"murder", he says | xiaoven x reader

chapter one

"room 17" xiao weakly whispers to aether, who had his arm slung around his shoulder as he hoisted xiaos soaked and bruised body up the stairs. aether nods breifly before making his way there. paimon received the key from xiao amd pushes it into the keyhole of the door.

aether notices before the door is opened that a faint tune is playing on the other side of it. it's not one he recognises. he pushes open the door once it's unlocked and lifts his head.

in his sight was the figure of a person in their underwear, sitting on the windowsill of the room. the music playing was slow and came from a vinyl in the corner of the room. aether was surely, utterly confused.

"xiao, you're soaked, were you thinking about me?" the figure jests as they walk over, twisting a smoking roll of some substance into a teacup filled with similar buds. they don't seem too bothered that they are wearing close to nothing infront of the three.

"jokes aside, what happened?" you pick xiao up and lay him on the bed (aether noted, the only bed) in the room. you run your hands delicately over him and look at him carefully, aether could see that there was nothing but upmost care in your eyes.

"we found him like that! he was all beat up and half asleep! what a lazy adeptus. but who are you?" paimon speaks.

you chuckles softly and pull xiao's cheek. "yeah, he's so lazy, he doesn't do his own laundry, you know?"

youre returned a glare and your hand is slapped away. "i'm y/n. we're married ♡"

"we're not married."

"i wish we we're~ will you marry me?"

"no."

paimon and aether look at eachother then back at the two.

"i'll take care of him, don't worry, i bet he fell off a cliff when thinking about me ♡" you wave them off, smiling.

"come back in a few days and i'll give you a present for helping him."

once the pair leave, you turn to xiao who's glaring at you. you smile.

"how are you feeling, love?"

he doesn't respond, you know his injuries had to do with his karma, there wasn't any way he'd get this injured with his usual enemies.

"when i woke up, i was falling. nearly drowned." he says, keeping it short.

you hum knowingly, leaning in to peck his cheek and stand. "i'll run you a bath, would you like something to eat?"

"you know i hate it when you take care of me like im helpless, i can bathe myself" he resorts.

"don't fool yourself, xiao, if that were true i wouldn't have been allowed that little kiss ♡" you blow him another and disappear behind a door frame, the sound of water running coning shortly before you return to the room. you help xiao up and sit him in the bathroom.

"you want help undressing? ♡♡♡"

"no."

"fine, fine, i'll go get you tea."

when you return, xiao is sitting in the filled bath with his eyes closed. you smile and place the tea on a table close to the bath.

you snicker and place a rubber duck in the bath, grinning at xiao. "you love getting pampered, don't you? do you want a hand job, too?-"

the rubber duck is flung towards you by xiao, you lose your balance and fall on your ass, giggling.

"you've been smoking in here again. it stinks." he scrunches up his nose at the smell.