#xiao: asks

[xiaoluclair]

I just saw that Lestappen video you posted and I’m just so happy. Charles saying he loves fighting with Max then the. Video cutting straight to the inchident. They’ve been fighting all their lives and one can’t exist in the track without the other. I wasn’t even born during the Prosenna era but I have to say from what I have read about them, Lestappen is a true manifestation of those two legends. Fingers crossed for a Max//Charles 2024 championship and make it as close as Max//Lewis 2021 but softer, respectful and more hearteyes please.

HAPPY FOLK IN THE INBOX!! love heart love heart smiley face x9124 !!!!!

after consulting the most wonderful prosenna hoe i know (@sennaverstappen) , i can say that on humble opinion i think in plethora, ps and lestappen are very very different. but! as maple said 'they're both insanely talented people who are sworn rivals' which - true! a million percent true legit based. fr i do think any lesta championship battle would be dif from 3344 hot cold carnage. for 1, the two of them have wayyy more history of each other. for 2 they're just closer due to circumstance, age. and the years they haven't had a true championship rivalry imho def contributed to a softer relationship w/ more friendly foundation and mature driving. against main lestappie philosophy, i do think we (to a degree) take those years for granted. that we'll benefit from them greatly if we ever do get a real fight in the future. that we already do. still tho, iz a lotta hypothetical for all scuderia ferrari have put their whole ussy in keeping their drivers barely clutching their way outta the folds of the midfield.

[elalalune]

Omegaverse roommates au

[tiredbitchposts]

Speaking of a lesbian Shen Yuan, let's just get it out of the way this woman would NOT know how to act after transmitgation. Like, all it took for a male Shen Yuan to start acting like the world's biggest babygirl was dying and being reborn into a villain's body, what do you think would happen if he was a closeted lesbian who religiously consumed either porn or male centric media? She'd commit war crimes on the poor women who had the luck of interacting with her. This woman would squeeze Liu Qingge's biceps and playfully say she can always depend on her strong shimei to protect her, she'd U-haul a marriageble age Luo Binghe into her side room and treat her as one would a wife, she'd host her sect leader to talk about her peak's budget wearing exactly two layers because it's just so hot and we're all women here shijie, she'd invite Gongyi Xiao to her peak with a smile and too much subtext for it to sound like a simple discipline invite to anyone hearing it, she'd call Zhuzi-lang fascinating to her face with no type of irony or mockery. This woman would would do all that AND still think think someone means lebanese when they say they're a lesbian, again, the system doesn't know what type of evil they unleashed upon the PIDW world

[officialrocketjumper]

Hey All! I had the absolute honour and pleasure to be lead animator for Dust Queen! We worked TREMENDOUSLY and incredibly and ridiculously and insanely hard on this! And I really hope you like it!

I had a lot of responsibilities as lead:

I made the facial expression, hand pose, lip sync, and walk cycle reuse libraries

Helped the riggers tailor their rigs to our needs as animators

Interviewed and trained the team, with guides on how to animate in Blender and keep the style consistent with choices RWBY makes

Talked a lot of my friends into working on this project and helping (Hi Ioana Hi Jackson Hi Cass Hi Beth Hi Issa Hi Kat Hi Kemmer Hi Andy Hi Vincenttt)

Managed the schedule/checked in with our volunteers, until we got dedicated Production Coordinators for animation (Vincent and John thank you for my life)

and left notes/feedback/drawovers on just about every single shot in the episode. hoo boy!

But I Also did some shots! Here they are! I touched up a few others before they went to rendering, but anything that's at least 80% Not Mine I didn't include. The team did such FANTASTIC work, I'm so floored and working with everyone was nothing short of a pleasure!

Anywho! Thank you all so much for watching!

-Rocket

[artsarasp]

I'm going to be shameless and ask for some H1) LBH/SY!GYX/LPM from my own fic tarnished gold <3 listen thats a bingyuan fic but I absolutely could See It as I was writing it!!

I realized I never posted this!!! Have some blorbos! :> I'm not drawing more entries for this ask game (even tho I'd like to) because sadly I'm a bit too busy but still!

[Ask Game by @/mcnuggyy]

[nibbelraz]

*Coughs up blood*... pleak.. I've been diagnosed with death..only cure??? Qijiu kissing *noises of dying*

NO DONT DIE HERES THE CURE!!

Also an extra dose

[superiorsturgeon]

Nora: Casual Sex implies the existence of Comptitve Ranked Sex. What's your rank?

Jaune: That’s a really weird thing to ask.

Yang: *wraps an arm around Blake’s shoulder* We’re number one! 😁

Blake: 🙄

Pyrrha: *grabs Jaune and drags him away* We’ll see about THAT! 😠

Jaune: NORA DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU’VE DONE-*suddenly muffled*

[arisewanekosuki]

if it’s okay with you could you do a TLH where she thinks the guys like Lumine and don’t know that they like her? Ones like Xiao, Childe, Venti, Wriothesley, Lyney?

