Once we enter, we see a room full of representatives from each nation excluding snezhnaya and natlan. I try to walk out as soon as I make eye contact with neuvillette, but yae pushed me to sit with everyone.
"Thank you all for joining this meeting" ayato starts, "as you all may know, Inazuma was under a strict lockdown which has made our resources become scarce. We've lost a lot of trading partners and I've summoned you all here to see if I can form some sort of partnership" he finishes
"If I may, what would Fontaine have to offer for your people?" Neuvillette asked
Everyone besides keqing and I agree to his statement, not sure how they can help inazuma out with their resources. Ayato was looking a little dejected from everyone's question about their contribution but,
"Well, chenyu vale is known for their tea leafs. Recently, we had just finished the purification process so I'm not too sure how long it'll take to get back to their original state. But, I will definitely send some batches of fresh tea leaves" I offer
Ayato nods in appreciation and keqing offered some of their finest ores from the chasm for their blacksmiths to stock up on whenever the military needed more weapons. The other nations representatives were still stumped on how they could help
"Acting grandmaster, if I'm not mistaken, philanemo mushrooms and valberries are only found in mondstadt correct? If not that, then how about alchemical potions for people to buy" I suggest
"General mahamatra, sumeru is known for their academic accomplishments but also for their military. If possible, maybe sending some old research papers that aren't needed anymore or papers on different fighting techniques" I suggest to him and he goes to thinking
"Neuvillette, as for Fontaine perhaps coffee?" I mumble
"Our production of the beans we use for coffee is very slow, we would only send batches every 6 months" he reasons with me, not sounding too harsh
"Hmmm, I'm sorry I'm not too informed on fontaines local specialties" I laugh awkwardly
"It's quite alright y/n, perhaps the next time you come to Fontaine I will be your tour guide" he smiles
I just laugh and let ayato speak for the remainder of the gathering. As we finish up, I discuss some details with keqing and ayato on the shipment process and the estimated times. As we finish our conversation, keqing and I walk out together, saying our goodbyes to everyone.
"Are you all going back by boat?" I ask everyone
"Actually cyno, keqing, and I have some other business to attend to. It was nice seeing the both of you!" Jean said before dragging the two away, leaving neuvillette and I
We walk in awkward silence towards the docs, not saying a word to each other.
"Are you familiar with chenyu vale neuvillette?" I ask trying to break the awkward silence
"No, my apologies. I've been busy with the trials and trying to find an end to the prophecy that had terrified my people" he apologizes
"How is furina?" I ask
"She's doing well, the concept of being a human is hard for her. But she is managing well" he explains
"Well, I'm sure with you by her side she'll do just fine" I smile
As we get to the docs and board our ship, we take a seat under the deck getting as comfortable as possible. During our boat ride, we talked about a lot of things, catching up on a lot of stuff with each other.
"So, have you ever asked furina on a date?" I smirked raising my eyebrows
"I beg your pardon?" He said baffled
"Uh, aren't you in love with her?" I asked
"What gave you that impression?" He asked
"When the death sentence happened. You seemed to be in love with focalors but it could've actually been furina you're in love with" I explain
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but no. I'm not in love with either" he huffs
"Oh" I say
Once again, we say in awkward silence not knowing what to say to each other. As the boat ride went on, he didn't seem tired
"Unable to sleep again?" I asked
"I haven't gotten much sleep recently" he admits
"Why's that?" I push
"I haven't heard your music" he states looking at me
"So for the past 2,000 years, you've heard my music?" I ask
"Yes, every night at the same time without fail" he says barley above a whisper
"Well, I can play a song if you'd like" i offer as I start to take my erhu out
He stops my hands from doing so and gets closer
"No, I want to be the only one who hears your beautiful melody all day everyday" he whispers
YOU ARE READING
Old lover || Neuvillette x Reader
FantasyThe muse goddess had decided to reside in chenyu vale after being misplaced after the archon war. Aware of how close she is to Fontaine, she can never go back afraid of seeing an old lover and acquaintance. So instead, she plays her erhu all night...
