A Street Dancer with a Black Bandana (Xiaoven)

Twenty: Such a difficult thing..

Several tws: mentions of child @bus3, s3xu@l assault, r@p3, mentioned bl00d.

The court date came sooner and faster than anyone anticipated. Xiao was sitting in the car with extreme anxiety.

Venti opens his door, helping him out. Venti wore a white button up with black Jean's, and his hair in a ponytail.
Xiao wore a suit, a black with a white undershirt. He felt uncomfortable in it.

Diluc opens his own car door, and Kaeya peeks out from his, "Hey!" He walks to them, and Xiao bows his head slightly.

Diluc stares at Venti, as a warning. "If the issue comes up, you need to keep calm." He says, and Venti nods. "I'm not stupid."

"Venti, you're hella fucking stressed something will make you snap. Dont let it be in court. We already have enough problems with this." Kaeya says, and Venti nods, "If it makes you feel better I took my meds." Xiao shoots him a look, "I started taking them last month again. After Xiao said what he wanted to do, I started again to keep my head in place." Everyone nods softly, and they start walking to the building.

~

Once they find their room, Yanfei standing there with her files and stuff. Shes wearing a black suit. Her hair up in a bun, and her makeup was put on carefully, but under it she was tired.

She smiles, hugging Venti, patting him. And he smiles, and she hugs Diluc then Kaeya, offering one to Xiao. He gently hugs her, inhaling her peachy perfume. It was oddly comforting.

They pull away, and she fixes Xiao's hair, gently pushing some to the side. She pulls out a butterfly pin, and puts it into his hair, "You need a hair cut." She says, and he shrugs, "I like it long."

Venti is standing behind Xiao, a hand just above his tailbone. "You look good with either." He smiles, gently smiling.

Xiao smiles softly, and they look up as Xingqiu runs over, tripping over his shoe laces, muttering in Chinese. Xiao and Yanfei laughs, and Xingqiu smiles, "Sorry! I got held up." He sighs, adjusting his shirt.

Venti laughs, and nods, "Its okay." He smiles.

"I see why he loves you. You have an amazing smile." Xingqiu says, and Venti couldn't help but blush at it. "Thanks.."

"Hey, we'll be okay." Xingqiu moves Xiao's hair slightly, smiling at him.
He nods, looking at his hands. Fading scars and new ones. He sighs.

Ganyu walks to them, gently taps Xiao's shoulder, and he looks up at her. She smiles. Her hair is in a braid, a black knee length skirt with a white button up. Her makeup was thrown on quickly.

She hugs Xiao tightly, sighing, "We'll be okay." She kisses his forehead, and he nods.

~

Soon everyone's settled in seats, Xiao awkwardly in the upper seat near the judge. He refused to look up, till his father's lawyer spoke up, "Alatus. You know why we are here?" And he nods, "Yes. Unfortunately." He says, and he hums, "So, you know you have accused your father of child abuse."

"Yes." He nods, "Kinda the whole point of this." He says under his breath.

"Right. Can you tell us when this started?"

"I was seven." He answered quickly, "How long did it last?" He asks, and Xiao hums, "It progressed till I was eighteen." Xiao answers. "Right." He walks around, "And this is proven to be true?"

"Yes, by several others."

Several stupid questions were asked, and Venti was called to the stand, his hands shaking. Once he sits, his leg starts to shake, "Are you aware of the rumors of you and Alatus to be dating?"