venti's pov:
i felt terrible for xiao
he cried in my arms and all i could do was feel sorry
was that all i was good for
thinking and not doing
saying stuff but not making it happen
at that minute i got a call from my boss
"venti great news"
"can that news wait i'm kind of bus-"
"your newest single is on billboard over and people want you to advertise their products"
"listen i-"
"and we've scheduled a meet and greet with your super fans"
"if you would listen for one second you would hear that i'm busy right now and i don't want to have another meet and greet
i already have enough ton my plate and i have to deal with .. "family stuff" and all of this action is not helping any better
so it would be nice if you would cancel all of this and leave me be"
"but venti you have fans dying to see you-"
"i don't care anymore!
it's always about fans fans fans when is it ever about me and my feelings
or are the fans more important than me"
he went silent so i just hung up the phone
"venti are you okay" zhongli asked
"i'm fine" i said huffing still hugging xiao
i left him so i could make glasses of water
i sat down and took a breather
as i was thinking zhongli got up to leave
we both said our goodbyes and went to bed
except i couldn't fall asleep
i was tossing and turning and just thinking
xiao woke up to ask me what was wrong
"i just can't sleep that's all"
"does it have something to do with the whole childe situation" "yes"
"do you want to talk about it"
"not really but i'll tell you"
"once a long time ago the same thing happened to me
my friend was being targeted for something that wasn't even my fault
my friend got dragged into the situation having nothing to do with it
just the fact that she was my friend was enough for her to be apart of the situation
she got killed for siding with my mother instead of my father and i was horrified
i couldn't sleep eat or even function for days
she was my first real friend and she was the best
i was broken without her but now i'm fixed because i have you"
xiao's pov:
i had no idea venti has gone through so much
venti is really strong for the things he has been put through
i stared at him in shock
"yeah crazy right" "very"
"if it makes you feel any better i'll make sure nothing like that happens to you because i'm here to protect you"
that seemed to calm him because he softened up and got a few hours of sleep
that night was the same night my friend died
2,000 years ago this same night my friend died just like venti's
no one's pov:
the next morning was peaceful
nothing was going wrong
no one got hurt
it was a normal day for once
xiao's pov:
i hope venti's okay form last night
he barely got sleep and it shows
i looked at venti's huge eyebags and told him he should take a nap
"i don't need a nap i can take it"
he said dropping to the floor falling asleep
i sighed
"what am i gonna do with you"
i mumbled to myself
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A/N:
HAYYYYYYYYYY
i am sooooooo sorry for not uploading i didn't men's for it to be this long until you saw another chapter
i have just been sooooo busy
i'll make up for it i swearrrrr
this is the author signing out 🤍🤍 .
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