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Kaeya was taken in to the Dawn winery.
Kaeya was nervous, but Diluc seem to be very excited.
"Hello, my name is Diluc. Nice to meet you!"
"M my name is Kaeya..."
"Your eye is pretty! I like it"
His compliment made Pretty-eye's owner was so blushed that he went hide behind Crepus.
Because Diluc was freindly, and took care of him well. So Kaeya had strong trust toward him.
And Diluc also loved how adorable his little-brother was a lot.
Therefore, this made them got along so well.
A flower was shown in front of Diluc's face.
"Kaeya loves big-bro Diluc so much!!"
Kaeya loved Diluc a lot, as a brother.
The little redhead boy reached his hand out and take it into his tiny hand.
"I'm also love Kaeya soooo much too!"
Diluc loved Kaeya a lot too. Love as a brother--
"Chu!"
Huh..?
The little redhead boy was so confused.
Meanwhile, the another boy was spreading a big smile.
The soft feeling on his cheek just a moment ago, made his face went heat.
'Love as a brother'
Maybe?
Time skipped, The little boys became teenagers.
While they were fighting with an cryo abyss mage that came out of nowhere. Diluc was screw up. He got shoved by their magic right on his face and fell onto the ground.
Luckily, their shield was suddenly eliminated by the fire Diluc just casted. Giving the advantage to Kaeya and got rid of them. Then he run stright to Diluc.
"Diluc!! You're nosebleeding..."
The hands which were holding his face gentlely, while the eye was staring at him worriedly.
Made the boy's brain no longer acknowledged his voice.
Kaeya's eye is literally pretty...
Then the sight before him was shutted
Kaeya still loved Diluc, not as a brother, but as his friend.
Diluc still loved Kaeya too, but not as brother the same.
Diluc woke up with his body on a single bed.
He felt a little dizzy at first, followed by the warmth on his left hand.
The owner of that pretty eye, was holding his hand.
"Barbara just checked on you. She said nothing to worry"
But this time, there is no concern inside it.
The redhead boy could feel that the person before him was really worried about him.
He couldn't keep his feeling anymore.
"Kaeya...in fact, I..."
He decided to confess his true feeling toward Kaeya.
And turned the face away, too afraid to do the eye contact with the other.
After this, Kaeya might not see me the same as before...
But then, the heavy on his chest made him turn his head back.
To see the smooth face laid on his left-side chest.
"!?"
"Hey, isn't it beating too fast like it gonna explode soon?"
"..."
"It's not like I don't know about this at all, Diluc"
"In fact...I have that feeling the same as you too"
The head lifted up, then turn toward the flame-color eyes again.
"Looks at your face, It's more red than your own hair now. Haha-"
Suddenly, his voice was swallowed, by the lip which attached to his.
Their bodies stayed still for a moment. The room went silent.
Untill Diluc moved his face away, slowly.
"You too"
Then, Kaeya just realized the heat on his own face.
And acted timidly, which was unusual to see from him.
After that, they started dating. Absolutely, no one knew about this.
Kaeya loved Diluc, as a lover.
Diluc also loved Kaeya, as a lover too.
And it finally happened, the 18th birthday of Diluc.
The day when he lost Crepus, his dearest father. From the consequence of using delusion.
That night, while he was suffering from the melancholy in his room.
The boy who were his lover, got into the room.
At least, Kaeya still be with me.
Diluc thought that the slim boy in front of him came to comfort him.
But he was wrong.
The true identity, was revealed through the blue-hair boy's mouth.
The truth which was suddenly acknowledged, while the mental was still down.
Made Diluc's anger increase to the maximum. And the fight between them began.
The sword in the birthday-boy hands was swinged out to his lover with many feeling.
Anger, sorrow, disappointment, confusion.
Why you did this to me, Kaeya. Although I love you this much...
The more he loves, the more he pain.
The pain which came from the love one.
Eventually, Diluc left from home, Left from Kaeya.
Like someone who didn't have any bond left for him.
Kaeya loved Diluc, the same as he did.
But Diluc, absolutely hated him now..
Few years later, Diluc came back to his homeland.
All of Dawn winery's crews came to greet him delightly.
Except one person.
Who almost one week passed, but still didn't show themself up.
The sun was setting.
Left-eye of a tanned-skin man, was staring at the mansion by the vineyard not so far.
Long legs just starting to step forward, but then stopped.
After that, he made a sighed and decided to turn his back away.
"Why weren't you just entering but sneaking around here?"
Immediately, he got stunned due to the appearance of mansion's owner before him.
Who just talked with him with obviously irritated voice.
"Ha ha...long time no see, and was this how you greeted me, master Diluc?"
The pain was shown on his face, which against the playful tone of his voice.
Because he could feel the distance between them.
The distance which increased through these years.
"...ugh"
The poker-face man lost his words
He didn't intent to make this guy upset.
"It seems like you don't want to see my face though. Anyway, welcome back to Mondstadt. And see you later"
"It's not like that"
The tough voice from fair-skin man, made the another who was walking passed him stunned.
"Not at all...!"
Tanned-skin man turned his head toward him slowly.
"I want to see your face"
"..."
"Always want to"
"..."
He looked directly into the blue-sky eye.
To express his honest toward him.
"Through these years, I always thought about you"
"..."
"Only thought when would I could be by your side again"
The man was continuously revealing his feeling.
"Only thought when would I could hug you again"
The desire was released through his words, couldn't be able to control himself anymore.
Diluc clenched his fists tightly.
"On the day when I hurted you...I'm apologized for that"
"..."
"I'm so regretted with my own decision"
"..."
"I should knew at the time that you might were suffered not different from me too"
A pretty-eye was shaking.
The unstable was starting to appear when the past was digging up.
"But even you would ever forgive me or not, there is one thing I want you to know"
And with steady voice.
Diluc told the thing he should know the most.
"I've never hate you even for a little bit, Kaeya"
The words which he'd never expected to hear.
Just had been told from his mouth.
"Sob..."
He tried to keep it. Eventually, the whine was still coming out from him.
Due to the relief which was formed inside his body.
The man in black outfit raised his arm hesitantly.
And finally decided to reach out, pulled the body before him into his chest.
Then hugged him tightly with his arms.
No waiting for too long, Diluc could feel the embrace which the another one gave him back too.
They both could feel the warmth.
The warmth which they're waiting for, finally came back to them again.
Kaeya loved Diluc, always did.
Diluc loved Kaeya too, forever.