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“It is unusual to see you drink other than coffee, Jean.” Diluc studies his friend’s stressed face. “Is there something wrong?”
“Something wrong? Huh?” Jean mutters averting her gaze elsewhere “Nothing of course, Just wanted a change of drink.”
“A change,” Diluc hums while serving the drink Jean had ordered then proceeds to give her another new drink “This is a new recipe developed so try it for me.”
“It’s an honor,” Jean takes a sip and studies the other drink “Are you sure that I should be the tester?”
Diluc shrugs “I trust you and besides you wanted a change,”
“You’re right,” Jean nods
“Hello!” A certain bard appeared “A little birdy told me that there’s a new drink!”
“Venti..” Diluc sighs and Jean just chuckles.
“Acting Grandmaster,” Venti sat next to Jean and flashed her a charming smile “Master Diluc, if you please offer me some drinks and as usual I’ll perform my bard duties!”
“After,” Diluc says, “I’ll offer you some drinks.”
“Just one drink to hype me up,” Venti pouts
Jean just quietly laughs, her archon is so..
Diluc groans “Fine,”
“So Grandmaster Jean, what brings you here?” Venti hums happily while waiting for his drink.
“Just wanted a drink,” Jean replies, “I need a breath of air as Kaeya said when he kicked me out of my office.”
“That’s something Kaeya would do,” Diluc mutters while mixing the drink.
“You came to the right place,” Venti hums, satisfied with Kaeya’s actions.
-
Lisa just finished sorting some books when she had overheard her dear friend Kaeya complaining from Jean’s office. Filled with curiosity, she decided to knock.
“Come in!” Kaeya says
“What a surprise, I was sure I didn’t get an announcement that Jean was replaced as the acting grandmaster.” Lisa looks at Kaeya who was doing Jean’s work.
Kaeya just sighs “She needed a break so as a good friend and a knight I’ve decided to send her somewhere.”
Lisa raised her brows “somewhere you say?”
Kaeya smirks a little bit “Amber told me she saw her entering the Tavern,”
Lisa hums and contemplates if she should go to her.
“Jean might need a company, you know,” Kaeya said “Also didn’t you tell me you missed hanging out with he-“
Lisa sighs “She’s been busy these days,”
“Yep, but she’s not right now,” Kaeya grins “so why don’t you go to her. Perhaps, something interesting will finally happen between you two.”
“Perhaps,”
-
When Lisa had arrived she was met by a drunk bard, a Jean smiling cutely at her drink and a disappointed Diluc.
“What a surprise,” Lisa comments as Venti was singing an unfamiliar tune that sounded oddly modern.
“Oh, Lisa,” Diluc sighs in relief “It’s good that you’re here.”
“Oh my,” Lisa smirks, “Did you develop a liking for me, Master Diluc?”
“No,” Diluc immediately denied, then frowned “It’s just Jean..”
“Ah, right my Jean,” She walks towards the empty seat next to Jean.
Jean slowly raised her head to look at her. The Acting Grandmaster’s face was flushed and her eyes dazed. “Lisa,”
“Hello cutie~” Lisa smiles then looks at Diluc “How many drinks has she had?”
“Only 3,” Diluc comments
Lisa nods “Jean is a lightweight,”
“I want another drink, Luc,” Jean mutters “Please.”
“Luc,” Lisa looks at Diluc, feeling quite cross that he had a nickname from Jean.
Diluc looked away “It’s what she used to call me when we were kids,”
“Right,” Lisa sighs “Jean, don’t you think you’ve had enough?”
“No, V-venti told me to drink at least 7 to feel the-“ Jean hiccups “breath of sir I seek.”
“Freedom,” Lisa looked at the Bard who was chugging a drink from a person who was more delighted to give it to him.
“Yep, Luc, please another drink,” Jean pouts and Diluc shakes his head.
“I won’t be serving you another drink,” Diluc sighs “In fact, I think it’s time for you to go home with Lisa.”
“Oh, Lisa hehe,” Jean giggles “Alright then.”
Lisa just looked at her, confused.
“Hey Lisa,” Jean cutely smiled at her “Let’s go.”
“A-alright,” She felt her cheeks warm, “no need to be so cute.”
“Archons,” Diluc groaned
-
“Lisa, you’re tickling me,” Jean complains trying to remove her arms from her waist.
