DISCONTINUING - Fairytale Dreams [Diluc x Reader x Kaeya]

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The air in Mondstadt had become as peaceful as it once used to be before the initial crisis of Stormterror. To be shortly sunken back into a spot where panic was back on the rise had been a new wave of disorder among the city, and with it, an urge for longer working hours for knights. [name] had even been changed to morning-noon shift at Angel's Share just because of the incident.

[name]'s fingers traced against the hems of the folded, blue dress she had worn a couple days previously before. Her head rested against the back of her arm, watching the way the beads glistened and the dress glowing beautifully in an array of blue in the candle's light.

She closed her eyes, trying to reimagine in her mind that feeling一that one feeling where she felt for the very first time in a long time, beautiful, and happy. Where she felt free!

It made her heart race.

Her feet were gently pulled into two beautiful heels she never truly thought she would ever be gifted or owned. A flowy dress she had only ever watched from the windowsill imagining. She was taken hand in hand into the center of a crowd, and her body danced around in a loop feeling the adrenaline一the joy, of being twirled around with a genuine smile bright on her face. Oh, had she forgotten how to laugh; she missed this feeling so sincerely, as short as the moment had been.

And, a prince at heart that led her along the way, was just!... Her mind swirled into a frenzy all of a sudden.

Prince..? Who had been her prince?

Diluc, the one that confirmed to be the Darknight Hero she wanted to thank who saved her life?

Kaeya, the one that made this experience possible and brought a smile back to her face?

Ba-thump!... Ba-thump!...

She shot upwards, a hand over her heart with burning cheeks to follow. That was so odd. How abnormal this all felt.

Her brows furrowed in confusion. "No... It couldn't be..?" She whispered shaking her head, forcing a chuckle. "I'm overthinking it."

A knock on the door awakened her. In walked that same ol' Cryo user she had grown so accustomed to seeing over the past couple of weeks.

"Kaeya, you're here." [name] cleared her throat straightening up her posture.

He blinked slowly at her, cracking her a small smile, voice slurring into barely comprehendible words. "Hey, princess, just like I promised you."

"That's a lie一It's way passed noon."

"Aiyo, don't be like that, [name]; at least, I actually came after all, right?"

It was weird seeing him like this.

He wobbled as he stood, his body tipping over with each step he took. He looked as those he could fall over at any second considering the way he walked. [name] stood up from her seat circling her way over to him to support his much taller figure, when his head pelted forward, body nearly collapsing over her own. [name] stumbled backwards, feeling her back slam against the table's edge with his weight weighing over her, stopping her from moving around.

There was a scent that flew off of his clothes. It was a particular one as it stunk really bad making [name]'s nose scrunch up in slight disgust. "Kaeya, you smell like booze."

"Mm."

Her brows knitted together. "Like really bad. How much did you drink?"

"Not enough." He plainly answered her beaming tiredly her way.

[name] quizzically eyed his face. His tan skin emitted a hue of red on his cheeks indicating the fact that he had been drinking. What shocked her more were the black shadows tucked underneath his eye, when they were usually clear. He had obviously lacked sleep, but why did the look in his eyes look so distant?