bitter exes | beidou x ningguang

chapter xliv

Back to Liyue Harbor. Along the Sea of Clouds. Ningguang only sat at one chair next to her window, gazing beyond the skies and the sea. She wonders how Beidou is doing and wishes her one great voyage. Sighing heavily, she could not wait for her to return and tell her her response. A legibly written paper clutched tightly with her hands, thinking of something romantic that could make Beidou never go on long trips. She even rehearsed some of her script. Even though she's very bad at confessing, she'll make an effort for this entirely. Ningguang also finds herself spacing out entirely, who knows what's goin on through her mind.

Although Beidou would always tease and bother her, she still misses everything about her. Her smiles and smirks, chuckles, kisses, hugs and more. She groaned, marking out the days to her return. It has been five days since she last saw her. To ease herself, she would smell the pirate coat that Beidou had given her, smiling afterwards. Meanwhile Ganyu had a confused look at her face when she catches her doing it.

She pressed the confession paper at her diary then locked it at one of her drawers, hoping that no one would dare and touch her secrets.

Then she remembers that she has errands to do at the Bubu Pharmacy so she immediately left her chamber, Ganyu protested and insisted on going with her so her boss let her do so. On the contrary, Beidou politely told Ganyu to take care of Ningguang because there are some times that she would unconsciously overwork herself, leading herself to pass out all of a sudden.

"Is there something the matter, Miss Ningguang?" her secretary worriedly asked, "Are you feeling unwell that's why you're going to the Bubu Pharmacy?"

"I am well, thank you for checking me in." she reassured her, "I'm going there to settle something in accordance to business." she explained, smoking through her pipe which she unknowingly puffed it to Ganyu's face.

She waved her hands when she inhaled some of them, "Ah, I see."

Then they walked from the Yujing Terrace, luckily they are taking the steps downwards. They barely panted from this.

There are a lot of people hanging out before the Feiyun Slope, feeding the fishes and someone by the alias Traveler was picking out lotus heads at the pond. Ganyu told them to not do that whenever Ningguang is present or else they'll pay a fine worth a hundred lotus heads. A floating child even argued with Ganyu before Ningguang told her to hurry or else she'll leave her behind.

Keqing appeared out of no where and surprised Ganyu from behind, "Hey!" she said with a start, the other flinched at this action.

"Don't do that..." Ganyu could feel her heart almost escaping from her chest, not knowing if it's from the scare or from Keqing's touch at her horns. She blushed when she caressed them gently.

She laughed hard, "Sorry! You should have seen the look on your face, Ganyu!" then she looked over Ningguang after Ganyu gave her a displeasing look, "Oh, where is your captain?" she wriggled her eyebrows.

Ningguang sighed, hating the fact that she's a thirdwheel again, "At her voyage, she'll be back two days within now." she felt excited but chose to hide it when the two are in front of her.

Keqing rose a brow and nudged her, "You don't look excited at all, I wonder why." she frowned at Ganyu.

She butted in, "Miss Ningguang will never show her excitement in front of us. She's someone who's very good at hiding her expressions."

Ningguang did not know if she was being complimented or not but she chose to ignore them. She disliked being teased but only Beidou could pull of something that would make her smile afterwards. She marched away from them, not wanting to get distracted when running errands. Keqing and Ganyu trailed behind her, looking like bodyguards.