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For someone so sweet, I wish you a happy dream

When someone brings light to the life of someone else who is suffering.🥺

This kind of character relationship development between Xiao and Aether and Dan Heng and Caelus is really nice.💚💛

Twitter(X): @xiaoaetherposts

Anyone: Xiao can y-

Xiao: Nope

Traveler: Xiao-

Xiao: Of course, absolutely, no problem.

assorted genshin doodles

(and btw the song lyrics are from 'primadonna' by marina and the diamonds. it's such a kaeya song bngnfnfn)

under the golden knotwood leaves

one of the most sensitive topics surrounding xiao is his reaction towards dreams, and how wrought with guilt he is at everything he was forced to do under his enslavement.

but now that he's opened himself up to people who care about him, who love him, his battles against his own self lessen, and his subconscious is then kinder to him, relieving him of guilt, if only a little bit.

he's always had such an issue with wanting, so to have his dreams center around aether and him idling around, doing nothing but enjoying each other's presence without the sense of death and urgency clouding his mind, makes this letter all the sweeter.

I’d like you to be there for it.

Traveller, thank you.

something so beautiful about imagining xiao trying to learn more about the world in order to better understand aether. imagining him researching sumeru's akademiya or fontaine's politics all to know more about aether's encounters in his journeys. curiously flipping through inazuman light novels because one of them was inspired by aether, the famous "golden whirlwind". picking up tcg, not because he heard it was all the rage lately, but because he heard aether was interested in the game. trying his hand at a musical instrument because he heard stories of aether playing the lyre with the aranara. maybe he even asks smiley yanxiao to teach him more about cooking so that he can one day return the favor.

just how loving someone can make your world more beautiful and xiao being curious about everything again because he wants to see it all through aether's eyes

Totally randomic Genshin doodles made in some moments of lack of inspiration... Too lazy to finish them all (◕▿◕)

Cuddles for kitty Aether and bird Xiao ต(=ω=)ต

A little more spicy among Cynonari („ಡωಡ„)

Alhaitham likes to tease a certain fungus with empathy (¬‿¬ )

Niko niko niii with Kirara (＾◡＾)

thinking about a very touch-starved Xiao who craves affection discovering what cuddling in bed is, and then trying to sneakily curl up beside Aether after he falls asleep.

He's sneaky about it because he feels that it's selfish to demand Aether's time and attention (man get therapy), but he fails and Aether notices anyway. Xiao is then pulled against his chest and absolutely smothered in affection <3

still not over them from the event

It feels like Xiao and Aether have been teleported to another game as Dan Heng and Caelus.😄

XiaoTher 🤝 DanCae *HoYo's favorite ships*

Twitter: @xiaoaetherposts

doodles of venti that got out of hand,, maybe i’ll turn some of these into full drawings

So you're telling me Aether left Paimon for Xiao twice now his most trusted companion:

During Perilous Trails when she was weak and exhausted: He then doesn't leave Xiao's side until Xiao falls asleep. And yet doesn't show the same concern for Itto who faints late on.

And

During the newest epilogue dinner for LR where it made even less sense for him to leave her seeing as she wanted to come with him anyway and him and Xiao weren't even talking about anything secretive.

And I'm still supposed to believe they're just friends?? 😒 Like Xiao gets all this special treatment from Aether when has he ever left Paimon in the past to talk to a companion outside of when said companion specifically asks for his individualized attention?