[Most Characters and mentions in this story are not mine and are rightfully owned by Genshin impact and also most of the photo covers I use are may be made by other artists. Reminder: This is all for entertainment purposes.]

~Xiao's POV~

I was getting chased by another mob of excited fans, it's been the third time this weak they just can't leave me alone.. It's my fault on my part, I accidentally got separated from the group and I'm pretty sure Manager Jean won't take this lightly anymore. I made a turn so that I could loose them and ended up hiding in a cafe. I was able to blend in but a waitress came up to me- I was sure I was dead but she didn't seem to recognize me and gave me a glass of water instead. I haven't got to meet anyone new like her for a while so I gave her my number without question. That was just stupid that's what waitresses do?! She  could've only been putting up an act because she was in the middle of doing her job and I didn't even get her name?!I'm sure Venti's gonna use this to blackmail me for wine. (But I'll just counter by telling Jean he's been drinking without her permission again.)Other than those reasons, I really don't regret it..

{The next Day}

It was all to be expected, I told Jean about what happened since I didn't want Venti to blackmail me. She scolded me and Venti ended up using it as a way to annoy me, while the other guys felt dumbfounded, well I can't blame them.. It was really stupid.

~Nobody's POV~

"Alright this is the place. I'm going to check the arrangements for the collaboration stream so in the meantime all of you can take a look around. And Venti I don't want to see you near the cat area alright? We can't have you sneezing throughout the stream. Now Xiao try not to give any more of your numbers away, Aether I'm leaving you in charge. And to all of you DONT get into any kind of trouble. All clear?"
"Yes Ma'am!" They said simultaneously. Jean walks off and mumbled something about hiring us a new assistant.

"Jean seemed more strict today, maybe it's because of a little someone~" "Shut up Venti." The two greenheads bickered. "Seriously guys? Manager Jean just left!" The blondie said in attempt to avert a start of an argument. "To be fair Venti, we are in a place filled with felines you're allergic of." The one with a red stripe on his hair said, backing up Xiao. "Alright, alright you all have a fair point. I was just messing with Xiao anyways ehe~!" Venti says in a mischievous tone while Xiao replies with a "tch." "Thank you for actually understanding. Well do you guys have anywhere you want to go?" The blondie said. "Hm I saw a tea house over there. I believe it was Taroumarou's tea house?" "The place doesn't have cats so I'm going with Kazuha! I think I heard something about apple cider there!~" Venti exclaims excitedly.

"How about you Xiao, do you have any places to go? You could come check out a place with me if you'd like?" "None in mind.." Xiao replies shortly. "Alright that settles it. We'll split up into two groups Venti with Kazuha and I'll go with Xiao. We'll meet each other back here when Jean calls us." They all agreed and went their separate directions.

~Kazuha & Venti's POV~

"There seems to be a lot of commotion happening in there." "Well it just makes our trip more exciting!" Venti replies which made Kazuha worry. The moment they enter the place they were welcomed by customers of fans from the band they would be collabing today. They spotted two members of the IBB (Inazuman Boy Band) in the middle of the chaos. "Oh dear.. Good thing manager Jean made us wear masks and hoodies." "Yes but it doesn't seem they brought theirs." Kazuha points at the struggling Thoma and Gorou. "Should we go and help them then~?" Venti suggests again in a mischievous tone.

"No it's far too risky. There are too many people around, we'll end up getting caught too." "Bummer.. It would be nice to converse with— KAZUHA IT'S A CAT!" *Venti immediately hides behind Kazuha in fear of getting killed by Jean if she found out he was near of any kind of feline.* "It's more of a cat person Venti.." Indeed a cat maid was standing beside them. "I'm sorry for startling you! I just need help of getting Mr. Thoma over there." She points at the tall blonde man who seems to be struggling the most.

"Hmm and why should we help you?" Venti says while still hiding behind Kazuha "He has a point. What's your intention of getting Thoma?" "Oh we need help at our place! Mr. Itto has been trying to get our last Ms. Hina cardboard cutout even though he lost multiple times.. One of my co-workers are trying to stop him at the moment. Mr. Thoma is a friend of Mr. Itto so we thought he could help us." She explains in a worried tone.

"Sounds valid enough. C'mon Kazuha we can't leave the damsels in distress!" Venti poetically encourages. Which made Kazuha debate if he was referring to the cat maid or Thoma and Gorou, but he had no time to think about that. "Alright we'll help but the question is how we'll help them with the huge crowd.." Then at the very moment Venti screams: "HEY EVERYONE I HEARD ARRATAKI ITTO IS IN THE MALL DISTRICT PERFORMING!!" "VENTI what in the world are you thinking-?!" At the very moment before Kazuha finished his sentence most of the crowd went rushing to the mall district. "See it worked! A little white lie to lessen the trouble! I heard Itto was a fan favorite so it proved my intuition was correct!~" Venti replies proudly. "That's still- *sigh* let's just go and get them now." Kazuha says in a tired tone.

They go and hurriedly fetch them and make a run in a nearby alleyway. Once they arrived they gave them spare masks and hoodies. (manager Jean always gives them spares)"I think we lost them." Thoma reassuringly checks anyway. "Thank you for helping us! I don't think we could've gotten out of there without all of your help." Gorou says in a tone of appreciation. "You should thank the damsel who convinced us to save you!~" Venti points at the cat maid. "Oh right Mr. Thoma! Mr. Itto is causing trouble again could you please help us?" "He was the reason our troubles began.. Our masks and hoodies were with him *sigh* thank you for letting us know we'll go and help you." Then Kazuha asks. "Where do you work at anyway?" "The Cattails' maid cafe!" (It's also owned by the Cattail's wine industry) She straightforwardly replies.

"Wait isn't that the place where Aether and Xiao are at?" Kazuha asks Venti. "Indeed! It seems like we weren't the only ones who're having an eventful trip huh?" "Well what are we waiting for let's go and get him." Thoma gets ready to go. "Uh um I'll just stay with Venti. ." Gorou replies "Uh okay then it's just me, Kazuha, and cat lady." They both go to the direction of the cat cafe when Venti says: "You better come back soon I wanna hear the tea!!" (Venti and Gorou will go back to where their collaboration will be held due to 'personal' reasons.)Then Venti and Gorou waved at them in which they waved back in reply. "I wonder how they're situation is right now.." Thoma says while following cat lady. "I do too.." Kazuha replies in a curious and worried tone.

TBC
IN PART 2

(I'm separating this into 2 parts since I made this longer than I thought. I'll see y'all in the next part! ovo)