Teyvat High

Chapter Three

New update, woo.

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The rest of the tour went smoothly. Tartaglia showed them around as much as he can inside the small break time. They went to the school garden where they saw Albedo, sketching a random flower on the ground. "Nice to meet you two. I hope you enjoy your stay here." He told the twins, smiling.

Next they went to the cafeteria where they met the staff, Sara and Chen. Then to the teacher's lounge and the infirmary where they met Baizhu, their MAPEH (Music, Arts, PE and Health) teacher. A tall man with long green hair.... with a snake on his neck??? "No worries, she doesn't bite." Baizhu assured them when they saw their worried expression. Aether still wonders how the snake is allowed to be in school.

Lastly, they went to the student's lounge. An open area where the students, no matter what year or section, can hang out with each other. "This is where you guys can meet students from the other sections and grade levels. Look, there's Kaeya and Diluc! They're brothers, kind of. Either way, lets go greet them." Tartaglia dragged the twins as he made his way to the brothers.

"Hey Kaeya! Hey Diluc!" Tartaglia chirps, earning a smile from Kaeya and a glare from Diluc. "Ooh? Its not everyday the Vice President is in the student lounge, hm? What's the occasion, Tartaglia?" Kaeya, the dark-skinned blue haired male with an eyepatch asked. Tartaglia laughs, "you make it seem like I hardly ever come here. I'm showing the new students around. Aether, Lumine, introduce yourselves." "Hi! I'm Lumine and this is my twin brother Aether." "H-hi." Aether can sense a dark aura from the red-headed male, Diluc. Seems like the type I don't want to mess with...

"Hi, I'm Diluc. This is my brother, Kaeya. Don't accept his advances, please." Kaeya laughs. "You make me sound like player, dear brother!" "Are you not?" Kaeya shakes his head, "Of course not! You're the one with girls follo-" "Ehem", Tartaglia clears his throat,  " anyways, so that concludes our tour. I hope you enjoy your stay here in Teyvat High, Aether and Lumine. Diluc, Kaeya, would you both be a doll and escort them to their classrooms? I have somewhere to go to first." Kaeya happily obliges while Diluc raised his eyebrow at Tartaglia. "Let's go then!" Kaeya says, leading the way back.

"What are you up to, Tartaglia?" "What ever do you mean, Diluc?" Diluc scoffs, "this isn't so Vice President like, hm? What? Have things to do with the Fatu-" "Don't speak of that here." Tartaglia slightly raises his voice. Diluc laughs, "what? Still hiding that? The teachers will find out soon." "They won't. I'll make sure of it. Now, please accompany your brother in escorting the twins." Tartaglia leaves after he said that, leaving Diluc no choice but to follow Kaeya.

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"Class Monsdtadt, right? Might as well say hi to Ms. Jean." Kaeya says. "Hey... Kaeya?" Aether says. "Yes, little Aether?" "What year are you in?" "We're third years. A year left until we're done with Junior High." Kaeya replies. A year left? "There are 4 years here?" Lumine asks. Where they're from, there are only 3 years of highschool then college. "Yep. Must be quicker where you're from. Where exactly are you from?" Lumine and Aether look at each other. "We're from-"

RIINGGGG RINGGGG ! !

The twins were startled. A bell? Why would a bell be ringing- "break time's over??" The twins ask. Kaeya laughs. "Let's make a run for it! Don't wanna miss Mr. Baizhu's class now, no?"

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"Okay.... we're here." Diluc says in between breaths. He turns around and sees the three still down the corridor. "Or I'm here..."

"Dear brother, how do you run that fast?" Kaeya asks, still catching his breath. "We used to run around as kids, Kaeya. Don't act so surprised." Kaeya just laughs. Kaeya then turns to the twins, "wanna join us for lunch later? We can introduce you to some other people as well. We can also answer your questions about the school later." Kaeya suggests. The twins nod at him. "Great! See you then, Lumine and Aether~" He says winking at Aether, making him
flush a bit. Lumine lightly giggles. "Bye Kaeya! Bye Diluc!"

"Looks like Kaeya has taken a liking to you, Aether." Barbara says to Aether, laughing a bit. "Isn't he like that to everyone, though? Especially to boys." Amber adds. "Maybe he swings both ways?" "Either way, do you like him Aether?" Barbara asks, making Aether jump a bit. "Me? I.. I don't know? I just met him! He's cute I guess but I don't know if-" "Calm down, Aether. They're just teasing." Lumine laughs. Aether nervously chuckles. They then went back to their chairs.

"Wait, you're into guys, Aether?" Lumine exclaims. Aether looked around, the whole class was now looking at them. "Lumine... don't yell." Aether is now embarrassed. He isn't really that shy about his sexuality, he just didn't want everyone to know, atleast not on their first day. "Aether, don't worry. We won't tease you or anything. Almost everyone in Teyvat High is gay or queer anyways." Amber says. Aether was shocked. Almost everyone??? Then again, he was relieved. He didn't want to get bullied. Wait who was gay and who wasn't?

"So? Are you?" Lumine asks Aether again. "Uhm, yes? I mean, I'm bi, if you're asking. But I prefer guys more." Aether replies, voice kind of coming out as a whisper. He never came out to his sister yet. He was scared what Lumine would think about him. He knew Lumine was straight,  she never really knew when to close her mouth. Especially about her crushes (which Aether may or may not have had a crush on too). But, he wasn't expecting Lumine to hug him. "You dummy, why didn't you tell me! I'm your twin sister for Archon's sake!" "I didn't know if you'd accept me...." Aether says, close to crying. He's happy his sister is alright with this.

"Aww guys, group hug on Aether!" Amber says, causing the twins to jump. "Wait no-ah!" Too late, they were hugged already. "Welcome to the gay club, Aether!" Everyone laughed. "We accept you bro! Tell me whenever someone bullies you, I'll deal with them!" Bennett, a male the same height as him with platinum blonde hair and lots of bandages on his body, tells him. "Razor too! Razor... protect Aether. If Aether allows, of course." Razor says, a male similar to Bennett but less bandages and long gray hair that kind of looks like wolf's fur. Aether laughs, "thanks guys!"

"Its good to see you guys bonding together, but we have classes so please go back to your seats." Mr Baizhu says, the students mumble "but senseiii". "No buts," Mr Baizhu then looks at the twins, "hey twins. Feel free to come to me if you feel sick since I work at the infirmary from time to time. Or if you just want someone to talk to, I'm all ears." He smiled at the twins, they smiled back and nodded
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