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Scaramouche held his hat tightly in his right hand, using his left to shield his face from any heavy raindrops his hat failed to protect him from as he flew between tree branches and leaves at a quick speed to escape the raging thunderstorm pouring down on him.
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Kazuha shook off the raindrops on his straw hat, sighing as he put it up on a hanger. "Who knew it would start storming this hard today, I'm soaked..." Kazuha sighs, stripping his wet clothes, leaving him in a tank top and loose shorts, off and putting them up to dry.
Slipping on his slippers he makes his way through his small home, fiddling with the colorful leaves he collected on his stroll through some secluded parts of Inazuma, while humming gently.
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Scara angrily bites his lip feeling multiple branches and leaves slice against his skin while rain continues to pour down on him, he knows he'll drown if he were to take a break as he boosts himself through the air desperately trying to find anywhere to shelter himself from this wretched thunderstorm.
As he's about to boost his power again he realizes it's starting to run out, making his eyes quickly dart around hopeful for the slim chance of somewhere he can land safely knowing he won't stay in the air much longer. Scaramouches eyes catch a faint light coming from an open window of a small house and he quickly uses up the last of his power to launch himself onto the damp windowsill, nearly missing if by a couple inches.
He stays still for a second, looking up and scanning the huge room for any humans while holding his breath. Scara finally relaxes himself, letting his shoulders drop down and taking a huge breath of air as he takes his hat off and shakes the water off it.
Scaramouche sighs putting his hat back on his slightly damp hair as he stares down at his dripping wet clothes, scrunching up his nose in annoyance. "Ugh.. stuck in wet clothes..? How bothersome… Hopefully I don't get si-" He says and is suddenly cut off by him sneezing. "So.. cold.. This stupid open window isn't making it any better…" He groans, using his wind to slam the window closed. Scara hugs himself shivering as he feels colder the longer his wet clothes cling to his skin.
I can't believe I let myself get stuck in that damn storm.. I saw it coming… He closes his eyes and lays down on the windowsill, tightly hugging his legs to his chest trying to keep warm as he sneezes again.
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Kazuha twirls the red strands of his hair finally reaching his room. As he reaches out to grab the doorknob he freezes hearing the familiar slam of his windows closing. "Is someone in my room? Hm.. no no that must of been the storm" Kazuha mumbles to himself, finally turning his doorknob, and opening his door looking around his room a bit.
He walks into his room grabbing a towel resting on his night stand and rubs it through his damp hair. He looks up at his window above to his bed and squints his eyes seeing something small laying on the windowsill. Kazuha takes a step closer seeing the small thing shivering making him realize it's a living being.
A hummingbird? Kazuha thinks looking at the blue and purple colors on it and the shimmery accents. As he gets closer he sees the figure more clearly and gasps seeing that it has the form of a human. No way that's a human! They're so little.. kind of like… Kazuha's eyes widen in shock as the small form starts slowly getting up making what looks like it's hat fall off.
Scaramouche lifts himself up still shivering, feeling like he's being watched, and as he turns around he's met with Kazuha looming over him. Scaras eyes shoot open in surprise mimicking Kazuha's, as he crawls back till his back hit the window and quickly turns around and tries desperately to open the window…
"Kuni..?" That word made Scaras blood run cold and slowly turn around to face the human.
He shouldn't remember me.. No one should remember that name so why does he remember!? Scara presses himself harder against the cold glass as Kazuha leans closer over him. He puts up his hand to use his anemo abilities to attack Kazuha but sneezes right as he fires, making his attack become a weak breeze not even strong enough to move a strand of Kazuha's hair.
Kazuha is taken a back as Scara tries to attack him, seeing how weak Scaramouche's attack as his eyes soften and he leans down even closer slowly bringing his hands closer to Scaramouche. "Shh.. shhh.. don't worry Kuni I won't hurt you I promise" Kazuha whispers hearing Scara yelp seeing his approaching hands.
Scara sneezed again as he brought his arms up to his face, shielding his eyes from Kazuha. His body flinched, feeling Kazuha's finger brush up against his waist causing Kazuha to pull back. Kazuha frowns and moves his hands closer to Scara, knowing that he needs to be warmed up before he catches a cold.
"I know you're not going to be very fond of this.. but I don't want you to get sick" Kazuha whispers with a sigh and gently curls his fingers around Scaramouches body.
