❴knife boots❵ xiao x reader
"i'm actually a professional knife boot dancer, thank you very much."
after a 3 year hiatus, the former world champion joins the liyue coaching team.
➳ genshin impact
➳ figure skating au
one of the easiest jumps, a forward to backwards turn complete with picking your toe into the ice and landing on the same edge.
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[tw: ed in the middle of this chapter]
"You're so mean."
"I warned you."
"You're an absolutely, positively, awful person."
"Yeah, well, you knew that already."
Xiao had actually agreed to help with your training, much to your surprise, despite being reluctant. Now...you regret ever making such a request. Xiao is the devil reincarnated, and you'll swear by it until the day you die. He's been making you go back and forth around the rink for three whole hours, doing nothing but doubles. DOUBLES. If you didn't seriously need his help, you would've told him to fuck off sometime during the first thirty minutes.
"Your technique is seriously fucked, did you know that?"
Insanity.
"Mhm, the entire non-Snezhnayan skating community loves to remind me," you grin. He's been attempting to correct you on pre-rotation, under-rotation, and over-rotation all throughout the past few hours.
"Seriously, what did they teach you over there?" he says incredulously. He looks like he's on the verge of tearing his hair out. Or eyes. Or both.
"Um, you know, the basics. Jump, rotate, land. Not much else," you reply honestly. You had built your skills up under the idea that landing jumps was always the most important thing. If you could do that, why bother with anything else? Who wouldn't choose that over falling?
He groans before taking a deep breath, trying desperately to calm himself. He clearly wasn't amused. "I really don't know why I ever agreed to help you."
You shrug. "I'm just different."
One excruciating session later, Zhongli stops whatever he's been doing in his office for who knows how long (seriously though, he's been in there all day since you started working with Xiao) and begins your training session.
Saved from the devil at last.
...
"I know I say this a lot, but you actually look like shit right now."
"Xingqiu, I swear to god—"
It's lunchtime, and you're hanging out with Xiangling, Chongyun, and Xingqiu in the kitchens. These three have basically roped you into their group, and this has been your routine for the past few weeks. Not that you mind—Xiangling's cooking is too good to resist.
