It Must be Love

Lounging

"Kaeya, wake up," Noelle says gently, shaking the adult awake.

"Noelle?" Kaeya says, pushing himself up into a sitting position in the bed he rests in. "What are you doing here? Where am I? What happened!?"

"Calm down," Noelle says, draping her hands on the young man's shoulders. Her pace is slow as she answers all of his questions, "I'm here to wake you up. You're in the cathedral, Barbara is taking care of Diluc. Last night, I don't know how but Diluc broke the curse. You're not a kid anymore!" She exclaims, a lighthearted chuckle escaping her lips. "Now, you must rest. Albedo said something about sleep and it helps you out of the side effects or something like that."

Noelle exits through the door which leads into the main room of the cathedral. He didn't want to sleep, but instead wanted his many more questions answered. What curse? What do you mean kid? What are the side effects? But the one thing that he wanted answered was: Was the dream real?

Deciding he has nothing better to do, Kaeya serves his surroundings. He has never been to the infirmary before. Being that because he 'slacks off' or because he is just that great at killing and fighting monsters that they have no chance to harm him enough to be sent into the cathedral's infirmary.

The hospital room was nothing fancy. The walls were pastel blue, and there were curtains between the beds or at least that's what he assumed. There would be multiple beds in this biggish room. The beds were simple and wooden. This room was more for resting and sleeping than healing. Since some injuries need more than one healing for the wound to completely heal and also the healers or Barbara needed time to recharge her healing powers.

Kaeya snaps his head downwards to his arms; Nothing.

His legs; nothing.

Chest; nope.

A look of confusion forms on his face. His eyes brows foreseed. To signal his defeat he shrugs his shoulders. A ping of pain hits him. "Ow," he mumbles, not expecting any pain. Kaeya looks at his shoulder. A burn mark clearly displayed on his shoulder. Having no recollection of The burn and his confusion only grows.

The only door of the room opens to the right of him which makes Kaeya's Rye dart towards the moving object. Barbara rushes in wearing her deaconess outfits, complete with her little hat which looks a little like a nurse's hat.

The deaconess speed walks past Kaeya and to the bed to the left of him. A sweet melody is sung as water condenses from the air around the woman's patient. The floating puddles pop like a bubble and burst into music notes. The music has bursts of healing, healing them in stages. "I'll be back for your last healing. Sleep well, Master Diluc."

Diluc.

The hazy dream of his older brother returns to Kaeya's brain. The blood and the sad look, but also the soothing words. The words of appearance. "We all love you."

Kaeya grabs at the thin curtain de masking the two silhouettes. The sound startles Barabra and turns around to the sound. "Oh, Kaeya, you're up."

The bluenette's eyes ignore the deaconess and focus on the red haired man wearing his normal clothes minus his coat which lays upon Kaeya's shoulders . His brother, Diluc, was mostly healed. His wrists only had mear stretches from cats unlike their bloodletting deep wounds. His face was almost back to normal as well. He would have a scar just like Kaeya unexplainable scar on his shoulder. But instead of his shoulder, Diluc would have one on his skull. It started in his hair and wrapped itself around to his face where it barely poked out at his left temple. The man could probably hide it away with his long, red hair if he wanted to.

"Kaeya?" Barabra says, waving her hand in front of the young man. "Oh, uh...yes?"

"I've been calling your name for a little while. I'm a little worried," Barabra explains. "I think you should go back to sleep; Albedo suggested it."