Added Freminet in this too because another person asked for it and I don't want to make another post just for him! -----

Lumine is kind, brave, strong and pretty. When you chose to see her story, you arleady expected that many may fell in love with her. And because of that, you become 'blind' to boys feelings towards you. Xiao still has to learn more about his own feelings towards you. After all he never experienced something like this before. But you can always count on him. If you call him, he will appear before you as fast as he can, if he joins to travel a bit with you he will make sure that no harm comes your way. So why? You started to leave him alone more and more with Lumine. The blonde traveler was confused by this too… Did he do something wrong? Was he too harsh with his words lately? Even when he brought crystalfly, you would give them to Lumine with saying "Don't worry! I will bring them to her!" But...it was for you? Are you not happy with this type of gift anymore? Finally it happened that the two of you are alone. He asked if he did something wrong but you with confusion on your face said "No? Why do you think so?" but before he could respond you started talking about your thoughts that Lumine likes his presents and when he helps her fight. When he asked why you talk about Traveler you said "Well... aren't you in love with her?" ... He didn't know what to say for a moment, then he simply stated that he only admires Lumine as warrior but he doesn't hold such feelings towards her. "Oh really?" He finally got hope that this misunderstanding is cleared but then you continued with big smile "You know... you don't have to be shy! I will gladly help you win her heart!" Xiao can't understand humans and their way of thinking at all...

Childe is sure his attraction towards you is so obvious! After all he doesn't shower anyone with so many presents and trying to invite you for dates all the time or making sure to bring you all monster drops that you need by himself. Of course he always bothers Lumine for sparing but anyone with eyes can tell that he has feelings towards you... and yet... "Childe, this doesn't work, Lumine is not a jealous person! You have to change your approach!" Approach? What do you mean by that? "I know you want to make Lumine jealous by giving me so many gifts but you only make her hurt by this!" Childe was smiling, not showing how confused he is. When he asked you what do you mean by that you smiled and showed thumbs up "Don't worry! I will help you win Lumine's heart!!" Well it seems everyone except you can tell that he has feelings for you. At first he played it off, whatever you told him to do for Lumine he did it for you. And yet you still refused to 'see' what his heart really yearns for. But even when he still continues doing that you finally started to get angry at him for not taking it seriously so he had to stop. Childe had enough and told you that he loves you "Hm? I love you too!!" you respond and he smiled "You're my best friend!" you added and his smile immediately faded. If you weren't here he would tear his hair out in frustration. But he won't give up. He will continue showering you with his love till you acknowledge it.

Venti may write poems and songs about love but this is his first time experiencing romantic feelings himself and he wasn't shy about his love towards you. Whenever you two meet he would sing or recite new poems to you that are basically confessions. And yet you never really responded to them. You would say you like them but never tell whenever you feel the same or not. He thought maybe you're shy or still wondering who you really love. Till the day when you asked if he told Lumine about the poems he wrote. He was a bit surprised but he said that no, he wanted to add that they are meant only for you but you stopped him and said. "Oh… then you should quickly tell her! I'm sure she will love them!! You know… there are many guys fighting for her heart! So don't waste time!" Ah... you're so adorable in his eyes! Even your oblivouses is so cute!! And you're so kind! Want to help him get Lumine (even if he is not interested in her!!!) He wants to hug you and kiss you! So please stop being so blind to his affections!! The good thing is that you think other guys are into Lumine as well. Sometimes he would help you while you help other guys 'get Lumine', he hopes that you will see he doesn't feel love towards Traveler. You can expect him to be more touchy now. Holding your hand if you go somewhere, when you all rest he will place his head on your lap. This only makes you even more confused. If he likes Lumine why is he behaving like this? Venti will keep doing that till you realize his affections towards you.

Wriothesley would often invite you for tea, even after your group left Fortress of Meropide. He may be too busy to take some free days from work but whenever he can he will join your group or try to invite you for some little dates. This is why he was really surprised when you started to talk more about Lumine when alone with him. And even more surprised when he learned you think he is attracted to Traveler and those alone moments were for him to learn more about her. It was amusing, after all he doesn't remember if he even said anything that would imply that he prefers Lumine over you. But he wasn't disheartened by this. Even if you try to talk about Lumine he will change the subject to be about you, he wants to learn more about you after all. No matter how hard you try 'push' him towards Lumine, he won't be moved at all. You started to be confused by this whole thing and one day when you two were drinking tea, the subject already being about you, you gasped. Wriothesley thought that finally you realized. "Why didn't you told me it's not Lumine you like?" he smiled wile sipping on his tea, finally his feelings reached you. "It's Clorinde, right!?" He choked on his drink. The worst thing is you thought his reaction means you're right. After making sure he is alright it was even harder for you to accept that you are the one he likes, thinking he is just shy to talk about his love life. "Aww I never expect that Duke to be such a shy person when it comes to love~" He could only sigh at this… but he won't give up on you.

Lyney whenever he knows you will be watching his magic show, he always prepares something special just for you. But this time he wanted the bouquet of flowers to appear on your lap at the end of show. After the show, your group came to Lyney and Lynette to tell them how much enjoyed it, but.... For some reason Lumine was the one holding the bouquet, not you. After your group thanked the twins for tickets for the show you came to Lyney and whispered to his ear "Oh Lyney! Next time you have to pay more attention where Lumine sits, somehow the flowers ended on my lap."And with that you left. Lyney, dumbfounded, looked at Traveler, who only gave him an apologetic smile and went after you. The magician could see how his sister tried not to smile, probably amused by this situation. Lyney was a bit devastated by this. He was sure you would see his feelings towards you! So why?! Why do you think he likes Lumine?! After that you would see Lyney more often, he would come to TeaPot or while traveling in Fontaine your group would 'accidentally' meet him. But this didn't work for Lyney in the end because you thought he wants to help and spend more time with Lumine. Lyney was devastated and his other siblings noticed it too, when they learned about their brother's problem, they wanted to help him. Heloir came with a poison potion that will help you fall in love with Lyney. After that Lyney had to stop his siblings from 'helping' him… But he won't give up easily, he will do anything so you will finally notice his feelings.

