TURBULENT / XIAOVEN

fifteen

authors notes: this was probably the hardest chap to write since its a filler im so sorry LMAOO but yay!!! new chap!! also early chapter bc the umbrella academy s3 today WOOHOO!! im soo excited to see viktor and five... my scrunglys.....

also the next chapter might be zhongli/diluc centered. yes theyre endgame. cope if u cant handle the old men kissing!!! THEYRE IN LOVE YOU HATERS!!!!!!!  no but im sorry zhongluc is literally the ship that got me into genshin so if u dont like it (bc on my last fic it made ppl soooo mad for no reason): Cope.

also yeah ill hurry up xiao/venti sowwy. i feel like their yearning for each other is soooo awful bc i write xiao the way i act which is HORRIBLE bc the way me yearning for my bf went for the past six years was like me being normal for five years until one day i was like "oh his ass kinda fat.. wait why did i say that." if my bf is reading this, thats not true you have a concave ass i now realize.

anyway cws!! children crying (qiqi), like one line that mentions xiao and venti fucking (in the past), mention of like xiao killing people but its brushed off very quickly, erm nightmares and a very cool fever! 

enjoy my children <3

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it takes hours for xiao to get out of surgery.

venti's unsure if it's just him but when the doctor, albedo, comes out of the room with blood on his gloves, he seems so tired to the point where he looks as if he's on the verge of passing out. the bags under his eyes were deep as if he hadn't slept in days, or even weeks.

he leans against the door while venti can see the other doctor, sucrose, cleaning around the room.

"um, the surgery is done," he says as he peels off his gloves and tosses them in a bin behind him, "he's going to be extremely sick when he wakes for about a few days to a week, depending on how he feels. he'll probably need people to care for him in that timeframe so i'd say, have about three people for him on a schedule."

zhongli nods, "so like, how sick will he get?"

"you know probably just a fever and some vomiting but in worse case scenario, seizures, possibly? this is the first time i've ever done this so i truly don't know."

venti pauses, "wait, you've never done this before? i thought you were a doctor?"

albedo shrugs, "kind of? i mean before everything went to shit, i was a chemist and we needed a doctor so sucrose basically taught me everything plus books."

venti nods slowly, "uh-huh."

zhongli doesn't seem fazed by this information and carries on talking and asking questions about his brother as if they did not receive possibly the most important information ever.

venti expects for xiao to be looking exactly how he'd look before they entered this place, which is odd for venti to think but still. once he and zhongli walk into the cold room where xiao lay, mumbling some sort of nonsense and a new eyepatch over his left eye.

"um," albedo begins as zhongli watches xiao latch himself onto venti, "he's still really high from the anesthetic, so apologies for his behavior."

zhongli nods as he watches his little brother attempt to pull venti onto the bed with him. both of xiao's hands are pulling at venti's arm while he mumbles some sort of nonsense about how sleepy venti must be— not him.

"right," zhongli nods as he turns his gaze away from xiao and back to albedo, "just out of curiosity, where is he gonna sleep and you know the people who are gonna care for xiao?"