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those voices...
for some reason, the voices of those people xiao killed— came back to haunt him. he could hear whispers and screams in his head, saying 'help!', 'you are a demon!' and 'die!'. he closed his eyes as he covered his ears with his hands, trying to stop the the voices.
"please, stop..."
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"[name], could you give these to xiao?" zhongli gave her some kind of a bottle with no label on it, "i know he needed these right now..." she didn't bother ask him— she knew it's some kind of personal stuff for xiao, she nods her head as she head off to wangshu inn with a feeling of worry at what could happen to the yaksha.
when [name] arrived, she saw the adepti with his back facing her, she bite her lower lips as she gripped the bottle. she slowly walked towards him, then she stood next to him. "umm... zhongli told me to give this to you..." she hesitantly handed him the bottle, xiao quickly took it and opens the bottle.
she didn't see what it was, she didn't know if it was a liquid or something else, but she know he drank alot of it. xiao closed the bottle and hold it, she turned her head to look at him, his eyes are closed as he looked like he's in a deep thought.
[name] didn't know how to comfort a person since she's not good at it, but she decided to call his name first as she stared at the view. "xiao..." he slowly opened his eyes as the voices in his head are getting louder, "are you okay?" she hesitantly asked him. he gripped his fists when he heard her asked that,
"i may not be the best comforter but... you could talk to me." she said as she played with her fingers while biting her lower lips, xiao didn't say anything but he keep hearing the voices and it makes him... furious. [name] turned her head to look at him as she slowly brought her hand to his and hold it, "xiao—"
he quickly pulled his hand away from her grasp, "i might harm you if you continue to talk to me, leave me." he said coldly as she furrowed her eyebrows, confused at what he mean by that. "what are you saying?" she asked xiao turned his head around and glare at her with his cold amber eyes.
"get lost."
he said with a cold tone as her eyes went wide, she bit her lower lips as she closed her eyes. "okay... i will leave you alone..." [name] smiled sadly as she turned around to leave him alone, he watched her left as he gripped his fist.
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xiao opened his eyes as he realized that it's been 3 days since [name] left him alone, the voices keep whispering to him— well at least it's better than the other day. but it's really quiet... without her voice and her laugh, all he could hear the whispers that he despises but he also feels like he deserves the curse.
but [name] could somehow made xiao forgot who he is. with her, he felt like he's just a... human. he felt warmth and love just by her company, he feels happy. he lets out a sigh when he knew he had to fix the situation, he turned around to talk to verr goldet about [name]. "ah, she was here not long ago so she might still in the forest."
xiao nodded at the lady and quickly went to the forest to look for her, there he saw [name] sat on a rock while staring at the qingxin flowers with her arms crossed. he couldn't see her face since her back is facing him, he approached her with a sigh as he sat next to her. "[name]..." xiao called her as he turned his head to see her face, "i'm sorry."
he apologized to her as he gripped his fists, "i didn't mean to told you to get lost." [name] turned her head to face him with a sad smile, his eyes softened when he saw her eyes are puffed. "it's okay... i understand," she rubbed her eyes as she wipes the tears away that fell from her eyes, "and it's my fault too, i should've left you alone from the start."
"don't... don't leave me alone."
xiao layed his forehead on her shoulder as he holds her arms, her eyes widen as her body froze. "it feels quiet and empty without you," he explained with the grip on her arms loosened, [name] holds his arms with soft eyes. "so please... don't leave me alone again."
she smiled as she wrapped her arms around his body, she patted him gently on the back of his head. "okay... i won't leave you alone again. i will be by your side from now," her words and her touch calmed him down, his eyes went wide when he realized that he didn't hear any of those whispers again.
they stopped...
a tear fell from his eyes as he nuzzles deep into the embrace.