“If I let you go, you’ll fall,” Lisa chuckles. “I wouldn’t want to see your handsome face all ruined.”
“I-I’m handsome?” Jean asks softly
“Yes,” Lisa nods “Now, let’s continue walking.”
“I’m glad you think I’m handsome,” Her friend sighs in relief “I also think you’re so.. beautiful.”
Lisa choked on air and looked at Jean who was smiling at the ground repeating “So beautiful,”
She felt her heart quickening and didn’t know what to say. Honestly, she wasn’t expecting Jean to make such a statement.
After a few minutes of silence, they had finally arrived at Jean’s home. “Right, my keys,”
Jean hurriedly took her keys from her pocket and clumsily tried to open the door to no avail.
“Allow me,” Lisa opened her palm and Jean gladly gave it to her. She easily opened the door and dragged Jean towards the living room.
“The world is blurry,” Jean comments
“Dear, you’re squinting,” Lisa giggles “Do you need a glass of water?”
“Yes, please,” Jean sits down on the couch.
Lisa offered her a cup of water and Jean drank it slowly.
“Thank you,” Jean smiled softly and quickly leaned in to kiss her right on the lips.
Jean sighs happily and lays her back on the couch. Closing her eyes leaving Lisa’s heart beating violently.
“What just happened?” Lisa muttered
The next morning, Lisa didn’t get to sleep well so she decided to cook her breakfast then left to go back to her house.
-
Jean woke up with a headache and a lingering smell of Lisa’s perfume on her. She yawned and stood up from the couch.
In the corner of her eye, she saw a plate filled with good food and a note.
“What a cutie you are,” Jean mumbles as she takes a bite. “Enjoy the breakfast I prepared.”
She felt her mouth twitching to smile “Barbatos, help me..”
Suddenly, Jean remembered what she had done yesterday. Got drunk, and apparently managed to kiss Lisa.
Jean swears she could hear a faint giggle in the air. She covered her face in embarrassment for doing such an act to Lisa while she was drunk.
“Archons,” She never wanted to disappear in Mondstat so badly.
Suddenly a loud knock awakened her Mondstatian spirit and decided to open her door to be greeted by Amber.
“Goodmorning Jean,” Amber greets “Just checking up on you,”
“Goodmorning,” Jean nods, “I’ll be in my office in a few.”
“Are you feeling okay?” Amber looked at her in concern “your face is quite red.”
“Oh, it’s just quite hot today,” she chuckles, “I’ll take a short shower and I’ll be at the office.”
“Jean, you can take a bre-“
Jean closes the door and tan towards her bathroom to take a shower.
It took her 15 minutes to look like a normal being again. She immediately went to the headquarters and greeted people along the way.
When she entered the building it was normal so she quickly went inside her office.
“Well, guess who’s back,” Kaeya, who entered unannounced, almost shocked the living shit out of Jean.
“Archons,” Jean sighs, facing him “Do you not know how to knock?”
“Good morning to you Jean,” Kaeya smiles annoyingly “How’s your head?”
“It’s okay,” Jean said then looked at her desk “You managed to complete my work for the day.”
“Of course,” Kaeya nods “It was not a problem at all,”
“Thank you,” Jean gently smiles at him “Thank you for being a good friend and a knight.”
“No problemo,” Kaeya shrugs. “Now, if I’m not mistaken, is it your schedule to have breakfast tea with Lisa?”
At the mention of her name, Jean felt her cheeks warm.
“Oh,” Kaeya raises an eyebrow. “Would you look at that? I knew it.”
“W-what?” Jean crossed her arms feeling a bit nervous.
“Something interesting did happen,” He smiles proudly “Now tell me what happened because Lisa wouldn’t.”
Jean looked away. “Nothing happened, Also I’ll go now.”
She quickly went outside before Kaeya could stop her.
Lisa was at their usual spot during their morning tea hangout. Lisa was looking beautiful as always, Jean had to stop for a moment to picture it on her mind before apologizing.
After a minute, she decided to walk towards her. “Goodmorning, Lisa.”
“Oh, Jean,” Lisa looked up and down at her “Good Morning.”
Jean took a seat next to her “What’s our tea for today?”
“English Breakfast,” Lisa says “Jean, how are you?”
