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It felt a little too stressful for the carefree bard lately. From the Winery exploding, to him almost getting arrested after he tried to steal a book from Lisa’s library while drunk.
He feels the most stressed he has in centuries, even wine, if he could even get his hands on it, couldn’t calm him down.
Venti decided to just go into Lumine’s Serenitea Pot realm to relax. Little did he know what he would be getting into.
As soon as he stepped foot into the teapot realm, he was spooked by a surprise party from Lumine. Venti had completely forgotten it was his birthday!
“Happy birthday Venti!” Lumine yelled as she ran to give him a big hug.
“O-oh thank you Lumine!” He responded as she held him in a tight hug, blushing heavily.
Lumine guides Venti over to the couch and motions for him to sit. To which he does. She then hands him some wine, he then looks at it perplexed.
“I thought the winery exploded, and this has aged a few days at least! And this was bottled after it exploded, how did you get this?” Venti says while taking sips of the wine.
Lumine laughs and pours herself some wine as well. “I may or may not be the reason the winery exploded… so I was learning how to make wine from Diluc and something went wrong and the place blew up. Luckily no one died but I at least know how to make some at home!”
“YOU WHAT?! How do you blow up a winery?!”
“I misheard Diluc for one step and thought you used fire to ferment them faster and then I used my pyro magic and then I blew the winery up… I used the magic around some high alcohol content wine.”
“Oh, that’ll do it. I can’t believe you're the one behind the winery explosion. Diluc must have been pissed!” Venti says while laughing and trying to drink at the same time, causing him to choke a bit.
“That must have been rough for you, seeing as it’s one of the only wineries in Mondstadt.”
“It was, and to add on, I almost got arrested because I was drunk and almost stole something from Lisa’s library!”
Lumine spits out her wine and coughs a bit. “You're telling me, you got drunk and tried to steal from Lisa… how did you think that was a good idea? You know what, it’s your birthday, just take it easy…”
Venti laughs awkwardly and takes another sip of wine. Then without him noticing where his hand is, Lumine puts her hand on his.
Venti blushes and tries not to think about the woman he loves holding his hand. She probably does even think of him like that and is just teasing.
All those thoughts are blown away when she gives him a small kiss on the cheek, causing him to turn beet red.
“L-Lumine… did you just…” Venti tries to form a complete sentence, but is so caught off guard and surprised, he just can’t and can only form sentence fragments.
“I did, it’s your birthday and I want to make my precious Archon happy.” She responds as she stands up. “Wait here my dear, and please, close your eyes.”
He nods and closes his eyes. In the other room, he can hear the sounds of something being taken out, then the sound of fire, then footsteps. Accompanied by the sweet scent of apples and frosting.
The footsteps get closer and something is placed on the table. “Keep your eyes closed, I still have things I need to get!”
“Ok!” Venti keeps his eyes shut but the scent of the thing on the table is making it hard.
A while later, Lumine puts more things on the table in front of him.
“You can open your eyes now~”
Venti opens his eyes and gasps. A small cake decorated with apples, a cecilia, and light green frosting akin to the color of his magic. Set aside are some presents, some small, one large.
She hands him a cake knife and a plate. She doesn’t have one and he objects to that. “Lumine, get yourself a plate, I want to enjoy this cake with my disciple.”
“As you wish, it is your birthday!” Lumine quickly goes to grab herself a small plate and goes back to find he cut two slices for them both.
She walks over with her plate and he gives her the slice of cake. Venti tries a piece and is immediately surprised by the taste; apples and vanilla.
“This is so delicious! You really know your way around the kitchen!” Venti says as he scoops another piece into his mouth, much to Lumine’s amusement.
“Don’t eat too fast now, I don’t want you to choke!” She laughs as she finishes her slice.
He continues to finish his slice as he watches her finish hers. He decides to ask her something he’s been wondering about for a long while, ever since the Windbloom Festival.
“Lumine,” he starts, stuttering a bit, “d-do you like me or s-something?”
As he finishes his sentence , Lumine moves closer to him and leans closer to him. “You’re really as clever as they say you are! It seems you caught on my dear.”
His face turns red as soon as he hears that, he didn’t expect her to be so blunt about it, yet it made him happy.
“I thought so, I thought I would ask. I’ve been meaning to since you gave me that bouquet full of cecilias.”
Venti finishes his slice of cake and she hands him one of the presents from the pile. “Open the presents, I think you’ll like what’s in them.”
He nods and starts to open one, finding a hoodie inside. He tries it on and finds it's oversized a bit, just enough to cover his hands, just how he likes it.
The next few are filled with small trinkets like a few different quills, different kinds of ink, extra strings for his lyre, and a bag that matches his outfit.
All of this combined makes him really overjoyed, he thanks her and puts the gifts in the bag. Being careful not to damage any of them. “You're keeping the hoodie on?” Lumine asks him as she puts on her hoodie, he notices that the hoodies match.
He blushes and nods, “Well, it looks cute on me and mine matches yours, so why not.” He smiles at her, he really can’t find the energy to tease her after how stressed he’s been.
Lumine moves close to him yet again, this time so close he can feel their legs touching. Causing him to involuntarily blush.
She then pulls him into a cuddle, he leans into her touch, he isn’t about to reject affection from the woman he’s been pining over for months. The two stay there for hours cuddling and kissing until late into the night.
“Lumine, I’d hate to do this, but I have to go. It’s nearly midnight.” Lumine responds by holding him tighter.
“Stay here for the night, we can continue in my room. And besides, I haven’t given you your final gift yet!” She says while blushing, a seductive look in her eyes.
He stands up and lets Lumine lead him to her room, a heavy blush in his face. They spend the rest of the night creating a memory that will never be forgotten by either of them.