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[outofoffice]

Who: Venti, Yuri, Saya, Lumine, and Kantera
What: A moment of respite
When: March 4th
Where: A house at the far edge of Blossomcrown
Warnings: Probably mentions of previous game trauma/violence


[ Venti has always been the type who wanders to the beat of his own drum, dipping in and out of people's lives as easily as the blowing wind. But Tokyo-F . . . changed things, somewhat.

Though his initial instinct had been to sleep under a tree and call it "home," an invitation to live with old friends put a halt to those plans. For starters, it would be protection from the unpredictable weather in the segments. For another, maybe he did get used to having a bed and a room to call "home," in no small part because of the teammates and friends who inhabited it with him. Now that solitary tree feels . . . lonely, in a way it didn't before.

And so here he is, standing at the threshold of a house full of people he loves and trusts, who asked him to stay . . . it makes him feel his age, but not in a bad way, for once. Nor does he feel that nagging urge to disappear into the wind.

Should he catch anyone watching him, the pensive expression dissolves into a smile. ]

Hehe, is this the part where we fight over bedrooms?

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[happydreamed]

[Only as much of a problem as it is that she's gorgeous all the time, but he can behave.]

I'm pleased my cuddling skills are that highly rated.

[Snugs.]

[sangreine]

[ Good. Now that they live with people they chose and no one has to worry about Hurricane or Bomb getting scandalized or embarrassed, she's gonna wear what she wants. (She can't believe Zhongli would have cared.) Also before they all crashed she definitely pulled Doctor into their room to kiss him goodnight, that is important. Even when she's spending the night with someone else she makes sure to kiss him goodnight. ]

Yes, yes. Very impressive. [ One can hear the eyeroll in her voice but it's a playful one. ] I hope your pancake skills are as up to the occasion in the morning.

[happydreamed]

[The kiss goodnight is important and must always happen, no matter what. They're agreed on this.]

If they're not, I assume Yuri will put me through strict tutelage before I'm allowed to cook for you again.

[sangreine]

Maybe I like Lumine's pancakes better than his, you don't know. [ She's just saying! ]

[happydreamed]

[Mock gasp!]

Should you say that where he might hear you?

[sangreine]

If he wants to give me crap about it, he's more than welcome. But he also knows I'm joking. I love all of your pancakes equally.

[happydreamed]

Oh, good, then mine shouldn't be too much of a disappointment.

[sangreine]

Very little about you disappoints me. [ It used to be "nothing about you disappoints me" but. ]

[happydreamed]

[He can live with that.]

You're still far too kind to me, my dear.

[sangreine]

Loving you isn't a kindness. It's part of me.

[happydreamed]

A part I sometimes struggle to believe I deserve, then.

[sangreine]

Then let me believe it for you. And you for me. [ She suffers from the same affliction, of course. ] You might doubt your own worth, but you'd never doubt my feelings.

[happydreamed]

That much is true. Knowing you love me helps to curb some of my worse impulses.

[He told an anonymous person on the network as much - she might have seen it, since she responded to the same thing.]

[sangreine]

[ She saw, and it was sweet, but she unfortunately didn't answer the question in the same way so it feels awkward to bring up. ]

That's what I'm here for.

[happydreamed]

[That's fair.]

You're here for many things, and I'm grateful for all of them.

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[sangreine]

Mm, good.

Right now I'm here for sleeping on, so I think we should do that. We wouldn't want to keep people up.

[ She already gave him a goodnight kiss before, so it's just a matter of shutting up and letting him sleep. (She, of course, won't be sleeping much, but that's normal.) ]