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Why.
Why the hell did Diluc allow for Kaeya's outside friends to be in the Dawn Winery.
Albedo was doodling Sucrose in a corner, sipping on apple juice.
'Ei' quietly sipped on her dango milk, happily.
'Thoma' kept on trying to diffuse the current situation, especially since Kaeya had just sNORED OFF on the table.
But 'Childe' and 'Dainsleif'?
Diluc wanted to kill them.
Especially 'Dainsleif'.
"Kaeya is like a younger brother to me"
"Oh, of course, you wouldn't know, burny"
'Childe' was annoying with him saying "GiMmE tHe sTrOnGeSt vOdKa yOu hAvE!".
And then proceeding to chug the entire bottle of vodka down, not even slurring a bit after doing that, and instead walking over to Albedo to give him love advice.
Diluc wonders, what mental state had Lumine been in when she agreed to date this alcohol-resistant dumbass.
"You know, I will make sure, if you ever lay a hand on Kaeya ever again, I will not hesitate to help that pink cat kid destroy your winery"
Diluc flinched and scoffed at the words at the same time.
In the wise words of Albedo,
"Fascinating"
"You know, Kaeya always said he'd be a teetotaler, never drink alcohol"
"And look at what you've done now, burny"
Diluc wanted to repeat some wise words of Albedo's again.
"tHe fUcKinG aUdACiTy"
"Kaeya's a walking explosive"
"Put a matchstick near him, boom"
"Wait, aren't you technically a threat to him now?"
"Oh my, this is all falling together"
"From giving him third degree burns, the burny Diluc evolves to exploding him!"
"Wonder if he'll get a Gnosis now"
"Last time, he got a Vision, didn't he?"
That's it.
Diluc doesn't care if Dainsleif is The Bough Keeper.
He must kill this dipshit.
Before he loses his grapes.
And sanity.
Diluc was surprised that he didn't kill Childe, with Childe being a Harbinger and all.
"Run"
"Huh?"
"Run, Dainsleif, and never, ever, come near Kaeya again"
"Bold coming from Mr. I-Cause-My-Sworn-Brother-PTSD"
"To hell with you"
Kaeya decided this is the perfect to have a nightmare.
"Big Brother, d-don't leave..."
"No, I'm scared..."
"Don't..."
Dainsleif and Diluc, both knew that Kaeya often cuddled up to someone he felt safe with whenever he was having a nightmare.
Childe was concerned for Kaeya as well, sitting close to him with a blanket.
And, turns out, Dainsleif and Diluc were defeated by a Fatui Harbinger.
It was clear, with Kaeya holding on to the most alcohol-resistant dumbass in all of Teyvat.
Childe nervously smiled at the energy.
"Uh...hey, guys...?"
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Childe almost had his ass whooped that day, if not for Lumine barging in to make sure everyone was okay.
-Fin-