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reader: gender neutral aether ++
aether and y/n walked together through the whispering woods looking for anemoculus and food to eat, with paimon behind the two, trying to catch fireflies and butterflies and adorably failing.
aether was always so quiet, but when with y/n he opened up a lot, they both love each other's company.
when you both found enough ingredients you found an abandoned camp and decided to sleep there for the night.
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as y/n was cooking sticky honey roast, a dish that amber recommended to them, looking from the instructions on the recipe to the meal, y/n thought they were doing great.
they weren't the best chef and from looking at what was in front of them, they thought it looked nice, it is bound to taste nice.. right?
paimon came up to them and smiled, "paimon thinks you've done great! since your not as good as a chef," she smelled the food and made a noise of satisfaction, "it smells nice too~ aether will love it!"
y/n smiled at paimon and sighed in relief, then realised aether was nowhere to be seen.
they looked around and saw him sitting on a nearby rock looking at two weapons in his hands in confusion.
"which one should i choose?" he asked as he noticed y/n walking over, "this one." they pointed at the weapon in his right hand, he smiled, "i was going to go with that one too, great minds think alike huh?" y/n softly chuckled.
"i've always wanted to braid your hair," they said, looking at how his blonde hair moved with the wind. "go ahead, i haven't had anyone else braid my hair in a long time.." he stated, there was gloominess in his voice like he was reliving memories from his past.
they walked over to his side and he shuffled forward as they sat behind him, y/n gently slid the feather at the end of his braid, they then started to slowly undo the braid trying not to tangle his hair.
they put their fingers through his hair, surprised by how it wasn't tangled at all, "your hair is so soft~" they silently said, as they played with his hair stroking it and running their fingers through it.
they started braiding his hair, asking "does it hurt?" after every time they grabbed another lock of hair always receiving a small, "no" or aether slightly shaking his head.
finally finishing, they tied the feather onto the end of the braid and patted his hair, they were about to speak until they heard a small sniffle from the person in front of them.
they positioned themselves so they were beside aether and looked over to him, his face was covered in tears as he tried to hide his face with his hands, a muffled "sorry" could be heard from him.
y/n eyes widened, "did i do something wrong?" they held aethers hands trying to remove them from his face, "my sister..she always used to braid my hair.. when we were.." he stopped and wiped his face he looked up to y/n trying to smile.
"aether.." they said pulling him into a hug, he sobbed into their shoulder, mumbling, "i miss her so much,"
they didn't know what to say, they could never understand his pain, all they could do was whisper comforting words into his ear as he cried into their shoulder.
