It was your second period class and your seat was beside Lumine. This class was boring but with Lumine it was much more fun.

"guess what info I have now?" lumine approached you with a grin. she always had new information to entertain you with. she basically knew everything and everyone's secret.

"is it good or bad?"

"bad," she answered and you frowned nervous if it was something super bad. "apparently the teachers are super mad the students and now they're assigning two students to clean the classrooms after school," she explained.

"you're serious?" "very."

"that's not even that bad it's a 2 out of 1000 chance we'll be fine," you smiled assuring yourself but lumine had a bad feeling that your good luck wasn't going to show up today.

"okay class, before we begin I would like to announce something. the teachers and I have decided to assign two lucky people to clean the classrooms after class. we all have made a raffle and there is one student from this class," your teacher explained.

i swear to god if it's me I'm gonn-

"y/n!"

"bye," you accidentally blurted out getting everyone's attention. "excuse me?" your teacher questioned.

"oh shit- OOPS i'm so sorry," you gasped slapping your mouth to shut you up. "Don't worry... It's okay after all you're cleaning for us teachers. We appreciate it a lot," he forced a smile.

You wanted to so badly flip him off but you would get kicked out and sent to the office for it. "yeahh anytime!" you gave him the same energy back as you heard lumine hold in her laugh.

"oh yeah if you don't mind me asking, who else is with me?" you questioned.

"wonderful question y/n the person with you is the one and only-" he was cut off as he began to cough loudly and you just hummed waiting for him to finish.

"xiao."

"Is this even allowed? We're basically their workers," you cried out meeting up with xiao in front of the first classroom. he just wanted to get home and lay in his bed but was this the punishment of skipping with you?

nevermind then even if it was the punishment he would do it a thousand times again.

"we get free snacks at the nearby stalls around four I suppose," he informed making the situation a little better.

actually the cleaning thing after school wasn't so bad now. you assumed you were going to be stuck with an annoying person but after finding out it was xiao.

you didn't seem to mind at all, you were actually kind of glad. you get to spend more time with him giving you a chance to get closer with him.

"let's start with this one?" he asked opening the door to the classroom for him and you. you nodded not minding whatever and stepped inside.

"oh wait isn't this that one teacher who gives out candy's classroom? I bet she still has some," you grinned having an idea. no one was here and it's only two pieces of candy what's the big deal?

"there's cameras," xiao frowned. "nahh don't worry I'm a professional," you whispered pretending to start cleaning in that area but instead you quietly opened the desk drawer.

you crouched down pretending to pick up some trash under the desk but instead you were grabbing candy and hiding it under your sleeves.

"psstt xiao come here," you called over trying to not make it suspicious if they ever watch over the cameras. xiao listened and walked over to you.

"give me your hand," you requested. his eyes widen caught off guard with the question. "what? hello earth to xiao?? give me your hand please," you repeated and he snapped out of it giving his hand to you.

"this flavor's pretty good," you dropped a piece of candy on his hand. he was about to give it back making up a random excuse when you just pushed his hand back to his chest stopping him from saying another word.

he sighed unwrapping the candy wrapper and putting it into his mouth. you were satisfied he ate it and smiled at him before deciding to actually clean now.

you walked past him as he stood there chewing on it. "it's sweet..." he mumbled raising his hand up and resting it on his cheek.

the feeling of your warm hand touching his really made him feel things and the texts lumine and hu tao both sent last night began to pop up in his mind again.

was he really in a denial stage with you?

nah, couldn't be.

"xiao get your ass over here and help me clean"

"I should be getting paid for this," you cried out as xiao and you began to head home but first you both had to get your reward which was at the nearby grocery store.

four snacks for free was honestly a deal for you guys. "we are," he answered actually looking forward to some snacks after all the time it took to clean everything.

It only took one hour and a half since there wasn't much to clean but you were grossed out by the amount of gums stuck under people's desk like a trash can exists for a reason.

"ice cream?"

"ice cream."

you two strongly agreed on the choice ice cream as a reward. walking out of the store with free ice cream felt amazing. you also got a cup of water which you were carrying in your other hand.

"do you want to go somewhere? I have a spot," he turned to you. "of course I do anywhere with you is fun," you complimented with a smile.

he turned to the other direction hoping it was too dark for you to see the light pink that appeared on his cheeks he felt really happy to hear you say that even if he wasn't showing it.

he was happy to know you trusted him so much to even go out with him somewhere when it's getting dark out. for you, the reason why you were so comfortable on going out with him even if it meant at night time was you felt a strong sensation of protection when you were with him.

he lead you to a park you've never gone to which was super pretty as it had a fountain in the middle. the solid block surrounding the fountain made it a great spot to sit at.

you showed a concerned face seeing xiao sit right in front of the fountain. afraid you would get wet xiao assured you that you wouldn't as long as you don't fall.

even if you do somehow fall, he'd catch you anyway. trust him on his great reflexes he'd be sure to catch you even if it meant dropping everything in his hand.

you sat down beside him which actually the spot had a great view of the sky. he really did know a spot, an amazing one at that.

you began to eat your ice cream and sit there in silence. you've never felt this way before. spending so much time with xiao caused you to realize that this wasn't just any tiny short crush.

you actually wanted to be with him.

"I'm glad I met you xiao," you smiled putting all your stuff aside and looking at the sky. xiao's eyes widen his head snapping to you you weren't even looking at him. all he saw was your side profile and the genuine smile on your face.

were you being serious? a person like him made you happy to have met him? that absolutely melted his heart. he would never show his weakness to someone, never. but for some odd reason he wanted to cry into your arms and for you to tell him it's okay.

"me too."