Aether a common guy moving to Liyue to look for his long lost sister whom was separated at birth. He had no family members left expect for his sister who he didn't know anything about. He looked for her not knowing anything about her expect for the fact she was in Liyue. Aether hires a detective to help search for his sister only to find out the so called detective had stolen his money. _ While looking for his sister he meets a guy name Xiao. Aether quickly falls for Xiao not knowing anything about him. Aether thinks Xiao is a janitor who isn't the brightest and worked hard for his money as he was poor. Oh dear, Aether couldn't be more wrong, Xiao is the next Successor for a very popular modeling company, making Xiao VERY rich. __ - This is a modern AU ( Alternative Universe ) - XiaoAether is the main ship but side ships do appear! - This is my first Fanfiction so please bear with me if mistakes are made. - I do have mental problems so if I don't post on time please wait just a bit longer, I am trying __ Updates irregularly due to stress Chapters are worked on daily. Written for fun and for the XiaoAether shippers! STORY COVER CR: @coodoxd (Twitter)

Xiao, the Guardian Yaksha that serves for Rex Lapis was conquering demons on the West mountain. That seems to connect to the heavens and stars. And there lives a goddess of mighty power. Their encounter, will it change how they'd see each other? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {There WILL be some mistakes in the story, and I'll be fixing them from time to time.} Xiao x Reader (Female she/her pronouns) "𝓸𝓱 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓶𝓮." "𝓾𝓱 𝓼-𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓫 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮." "𝓝𝓸 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼." • • • • • • • • • • Cover: kuroos_possession(Me) Fanart: @_pokira on Twitter I DO NOT OWN GENSHIN IMPACT OR XIAO. THEY ALL BELONG TO THE ALL MIGHTY MIHOYO. (P.S. sorry if he becomes OOC at one point)

❝In another life, I would make you stay.❞ ៚ ❐ 𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐔𝐒!𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐱 𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐔𝐒!𝐗𝐈𝐀𝐎 ✃- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -៚ ❐ She was a peculiar thing. An odd creature, with an odd personality. Strangely enough, she reminded him of butterflies. But, butterflies aren't meant to be kept. And thus, their love bloomed in a dream that couldn't come true. ✃- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -៚ ❐ ❝Perhaps, in another life.❞ 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 © 𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐚, 2021 cover designed by @xinrist

❝in the midst of all the chaos, he found peace; with her. ❞ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐓! 𝐗𝐈𝐀𝐎 𝐱 𝐅𝐄𝐌!𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 ✃- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -៚ ❐ ៚ ❐ in which a mortal with no vision is saved by a rather tiny, tsundere adeptus named xiao, and now she won't let him go. after all; finders, keepers. but keeping a person with a dangerous past is not easy, and finding your way back home is harder than it seems. ✃- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -៚ ❐ © 𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐚, 2020 cover made/designed by @xinrist

Inazuma, my home, the place I was born and raised, the place I desperately want to leave. Dont get me wrong, it cool and all in here, but Baal, the God of Eternity completely cut us off from the rest of the world. "Y/n what are you doing?" I hadent noticed my mother walking in. "We have to address the people" I stand silently and walk past my mother. "Please Welcome Lord Baal and Raiden Y/n" the announcer yells out over the crowd. My name- well my last name. It ties me down, to this country to this palace, to thease people. Im going to get out. Tonight. ~~~ Heyo! this is my first x reader~ I am dyslexic so please exuse spelling errors! Xiao simps join me as i tell this x reader/oc story! none of thease characters are mine, unless I say so~

━━ XIAO X GENDER NEUTRAL!READER (FLUFF, ANGST, SLIGHT NSFW, +16) . . . an adeptus and a clueless foreigner. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 © IZANARIN && MIHOYO ─────────╯