I Don't Need Your Attention!! {xiaoven} {Albexiao}

Ch.7 ★ I Wanna Hurl..

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Once class ended, I walked out the door with a sense of dread pitted in my stomach. I'm not sure why, but I kinda felt like throwing up. Not only had I just been outted by Gorou in front of Hu Tao and Keqing, but he mistaked me for liking Venti..—Venti!

I mean seriously.

Him of all people? Are you kidding me? Thank god we don't have school tomorrow so I don't have to face any of them the next day after that conversation.

The table became oddly quiet after the call, and I'm sure that Hu Tao's going to gossip about this to everyone. She can't keep her mouth shut for anything—I swear she's going to put herself in jail for a crime she's going to commit in the future.

Slightly turning my head to look over my shoulder, I could see Gorou's eyes already placed on me and I immediately avoided his gaze. He and I were heading the same way since he had English in C Hall as well.

I had Geography with Venti right after this, and I was praying that I would be able to keep my cool throughout the class hour after what Gorou had just said.

As Gorou trailed behind me, suddenly a classroom door opened, and out came Venti with Albedo by his side.

"Shittt..." I grit my teeth, biting my lip as I tried to avoid them, but was unfortunately unsuccessful.

"Oh, Xiao; Gorou." Albedo beckoned for us, signaling with his eyes for us to come to him.

I couldn't do anything but do as he wanted me too, weak under his soft words.

Gorou followed as well, standing by me as my posture stiffened. He didn't say anything to either of them, but his silence wasn't calming me down.

"...He's not going to mention anything to them, is he? Not in front of Albedo—right?" I pondered to myself, my heart race increasing by the second.

"You wanna skip Geography, Xiao? I forgot to do my work and I don't wanna head in and hand in nothing like an idiot." Venti insisted, hooking his arm around Xiao's neck, leaning in close to his ear. "Besides, I still gotta ask you something." He added on, his voice just a bit louder than a whisper.

Gorou glanced over at Albedo to see his reaction to this, only to find that he seemed pretty normal about it. I mean who could blame him? You don't usually see two guys hanging out and immediately think, "Oh my god! They're gay!".

"Err.." I mumbled out, looking away, trying to shrug him off. Venti got the hint, and put his arm down. "..I'm good. You can if you still want to though." I was hoping that he'd just go on and skip without me. I hope he decided not to go to class. I didn't want to even look at him in geography and see his face, and remember Gorou's words.

I was honestly feeling pretty sick. I still don't know why the thought of me liking Venti romantically grossed me out so badly.

The closest thing I could see him being to me was a friend.

"Wel, if you're not skipping with me, and Kaeya isn't either, then it's gonna be no fun if I just walk around the school by myself." Venti sighed, accepting my final answer. "Let's go then."

As he begin walking first without me, I looked over at Albedo and Gorou.

"Um," I hesitated to say more. "...please don't say anything to anyone about—y'know.."

"I won't." Gorou said, refusing to look my way for unknown reasons. "I'm not that shallow."

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Once I was certain that the two of us were in a clear area since there was barely anyone around, I decided to just straight up tell Venti about it here and now. It was better explaining it to him now than if we were to go inside and sit down.

"...Gorou thinks I like you." I admitted abruptly just as we were a step away from entering the classroom.

Venti stopped dead in his tracks, creaking his head to look at me with a look of confusion plastered across his face.

"Why?" He probed, not having a clear reaction.

"Because—..because, I think it was because we were hanging out so much since you were trying to help me get with Albedo and he got the wrong idea..." I murmured, feeling a little embarrassed to say it out loud. "A-and the phone call just made it even worse—." I stopped once I heard my stutter, covering up my own tinted cheeks from embarrassment.

Venti paused for a moment, trying to pick the right thing to say, but seemed to be struggling.

"I was originally gonna ask you what you were planning to do for Albedo on Valentines Day, but you hung up so suddenly." Venti explained, rubbing his forehead and sighing. "Ahh.., we'll clear up the misunderstanding with Gorou soon, I promise. I'll talk to him about it, and if I don't, then you do it."

I let out a sigh of relief.

I was glad we talked this out now or else it would've been a major problem in the future.

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-rlly short chapter bc I don't know how to continue it on