the stars intertwine *ੈ✩‧₊˚
headcanons — aether, xiao, scaramouche
when you tell them you feel alone
immediately, aether seemed to pick up on your mood. usually he wasn’t very exposed to you feeling down as you kept onto an upbeat show even if it didnt correspond to how you were truly feeling.
deeming the fact that you let it show this time to a point where he could genuinely pick it up, he determined it must’ve reached a bad point. he asked you about it.
“y/n? im sorry if this sounds weird— i just think that you seem a little down today. are you okay?”
he looked at you with the utmost concern and it almost pushed you into crying more. kinda like trying to not cry at school but someone asks “are you okay?” and u cry fr
“yeah— sorry,” you immediately apologize, feeling bad that you made him worry.
“nono, please don’t apologize; just tell me what’s wrong if thats okay,” he smiles gently and takes your hands
you stare intently for some seconds and then take a deep breath. “i just feel a little lonely.”
silence sits for a second but you could feel his hands tense a bit around yours.
“i’m sorry if i failed you accompany you today,” he blurts out in a rush, feeling responsible for your mood. “d-“
“what? no, aether,” you shake your head, “this is not your fault at all. its just one of those days. thats all.” you smile in reassurance.
he sighs gladly knowing that he was not involved in the issue. he knows about days where you simply just felt down— he had them all the time when he was finding his sister ):
he caresses your face and comes to a conclusion.
“then lets be alone together.”
skips his commissions and takes sick leave and spends the rest of the day never leaving your side
you tell him all about your week!
“work at liyue qixing is very busy this week, we had a lot of broken architect and paranormal cases as of lately. ganyu and keqing always work so hard so i took these extra cases for them.”
“i spent more energy than usual and spent less time talking to people i love, talking to you. everytime i return from work, i just sort of collapse.”
aether chimes in, “y/n, you’re so sweet to everyone. from now on i will rest with you when you return.”
and he does! aether always keeps his word to you— you really are thankful for him.
he even goes out of his way to solve cases and fix things for you while you’re sleeping and you never notice him sneaking out. he talks to little ming and asks her if she knows anything behind the cases, fixes broken stairs and elevators, and ultimately asking keqing and ganyu to look out of you as you’ve been passing out lately.
he even crocheted you a little aether plushie to hold whenever he’s not around! so you’ll always have a piece of him with you (:
on the weekly, he gets you flowers. this week he got you a bouquet of cecilias so you don’t suspect he’s been working in liyue for you
the next week, when you tell him that your workload in liyue has been elevated, he is extremely glad that his work paid off. of course, he never tells you anything though
xiao cant really verbally address feelings well and you know this. so initially you avoid telling him in general.
but he’s not oblivious to it— even though you don’t tell him, he can sense it. like that one time you made an extremely outrageous deal with a witch to take on his karmic debt and almost died LOL crazy
you also don’t tell him bc yk he’s lived for so many years longer than u that he’s lost so many people, probably more lonely than u
he can sense it through some of your usual offerings too! your cooking is corresponding to your mood and the almond tofu recently has been a bit bitter compared to your previous. its not that it tastes bad, it aroused concern.
he is scared to address it because he thinks he will be extremely awkward or insensitive. instead, he comforts you through acts of service and gift giving.
he picks up qingxin flowers for you and ties it with a vibrant red silk ribbon and leaves it on your doorstep. also gets u a green good luck amulet
now u have it on your nightstand and it helps u sleep better, the good luck amulet is always warn next to your vision YAY
he notices an improvement in your mood but it’s not to its original state.
eventually, he appears the next time you offer something and the two of you sit in comfortable silence until you break it.
“i’m sorry my offerings have been of lower quality recently. i am not feeling well and it shows through my work,” you apologize profusely. you think that him staying with you is a sign that he’s waiting for you to say something about recent troubles bc u always overthink LMAO
“don’t say sorry for something so minuscule,” he immediately responds but has no idea what to say after that.
but there is no need to add on because you know him so well. you know that when he says that it means he is more concerned about your well being than what you produce.
you nod slightly and the conversation ends there. he probably already realizes that you’ve been feeling lonely because you’ve been lacking in social energy this whole week due to your excessive work.
he stays with you for awhile and never gets up to get milk from the fridge or anything which is great
lowkey threatens your coworkers to keep an eye on you LMAOO so silly
SCARAMOUCHE ༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ ▹▫◃ ۪۪۫۫ ༄ؘ
mention of medications and more sweating LMFAO
lowkey u just expect this guy to not care at all bc he’s emotionally constipated
BUT HE DOES HE JUST DOESNT SHOW IT BC HES SCARED HIS COWORKERS MIGHT MAKE FUN OF HIM FOR SHOWING EMOTION
so when he addresses it he makes sure ur in a completely ISOLATED SPACE so NO ONE FUCKING SPIES !!
“oookay, what the fuck is wrong with you y/n, have you not been taking your meds for the past month??”
LMAO he says it downright with no sugarcoat because he wants to get straight to the point
you get taken aback a bit bc it’s such a funny question
“no bitch i just feel like SHIT TODAY because im LONELY AND SINGLE 😭😭😭😭” you counter
“hoe, you are NOT SINGLE WE R LITERALLY DATING STUPID ASS”
he brings u ur meds in like 2 pound crates and ur like “wtf”
he says it’s to compromise for your lack of meds the past month
“DUDE IVE BEEN TAKING THEM TODAYS JUST A CRAPPY DAY LMAO AND THATNIS NOT HOW IT WORKS????”
“??,??!!” he is so done HAHAHA “anyway why r u lonely wtf did tartar sauce say something mean to you AGAIN”
you laugh “ACTUALLY YEAH LOL HE WAS LIKE ‘at least i have a little brother’ AS A JOKE CUZ HE DOESNT KNOW THAT MINE WENT KABOOM 😵😵”
“BITCH U GOTTA TELL HIM SOON”
the two of u end up playing super smash bros and u keep spamming villager rocket bc that’s ur favorite move and eventually u k.o. him with it even though he saw it coming, he forgot how to jump LMAO
he claims that he did that on purpose to make you feel better but u think he’s bs-ing because he’s a sore loser and embarrassed he lost by not dodging a whole ROCKET
eventually becomes a very heated roasting session because u two are the most toxic couple in all of teyvat that ur literally perfect for each other LMAO
“how does it feel to look 12 and 57 at the same time??? I BET U GET ID CHECKED AT 7LEAVES LMAO”
“PEOPLE ONLY NOTICE U WHEN U BECOME A PROBLEM”
“U LOOK LIKE A PURPLE BLOOD CLOT”
“COVID SWIPED LEFT ON YOU. FUCKING COVID”
“THE ONLY REASON YOU HAVENT DIED YET IS BC THE ARCHONS SAID ‘FUCK NO LEAVE HIM BACK ON TEYVAT OH MY GOD’”
no lonely anymore bc ur evil !
later when u don’t know he beats up childe for what he said LMAO “ARE U STUPID DONT BRING Y/N’S CRAPPY CRUMBLED FAMILY INTO ANYTHING” and childe never does it again
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QINGXINTEA ONE YEAR RESSURECTION SO REAL
