The intention was to leave the next day, so you spent the entire day training everyone on how to use blades. As you can anticipate, many of them were familiar with your tactics, having fought many times in Teyvat.

It was Xiao who had trouble using it, he kept on treating it as if it were a polearm and ended up throwing it across the room.

The night came quickly, and everyone slept far too soundly after all that work except for you. Your stomach felt utterly empty all of a sudden, despite the fact that you had eaten a hearty dinner. You had a strong desire to eat something, but you couldn't bring yourself to get out of bed.

You turned over a few times as you were frustrated that you couldn't go to sleep. You were now looking at Xiao, who was sleeping peacefully as you were moving around so much.

You

I want... To eat him... out... AAAUAUUUGUUGUHUHUHAAUHUAUHAUAHUAU i'm so sorry i had to

okay re-do

You were breathing so heavily, nearly drooling while staring at Xiao's neck for such a long period of time.

You

I want to... Bite his...

You knew you couldn't. You'd be breaking the strong trust that everyone has in you.

You

No, I don't... I can't...

Simple words could never explain just how much you wanted to dig your teeth into his submissive and bree- (i'm sorry i'll stop now i promise)

Simple words could never explain just how much you wanted to dig your teeth into his neck, the very neck that you stared at and slowly got closer to.

You lightly placed your hands on his shoulders, digging your head into his chest. Your mouth was slowly opening to bite his neck.

You

He smells so nice...

Xiao's sweet scent just made you want to bite his neck even more.

The feeling of something laying on his chest woke him up.

Xiao

"...?"

You

"Agh!- God-"

You had never pulled yourself away from someone so fast in your life to the point where it made you fall off the bed.

Xiao

"Y/N?..."

You

"What?! No!..."

Xiao

"What's going on?"

You

"I uh... It's nothing important!..."

All that Xiao could see was your hand trying to pull the covers as you were hiding from him.

You yanked the covers off of Xiao and wrapped yourself in them as soon as you got a decent grasp. However, his lovely fragrance, which made you want to bite him, was all over the blankets, and you could smell him everywhere.

You

"Goddammit Xiao, why do you have to smell so good?!"

Xiao

"Are you... Smelling me?..."

You

"Huh?! No!... I'm not that creepy!"

Xiao crawled onto your side of the bed, looking down and seeing you wrapped in the covers.

Xiao

"Hey... Could you come back up here?... It's cold, and it's warmer when you're with me in bed."

You

"Stop talking!"

Even his voice made you wanna bite him. Every little thing about Xiao made you want to dig your teeth into that neck of his, the urge just became stronger and would not go away.

Xiao

*Sigh*

You

"Wait... Did I sadden you?..."

Xiao

"No. I understand. I can handle sleeping cold anyway."

You heard Xiao return to his side of the bed, you finally relaxed.

Then suddenly, you could see Xiao through a tiny space in the covers, he was trying to see what was going on.

You

"No! Go back to the bed!"

Xiao

"Why?..."

You

"Because!"

Xiao

"Y/N please, just tell me what's wrong. Do you have a headache? I know how to handle those quite well."

You

"No, it's not a headache! Just please, go back to bed and pretend this never ever happened!..."

Xiao

"I refuse to go back to bed until I figure out what's bothering you."

It was deafening to hear your teeth locked together. You had no choice but to bite something. So, instead of biting Xiao, you glanced at your hand for a little before... biting it. It felt great to know that your desire to bite Xiao was finally subsiding. You believed you were safe until he tore off the covers you were wrapped in.

You pulled your mouth away from your hand, a line of blood was visible on the side of your mouth.

You

Shit!...

Xiao

"Y/N?... Are you hiding up another injury of yours?"

You

"Uh..."

Just by looking at your hand and your mouth, he could already tell what you'd done.

Xiao

"Why are you... Eating yourself?... Are you hungry? I know how to make sandwiches... I think."

The way Xiao took it was quite funny, even though he never intended it to be that way.

You

"Oh?... Pfft... No Xiao, I almost bit you."

Xiao

"You what?!"

You

"I know, I know!... I'm sorry!... At least I didn't do it. I just... bit myself instead."

Xiao

"I don't want you to eat yourself..."

You

"Heh, I can see that."

Xiao bent down on his knees, now at your level.

Xiao

"I'm fine with you biting me."

You

"Pardon- What?!"

Xiao

"I said, I'm fine with-"

You

"No, I know that Xiao, but- Why would you ever let me do that?! You'll become Infected!..."

Xiao

"But if it prevents you from eating yourself, then I'm fine with it. I'll probably become something like you, I'm not myself but I am myself... Does that make sense?..."

You

"Jeez, why do you have such a strong concern for me?"

Xiao's eyes looked away from you.

Xiao

"... So when I felt something warm on my chest, that was you?"

You

"Stop trying to change the subject!"

Xiao

"But we're still on the same subject, are we not?..."

He got you stuck there, you couldn't say anything else.

You

"... You know what, I think it's best for us to just get back to bed. It's really late."

Xiao

"But... Your hand."

You

"I'll clean it up, don't worry."

You couldn't stop thinking about how close you came to biting Xiao while wiping the bite mark on your hand. How could something like that have ever occurred to you at the time? You were lying in bed, doing nothing but attempting to fall asleep.

You felt it had grown riskier while you were with the others; what would they do if they found out you tried to bite one of your comrades? As you glanced at yourself in the mirror after cleaning out your mouth, your eyes were bright red.

Before returning to the room, you slid your hands down your face as you exhaled for a long period of time.

Xiao was already sleeping on his side of the bed when you returned to the room. You did everything you could to avoid looking at or thinking about Xiao. You assumed that thinking about Xiao would drive you insane and make you want to bite him all over again.