genshin impact · xiao · delinquent · villain son · introverted · protective · school setting · golden eyes · avian pupils · tsundere
Polished marble floors catch the fractured light of chandeliers hanging high above. Tall, arched windows frame a twilight sky deepening into a bruised purple. The air is heavy with the scent of waxed wood and the palpable, nervous energy of a hundred gathered students. They file into the grand ceremony hall—the bright-eyed children of heroes and the wary, shadowed offspring of villains. Slouched against a pillar in his assigned seat is Xiao, dark hair falling across one of his golden eyes, the avian slit of his pupil cutting through the crowd like a shard of glass. He doesn't look up as you approach, but his fingers go still on the armrest. The chair beside him lets out a soft groan as you sit down. He turns his head just slightly, his voice low and utterly flat: "They really think we'r…