𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐆𝐎; genshin impact;MODERN AU

10-Embarrassed

Xiao's POV:

We were still inside the room, Aether was sitting in the corner, mumbling something to himself. I couldn't figure it out from my corner of the room, so I decided to ignore it. I stood there, nothing was happening, only I could hear Aether mumbling under his breath, while I could see that his face is all red. I look away from him and stared at the door, I heard the handle twitch and turn. Aether turned his body around and faced towards the direction to the door, a white haired boy, with a long red streak came in. He was wearing beige jeans, white oversized vest with a black collar sticking out of it. He stared at me and Aeher for a while, it's Kazuha, I haven't seen him for a while. He's been hanging out with, uhh, who do you recall this. Ah, Venti, and they're starting a band, they asked another boy named Heizou if he'd like to join, that's all I heard from the text message I got from him. He glared and at Aether and me,

'Hello Xiao!' He waved happily and twisted his head towards the blonde.

'Hm, are you Xiao's boyfriend, or something?' He asked with confusion, looking a bit surprised as I stared at him.

'A-ah! I'm not his lover!' Aether barged in the conversation before I could speak,

'Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding,' He rubbed the back of his head and spoke quietly.

'My name is Kaedehara Kazuha, but just call me Kazuha.' He stopped rubbing his head and gleefully stared at Aether.

I think he's waiting for his reply.

'O-oh! My name's Aether!' He was shy,so he turned away from Kazuha and started muttering again, to himself.

Kazuha walks towards me.

'Is there anything wrong with Aether?' He was curious, of course I didn't want to give a straight reply, so I shook my head as a sign of no.

'Oh,' He seemed stunned,

'How's it been being a model, my friend?' He wanted to ask if I was okay, I just, didn't want to give him a answer.

'Nice..' I spoke silently as he tried to listen in closer.

'Ganyu, said that she wants you and Aether to be downstairs.' He told me then exited the door, slamming it shut behind him,

What does Ganyu need now? I told Aether that we'd be going downstairs, since it was Ganyu's order. He didn't want to leave, but instead I walked over to him and grabbed his hand. His hands are soft. I blush, why was I thinking of that? I quickly search for the stairs and went down step-by-step, it wasn't so hard to persuade Aether to come down. But, I had to force him, since he wasn't going. We arrive at the bottom of the stairway, nobody's here. I inspect the hall before we head to the main room. I saw the red couch from the distance, I saw Kazuha, Ganyu and Lumine sitting on it. They were chatting as always, I let go of Aether's hand, I liked his touch, I didn't want to let go. I walked off as he followed after, it was awkward when we arrived in the main room, everybody was staring at us and it fell silent. I walked towards Ganyu and sat down in the red, soft armchair that was at the side. Aether sat down at the side where Lumine was sitting, he was also sitting in one of the arm chairs. I crossed my legs and arms and faced towards Ganyu, she seemed pretty concerned for me. I blinked a couple of times, telling her to start her short speech, I wanted to get this over with. It was becoming dawn and the sun sets, Ganyu continued as we all sat there, listening.

'Xiao,' she spoke,

'You're acting rude around Ayaka recently.' She stated, she noticed that?

'What's happening with you!?' She slapped me across the face as my head was facing the other direction.