Freminet already had troubles how to approach you with his feelings. Not only there are many other guys interested in you, but even his brother Lyney. But he won't give up easily, he is determined to tell you how he feels about you. Yet there was something he never expected to be standing between his love towards you… "Aww, Fremi, this place is amazing!" He took you to an underwater cave he found, many colorful fishes swimming around made the place look magical. He was happy you enjoy it until... "So… when are you planning to take Lumine here?" Huh? This took him off guard. Before he could ask why'd you ask about Lumine you continued. "Oh I have some ideas to make it a surprise date for her!!" He didn't say anything, too shocked with what you said. And that was a moment he realize that you think he loves Traveler. Freminet read many books, but even in the books he never saw anything about someone thinking that the one who loves them actually loves another one. He was ready to 'fight' for your heart but now, he is not sure how to approach this problem. The only thing he came up was to just confess his feelings but… just thinking about it made his whole face look like tomato and heart beating too fast for his liking. At least he heard from his other siblings that Lyney has the same problems as him…

[rhiangalaxy]

Love your work! Not sure if you’re taking requests, but thought I’d shoot my shot. For the plant!yuan au, a-yuan asking his dad how babies are born (maybe a bonus binghe who’s confused but got the spirit bringing a normal plant to a-yuan like, “ours? 🥺”)

Normally I would wait until I re-open rqs before I work on the ones I got in my inbox, but this one was so cute I couldn't help myself 😭Thank you!! (Unfortunately for Binghe that's 1. a normal tree sapling and 2. SY did not connect the dots between his story and Binghe wanting to start a "garden")

[ID: Scum Villain Doodles. Image one shows Plant!Shen Yuan at about 4 years old with a questioning expression as he brings one hand and finger up to his face and asks "How are babies born?" It then shows SJ!Shen Qingqiu with a nonchalant expression, holding his fan, replying "From Trees." A caption pointing to him says "Telling the truth" Next to him with a more aggrevied/nervous expression is Yue Qingyuan with a concerned smile adding on "Yes, as Xiao Jiu says." A caption pointing to him states "Thinks they're lying."

The second image has a caption above stating "Shortly After Being Told This Story...." Disciple!Luo Binghe (around 10ish) stands holding a pot with a tree sapling and a flushed happy and sparkling expression as he asks "What should we name them?" A caption pointing to the pot says "Tree sapling." SY with a big closed eye grin and holding his hands together to his chest in excitement responds "Oh? Is Binghe starting a garden?" End ID]

[poorsallystitches]

A newbie's guide to The Lost Tomb franchise/Dao Mu Bi Ji/The Graverobber's Chronicles

I have seen people all over the internet asking questions on posts about DMBJ such as, where to start, what it is, and who are those cutie pies? You may have seen images similar to this

I, as someone who has watched a lot of the franchise and read at least half of the books (which if you knew how many there were, that would be impressive), I want to take a moment, or many, to explain to anyone who wants the answer to these questions. This will take a while, I cannot shut up, especially about them.

Spoiler free!

Now, first things first, what is Lost Tomb/DMBJ/Graverobber's Chronicles?

Lost Tomb is a Chinese Franchise comprised of a multitude of dramas and movies over the course of a decade that were all made by different people and actors to tell the story written in the novel series, The Graverobber's Chronicles, or its original Chinese title Dao Mu Bi Ji, written by Nan Pai San Shu.

This means that popular characters people will refer to will have many different faces. Such as all of these being Wu Xie

You may recognize any of those actors if you watch popular Cdramas, 1st Zhu Yilong who plays Shen Wei in Guardian, 2nd Zeng Shunxi who plays Xiao Bao in Mysterious Lotus Casebook, and 3rd Hou Minghao who was recently in Fangs of Fortune as Zhu Yan.

But, what is it about?

Lost Tomb as a franchise is loosely about a man named Wu Xie who is the last in a family line of graverobbers, but he himself has been kept out of the loop by the family. He has had his grandfather's journal since he passed away, which makes him take an interest in the family business. This leads him to force his uncle to let him tag along with him on tomb raiding adventures.

I feel it is important to tell people what they may encounter just in case they have sensitivities, so this franchise as a whole contains supernatural themes of ghosts, zombies, gods, etc. There will be blood, BUGS, and some body horror in a lighter portion, if you have any questions about specifics feel free to ask.

Now, let's skip to who those cutie pies are before telling you about the options for where to start.

The characters you may have seen around that got you interested may be

Wu Xie, the main character who is played a little differently in every iteration of the story but mainly think of a man with a high level of intelligence, but the worst luck in the world and some bitchy attitude (said with love) and you'll have him. You saw some of the most popular actors to play him up top.

Zhang Qiling/Xiao Ge (young master)/Menyouping (Poker-face), one of the main characters who is the strong, emo, silent, tatted sweety of the story. He is mysterious on purpose; you're not meant to know much about him at any given time. Him and Wu Xie are very close and with the next character, they form what is widely known in book, show, and fandom as the Iron Triangle. Just meaning the three are a package deal and won't be separated.

