A Protective Wind 🍃Venbara🍃

🍃Thirteen🍃

Venti POV:
It felt strange having Barbara here in Liyue and not in her work attire. I loved that smile of hers, but Morax embarrassed me in front of herrrr...That blockhead really needs to learn a better sense of time, I mean all the other adepti are better at that than their god they serve. I look over at Barbara as we sat on the couch, and I see her hand on the couch as she sat there. She seems to be dosing off and so I focus my eyes in front of me and put my hand on top of hers. I felt her slightly jump but then she looked over at me, giggling

"Are you embarrassed? Is that why you're not looking at me, Barbatos?"

She caught me, and so I look over at her

"No, I'm not embarrassed. I just wanted to surprise you is all, and I wanted to show how much I love you...Me being Barbatos wont change anything, right?"

"For the most part no, it'll just change what I call you when we're alone. Unless you would perfer me to call you Venti even if we're alone?"

"No, you can call me Barbatos when we're alone or with another archon. I don't mind, but just know that Venti is really my personality...Say, I haven't played my lyre in a while, would you like a song my beautiful lady?"

"Oh the pleasure would be mine, I'd love to hear a song!"

I take out my lyre, strumming the strings in a beautiful rythm. Barbara hums along as she looks at my fingers gently strumming the strings. I begin to sing along with it, oh how I love to sing and play. It feels even better if my goddess is watching me, her eyes fixated on the strings are just so beautiful and mesmerizing.

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It was later in the night when we were walking alongside each other on the streets of Liyue, eating street food and talking. I could listen to her sweet voice forever, I just couldn't keep my eyes off of her. I still am worried about her getting hurt though since she knows me as someone other than Venti, but there is no undoing the past...If I could undo the past then I could make up for all my mistakes and maybe he would have lived a happy life until he was old. If only we could've explored this world together, but I'll take this chance to explore it with my goddess if that is what she desires.

"Hey, Venti?"

"Ehe, yes?"

Her cheeks were pink as she held a smile, those eyes glistening as if they were buckets of glitter in the sun.

"Do you know a good place to watch the stars around her? I mean it probably isn't your first time to Liyue."

I knew just the place and so I took her to the mountains of the adepti, as Zhongli gave me a sigil of permission since I am a fellow archon. We sat there, staring at the stars and holding hands. I felt something on my shoulder, the head of my fair maiden. I smiled, looking over at her and showing my wings. I wrapped my right wing around her and she smiled back.

"Barbara, I know we met suddenly and didn't have the best of terms after I kind of broke my lyre...But...I love you, my goddess...Will you please be mine and try a relationship with me?"

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(AN: Ik it's short but I think this is a good moment to end the chapter so I'm going to end it here. Don't worry, it's not the last chapter and I'll continue to update this. Happy Turkey day to all those who celebrate! :)) author out! 💙)