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You stare into the table, the wall, the window, past their concerned faces. Hands flailing as if in a futile effort to fight off what scares me most, breathing in, and holding it as you hold in tears. Falling back into the chair and bringing your legs with you, covering just the lower half of your face with sweaty palms, with teary eyes continuing to search the room for some enemy though all there is, are sad faces… That made your stomach turn. Hard.
The electro vision lays where it’d clattered only moments ago right in front of you on the favonious table…
Your fingers, hands, hold your mouth tightly shut to prevent a sob from escaping into the silent quiet room. The person at the head of the table stands but the purple witch waves her off… Please don’t say anything- Please don’t say anything- Please don’t say anything- Your eyes follow where the witches glare leads, at the presence, you feel it moving closer- a growl raises from your throat like some cornered child at the nearing hand in the corner of your vision. As the fingertips touch your shoulder without a second thought you’ve grabbed his arm and dug your teeth into his hand, but only for a split second- the knight pulls back immediately, holding their hand, wincing in pain.
Raising the chair you previously sat on, and near instinctually your hands reach for and throw the chair at the shocked knight despite the pain that shoots through them. Heart leaping, twirling, palpating in your chest as your eyes meet everyone else in the room’s utter shocked expressions. I I… What if- are they going to attack me now?
“I- welp I- bye-”
You rush out the door, hands scrambling on the knob, one grip it and a bolt of pain shoots through it, and without a single bit of hesitation you race for the exit, reaching with your left hand for the knob and right out the front door, the two knights on guard stare questioningly but don’t move. But it doesn’t take long for them to get the message that something is up when the knights from the meeting are already scrambling after you- oh shit, shit uhm… Short legs don’t fail me now! Holy fucking shit-
The knights are so loud, their armor and lack of a indoor tone makes it easy to know which direction they can coming from. Frooooom right behind you- glancing over your shoulder only heightens your adrenaline as they are nearly on your heels. Damnnit why are they even chasing me- up the stairs up the stairs! Racing a dozen knights up the stairs to a damn Cathedral? I missed- I missed the stairs down and went up- HAHAHA omg this is… Thrilling and scary
All the knights have to follow you with is the sound of hysterical near villainous laughter- which scares most of them into following behind one of the captains- which I bet would only make you laugh harder to see, too bad you gotta keep ahead!!
You bust through the front doors of the Cathedral, to be met with some some meeting? They all appear to be praying- WORST POSSIBLE TIME TO RUN INTO A PLACE- my heart, this is it, it can’t take any more- just then the knight you bit the hand of nearly rams into you from behind, their hands reaching outward to grab onto you. BIG PERSON BIG HANDS WHAT you dodge, entering further into the shocked hushed room, batting away a hand then rush towards the doors near the back and bust them open!! Sprinting NOW NOW NOW like a deer you leap and sprint behind the Cathedral as fast as your SHORT MF LEGS let you…
The sound of clamouring knights seems not far off but far enough that maybe hiding now wouldn’t be a bad idea… Except that one who has stupidly long legs and blue hair right behind you!
Running faster now!! Damn that blueberry’s long legs!!
Reaching the back of the Cathedral you enter a small graveyard with many graves crowding it… Only pausing for a second almost gets you caught as you stumble forward just as the bitten hand reached for you- “Gotch- hey!” they said, stumbling after you-
Quickly you run to the back of the yard, climbing onto the near chest high stone wall and looking over the other side, you hear the footsteps pause. Seems like the knight thinks they’ve cornered you?
“Hey now- aren’t you going to apologize for biting me~?” they say, with a hand to their hip.
Hey, now someone’s getting cocky as if I won’t jump from here HA-
“Cocky knight” you laugh, despite the tears still staining your cheeks, and before turning away you see a smirk on the knight’s face, smug. Then you jump onto the now-very-far-ground bending your knees as you make contact then leap forward and sprint down the side towards the bridge you’d crossed to enter this town, a few knights look like they are waiting for you to run out from the city and utterly miss you as you run right behind them and over the bridge. Pfft- I know some people can run quickly but I don’t run enough to outrun people who should be trained for this right?! Your sudden villainous laughter sends the knights you just past jolting into action, not the best time to laugh but it’s hard not to in such a situation- HAHA…
A few of them must’ve heard your footsteps because now they were hollering out, calling for the cavalry- they have horses?! You are not out running horses!! Fuck fuck fuuuck! Forest, forest to the left I’ll hide in a tree!
You make a beeline to the forest line, running midway in before rushing to climb up the most climbable-looking tree, choosing to sit on a branch with a good view of the road.
Not long after you can already hear the sound of the galloping horses and the murmurs of talkative knights, at the front of the forest you can just make out a very blue head of hair. Ah, the person you bit- Fantastic! Leading the people who for some reason decided to follow you- oh gosh maybe today is your first behind bars for biting a knight!
Fun idea, but it’ll probably get you more than just community service- when they slowly make their way past you, the knight below you who just so happens to be the only one wearing a helmet is in perfect alignment to be dropped on. You drop down on them, right onto their lap between their arms, and turn that shiny helmet right around
“Op- there goes your vision!”
Then you shove them with both of your legs right off the back of the horse as the other knights take notice, the now flailing knight practically shreeks on their way down, the other two covering their ears for a second-
“And there you go!”
