When you first found out Xiao was in a band, you thought he was joking, not even just because of his whole emo thing. I mean your first impression of him was this hermit, isolated, loner type. The kind that only leaves his home for morning jogs and track practice, but apparently playing out in local bars and parties as well, you had spotted him preforming at a bar where you were at. Xiao picked up on the fact that a lot of people assumed he was dragged into it. But actually Xiao helped make the band in the first place, I mean granted it was an impulsive, three am idea, but an idea he doesn’t regret nonetheless. Even when his band mates come up with stupid shit like a self funded tour. Yeah you heard correct…self funded tour. So one of the band mates got the idea in their head that they need to promote their band more. So here you all are, you, Xiao, and the rest of his band mates on the road. You’re not exactly sure why you’ve been invited, the bandmates say it’s cause you’re like an honorary member, but you’re pretty sure they have more sneaky reasons for inviting you. Speaking of, tonight is the first, and hopefully the last, time you have to camp out, in the mountains of Liyue, due to the lack of inns and cheap hotels in the area. And even though everyone swore they were prepared, they were still short a couple tents. After an embarrassingly long and petty argument, you all just came to the solution that you and Xiao would sleep in the van and tents would be divided among the other members. The group of you goes through a nightly routine of band practice around the campfire and s’mores along with other trashy camping foods. Eventually, everyone decided to call it a night and retire to their tents. So after putting out the fire and cleaning up, Xiao walks back over to the van, the back doors open for where you and Xiao are sleeping tonight. He sits beside you and leans back on his hands to look up at the stars in the sky.
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