With You | Thoma x Ayaka | Genshin Impact

Waving Goodbye to the Past

     "New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings."

     - Lao Tzu

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(Editors Note: Just wondering, does anyone like the quotes? I was just kinda trying something so let me know if you like them!)

  Ayaka waved good bye to Kazari until she walked off the last step, she was now officially free from the Kamisato estate and was now able to walk towards her dream.

   "Young Lady, what are you thinking?" Thoma asked leaning over.

   "Hm..." Ayaka thought about it, "Maybe... that while I feel sad, I'm glad Kazari can do what she's been wanting to do."

   "Ah... is that so?"

   "Why, what are you thinking about right now?"

    "Me?" Thoma grinned, "I'm thinking about how pretty you look in the evening sun!"

    Ayaka smiled embarrassingly, she never got over how smooth Thoma was able to whip out lines like that.

    "Thoma, do you think things as drastic as Kazari leaving are going to happen often?" Ayaka asked.

    "Maybe," Thoma shrugged, "But we shouldn't be scared of change, right?"

    "Right." Ayaka nodded.

     "Well then, it's almost time for dinner!" Thoma exclaimed, "Will you be eating in your office Young Lady?"

    "Today? Hm... I think I'll eat in the dining room." Ayaka replied.

    "Very well!"

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    "Eh seriously?" Thoma groaned.

    "Yeah," Haru nodded, dinner was just being served and the two housekeepers chatted while cleaning the dishes while others dried and put them away.

   "So we're about to get really, really busy?" Thoma double-checked, "As in, Ella-left-so-we-have-to-do-all-of-the-work crazy?"

      "Well, not that crazy," Haru assured, "I don't know what happened last time we lost an attendant but I heard that things were so busy that all of the other assistants and attendants couldn't see their masters for a while."

     "Eh, seriously?" Thoma's face fell.

     "Yeah, only a few people are still around who were there when an attendant quit, Ella was one, there's the head of laundry who might know, and... who was it?" Haru tilted his head and tried to remember.

       "Abdiel, one of Lord Ayato's attendants." Kiana said, taking a cleaned plate and drying it.

       "How long has Abdiel been here for?" Thoma questioned.

      "Well... he's about fifteen or so and the attendant left around eleven years ago so he's been working here for at least that long." Haru shrugged.

      "..." Thoma did the math in his head, "Abdiel has been here for eleven or more years?!" 

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