Okay so like, I needed to stop a few times while writing this because I used the words Xiao and remembering so much that they started to not look like words. O_o
TW: mind break, yandere themes, ammesia? If I forgot any please let me know!
Yandere!Xiao x Adeptus?Reader
One does not forget so easily. At least, they’re not supposed to.
Unfortunately for you, forgetfulness is common; but thankfully you have Xiao to remember for you. He’s nice in that way, remembering all these small details about you and reminding you what your favorite foods and flowers are. You’ve forgotten over the years, but you also haven’t cared to remember, and you haven’t tried to learn them again because you have Xiao. He remembers because you can’t, because he said you don’t need to. You can’t remember why he said that though...
He says he can do the remembering, you two have been together for decades now, decades too long to count. You haven’t bothered counting, if you can even remember how to count. No wait- one, two, three...
Yes, you remember that. It’s too simple to forget. Xiao says you used to count everyday when you were with him, slowly marking them down on your wall, but that was decades ago. One, two, three decades ago maybe..? You wouldn’t know, because you can’t remember.
Xiao says he can do all the remembering, it doesn’t bother him. It never bothers him, not that you can tell. Nothing seems to bother him unless he leaves the realm, the small, floating islands inside your homey teapot. You can’t remember why you two live in a teapot, but you suppose that’s okay. Maybe Xiao will remind you why, like he does with most things.
You often think about remembering, think about what it would be like to try and remember, but some nagging thought tells you that you shouldn’t remember, shouldn’t try to remember. "Maybe it’s for the better", it whispers "that Xiao does all the remembering." Perhaps it’s right, but the voice sounds just like Xiao’s voice so you can’t be sure, but maybe... No, no: leave the remembering to Xiao. Leave it to Xiao. To Xiao.
You remember his name, a mantra. You say his name, and he will come to help you. You remember that, he said it once; one, two, three decades ago, maybe.
You’re not good at remembering, but Xiao says it’s okay. He says you used to remember too much but you’re better now, better now that you can’t remember.
You’re not sure wether it’s good or bad to not remember.
The door opens. You turn, expecting to see Xiao, but you don’t remember him coming home around this time. No, for once you see someone you don’t know, someone you don’t remember. You blink, eyes wide, shock seeping into you. You don’t remember how to talk to people who aren’t Xiao, don’t remember the last time you saw someone who wasn’t Xiao, don’t remember can’t remember you just can’t remember-
A deep, soothing voice calms your shaking body down, a voice you remember; you know this voice, this voice that belongs to someone who isn’t Xiao, someone you actually now remember who isn’t Xiao. His amber eyes, amber eyes that aren’t Xiao’s, slide over your form and they look so full of so much feeling and so much life you stand up and reach out for him. He remembers you, and now, you think you can remember him.
Yes, you remember him, for he is your God, your Archon, your savior.
He can help you remember.
He will help you remember.
He is so unlike Xiao, and as he takes your hand, you remember everything.