Wang Pangzi, the chubby, stylish, tough, bitchier than Wu Xie, lovable bastard. His name actually translates to Fatty, so that is what you will see everyone call him. It's not mean, just accurate. Pretty much everyone has real names and nicknames they go by. Remember, they are doing something illegal.

It's less likely, but you may have seen my personal favorite boys Hei Xiazi or Hei Yanjing (black glasses or black blind, you'll see why) and Xie Yuchen or Xiao Hua (little flower). They are the black/pink dynamic of the century for me. Hei Xiazi is a merc for hire and Xiao Hua is Wu Xie's cousin who has become the patriarch of his family at a young age.

Now, last question that people ask the most, where do I start?

There is no right or wrong answer, you can start chronologically with Mystic Nine, release order with Lost Tomb 2015, a mixture of both, leave out the ones you aren't interested in (*cough* Time Raiders movie), or just jump in in the middle. Each adaptation is aware of the fact that people will not have seen the others, and they will try to speed run the story to you, which can confuse people, but if you just want to experience the story with familiar faces, it won't be too bad.

To share my experience. I started with the Lost Tomb 2015, continued with Lost Tomb 2 2019, skipped Explore with the Note 2021 because I didn't vibe with it, Ultimate Note, started the prequels with Mystic Nine, which is a prequel with our character's ancestors, watched The Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen movie, started Reunion, watched a prequel movie and just started reading the books. I was never super confused because I had the set-up of the first 2 to build upon.

If you are a completionist like me and want to read the novels go to Merebear's blog. She is phenomenal and she has translated pretty much everything for your reading pleasure and laid it all out in an easy-to-follow way. I cannot give her enough gratitude. I absolutely adore her and all of her efforts as well as all her helpers along the way.

Now just a little gay propaganda about Lost Tomb franchise. The novels and shows are not canonically gay, but I mean... they are giving something.

[dendroseelie]

hello!! can i pls request a xiao drabble or one-shot (whatever works for you) like its late at night and xiao sneaks in after a particularly bad night and reader just holds him?

it's like you feel him in the throes of your sleep. you stir, the cool breeze gently caressing your skin. you're facing away from the window when you wake up and you turn over to find xiao by your bed. he's sat on the floor, head in his arms as his tired eyes look up at you.

"xiao..." your words are quiet. for a moment you think it gets lost in the darkness of the night but then he closes his eyes. and a tear follows, glistening upon his porcelain skin like a pearl.

the moonlight filters into your room in flutters as the curtain dances with the breeze. you try again. "xiao..."

you're sitting up now, hands reaching out for your lover. your fingers find their way into his face. at the very first touch of your fingers, xiao shivers and then he breaks, quiet sobs wracking through him.

"my love," you whisper, trying to get him off his knees but he doesn't get up. instead, he looks up. his eyes are bloodshot, pale skin flushed cherry.

"i have failed them all. i have failed everyone." there is a quiver in his voice that no one else has ever been privy to.

"you have not," you argue. "you have loved and you have lost. wars are cruel. even to a yaksha such as yourself, my alatus."

in a beat - one xiao might consider a moment of weakness. but one you consider a step to kindness toward himself - xiao rests his head upon your thighs, his arms circle around you waist. your fingers are in his hair, at the nape of his neck. you give a squeeze, and he melts into you.

"you are a warrior, my love. but you are not the enemy."

you lean down pressing a kiss into his hair. and for the first time in a while, xiao feels like the air has finally entered his lungs.

wrote this very quickly and its not proofread lol hope you like it anon <333

[xiaoluclair]

Penny for thought: ur favourite oscar pairing to the least fave

oh my GOD SMOOOOOOOOOCHHHHHHH

okay OKAY:

LANDOSCAR TWINKLAREN THE MCTWINK AGENDA. pls refer to [latest between the legs twister] [this interaction.] [mesh shirt wet dream alert incuoming] [oscuuh x389571] [last gif lASEAT FUCIING GIF] [oscar's goddamn grin. sickening.] [when the just some guy comes for ur ass] [flirting on MAIN. already. fuck's sake.] [just. this.]

okay okay... hear me out.... oscar and alex. yes u read that right . [that] is [all].

JUSTSOMEGUY times TWO ! (verpastry verified) [press conference!] [these photos could shoot me in the face (and did)] [ECNORE] [truthfully i simply died right here. thanks.] [and again (praise kink)] [and again. grin.]

ik loscar has Backbone to it y'know so i'll put it on here. rope fred in there with some wEffles and OKAY. [this] y [this] !

also just abt on par: arthur/oscar i wud yknow. i'd try it. a really big-- [all of this video actually.]

OOH LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE: max and the mctwinks agenda [INJECT ITTT!!!!!] . also lestapastry i wud have a taste if written well! [kindly refer to]

there was a period of time where i genuinely considered oscar and robert. tell me failmaking eggs together does not call for some kind of attention [TELL MEEEEEEE]

and UHHHH . i have not formed any notps just yet!! shamelessly, anyone could convince me of anything if they wrote it right 💫💫💫. wayyyyy at the bottom might be like pierre x oscar, no offence to the pierre girlies! just a considerable imbalance in how much i vibe w/ each of them is all.

[dark-elf-writes]

AU where, due to a random wifeplot/assassination attempt/etc., Shen Qingqiu gets turned into a small child.

Except this happens in front of all the Peak Lords.

Except Yue Qingyuan knows what Shen Jiu looked like as a kid and the child in front of him, while exceedingly similar, is not the same.

