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"xiao atleast act like you want to be here.." the brown haired girl said, grinning.

xiao grumbled, taking a deep breath. he forced out a smile, seconds away from throwing fists.

"also put on a real smile."

"you're trying to annoy me on purpose. aren't you, hutao."

the girl giggled, falling into her chair.

"aren't you clever." she said, twirling her hair.

xiao rolled his eyes, clearly not amused with hutao's behaviour.

"we're stuck with eachother for three weeks.." ganyu interrupted, "let's not rip eachother's heads off please."

"well can you guys get out of my dorm? im tired." xiao mumbled.

"no way! let's have a sleep over!" hu tao giggled, sitting on xiao's bed. she glanced over at ganyu, "right ganyu?"

"well.. i guess if xiao doesn't mind, it does sound somewhat fun."

they both looked over at xiao, who already knew there was no point in saying no. "you guys are gonna stay whether i say yes or no."

hutao nodded, "you know us so well.."

"we should get snacks! you know.. since it's a sleepover." ganyu said, her eyes brightening. if this was a cartoon, she would probably have that glowing lightbulb on top of her head.

"it's like.. 12 pm..? all the stores are closed." xiao tiredly said.

"theres a 24 hour seven eleven near here. it's like a five minute walk." ganyu replied.

"exactly. so we're going or im dragging your puny ass myself." hutao threatened, her eyes narrowing, as if she was actually gonna do it.

xiao groaned, knowing there was no way out of this. "fine but let's make it quick."

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xiao furrowed his eyebrows as he watched hutao put basically everything she saw inside of the cart. drinks, candy, noodles.

"are you guys seriously finishing this in one night..?" xiao asked, looking at all the things inside of all the cart.

"of course not!" hutao said, placing another snack inside of the cart.

"then why are you-"

"because we're obviously coming here tomorrow night." ganyu interrupted.

"said who exactly..?" xiao raised his eyebrow.

"said us." both hutao and ganyu said in unison.

"looking forward to it." xiao said with a sarcastic smile on his face.

hutao scoffed, wandering endlessly around the store. xiao walked as her long-ass pigtails bounced, if anything she was about to trip on them. she looked like a clueless child who wandered away from their tired-of-life mom just to grab some candy, and in this case xiao was the tired-of-life mom. his brain slightly fogged, zoning out.

xiao felt a hand on his shoulder. he jumped slightly, turning his head around. he was met with a concerned-looking adult man.

"sir.. does this happen to be your friend?" the man pointed over to hutao, who stood over a couple of knocked over cans.

"um.. oops..?"

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"we nearly got kicked out because of you. you're actually so fucking stupid."

hutao popped a piece of candy in her mouth, slumping lazily on the couch. "well maybe they shouldn't have put it up so high! isn't it their job to think about the customers? what about their short customers?"