Ethereal slumber- Raiden shogun x Tomo

Chapter 11

Aether and Tomo sat beside eachother "Do you miss Kazuha?" Aether asked and Tomo gazed at the endless mist infront them "Yes, I miss him. He was a good friend to me and almost like a brother to me" Tomo said "Why are you with Ei and not Kazuha?" Aether asked, staring at the man beside him "I tried going back to Kazuha... but when I saw him having a happy life and probably moved on about me, I decided to not interfere because I thought I might make him sad and regret about my death again and take all the blame to himself" Tomo said, leaving a tear fall out of his lifeless and saddened eyes "Aw, Tomo" Paimon felt pity for the dead man.

"Why are you with Ei?" Aether asked once again "The reason why I'm with Ei is because she wants to apologize to the vision wielders that she stripped out and I want to help her, but she does'nt know that she's the one whom chosed to do it, not me" Tomo's lips curved up a smile and Aether noticed "But that's not the only thing that keeps me tied to the living world... its something else..." Tomo said, smiling down at Ei and carressing her head "What is it?" Paimon asked curiously and Aether tapped Paimon's shoulder "Paimon, we should get going and leave the two alone now" Aether whispered and stood up "We just forgot, we have assigned a meeting with Ganyu. I'm sorry if were leaving too soon" Aether told him an excuse "Its okay, go now" Tomo smiled at the traveler "Goodbye then, come on Paimon" Aether said, dragging the emergency food.

When Aether and Paimon left,
Tomo waited for Ei to wake up. After a few more hours, Ei finally awoke "Ah! You're finally awake, Ei" Tomo smiled and Ei sat up "huh? How long was I asleep?" Ei asked and Tomo puts a finger under his chin "Well I dont know really, the time here is unchanging but it felt like you were asleep for hours" Tomo said, Ei observed her surroundings and she noticed that her body was covered by Tomo's haori. His haori smelled like; lavenders, cinnamon, and a tint of maples.

Tomo then stood up and pulled out a hand for Ei to take "Come on, Ei! Dont you remember why were here in the first place?" Tomo gave Ei a wide grin "Of course I remembered" Ei said, returning him a smile and took his hand, as Tomo pulls her into a standing position.

"So, where is Lanxi?" Ei asked and Tomo guided her while still holding her hand "Lanxi is not too far from here, She's just around the corner" Tomo said, as they stopped at a tree nearby "There she is!" Tomo pointed at the spirit girl. Ei and Tomo come up to the spirit "Are you two also spirits?" The girl asked "Yes and No actually" Tomo said "Are you perhaps Lanxi? A friend of Tejima?" Ei asked and Lanxi nodded "Tejima... its been a long time since I've heard of his name again" Lanxi said, putting a hand over her chest, remembering the times they had long ago "A long time? You must be waiting for someone, right?" Tomo asked the spirit and she nodded "I wanted to wait for Tejima because I want him to accompany me in the afterlife" Lanxi said, gazing up the bright and cloudy skies of the abode "How is he doing?" Lanxi then turned her gaze into the duo infront of her "Tejima is doing fine, his life has been stable ever since the vision hunt decree was gone now" Ei said and Lanxi sighed in relief "That's good. Please do tell him that I Love him and I cherished him deep in my heart, and also tell him that I'll be waiting for him" Lanxi said before disappearing out of thin air.

Tomo and Ei decided to stay inside the domain for a little while. They then sat at the edge, facing the thick endless mist "I have a question to ask you, Tomo" Ei said and Tomo looked at her "What is it?" Tomo asked and Ei looked back at him "Why was the spirits earlier were see through and meanwhile you... you look almost like a living person" Ei asked and Tomo giggled "Maybe its because they have been staying in the living world for quite a long time, that they started to disappear" Tomo said and Ei nodded her head "How long will you stay?" Ei asked, looking sad and Tomo got up from the ground "Let's not worry a about that right now, Ei! Instead, let's have some fun while it still lasts" as Tomo spoke those words, Ei smiled and also got up from the ground.

Tomo grabbed Ei's hand and confidently jumped into the mist, making Ei's anxiety level rose up to celestia. Instead of feeling a endless fall, she felt the ground. Tomo laughed at Ei's reaction "Ahahhahahahh... Oh my archons— aaaaaahhahaha... I cant— you thought that you were going to wWwaahahhahaa——
Ei blushed in embarrassment and threw his haori at his face.

Tomo stopped laughing and put on his haori. He looked at the goddess who was turning her back and crossing her arms "I'm sorry, Ei. It was just a prank, you can't really die in the border" Tomo said, scratching the back of his head. Now that Ei thought about it; did he ever seen the other side? Or been here before?. Ei's thoughts soon cut off by Tomo hugging her waist "I'm sorry... Please forgive me" Tomo said, burying his face against her neck. Ei blushed and carressed Tomo's head softly "Well let's go now, there's still more people I need to make apology for" Ei said and hold Tomo's hand in hers, as they exited the border and came back to the living world.

Tomo transformed back to his cat form/Daichi and Ei carried him. When they were out of Wuwang Hill and entered Qingce Village; they saw that it was already sun rise "How long was I asleep? Or How long did we stayed there?" Ei mumbled to herself and Daichi meowed.

They started heading their way to stone gate, passing wangshu inn, and arriving to Liyue harbour.