"H-hey!! Let go of me you human!" Scaramouche shouts, squirming around as Kazuha's hands close around his body. Kazuha bites the side of his lip, trying to be as careful as possible with Scara's body but he couldn't help but to smile a bit seeing Scaramouche trying to act tough.
Kazuha lowers himself down onto his bed carefully to not jostle Scaramouche around. Scara hits and kicks at Kazuha's hand desperate to escape them. He suddenly gets a thought, grabs ahold of one of Kazuha's fingers and bites into it as hard as he possibly can.
Kazuha winced feeling Scaras teeth digging into his finger but he keeps himself composed as he brings his hands up to his chest. "Shhh.. it's alright" He continues trying to calm Scara down, he feels Scaramouche's jaw slightly relax and he waits a bit longer till Scara calms down a bit more.
Scaramouche scrunches up his face and hesitantly let's go of Kazuha's finger. He hears a sigh of relief come above from Kazuha as he feels Kazuha's finger relax around his body. "I'm going to open my hands okay? Don't try to run away please." Kazuha says in a soft voice and waits a couple seconds before slowly opening his hand.
Scara stares down at Kazuha's palm not wanting to even glance at Kazuha, feeling weak but also so tiny . God he hated that feeling, it was Scara's reality of being so diminutive but he hated to acknowledge it more than anything…
“Kuni…” Kazuha whispers as he brings the tiny being closer to his face. Why does he remember that name!? Everything I sacrificed in Sumeru to remove myself from history… Scara wonders to himself as he finally manages to look Kazuha in the eyes. “Wh… how do you remember.. that name…” Scaramouche mutters defensively while glaring up at Kazuha.
Kazuha's eyes soften as he gazes down at the tiny Scara in his hands, a gentle smile on his face. “How could I not… I've missed you for years Kuni…” Kazuha says in a gentle voice. Kazuha can't hold himself back, he brings tiny Scara closer to his face and presses Scara's body into his warm cheek, smiling as he feels Scara's squirming.
“Ack! H..hey! Stop..- cuddling me Kazuha-!” Scaramouche freezes, accidentally saying Kazuha's name… so now he can't pretend he doesn't know Kazuha.
Kazuha is overjoyed hearing Scara say his name, he knew this tiny being was his missing friend from a few years ago… “Kuni… where did you go all this time…” Kazuha murmurs as he nuzzles his cheek against the protesting tiny.
Scaramouche attempts to struggle against Kazuha but knows there's no escaping, Scara huffs as he gives in. “Nowhere important…” Scara mutters as he rolls his eyes. At least he didn't end up in some strangers grasp… but if Kazuha still remembers him who knows who else might… Scara pushes those thoughts away as he feels Kazuha start moving.
Kazuha gently places Scaramouche down on his bed, he kneels down in front of the edge of his bed to get a closed look at Scara. “Seems like I warmed you up… you're not sneezing or shivering anymore.” Kazuha says with a soft smirk which makes Scara scoff and look away.
“Yeah.. yeah…” Scara mumbles. He's slightly glad his old friend remembers him… when he was in the process of rewriting Teyvats history and removing himself from it.. the one thing that saddened him was Kazuha forgetting about him.
As Scaramouche looks back up at Kazuha, Kazuha stands up straight and starts removing the outer layer of his outside clothing.
Once finished Kazuha gets into his bed, next to the tiny Scara, making sure to not disrupt his tiny form on the bed. Scara stares down at the bedsheets with his usual annoyed expression on his face before Kazuha's hand comes into view, making Scara yelp slightly and scramble back a bit. But he couldn't escape Kazuha's hand cupping around his tiny form and bringing him in closer, right against Kazuha's chest.
“Now now… don't struggle so much. You owe me for leaving me for so long Kuni.” Kazuha whispers as he gets comfortable in his bed, smiling as he feels Scara slowly stop struggling against him and surrender to his body heat.
Scaramouche didn't want to admit it to himself but he missed the times like this when Kazuha would hold him like this…
Scara slightly shifted closer to Kazuha, pressing his tiny body against Kazuha's chest.. finally being able to relax after eons…
Kazuha chuckled quietly, feeling the tiny curl up against him. Both of them closed their eyes for a much needed rest.