If, and Only If || (Xiao x Reader)

六

"It's fine. It doesn't bother me."

"Alright. Then let's get a move on, and adventure a bit more then, shall we?"

Xiao grabbed her blanket to stop her from leaving. A way to say, 'No. I want to stay.' So she sat back down in a victorious smirk.

It was silent. A comfortable silence, as they warmed up. And only the sound of the crackling fire under the large cooking bowl filled the cave up.

"Ready?" She yanked off her blanket. And stood up.

"You don't have to ask me." Xiao still had his blanket wrapped around his small body, while Xiwangmu giggled at his appearance.

"Just keep the blanket on, you need it."

"No."

"...." She just a stared at him with disbelief, and Xiao's eyebrow twitched.

He's so stubborn. Why is he so stubborn?

"Xiao. You. Need. It."

"No. I. Don't." Xiao was being a child now.

Xiwangmu sighed. And grabbed the blanket, and wrapped him up like a small sushi roll to keep him warm.

He would've complained, but the blanket covered his mouth so his words were muffled. And he's got to admit, being warm in the cold is great.

Xiwangmu put her hands on her hips while laughing triumphantly in victory. Looking at her creation. Though he didn't look very happy. As an angry aura emitted off of him, and you could hear a growl erupting from
the sushi roll.

She pulled the top part of the blanket that was covering his mouth down. And let him talk.

"Get this off of me. Now." Angry Xiao was not a pretty sight. But he's still pretty when he's angry nevertheless, no complaints.

"Ordering me around now? I was just trying to keep you warm because you lack warmth, dear adeptus."

"Don't, 'dEaR aDePtUs', me. This is ridiculous. Why did I come here in the first place?" He mimicked her voice in a taunting way, and he tried to rip the blanket in half like Superman and his ripped shirts. (There is no Superman in Teyvat.)

"Because you care for me~" She cooed.

"I— I do NOT." His face slowly started turning red from the embarrassment and being put on the spotlight.

Xiao denies it, but he obviously cares. Why else would he come and visit her everyday? To tell the goddess she's stupid or an idiot like the tsundere he is? Oh, but of course he couldn't bring himself to call a goddess an idiot. That would be straight up rude. Considering she's like Rex Lapis' sister. But he would ignore her taunting most times, and accept the plate of almond tofu she makes.

"Sure, sure~ let's get on the move." She waved a hand to motion him forward. Then remembered his movements were limited due to the blanket wrapped around him. And he raised an eyebrow.

"Fine. I'll take it off." She slowly unwrapped him. And once it was all gone he sighed in relief. He was tired of her antics. But he could keep up with them.

"Where should we go first?" Xiwangmu put a hand on her chin wondering, and thinking of places to go to in a cold area like Dragonspine.

"Can't we just climb a mountain?" Xiao inferred, to her.

"But that's not exciting. Besides, you would probably just jump to the top, and move really fast like the quick rabbit you are."

Oh. And they aren't talking very formal like when they first met. Because they've grown close with each other obviously. In case you didn't understand the change.

"I am not a rabbit."

"You're right, you're a kitty."

"Stop calling me a kitty."

"Mm, no." She hummed and skipped into the snow.

It would always be, her teasing him. And him getting teased. Soon becoming upset. But despite all that, he enjoys her company. As well as she does enjoy his as well.

Being in a mountain, with really nothing there was boring to her, and a little lonely. And anything that isn't challenge is just the same. Ming is reserved, and only does what is told. Zhongli, is busy being brok— I mean. Being a person at the funeral parlor. And pretending to be dead. At the funeral parlor... Uh— anyway.

Xiwangmu and Xiao decided to just go around the whole place because they couldn't pick on what to do specifically.

They saw a lot of pyro seelies, and Xiao seemed intrigued by how warm they were, as they floated by. They passed by many cryo crystalflies. And they were indeed pretty. The bright blue color and the way they flew and glowed were like stars.

Xiwangmu just loves, and has a thing for stars. And can 'create' them. The powers she received were for protecting... people, and things that are... dear. To her.

An abyss mage laughed at the two for no apparent reason, and Xiao got upset about it, for no absolute reason either. And upon seeing the 'snowy creature,' he fought it. And won, of course. Leaving it to crumble and dust away.

A couple of hilichurl camps were set around the place. With fatui, and treasure hoarders everywhere.

If they were in Liyue and someone was getting ambushed by them, he would ambush them back. But currently no one was in trouble, so they ignored them. If they saw the two, and attack, they would fight them. That wouldn't be such a smart choice for the enemy because these two don't spare mercy when fighting.

Xiwangmu looked up at the huge snow mountain, that had a blue light emitting from the Barbatos statue. It was easy to spot.

When they walked into a cave, that was large on the inside. Specifically, Starglow Cavern. There were large spikes of ice that stabbed the
ground. One of them fell from the roof of the cave, and Xiao cut it in half with his polearm.

"I'm impressed." Xiwangmu slowly clapped.

"You don't take much effort to entertain, if you're impressed with such trivial things." Xiao responded. And Xiwangmu only smiled.

"That's cause it's you. Really, anything you do is entertaining to me." She nonchalantly told the yaksha. Who was taken aback by her words. Were they a compliment? Or were they just sarcasm?

Xiao is too busy saving Liyue's people. He rarely has time to rest. But he always has time for Xiwangmu. He just does. And he asks from time to time to himself, 'What's so fun to be with her. What's so fun to talk to her, when I could be killing demons?' It's always those kinds of questions. When it comes to his emotions, he goes in circles, and avoids the possible answer.

"Xiao. You're very kind."

A/N: I'd like to thank you for the 600+ reads! It makes me really happy to see people reading this! While I was coming up with a personality, and chapter ideas for this story, I was reading Xiao's storyline. And listening to his voice lines as well. And it made me really sad to hear about his past. So I decided to make Y/N a comfort character, and playful to give him a bit more love to him. (*'ω'*)