𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐡

♛ 𝟏𝟑: Ascian

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The caliginous firmament in the sky was beautiful, and the Mondstadtian streets still brim with street lights. Cyno couldn't help but adore the way the amber eyes reflect on the streets. If it rained around Mondstadt, the lights reflecting the streets would have made good pictures. Cyno looked beside him, seeing Y/n, already holding her camera.

"The sky is pretty," Y/n said, stopping to take a picture of the sky, which was littered with stars.
"Well— if I could catch the moon."
Cyno then asked, "Aren't there cameras that could capture the moon?"
He hears the hum of the girl, before a sudden outburst that he did not expect.

"The Nihon KOOLPIX P900 has an insane zoom, that people say they can picture the moon! I've had it in my wishing list, for sometime, but I haven't exactly bought it. Plus, I wanted to ask Mona if she could invite me to her stargazing, since I know she buys different tools for astronomy! Oh! But there's another camera..." Cyno was surprised with Y/n's sudden spurt of rambles, that he found it to be cute.
He watched her ramble, staring at her wishlist when she would show it, and nod. Inside, he was somehow falling in love, much more with her smile, and the happiness glittering on her eyes. When her rambles stopped, he looked back at the girl, and she chuckled nervously. "I didn't expect to ramble like that."

"Don't worry," Cyno replied, hand reaching to her head, and Y/n felt a comfortable pat on her head. "You're cute when you ramble."

Red burst forth both of their cheeks after Cyno realized what he had said, though he did not deny it. In fact, he had to applaud himself mentally for that smooth line. Y/n was busy, hiding her face, but the blush felt like it could comically make her whole face steam.
"I-i'm not."
"I am very certain people other than me had said it before."
Y/n looked at the road, seeing a familiar path to her, Diluc, and Kaeya's house. Thank god they were walking slow enough that it had reached that line of conversation where Y/n can change topics like,
"Oh, we're almost near the house."
Cyno nodded, now thinking, wondering about many things that her friends probably know. Does she live alone, or does she live with someone? Would he meet her parents? If not, maybe a brother? Many questions ran through his mind, that he didn't expect that behind the door, he would see a man, completely different from what Y/n looked like.

              "Thank you for taking Y/n home. someone else was supposed to be the one taking her home, but instead, he's at the bar." Y/n's ears perked up.
"Of course. It is my pleasure." The door closes, and almost immediately, Diluc started to speedwalk to the dining table. Had it been because he showed himself wearing a white apron with the words: "Hubby is at Work" and that he was looking absolutely like a house husband, or because of something else that could have tingled Diluc's mother senses. In Diluc's perpective, he silently wished that the man didn't see the words written on his apron.
By the time Cyno had left off, Y/n was at ease to smell the scent of cheese, and of course, home sweet home.

"Dinner is ready," the male said, removing his apron, chucking it to its original place, and taking the first bite of his signature 'Pile'em Up's, only that it was in his very own rendition.
Y/n sat before him, the beautiful cheesy tower delicately placed on her plate.

"Y/n," Y/n hummed, hearing Diluc call her name.
"You're around with a lot of guys lately," Diluc stated, sipping on his grape juice.
Soon, his eyes bore straight to hers.
"Did you find a boyfriend?"

Y/n's eyes squinted, and she let out a laugh.
"I'm not finding anyone, really."
Her red-haired cousin hummed in thought. "But you've been going to dates... a lot of them."
Now that Y/n thought of it, she have been out for a while, having been with Venti the other day, Cyno just now, and Albedo weeks before. Then, there was also Xingqiu, and Chongyun.