Except the poor kid is, understandably, freaking out, and Shang Qinghua would be the worst bro of all time if he let the baby cucumber just keep crying and asking for his older brothers so he has to step in and say something.

Except the child is also incredibly sickly despite still having a cultivation base (far less powerful than it is as an adult and thankfully without the added stress of Without-A-Cure which has seemingly gone dormant for the time being)

Except the child thinks Liu Qingge is the coolest person in the entire sect and only calms down when he is, awkwardly, talking about beasts he’s hunted or something.

Except he loves Qing Jing Peak and all of the bamboo and his house that feels familiar and safe even if he can’t remember it and the nice jiejie that offered to braid his hair and the gege that cooks such nice treats and lets him ride on his shoulders.

What I’m saying is: Shen Yuan gets turned into a child, accidentally reveals transmigration, and no one cares in favor of the messiest custody dispute of all time.

[pmpknsoup]

vampire weiss au my friend and i were cooking up were the vampires are actually fucked up and a little gross. yay!!!

[darth-khal]

It was the other outfit she had in comics! The white dress with kalis jewelry on her and she's smiling happily with ghira and kali

"I'm sorry that I'm your future."

This line is just...heartbreaking. 💜

That little girl is full of light and happiness, and that light was completely diminished...until Yang (credit to Ruby, Weiss, Sun as well) reignited it.

It's so sad that one person can reduce someone to a shadow of their true selves, and how another can put the pieces back together with care and patience.

Some people are just bad for you, while others are so right; and sometimes you just have to endure the bad on the journey towards the good. 💛

[magicalink]

Hiii! Could you do NSFW alphabet for a few more characters (like Zhongli Cyno and Alhaitham) and a virgin xiao x adeptus reader nsfw where they get walked in on? Thanksss, have a great night!

Official announcement 3 + NSFW Xiao fic

To answer anon:

After years of trying in vain, I came to the conclusion I'm unable to write requests about chars that aren't among my faves. (Ofc Kuni is my favest fave bit I also like Xiao, Kazuha, Childe, Venti, Lumine, Gorou, Tighnari and some other I cant remember rn) and im honestly not interested in Alhaitham, Cyno or Zhongli (Sometimes I write small thingies about Zhongli in my native language just to please a friend of mine who really likes him) but nothing as long and detailed as a NSFW alphabet.)

So Zhongli, Alhaitham and Cyno's NSFW alphabet are officially cancelled (I'm genuinely sorry). But here's a little bullet fic abt virgin Xiao x Y/N getting walked in on. Sorry for the delay. From now on I'm not accepting requests I know I wont be able to write quickly anymore, I swear.

Without any more delay, here it is! The Xiao fic!

Content warning: Sexual content. Xiao x Adeptus!f!reader first time ever. Yeah they get walked in on but dw happy ending just the way I like it :3

2000 years of suffering.

2000 years of pure, unadulterared virginity.

To be fair, it's not really any of you guys' fault.

The life of an Adeptus isn't easy, it's never been easy, especially for a Yaksha.

Liyue's last 2000 years have been full of war, conflict and contamination.

So you never really had time to sit down and think "hey, maybe I wanna have sex".

Pure Adeptus don't even have the need to reproduce, so it didn't really come up either.

But ever since humans took responsibility for Liyue's safety, the responsibilities of Adeptus have notoriously reduced, and that has left most of them with free time to cultivate their passions.

Madam Ping with her music, Cloud Retainer with her inventions, you know, the usual.

They've got so much free time they even adopted a humanoid form and decided to live among humans, trying to hide their identity, with varying results.

You've slowly grown accustomed to these times of peace, and that gave you enough time to realize just how close you had become with a certain Yaksha who fought alongside you for centuries.

He's always been by your side, you were always by his, even in thr toughests of times.

But he's the only one who barely has peace or free time, the one who always has to remain vigilant no matter the state of the country, otherwise who knows what might happen to Liyue...or him.

You always found it so unfair...

After so many centuries of service, everyone abandoned him to pursue passionate, peaceful lives.

Meanwhile, he remains vigilant, abnegated, continuously suffering...

So you remained by Xiao's side, always adamant that he was your companion through thick and thin, through health and sickness.

Until one day a human brought to your attention that, for their species, that tends to be more than what humans call 'best friends', as you sometimes referred to him.

Humans often times refer to that as 'couples', 'partners', 'soulmates'.

And that got you thinking.

The times of peace and the observing of human conduct took you to realize you were in love with him, and to imitate human courtship rituals.

Flowers, gifts, sweet words, all of them as subtle as possible so as not to scare him away. Lots of Almond Tofu too, to gather the courage to confess your feelings.

I'm going to spare you the details of how stubborn and embarrassed Xiao was about it, so long story short you started to recognize that you were indeed a couple.

Xiao felt it when he realized he saw in his bond with you something similar to what he saw between Morax and Guizhong.

He deeply admired that connection and yearned for something like that.

He realized it was you, his partner through the centuries.

He realized he was terrified of losing you, and of wasting the time by yourside, of wasting the opportunity to explore sides of your connection that he secretly desired.

So the long nights watching the moon and stars like usual started including more physical affection.

Touches, hugs. You finally told him you wanted to kiss the way you saw so many humans do.

You wanted to refer to him as your 'boyfriend' as Yanfei talked so much to you about. That word sounded so sweet!

