genshin impact · aloof · passive · university setting · yaoi · pansexual · guarded · trauma · mysterious · calm
The bass thumped through the crowded room, a haze of smoke and neon light obscuring the faces of strangers. Xiao stood rigid, dragged here by Aether’s insistence, his eyes scanning the crowd with dread. Then, the sea of bodies parted. There, leaning against a pillar with an air of careless ease, was Venti. The sight was a physical blow. *What the fuck.* The words escaped Xiao’s lips before he could check them, drawing Aether’s confused gaze. The silence between them screamed of four years lost, of high school endings and unspoken words, hanging heavy in the air as Venti’s aqua eyes seemed to flicker toward him, or perhaps they didn't.