Those Willing to Drown | Beiguang x GN! Reader

ARC II-ACT VI

CW: MENTIONS OF READER DRINKING ALCOHOL!

Entering Beidou's ship again felt almost nostalgic. Almost. You felt your lips tug into a joyful smile as soon as you spotted Kazuha, who upon seeing you, jumped, grinned and carefully placed down the ropes he was untying to opt to run towards you.

"Long time no see!" You chuckled, letting go of the cart to meet him half way, clapping your hand against his just to pull him to your side - the shorter boy laughing as his arm instinctively hugged your shoulders.

"Sorry, that's my fault. I've been a little busy lately."

"Hey, hey. No need to fret, I understand." You smiled. "Plus, I can't say I've been doing any better myself. The only reason I'm here today is because of Beidou over here." You nodded back towards the woman who by now had climbed out the cart and begun to carry off the wooden crates of food.

You snapped out of your daze and rushed over to take the three she had piled in her arms, smiling down at her. "I'll take these, don't worry. Where do you want them put?"

She smiled smugly before pointing to a wooden door leading to the lower levels, instructing Kazuha to take the other two crates and lead you to the storage room they would be using.

As you and the boy disappeared behind the wooden door, Kazuha turned to you and bumped your shoulder with his playfully - smirking at you as you quirked a brow.

"What?" You chuckled.

"So, she finally made a move?"

" 'made a move'? What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes playfully and sighed. "You know, did she finally ask you out?"

"Ask me out? What? No." You shook your head, though upon remembering the shared kiss, your eyes widened and your cheeks heated - something that didn't pass by Kazuha who grinned.

"So she said something! What happened?! Tell me!"

"Wait a minute." You shook your head, trying to ignore the heat on your face. "How do you know she was going to do something?"

"She's been talking about it for days now." He groaned. "She said she misses you and that she hopes you've been doing well. Every time she went to visit the restaurant you worked at she would return with the biggest grin. Sometimes she wouldn't even let me go with her because she wanted to see you alone." He finished with a chuckle, pointing you towards another hallway where the food storage could be seen.

You smiled, cheeks heating up even more. "Really? She likes me?"

Kazuha shrugged. "I thought she liked Ningguang but I have never seen her act the way she does about you."

"Is that so?"

He nodded, shrugging again as he placed down the crates in his hold into the storage room. "But don't take my word seriously, you'd have more of an idea on her feelings depending on what you two did." He turned to you with a smile, hands on his hips and an expectant twinkle in his eye.

"Well... I don't know, we may have had a moment or two." You chuckled, trying to hide the heating of your cheeks as you placed down the crates beside the ones he had. A hand shot up to rub your neck, soothing out the crinkles in your white shirt's collar. "We... I don't know."

"You don't wanna tell me?"

"It's not that I don't want to tell you," you poured, patting his shoulder. "it's that I wanna respect Beidou's wishes on how much she wants to keep private. We can talk about it with her, sounds good?"