this book is 46 pages on a google doc.

one page is literally just the au written out and the description bit, and then the rest is actual writing. and im only three paragraphs into chapter 17.

my longest book before this was sraao (smoke rings and an ollie, it's a flower husbands book) and that google doc was 35 pages and 35 chapters, with an explanation, and an epilogue.

also one bed trope lmao

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around an hour later, venti noticed xiao had zoned back in, and was just scrolling through his phone.

"i thought you didn't like touch?"

"i trust you..."

"really?"

xiao nodded, and leaned more into venti, sighing softly. "and you're... comfy."

"comfy?" venti had not been expecting that. when they had first met in person, xiao had refused to even touch him, and now he was laying in venti's arms.

...

friends don't do this, do they?

venti's always been touchy, so he hadn't noticed that it was odd, until xiao leaned a bit too heavily into him, presumably getting more comfy.

"dad messaged me instead of calling. he wants your number, is that okay?"

"yeah. why does he?"

"in case anything happens while i'm here, you can tell him."

"okay!"

moments later, venti got a message from an unknwon number, who clarified he was xiao's father, so venti saved his contact.

"we should go over the lyrics now, right?"

"no."

"why not?"

"i'm out of motivation right now."

"aren't you only staying in liyue for around a week?"

"nope!. i've decided to stay for a bit longer. i've had more motivation to work here, than i have in the past few months in mondstadt."

"alright."

"... since i'm apparently staying the night, where am i sleeping?"

"the bed again, i'll take the couch."

"no."

"yes."

"it's your hotel room."

"and i don't care, take the bed."

...

"this is kinda like an over used trope, isn't it."

"yeah."

"what should we do?"

"flip a coin."

"how about this, i have a d20."

"what-"

"nine and below i take the bed, eleven and up you get the bed, and if we get a ten we share."

"fine."

venti smiled and fished the d20 out of his pocket. "it's a lucky charm." he explained, before rolling it on the coffee table.