Xiaother Oneshots

Redo

This is a random story I wrote for a writing prompt for class. Not everything is accurate in this story so think of it as an Au I suppose?

Trigger warning: mentions of death and killing

Third Person POV

He hated his life after the event, after the second Cataclysm. The first one destroyed a nation, Khaenri'ah. A nation that was once filled with joy and ruled on without a God. During the first Cataclysm, it was destroyed by the Gods. Survivors sought out revenge. He hated listening to the Cataclysm. His friends died in the same battle trying to protect the people. But instead, they lost their mentality and killed each other off. Xiao winced from the sudden memories. He had never felt pain like he felt during the first Cataclysm.

He has never felt the other type of pain he felt during the second Cataclysm. The pain of killing your lover. Yes. Xiao. He didn't want to but he didn't have a choice. He had to kill his friend, his lover, Aether. Aether's twin, Lumine, came to Liyue Harbor to destroy the nation. She brought an evil army, called the Abyss, to the surface and the monsters started destroying everything in their path. The survivors of Khaenri'ah turned into those monsters, they sought revenge. Lumine found her brother and convinced him to join her side. To fight off the Gods and destroy the land. Xiao felt the worse pain ever. Seeing his lover leave him behind and join his sister. If Lumine wasn't evil and wasn't destroying a nation, he wouldn't have minded Aether choosing her over him. But the situation was different. Very, very different.

Near the end of the Cataclysm, he was faced-to-faced with Aether. He saw him and cried. Aether knew he choose the wrong person. He should have stayed with Xiao, not join his sister. Aether wished for death. He begged Xiao to kill him. Xiao knew he needed to do this in order to save his nation. They said their last 'I love you' and Xiao pierced Aether's heart with a sword. Aether's sword.

Years passed and Xiao couldn't bare the pain of being so alone and dealing with the guilt of killing his lover. He went to a different God. An old friend of Aether's. They made a deal. To create a time loop that will stop once Xiao has saved Aether from death. Xiao regretted killing Aether. Now he promised to save Aether from death. The two created the Twin Time Loop. However, it didn't work. Every time Xiao lost Aether. This loop has happened at least 17 times, maybe more. Xiao was devastated every single time. Every time he regretted not saving Aether. So again the time loop would occur.

Xiao didn't know how to save Aether. He tried keeping Aether safe every time. But somehow, he didn't how, he would slip up and Aether would be killed. Xiao didn't know what to do differently to save Aether. Xiao couldn't bare this any longer. But his friend continued the cycle.

He regretted it. He regretted creating the time loop. He couldn't save Aether. No matter how many tries, he just couldn't. He wished he could go back in time and save Aether the first time. So he wouldn't have to create the time loop. He and his friend agreed. No one knows how. Not even the two of them. But they traveled back in time. To the first life. Yeats before the Cataclysm. Xiao now had plenty of time to stop Aether. He took a deep breath.

He stood high on a balcony, taking in the fresh air. He turned to the right. Where the entrance to the balcony was. He knew who was coming. And this time he will save him.

"Hello are you Xiao, Conquer of Demons? I'm Aether!" Yes. He traveled back to their first meeting. "Yes I am. Call me just Xiao, Aether."

He won't regret this. Hopefully.

The End<3