Paper Airplanes [Xiao x Venti Modern AU! ] Genshin Impact

(5) Accidental Letter Pt. 2

"Ugh!" Venti came home in a bad mood, he took his bag off, the same time he unbuckles his tie, he unbuttons three buttons on his polo, as he looks at himself in the mirror touching his neck where hand marks were written on it.

Venti, Zhongli and Narukami, moved in together ever since they got into the organization, Venti always comes home first this time his day wasn't great either.

"That asshole... he will pay." Venti slammed the door, and threw things from his desk and layed lazily onto his bed.

"Xiao... who was he?" Venti thought of Xiao with interest.

People in the organization lived with the archons in their respective dormitories.

"Noelle!" Venti called out his head maid, the only one who could serve the archon.

"Yes, Master Barbatos?" Noelle knew Venti was in a bad mood, the same time no Morax or Ei to help her control it, Venti had the worst issues.

"Give me some wine!" Venti exclaimed to Noelle, she knew that if she gives Venti wine he would do the same things again. One time he tried to kill one of their housemaids, but Morax was able to stop him.

"Master Barbatos, my apologies but Master Morax has forbidden me to give you any wine, this surpresses to the old situation." This made Venti more pissed, He ended up throwing a book at Noelle, but Noelle had nothing to do but withstand it.

"That's enough." A voice appears beside Noelle onto Venti's room.

"I'll handle this, now go" It was Kaeya, one of the head investigators in the assosciation, also Dainslief's brother.

"M-master Kaeya! Thank goodness, I shall leave." Noelle exclaims.

"How childish of you Venti." Kaeya glares.

"It was that! It was that Tartaglia! An order... AN ORDER THAT'S RIGHT! Kill... him." Venti was growing merely insane in his Barbatos' side.

Venti threw a small knife at Kaeya, but Kaeya dodged it. He held Venti's hands, and he saw the poor boy's neck. It was a red mark, that was a hand. His braids were messed up, he eyes was dull. He was assuming Tartaglia did this, knowing Venti isn't good at taking pills... he knew this could happen.

"Noelle, wait, Take Barbara. Now. This instant." Kaeya ordered Noelle as she comes back with Barbara.

"Another one of those attacks?" Barbara was worried.

Barbara took out a syringe, as Venti struggled to take Kaeya's hands off of him. Barbara injects a drug onto Venti's veins, Venti passed out and lost strength afterwards.

"That... should do it." Noelle, Kaeya and Barbara saw the boy, their CEO who cared for a lot back then, now is a pitiful human being. Venti deserved more, all that trauma that was given to him, his parents gaslighted him... He was in pain all those years.

"Call Zhongli, I suppose you can call them their real names here." Kaeya told the two.

"On my way, Sir Alberich." Noelle answered.

"I shall take my leave, Sir Alberich." Barbara hurried back.

"Anyway – Zhongli should be back... any minute now." Kaeya had his thoughts onto himself as he arranged Venti's things and saw the music sheets. Kaeya smiled, he felt bad for Venti too, but he knew many people cared for him now, that includes him.

Kaeya puts a coat on top of Venti who was sleeping with a frowned face on, he leaves as he saw Zhongli on the door.

"Another one of those attacks?" Zhongli asked with a worried face on.

"Yes... sadly enough." Kaeya says as his words were sad enough to explain everything.

"Who did it?" Zhongli asks with a serious face.

"Tartaglia." Kaeya's eyes lit up with fire.

"I see, how's the situation?" Zhongli asks.

"He's sleeping now, He landed an attack on Noelle for not giving him wine... but she's fine."

"Okay, i'll take it from here." Zhongl's words were serious, he and Venti aren't the greatest pair, but other than those reasons he still cared.

A few moments later,

"Again?" Narukami went on to Zhongli who was sitting on the table. Worried, scared. Life was harsh with them but Venti had the most pain, he was the one who smiled the most too.

"The brightest flames, burn fastest." Zhongli's hands turn into fists.

The two were incomplete, they couldn't let Tartaglia get away, "I heard he had rough hand marks on his neck." Narukami asks.

"Chocking, it was Tartaglia's fault."
Zhongli was mad, and furious.

Narukami's eyes widened, "Tartaglia, huh?" Her thoughts was rewinding to their first meet, right. His codename was, "Childe." The person who cared for her bestfriend the most, the Tsartisa who was carried onto evil, onto her death.

"We didn't kill her!
We didn't kill her!!
We didn't kill her!!!"

Narukami's head was getting fuzzy, she was having those attacks too again. Zhongli glanced at her and gave her a pill, she didn't struggle this time and drank it instantly.

"This is a struggle... we have to fight them the same time fight out our traumas." Zhongli was able to control his emotions than the other two, which would leave them onto breakdowns. This is what they struggled with the most, what pained them the most.

Their pain, the pain that was caused into them, the light that sparked in them turned into nowhere. The flames that was lit inside them was ashes that were already too little to be seen. All that remains in them was sadness, anger and revenge. It was all pretend, It was all fake.