Another day Another Love Story {Xiao x Aether}

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Aether POV

I awoke with my head buried in Xiaos' chest, I gasped softly and looked up to see his eyes gently closed. Not like they were in the Chasm. I stared at his sleeping face for a moment then I buried my head back into his chest and tighten my grip around him, well as well as I could without flinching in pain. I stay awake too nervous to move, but too scared to let go of him.

Kill him. Hurt him. Stab him.

I feel tears running down my face. But just as the tears start running down Xiaos' body shifts so he's closer to me, where it's warm, with his head right in front of me. Our foreheads touching, and our noses inches apart. The thoughts left my mind, his face got blurry and I drifted back into sleep.

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When I woke up Xiao wasn't next to me anymore. I move to look outside, stopping mid-way with a sharp pain in my side. "Nahh" I grit my teeth, I remember those treasure hoarders stabbing me with a knife, well more like digging it into my skin and cutting my side open, not deep enough to where I'd bleed out, but deep enough for me to pass out from the pain. I move my hand to cover the wound and I feel a warm liquid. I move the covers off me and see red, I must have opened it up somehow, and bumping into the nightstand and moving just made it worse. I looked around feeling my strength leave me. "Xiao" I whispered. I didn't know what else to do but call out his name. "Arcons, I'm so tired." Xiao appeared not a second later, dropped whatever he had in his hands, and rushed over to me. He was saying something but I couldn't hear a word. "I really am useless huh?" I say letting out a weak laugh,

yes a useless, selfish angel.

only Xiao doesn't smile or nod. His eyes are fixated on my wound. "Xiao?" He saw the blood and had his hands covering the wound, the pain was fading. "Xiao stop" I murmured, "Stop!" He looks at me, his eyes going red like he's about to cry. I pull my head back, biting my tongue in pain.

I must have passed out because I woke up with Xiao at my bedside. "Mmm," my tongue hurts. He sees me stick my tongue out and lets out a small faint chuckle that he tries to hide as a cough. I look at him and smile while holding the side that bled earlier. "Your fever keeps rising.." He said while the smile disappeared from his face, "Qiqi and Baizhu are on their way now, they should be here tomorrow afternoon. Our doctor did the best she could but without the proper medicine for this kind of injury we feared you wouldn't make it through the night-" I was looking in front of me, "What did you do?" I could see him look up out of the corner of my eye. "My pain... it's like it vanished" I looked at him already knowing the answer, if he didn't take on the pain himself I may have died. "Aether i-" he cut himself off. "Xiao," I moved as much as I could and walked up to him as he had his arms out to catch me if I were to fall. "You aren't in pain are you?" I started feeling his arms, I don't know why I started touching him, checking for wounds? But I already know he wasn't hurt physically.

Idiot

"Why, why are you worried about me?" He asked with anger in his voice. "Because I care about you, Xiao." Our eyes met, and my heart skipped a beat which made me light-headed. I lost my balance, but Xiao was ready to catch me and he did. "So much," I say while still holding my side. He placed his cold hand back on my head, "geez you're still burning up" He carried me back to bed. I was smiling, I like being this close to him. "Xiao?" I said after he laid me in the bed, my back on the wall. "Yea?" He said while getting the covers over me. "Pimon is she-"

"She is in the kitchen with Yanxiao" I smiled and Xiao stood up to leave, "I'm going to get you some food. You've been sleeping a lot and haven't had the chance to eat in a while." I let out a soft happy sigh. "Don't fall asleep," Xiao said while walking out the door. I let out a chuckle then the next thing I know I'm crying. Lumine would be the one to care for me whenever I got sick. I would get sick a lot when we were kids, and where is she now? With the Abyss for some fucking reason... why... why did she leave me? Did she lose me and give up on finding me? Why...

Kill yourself. Set me free, She doesn't care for you. She left you behind, Kill little angel. Your sister doesn't love you. You killed them, remember?

"Aether?" I look up to Xiao and Pimon food in hand. "Hey..." he started walking over to me, placed the food on the nightstand, and cupped my head in his hands. "I'm alright," I said raising my hand to keep his on my cheek. "I'm ok." I take a deep breath. "You aren't," Pimon says. I let out a fake laugh and with my free hand pointed to the bandage on my head, "You think?" Xiao shook his head, "She doesn't mean what we can see, Aether. It's alright let it out." I stare into his eyes as he looks into mine and I couldn't hold it in anymore. I let it all out, Xiao fixed our position so he's holding me, bridal style, in his arms as he sits on the bed with his own back on the wall while Pimon rests on my chest.

Useless

After a few minutes and my breathing slows, Xiao breaks the tension, "This doesn't mean you get out of eating." He says as he rests his chin on the top of my head. I let out a soft laugh, "Yea, alright. Thank you, Xiao."

Kinda rushed this bit :P

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