“I’m okay, thanks to you,” Jean smiles softly “Also, Lisa I.. I wanted to apologize if I did anything weird to you last night.”
Jean continues “I was drunk last night and If you’re mad about it, it’s okay.”
“Mad?” Lisa questions “what would I be mad about?”
Jean felt her face flushed “I-I kissed you, right? Or was it just.. a dream,”
Lisa smirked a bit “You dreamt of kissing me? Jean, I didn’t know you had this naughty side of you,”
Jean coughed “I didn’t mean it like that!”
“Just teasing you,” Lisa covers her mouth while laughing. “And I’m not mad.”
Her eyes widened “oh, that’s good,”
Lisa took a sip from her tea and licked her lips. Jean could help but stare. “In fact.. it was rather interesting for you to do such an act, Grand Master.”
“Acting Grand Master,” Jean corrected her and averted her gaze “And I..I don’t know.”
“You don't?” Lisa says, disappointment evident in her tone. “I see.”
Jean drank her tea silently until Lisa bid goodbye to do her librarian duties.
-
“Did you do something wrong?” Kaeya spoke after knocking.
“What? Did I miss a paper?” Jean panicked, asking him.
“No, that’s not what I meant,” Kaeya rolls his eyes. “I meant to Lisa.”
“I don’t think so,” Jean shakes her head “What’s wrong with her?”
“The library seems to be electrifying today,” Kaeya comments “I felt all of my hair standing up when I entered and oh she looked quite angry.”
“Did you ask why?” she wonders
“No, she was about to kill me,” Kaeya laughs nervously. “I had to leave immediately.”
“I see,” Jean nods in understanding, “I should meet her later.”
“Tell me, Jean,” Kaeya crosses his arms “What did you tell her?”
“I just thanked and apologized for the kiss-'' Jean irritatedly said but stopped when Kaeya’s jaw dropped.
“Did I hear that correctly?” Kaeya gasped “You kissed her?”
There was no point of denying, Jean thought.
“Yes,” Jean sighs
“And you apologized for doing so?”
“..Yes,”
“Jean..” Kaeya sighs and looks at her like she was a fool.
“I did something wrong, right?” Jean sighs
“Yes,” Kaeya massaged his head. “Why would you apologize for kissing her when you like her?”
“Y-, I.. I don’t know and How did you know?” She panickely asks
“That you like her? It really doesn’t matter,” Kaeya rolls his eyes again “Now why did you do so?”
“Because I wasn’t that sure.. and I was drunk and I don’t think she..” Jean tried to reason “oh.”
“Oh, indeed,”
-
“Lisa?” Jean entered the library and it was indeed electrifying.
“..Jean?” Lisa came out from a small room “What are you doing here?”
“Oh, I-I was just checking on you,” Jean gave her an awkward smile.
“Well, I’m okay,” Lisa looked at her, confused.
“Can we talk for a moment?” Jean asked quite nervously.
“Of course,” Lisa nods. “Do you wanna go elsewhere? Or just here?”
“Anywhere is fine with you,” Jean mumbles and walks closer to Lisa who was looking at her.
“Lisa,” She breathes in. “I wanted to say that I like you and that I’m sorry that I only had the guts to kiss you when I got drunk.”
Jean continues “I didn’t mean to imply that I regret kissing you. In fact, I wanted to kiss you again but I-“
“Y-you wanted to kiss me again?” Lisa shudders
“Yes and I’m sorry for wanting to kiss you again,” Jean shyly says “I know that you might potentially not return my feelings but it’s alright I just wanted to clear any misunderstandings and I am more willing to stay as friends, if that’s what you wish.”
“Jean, look at me,” Lisa softly says
Jean did as she was asked to and saw Lisa’s face quite red and eyes watering.
“I like you too, Jean.” Lisa says “so don’t be sorry for wanting to kiss me again because I’ve always.. I’ve always dreamt about you wanting to kiss me again and again.”
Jean gasped “oh,”
Lisa giggles “Jean, I have a request,”
“What.. is it?”
“Can you kiss me now?” Lisa asks “I missed your lips on mine.”
Jean nodded and softly cupped her cheeks. She leaned in to kiss Lisa gently, savoring how she tastes and feels.
“That was good,” Lisa breathes and pulls her in again for another kiss.