It sounded so sweet to call him love! To call him baby! He would blush like a tomato and you loved that too.

You finally could enjoy all those things those centuries of war denied you.

You observed humans, fascinated. Although you hated some things about them and decided you never wanted to live amongst them like Madam Ping and Cloud Retainer did, you were definitely smitten with some of their courtship rituals, relationships customs and...

Sex.

You suddenly realized that despite both having genitalia due to your origins, neither Xiao nor you had brought up the topic of sex yet.

You got really invested in that aspect of humanity, fascinated, and wanted to learn more. You had to resort to books, the few humans who were willing to talk about it, and finally had to ask Madam Ping for advice.

Those hugs, those kisses Xiao and you had become so accustomed to, the ones you enjoyed so much...could lead so something that could make you feel a different kind of pleasure.

And you wanted that. You needed that. You craved that.

It was a slow process of little touches and insinuations during those sessions of making out under the moonlight, since Xiao was a bit shy about the matter.

But one night you came clean to him about it and he accepted to give it a try, just to experiment, because in all honesty, even if he tried to hide it the curiosity and desire building within him was driving him crazy.

And he accepted to give it a try.

After all, you've both survived through so much, that wouldn't kill you, right?

You both deserved a night of relaxation, tlc, new experiences, hopes and dreams, maybe the yearning of a new beginning...

It was decided.

That night was gonna be the night.

Your first time with Xiao.

You both had looked forward to it for so long...and it was finally here.

It was a hot, humid night in Liyue, as usual.

The sticky air ran freely through the windows of Xiao's room at Wangshuu Inn, barely contained by the fabric of the delicate curtains.

It brought the perfume of the night, of silk flowers and dew.

And it hinted of how beautiful the stars were shining tonight.

Beautiful as usual, you had seen them when you made out on the roof like always.

But tonight was the night, you both could feel it in your throbbing veins, so when the situation got really heated up you decided to go to the room.

A wise decision, considering the humans wouldn't be pleased if they randomly saw two adeptus going at it on top of the roof.

So you entered the room, hands tangled in each other's hairs and clothes, and lowered the lights to the minimum

You went to the bed.

It was comfortable, newly made, barely used, Xiao never rested no matter how much the humans at the Inn insisted he should.

He didk't care, you were his rest.

His rest and haven.

As the passion for you grew inside him and he found the courage to lay you on the bed and climb on top,for the first time in his life Xiao thought things were flowing.

He had been super anxious about the topic, afraid of hurting you, of messing it up, of dissappointing you, of finding out this human ritual simply wasn't mesnt for him. That he was condemned to always suffer and never experience such a sacred bliss.

He thought he would find himself in the room, fiddling with his hands and staring at the floor, contemplating his inadecuacy, but it didn't happen.

That night the love and the lust flowed so freely, so peacefully but so heatedly at the same time that neither of you dared stop the course of nature to speak about concerns, afraid of breaking that sweet spell.

The act of undressing felt like an extension of the usual, familiar, sweet make out session, and it was practiced like it was a measured ceremony.

Or at least that's how you two perceived it.

Maybe to a witness it would look normal, careless, unimportant.

But you both were vibing in unison and communicating with your eyes.

And there shouldn't be amy witnesses, this was between you and him...

You were lost in his eyes. Those beautiful eyes. Those shining golden discs captured your soul like a flame captures a moth, obsessed with its glow.

Those eyes were your moon and stars, what kept you going, what kept you enduring through the centuries.

Carrying on, just to see his eyes.

And now that you were laying on your back, looking up at him and seeing those eyes as if they were your night sky, you suddenly understood a million things that two milennia of war could never show you.

You were tired. Oh so tired. Just like him

You needed to let go of the war, of the pain.

You wanted to be shown peace, love, relief

Sweet relief.

And that's what you felt when Xiao's lips came crashing down on yours and your hands went to the hair on the back of his neck, when the clothes were discared somewhere unimportant.

You knew the important stuff was happening here and now, ok this bed, between you and him.

You had survived for this.

This was your moment.

The moment you'd been waiting for so long.

The moment when all the grief gets transmogrified into liberation.

You held him tightly, a surge of something inside you making you kiss and bite his neck until he moaned.

It went beyond lust. It was raw, unadulterated need, yearn, crave, utter desperation.

Xiao felt it too. Understood it was time to let go. And for the first time in his life, he did.

He let go and yielded to the loving insistence of your touches, leaned down and merged his body with yours.

For the first time in his life he did something he had no idea how to do, and allowed himself to do it anyway. Even if it wasn't perfect, even if it was dangerous, even if it was messy, it didn't matter.

It was perfectly imoerfect and that was life.

For the first time in forever, you were both living your lives.

Living for yourselves instead of being tools in other people's wars.

Using your bodies to live, instead of killing.

Moving in unison to a rythm foreign and new to you. The rythm of life. Of two being that are alive, breathing and throbbing, needing each other to go on.

Even having the possibility of...perpetuating life once more.

You didn't think about that possibility, it wasn't important for any of you right now. It didn't cross your minds. You were Adeptus, after all.

Yet right now, right there on that bed, one on top of the other, making the headboard slam the wall and the springs creak, you looked nothing like.

You looked like many things.

You looked like animals. Like two love birds getting tangled in each other's feathers, finally finding a safe nest to crash.

You looked like humans, two young, innocent humans who could be concerned about their personal lives instead of the future of a nation. Two humans who could have all the time in the world to lay naked and in peace, enjoying the divine bliss of feeling each other skin to skin...

