It was a Sunday morning, surprisinly in this case, Xiao was the first one to wake up while Zhongli and Hu Tao were still asleep. Xiao rubbed his eyes as he got up from his position and stretched, he went on his phone to look at the time and his eyes widened when he saw the date.
" It's Sunday already? " Xiao thought. He went to look for food to eat but nothing was really left so he went out to the convenience store to get some instant noodles.
There, Xiao saw the stranger, again. " Why do I keep seeing him? It's like I'm somehow stuck with him. " Xiao thought. He ignored it and continued on to pay for his noodles.
Xiao stepped out of the convenience store and went home, once he arrived he saw Zhongli, Hu Tao and Qiqi playing family board games.
" What the hell are you all doing? "
He questioned while approaching the them
" Playing some board games! You should join in Xiao! "
Hu Tao said as she looks at Xiao with a playful smile
" I'll pass, for now. I'm hungry so I'm making noodles. "
Xiao answered, walking over to the kitchen to cook his noodles
" Wait- I WANT SOME TOO!! "
Hu Tao shouted while charging up to Xiao
Hu Tao ended up tripping over right behind Xiao, Zhongli laughed while looking at her position. She was holding onto Xiao's ankles while laying down on her stomach, Hu Tao felt quite humiliated but she eventually laughed it out as well
" Be careful Hu Tao! "
Zhongli said, stammering and laughing
" Shut up! "
" Get off of my feet Hu Tao! "
Xiao shouted while walking around
" No!! You're so mean! "
Hu Tao yelled while being dragged because of her holding onto Xiao's ankles
" Oh my archons, Hu Tao. "
Xiao sighed, looking at Hu Tao behind him
" Pshh. "
" Alright, alright, that's enough. We need to prepare to go to the amusement park, it's already noon! "
Zhongli spoke up as he pulls Hu Tao by her legs gently away from Xiao
They all ran into their own rooms to get ready.
Xiao opened his closet to see what he could wear, he decided to wear a black shirt and green jacket. He went to his desk to pick up his laptop but he hesitated and realised that " Today shall be a day without work, I'm sure of myself this wouldn't hurt. " He continued to walk out of his bedroom and sees everyone well prepared.
" We'll be taking the car, the park itself is quite far so we should be taking a different transportation if we wanna arrive on time. "
Zhongli said as he starts the car
" Is Mister Childe gonna unexpectedly come too? "
Hu Tao jumped out of her seat to face Zhongli
" Not this time, unfortunately. "
Zhongli answers as he chuckles softly
" Well, I wouldn't be so surprised if Zhongli took Childe for a ride 'home' but 'unexpectedly' asked to come with us to the amusement park. "
Xiao spoke up while getting closer to face Zhongli beside him
" Okay, that's enough. "
Zhongli responded while slightly sweating and Hu Tao giggling
Eventually, they arrived at the amusement park. Once they entered, it was like a park full of excitement and happiness.
" Ooh! Ooh! I wanna ride that rollercoaster over there, Zhongli!! "
Hu Tao shouted as she points to a certain ride
" Haah.. "
Zhongli sighed, looking slightly terrified
" Qiqi thinks the ride is too big.. "
Qiqi said, hugging onto Zhongli
" Looks just fine? "
Xiao said, while running towards the ride
" Party poopers!! "
Hu Tao shouted, having her tongue out and walking backwards
" Why don't we get something to eat? "
Zhongli said as he turns to look at Qiqi
Zhongli and Qiqi proceeded to walk to the food booths to get some snacks to eat before going on any rides.
Xiao was in a line to ride a rollercoaster, he was supposed to be with Hu Tao but she arrived late and ended up being behind a few people behind Xiao.
Xiao kept looking behind him to check on Hu Tao but eventually he got to the seats of the rollercoaster, right as he stepped in and sat down, the same stranger from yesterday was sitting right next to him. Both of them stared at each other until the noise of the rollercoaster moving startled them.
After the ride, they both separated and didn't bother to greet each other, Xiao was slightly disappointed but he shrugged it off.
