Hmph!~ A Xiaoven AU

08

After Xiao felt Venti kiss his cheek, all the blood in his body rushed to make them a bright red colour. Slightly opening his eyes, he looked at Venti who was almost falling asleep. He lay on his back, looking straight up at Venti and cupped his cheek with his hand.

The bard was startled and he looked away as he blushed. Xiao smiled and played with Venti's hair a little bit. Stretching his arms a little he quietly got up and stepped out of the tent. Venti quickly followed him but ended up bumping his nose into the yaksha's shoulder.

"Hey be-"

Xiao turned around to catch Venti from falling but in the process, their faces have drawn very close and their lips were almost touching.

"-careful..."

Xiao let go of his waist then Venti just fell onto his back. Xiao looked away from the bard, not wanting him to see the blush creeping up into his cheeks even more then it did before.

"Oww..."

Venti sat up and gazed up at Xiao before standing up. He stood beside the adeptus as they both stared at the moon. They were both about to comment on its beauty when Venti heard something approaching them.

"Something's coming..."

Venti pointed at the direction of where the rustling sounds were coming from. Xiao picked up his polearm, ready to face what ever stepped out of the bushes. A little kitten walked out and moewed at the two clueless boys.

"Eeek a cat!!"

Venti hid behind Xiao and clutched onto his shirt, Xiao shooed the cat away and laughed when Venti still didn't let go of him.

"It's okay now, the cat is gone"

Venti took a peek and then let out a little sneeze, sniffling right after. Xiao found him so adorable that he couldn't even face him anymore. He gently gave Venti a head pat before heading back inside.

Once Venti stopped sniffling, he poked his head into the tent to see that Xiao had laid down on his side. Venti quickly lay down as well and he blew out the candle that had been lighting up the inside. They both head their eyes closed and after a while of just listening to each other breath, they both fell asleep.

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The next day, Venti woke up at the normal time... which means 4:30am. He expected Xiao to still be asleep but the spot beside him was empty. He heard things happening outside and quickly running out, he saw Xiao beating up some hilichurls.

He had his regular Yaksha outfit on paired with his mask. He made quickly work of the small camp. Finishing off with a few last plunging attacks, all of them collapsed and faded into the ground.

Venti quickly ran over and Xiao turned around, taking off his mask

"My apologies, did I wake you up?"

"Nono, I usually wake up at this time..."

Xiao chuckled and put away his weapon. The moon was about to die off behind the mountains, the sun has been peeking over the edge. Xiao wanted to go back to work since he fell asleep earlier, but it wasn't like Venti was going to let him.

"How long have you been awake for?"

"Ah well I slept for 15 minutes then I woke up and started working"

Venti sighed as Xiao wiped the sweat dripping down his forehead. Venti thought he looked hot and he got all flustered, making Xiao confused.

"Are you okay? You suddenly got really red"

He put his hand on Venti's forehead and shook his head

"You're not having a fever... can archons even get sick?"

Venti smiled at Xiao thinking so hard about such a dumb question

"I'm fine, I promise"

"Alright then, I'll trust you on that"

Venti blushed at Xiao caring about him, not know how to react. Xiao went to the river to wash his face and Venti sat beside him as he did his signature braids. Venti had changed into his regular bard outfit yesterday, just without his little cape thingy. Xiao splashed water onto his face and sighed.

"What do you wanna do today?"

"Hmm... I was planning to head home but not like Hu Tao would be there... Zhongli would be at work and Qiqi is probably with him."

Xiao dried his face with his sleeve and looked at Venti

"What do you want to do?"

"Me? Uh... I just go to Starnatch cliff to relax when I'm free"

"Would you bring me there to see?"

"If you asked, then yeah"

"Well, then can we go to Starnatch cliff? Seems relaxing. Anyways, I've never been around Mondstadt before. I've always been wasting my life away in Liyue."

Venti was almost too happy. He jumped up and took his cape thingy and clipped his "vision" to his belt. Xiao cleaned himself up before standing next to Venti with his arms crossed.

"Ready to go?"

"Mhmm!!"

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After a long walk, they finally got to Starsnatch Cliff. The sun had just risen and Venti summoned a small breeze. Reaching the peak, Venti picked a few cecilias and held them together in a small bundle.

Xiao sat down with his legs hanging off the edge, slightly swinging them back and forth. Venti made a flower crown with the freshly picked cecelias and placed it on Xiao's head.

"What's this for?"

"Nothing really... just a small gift"

Xiao gave a small smile as Venti sat beside him. Leaning back on his hands, Xiao looked at Venti and thought about what he had heard him say the previous night.

"When you hugged me... I felt loved"

"Why won't you realise?!"

"I love you..."

Xiao saw a four leaf clover and gently plucked it out. Picking off the stem, he grabbed Venti's hand and put the clover in his palm

"Wha...?"

Venti seemed confused by Xiao's actions but then he stood up going to a more flat area just to lay down again. Venti moved over to him and lay down as well, keeping the clover safe in a secure pocket of wind.

Xiao turned to lay on his side, Venti mirroring him. They were both facing each other and Venti thought he was going to burst from all the blushing. Xiao then gently took Venti's hand and kissed it, sending Venti off to Celestia.

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Hehe love struck Venti ;p

Idk wut else to say soo imma just end this so I can hurry up and play Genshin (MY RESIN IS FULL DJDCDJDC)
Have a nice day y'all ^^

Hope you at least somewhat enjoyed this crappy chapter :D

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Date Written~ June 1st
Word Count~ 1108
Written by~ Saku._.kkura