Another day Another Love Story {Xiao x Aether}

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Indicated self-harm for now and the next few chapters

When the words are italic and underlined it means that aethers thoughts are not his own.

Aether POV

I awoke in a bed at Wangshu Inn, I couldn't remember how I got here. I sat up with a sharp pain in my head, looked around and no one was there. There were bandages over my head and stomach, right I was taken by treasure hoarders and Xiao saved me. I don't, I don't remember much after that.

Get out

I moved to the side of the bed and let my legs dangle over. I tried to stand, nearly falling to the ground. I caught myself on the nightstand next to the bed. "Nugh" I hit my side on the corner of the nightstand.

Idiot

"Aether? You shouldn't be walking around." I looked up to see Xiao. "hmm" My head got light and I felt like I was going to fall. I tried walking over to him but I leaned backward and fell onto the bed, Xiao walked over to me and helped me lay down. He placed the back of his hand on my head, his cold hands felt nice on my head. I fell asleep before I could talk to him.

Hurt yourself.

Xiao POV

Aether fell asleep, again. I moved so I was sitting on the bed, I watched his chest rise and fall, once more. Afraid that he'll stop breathing if I don't watch him.

"Aether?" After what happened at the Chasm I couldn't help but feel like he needed me and I needed him. After I tried to sacrifice myself to save the others and was saved by Zhongli, he hugged me tight and told me to never do that again... and that I scared him. To be honest, it felt nice having him worry about me, but do I deserve to be happy when the others never had that chance?

I looked back over to Aether, his strawberry blonde hair shining with the sunset and his eyes squinting at the rays hitting his face. He moved his body away from the sunlight, grunting in pain while he did it. His legs touched my back as he moved, he mumbled something and my face couldn't help but let out a smile... I looked away, stopped smiling, and covered my mouth. Did I really just smile? At a mortal? I look back to Aether, all these emotions. As I stood up about to leave I felt something pull on my hand. I turned around and Aether was holding onto it.

"Don't leave... Please don't leave me again." He was awake, "Don't leave me like you did in the Chasm" My heart feel, "A-aether" I moved my hand so I was properly holding it, walked back to him, and sat down on the bed right next to him. He got up and hugged my side. I didn't know what else to do but hug him back. He was crying and looked to be in a lot of pain. I helped him lay back down as I joined him, he was still hugging me. I was in bed next to him, I could feel my face burning up. Aether was burning up, he felt hotter than usual. I don't know what's going on with him but I'm worried. He's been sick for two days now with no signs of getting better.

I might upload daily, we'll see.

Hope you enjoyed this bit there's gonna be a lot of angst coming.