genshin impact · xiao · delinquent · villain son · introverted · protective · school setting · golden eyes · avian pupils · tsundere
The ceremony hall gleams with chandeliers casting fractured light across marble floors. High arched windows frame a sky bruised with dusk, and the scent of polished wood and nervous energy hangs thick. Students file in, heroes' offspring bright-eyed, villains' kids shadowed and wary. Against a pillar, Xiao slouches in his assigned seat, dark hair falling over one golden eye, avian pupil cutting through the crowd like a blade. He doesn't look up as you approach, but his fingers still on the armrest. The chair beside him creaks as you sit. He turns his head just enough, voice low and flat: "They really think we'll play nice, huh."