Vengeance, Betrayal | Tartaglia X Zhongli (Angst)

Chapter 10 [🍋]

A. N.: I'll be trying a new layout so everyone wouldn't have a hard time reading the dialogues. I'll be editing the other chapters when I have time!

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"Wounds? Can I see?" Asked Zhongli as the other lifts his shirt to where the Balladeer had blown a hit on him. A tint of blush could be seen on Zhongli's cheeks as he's still not used to seeing Childe's body.

"Are you just making excuses to see my body? You know, you could see it tonight~" He teased, making Zhongli blush more.

"There are no wounds." Said Zhongli who looked away and immediately took his tea.

"Hmm, you're right. Weird." Mumbled the ginger-head while looking at his stomach where it was hit in his nightmare and pulled down his shirt. It's probably his demon paralysis or so that's what he thought.

The silence was all you could hear but a comfortable one. Zhongli puts down his tea and laid down on Childe's lap, or just his head that's resting on it. Childe gently brushes his fingers through Zhongli's brunette hair with a golden strike at the end, the other calmly takes a nap as his lover plays with his hair. Childe then starts braiding Zhongli's hair while humming, trying to remember how to braid it properly since he hasn't done this for a while now.

"Struggling?" He woke up from the sounds of Childe having a little hard time braiding his husband's hair. "I got it." He replied.

Zhongli hummed in response and watched the sun soon to be gone from his amber eyes as the wind breezed gently, and the ruffles of leaves and grass could be heard. It was so peaceful, even a little moment could be something that you want to last forever.

"Every day, everything changes. But you never get less beautiful."

"Nothing is constant, but my love for you increases every single day."

The couples giggled at their quotes for each other after the sun has set. Childe had finally finished braiding Zhongli's hair although it was a little messy, the brunette didn't mind.

"Let's go home, my love." Said Zhongli who sat up and started packing up the things they brought earlier in the basket. The other helped the brunette with a smile and hum.

As they finish packing up, they started walking back to their home. Ah, home. A peaceful, full of wonders, and loving place for some people like Zhongli and Childe. Everyone always envies their relationship, not knowing the challenges they had gone through. "We already had everything prepared for our after-marriage, what do we do now?" Asked Zhongli whose mind is full of curiosity.

"Can we have children? I mean, you can transfo-"

"Ajax!" Called out a blushing, flustered Zhongli.

"Haha! I'm just joking around!" Joked the other, laughing sheepishly and scratching the back of his neck.

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[!!!R18 Scenarios!!!]

Finally home. Zhongli sat on their bed, sighing in relief that he could finally rest as Childe removes his shirt to change clothes. "I can feel you staring, y'know~," He said while facing his back on Zhongli, throwing his used shirt at the basket of laundry that's next to their cabinet. The other looked away, blushing once again.

Zhongli felt a hand touch his chin, gently making him face his front. "Still not used to it?" Childe whispered with a smirk, his face close to the other. "I guess I am not if I'll be honest." He answered, trying his best to make eye contact with Childe.

Childe could feel Zhongli breathing heavily and see his hands gripping the bed sheet, trying to control himself but Childe couldn't. He leaned in and roughly kissed Zhongli which made him moan, the brunette was a little shocked but went along with it. Not breaking the kiss unless they need to catch some breath. As much as Zhongli wanted to control himself, he gave in and lets go of the bed sheet, his hands now slithering on Childe's body as his way of telling Childe that he wants more.

Childe understood Zhongli's actions. He finally broke the kiss and pushed the other onto the bed and unbuttoned Zhongli's brown polo. He then gently kisses the brunette's neck then bit it, sucking it, leaving marks as his hand slithers down Zhongli's body. This made the brunette moan once again. The ginger head pulls out and whispers in Zhongli's ears, "I'm only teasing and you're already noisy? Let's see how loud you'll get later.". Childe kissed Zhongli's ear and then back to his lips, the other letting his husband's tongue explore his mouth and hands now on his pants.

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"Good morning, sweetheart!" Cheerfully greeted Childe while drinking coffee in the living room to a Zhongli who's only wearing his brown polo, long enough to cover his part, and who seems to be struggling with walking, holding onto walls to avoid himself from losing balance. He seems to be full of marks too, even on the thighs, as if Childe abused him.

"Having a hard time walking?" Teased the carrot head.

"Perhaps you were too rough last night." He said with a raspy voice and went to the bathroom.

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"Gasp! DID CHILDE ABUSE YOU?! I swear I'll make sure THAT MAN doesn't easily get out of his COFFIN alive and then we can get ALL OF HIS MORA for the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor!!!" Yelled Hu Tao after seeing marks on Zhongli's neck that he couldn't hide and rolled up her sleeves as if she was about to engage in a fight.

Zhongli facepalms and called Hu Tao. "It is nothing but a mere injury." He lied.

"An INJURY? First, a mosquito bite, now an injury. I swear to Rex Lapis, I will haunt him even in the afterlife"

Zhongli sighs, thinking if he should tell his boss the truth or not. Hu Tao then lifts Zhongli's shirt then saw more... Bite marks. As she observed it, a tint of blush formed on her cheeks then quickly backed out. "A... Couple thing... Haha..." She mumbled, awkwardly smiling then ran away.

"Hu Tao. You've done it." Said Zhongli with a threatening tone and chased after Hu Tao.

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"Huh? The Wangsheng Director and her consultant? Why are they in such a hurry?" Asked a boy from the Guhua Clan with short, blue hair and uneven bangs, Xingqiu to himself. "I'm not so sure." Answered a boy with light blue hair, an exorcist with a popsicle, Chongyun.

"Probably Hu Tao ticking off Mr. Zhongli again." Added Xiangling while serving the two's food.

"Jueyun Chilli!" Screamed Chongyun after taking a spoon full and started to feel awful while Xingqiu and Xiangling laughed after making fun of their friend again.