<The Devil's Desire> |Xiaother|

A Lovely Chemical

Xiao seemed to have woke up still feeling a bit drowsy but called out for Aether who didn't answer him, When Xiao couldn't hear Aether's response, He knew something was wrong, he was feeling a bit better so he stood up and rushed downstairs and looked around the house but couldn't see Aether anywhere until he went into the kitchen and saw the note and immediately went to Liyue to try to look for him but before he could, Someone opened the front door of Aether's house making Xiao run towards the front door to see Aether with a blonde haired man he had never seen before making Xiao quickly snatch Aether from the blonde haired male's side, as Xiao glared furiously and asked,

Xiao: Who are you?

Albedo: I am Albedo, Chief Alchemist of my class-

Albedo was cut off,

Xiao: what did you do to Aether?!

Albedo: it appears something went wrong with the experiment.

Xiao: What went wrong? What do you mean experiment?!

Xiao said as Albedo pointed his eyes towards Aether and said,

Albedo: take a closer look.

Albedo said, Xiao seemed hesitant at first but listened to Albedo as he took a closer look at Aether, Xiao lifted Aether's chin with his right hand and saw Aether's cheeks was bright red with his eyes swollen up, almost like he cried and in his eyes were weird looking tiny hearts, Xiao was in awe until Aether suddenly grew a big smile on his face and hugged Xiao very tightly and even nuzzled his face and hair,

Aether: Xiao~!

Aether said in a happy tone, it made Xiao a bit confused but flustered at the same time as he quickly looked at Albedo clearly wanting him to explain the situation,

Albedo: Okay, I'll explain.

"A Few Hours Ago"

Aether: W-What...Albedo?

As Aether was cornered, Aether saw Albedo inserting a needle in the pink chemicals Aether looked at a minute ago,

Albedo: This won't hurt a bit.

Aether: STOP!! YOU KNOW I HATE NEEDLES!!

Albedo smiled and suddenly stopped after hearing Aether's statement and quickly put down the needle and grabbed a spoon instead as he poured some chemicals that were in the needle onto the spoon and handed it towards Aether, Aether was utterly in awe but regained his composure as he took the spoon Albedo handed him. He looked down on the spoon and then quickly looked back at Albedo and asked,

Aether: so, you just wanted me here to experiment on me?

Albedo: Yes?

Aether: you could've just asked me instead of looking and sounding like a bad antagonist.

Albedo: True, but I just wanted to scare you a little.

Aether: Oh! Is that so...? Okay then!

Aether said as Aether decided to eat the chemical on the spoon that Albedo handed to him, as Aether ate the chemical on the spoon, he started to feel a little dizzy and started to think about Xiao and wanting to see him, Albedo seemed to be waiting for the chemical to kick in but didn't realize that the chemical would result in a disaster, as soon as the chemical kicked in, Albedo saw Aether's eyes had little heart shapes in them, Albedo took some notes down quietly observing Aether's actions and changes, Aether was quiet and had a blank expression for a moment but then started to look around, As Aether looked around, he seemed like he was about to cry, It made Albedo a bit surprised and rushed over to Aether's side and asked,