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His house is a mess. His life is a mess and he feels so very lonely these days. Especially after moving to Liyue for university.
Ajax finds it difficult to start conversations with the other students in his classes, there’s always somehow a group they are all a part of. And that’s how he is binging a coming of age movie in his mess of an apartment as he cries seeing the two best friends separated after graduation.
He misses his parents. His siblings. Heck even Kuni and Rosalyn even if they always slandered him. He wishes he could go back to the past.
Tears continue dripping down his cheeks as he drowns in his loneliness, he so desperately wishes there was someone he could at least even talk to. It’s been more than a month since he has had a proper conversation. Everything feels dull as he sits in his apartment.
Just then, there’s a sparkle of gold dust in front of him, like the ones shown in tinker bell. His jaw drops at the sudden magical sight and he shakes his head. Is he hallucinating?
Just when he was about to get up to drink some water, there’s a bell sound as a figure materialises in front of him.
There’s a beautiful golden eyed man, and as the gold dust settles Ajax realises that the man is all but nude. He screams. And the man starts trying to soothe him.
When he had finally calmed down, he started asking the man questions excitedly. He also drapes his jacket over the man’s shoulders.
“Who are you? Actually what are you? Omg are you tinker bell?”
“I’m Zhongli. Your guardian angel,”
“Guardian angel?”
“Yes I’m here to take care of you,”
Zhongli slowly gets up, and motions for Ajax to follow him. They start by cleaning the house and Ajax hadn’t had this much fun since forever. All his feelings of loneliness wash away as he cleans and chats with his angel.
The angel was also distractingly beautiful that he couldn’t help but sneak peeks at his smooth bare legs, the jacket isn’t enough to fully cover him, but the angel had been repulsed by the idea of pants.
Apparently their kind isn’t used to wearing clothing.
Ajax let’s Zhongli watch as he cooks, the angel telling him famous fables from Liyue. He sometimes piques in with Snezhnayan parallels. It’s very fun taking to Zhongli.
The angel is talkative and knowledgeable. His presence fills Ajax’s cold apartment with warmth. He folds Ajax’s clothes as the ginger eats, the angel now going on about plants and rocks.
Ajax states to cry. It’s been so long since he was in proper company and conversation. The angel wordlessly sits on his lap as he whispers comfort to him.
That night Ajax falls asleep holding Zhongli in his arms, and the next morning he is woken up by a warm and friendly voice.