Xiao didn't care about having to kill demons every hour of the day; that pain was nothing. Even trying to forget the other Yaksha was easy compared to the pain he felt from longing to be near you. He had dealt with his emotions for you for centuries. He was able to forget you if he drowned out the sound of your laugh with the screams of demons. Forget your warm touch with the pains of his wounds from battle. He just needed a distraction to ignore you. To force himself to forget you when all he wanted was you.
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