Drunk Barad •| Reader x Venti |•

Chapter 1

~ Third person pov~

"The Honorary Knight of Favonius does it one again! 

Venti yelled out as you, Paimon, Kaeya, Jean, Lisa, and him head off towards the tavern. 

Some Abyss Manges had attacked Mondstadt while you were visiting. With the help of the knights you easily fended them off. You had come back to mondstadt after staying in Inazuma for a while to visit. You had been staying with Amber but she had to leave to go to Liyue to have a special bow made because the materials she needed were only found in Liyue.

"Ah, well I couldn't have done it without you guys."

You replied to Venti.

"Last one to the Tavern is paying for tonight's drinks!"

Venti shouted as he took off sprinting. You all ended up chasing after him. Kaeya ended up being last since he had not been paying attention and fell a bit behind.

You all sat down at the bar to have some drinks to celebrate. You didn't have any alcohol, you just had an apple cider to drink. Venti and Jean got very drunk and decided to participate in the karaoke. Jean wasn't half bad but Venti's voice was ear piercing.

"Tone Deaf Barad! You're giving Paimon a headache! Cut it out with that obnoxious singing already!"

Paimon yelled at Venti. It is true his singing voice was quite, well...you know what I'm saying. But there was something so cute, so captivating about him. He is funny and caring but also he can be serious when needed. He is such a wonderful person to be around. 

You thought this to yourself as you fixed a gaze onto Venti as he continued singing. You would smile to yourself before being aggressively tapped on the shoulder. 

"[Name]! Make the Tone Deaf Barad stop singing! He really is Tone Deaf with that voice!"

Paimon shouted trying to pull you out of the trans. You were sitting at a table with Lisa. Kaeya had gone up to join Jean and Venti on stage.

"[Name]? [NAME]!"

Paimon had finally snapped you out of your head. You turned to look at her.

"Hm?"

You responded.

"Don't tell me you have a crush on the drunkard."

Lisa said in a bit of a sarcastic voice.

"WHAT?! [NAME] LIKES THE TONE DEAF BARAD?"

Paimon shouted so loud that Raided Ei herself could hear her.

"W-What no its not like that, and Paimon? Can you keep your voice down please?"

You said as you took a sip of your apple cider.

"I don't know...The way you look at him makes it obvious."

Lisa said smirking at you.

"Okay, and so what of I do?"

You said quietly as you looked away a little embarrassed.

"SO [NAME] REALLY DOES LIKE-"

You cut Paimon off by covering her mouth.

"PAIMON HUSH" 

You yelled at her. The rest of the group approached the table where you guys had been sitting. The tavern was closing so Kaeya went to pay for the drinks. 

You all headed out and parted ways to  go home. Just as you and Paimon were about to leave you herd a familiar voice calling out to you.

"Oh Traveller~ are you going to leave me all alone~?"

Venti called out to you as he swayed back and forth barley able to stand on his feet. 

" Don't you have somewhere to go?"

You asked him as you turned around to face him.

He shook his head no as he continued swaying and almost falling over.

"...Hey...I know where this is going! He is not coming home with us!"

Paimon shouted at you.

"Where is he supposed to go Paimon?"

"He is the Anemo Archon! I'm sure he'll figure something out!"

Paimon responded as she tried to pull you away.

"Oh Paimon I won't be a probleeeem~"

He interrupted as he soon fell onto his butt. 

"Too bad Paimon"

You said as you walked over to help Venti up. You put your hand out and he gladly took it pulling himself up off of the ground. When he got up he didn't let go of your hand. You started to blush a bit.

"U-Um Venti..?"

"Yes my dear Traveler~?"

"May I have my hand back?"

You asked him nervously.

"Did you loose it? I don't have it~"

He replied to you as you had started walking to catch up with Paimon.

"Well no you're holding my hand..."

You said to him looking down at your hand he was still holding onto. 

"Oh! Sorry Traveler."

He said as he let go of your hand. His face was kind of red but you couldn't tell if it was from drinking or if he was blushing.