Til Death Due Us Part I ZHONGLI X CHILDE

Chapter 2 : A boring day

As childe was resting he couldn't help but take a peek at his wounds, some of them are still bleeding from the overload on his body and some of them are from the foul legacy transformation that he used to go up the traveler, just as He was thinking of the traveler there was a knock on the door as he heard paimon's voice.

"Childe!! Are you there?" Paimon shouted. As The traveler looked at paimon "I think it's better if we don't yell." Childe just stared at the door while he was trying to Sit up but then a sharp pain on his wounds suddenly appeared, he wanted to scream in pain but he didn't want traveler to see him in his weak state. "Childe!" As traveler opened the door and saw childe bitting his lip try to not scream in pain. The traveler quickly went to childe as the ginger just laid back down, "h-hey traveler! Sorry about that.. I thought I can already sit down" the traveler couldn't help but feel sorry for childe since he can't even sit down. "HAH! This is the first time that I saw a harbinger in a weak state! " As childe looked at paimon with a triggered face.

"If I could just stand up I would definitely kill you" as childe glared at paimon. "H-HEY! DON'T SAY THAT! PAIMON wants you to know that traveller can beat you up anytime!" Paimon shouted. As the traveler just laughed "I wouldn't do that." Childe looked at them both but wondered where zhongli was, "hey traveler, where's mister zhongli?"
Lumine answered "we saw him leave wangshung inn funeral parlor then he headed to bubu pharmacy, we followed him then he said to go here, I guess those medicines that he bought was for you" childe couldn't help but feel warm all of a sudden, he didn't think that zhongli would actually care for him.. "ahh.. I see"
Lumine looked at childe as he was blushing a little, "tell me- are you blushing or are you having a fever" childe looked at lumine with a nervous glance. "Me? Blushing?" As childe help his cheeks. And noticed that he's temperature was going up each second, "it's only a fever.."

they chatted for a while, but a few moments later they needed to leave and childe was left alone in the house burning up.. As he just wrapped himself in the blanket he wished to see zhongli, as if zhongli was the only one that can make childe feel better. A few minutes has passed and childe looked at the door patiently waiting for zhongli to go in the room, but then he fell asleep.. His eyes couldn't keep it up anymore, he didn't get any sleep last night. He was too busy with other thinking.

Zhongli then opened the room a minute later after childe fell asleep, he walked up to childe and got on his knees and looked at childe's sleeping face then he checked childe's temperature and it was hot as hell, he had to change childe's clothes into a much more thin cloth, as he undressed childe and found a thin polo shirt, so he put that on childe. Then childe awoken a few seconds later as zhongli was just finishing clothing him. He blinked twice and looked at zhongli's face admiring his beauty then he realized his clothes changed, Zhongli looked at childe and checked his temperature once more. "Your heating up childe, here's medicine.. I know it might be bitter but if you don't drink it your state will only worsen" childe looked at it with a disgusting face. "Tomorrow I'm leaving" childe said with a rather convinced tone. "You can't do that" zhongli replied while looking at childe, childe was about to say something but got cut off by zhongli, "Let's make a contract, you stay with me until you get better" childe was pissed off since he didn't like getting cut off  "Hey! Who do you think you are to Cut me off!" He said with a pissed tone..

Zhongli was tempted to Shout as well since childe just ignored his offer, but he only looked at childe coldly "Do I have to repeat myself? " of course he only said that since childe won't listen to him, zhongli could never get angry with childe. Childe felt the change of the Aura in the room so he just agreed.. Then zhongli noticed how childe still looked pissed, zhongli then looked at childe again as their eyes met "I'm sorry for cutting you off. " zhongli apologized, childe looked at zhongli "What if we fight then I'll forgive you" as childe grinned. Zhongli sighed softly and replied "If you do get better, then why not" zhongli took a quick glance at childe's lit up face as his heart melted seeing childe smile.

Zhongli took the medicine and grabbed a cup of water, and went to childe again as he carefully and slowly helped childe sit up. Childe bit his lower lip to prevent him from screaming in pain. Zhongli noticed on how childe was trying to not scream in pain "it's alright if you scream, screaming doesn't mean that your weak" childe sat up straight and took a deep breath as he just let a quite groan. "I'm alright with not screaming" zhongli quickly grabbed childe's chin to face him as he prepares the medicine that childe was gonna take. Childe noticed what will happen then he just closed his eyes and waited but only a spoon entered his mouth, he was a bit embarrassed and slowly turned red.

Zhongli couldn't help but noticed that childe had become a tomato. "Chil-" "Tartaglia" zhongli was confused. "tartaglia? " zhongli asked as he looked onto childe "Tartaglia is my Formal name.. " zhongli knew that his name couldn't been childe so he wasn't surprised. "Ahh I see, you have a beautiful name" Zhongli uttered as he made childe lay down again, tartaglia looked at him With a slight smile.

"Thanks!" As childe locked his eyes on zhongli, zhongli couldn't help but feel like he had butterflies, even though he was confident that he only had feings for her and only her. Even though his heart beat was racing so fast. "Zhongli? " childe looked at zhongli with concern, Zhongli snapped back to reality as he gazed upon tartaglia's worried face..

"Yes? "

"Are you alright? "

"Yes, I was just thinking about
Something.. Anyways you should get
Some rest ch- Tartaglia"

Something about zhongli using childe's formal name made childe's heart skip a beat as he just brushed it off as he just smiled and nodded.

As zhongli smiled back he left the room and stared at a painting on the hallway.. The painting was about a Beautiful lady With brown hair sitting on a stool, "Guizhong.."

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