The night sky will never be fully illuminated despite its countless stars. But can one who has lived in darkness dream of a sun? A sun with its light eradicating every chain that prevents oneself to bask in the rays of sunshine. Tormented for years in his past and carrying the burden from the fallen gods for thousands of years, Xiao have never opened himself to anyone. Yet this boy, with such eagerness to help and understand him, extended his hand in his sea of shadows. "I'm always here for you if you need me," Aether said softly- Like the warmth he's been looking for eversince. Will the strong wall that surrounded Xiao's heart crumble as a result of the sunlight? Will he be able to find happiness after suffering for centuries?

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)

After the fall of Rex Lapis, Adeptus Xiao finds that Liyue is not as much in need of protection as it used to be. Desperate to find a new purpose, he follows Aether into a new world of discovery. "Fight till your death, if you must. But, is anything now strong enough to kill you, or will you be doomed to suffer until the end of eternity?" Current word count [ Roughly 12,281 ]

A Xiao x Aether texting story (kinda)! (AU where texting exists lol) This will consist of Xiao and Aether's conversations through texts, but will have plenty of in-person stuff as well. Basically just a daily "log" of their relationship growing closer and closer. Other ships included. Includes NSFW/SMUT (DON'T ACT SURPRISED BY IT I'M TELLING YOU NOW. IT'S LITERALLY RATED M) Hope you like angst as well.. 🖤 Cover pic by: mk_0810_mk

Feb/01/22 - Jan/06/23 ─🎐💫₊˚⊹Here is a bunch of Xiaother one shots! I hope you enjoy since this is one of my comfort ship♡ ❪#1 in aether 4/28/22 #2 in Xiao 6/10/22 #1 in GenshinOneShots 6/12/22❫༉‧₊˚꒷꒦ ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ ₒ ┆ ┆ ┆ *:･ﾟ ↷ ⋯ ♡ᵎ ✦ ⌇ ┆ ┆ *ೃ ┆ *₊°。 art by: joikzo on instagram !! COMPLETED (BEING RE-WRITTEN)

"your body belongs to me." - X "whAaa, wait what Xiao what do you mean?" - A "that means that nobody can touch you, even in situations...like this. You are mine Your body...every part of you." - X I kept silent. "should I lock you away and keep you to my self? Tell me Aether what is it you want me to do? How should I punish you?" 29/10/21 - 1st in Xiaother, 101st in bxb 5/11/21 - 4th in Aether 10/2/22 - 3rd in Aether, 3rd in pining