short chapter, BUT chapter 20 is plot HEAVY so hehe.
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zhongli left shortly after they spoke, and xiao cringed to himself afterwards at how the conversation went.
slipping the bookmark into the book, he laid it back where it previously had sat, and glanced over at his cat. it was previously aether's, but lumine insisted he have her.
the small white cat --- paimon --- lay in the sun on xiao's desk chair, purring softly.
he still didn't understand why he was given responsibility over the kitten, but she seemed happy here, so he didn't mind.
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at around midnight, xiao finally checked his phone for the first time since earlier. the messages from ganyu and keqing had really pushed him away from the device. since they know his number now, they'd probably keep bothering him until he switched numbers again.
and he honestly didn't want to keep on doing that, but they were persistent. ever since the time, he'd stood up for himself.
whispering to himself, in a form of sigh, xiao rubbed his eyes, "... why can't it go back to how it was before?"
before.
when he'd taught ganyu different fighting techniques he'd learned from his siblings, or when he'd helped mr baizhu with qiqi when keqing couldn't, or when aether and lumine would force him out of his comfort zone, or when hu tao had cracked a few jokes after they'd all, but keqing, flunked a test.
slamming his phone onto his desk, having not even unlocked it, he decided to try and sleep again.
he'd had an eventful day as it was, and he really didn't give a fuck about an actual sleep schedule.
besides it would take up his time.
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modernity - xiaoven
Fanfictionfuck. this old description doesn't fit the book anymore- i'm too lazy to change it. (i have like 46 more chapters to write, so-) modernity - the quality or condition of being modern. venti felt he was modern. or well, close to being modern. he didn...
