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Resistance School [Genshin Impact]
Episode 3: A dream
Xiao
"Zhongli sensei can you exclude Aether?"
Zhongli
"Ah, yes. Of course. Aether there's no need for you to change clothes. You're going to rest for the entire class."
Lumine
"Nii-chan you yourself know your limit right? Don't force yourself. I don't want you to collapse!"
Xiao
"Now, now. Don't be like that, I will buy you some books once the school over okay?"
Aether just nod as a replied and proceed to the bench, he sat on it while watching other students do their activity. He secretly feel envy of them being able to do anything with their healthy body. He sighed at his own thought.
Other student that saw him on the bench quickly bombered Zhongli with questions.
Girl student: Zhongli sensei why didn't he join us?
Girl student 2: Is he sick?
Girl student: Did something happend to him?
Zhongli
"Now all of you, calm down. He won't be joining us in P.E because of some circumstance."
Boy student: Eh.... Is that so?
Boy student 2: Then that means he is weak.
Boy student 3: All those thing he said before are bluffing then.
Boy student 4: Eh~ so lame.
Dark aura began to emitting by a certain blonde hair girl and raven teen.
Lumine
"What was that you piece of shit? I would like you to repeat it once again."
She smiled darkly toward them as the place where she stood begin to freeze and lightning striking around her.
Xiao
"Do you have any problem weaklings? If you do we can 'talk' personally in somewhere silent."
Aether hang his head low while brought his legs to chest, resting his chin on knee. He heard them. He heard everything they said to him, his eyes turned glaze. Aether clenched his sleeve, they were right. He is weak. He just bluffing that he has strong power when in reality... he couldn't even properly use it.
His eyes hide behind hair, he can't fully control his power. Every time he use it and try to control it, Aether will go berserk. Xiao is the one who always stopped him every time it's happend. He never use his power ever again because he afraid that he going to hurt someone dear to him.
Venti
"X-Xiao, Lumine calm down. Okay? Look they already regret saying that."
Lumine
"Huh? So what? We didn't even do anything yet and they already cowering in fear. Coward!"
Xiao
"Oi, if I hear you talking bad about him again. I'll make sure you never see the daylight ever again. Do you understand?"
He said coldly and they just replied with 'yes' out of fear on what the siblings would do to them. Zhongli sighed at the situation they're in.
Zhongli
"Alright then, shall we continue?"
An albino appeared out of nowhere behind Aether, whispering in his ear.
Kazuha
"Why don't you join them?"
They stared at each other and realized, they look alike except the teen has white hair and slightly red with a pair of red eyes.
Kazuha
"Interesting, I never thought I'll meet my doppelganger here."
He slightly back away when the look alike teen face too close with him. Aether blushed felt embarrassed when he keep staring at him.
Aether
"Umm- c-can you stop staring at me?"
Aether
"Me? Did I do something wrong?"
Kazuha
"No. You, this is your first time step out from your house right?"
Aether eyes widened in shocked.
Kazuha
"Just a hunch and you looks like a... naïve person, I only heard rumor that another students came here-- and it's a multi user to that boot."
Aether sweating bullet when the older male stared harder than before.
Kazuha
"Let me tell you this. Don't get deceive so easily by other people, you don't know what they will do to you."
Kazuha
"This academy too, there are bunch of bullies and thug around here. They just really good at acting so they won't get caught by the teachers."
Kazuha
"There actually many victims here, they didn't dare to report to teacher because they knew they just dig on their own grave."
He sat next to Aether while glancing around once a while using the tail of his eyes.
Kazuha
"Even right now, there is bully here. They might even try to eavesdropping us right now. I'm telling you this to be careful not scared you."
Kazuha
"People like you most likely going to get aim by those thugs."
He explained in a whisper voice but enough for the blonde teen hear. Aether could only nodded in understanding, he can't find any words at that moment.
Kazuha
"So.... Anyway, my named is Kazuha."
Aether
"O-oh... right, my named is Aether. Nice to meet you Kazuha-san."
Kazuha
"Nah, drop the suffix. No need to be formal."
Aether smiled softly as the atmosphere around them lighten up.
Kazuha
"Oop, looks like time up. See you later I guess."
Once he left, Lumine lunge toward him, embracing him tightly.
Aether
"Yes, Lumine? Is something wrong?"
Lumine
"No, nothing. It just this class is boring."
Lumine
"Anyway who are you talking to earlier?"
Aether
"Didn't you saw him?"
Lumine
"No? You're talking to empty air."
Aether
(D-don't tell me I just having conversation with g-ghost?)
Xiao
"That person is a concealed user, he can erase his presence from other people views except the one he wanted to shown up."
Aether
"Concealed user...?"
Zhongli
"Hah.... That boy, he skipping class again isn't he?"
Xiao
"And the only one who capable to do such thing is that guy."
Lumine
"How is it possible to have this 'concealed presence' power?"
Xiao
"He is different, he himself admit that he didn't know how he has different power than other people."
Zhongli
"Looks like Kazuha going to go counseling again once they caught him."
Aether
(I- I just chatting with him, no wonder he quickly run away because he doesn't want to get caught...) 💦
Aether
(Why does he skip classes in the first place though?)
Venti
"Aether, Lumine here. Give it to me once you already decided which club and sport you want to enter."
Aether continue reading the book that he just buy, sometimes yawning feeling sleepy. Lumine already fast asleep.
Xiao
"Go sleep, tomorrow still have school. You can continue reading tomorrow okay?"
The older male pulled out the book from the blonde teen and put it on the table. He can only nodded in defeat since he himself also sleepy.
