there were tears flowing out from her eyes as she visualizes the state her love is in, "Argh! The cuffs!" she complains and tries to shake off the handles but it was no use.