𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 [𝙆𝙖𝙯𝙪𝙝𝙖 𝙭 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧]

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣

gunyun stone forest was in the distance, and kazuha felt content.

he was happy with the fact that not only was he giving away his friends vision, but he thought that y/n was coming to accept this new reality.

after kissing her, he felt awkward around her. she hadn't said anything since it, and he felt self conscious. did she like it? did she not like him in the same way he liked her?

maybe avoiding her would make me feel better.

kazuha rested his head on his right shoulder, placing a hand further up the beam away from y/n. he shuffled his eyes to look at y/n.

they were looking over the view. their eyes focused majorly on the tides of the ocean. he watched as their eyes danced along with the sight of the waves. he unconsciously smiled at them. he felt his cheeks heat up slightly. bringing a shaking hand up to feel his cheek, he noticed he was blushing. just as he silently freaked out about it, beidou yelled up at the pair.

"hey, you two! we're here!" beidou called out to them, and without hesitation, kazuha grabbed y/n by the waist, using an anemo burst to gently fall to the main deck. y/n looked over at kazuha in a panic, wrapping their arms around his neck and resting their head on their arm. kazuha blushed at this as they floated down.

as soon as they got to the deck, y/n got on her hands and knees and practically hugged the deck.

"i'm never leaving the ground again."

"technically, it's not the ground, it's the deck-" kazuha began, but was stopped when beidou gave him a swift kick in the shin.

"well, ow? i get it." kazuha limped away, walking towards the smaller boat that was being packed with things needed for the tournament.

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i stood up from the deck and sighed, looking up a beidou. "do you need a hand? i'm good at- well, helping." i casually said, letting my hand fall onto the grip of my blade.

"you don't need to assist, you're a guest. i don't expect guests to do my sailors chores." beidou sighed, looking over all the sailors who were packing up smaller boats that were leaving to guyun stone forest.

"kazuha is very fond of you, ya know."

"oh?"

"yeah, ever since he saved you on your way to liyue, he kept on talking. especially when he found out you were gonna be delivering the wine. that's why i invited you for a drink. but, you attacked him with your sword, cost me a lot of mora with the sandbags and made a fool out of yourself." beidou laughed at the last part  she had reminisced.

i covered my face in embarrassment. "yeah yeah i remember that a bit too well.." i let out a chuckle as i turned around, glancing at the small boats.

"are they ready?"

"seems like it, let's go." beidou began walking towards the boats, that were all ready to go. "let's get to the island everyone!" beidou exclaimed as everyone let out cheers. beidou and i boarded a boat with a few other sailors, while kazuha sat on another boat. we sailed over to an island with a large, empty plain of sand. everyone began setting up for the tournament. i patiently waited for kazuha to approach me, but he never did.

after a few hours of setting up and idle chatting with beidou, the tournament was set up. there were tents pitched around the island. beidou had a large, master tent at the very top of the island, while everyone else had smaller ones. since i didn't bring one, i had decided to just wander the islands and keep watch of the tents.