#like if it can hurt ur hearing then his entire family is deaf by now

[maximusboltaqon]

i love when people cover their ears right before a black bolt scream. as if covering your ears with the palms of your hands makes you immune to him. like if you cant hear him and go lalalalala his powers just dont work anymore.

[miomines]

-🦋

Here’s Xiao meeting the team. It’s not a good start.

“Who are you?”

Xiao and a brown-haired girl were currently in a stand-off. He held Little Gem closer as the stranger walked towards them. He’d be damned if he let anyone hurt them.

“Let them go,” the stranger growled. “I won’t ask again.”

“Don’t come any closer.”

She backed up a bit, putting her hands up. She couldn’t risk her sibling getting hurt.

“Tsukuyomi! Over here!” She yelled. “Someone has them!”

Xiao’s arms went limp. He couldn’t move anymore.

“Hurry, Ghost! I can’t hold it forever!” a blue-haired boy warned.

The girl, Ghost, hurried to them, picking Gemmy up and retreating to Tsukoyomi’s side. “Knock him out. We can question him later.”

“Don’t you dare,” Xiao grunted as he fought against whatever was holding him down. “Don’t hurt them.”

Tsukoyomi put something to his head and Xiao felt the darkness drag him down.

———

Little Gem woke with a scream. Their sister was quick to enter their room to calm them. “I’m here, Little One,” she comforted. “You’re safe. It’s okay.”

Little Gem gulped, certain that what they experienced was nothing but a nightmare. But if that were true, why did they feel such sorrow?

“I think I just had the craziest dream,” they chuckled. “I was in Teyvat. And got to meet everyone, but most of them wanted to kill me.”

“Is that so?” Ghost hummed. “Then he was telling the truth.”

“Hmm?”

They were both distracted by someone else’s calls.

“Little Gem! Little Gem!”

‘That voice!’ Gemmy’s eyes widened.

“Don’t let him reach the door!” Little Gem could hear Zenith yell.

The siblings rose from the bed to see what everyone was doing. And it was a sight to say the least.

Little Gem saw both Luce and Tsukoyomi trying to keep Xiao pinned to the floor. Zenith, Chef, and Codex were running up the stairs to help them. Jingwei watched everything unfold from the other end of the hallway.

“Xiao!” Little Gem cried. They didn’t know what to say. To think. It was all real. Teyvat. Zhongli and Meili. Everything.

Luce and Tsukoyomi were caught off guard by Little Gem’s presence, giving Xiao the chance to knock them back. He wasted no time getting to Little Gem and embracing them. “We need to go.”

Little Gem saw their family prepare for a fight as Xiao pushed them behind him. He looked from the boys in front of him to Jingwei behind them.

As Tsukoyomi brought out his Evoker, Little Gem spoke up. “Wait!” They begged their brother. They noticed how Xiao was still injured. But their words fell on deaf ears. Their brothers and sisters were ready to attack.

Ghost idled out of the doorway. “I think his story isn’t as ridiculous as we originally guessed,” she commented. “The runt may be able to fill in the details we need.”

With that, Little Gem’s siblings stood down. After all, if Ghost was willing to listen, then it must have convinced her. She turned towards Little Gem and Xiao.

“Now,” she sighed. “You’d better start from the top.”

oh wow. ur right that's not a good start. it's just. a big misunderstanding in a way??? it doesn't look good from either side so i can see the reasoning behind why both sides reacted that way.

this was!!! so good tho i love ur writing. i feel bad for xiao mostly bc this entire situation for him is so stressful. like he was pretty much tortured just before this. it's no wonder he's freaking out when a group of unknown people take little gem. they need to give him a bunch of hugs he needs them