𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 | 𝔸𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕩 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣

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Another day, another 73- A boy just stole one...  So that makes it 72 apples to stock up. Although Y/N had worked with food all her life, she'd only touched meat and pasta, not really any fruits or vegetables. She's eaten a carrot and an apple, but her younger self thought they all tasted the same. "Ah it's you!" The kindest sound went through her ears.

"Ew, why are we seeing her again?" It's too obvious to her now, it's Aether and Paimon. "Oh uhmm.... Hey Y/N...." Paimon tried to greet properly, but failed. Y/N looked up from her apples and smiled at Aether.

"Hey! Want an apple? It's on the house!" She smiled wide; specifically to the blonde. Aether took one of the apples and thanked her. Paimon floated there for a few minutes, looking at the apples.

"Hmm, can Paimon have one too?" Y/N nodded. Paimon gleefully took one and almost took a bite into it but Y/N held her hand out. "Huh? What does that mean?" Paimon studying her hand.

"20 Mora please!" Y/N replied. Paimons eyes widened. Really what Y/N was doing was making her pay for both Aethers apple and her own.

"What? No! Paimon is not paying 20 Mora for an apple! Aether just got his for free!" Aether just took another bite of the apple, teasing Paimon. Y/N looked at Paimon, in a menacing but happy look, Paimon just looked at her in annoyance. After a long and painful stare Paimon groaned and put two 10 Mora coins on the counter.

"Thank you! I hope to see you soon!" Y/N called out to the duo.

"Ugh, remind Paimon to never buy an apple from her again" Paimon angrly bit into her apple while Aether just laughed.

The duo went and sat on the fountain, talking about who knows what. Aether took a bite of the apple, and it was a juicy one. The juice reflected the suns light as the drops ran down Aether's chin. Aether wiped it away with a napkin on hand. Y/N couldn't stop watching. She looked at him, mesmerized by his smile, his eyes, his... Everything. Except his personality, that she doesn't know.

"Hey!!!!" Amber came out of know where and wrapped her right arm around her. Y/N didn't even move, she was still hypnotized. "Well look at you! In the shade while all the other people are just taking in the heat! Hah! Lucky!" Amber looked at her eyes, curious of how she wasn't listening to her antics this time. Amber noticed, she was looking at something. No no not something... Someone. "Well well! The girl who's never gotten with a guy finally is interested in one eh?" Amber lightly elbowed the girls stomach. Y/N didn't care, she was too busy looking at Aether's glory.

"Hey Amber?"

"Yeah?!" Amber thought this was going to be the conversation she had been waiting for. She waited for the golden words to come out of Y/N's mouth. Amber just couldn't wait.

"Can you help me train for a vision?" Amber stopped. So no "How do I ask a boy I just met yesterday out?" Or "How can I impress a guy?". Amber just played it cool.

"Well uh... Aren't you unathleticly inclined?" Amber tried to direct Y/N to the path of romance, but that was no option down in the fork in the road.

"Yeah but... I just want to finally reach my dream as a kid! To get a vision! To finally be stronger!" Y/N was cringing on the inside. She didn't wanna have this conversation with Amber, maybe Jean but... Amber was the only available source right now. And "I just want to reach my dream!" As an answer? No, Y/N really wanted to say...

"To teach everyone who ever thought little of me a lesson"

No, Amber wouldn't believe that. She'd never. Amber would just shrug the trauma off and look at her own self and her own troubles. Y/N was pretty sure the reason Amber was taking so long to answer was because Amber didn't want to spend her extra time just training to defeat some stupid enemies almost anyone with NO VISION can defeat.

"Fine. We start at dawn!"

Y/N had suddenly regret asking.

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Aether sighed as he looked at the sky. He was quite frustrated. His second night in Mondstadt and so much yet so little to do. He didn't wanna do any of it. Not even a pinch. He wanted to find someone to help him, someone to fill part of that hole forever.

"Well, Amber, Keaya, and Lisa can help us, but that Visionless apple girl definitely can't" Paimon huffed. "She's so annoying!"

"Now Paimon, I don't really think saying people are no help will help yourself. She can be of good use to us" Aether chuckled. "Like how you have many uses? You can show me maps, give me more teammates, tell me what I need to do, and... You're emergency food" Aether smiled.

"EMERGENCY FOOD?!" Paimon slapped Aether's arm, it didn't affect him at all.

"As I was saying, Y/N seems to be good with food! She can be... A healer of some sort for our team!" Paimon thought, then sighed.

"Fine, go ask her ya bum" Paimon floated behind Aether as he approached the girl. She was currently with her boss, Blanche.

"Y/N, I've been telling you! Tip the mail guys! They work all day and night to get these apples here! Giving them a bit of money would help!" Blanche sternly stated.

"But Blanche-"

"Anyways... Here's your paycheck, go on, your shift is done for the day, take a weekend break" Blanche tossed the bag of Mora in her hand and walked off. Y/N sighed and walked off from the shady shelter. She looked down to the floor. She actually liked working with the plants. She should probably find a new job. Maybe a gardener?

"Hey Apple Lady!" Paimon yelled out. Y/N looked back up to the duo. "Aether here wants to ask you a question" Y/N raised her eyebrow and looked at Aether.

"Would you like to be apart of our team?" Aether asked with no context.

"Team for what? I'm not really good at running around and stuff-"

"No! It's for uh... We already have some fighters, so you can be our healer! Or our uh...."

"You have no idea what I can do, do you?" Y/N chuckled. Y/N pulled out a knife from her boot that she carried with her at all times. She had made it herself. It looked like a mini sword, and was about the size of her forearm."It's like my weapon but I only use it for self defense, so I can't really do all the hefty work, and because I don't even have a vision" Y/N put the huge knife back and put her money into her satchel. She didn't really want to run around much, she couldn't. So it was impossible. "Yeah, I'm gonna have to decline. But I'll give you and your team some food every now and then, I have my own fruit and vegetable garden at home" Paimon nodded and surprisingly even gave a thumbs up.

Aether smiled at the gardener. He ever ment to, something was making him smile.