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   all sorts of spirits (yet this haunts me most) by eternalflash

   Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

   • General Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Aug 2021

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Hu Tao/Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Hu Tao (Genshin Impact)
   • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Venti (Genshin Impact)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • a hell lot of existentialism
   • Death
   • as in talks of death and life and immortality and mortality and gods and humans and
   • basically hu tao and xiao from beginning to end
   • you can bet i sneaked zhongven in here
   • also kind of broke the angst because for their bickering
   • no beta we die like my underlevelled characters
   • Xiao | Alatus-centric (Genshin Impact)

   Summary

   Xiao knew, every time he decided against his common sense, every time he indulged upon his momentary feelings, that Hu Tao would one day leave, ever so elusive, much like the butterflies that adorn her every step. He would not want to wish immortality on anyone, but especially not her, who understands and accepts death most.

   Xiao did not hold her back. He let her dance among the lilies, splash her feet by the reeds, humming the tune of the flute that had gone for quite some time. He let her waltz in and out of his life unimpeded, without warning, pulling the rug from underneath him every time, catching him by a beautiful surprise that no one other than Hu Tao herself could carry.

   (of the immortal with a lifelong curse, and the ephemeral, ethereal mortal.)

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   28 Aug 2021