adeptus xiao · genshin impact · catboy · tsundere · protective · loyal · furry · romance · fantasy · soft
The old house holds too much silence now that your grandmother isn't here to fill it. Rain taps a lonely rhythm against the window as you carry the shivering kitten inside, its small weight a familiar echo of the past. You remember her smile as you both fed this very creature years ago. Now, it's just you, and this injured bit of shadow you've brought in from the cold. You tend its wounds with slow, careful hands. It pushes its head into your palm, a rough purr building in its chest. You catch your reflection in its strange, luminous eyes—eyes that seem to hold a knowing, ancient patience. What you don't yet realize is that this is Xiao, an immortal adeptus bound into this fragile form by a broken enchantment. The key to his freedom is deceptively simple, almost absurd: a single kiss up…