Love or hatred? (Diluc x y/n) OLD VER

12:Journey to Liyue

Third person POV
The group set up their camp as night fell. Paimon and Lumine went to set up the tents while Diluc and (y/n) were suppose to keep the fire alive.

"Don't tell me there are Fatui scums here too," Said Diluc, tired of running into Fatui camps on the way to Liyue (although they are at the outskirts of Liyue).

"Hey, you have me. I can punish them however I want," Said (y/n), proudly. (Y/N) has scared off quite a few Fatui subordinates and was able to avoid getting her travel companions form fighting them.

Diluc seemed to be looking at (y/n) even closer when they are alone. (Y/N) suspects that he must be looking for her delusion. "You know, staring at me so closely isn't gonna do anything to me," Said (y/n), tossing a dried bird nest into the fire.

Diluc was a bit pink. "Who said I was looking at you closely?"

"You obviously are! What else would you be looking at?"

"The scenery behind you?"

"What scenery? It's dark!"

"But the sky is nice?"

"You can barely see the sunset from here!"

"Ugh..."

Lumine and Paimon was done with setting up the tent. Lumine and Paimon would be sleeping in their own tent while Diluc and (y/n) has to share one tent. "Good night!" Said Paimon, ducking into their tent.

(Y/N) has been wearing her Fatui outfit more often since Diluc has found out, it doesn't matter if people at Liyue despise her, she had been there before anyways. "Look Diluc, just tell me why are you always trying to figure out where my delusion is? Does it matter?" Said (y/n).

Diluc frowned. "Yes it does...I just...I just..."

(Y/N) guesses that Diluc still love (y/n) and he's trying to prevent her from using her delusion as he didn't want to lose (y/n) like his father.

"Ok,ok. Just sleep," (y/n) went to sleep after she said that. Diluc watched (y/n) as she slept, so peaceful and cute. "Yet she is part of a horrible organization..." thought Diluc as he slept.

The next morning...

(Y/N) POV
I woke up the next morning to find Diluc already awake, he was talking to Lumine. I didn't see Paimon and assumed that Paimon was still asleep.

"So, how far will be travel today?" Said Diluc, still unaware that I was listening. Lumine was pointing to some areas on a map but I could not see from where I was. "I think we should take the short cut through here," Said Diluc, tracing a different route. "What? Have you been through there before?" Said Lumine, surprised for some reason.

"No, but (y/n) have!" Said Diluc.

It was then when I got what he was talking about. The shortcut was shorter yes, but more dangers there. As far as I know, a few ruin guards were spotted there.

"Through there? You want to leave the main route and cut through those ruins with treasure hoarders and maybe a ruin guard or two?" I said, finally speaking up.

"Yeah, we can sneak by them can't we?" Said Diluc. Lumine agreed. "It's not that...there are like a lot of treasure hoarder camps there. Are you sure we can sneak by? One noise will alert them!" I said, disliking how risky this route was.

"How did Diluc know I've been there before? I only ever written my routes in my journal. Wait...my journal! Did he read it? The only reason I took that route last time was because I was alone! I'll let Diluc slip by this time..." I thought, going back into the tent. My journal wasn't a locked book, it's just a book that anyone was read.

We woke Paimon up and waited for Diluc and Lumine to finish packing up the tents. I look ahead, the morning was hazy, if we walk fast, we can reach the ruins before the fog lifts. With the cover of fog, it was easier to be undetected but we will risk running into ruin guards and activating them.

We pass by Wangsheng inn and got a quick snack before leaving quickly. The morning was still foggy enough to use it as a cover. "Let's hurry, the fog can be good cover for us. I prefer not to get caught in a fight," I said, leading the group.

We were at the edge of the ruins when the fog lifted. "Darn it! It's gonna be hard to sneak by...theres a lot them and only four of us and only three of us can fight..." I said, trying to calculate our next move.

Third person POV
The treasure hoarders were searching the ruins continuously everyday, they had woken up already and are working to find some sort of treasure. (Y/N) told Lumine and Diluc her plan she came up with.

"I'll sneak behind them and knock the active ones out. You guys will help me if they corner me with their numbers. And remember, DO NOT GO NEAR RUIN GUARDS THAT SEEMS TO BE UNACTIVATED!" Said (y/n) before quickly moving to the next wall.

Paimon was floating so she shouldn't make that much noise. Lumine and Diluc had to watch out for sticks or dried leaves to avoid making noise. (Y/N) knocked out the first two men she saw and signaled that they are safe to move forward.

A few meters in front of (y/n) was a camp full of treasure Hoarders, no going around this one, they were awake. (Y/N) signaled that it was not possible to sneak by and it's going to be a brief moment of battle and a lot of running. Diluc and Lumine got ready to support (y/n).

(Y/N) climbed a wall of the ruin and leaked down from above, activating her vision and set small streams of fire in a few directions as she landed on the ground. Diluc and Lumine came after her. Diluc knocked out most of the treasure hoarders and Lumine helped (y/n) with some of the buffer ones. They saw reinforcements from the other camp coming and it was time to run.

"Lets go!" Shouted Diluc, running for the hill. Paimon and Lumine followed behind. (Y/N) sent one last burst of fire at the camp before running.

Word count: 1070
Dam this is a long chapter