In the name of love [Xiao x Aether]

Ending

It has been only a few hours after what happened and Baizhu keeps a close eye on Xiao who is sitting in the corner of the room trembling and he remains dead silent. He does not know if Aether will survive yes or no. He does not know if he just killed the only person he will ever truely love and it is clear Xiao is going trough it in the moment.

Qiqi sat on the bed where Aether was laying on having her hand on his forehead to keep him cool while with the other hand she had ontop of Aether his hands to check if his hands would move or anything like that. She can feel his hands start to move a little so she looks at Baizhu with a neutral expression like always "he is moving..."

Baizhu was doing some paper work for some orders and such so he gives Qiqi and the traveler a glance before he gets back to work "good...that means he is alive yet that does not mean he will be waking up any time soon. " Baizhu spoke before he sets the pen down and looks at them and then at Xiao who was battling something in his mind clearly "the traveler will feel better if he hears your voice... he might wake up sooner" the man spoke but seeing Xiao not respond it is clear he is in some state of shock which made Baizhu furrow his brows. He feels pity for him since it must have been a shock to well-...stab your lover when you were going to safe him so he stands up and crouches down infront of Xiao. He wants to comfort the other and reaches out to him but when he does touch the other his shoulder Xiao snaps out of it and grabs the letter opener from the desk and in one swift movement was ontop of Baizhu with the blade against his neck aswell for that he is breathing heavy.

Baizhu layed beneath the other seeming very shocked as he looks up at him moving his hands up to show they are emty and he will not hurt him. Qiqi sits there watching it go down before she looks at Zhongli enter the room to check up on them but upon seeing what is happening, staring at the scene he walks to Xiao and pulls him off Baizhu. Xiao flinched when the other did that and stabs him in the shoulder. When that happened Zhongli did not flinch or seem hurt despite blood leaving his body. That is when Xiao snaps out of it and he looks up at the man, he realises he now has stabbed two people he cares greatly for today so his hands are shaking as he moves his hands in his hair gripping onto his head breathing heavy as he feels like he is going insane yet a calmness washed over him when Zhongli pulls him in a hug and carresses back gently and the back of his head.

Baizhu stands up slowly looks at Zhongli bleeding as he is shocked by everything in general. Swallowing thickly since that knife could have been in his neck he looks at the pair "i will take care of the wound. I need you to take the atire off"

Zhongli looks at the doctor with a smile and shakes his head seeming completely unbothered "there is no...need for that" he spoke and turns to look at Xiao "take us to my home" he whispers and they teleported away.

Once at Zhongli his home the archon did not let go of Xiao and keeps hugging him knowing he needs it "Childe-..." he spoke.

Out of the bedroom comes Childe who just got out of the shower and he stares at them but seeing Zhongli bleed he rushes over.
The archon did not want to get helped by Baizhu since his sleeves and gloves hide how his skin accually looks and since Childe has seen it already for obvious reasons... and he knows he has experience stitching wounds up he came here. Zhongli lets go of Xiao with that arm so that Childe could pull the knife out, take his glove and the top half off Zhongli his outfit off on that spot.
Xiao just sits down on the couch hugging himself.

The harbinger takes care of the wound before he looks at Xiao. Zhongli takes Childe to the side to inform him on what happened. The yaksha hugs himself grips onto his own skin. he hated himself for harming the traveler despite it not being his fault. He loves Aether so much that he wishes he could go back in time and replace that spot so Aether would surive.