"I have... Been through a lot." Lumine frowned. "'A lot' seems to be a gross understatement. You're like a walking ball of trauma. Being enslaved and tortured for decades and then losing your whole family and then fighting this endless war, alone, seems to qualify as more than 'a lot.' Maybe more like 'constant suffering.'" "I have a contract, and it's my duty and my honor to fulfill that contract. Even now that you defeated Osial, it's still my job to defend Liyue from the demons that plague it." Xiao rubbed his Vision between two fingers. "I'm the last defender in this invisible war." "Hm." Lumine sighed and rested her chin on her palm, looking up at Xiao with big honey-yellow eyes. "Then who will defend you?" ◊ An interpretation of where the story of Adeptus Xiao begins, what he went through before our time, and where he will end up. Cover art by @tyabasirakk on Twitter

A blonde, petite girl was separated from her twin brother by a unknown god trying to cross over to the next world. They were looking for a place to call home. Now that she's struck in this world, it's her mission to find for her to find her brother. Overtime , she has met a bunch of people who are now her friends and finds herself loving this new world and becoming attached to it and started to wonder if this could be their new home? Who knows. As her journey goes on, she met a certain boy that could potentially change her life... Edit: I've decided to change the name of the story to "Koi No Yokan." A phrase in Japanese that means "Premonition of Love." To put it in simpler words , "The extraordinary sense upon first meeting someone, that you will one day fall in love." which refers to the knowledge of that a future love is inevitable. I thought really suits Xiaolumi. Please let me know if I have the meaning wrong! I did as much research on this phase but I could be wrong with its meaning behind it! I've also decided to change the cover too!! ^^

Cover art: https://www.deviantart.com/whiterabbit1838/art/Xiaolumi-fanart-886104145 A fierce, protective yaksha like Xiao had never even entertained the thought of falling in love. But then she came along, with her optimism and scarring loyalty that never seemed to waver even in the worst of times. He tried to resist it, he really did. But it never worked. WARNING The following story contains spoilers for the storyline of Genshin Impact, specifically the Lantern Rite event, Chapter 1, Act 1-3, and the Chapter 2 Prologue. The following story also contains light gore, violence, and swearing. It was written before the 2.2 edition of Genshin Impact Read at your own discretion! This is my very first fanfiction so yay Um yeah so xiaolumi bc I love them so much yay ummm Kbye