#xue

She and she alone has the right to stand beside him as his wife. This is her belief. She has had to be restrained before by Xiao and others when other people get too close or handsy.

She already feels she is not enough at times... and to have people remind her of that...? She knows her husband is attractive... and that makes her all the more aggressive.

As for Xiao... He's not particularly possessive but when a person decides to get too close? The pressure drops and he makes it known who Xue's husband truly is.

The two of them operate as a cohesive unit that works more on a primal instinct then normal human standards. Xue already isolates herself from most mortals, only choosing to interact with those in Mingyun Village or at the Wangshu Inn... so... you can imagine how it is observing people coming in too close to her husband.

When she's jealous, she tends to pout... and puffs out her cheeks, face red, and bites her lower lip with eyes narrows. Xiao finds this deep down absolutely adorable but he'd never say it.

Xue knows she's a lucky woman every day to stand by his side... I mean, have you seen his body?... and as for Xiao? Don't even get him started on how beautiful his wife is in his eyes.

In the time growing up, Xue often would be found pouncing on Xiao as a wolf pup with her folded over ears and him often as a bird to evade her. The two also as 'teenagers' trained together. Xue was often the one who sought out Xiao in her moments of weakness to sit and just be in his presence. Despite everything, Xiao was always a good listener, even when she was silent.

At a certain point as the Archon War began, Xue fought for Rex Lapis. Xue never had romance or love on her mind -- it was a foreign thing to Adepti in general, and yet, she couldn't deny how somewhere in their time together, her heart started doing funny things when he was near. One night, she stood with him overlooking the Guili Plains in a rare moment of calm and carefully, their conversation devolved into her saying her heart does funny things when he's around.

Nonchalantly, carefully, she said it. From that, their conversation evolved into her as he told her he couldn't offer her a true sanctuary, not like she deserved, and she told him that she didn't need that. She just needed him. She desired nothing more then to stay by his side. She wasn't asking for a 'vow'. She was asking for Xiao, one of Morax's generals, to simply be the wind at her back and... to protect her heart as she would his. He simply told her then she isn't to leave his sight, and she responded she wouldn't... and then she kissed him as she had seen humans do with their lovers.

Somehow, after that, they made it to the end of the Archon War, and then, and only then, when the karmic debt raged, she used her soft chilling winds to soothe his pain and beneath the stars on the Guili Plains, they 'vowed' (adepti marriage). For a thousand years more, they remained as constant companions. On occasion sharing an intimate night but honestly, mostly they were content to simply be in each other's presence.

As time wore on, Xue became increasingly more affectionate with Xiao from hugs from behind to a simple glance of affection to on the rare chance, a kiss to his lips. She noticed how he too, softened towards her as well.

Then, one day some centuries ago, she found herself pregnant with a child. Xiao's. Xiao found out and while his oath to Liyue remained, he made a contract with himself to protect his family. Modern day rolls around and Yuyan is the youngest Adepti besides Yanfei and later, Ione.

The Chasm Incident is one Xue doesn't like to think or talk about. It's what set her off onto finding a way to cure his Karmic Debt. She wouldn't be successful until after Ione ascended after the Rite of the Sacred Amber... and after a trip to Sumeru and a "surgery of the soul", Xiao was freed from it and he and Xue now look forward to their daughter, Meilin, who is unborn in her womb.

Xue's ultimate act of love and her loyalty to her beloved Xiao is the testament to just how deeply she loves him, and for him? It's something that brought him to his knees. He found himself undeserving of such a thing but she insisted, no one is more deserving of it then him.

Zhongli's senses, while are enhanced, has the unique ability to sense the vibrations of others near him within a few kilometer radius if he focuses. Over his six thousand years, he's gotten to a point where it's just a sixth sense.

Zhengyi's senses are the same in being enhanced, but his eyesight and sense of smell are the sharpest. It also makes him a deadly tracker when need be.