Without you, what would a poor boy do?

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game)

Gen | for Wasted_Time | 100 words | 2022-10-05 | the lamb | AO3

Rex (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) & Niyah | Nia

Rex (Xenoblade Chronicles 2), Niyah | Nia

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

"You know, Nia, I really don't think I can imagine my life without you."

"Oh, ah...I'm glad, I suppose."

She wasn't sure whether to grimace or blush. It simply wasn't true - people would be standing ready and willing to love you whether or not you loved yourself, and all the admiration you didn't have for your own self ran right back at them.

Surely, it was tough, and more than a little uncomfortable, but...

Rex grinned.

"I like tellin' you stuff like that. Bet it keeps you on your toes. I should do it more often!"

"Yeah. Me too."