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Part 21

Oct 1
4:16pm

"Y/n was there when it happened, after all."

The silence that remained after that was deafening.

"What?" Xiao whispered to himself in disbelief. "What do you mean Y/n was there? That can't be right. Why would they ask about it then?"

"That's what I've been wondering as well. Perhaps Y/n doesn't remember it, which wouldn't be so surprising." Zhongli walked over to Xiao and patted his shoulder.

"I wanted to tell you about it sooner but it didn't seem right at the time. I apologize for that."

The teal headed boy sighed. "What was Y/n doing there?"

"They... were the one driving the car. And according to their father, they got distracted and noticed the girl too late."

Xiao was simply in disbelief. He didn't notice how wide his eyes opened and how hard his heart sunk the moment he heard Zhongli speak those words. He felt all kinds of conflicted emotions. The boy didn't know what exactly to feel.

"Y/n... was the one who was driving the car..." he could feel himself getting dizzy just by thinking about it. He quite literally couldn't believe this.

"Will you talk to Y/n about it?" Zhongli glanced over at Xiao.

"I don't know, should I? I don't even know what I'll say. What can I even say?"

"It's up to you. If you wish to talk to them about it, then you should." Zhongli patted his shoulder once more.

Xiao brushed his front bangs backwards with his hands as a bitter smile was plastered onto his face. "Dammit... why don't you ever give me a straight answer?" he mumbled.

Zhongli simply chuckled in response, not saying anything more.

But he did feel bad that he couldn't do anything more for Xiao.

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Oct 1
4:18pm

[ EMO 💔🥀 ]

EMO
did you know abt y/n and the accident

Hu Tao
huh know what

EMO
they were in the car

Hu Tao
oh shit

i had no idea

EMO
yea i expected that

Hu Tao
why didn't y/n say anything abt it

EMO
zhongli says it's possible that their memories were affected after it happened

Hu Tao
oh...

are you going to ask them abt it

EMO
idk if i should

this entire thing is weird