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Wangshen Inn - Liyue ,,  𝟔 : 𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯  𝘗𝘖𝘝

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄, on the sleeping  Zhongli, his golden eyes glimmered in the arising sun, attempting to start his tedious day at work at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. With his partner, Master Hu, of course. He stood up from his bed and went over to the bathroom to brush his teeth. He stared at himself in the mirror. His dark brown hair was styled in a wind-swept fashion with a longer fringe that hangs from the right side of his face. It fades to an amber brown at the tips. His hair was up to his thighs, messy and stylish at the same time.  When he finished brushing his teeth and went over to his wardrobe to choose what he was going to wear today. He wanted something smart but not too tacky, something handsome but not too childish. 

𝐒 𝐀 𝐌 𝐏 𝐋 𝐄 :

                                                          𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 : 𝘢𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵

As he walked out of his apartment ( ? ), he greeted Verr Goldet , the owner of the Wangshu Inn, and made his way to Liyue Harbour, where he would have his regular breakfast of honey and ginger tea and a croissant. He checked the time . It was 7 : 25 and he had a meeting with Director Hu at 7 : 30 ! He had no time for breakfast and rushed in the direction of The Wangsheng Funeral Parlour. He ran past the food kiosks and tripped on a step and fell on his face.

                                                                       " ouch,, tch "

Footsteps approached him, the shadow of what looked like a tall man came closer and closer. Zhongli looked up and saw a pale hand in front of his face. He accepted the support and grabbed onto the hand. Zhongli felt the hand for a bit. It was warm and slightly bigger than his. The man lifted him up. Zhongli placed his arm on the man's shoulder, trying to regain his sense of balance. He looked the man's face and suddenly felt his face turn red and hot. The man had short, choppy orange hair and blue electrifying eyes. He wore a beaded earring  with a red crystal on his left ear. 

𝐒 𝐀 𝐌 𝐏 𝐋 𝐄 : 

                                                  𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 : @_𝘮𝘢𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘭_11 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳

                                                   " Uhm, hello. Are you alright? "

 Zhongli, flustered in embarrassment, shook his head and then nodded his head. 

                           " So are you alright or not alright? " the man said concerningly.

Zhongli built up his confidence to speak. 

                                              " Y-yes, i am alright, thank you " 

Zhongli looked at the time on his watch. It was 7 : 36 . 

                                                        " Shit,," 

The man was worried and concerned for Zhongli.

                                               " What's wrong? "

                             " I'm supposed to be in a meeting with one of my colleagues but it's too late, she's very strict about timing. " 

" Maybe i can take you there?"

" There's no point, she'll just scold me if i turn up, i'll tell her i'm not coming today and to postpone the meeting until tomorrow,"

There was an awkward silence between the two males. Like very awkward. The man and Zhongli kept looking at eachother then somewhere else.

" So-"

"So-"

" You first," said Zhongli.

" What's your name? " 

" Zhongli, what's yours? "

" Ajax, but most people call me Childe " 

" Cool "

" Yeah.."

The awkward silence re-continued once again. 

"So- where are you from Childe?"

" Snezhnaya "

" Cool, i've never been there before! "

" You should visit sometime ! "

" I'll certainly try to."

𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 : 𝟔𝟕𝟐