Your faint smiles - Xiao x Aether [Complete]

Part 25 - [Unedited]

"Honey, It's time for the second stage." Her voice entered aether's ear almost making him shiver. Second phase? So does that mean all the torture he went through wasn't enough? Aether stood up from the bed and limply walk beside the woman. The scientist took out a wheel chair so aether could sit on it.

Aether sat down on the wheel chair and the woman push him towards the laboratory. As he drew closer and closer to the hell room, his heart started to beat madly. He was nervous and upset on all of the days he was here this was the first time he was upset.

'Calm down aether, Everything will be fine. You'll be fine.' The blondie comforted himself as he closed his eyes. Soon his breathing became even and his heart was now beating calmly.

The woman noticed aether's behavior but she discard it. The man's little feelings will not get in her way For she was assigned specifically for this, So she mustn't waver. Although she can't promise how long her heart can take. She was starting to feel sorry for her little lab rat, specially when his bones was exposed.

As she pushed open the hard metal door, aether stared at the big tank stationed on the very center. It's body was made of glass and it was full of bluish liquid. He stared at it curiously as he felt himself being lift up.

As he reached the top of the tank his heart sank and stared at the bottom in horror. It was full of scorpion, although he won't feel anything, he can't stand the idea of them sticking there poisonous tale on his skin. Aether swallowed a mouthful of saliva as he was slowly dip in. He stared at the woman but she wasn't looking at him.

He wince uncomfortably as the bluish liquid touched his skin. He could hear sizzles on his bones and fight the urge to retract them.

As his body submerged in the cold liquid, It felt like he was swimming in an ice lake. Making him shiver furiously. He badly want to get away from the tank but it was now sealed and he can't run away. The small tube that was placed on his mouth, delivered Oxygen occasionally so that he won't drown.

The woman stared at the projector that was written every single data about the tank, And a machine on it's side to tell aether's condition. Right now it was printing wave length indicating aether's heart beat.

She picked up her pen and wrote something on a paper as her eyes turn back at aether. She saw the scorpion making it's towards his body and their small little feet climb into his skin.

Aether's hair float softly as he felt the feeling of the scorpions roaming aroun his body. There were at least Five of them on his legs, Three on his arms and two on his stomach. He badly wanted to swim away but before he could even move, their poisonous tale will stung him. Although he won't feel the pain, that doesn't mean his invulnerable to poison.

Aether's mind was cut off when he felt the dressing coming so in a fit of panic he lowered his and saw the scorpion's tail cutting his bandages. Soon all of the bandages from his legs were now gone and his leg, along with the bone, it was fully exposed. Aether suddenly had a bad feeling and was about to look at the scientist when he felt a sharp pain from his stomach. Aether's eyes widen and his heart was starting to engulfed in fear and gaze at the scorpion's tale digging a hole in stomach. Although he didn't felt any pain the sudden sting and sizzle shocked him.

Suddenly the sizzle around his body was now getting louder and louder. Aether could feel his stomach numbing and the poison spreading in his body. All of the a sudden his entire body felt the sting, jolting his eyes in surprised so he look around and what he saw made him shock in disbelief. All of the scorpions was now attacking him.

"MMMM!!!!" In all of his twenty-three years, this was the first time he felt this. The feeling of pain. It was roaming around his body that he started to move furiously. It was too painful, Really painful. Although seku cannot feel pain, but it only applied physical. So the inside of his body was out of his privilege.

The machine started beeping loudly and it was printing chaotic wave length. The woman stared at the machine then at aether.

"Seems Like I was right. They do feel pain but not on the skin.' She drop into a conclusion and wrote it down. Her eyes went back to aether who was trying his best to shake them away from his body. But it was to no vail for their tales were tightly dug into his skin.

Aether wanted to scream in pain, It was too much for him. What was this feeling?

Is this pain?

'Please make it stop! I'm begging you.' Tears escaped from his eyes but those tears could easily be mistaken as the bluish liquid so it was no use crying.

"Okay that's enough." The woman opened her mouth when she finally couldn't handle aether's squirming, She knew it was painful but she never thought that they could be hurt other than using physical force.

The lid opened up so aether swam as fast as he could to reach the tip of the tank.

The woman helped aether get away from the tank and the scorpions. She pulled aether away from the tank and dress him with the white lab dress.

"You did great on that one honey." She complemented.

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"Xiao..." Ganyu nervously spoke as she gaze at xiao. Her arms was holding a paper that was full of letters. She gently place them on xiao's table and was about to walk away when she heard her name being mentioned.

"Ganyu."

"I'd be taking a few days off from work. I will find aether."

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A/N: Guess who got a new phone? Yep that's me! I actually don't want to update tonight to familiarize myself with the new device but I still decided to write.

A/N: I will check the errors tomorrow, I'm actually writing this half asleep.

A/N: Have a good day/night <3 I hope you like this chap ^^.