Secretive (Scaramouche x reader)

Endless sleep

"how far away is this domain?"

About the third time the girl had asked this same question in a interval of fifteen minutes, further annoying the harbinger on purpose. "You're not getting a different answer until we are there, stop asking!"

She chuckled and grinned, "you are very fun to annoy, i see why Childe gets a kick out of it" he scowled, pinching his nose. "So you act this way because of that pathetic imbecile, so many more things are clear now..like you're utter stupidity.."

She shrugged, "Childe isn't that stupid, he's just very..entertaining" he rolled his eyes "Entertaining, sure. when he's not purposely trying to piss me off.." her laughter filled the air. "Well, he's quite childish? ironic ay?"

"I swear to the archons if i ever hear you make a single pun again in my lifetime i'll—"

"Kill me? yeah that threats gotten old by now Scara" She chuckled as he twitched in anger, his veins popping out of his forehead, it was hardly visible under his hat but from the angle she was at, it was clear as the daylight.

"Do not call me that ever again.." he growled, crossing his arms while he walked, safe from the suns rays. "Why? Scaramouche seems to long and Balladeer just sounds boring.." he pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. "If i had the all clear to end your life.."

"You would, i know i know. By the way, do you know if this domain is gonna be like..full of the abyss order and stuff? I hate fighting abyss mages with a passion" he shrugged. "The diplomat that investigated it didn't investigate further, so i have no damn clue"

Y/n frowned, crossing her arms as they approached a rocky formation with a wide entrance, "It fell down here?" she crouched down and peeked into the cave, the rumble of hilichurls and chanting abyss mages rang from within, making the girl shiver.

"wonderful, let's hope my mask doesn't get fried by some stupid pyro mage" she was first to wander into the domain, looking over her shoulder to make sure Scaramouche was still following her.

"How long will we be in Liyue? there's not much to investigate nowadays, after the trouble Childe caused at least" the decorations that hung from his hat slightly jingled as he removed it and set it just outside the entrance.

"Wow, look at that it's not attached to your head!" he took a deep breath to try and manage his anger, "I should have known your dumbass would assume such idiotic things" 

"Uh huh, how long will we be in Liyue? surely we won't be here for much longer?" he nodded, following her into the depths of the domain. "After this there's a few things to attend to in Fontain, then we'll be back in Snezhnaya with a week long vacation. Which means, a week i don't have to deal with you"

"Your so petty" Y/n hopped down a small decline and looked up to see a group of hilichurls and a chanting abyss mage. Scaramouche readied his sword, but Y/n smiled and shook her head "I'll get rid of them quickly, you haven't got to see me fight yet right? Now's the perfect time"

She slowly removed her mask, handing it to him with a pleading smile "Hold this for me" he scowled. "Since when do i listen to you, and why should i?" she sighed, "Because, fighting hand to hand combat is hard with a mask, it gets too hot and i can't see very well"

"..Fine" she smiled, "Y'know, since we're on equal levels of status technically, we should perhaps listen to each other more?" he scowled, watching her figure get further from him as she jumped into the fight.

She kicked high and low, beating the hilichurls with only her bare fists then when it came to the abyss mage she readied her scythe as it became ingulfed in flames. The hydro abyss mage chuckled smugly, firing a hydro bubble at her.

she spun her weapon around, the flames burning away at anything that came nearby, not even the shot of pure hydro energy survived the heat radiating from the chaos steel. And soon, the abyss mage no longer had a shield, leaving Y/n to relentlessly torture it to her hearts content.

"Never took you as the person who enjoys torture" Scaramouche leaned down and stared at the wailing creature. "s-stop! i'll..I'll tell you whatever you're here to find out!" it cried, the two fatui shared a glance before Scaramouche begun questioning the mage.

"The asteroids, what has the abyss found out about them?" the mage screamed again as he zapped it, "The..the abyss order knows nothing of the sky rocks, they are useless to us!" the mage pleaded for it's life as the sixth harbinger drove his sword through it.

"further in?" he stood up and sighed, "Fine, the energy in here is odd. Throwing me off my rhythm" Y/n tapped her chin and shrugged. "I guess i'm too used to abyssal energy to notice" she leaned against her weapon.

"Speaking of, how and when did you get that streak on your face?"

"Is this conversation because you want to know or because its beneficial to you in some sick puppeteer way?" he sighed. "No, merely because I'm bored" Y/n scratched her head, trying to think back to the first time she noticed this 'scar'.

"Well let's see.." Balladeer stared silently at the scar in question now that it was clearly visible without her mask in her possession. "It was after i left the abyss..probably some time while i was in the abyss order.."

He did a double take, replaying it in his head to make sure he heard that right "I'm sorry, the abyss order? The fucking monsters that hate humanity? the monsters that are trying to topple the archons?" She looked at him with a raised brow.

"The Tsaritsa didn't inform you when i was transferred to your branch?" her growled and put his palm against his forehead. "No, she didn't. And i wonder why she fucking didn't" Y/n laughed, "Oh my gods! Perhaps she thought or maybe knew i wasn't gonna listen to you so telling you would be pointless?"

"Or, she did it just to piss me off?!" Y/n sighed, "You make it sound like everyone is out to get you, she's smart enough to understand my independence and that piece of info was useless to you"

He made a tsk noise, pouting like a child. "I take it you don't like that fact? People aren't out to get you sweetheart, you've just convinced yourself that they?" she stretched, with a chuckled "Ok i understand you shortening my name but what the fuck did you call me?"

"Sorry, slip of the tongue?" his brows furrowed in frustration. "You are a foolish woman aren't you?" she smiled "Hey that's a step up from cussing me out, but god you scowl a lot.."

"Shut up!"

"Nope!"