Together, Forever.

Part 11

Making this quick.

Venti's PoV...

I can't do this anymore.

One by one, we lose someone, they get torn to shreds and that's it.

I hate living now.

But at least I have Xiao, Aether, the kids, Lumine, Keqing, Albedo, Diluc, Kuki, Ganyu, Kazuha, and Scaramouche.

Sooner we'll be losing more.

The others.. I cannot say for them.

They died, sacrificing themselves for the other.

~~~

"Guys... Where's Kazuha and Scara...?"

No answer.

Kuki looked down.

"Scaramouche saw Kazuha stuck so he went to help him, but it was already too late and I saw the event transpire. I couldn't do anything."

"Fuck.. not them.." I yelled.

"Shh, you'll attack more... I know it's painful." Albedo said.

Keqing covered her mouth trying to silence her cries.

"I-I'm going so-s..olo." she blurted.

She grabbed her weapon and marched off.

"Wait, Keqing no!"

"Shut up Venti. You don't know how it feels to lose someone as precious as Ganyu to a hoard of monsters." She cried, yelling. Dropping her weapon, leaving it to clatter.

I grabbed her hands, trying to comfort her.

"Hey... Keqing, look at me, I know it's painful. It's hard. We lost three we can't afford another's life.." I said.

She turned away and look on the ground, I lessened my grip and she pulled her hands from me.

"No.."

"I hate this."

"This is fucking shitty!" She said.

Then she ran. For real.

Venti reached out for her.

"Goodbye, you fucking world." She let go and got engulfed by zombies.

"So long, friends."

~~~

"I'm not doing this." Albedo fell on his knees.

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"This is so... I'm tired." Diluc mumbled.

~~~

"I'm out of supplies, I guess this is goodbye." Kuki smiled.

~~~

"Fuck it!" Aether said.

"Venti, we're also done."

"Guys we're almost near the quarantine center, please bear with me, I can't lose you guys as well..."

"No. I'm gone."

~~~

"Why does everyone keep leaving?"

"They're tired."

"I am too."

Venti came to a halt as he came across the quarantine center.

His eyes gleaned, he thought this would be the last of his pain. He drew nigh to the center. Yet...

He didn't know.

Xiao stared at Venti, unaware of the danger behind him, Venti looked back at Xiao smiling, but his face turned horrified at what he saw.

"Xiao.."

Xiao looked back behind him and was met with deadly surprise.

A group of zombies, bit him.

"Ahh!"

"Xiao!" Venti cried out.

"Go! Get out of here! Run! For me!.." Xiao shouted for the last remaining survivor to run for his life as he continues to get piled at by a bunch of the undead, being bitten as more hoards of deads come.

Venti, the 'last' survivor.

Now at least, because Xiao has given up himself to the deads to save him, Xiao sacrificed himself, and he is watching him, plenty of deads continuously pile all over him, not caring for Venti only caring for the smell of blood Xiao leaks, leaving nothing but his head and his bloody arm reaching out and pointing for Venti to scram before they got to him too.

he couldn't do anything but stand there, tearing up as he watches Xiao bled, covered in his own blood, all Venti could do was just watch him get bitten, all over again.

Venti slowly backed away from him and them, Xiao was barely visible since he got covered by deads.

Venti covered his mouth to silence and muffle his own screams.

Avoiding to make any noise to attract Zombies.

His eyes swelling from all his crying, he walked backwards before turning around and running away, Venti leaves droplets of his tears as he ran and ran

'𝐢'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝚾𝐢𝐚𝐨...' Venti thought as he reaches closer and closer to the quarantine center. Removing his hand from his mouth, screaming the name "Xiao"

~Few years later...~

No one's PoV...

Venti makes it out alive and retreats to Mondstadt. Then moves back to China, after he left for his homeland, Germany, the City of Windsong located Inside Mondstadt. When he came back to China, now Liyue was the bombed city, the abandoned one, and Venti was the only one out of all of them to get away and move to another country. In China, that's where he meets his friends, who had moved a year before the virus, have their own business and Venti asks to work with them, the first partner questions him because he doesn't have his lover with him. Venti says, "it's a long distant relationship."

While with others he always spoke when they ask about his 'Lover' "Haha! The Love of My Life is Waiting For Me till the End Of Time in the Afterlife!" He laughed it off but he would always come back to that one place, the last time he saw Xiao.

Still covered with blood on the Pavement, since Liyue was bombed. Ashes covering the splatter of blood.

He wiped the ashes away, but behind him you'd see a silhouette with glowing red, hungry eyes. Waiting for the moment to strike.

The figure stood firmly. Lashing his tongue around his mouth, licking his lips.