You looked like Xiao and Y/N.

For the first time in so long.

No war, no death, no responsibility.

Just you and him resting your tired bones and engaging in the sweet dance of life.

It was such a nice moment, so magical you thought it was a dream.

Xiao looked so hot naked, his ripped muscles adorned by the shimmer of his tattoos and the sweat that ran down his biceps.

The expression on his face was priceless, those golden orbs that were your stars clouded with lust and need.

And the sound of his moans...yes, if heaven existed, this was it.

Making love with him.

This was your heaven.

Feeling him enter your body once and once again, juast at the right pace not to miss him whenever he pulled out.

Clinging to his beautiful hair, the texture that had kept you grounded for centuries.

The sight of his fangs whenever he moaned.

The way his hands roamed over your body trying to learn, learn, learn how to do this and how to do this again, because this couldn't be the only time you did this in your lives.

There had to be more. So he roamed his hands trying places he thought you might like, searching for your favorites. Whenever you moaned, like you did when he caressed your breasts, he would insist on that spot.

You were trying to do the same for him when se sound of the Inn room opening shattered the magic and peace of the moment into a million illusions.

You jolted against the mattress, horrified, and Xiao was so scared of having hurt you that he didn't notice the intruder. He tried to pull back, cup your chin, but everything happened too fast.

The intruder gasped, but the sound was drowned by the one of a porcelain plate shattering harshly against the wooden floor.

Now Xiao didn't hesitate. His muscular memory did not fail him.

Terrified of someone hurting you in this vulnerable moment, Xiao's body moved on its own. He turned away from you, leapt from the bed, summoned his spear and pressed it against the intruder's neck, reducing him in less than a second.

For a moment, there was silence in the inn room. It was a moment of utmost awkwardness and confusion.

You fumbled with the bedsheets, covering your naked body before turning on the night lamp.

"Mr. Zhongli, please, what are you doing here??" You questioned with your face bright red, looking at the scene before you, perplexed.

Mr. Zhongli was standing by the doorframe looking mortified, and a set of porcelain was shattered on the floor, the almond tofu that was meant to lay on them making a mess on the floorboards.

The worst part of the scene was Xiao, completely naked, hair tousled and sweaty, clutching Mr. Zhongli tightly from behind, pressing his spear to his neck menacingly.

In a matter of seconds, you could see how Xiao's expression morphed from the one of a desperate animal defending his pack to a pitiful mix of shame and confusion.

"I'm...I'm sorry." Mr. Zhongli coughed, doing his best to recover his usual composure. When Xiao released him, even more mortified than him, he fixed his tie and closed his eyes to give you both time to make yourselves a slightly bit more decent.

"I just...heard Wangshu Inn's chef was holding a special almond tofu tonight and thought it would be a mice detail to pay Xiao a visit and bring his favorite food, since we haven't seen each other in a while." Mr. Zhongli explained as neutrally as possible, his eyes still closed firmly as his posture. He wasn't blushing. He was too old and experienced to be phased by sex.

But...it would be a lie to say that it didn't surprise him to see Xiao doing it.

So he did his best to keep his composure and not pry too much into it. For now. Eventually he would get the whole gossip. But now was the worst moment.

"I apologize, Mora...I mean, Mr. Zhongli..." Xiao stammered with his head down as he fumbled with his clothes, trying to get dressed and making a mess "I should've never raised my weapon against you. I don't know what happened to my senses, I didn't detect it was you..." he explained, mortified.

"Oh, no, Xiao, don't apologize. You did what was proper in thia situation. I must apologize, I shouldn't have entered without knocking. I organized an event without asking you and interrupted your night. It wasn't proper of me to assume that you would be free." Zhongli sighed.

You didn't say anything, just observed the dude repressing the need to roll your eyes. You totally agreed. He had 100% abandoned Xiao after milennia of Xiao serving him. He couldn't expect him to not go on with his life too! He was finally movimg on, you were having a really important moment, and this dinosaur blockhead messed it all up. You wanted to punch him

"And I made a mess of your floor." Zhongli sighed, eyes still closed not to pry even more into your privacy. Now you did roñl your eyes. The old man is seriously worrying about the floor? You bit your tongue, knowing the only way to deal with him was to listen to his monologues like for the last two thousand years.

"I would clean it myself, but I don't want to importunate you further. I offer you my most sincere apologies, to the both of you. And promise you this situation will not be repeated."

The mortified 'please' that Xiao whispered between clenched teeth was audible to you and made you bite back a chuckle.

Zhongli exited the room as dignified as possible for a person who was dramatically covering his eyes, and Xiao closed the door behind him, looking utterly frustrated, ashamed and defeated.

"And lock the door this time, dummy." You teased him, trying to get over this awkward moment.

"Yeah, yeah." Xiao grumbled, fumbling with the human artifact until he managed to lock the door "I forget how these human things work. They're so troublesome." He huffed. He was fuming, his face all red from embarrassment. He looked down at the mess of porcelain and food on the floor when he stepped on it while he tried to come back to bed.

"What a waste." He barked

"The almond tofu? Totally, it's a real pit..." your words were cut by Xiao's lips.

"Not the almond tofu, Y/N. The...the...the moment we were having." Xiao sighed in resignation, looking away. You placed your hand on his shoulder, knowing it wasn't easy for him to articulate his feelings, he was making a huge effort lately.

