Barbatos succumbs to corruption, not seeking help. The corruption eventually spiraled out of control, to the extent that he sealed Mondstadt, the whole of Mondstadt in, allowing no one in or out. He destroys multiple teleport waypoints, making it hard for the traveller to come in. The traveller has no choice but to call the other 3 archons for help. Meanwhile, Xiao thinks of that encounter with Barbatos years ago... !XIAOVEN! Cover art- Credits to tobikkun on twitter.

This is my first fanfiction, so I would like tips if you have any! <3 This story will have more Venti as the "main character" because I mostly see stories with Xiao in the center of the attention... plus, I am a Venti kinnie hehe Venti is NOT a softie. You'll see it in the intro. I do not know many about Xiao, so please don't judge me when it's about him. The story will mainly be in 3rd person. I might change this later. Tho there will be 'Venti/Xiao POV' Enjoy this fic <3

Kinda wanted to write how xiao meet venti, you know like his trailer? And how venti doesn't remember him. Well that's this <3

Xiao, one of the most top secret agents who got assigned to one of his organization's enemy for a long time, his father and the Tsaritsa assigned him in that organization. "A weapon..." they said, but Xiao couldn't care less as long as his opponent got tarnished in front of his eyes and the others. Until he met someone, beautiful braids, warm smile, and a drunkard of some sort, he felt welcomed in his arms. The boy with teal braids helped him get out of his isolated place. So this is my first time writing a XiaoVen au, which is my own book, I just came up with this test subject thing in my mind and I was writing the story the whole time so why not start a new genre in XiaoVen au stories? I was quite excited in doing these stories I always read in other creators. I always wanted to do this for my whole entire life, writing new books that are unique to the reader's point of view, so without further a do, enjoy the story, I take up any recommendations aswell <3 ART ISN'T MINE CIWU IN TWITTER OWNS THE ART CHARACTERS DO NOT BELONG TO ME OWNERS OF THE CHARACTERS ARE FROM MIHOYO

Cover image made by: "yeetoldy" on Twitter The story takes place in a highschool. Xiao is a new kid, anti social jerk. Venti had been to the school for a while, he's always been bullied but still tries his best to make friends with who he can. Ships so far (more may be added) beneficial (Bennet x Fischl) Xingyun (Xingqui x Chongyun) Chili (Zhongli x Childe) Kaebedo (Kaeya x Albedo) Jeanlisa (Jean x Lisa) Kazuscara (Kazuha x Scaramouche) Cynari (Cyno x Tighnari) There may be some violence and swearing but ill give a warning! I may be slow at updating, it depends on how busy I get. I will not apologize for taking a while on an update if I get busy, so sorry in advance. I don't own the character unless I saw otherwise in story, I just own this story and not the game!!

It was just another one of those days were Xiao/Alatus went to do his job. Conquering demons. But, on one fateful day, fatigue and corruption took over. What a beautiful song. Such gentle wind. His savior? Well, It was a god. The god who changed his life forever. The god he fell in love with. But, how long will it last until one of them...drifts away? Forever? ➳Note: I joined genshin a bit more than 2 weeks so I haven't met xiao yet..(yes, i know I suck.) But, hey! I just got some random ass idea so like yeah let's write it! probably most of the stuff never happened between venti and xiao but I read some of the xiao and venti story on the fandom so the beginning will probably be wrong..lol but this is a fanfic so i can do what I want. I just added some tweaks so.. Edit: YEP I MET XIAO AND THIS IS DEFINIETLY NOT HOW IT WORKED. BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS PROBABLY WRONG BUT YEAH WHATEVER IM TOO LAZY TO CHANGE IT AND THIS IS A FANFIC SO UH BEAR WITH IT. THIS IS MY OWN STORY. GODDAMIT I FORGOT TO ChANGE XIAO TO ALATUS CAUSE HIS OLD NAME USED TO BE ALATUS...yeah whatever let's just pretend I wrote Alatus and he changed his name to Xiao after the incident- 😐 also I don't know if I ship xiaoven yet cause i wanna get the quest first and ill decide...so right now im neutral...it's just that the ship seemed kind of cute so im fine with it. STRONG LANGUAGE!!!! TRIGGER WARNING: there will be mentions of suicide and self harm temptation dammit i should have wrote the sad part a bit more sadder but idk how to do that :| so uh yeah yall probably wont cry cause..yeah im bad at writing.. 🤡 Made: May 19th, 2021 Finished May 19th, 2021 p.s if you hate smut..well..NO SMUT! CAUSE iF I WROTE SMUT, I'D BE INSANE...plus, I don't like smut so no smut recommendations cause ill feel disgusting after I write one..trust me, I have read a few by accident..and it was not good feeling.

cover credits: monolithia on twt all music used: ( for now ) good 4 u - olivia rodrigo love you like a love song - selena gomez drivers license - olivia rodrigo lost in the fire - the weeknd there's nothing holdin' me back - shawn mendes teeth - 5 seconds of summer dandelions - ruth b - requires matured readers

𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 // "𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.. 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢." 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭

The story of 2 oblivious young teenagers in highschool, One popular bard and one Introvert being the son of one of the teachers in the school. That introvert having obvious feelings for his male friend with a twin sister who is friends with the infamous bard

{Modern au Xiao x Venti} ---------------------------------------- Description: Xiao finds it hard to communicate with Venti because he has a huge crush on him and he's afraid he'll get rejected and ruin their friendship, so he tries to avoid being alone with him. But when he sees what Venti's going through, he cannot help but get attached to him again. As Venti's problems get worse Xiao needs to put aside his fear of rejection to save him. Will they overcome the pain of the past or will they succumb to their demons ? -------------------------------------------- Updates: (D/M/Y) Date: 30/08/2025 - Chapter 19 || Almost ready for release - Introduction to Chapter 9 || grammar control & easier reading [Example] __________________ 1st: "I think this was our last concert this week." Kazuha pondered. "Then we can finally spend some time together again !" Venti happily said. Everyone was happy at the thought of that. ~~~~~~~~~~~ 2nd: "I think this was our last concert this week." Kazuha pondered. "Then we can finally spend some time together again !" -V Everyone was happy at the thought of that. __________________ ------------------------------------ Hashtag goals: #1 Xiaoventi 06/06/2023 || 07/10/2023 #2 Venxiao 06/07/2023 #2 Xiaoventi - 30/01/2023 || 05/02/2023 || 16/02/2023 #2 Xiaoxventi - 14/12/2023 #1 Xiaoxventi 23/05/2024 -------------------------------------------------- ~Warnings~ - This is my first story so there might be a lot of mistakes !!! - ⚠️Cover art and chapter art is not mine⚠️ I found it on Pinterest - All characters mentioned in this story belong to Hoyoverse (or miHoyo). - Not canon, some characters might be out of character !!! -------------------------------------------------- [EDIT 1] 1k reads ?!!!! ???? I'm so happy rn !! Thank you all for reading my story and getting me this far ???? I never thought that I would get this many so I'm super grateful for all of you ❤️