Dark Crimson - Diluc x Reader

Chapter 2 - The Girl In Red

I walked up the stone steps leading towards a large fountain when I heard someone yell my name. 

"Y/N!! Y/N!! Over here!!", shouted a voice from what seemed to come from my left

A girl in all red who looked like a hunter was standing outside a restaurant and was waving her left hand at me. How did she know my name? Of course I remember her name from inside the game, but how did she know mine? I turned around and began to head towards the girl in red who waved at me, and that soon quickly turned into some sort of salute. 

"Outrider Amber. One of the Knights of Favonius. Also, unbeatable Wind Glider Champion of Mondstadt". "What is your name", she asked. 

"Y/N, how do you know my name? We haven't met before...", I replied back to Amber.

"Ahhh thats because Kaeya told me, I believe you just met him right?", Amber said frantically while she fidgeted. 

She seemed much more hyper here than she did in the game, not like she wasn't already hyper, something just seemed a little different about her. She still loved to brag about being the best glider in Mondstadt so I guess that is something that has stayed the same.

"Mhm, I spoke to Sir Kaeya not too long ago, he wanted to meet up with me this evening at the tavern. He said he was interested in my story", I said. 

"Well won't that be fun right! I can already tell that man is going to get you to taste many different wines! Kaeya is a wine fanatic, if you ever need to see him, you can always bet he might be there", said Amber excitedly. 

Why is she so intrigued? I thought. Is she too a wine fanatic? No, she can't be, her bubbly personality seems to be one which gravitates towards Orange Juice or something.

"Well, what are we waiting for!? How about I show you around the place Y/N! By the looks of it, when you were walking up the stairs just then you seemed to look quite lost..", the pyro wielding girl said as she began to already start walking towards the counter of the restaurant. 

"Sara, this is Y/N. Y/N, this is Sara. Sara here works at Good Hunter, which is a restaurant you can come to buy all sorts of foods for all meals here in Mondstadt. I recommend the Stick Honey Roast...MMM.. I am getting hungry just thinking about it!", Amber expressed. 

"Hello Y/N, Nice to meet you. Is there anything you would like to try? Kaeya told me that you are not from around here"., stated Sara.

Looks like everyone knows me now... damn Kaeya. How did he even manage to tell this many people already anyways?! I feel like soon after talking to him i only just met up with Amber. Seems that is the kind of strength you need as a knight.

"Um I think that I will pass, seeing as I don't have any Mora on me at all...", I mumbled. 

"Oh Y/N, dont be so gloomy! Since I was the one who offered you a tour, how about I buy something for us to have....hmmmm...how about Sticky Honey Roast!", Amber said gleefully. 

She walked up to Sara before I got a chance to say anything and ordered 2 Sticky Honey Roasts. I had never seen them in real life..but my gut instinct was that I was about to have some giant chicken plopped down in front of me. I can already tell this is gonna be way to much food for me to eat, we totally should have just gotten 1 to share, but Amber was too hyperactive and placed the order without my say. Amber finished ordering and we went to sit down on some wooden chairs, placed just outside the ordering counter. The table was wooden too, and it was a complete replica of the ones I had seen walking around as my characters in the game itself. I was quite looking forward to trying this in real life, seeing as I am a big roast fan. The picture on the menu previews looked so good! 

Sara brought out our two roasts and placed them on the table in front. Again, before I could say anything, Amber started digging in like a pig. This was her favourite meal, no doubt about it. As she was busy eating hers, I looked down at the delicious Sticky Honey Roast. It was exactly as I thought, except for the fact it was not chicken. It was a giant ham cut into slices, but not sliced enough that it broke its original form. "Poor boar", I whispered. The potatoes were a very beautiful golden, and were cooked to absolute perfection. A dark brown honey sauce was drenched over the ham and dripped down to cover the tops of the potatoes. Finally, a very tiny piece of what looked like coriander was placed on top of the ham, it looked like a decorative, but it gave the dish more immense flavours. I ate the meal slowly, savouring each bite. I had no money after all, so this would be my first and my last nice meal for the time being. Amber finished far sooner than I did, but she sat silently in front of me eagerly eying up what was left as I wiped the sides of my mouth. 

"If you don't mind me asking... are you going to finish all that? We should probably get going soon to look around some other places!", Amber exclaimed. 

I straight away knew she was just saying that to finish my food, I was very obvious but I tried to not pretend to notice. We had heaps of time anyways so we would still have plenty of time. I decided to give her the rest of mine anyways, she deserved it since she took time out of her day to show me, a complete stranger around. She finished the rest in a flash of light, it felt like 1 minute. 

"Oh my god I am stuffed!", Amber quietly shouted as she stood up from her chair. "Walking to these next places hopefully will burn some of those calories!".