Xiao?

“xiao?”

he appears in a show of gale and turquoise almost before you finish saying his name.

“you came,” he says, lilting at the end, more question than statement.

“of course,” you reply, fixing him with a grin. “you called.”

you can feel the weight of his letter in your pocket.

let us meet at the usual spot if you are able to.

the first few strokes are blotted with ink, ever so slightly shaky, as if xiao had hesitated for a long, long time. perhaps he had. still, plain as day, he had written those very words. this was the first time he’s ever been so direct. and, well, who were you to deny him?

‘the usual spot’ was simply the lake near a small waterfall at cuijue slope. it was where you had first met xiao, and where the both of you had confessed. your business had you leaving liyue for bouts of time, and you had taken to exchanging letters with him during those days… apparantly you had been gone for longer than you’d expected.

“how could i not come?” you add on, before he can speak. it’s almost too easy how you pull him down to sit with you, resting your forehead on his back. you can’t help but tease him a little. “especially after you begged so nicely.”

huffing, he averts his gaze. they almost sound shameful to admit, the next words he utters. “you… are often busy.”

“i’ll always make time for you, you know that.” your voice is but a murmur now, muffled into his skin.

he hums. it’s ticklish on your cheek. “you need not. if it’s you, i can wait.”

you fall into his lap, and his fingers wind their way into your hair. there’s a woozy smile on your face now, and the amber in his eyes are as warm as the gentle sun. “you’re impossible. just don’t let me keep you waiting for too long, yea?”

he smiles, just the slightest, but a smile all the same. “you speak as if you would allow yourself to.”

akechi + doggo

totally normal about how @/narutoss_ramen draws xiao

ideal spinoff post canon interaction

ryuji: joker may be your “esteemed rival”, whatever the hell that means, but you know what we have that you and him don’t have?

goro: what would that be?

ryuji: shitty fathers who left our mothers, and mothers who did their damn hardest to raise us to where we we would do anything for them.

goro: sakamoto, you do recall that my choice in that was to become a supernatural hitman for my father in an inane plan of justice.

ryuji: don’t know what inane is, but i do remember your stupid decision. zero percent on the method, but a hundred percent on the spirit behind it.

goro: 

ryuji: 

goro:

ryuij: so you want to get some ramen before these ‘shadow ops’ people come collect you? can’t believe i’m saying it, but it’ll be my treat.

goro: that’s fine by me.

royal trio vs shujin trio

raison d’etre + sushi = profit