#xioa

“Why did I entertain Hu Tao’s creepy stories of the world of the unseen?” you question yourself out loud. Night fall has long since passed and you had a long dark walk to Wangshu Inn where you temporary lived. Every little sound made you jump, already quite the scaredy cat. 

Your fear of the supernatural is quiet ironic given your the lover of a well feared Yaksha.

However, Xiao has always been gentle and kind with you, never giving you a reason to fear him.

You thought distracting yourself with thoughts of your partner would calm your nerves as you walk along the path but you were proven wrong when your start to scream-your immediate reflex to stepping on a crinkled leaf. You begin to tear up, unable to handle walking the rest of the way home alone.

‘Just call out my name and I will be by your side’.

you remember your Lover’s words and at the top of your lungs you begin to call out “Xiao!”. You quickly begin to look around only to see that you’re still alone. This causes your few tears to break into a full cry “Xiao!” you scream out again and again. Until you feel someone grabbing your wrist and pulling you close to a hug. “What’s the matter? you’re in no immediate danger, you’re okay-I am right here Angel” every part of you relaxes in his embrace-almost losing complete strength in your legs due to the fear you initially bared. You squeeze onto your partner, burying your head into his chest as you cry and hiccup. Xiao was always only ever patient with you, rubbing slow circles on your back as he waited for you to calm down to explain the reason behind your distress.

Only when it sounded like your crying has stopped did he slightly pull away to look down at your tear stained cheeks. You almost lose yourself in his golden eyes, even after all this time certain features of his will always maintain this affect on you.

You explain everything to him, how Hu Tao’s stories scared you and you started to panic because of how dark it was. He quietly hears you out, occasionally giving your physical assurances of his presence by either stroking your hair and/or the sides of your arms.

“You know I am at you beacon call Starlight” he offers you a small smile as he tugs a hair of yours behind your ear. You slowly nod “I know I just often find myself so anxious of these things when you’re not here with me-I only feel safe in your arms” you begin to bite your inner cheek feeling a bit pathetic admitting this. He lets out a soft chuckle at your words and kisses your forehead, “You have nothing to fear, remember you’re the lover of the most feared Yaksha” He pulls you back into a hug “we spend so much time this close too each other are you aware of just how of me simply lingers on you?” he whispers in your ear causing you to shiver-always sensitive to him. Whenever you react like this it always makes him grin and bring out his mischievous side but it was not an appropriate time for all that-not yet at least.