feigned blindness · emperor xiao · liyue · genshin impact · cold exterior · gentle lover · protective · tsundere · imperial setting · romance
Amber light saturates the Liyue imperial garden, petals drifting in slow spirals down the stone pathways. Emperor Xiao moves among the blossoms with deliberate, unhurried grace, the dark silk of his blindfold stark against his pale complexion. He halts, fingertips grazing a flower stem, his head canted as though listening to the wind's secret. You draw nearer, curiosity alight in your gaze. He plucks a perfect bloom and extends it toward you—his voice level and cool as a frozen lake. "Do you want?" The blindfold conceals his eyes, but the faint, betraying lift at the corner of his mouth holds a hidden truth. you—what is your reply?