"I feel so bad for losing that moment that I don't even care how shameful it was that Morax saw me like that. It was meant to be just for you. What a load of cra..." you interrupted his laments with another kiss.

"Let's make another moment. Don't mourn that one, let's make another one." You said with conviction.

"It will take another few weeks, all the preparations, all the..." he fumbled with his words, thinking about how he felt like all the planets had to align for something lile that to happen.

"This." You protested, kicling the covers away. You were still naked "We only need this. You and me together. Nothing else. We've been beating around the bush for months trying to figure this out when the answer was so easy." You placed your hands on your hips, raising your chin.

"T-the answer...?" Xiao asked, his hands shaky. You took them in yours and kissed them.

"The answer. It was you, and me, and calming down and letting it flow. It was so hard, because we never calm down or let it flow. But we did it, and it was working, right?" You smiled.

"Well, yes...we...we did it and it was working, but I don't know if I can do it at will..." he said anxiously, his eyes darting around.

"Well, you cant do it right away after that weird moment, can you? Let's just rest for a bit and calm down. Cleaning the floor can wait." You said firmly, bringing him to bed and undressing him to massage his shoulders, trying to make him relax. He was stiff as a rock.

"Chill...come on. The door is closed now. No one will bother us..." you gently kissed his neck and shoulder to relax him

"We're not doing this again." Xiao huffed resentfully. Your hands stilled, suddenly cold with terror "Stupid humans and their places and customs...next time we're doing it my way." He said with a determined frown.

You relaxed and almost laughed

"And what's your way, Xiao? Are you gonna build a nest for me? Shake your impressive plumage and build me the best nest ever?" You joked teasingly. But Xiao was frowning.

"You doubt my capabilities?" He huffed, looking almost offended.

"What?" You were weirded out by his replied, but didk't say anything. You didn't know if he would rally build you a nest or if he was messing with you in return. In any case, the possibility felt strangely...thrilling.

"Can you please chill? Forget about that mummified blockhead and go back to making love to me?" You pouted as you massaged him.

"Why? You really liked it that much?" He turned back to look at you with vulnerable eyes.

"You kidding?" You blushed "It was amazing."

"You mean it?" Xiao asked with his golden discs full of hope.

"Of course I mean it. I loved it, it felt like heaven...didn't you?"

"Of course I loved it too." Xiao sighed.

"Then please let's not treat this as a ritual that can happen once in a blue moon or else it'll be ruined..." you begged.

"But it's important." Xiao protested, and his cheeks turned bright red.

"It is. It totally is. But all it needs is you and me. Not weeks of preparation, or a perfect moment or a perfect location. Just you and me and...our love." You said looking at him with an embarrassed look on your face.

"Our...love, eh?" Xiao whispered, slowly leaning closer, closing his eyes in tension as if he was afraid the kiss would break the spell.

But it didn't. His sweet lips joined yours and nothing bad happened. It wasn't rehearsed or natural, it wasn't perfect or premeditated. But it was genuine. And thus one kiss came after another and soon you were making out as usual.

The kisses got more heated, the hands more adventuruous, and soon the rythm of life caught up with the both of you again

"Wanna do it my way? Do you trust me?" Xiao asked quite embarrassedly still.

"Are you gonna build me a nest?" You snickered teasingly.

"Not yet." Xiao replied with utmost seriousness. He didn't even bother gettong dressed. He just stood up from the bed and extended his hamd for you to take it.

You gave him a weirded uout look but chuckled and took it.

And soon you both were far away from the room, from the Inn, from Zhongli's broken plate of aomond tofu on the floor, from humanity.

After all you two were Adeptus and you couldn't copy the ways of humans forever. You had to invent your own style. Like the old people who came before you, like Madam Ping who defied all conventions.

So you clumg tightly to Xiao as he shone in a green light and teleported over and over, making you feel like you were flying over the vast and elegant beauty of the Liyuean night.

Once you were fsr away from the city, on top of the golden mointains where the Qinxing flowers grew, he stopped and laid you on a patch of grass akd soil that felt soft lile silk. Much netter than the human bed form earlier.

You laid on your back, looking up and observing the sky. Here it was closer, more illuminated, full of stars. But none of them were as pretty as Xiao's eyes.

He hovered over you, his eyes solemn, seeking your approval. He found it in your smiling expression and his heavy heart felt slightly lighter.

"I wanna make love here. Under the stars." He declared solemnly, lowering his head so he could caress it and kiss it.

"No one will bother us here. No humans or nosy archons." You chuckled.

You saw the small smile that formed on his parched lips and you felt the urge to moisten them.

You pulled him closer, urging him to become one.

This time the ceremony went uninterrupted until culmination, as not even the moon witnessed the union of this two individuals who needed each other more than life itself.

Until early morning, they laid entwined, the golden blades of grass enveloping them.

When the sound of the birds wolke you up, you just felt calm, peace and bliss

So you perked up your head and kissed Xiao's jaw. Sweetly, tenderly, wondering if he was already awake.

He was. But he wasn't ready to wake up and go back to the job. To the grind. To the pain

He knew things would be different from now on now that he had this beautiful shard of hope inside his heart.

But he didn't wanna wake up.

For now, he just wanted to lay in your arms.

I'm so sorry it took me two years to finally do this 😅 From now on requests will be written or rejected right away, promise!

See you soon, got a lot of wips pretty much wrapped up!