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

31:Recovering again...

Chilumi is cannon in this book I guess.
But not gonna focus too much on it.
The events in the last chapter was about 5 hours long, 1 hour for the mission itself and the rest is recovery from the wounds for a bit.

(Y/N) POV
Childe and I were brought back to Zapolyarny Palace to give our reports before we were allowed to go off. Childe was tired by the time we reached the house our family lived in. Tecuer was having a snowball fight with Anthon and Tonia. One snowball hit Childe in the face. I burst out laughing.

The others laughed too, Childe made a face. I followed Childe inside as he gestured to Tonia to distract Tecuer. Inside, our parents were chatting with each other.

(I'm just gonna name them 'Mom' and 'Dad' since I don't know their names)

"Ajax! (Y/n)! You guys are home earlier than I expected!" Said Dad. Mom immediately seemed to notice that Childe was injured. "Oh dear...what happened to you?" Said Mom, concerned about Childe. Childe put on a brave face. "Oh it's nothing. I'm fine, just a few scratches..."

I rolled my eyes at Childe. "A few scratches you say?" Childe frowned at me. Mom lead Childe to another room, I suspect that she was going to examine his injuries. Although according to the doctors, most of it was internal.

Dad gave me a hug. "Oh yeah and...someone sent a letter for you through a messenger, here." Dad passed me an envelope. I opened it to see a letter from Diluc.

Dear (y/n),

I hope you're ok. Do you mind if I visit your home in Snezhnaya? Anyways, Lumine and I would be visiting soon, maybe you could pick us up? We'll be arriving about half a day after this letter was sent.

Your dearest boyfriend,
Diluc

I looked up at dad. "When did this arrive?"

Dad shrugged. "About half a day ago?"

I gasped. I put on my coat. "Eck, that means THEY ARE HERE ALREADY, AHHH!"
(Random fact: (y/n) is using the coat that the pyro Fatui agent uses)

I ran out of the house, partially sprinting as I rushed to reach the main harbor of Snezhnaya which was about five kilometers away from where I lived.

Diluc POV
I stepped off the boat, the weather in Snezhnaya was cold, as expected. Lumine and Paimon were shivering beside me, paimon seemed to be using the heat radiating off from my vision as a fire. "I'm not really sure when the letter was received by her so I would expect her to he late," I Said.

Third person POV
About 35 minutes later...
(Y/n) finally reached the main port, she was out of breath. She hoped Diluc didn't mind her being so late. She starting walking among the crowd. Some people were steering clear of her as she walked. It took a while to find Diluc and Lumine but when (y/n) found them, Paimon was eating some meat and Diluc and Lumine were just watching Paimon.

Diluc's face lit up when he saw (y/n).

"I'm sorry I'm so late. I just received the letter..." Said (y/n). Diluc smiled and made (y/n) sit down beside him so he could hug her. "It's fine, I figured you would be late," Said Diluc. Diluc's hands brushed against one of the wounds on (y/n) and he noticed that she winced when he did.

"Are you hurt...? Again?" Said Diluc. The answer was obvious. Diluc sighed. "Then let's not hang around here shall we? Let's go to your family's house."

They soon reached the house. Childe was sitting outside, deep in thought from what (y/n) could tell. "Childe!" cried Lumine, going over to give Childe a hug. Mom and Dad came outside. "Oh, are these your friends?" Said Mom.

(Y/n) looked at Diluc. Diluc nodded. "Mom, Dad, this is my boyfriend, Diluc. Diluc, this is my mom and dad." Mom gasped, she obviously wasn't informed that her daughter have a boyfriend. Tecuer, Tonia and Anthon appeared from one of the backrooms. "Oh! Look! Big sis is back!" Said Tecuer, running to hug (y/n).

(Y/n) smiled at Tecuer. Mom went to chat with Diluc while Dad took Lumine outside to talk or something. Childe looked at me. "So I heard from Mom that you ran off as soon as you saw the letter, I must say, you are still as enthusiastic as ever even when injured," Said Childe. "I'll have to thank you for rescuing me before it could've got worst," Said (y/n), giving Childe a hug. Childe smiled, it was rare to be hugged by (y/n).

"By the way, how long are you planning to stay before you leave again?" Said (y/n). Childe shrugged. "Until I am well enough to spar. You?" Said Childe. (Y/n) thought about it for a moment. "I'll leave when I'm recovered. Anyways, I'm still stationed in Mondstadt," Said (y/n).

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