This time, the light didn't wake you up. In fact, it was raining quite hard, so the clouds were blocking the sunlight.

Xiao

"Not such a good morning, huh?"

You

"..."

You were still upset about what happened last night. Thankfully, the urge to bite Xiao was long gone.

You dragged yourself out of bed, starving. You reasoned that if you ate a lot of food before going out to find the antidote, you wouldn't feel like biting into human flesh.

Xiao

"Hey..."

Xiao stood by the door, watching you finish tons and tons of food. Nearly everything in the fridge was gone after you were finished.

Scaramouche

"Hey! Why'd you finish it?!"

You

"Uh... I didn't finish all of it. I saved some for the rest of you."

You then drank nearly 11 glasses of water before getting dressed and heading out. At this point, all you wanted to do was get it over with. The emotion of betraying your allies was unbearable, and you needed that antidote.

Childe

"Y/N, are you alright?"

You

"Let's go."

Completely ignoring Childe, you sat yourself down in the car, ready to leave.

And there you were again, standing in front of that tall ass tower which was filled with shit tons of Infected people.

The others were still getting out of the car while you and Xiao stood there, together.

Xiao

"Y/N, do you feel like biting me again?... Is that why you're acting so strange?..."

You

"Wh- No?!... No. I don't feel like biting you again."

Xiao

"Then relax... If you ever get the feeling of wanting to bite me again, then just tell me."

You

"Are you sure?..."

Xiao

"Yeah. I'm very sure."

You

*Sigh* "Come on! Hurry up!"

Scaramouche

"Hey, we're trying here!"

The entire process of sticking together was then completed by linking hands in the same formation. You'd hoped to see none of the Infected from Teyvat again. You all ended up on the 32nd floor after repeating the process... Again.

Hu Tao

"Ooh... I really don't like the 32nd floor of this tower."

Childe

"Out of all honesty, who does?..."

You were in such a state of exhaustion that you couldn't even speak. Your head and throat were both in excruciating pain. It was then that you knew you wanted to bite the shit out of Scaramouche.

You

"What the fuck?..."

You said, quietly. But, the entire room was silent, so obviously, everyone heard you.

Scaramouche

"What?... What is it?"

You

Why do I wanna...

Out of all people, at that very moment, you just wanted to bite Scaramouche. Why Scaramouche? Idfk he's hot bro

As you looked at broken pieces of a shattered mirror on the ground, you could clearly see your red-eye once again.

You

This isn't good...

Thankfully, it had only been your red right eye. Your left eye was fine, completely normal.

You placed your hand over your right eye and shut it. Slowly, you turned to face Xiao, although it might not have been the best choice, given that all you wanted to do was bite someone's neck.

Childe

"Y/N?..."

Everyone watched you aggressively rummage through your bag, you were looking for something to cover that eye of yours.

Scaramouche

"Damn, so aggressive for what?"

You

"Wha... Huh?"

Finally, you found a bandage that was just the right length for you to wrap around your head and over your eye.

Hu Tao

"Y/N, when are you going to stop hiding up your injuries? Stop making us worry so much about you!"

You

"Hehe... My bad. I just happened to hit my head on our way up here."

You lied.

Xiao looked at you with concern, he knew what was going on.

You

"Let's continue, shall we?"

No bitch, your damn throat aaaaaaandddddd your eye is fucked up

anyways

Everyone in the room could tell that something was definitely off about you.

All of you finished taking your water breaks, you were the first one to finish. You all joined hands, ready to head out.

Scaramouche

"Jeez, why's your hand so damn hot?! I swear you're gonna give me a burn mark!"

You

"Is that so?..."

Shakily, you turned your head towards Scaramouche, he had never seen dead and tired eyes like those in his entire life.

Scaramouche

"What the..."

Everything in your body stopped working the minute you were set to leave. You toppled over as your hands relaxed, letting go of Scaramouche's hand. Surprisingly, you fell exactly on the shattered mirror's fractured glass.

Xiao

"Hey!"

Hu Tao

"Y/N!"

Childe

"That's glass!"

You could barely hear a thing, all their voices were so muffled, and all that you could see was 4 blurry heads looking over you.

Scaramouche

"What the hell, Y/N?!"

You

"... Just go..."

Scaramouche

"What are you saying?! We can't leave you!"

Xiao

"They look completely exhausted..."

Hu Tao

"After eating all that food this morning, there's no way they'd be exhausted!"

You

"Hey... Could you pass me that?..."

You asked, trying to reach for that cloth in that random bag over there.

Xiao

"Please Y/N, stop moving so much. There are glass shards everywhere."

Childe handed the cloth over to you. You sat up, pulling the glass shards out of your body with your bare hands.

You

"I'm going to be completely honest with all of you right now, I've wanted to bite at your necks ever since we entered the car."

Childe

"You're joking..."

You watched everyone back away from you. Xiao, being as stubborn and unafraid as ever, didn't move an inch away from you.

Xiao looked at you, his eyes were begging you to not tell the others. But, you did it anyway.

You

"... I even tried to bite Xiao the other night in bed."

Xiao

"Y/N!... Are they allowed to know that?!"

Both Hu Tao and Scaramouche jumped back quite far, behind Childe.

Hu Tao

"Does this mean... Xiao's an Infected too?!"

Xiao

"What?!"

You

"No. You heard me wrong. I said I tried to bite him, I didn't say that I did bite him. I get it if you don't trust me, it's completely understandable. But as you can see here, I can barely move. So all I ask of you is to at least carry me to the top floor. I'll just stick this cloth in my mouth so that it prevents me from biting any of you if that makes you feel any safer."

Scaramouche

"Hey... Y/N."

You

"What?"

Scaramouche

"Don't you find this... A bit kinky?..."

bro's rlly joking at a time like this smh

You

"Ahem... Pardon?"

Scaramouche

"I mean... You wanted to give all of us hickeys... And you're tying your mouth up... This seems kinky if you ask me."

You

"... *Inhale* You know what, let's just... Go."

Surprisingly, Scaramouche's joke didn't really affect the mood that was going around in the room. His joke might've just made it a bit better.