Velvet Café [Childe x reader]

Afterstory [6] Ningguang's Jet

Ningguang sits in her leather office chair that reigned over everyone else in their seats, all stationed around a large marble table in the center of the meeting room inside the lady's business jet.

"Noelle would've loved to be here. Look at the sky! The clouds!" Barbara stares out the window, moping about the absence of her beloved. "I bet the kids would've loved it too..."

"Oh yeah, (k/n) loooved the first time on the plane. Started vomiting and crying." (Y/n) says sarcastically.

Ningguang clears her throat.

"I estimate that we'll arrive in an hour and a half. We'll meet with a business partner of mine, Ganyu."

Childe shifts in his chair, his pride not allowing him to silently agree with the plan. "You guys can do whatever. I have my own way of doing things."

"Childe?! Again?" (Y/n) hides her face in her hands. Shame, shame was what she felt and shame is something her husband seems to not have. "So, what is your way of doing things then?"

"I'll pay to get them out of jail."

"If it was that easy then they would've been released long ago." Ningguang replies, unfazed by the man and his rude responses. "You see, the woman in charge she's... Quite hard to bargain with."

"More like someone you can't bargain with at all." Beidou adds.

"Sounds like a problem. What do you have planned?" Xinyan asks.

"Ganyu knows people that are rather close to the woman. We'll work it out somehow, I hope. And we'll get this done as efficient as possible."

"Hahaha, efficiency!" Childe laughs, garnering a glare from Beidou and his wife, who was just about to scold him.

"You got something against Ningguang, you punk?! Aren't you ashamed of acting like such a pussy in front of your wife?" Beidou forms a fist, a straw away from striking him. "You do not disrespectful Ningguang. I may tease her, but I never disrespect her."

"Scary lady." Barbara whispers, running her hands over the goosebumps she got.

"Beidou." Ningguang puts her hand on her friend's shoulder. "We still have time until we arrive at our destination, feel free to rest till then." She announces to all.

Beidou clicks her tongue, bad blood still between her and the husband with broken pride. (Y/n) wouldn't even glance at him.

But having already thought of a punishment for him, she was holding back a chuckle. The punishment being Childe will deal with (k/n)'s tantrums for two months. Even longer if he dares act up again.

  
  
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An hour passes, half an hour is left. Childe remains sulking, (Y/n) is bantering with the other ladies.

"Childe really doesn't change huh. In fact it seems like he got worst. What's his deal?" Xiangling asks her.

"Hasn't he always been that way? Remember when he moved to a different country just because Scaramouche brought up a past issue he didn't want to deal with.

But you have a point, at this age he should start acting better. I don't want to see our kid grow up and get Childe's shameless behavior."

"Mhm." Xinyan nods. "How's your relationship though, is it like... Still romantic?"

"Rarely. Watching our kid and the café barely gives us alone time. Then we usually talk about lame stuff."

"How about for you and Noelle?" Xinyan turns to ask Barbara.

"The best life I could ask for. Sayu is such a good girl!"

"Sounds like someone has to get it together." Xiangling raises her voice a bit, just enough for Childe who was sitting alone, to hear. "You know (Y/n), the offer to turn him into Childe soup is still up."