Maples Leaves Fall And I Have Fallen For You Too (Kazuha x Xiao)

Winds have clashed.

"After meeting him again more recently, however, he's still as reserved as ever, but... he seems a lot more relaxed now. Maybe he... met someone special."

Xiao POV
It was that day, that I had made eye contact with them on that fated balcony,

for the first time in a millenia, I had a desire for someone.

The day I was given a salad, Well, as a being of no desire I am not interested in the delicacies of the mortal world, let alone some mere salad. But it was not just any salad, but a salad made by them, the Traveler. I sense their efforts and considerateness of this dish that I just have to acknowledge such exquisiteness and of course the almond tofu. I can't seem to put a finger on it, but there's just something special about them that makes me so drawn to them like a magnet. Their glistening eyes that sparkle like stars, their golden silky locks I want to intertwine my fingers in, every time I am around them I feel a like a crystal fly is glowing in my heart.

That warm smile
Comparable to the delicate taste of almond tofu
The same taste of the dreams I have devoured.

Just everything about that golden haired traveler glitters like a piece of Cor Lapis. They are a gem that I treasure, that not even the priciest thing in the world could compare how valuable is the traveler to me and I will do anything to protect them, all from a call of my name, Adeptus Xiao, to be of use to them.

But... One day they are gonna leave Liyue,

Leave me..

as they venture through vast lands far and wide in pursuit of their mission to find their long lost sibling,

yet why do I feel sense of pain in my heart, as if slowly drowning in a bottomless pit in no mean of mistake as I am restrained with the darkness far bellow. I never felt this sense of loneliness before, I have become numb of the pain, the endless slaughtering I committed. All my comrades, my family, they all left me behind, and I am the but the only Yaksha left. I must bare the pain for their sake, for the sake of this nation, for the sake of the contract I promise to keep.

But, why am I so afraid to let go of them.. I never felt such deep feelings for someone in a long time... I learned to let it all go,

I...

I don't want to be alone again, why do the people I care about dissappear!

IT ALL HURTS ALL THOSE MEMORIES, I JUST WANNA DISAPPEAR, WHY ARE YOU LEAVING ME BEHIND!

PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHERE ARE YOU GOING!

3rd POV
"So where are you heading of to next?" Xiao asks.

"Were going to the land of eternity! The electro archon's abode, The nation of Inazuma!" Paimon chimes.

"OH Paimon would LOVE to try all the yummy food there hehe!" Paimon excitedly rubs her Lil tummy at the thought.

"Not until you turn into emergency food along through our journey there." Traveler says jokingly

"OH WONT YOU QUIT IT!! PAIMON IS NOT YOUR EMERGENCY FOOD!! I AM NOT EDIBLE." With her tiny little small hands Paimon aggressively pulls on the traveler's hair.

"OW- OW- OW- OW- FINE- fInE- I take it backkkk-...."

"Hmpf! It seems like Paimon has taught you a lesson!"

"Oh Inazuma? If I remember correctly, that it is a closed nation due to the orders of the Raiden Shogun. How exactly are you gonna get in?" Xiao pondered.