"Bye-bye Razor! I will miss youuuu!" y/n called, waving as she exited Wolvendom alongside Aether and Paimon.
"Be safe!" Razor called after the trio.
"Oh! Wait!" y/n gasped and quickly ran back to her friend, "Hilichurls and Wolves say farewell differently so I decided to put them together!"
Razor blinked when y/n grabbed him by the shoulders and his face went red as the girl gave him a quick smooch on the nose.
'The hell-'
"I will see you later!" y/n exclaimed before looking back over to Aether and Paimon, "OI! BLONDIE! WAIT FOR ME!"
Razor watched his friend run off and a question popped up in his mind.
'Is y/n my friend or more?'
Y/n and her two new travel buddies hurried back to Fintan's place where the man was nowhere to be found.
Y/n, being the little brat she is, just took her change of clothes, the delusion and left. Of course, she left a poorly written thank you note too per Aether's request.
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(Y/n's clothes. The art is not mine, if you don't like these, it's all up to your imagination ^^)
The trio made their way to Dawn Winery where y/n left another note on the door explaining where she was going.
They went over to Venti's tree, left a note there. In conclusion, y/n gave everyone she knew a note before setting off for Liyue with Paimon and Aether.
Y/n gave a note to Jean and asked for her to give it to Amber before she quickly and hastily left.
"Y/n? Do you really know which way to go?" Aether asked the girl as she walked ahead of him and Paimon.
She turned her head to give him a fiery eyed glare, "Are you saying that I don't?"
'Andddd she's back-'"No, I'm just asking."
"Well, I have been to Liyue with a...friend... before. I must warn you, there are a lot of Mr. Cyclopses on the way there." y/n said then shuddered, "One of them threw me straight through a mountain."
"HOW ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE!?" Paimon cried and y/n gave her a cheeky grin.
"Fried egg." she replied, "Anyways, I heard that there is going to be some sort of ceremony held for their archon or something. I have no interest but since you're searching for all seven archons, it might be of use to you, Aether. To find your sister, right? As irrelevant the archons are, they might know something about your sister."
"Wow, that's... really thoughtful of you." Aether said, blinking in surprise.
Y/n glared, "Shut the hell up."
•••
"Paimon is worried about y/n..."
Aether and Paimon watched warily as y/n remained hunched over in an alleyway, throwing up non-stop.
This had been going on for fifteen minutes. Something was clearly wrong.
"Y/n? Is everything okay?" Aether inquired and nearly wheezed when he saw how miserable the girl's expression was.
"Too... crowded..." she muttered, "Too many new smells. Overwhelming, ugh-"
"Ohhhh! Paimon gets it!" Paimon exclaimed then looked at Aether, "Since she's been living in the wild, her senses are enhanced! All the new smells, sounds, feelings and sights must be overwhelming for her!"
"So... should we find somewhere less crowded?" Aether inquired and Paimon nodded.
Aether walked over to the girl, reaching out to her only for her to swat his hand away.
"We are going to that damned archon ceremony!" she snapped, "I can tell something is gonna happen and I wanna be there to see it- URGH-"
Y/n turned away again, continuing to throw up in her little safe corner.
"Maybe we should get you help first..."
"I will be fine."
Aether ended up carrying a pouting y/n bridal style, silently begging her not to throw up on him.
She was looking a little pale, a sickly look on her face, however she was still hecking scary and she'd probably kill Aether if he tried to take her to a doctor.
In the end, by the time the trio got to the location where the rite would take place, y/n had already dozed off.
"Aether? Y/n is really warm. Paimon really thinks we should take her to a doctor." Paimon said, worry in her voice as she pressed a tiny hand against y/n's forehead which was radiating heat.
A lot of it.
Paimon moved so that Aether could rest his cheek on y/n's forehead. It felt like his face was being cooked over a fire.
"We should-" Aether agreed then blinked when he saw the girl's lips moving, "Hold on, she's saying something."
Both the blond and the pixie listened closely to the quiet words y/n murmured.
"Take five steps... away from this damn rite and... I will murder you both..."
"But y/n! You're not doing so well and Paimon is worried!" Paimon protested.
Y/n glowered at both Aether and Paimon. She didn't even need to speak again.
"We can stay for five more minutes!" Aether laughed nervously, sweating bullets.
"Y-Yeah! Five wouldn't hurt!" Paimon agreed and y/n relaxed again with a small sigh, resting her head against Aether's chest as her half-lidded eyes remained on the white haired woman.
"All the archons can go to hell." y/n muttered, gaining the attention of some people, "The damn dragon can throw itself into outer space and just suffocate. Barbatos or whatever the heck his name is can just jump off a cliff and the ice archon can freeze to death..."
'Y/N WTF, STOPP-'
Aether covered the girl's mouth with a hand, hoping that'd get her to shut up.
