Is this angst? Somewhat.
Xiao was marking the scars on his lover's back when he heard the door open. It was Aria, ready to see and hug her parents. She was met with a broken window, a sleeping Aether who's shirtless and under the covers, and Xiao hugging him. He stood up to give her a hug
"What's wrong with Mommy? And why is the window missing?"-Aria
"Its broken. Someone threw something at the window. And Mommy was scared because of the window breaking. Its his worse fear."-Xiao
"Why is it his worse fear?"-Aria
Xiao did not want to be reminded of what his lover told him that day. What one of the maids told everyone that day.
The gunshots were coming from outside the palace, shooting onto his windows. "Was it an attack? The windows were about to break! Where can we hide?" Was all the blond was thinking about.
Suddenly, someone came in through the window. They grabbed a cloth from their pockets and apprehended Aether before he could take out his weapon. The person stuck the cloth in Aether's mouth and shot him and Aria in the back.
"Someone hurt you and Mommy. You almost died."-Xiao
Aria started to tear up. She almost died. And she couldn't do anything about it.
"You were only one. Come here." Xiao opened his arms for Aria to hug. Aria wailed in her father's arms.
Aether started whining from the cold. He sorta forgot he didn't have a shirt on. He balled himself up in the covers and groaned. He had a headache.
"Feeling better?"-Xiao
"Hangover...I was desperate to stay awake."-Aether
Xiao ruffled his lover's hair, him blankly staring at his arm. The blond lightly punched him as he saw the glass shards on the floor. He started to panic.
"She's still here right?! Or at school, or somewhere safe?! And where's Apollo? Is he safe?!"-Aether
"Mommy! What's on your back?"-Aria
"Oh thank the gods. I thought I almost lost you again!"-Aether
Aether squeezed Aria into a hug while exclaiming something in the Abyss language. Even Xiao couldn't understand what he was saying, much less Aria could. Aether then remembered Aria asked a question.
"The stuff on my back? Just some scars from when I used to travel."-Aether
Aria put her hand on her mother's face. She smiled as her mother put her down.
"We have to get Apollo. He needs food as well as you do. Come on, lets go get dinner."-Aether
"Yay! Dinnie!"-Aria
Author Sobs
Aria ran to her room to get her brother, a laughing Aether following her. He hopes that her childish spirit never changes once she grows up.
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As the blond was feeding Apollo, Xiao covered the curtains to make sure that Aether doesn't freak out over the glass in the morning.
"You know I told her right?"-Xiao
"Mhm."-Aether
"She teared up. She was very sad that she could not do anything."-Xiao
"You gave her a hug right? You better have."-Aether
"I did love."-Xiao
"Good." He huffed as he gave his lover a kiss on the cheek.
Apollo cooed as he went to sleep. Aether smiled. Xiao wished this smile could last forever. He cupped his lover's cheeks as the blond soon dozed off looking in his lover's deep honey colored eyes.
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I ungrounded