Aether lay down on the bed next to Lumine.
Aether
"Goodnight, Xiao-nii."
He said in whisper voice as the older male closed the door. Aether eyes went half-lidded, he intertwined his right hand with Lumine. He stared at his sister sleeping face before slowly drifting off to dream land.
Aether look around freak out, the people around him walk through him as if he is a ghost. Feeling lost and confuse he begin to walk while glancing around him.
He suddenly felt the gravity heavy and the next thing he knew, he is in the... church? There is a few people in there and they surrounded a woman whom carrying a pair of twin..? In her arm.
Man 1: Your child.... They're...
Woman 3: The future awaiting for them are cruel. Really cruel.
Man 2: They've the most pure Light power. They can't be separate, they need each other as they resemble yin and yang.
Aether
"What are they talking about? What is going on?"
Woman 2: But, what I'm a worry about is this boy future. He has a dark future waiting for him, I'm afraid if he got engulf by darkness everything will be over.
The couple look at each other with a mix of sadness and anger. They're sad and scared what kind of future waiting for them. They're angry because they can't do anything nor change it.
Aether
(But... those baby in her arms, there's no way it's us right?)
The scene shift once again, this time everything around him is chaotic and houses burn down by fire. People are running trying to escape but they all got kill by an unknown woman? She is floating and red-black cube continued to cause destruction. Killing everyone mercilessly.
Aether
"What is this? Why is this happening?"
The couple he saw before also running, tried to find somewhere safe. Unfortunately, there is nowhere safe. The man gritted his teeth in frustration while the woman whom carrying the twins begin to cry.
He exhaled out loud. The man turned to his wife and children.
??
"Dear, go run away with our children. I'll try to delay them okay? Promise me that you will be safe."
??
"Yes.... Yes, I promised."
He kiss his wife forehead and hugged the twins in her arm for the last time. Tears escaped from his eyes.
??
"Please remember that I love you."
With a heavy heart, he left them as she run toward the opposite.
Aether
(H-huh? Why am I crying? Why did it felt hurt? Who are they to me?)
??
"Rillia! Over here! Hurry!"
Aether
"M-mother? What is she doing here?"
Xiao's mother
"Are you okay? Let's go back to my world, it will be safer that way."
She stopped when the younger girl won't budge, tears keep on flowing from her blue crystal eyes.
Rillia
"Reina-san, can you... do me a favor?"
Xiao's mother
"What is it?"
Rillia
"Please take care of them for me."
Aether eyes widened as Reina taken aback at her request.
Rillia
"Please.... I'm begging you."
Reina exhaled before nodded in aggreement.
Rillia
"Aether, Lumine. I'm sorry, please forgive me. I love you. I love you two so much."
She embrace them tightly but not tight enough to suffocate them. The baby boy slowly opened his eyes as if knowing what is happening, he began to cry.
Rillia bit her lower lips before gave them to Reina with a heavy heart.
Xiao's mother
"I promise, I'll take care of them."
Rillia force a smiled as she see them disappeared from her sight.
Aether fell on the ground as tears keep on flowing from his eyes. He never thought, all this time... his real parents got kill. He already long knew that Xiao is not blood related to them, he thought they got abandoned by their real parents.
Aether want to deny it so badly but something telling him it is the truth.
Aether
"Hah... hah.... Cough!"
He noticed Lumine is no longer beside him, he cover his mouth using his hand as he breath heavily. Aether coughing feat began to become worse than before.
Aether
(Ahh.... W-where is my-)
Aether struggle to find his inhaler, the door suddenly wide opened revealing a blonde hair girl. Her face went pale then quickly rushed toward him.
Aether
"Cough! Cough! Hah... hah..."
Lumine quickly search inhaler in the drawer then proceed to rushed toward him.
She let Aether rest on her shoulder and help him using inhaler. After a while, his breath slowly went back to normal. Lumine let out a relieved sighed. She put the inhaler away.
He called her out weakly. He feel his body starting to burning up and head is spinning.
Aether
(Am I.... Catching a fever? Urghh.... My head is killing me. I want to sleep.)
Xiao
"Lumine, Aether what's wrong?"
Lumine
"Nii-chan, nii-chan got an attack just now."
Xiao put his hand on Aether's forehead when saw his face slightly flushed up. He frown.
Xiao
".... Aether take a rest until you recover."
He just closed his eyes, feel too weak to respond.
Lumine
"Xiao-nii, I can take care of Aether. No need to worry about us, I promise I'll be careful."
Xiao
"Alright then, I'm going. If anything happend just call me alright?"
After Xiao left, Lumine gently lay her twin down on the bed.
Aether
*slowly open his eyes.*
Aether
"Hah.... I'm sorry, you need to take care of me and see me in this stated again."
Lumine
"You know that I don't care! I don't care what state you're in, I am happy as long as you're healthy. You know that right?"
Aether
"Haha.... I'm so lucky to have you as my twin, Lumine. Thank you..."
He laugh weakly and close his eyes. Aether breath heavily, Lumine just smiled emptily. She gripped Aether's hand tightly.
Lumine
"Yes, me too. You always protect me although you're not in good condition.... Now, it's only fair I return the favour."
She whispered when reminisce about the past, Aether already fallen asleep. Lumine rest her forehead on his while holding his hand.
Without them noticing, a glimpse of light and dark connected in their heart.
Comments
˗ˏˋ꒰ prinzechl ꒱
Im on my verge to cry
2022-07-17
1
Shiro Kai
this is a masterpiece I love it
2022-02-14
2