To Bask in a Ray of Sunlight: a XiaoAether fanfiction

Chapter 25

_______________________

•

I was supposed to feel sad to write this chapter until I heard Khoi's (Albedo's eng VA) "oh Christie....you're so full of ****" and I can't stop laughing

No this isn't another angst....?

Itto/Gorou wanters will be Itto/Gorou havers!

•
_______________________

Xiao.

How unusual.

I managed to move my heavy eyelids which seemed to be closed for a long time. My ward isn't as quiet as I expected as the thunderstorm continues to roar outside, not giving a single sign of stopping.

I wheezed, reminiscing the power of the electro archon that obstructed me from doing what I had initially planned.

I did not expect that her power can affect the mind of a person that much. I was pretty sure that I had made my rationality firm. Still, emotions got into me while the pain all over my body worsened. Memories that I haven't reminisced for so long started to visit my mind as well.

I gritted my teeth in annoyance. My actions last time can be comparable to a sulky teenage boy.

How shameful.

It has been long since I felt such pain and remember those.....memories. Memories of those whom I forcefully slain, the dreams I've eaten in the middle of the night. People who left me without any goodbyes. I breathed heavily, trying not to make a single sound of help as I try to calm myself down.

These feelings and memories have been haunting me for thousands of years; so long that I feel almost numb to the point that I got accustomed to it.

Until I met Aether.

They all disappeared by some form of miracle; his stubborness to help others to be happy disturbed this eternal sentsation in a best way possible. I don't have any idea what could've happened, but I've never felt light-hearted for such a long time.

Just as I succeeded calming my nerves, I heard a certain sound of someone entering. "Took you long enough." A voice said, relief evident from it. I tilted my head to its origin, suprisingly seeing Gorou who seemingly just went inside. He closed his umbrella and placed it on the floor. "How are you feeling?"

".....fine." my voice felt it scraped out of my throat.

"Here, have some water." He poured me a glass of water from the pitcher on a coffee table not too far from my bed and placed it on the side table. I slowly sat up and took it, drinking every drop of water it had. He took the glass from my hand afterwards and went to the table once again. Seeing that my throat felt a bit better, I decided to get a grasp of what happened when I was still unconscious.

"How long was I out?" I asked.

"Almost two months," Gorou responded as he cleaned the room. "A lot happened while you were asleep. Fortunately, all of them are good." Upon opening the tent for him to throw the dust into the trash, the rain sudfenly stopped pouring down. I wasn't confused at all, but Gorou was.

"The rain never stops in Yashiori Island. How....?" He rubbed his temple. Probably another mystery that must be solved; I don't see the bright sky as a bad omen for it to be considered as an issue to be fixed.