Love is Just a Dream - Kaeya Alberich

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Recommended song to listen to while reading : Nobody - Mitski

Kaeya was all alone. He had nobody. Absolutely nobody. A sad ending as people would call it. Ever since he was born, his parents had resented Kaeya, blaming him for all their troubles. Khainer'iah was a place where love was a far fetched dream. Kaeya had never thought someone would love him, let alone he love somebody. But when he was only little, after his father had abandoned him, Kaeya had seen hope for the first time in his life. A man by the name of Mr. Crepus had come and showed Kaeya that love existed. He showed him that love wasn't just a dream that Kaeya could dream of at night. Mr.Crepus had shown him what a father was. Kaeya was grateful. Kaeya was so grateful. Mr.Crepus had a son, a little boy, about the same age as Kaeya. Kaeya had learnt this boys' name was Diluc, a boy who was quite shy. He tried his best to gain DIluc's trust, by giving him small gifts, a cupcake on the first day, a drawing of Kaeya and DIluc, a Windwheel Asther he had gone out and picked. Kaeya was making progress. Diluc was starting to open up to him. "Hey...do you wanna play knights with me" This was the first time Diluc had asked to play with him. Kaeya felt a warm feeling in his heart, something he wasn't familiar with. "S-sure." Kaeya felt happy. He felt happy for the first time. He laughed openly. He felt as though there was nothing better in the world than the family he had met. Kaeya and Diluc would play often, sometimes Kaeya would be the knight and strike down on Diluc, who would play the bad guy. "But big brother, I want to be the knight," Kaeya tugged on Diluc's sleeve. Diluc only smiled and patted his head, "fine but I'm being the knight next time!" he saw how Kaeya's face lit up and a grin spread across his face. Mr. Crepus watched from his desk, he smiled proudly at the two. Despite Kaeya not being his own biological son, that didn't change the fact that Kaeya was his son. The two boys dashed across the desk and Kaeya turned around briefly to smile at Mr. Crepus. The man wasted no time to return the smile. Kaeya was happy for the first time in a while. It was normal for the housemaids to see the young boys walking around with smiles on their faces. One time, Kaeya and DIluc had snuck out to the garden and picked a few grapes. The housemaids wondered why the two boys had their faces stuffed, but decided not to question it. "Did you two snag a few grapes when the maids weren't looking?" Mr. Crepus questioned the two. They both shook their heads aggressively, a sheepish grin on both of their faces. "No no father, of course not" Diluc spoke up, nudging his brother. "Yeah father". Mr. Crepus smiled at the two, "did you at least manage to snag me some too?" and at that, the 3 burst out laughing. It was truly a sight to behold. What could go wrong? They were happy. A happy family, with a happy ending. So how did Kaeya end up here? He smiled at the sky, remembering those times always felt refreshing. He was walking his last hours on this living hell. He was right, love was only a far fetched dream. Love was nothing more than pain. Love meant nothing to him. Kaeya was all alone again. He had nobody. Maybe he could have had a second chance, but it was too late for that. Kaeya looked down at the sight below. The lights of Monstadt were visible from a distance, but now he wouldn't need to care about it at all. Kaeya was finally about to be free. "Better luck next time," he shrugged and looked up at the stars one last time. "Until we meet again, may the stars ever have a place for you. Amen" and Kaeya let the winds guide his soul. At least here he would be able to watch over the land he left. Maybe he would be able to meet Diluc or Mr.Crepus. Better luck next time indeed. Maybe in Kaeya's next life he would be able to learn what love truly was. Until we meet again, may the Lord Barbatos ever be with you. Amen. May you find happiness, Mr. Kaeya Alberich. Amen.