which chapter was this again??

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venti's heart was racing, as he held xiao's hand while running to his hotel. his idiotic queerromantic ass had realized his feelings for the other and unsurprisingly, it wasn't aesthetic attraction. not at all.

shaking his head slightly, to continue his focus on his task at hand, he continued running towards the hotel, dragging his friend behind him.

"hey, venti?"

"yeah?"

"are you sure we're going the right way?"

"we are! you seem nervous, are you okay?"

"i'm... fine... i just haven't been this way in years, and honestly i don't want to be."

"sorry! this is the quickest way i know, we'll be there soon!"

soon ended up being around 20 minutes later, after venti proceeded to get lost, and xiao having to walk them the rest of the way to the hotel. throughout the journey though, they didnt break free from the other's hand, continuing to hold them until they made it to the destination, where xiao let go of venti's.

the two walked to venti's room, up the stairs, and they ended up being locked out since venti had forgotten his keycard inside.

rushing back down the stairs, and leaving xiao behind, venti ran towards the front desk, where he asked for help. once he got a new keycard, he returned upstairs, to find xiao leaning against the door, half-asleep.

"xiao?"

"hm? oh, yeah?"

"i got a new keycard! and you look like shit. are you sure the coffee helped."

"it was the running that did this."

"ohhh! if you want, you can rest here."

"... no."

"that's fine!"

xiao nodded slightly, before being dragged into venti's room. "you should still sit down! you don't want to get sick."

" you're starting to sound like my dad-"

"well he's right! why did you agree to meet up without sleeping!"

"you wanted to, and we need to speak about the lyrics."

"not without resting, we wont! i know how having bad sleeping habits are, but still, please sleep."

"i'm n-"

"i'm not sending you home, you can take over the bed until you've rested enough."

"... fine..."

"good! good!" venti smiled, and watched as xiao walked over to the bed-like area.

he chuckled slightly to himself at xiao's glare, before going to grab his laptop. he had a few other songs to work on, not only the one he and xiao were collaborating on, so he had to at least work on those while xiao rested.

'course it was only a matter of time he got sidetracked by one of his many groupchats.

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[venti go away, we're in isolation for a reason]

(a/n [k:] in this gc is kazuha. inazumians gc)

k: help.

k: ma and mom are being unbearable.

e: what is it, kazu?

ym: i must also ask.

k: they found out about us. :(

v: deserved :)

k: shut up.

v: anyways remember the guy i told you about??

ym: yes?

v: we met up to go over the lyrics, but he's now sleeping in my hotel bed.

v: nothing inappropriate, he just got no sleep and i convinced him to.

ym: venti, we know you're ace.

v: oh yeah.

s: stop speaking here.

s: or remove me

k: no <3

s: ... fuck you.

k: no.

e: kuni, language, kazuha you really shouldn't have kept it a secret. that made it worse.

k: fine. luckily i'm with scara right now.

s: i'm about to leave your ass.

k: in which way?

s: both.

v: anyways im having a gay panic while writing and i want help.

e: no.

k: i have to deal with my wonderful boyfriend here, so my apologies, but no.

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setting his phone down, venti realized that he had been sitting there, not writing at all, for the past two hours. which was quite unfortunate. he needed to get this writing done, he had to get atleast one song out soon, he had to or else he'd lose his main source of income.

sure, he did have a job, working at an a to z mart, but he's sure he's probably going to be fired soon, with the decision he'd just made.

he was going to stay in liyue, because these past three hours have been the most productive he's been in months, and he spent two of them slacking off. rubbing his hands on his pants, he stood up to check on xiao.

walking into the room, he chuckled. from where his friend lay, he clearly just fell onto the bed and passed out right then and there.

grabbing a blanket and laid it over xiao, gaining a frustrated grunt as he curled into the blanket, and into a much more comfortable position.

venti chuckled lowly to himself, as he left the room, closing the door behind himself. he walked to the couch and laid down, intending to watch a movie or some show, only to fall asleep shortly after.