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Thoma wakes up expecting blue hair to greet him.
As usual, the spot was empty.
Thoma sighed, sitting up from the bed in a yawn.
The barren room of the teapot felt even more lonely as Thoma stood up.
Changing into his regular outfit, Thoma checks the schedule.
As usual, he will help the traveler's with commissions once they arrive, and then….wait a moment.
He stared at the date again.
March 30.
Oh, archons.
OH, ARCHONS.
Thoma runs down the stairs, excitement pumping through his blood.
It's March 30! It's finally March 30!
His Waka is finally appearing in a banner!
Speeding into the kitchen, he was surprised to see Kamisato Ayaka already there, sipping tea.
“You’re early,” he said as he went for the stove.
Ayaka laughed “I’m sorry, I am just so excited that I could barely sleep. Look” she opened the kotatsu to reveal Sayu there, eating cookies. “Even little Sayu is awake.”
“I’m not little…” she grumbled, taking a bite of her cookie “I…just wanna see what…the person sensei praised all the time…looked like.”
“Well he’s pretty-” he said mindlessly before blushing hard. Ayaka laughs as he approaches the table with two newly-made eggs. “N-not funny Ojou.”
“ ‘It’s rather cute, Thoma’ ” she said, her voice a bit close to Ayato’s.
Thoma now regrets waking up.
“So, when are we going to wish?” Thoma asked as he finished his meal.
“Well from the strange plan Traveler used to tell me…they want commissions first before…something called ‘ritual’
“Ritual?” both Sayu and Thoma looked at her in confusion.
Ayaka shivers “You’ll see when they arrive.”
Speak of the devil, a shimmering sound could be heard outside the doors.
“Good morning” The traveler yawned, stretching their tanned limbs. “Finally, maintenance is over and I just finished commissions.”
“On your own?”
“Yes, on my own…for the first time ehe..”
“Well, at least you are getting better at giving us builds” Ayaka smiled encouragingly.
Traveler scratched their head “I hope so or else we will fail to clear the abyss again….anyway” their face brightened “It’s time for us to do a wishing ritual for Ayato!”
“What is a wishing ritual?” Thoma asked, crossing his arms.
“Well it's something a lot of other travelers do to get specific characters….” they then shiver “Or else..”
“Or else what?”
“Let’s…not dwell on that. So now” they motion towards them. “Follow me”
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“Hey, Traveler…when I said I will follow you until the end of Teyvat…I didn’t mean it like this”
Thoma’s body shivered from the cold as they stood at the top of the Nail of Dragonspine.
“Nonsense” Traveler waved off “This is a classic ritual and is sure to work.”
“What…kind of ritual is this though…” Sayu sweatdropped.
“Sacrificial” Ayaka explained, “Traveler is going to sacrifice one person for Ayato.”
“Wait…oh gods TRAVELER” he stared at them in horror “ARE YOU GOING TO SACRIFICE ME!?”
“Oh no, I’m not,” Traveler said “You’re dear to Ayato so I won’t. Instead” the shimmering sound flooded the place again and soon Thoma comes face to face with Childe. “I’m sacrificing something he absolutely hates.” The traveler then takes Childe’s hand and suddenly jump off the nail “THE FATUIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii”
“OH, GODS-”
“Don’t worry about them, Thoma” Ayaka assured “Traveler always lands safely after this.”
“Huh, really?”
“Yes, I already watched it a few times.” she frowned “Something about “bugs” and “glitches”? To be honest I’m not sure myself.”
That’s when a purple meteor takes up the sky.
Ayaka sighs “Oh look, it seems Ayato is not coming in this 10 fate wish.”
After a few minutes, Traveler and Childe come back up the nail, looking slightly battered.
“It didn’t work” Traveler sighed, holding the Stella Fortuna of Yunjin.
“Well this is just the first round of wishes and we are still early pity” Ayaka patted their head “We’ll get there soon.”
“Yes but this is not working.” With a wave, Childe disappears from the party “We need a better ritual. Quick, give me something Ayato likes.”
“Uh…boba?” Thoma suggests.
That makes a spark ignite in Traveler’s eyes “Oh gods why didn’t I think about this before!” they smiled at them “I have another idea…but we’ll need a lot of Mora.”
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“Huh, you are right…this does take a lot of Mora.”
The four people were back in the estate now, holding countless boba tea.
“Yes and now, please lay it in a circle on the ground.”
“We are…..making a summoning circle right?” Sayu yawned as she placed boba tea into an arc.
“Yes!” Traveler beamed.
“Are you sure this is going to work?” Ayaka asked as she stared at them.
Thoma shrugged at that “Well it is waka, anything can work.”
“....you have a point there…”
Soon the circle is complete and the traveler stands before it.
“Now let’s wish,” they say as they tossed what seems like a purple and pink circle up into the air.
Everyone runs towards the courtyard, waiting for the meteor to come.
Sure enough, it did, the blue turning purple and-.....it stays purple.
A Stella Fortuna lands in the Traveler’s arms, one for Xiangling.
They smile contently “Finally c6 Xiangling….but still…”
“Before you can think of any more rituals traveler” Ayaka suddenly spoke. “Can I suggest you something?”
The traveler nodded and Ayaka whispered something into their ear.
The traveler giggles before staring at Thoma.
Thoma paled “Uh….why…are you looking at me like that?”
Ayaka and Traveler looked at each other mischievously before tackling Thoma.
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“I can’t believe you guys…” Thoma said nervously as he clutched the hem of his wedding dress. How does Traveler have one? He doesn’t know. To be honest he doesn’t even know how Ayaka could even think of such a thing.
“Well, it is going to work!” Traveler smirked “After all, you’re in love~”
“Y-yes…but I…” he gestured towards his veil “R-really?”
“Well, this was the best method I can think of.” Ayaka sighed “Onii-sama always did talk about how much he wants to marry you.”
Thoma’s world stops “He..did?”
“Well, you are going to figure out now.” Traveler said before leading him to a cliff in Chinju forest. “Now shout I love you!”
“B-but what if someone hears us?”
“Oh no one would.” Ayaka smiles “Sayu’s our guard.”
“You…really want me to confess my f-feelings to Ayato huh?”
“Yes” both of them answered at the same time.
Thoma swallowed “Okay okay, but you all owe me one.”
“Of course,” Traveler said “Now confess.”
Thoma cleared his throat before looking at the sky. He then shouts “ WAKA I LOVE YOU, PLEASE MARRY ME”
The traveler tosses a fate into the sky as meteor rains down upon them.
The blue meteor turned purple. The purple…turned GOLD.
“OH GODS IT’S OFF PITY, IT’S OFF PITY” Traveler chanted but Thoma couldn’t hear them. He was focused on the meteorite. Wait…is that blue hair-
Thoma leaped into the air, racing for the meteor.
Something lands in his arms as he stumbles and they both roll to the ground.
“Ow….” Thoma groaned before looking at the man in his grasp “W-waka?”
Kamisato Ayato blinks away his daze before smiling at Thoma.
Lunging forward, he kissed Thoma. Warmth filled Thoma as he melted into his waka’s attention. He… felt so soft in Thoma’s arms, so real.
“I’m home Thoma” Ayato breathes out as they pulled apart. His pale hand clutched Thoma's, the other going up to cup his tanned cheek "I’m finally home.”