𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 [ 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚. ]

Chapter 11: Family Dinner

[If there's any mistakes, please let me know politely, thank you♥]

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Your sneaking out became a daily thing actually, now that you and your new friend Childe have been becoming a bit too comfortable with each other, the sneaking never stops there. It moved to the point where your brother has been keeping an eye out on you but he never voiced it out. He's just watching your every move, sensing that you're doing something rather different. It's weird, but his big brother sense is tingling. 

You made your way downstairs towards the kitchen to see if there's anything to eat. Today you don't have any plans, but tonight, maybe that could change. Seriously, your sleeping pattern changed when all of this started. With Venti constantly bringing you out for tonight, with Childe also hanging out with you and messing up with sleeping Hilichurls and find treasures, yeah, those.  You smiled as you remember what happened last night, he almost died on the large stone shield hilichurl if it not for you saving him in which he constantly thanked you afterward, it was really entertaining.

Opening the door that leads towards the kitchen, your face paled when you saw Kaeya and Diluc sitting in the dining area, the foods are all prepared and they seemed to be waiting for you. Both of them don't usually have dinner together, let alone stay in the same room, so this was certainly weirding you out and it gives you the chill especially when Kaeya didn't seem to greet you with a sweet smile. 

"Uh, what's going on?" You asked as you smiled nervously at your big brother's. You watched as Diluc's gaze hardened on you as Kaeya chuckled. 

"Nothing much. Take a seat. It's been a while since the 3 of us had dinner together." Kaeya said as he winked at you in which made you scrunch your nose as you sigh. 

"Sure..." You said as you made your way towards the table. Silently as you took a seat, Diluc sigh.

"Are you sneaking out at the night, (Y/N)?" He asked with a stern tone. Kaeya chuckled.

"How about we save that talk after dinner, Master Diluc? You don't want to spoil (Y/N)'s meal." Kaeya said as he grabs the spoon and took a sip of his soup. 

Diluctook a deep breath and leaned back on his seat, relaxing. Kaeya's right. It has been a real while since the three of them finally had dinner together, and he doesn't want to ruin especially that his little sister has been becoming a bit of a rebel towards him. Quietly, without saying any words or even batting an eye at his little sister, he grabbed his utensils and started to eat also. 

In your case. This was really awkward. You've never seen these two in the same room ever since what happened before, and by that, it was really awkward, and it feels like the whole room is just surrounded by pure silence. It was odd seeing these not arguing with each other. You wonder if it was something to do with you sneaking out. And if your other older brother, Kaeya, is here also, then you might have gotten yourself in a little trouble. Would you say it's Venti you're with sometimes? But then Diluc would hunt down the archon, and it would be a very bad idea to say that you're always hanging out with Childe to find some treasures in the middle of the night, so who else could you excuse for? 

"So, I've heard that you're friends with the honorary knight now, (Y/N). Did you have fun hanging out with him?" Kaeya asked with a smile as he slightly tilted his head to the side while holding his spoon. 

"I did actually," You said with a soft smile but you felt nervous. These types of things were never the same anymore especially with what happened to the two before, you weren't there but when your older brother explained to you what happened, it broke your young heart.