Then the blueberry knight and their other horse rider reach out to grab you they barely manage to grab the back of your sweater before you are already riding away, gripping the reins the best you can causes more sharp pains to shoot through your hands, enduring and wincing. The hand that had your sweater released it easily once they realized they’d be flailing behind if they didn’t! This new friend listens well as you ride onward out of the forest and down the second path infront of the city, that leads to an open planes area. Not the best for escaping but- yaaawwwwwwwn- hopefully you can outrun them buddy… Your head bobs to the rhythm the horse gallops for a bit you feel as if you might fall off! Hggh… I just gotta keep going for a little longer.
You swiftly make it out into an open field with a breathtakingly huge tree, but you haven’t enough time to let your breath be taken! You’ve got to stay ahead of that blueberry knight, so you lean forward and muster all the knowledge of that one beginner's house rider camp you once went to YEARS ago when you were still a kid and zOOOM through the field like a lunatic nearly bouncing right off! Because your legs are too damn short for the level the stirrups are set too- stupid mf tall log leg having people, funny though, they didn’t catch you running! Despite your tiny mother fuckin self! Like really I’m 5 foot and they are like 6 foot!
SHit shit SHiT talking to yourself did NOT help in the slightest, in the brief moments you were busy giggling to yourself over your accomplishments the blue-headed pretty person nearly had you! And you fucking felt that hand as it grasped the back of your sweater, but no way were you letting go!
“Darn you, I’m not letting go!” you dig in your heels and usher the horse onward, faster, and the knight loses their grip! Nearly took you with them though- best not let that happen again >:)
Running long a river you make a sudden turn, nearly causing the horse to slip as you face the charging knight and charge right back at them! They slow, blinking in confusion, stunned by your villainous grin and evilly loud laugh, this is just so damn fun!
“hey wha-” you charge right past them, leaving them in your dust “WAIT!” they yell, scrambling after you.
You continue downstream till you come across the perfect patch to leap over, and you darn well do, crossing, only a huge yawn interrupts your laughter as you pause turning to look back at that cavalry lead who seems to have snapped out of their shock fast enough to be following right behind you with a huge smirk! Which just makes you burst out into more laughter as you usher your horse forward once again through the autumn leaves in the now dusk light- but as your grip unmeaningly loosens you realize, maybe you’ve pushed yourself a little too far- your hands cant seem to keep their grip on the reins and with the fleeting adrenaline the pain and exhaustion finally kick in. The nerves in both feel as if they’ve caught fire, and the horse sensing your not-so-great feelings begins to slow to a stop, neighing.
You can hear ol blue berry approaching at more of a trot now, must’ve got that you weren’t goin anywhere now. Especially not like this, insomnia and your chronic pain caught up to you now that you’ve lost that adrenaline boost, so you turn to the knight and smile, be it kind of awkwardly.
“Oh ho, so why have you stopped now? I thought we were just starting the real chase” Said the smirking blue knight, who then paused, whose gaze turned to concern, lingering on your fidgeting hands “Are you alright? Why did you stop?”
You tilt your head, eyes looking everywhere but into the knight’s eyes “I mm… Lost the energy to keep going, tired, really tired” you mumble yawning once more, “I could’ve continued but I just would’ve exhausted myself more than I already have today”... Your anxiety comes bubbling back up your throat. “Sorry for biting you… And uh, this chase was fun- also how much community service does one get for biting a knight and assaulting another?” As the knight stops beside you, you hold up the reins to your horse and they take hold.
“Mhm…Well, we could head back to Mond, let you get some sleep, and figure out the rest tomorrow dear” The… Sweet knight replies, as they stop next to you.
“Yeah, yeah…” You shut your tired eyes and mumble in your tiring tone, eyebrows furrowing, hands burning, tired asf “Could I also… Get an ice pack? I strained my hands…”
The knight, leaning close to peer down at your fidgeting hands catches your eyes as he leans back “Well, I just so happen to have a cryo vision, I could uhm, ice them a bit before we head back?” they say with a warm smile.
“Ah, uhm” your eyes dart away and you cover your face with you hands once again, deep breath in hhh then out ooo… “Please, and could you help me remove my wrist braces? Temporarily, just for the icing”
“Braces?...” They look down at your hands, you can barely hear them mumbling something about gloves “Yes, I can do that” The knight lifts you with two gentle and large hands from the horse to stand by them- when did they get off their horse?- you aren’t sure and don’t have much time to think of how as the knight begins to attempt taking off your wrist braces, with a giggle you point to a strap “Lift here then…” you point to the thumb hole “hold it here and I’ll slip my hand out of it as if it were a sock” you direct, as you notice how their hands dwarf your own…
“Yes Captain of stolen Cavalry, by the way, I’m the Cavalry Captain of the Knights of Favonious so you best not take my spot!” The knight laughs “Kaeya Alberich he/him pronouns, you~?” he mutters with that lovely voice of his. And that laugh hmm… Cute. Oh.
“Hhmm aa I am N/A, they/them pronouns, thank you- for icing my hands, this feels nice…” his large hands near dwarf your own, his thumbs gently rubbing the palms of each of your hands.
“May I ride your horse on our way back? I’m much too tired to continue on, as I said, tired… Very tired…” You ask yawning once again, eyes becoming heavier and droopy.
“You may-” the captain muttered, looking at your hands, he smirks, probably because you have small hands. Damn tall people!!
“I’ll take the back, I can barely keep myself up like this I’d find not falling off easier with your back to rest my head on,” You say, sleepily smirking at the blush on the captain’s cheeks
“Heh, yes Captain” Kaeya retorts with a chuckle, easily lifting you by your waist and setting you on the back of his horse, “to Mondstadt?” Kaeya asks his Captain after sitting in front of you
“Mhmm…” You mumble your reply, arms snaking around his waist as you lean into his back and rest your head, eyes drifting shut as you both begin the ride home…