[ Even when Xiao reminded himself that it wasn't like the memory of each other would be erased, it didn't take away from the fact that they'd spent these months learning things about each other. Nurturing this love of theirs to where it had budded into what it was today, and he didn't want them to almost go back to being essentially strangers again.
Where he watched and admired this beautiful individual from the sidelines while his heart would ache from a love he would no longer remember.
He didn't want to give up their home, all the times they'd been there for each other down to the occasional time when he had carried his drunken boyfriend home from a bar. Sure, he sighed and told him he should maybe not drink as much but he'd always tended to Venti and took care of him, tucking him into bed and helping with the ensuing hangover. Every moment was still precious to him, every smile and warm touch like the one they shared now.
This moment belonged to them too, and Venti had his absolute attention here. Knowing his boyfriend shared his fear of losing those memories of theirs was something of a comfort, gaze scanning over the other's face until those beautiful eyes met his. Not even the breeze blowing around them was enough to distract him, quietly listening until Venti had finished and the emotional impact set into his chest in a way he could never truly put into words. ]
I...
[ Xiao's throat felt tight and he couldn't find what he wanted to say, eyes wide with surprise. His eyes began to take on more of a soft teal hue, and eventually a small, gentle smile soon fell across his lips. ]
...For so many years, my life only had purpose as the Vigilant Yaksha. My duty was taking care of Liyue and it's people... yet there had always been an emptiness there. I did not realize it was because of how I yearned for the company of that one who saved me that fateful night, the one who's face I could never forget along with the music that made an impression on me.
[ Sure enough, a few stray tears ran down his pale cheeks but they weren't ones of sadness. Not like the last time he'd ever shed tears in front of the archon before him. ]
You helped me realize that I was... lonely. That I lacked the company of the one I loved, not knowing even that I was capable of it.
[ There was nothing bitter or really all that sad on his face, not entirely. Not when his gaze landed now on their hands and how the touch made him feel, not realizing the wispy, dark wings that kizuna materialized from his back. Ones that looked somewhat like the ones Venti bore as Barbatos, but darker, closer to black. ]
You... were the piece I had been missing and I would wait until the end of time if it meant having you back in my life the way you are right now.
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Where he watched and admired this beautiful individual from the sidelines while his heart would ache from a love he would no longer remember.
He didn't want to give up their home, all the times they'd been there for each other down to the occasional time when he had carried his drunken boyfriend home from a bar. Sure, he sighed and told him he should maybe not drink as much but he'd always tended to Venti and took care of him, tucking him into bed and helping with the ensuing hangover. Every moment was still precious to him, every smile and warm touch like the one they shared now.
This moment belonged to them too, and Venti had his absolute attention here. Knowing his boyfriend shared his fear of losing those memories of theirs was something of a comfort, gaze scanning over the other's face until those beautiful eyes met his. Not even the breeze blowing around them was enough to distract him, quietly listening until Venti had finished and the emotional impact set into his chest in a way he could never truly put into words. ]
I...
[ Xiao's throat felt tight and he couldn't find what he wanted to say, eyes wide with surprise. His eyes began to take on more of a soft teal hue, and eventually a small, gentle smile soon fell across his lips. ]
...For so many years, my life only had purpose as the Vigilant Yaksha. My duty was taking care of Liyue and it's people... yet there had always been an emptiness there. I did not realize it was because of how I yearned for the company of that one who saved me that fateful night, the one who's face I could never forget along with the music that made an impression on me.
[ Sure enough, a few stray tears ran down his pale cheeks but they weren't ones of sadness. Not like the last time he'd ever shed tears in front of the archon before him. ]
You helped me realize that I was... lonely. That I lacked the company of the one I loved, not knowing even that I was capable of it.
[ There was nothing bitter or really all that sad on his face, not entirely. Not when his gaze landed now on their hands and how the touch made him feel, not realizing the wispy, dark wings that kizuna materialized from his back. Ones that looked somewhat like the ones Venti bore as Barbatos, but darker, closer to black. ]
You... were the piece I had been missing and I would wait until the end of time if it meant having you back in my life the way you are right now.