𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐇𝐔 ๑ xiao [✓]

第十九章

You stood in front of Madame Ping in shock. "Mr. Xiao wants me in room 404?!? I thought I am not allowed there." Madame Ping gave you a slight smile. "It's his orders, we cannot defy our master." You gave them a questioning look. "What's in there anyways?"

"A body-taking ghost," Ganyu replied slightly shivering by the mentioned. You stood there dumbfounded. "Does he want me to be possessed?" Madame Ping shook her head before lightly pushing you to a long tunnel where room 404 is located. "Good luck."

Before you could utter another word, both of them are gone. 'I guess I'll have to face my fate.' You looked at the dark tunnel. It was really creepy, only one torch was hanging down, and elsewhere are just an abyss. You gulped and mentally prayed to different Gods even if you don't believe in some. The tunnel made you religious in different religions.

You slowly walked to the tunnel shivering at its creepiness. You stood before the door, you were shaking as you held the door knob. Unbeknownst to you, a pair of amber eyes were watching your every move. He wants you gone, and yet here he is watching you as you enter the abyss ghost. He definitely does not want you gone. (He's convincing himself that he's watching because he wants to watch you leave but he really doesn't want you dead.)

You turned the doorknob and opened the door holding your breath. You were met by the most terrifying ghost you've ever seen. Worse than the other guests. It was a long-haired woman dressed in dirty white clothes. Her eyes were drooping low and pure black. Blood dried on her face as some liquids were dripping down. Cuts were visible and the mouth was dislocated. The nose on the other hand is broken while the ears were cut off. 

You let go of your breathing before shouting and running back to the tunnel. Of a sudden, the ghost was fastly approaching your scared figure. 'I swear this tunnel was never this long' You continued running and running. You tried looking back before realizing the ghost was almost face-to-face with you, it was 3 feet away. It was then you felt hands pulling you.

You were met with a kiss on your lips, which made you struggle to breathe. Your eyes widened as you saw Xiao kissing you. You tried pulling away but the man is stronger than you and pushed your head closer to him. You cannot even breathe with how hard he's kissing you. To be honest, you enjoyed it. He was kissing you passionately that you forgot a ghost was behind you.

"Don't breathe heavily," Xiao said in between kisses. You closed your eyes and still kissed the man. Heck, you just gave in and let Xiao do everything. Xiao opened his eyes, still kissing you as he watch the ghost sniff you trying to smell your breathing for it to know whether you are human or not. He pulled you closer and harder as the ghost tries its best to know your true identity.

To be honest, you were shaking in fear but Xiao pulled you closer with his lips on you not even pulling you apart, it wasn't scary rather it was... amazing. It's weird that you're kissing for your lives just for you to live, and yet here you are drawn into his lips more. The more he pulls you closer, the more you liked it.

Just as you totally give in to Xiao, the ghost disappeared on sight running away to who knows where. The scenery around you changed from a dark and gloomy tunnel to a bright hallway of the hotel. Yours and Xiao's lips were still on each other until everything was completely transformed. Your peripheral vision saw Madame Ping, Ganyu, Verr Goldet, and a certain bard you met on the train, they were standing with both smiles and shock.

Xiao let go of your lips and you. It was rather almost 3 minutes of kissing each other, that you still felt his lips even if he let go. Xiao looked at you with a slight blush on his face. "A- are you alright?" He shyly asked. The sudden embarrassment from the kiss made you shy like him. You felt your cheeks go red and looked away, "I am. By the way, please explain to me what was that."

Xiao sighed face still red because of the previous happenings. "The ghost is attracted to human breathing. It knows that you can see it, and it knows that you are alive when you breathe. She wishes to possess humans so as to fulfill a desire I am yet to know. Once you breathe that time, your body would not be able to take her soul if she possesses you. She will kill your original soul and live as you."

"What happens to my soul if she successfully possesses me?"

"Your soul will go to the purgatory. In short, you die."

You groaned as you woke up from your bed. You still have a headache after thinking about Xiao the moment you went home from the hotel. Albedo opened the door from your bedroom and smiled at your grumpy self. "What a good afternoon to you." 

"Albedooooo" You called the blonde genius while whining before leaning onto his stomach. He hugged your head before chuckling. "You seem grumpier than before. What seems to bother you?"

"Work. My attractive boss. Everything." You grumbled. Albedo smiled before pulling you off bed. "Well, if it seems to stress you, I have good news for you." He pulled you to the kitchen where Xingqiu and Chongyun were already eating.

"You finally have awoken the monster," Chongyun said with nuggets in his mouth. "Come, let's eat lunch." Albedo let you sit beside him. You quietly sat down as Albedo puts food on your plate.

"Say (Y/N), what do you think of a day wherein you, me, Albedo, and Chongyun will hang out and just enjoy the day," Xingqui said while putting his glass of water down. Albedo and Chongyun looked in your direction anticipating your answer.

You groaned and stabbed your nigget. "Can't, my job doesn't let me." Albedo chuckled before removing your hands and fork to the poor nugget. "About the good news, it's where it enters."

"What do you mean?"

"Your boss told you to take a day off, well, night off, tomorrow. Meaning you can sleep tonight and wake up in the morning, then we all hang out, and you can sleep again. What do you think?" Albedo smiled.

You looked at him in disbelief. "No way Xiao said that."

"He did," Chongyun confirmed. He gulped the food in his mouth before proceeding to talk again. "He came to our home shortly after you arrived and told me that he's letting you have a rest for like a day or two."

"That's not Xiao."

"It is. I can confirm. Though, he suddenly disappeared when I blinked."

"Okay, that's Xiao." You smiled knowing you can finally have a rest from ghosts. Everyone smiled as they noticed your energy rise up.

"So where do we go?"