「 genshin one-shots/stories x reader 」

✕i miss calling you my brother (kaeya & diluc)

listened to/based on: https://youtu.be/cPzRouJedos

The cavalry captain lays drunkenly on the Angel's Share bartending table, 1:55 in the morning.
As expected, there was no one there apart from him. It was a wednesday, after all.
The owner stood by him, staring with disappointment.
"Are you done destroying yourself?" Diluc distracts himself by cleaning a cup.

"Ahaha. Yeah..." the drunk one responds miserably.
The winery owner doesn't dare to respond, a dejected look crossing his eyes.
"I don't even recognize you anymore."

Kaeya is taken aback-"Well *I* don't understand your reasoning, for I am the same as always, can't you see?" he lifts himself up and smiles.

"The tavern is closing soon. See yourself off, knight of Favonius"
"We used to be so close back then, Diluc"
"Don't waste your time" he mumbles.
"Don't you wish we could go back...?"
Silence fills the already tense atmosphere.
"..."
"Are you going to say no?"
He continues to ignore the question, hurt.
Why did he have to stay in his life, stirring up the dark memories he so forcedly ignores?
-It's been so long. And we've come so far. So why do I still remember?-

The shadow of his father still crept up in every corner he looked.
No matter how many people were in the room, he'd still feel alone. Abandoned.

Was there no happy ending for him? Was he forced to suffer through every obstacle?

Most importantly, why was he tied to this... stranger?

One he once knew way too well.

There was a wound open in Diluc's heart. And his sibling was lemon on it.

The clock's handle reaches 2 am.
Diluc sighs, before looking his way-"Kaeya."
A sparkle of hope shines in the man's shown eye.
"We are now officially closed"

The blue haired one grins-
"Alright. I'll be off then.
I wouldn't want to be a nuisance for the accomplished Diluc Ragnvindr, now would I?"

"Now would you" he grimaces sarcastically.

He finally stands up, breaking eye contact with him as he reaches for the door handle.

Kaeya turns to push the door open, the harsh winter wind passing by him. Merciless, indifferent.

"...I miss calling you my brother" he speaks solemnly before closing the door behind him.

The silence eats Diluc up inside, stinging once again.
But he gulps away the pain, pushing it far back.

-Brother...-

The Bartender puts away the cup he was holding as he feels the dark, empty feeling on his chest who had gone untouched these past years now begging for closure.

-That's a word I hadn't heard in a long time.-

He smiles to himself; a reaction he promises himself to keep hidden.

Somehow, he now felt like the cold comforted him like someone really dear to him did, a long, long time ago...

______________

A/N: for the love of God this is NOT kaeluc and if you think it is then im personally hunting you down and charging you with difamation

i've searched for the art creds but I haven't been able to find them ;; so if anyone knows who the artist is pls send the @, ily all