" Xiao, did you hear me scream?! Aside from that, I think I'll have to take my ears to the funeral parlor.. "
Hu Tao says, while having her hands covering her ears
" Heh. "
Xiao chuckled, looking back at Hu Tao
" What's that 'heh' for?! I bet you felt at least a little scared. "
Hu Tao argued as she crosses her arms
" Whatever you say.. Let's go meet up with Zhongli and Qiqi. "
Xiao responded while slowly walking away
The duo met up with the other, they all decided to share some cotton candy and a few other foods you'd find at an amusement park.
An hour or two passed, this time, Xiao was taking Qiqi to a ride while Zhongli was with Hu Tao. Both Xiao and Qiqi decided to go on the ferris wheel, by then they were waiting in the line to ride the ferris wheel. When Xiao went to step into the ferris wheel car, he was stopped by the person guarding the ferris wheel.
" Only 2 people per car. "
Xiao got slightly confused and turned to look inside the car, there was the stranger he saw earlier again. Therefore, Qiqi was pulled back by the person and Xiao had to get into the car since he was holding up the line.
Both the stranger and Xiao were acting awkward and avoided eye contact, none of them spoke until the stranger did.
" Hello! I- we've met a couple times haven't we? Ehe, funny coincidence that were in the same car, isn't it? "
The boy with braids said while chuckling
" I uh.. Sure. "
Xiao responded, his cheeks turned red by the awkwardness between them
" Oh look! We're going higher! "
The boy shouted while looking out the window
They surpassed the first loop and were on the second one, it was all going well until the ferris wheel suddenly stopped. This was very unfortunate for both Xiao and the stranger because they both ended up at the very top of the ferris wheel.
Everyone was panicking and the ones whom were the closest to the ground immediately walked out, the stranger looked out at the window and slightly whimpered. He accidentally fell onto Xiao, pushing Xiao aside on the other side of the seat.
" Ah! I'm so sorry!! "
The stranger's face was as red as a strawberry, he quickly turned away from Xiao to avoid more embarrassment
" I- it's okay. "
Xiao responded as his cheeks turned into the slightest tint of red
" I hope we'll get out soon.. I wonder how this even happened? "
The stranger spoke up, looking out the window
" Yeah.. "
They both stood in silence for hours, and suddenly the stranger rested his head on Xiao's shoulder
" Tired, isn't he? " Xiao thought. Though, he didn't mind having his head on his shoulder, he felt quite at ease.
Eventually Xiao as well began to doze off, he rested his head on the other's.
Two hours later, their car in the ferris wheel began to move back down and once it hit the ground, Zhongli quickly ran into the car and saw the duo sleeping soundly.
" Xiao..? "
Zhongli spoke softly
All the noise woke up Xiao, he was half awake and saw Zhongli in front of the car, he wanted to move but the stranger was still resting on his shoulder so he decided to stay for a little while.
" And who may this be? "
Zhongli asked, looking at the stranger
" Well, long story short.. "
Xiao responded
" XIAOOO!! "
A younger girl shouted and ran straight into Zhongli
" Hu Tao, be careful! "
Zhongli said, while being shoved by Hu Tao
" Thank the archons you're okay Xiao! "
Hu Tao sighed in relief
" Yeah. "
All of Hu Tao's shouting woke up the stranger and he was startled by Hu Tao and Zhongli staring at him. He quickly held onto Xiao's arm.
" Heh- hello! "
He spoke
" Hi!! You look like someone I know. "
Hu Tao responded
" So do you.. "
The stranger said, squinting
The stranger turned his head to look back at Xiao and quickly moved away from the position.
He immediately ran out of the car and slowly walked away.
" Well- bye bye!! "
Hu Tao shouted
" Bye!! "
The stranger shouted back while walking and looking back at Hu Tao
" Crazy day huh? "
Hu Tao said, looking at Xiao with a smug face
" Shut up! "
Xiao stammered as his cheeks turned red
" Alright, let's get home. I think I've had enough of amusement parks today. "
Zhongli spoke up, carrying Qiqi and walking away from the car
" Yes sir! "
Hu Tao said boldly, following along Zhongli
Xiao quickly got up and followed the others. They all went back home and went straight lying onto the couch.
" Today- was a crazy day.. "
Xiao said, thinking about the stranger
" Sure was.. "
Hu Tao agrees while yawning