Ecstasy in wine glass

Chapter 3: drunken secrets

Y/N's POV

Many minutes passed.. Or many hours? I'm not sure anymore. I found myself just drinking more and more from the nerves. I can remember Kaeya just asking me a bunch of questions, they were about my personality, interests, and I answered with no hesitations. Not even questioning his intention.

"So.. we've been talking a lot about me but."

I take another sip of my drink

"I still don't know a whole lot about you, please id love to listen". I say with a small hue of pink tinting my cheeks from the alcohol.

"Me? Why im just a regular knight spending his evening in the tavern, what more is there to say?" Kaeya says calmly as he stops staring at her and moves his gaze to his own glass, skillfully shaking it with the ice cubes swirling around the glass creating clinking sounds.

'Wait wait wait.. Does he not want to share?? Did I make him uncomfortable asking ermm.. Ahh I can't tell! He doesn't look offended or sad or anything.. But then again I know he's really good at hiding his emotions.. Okay okay calm down stop overthinking! I'll just ask him about his knight duties! Right! That shouldn't be a problem right?' I think all of this while staring into space with a drop of sweat dripping down my forehead.

"Are you alright miss y/n? You seem quite flustered. Perhaps it's best for you to drink some water, we don't want you to have a dreadful hangover hm?" Kaeya says as he raises his hand to order a glass of water.

"No no i'm perfectly alright i have a uhm" I chug down the rest of the drink in my cup in one go.

"AlcOhol t-toleRance.. "I say, my head getting fuzzy as I stumble on my words.

Kaeya chuckles at my response but then shows a bit of genuine concern on his face as takes my glass, sliding it beside him.

"Regardless, you've had a lot to drink, certainly much more than me, it's also getting late, don't you think it's time we head home? All of the customers have already left, it's only us.. I mean and of course Diluc snarkily stares at me as well.

I feel a whole swarm of emotions enveloping me, no.. it can't be.. Not yet.. I don't want this to end just yet.. please..

Kaeya's POV

I see y/n start to anxiously fidget with her fingers as her lips quiver trying to speak. I find myself being pulled towards her. Some kind of unknown gravitational pull as i reach out my hand, but then stop as i see her start to speak.

"I don't want to.. Because if I drink the water.. Then.. then you'll leave me.. Please don't leave me like everyone else." she says as tears prick up in her eyes. Honestly, what is going on in this girl's head? She looks like she's about to fall apart. She sniffles as she wipes her tears. In once swift movement, she takes my drink and quickly gulps down whatever is left, a gasp escaping my lips. She grips the hem of my black leather glove as she lifts up her head, her eyes glimmering with desperation.

"Please just..Not yet, I've waited.. So long to meet you-" She cuts herself off mid-sentence as her head falls onto the table, the grip on my glove loosened, her eyelids closed.

'Oh shit shit shit shitbvio4fjpgibothp4io she passed out. God what do I do? Dammit, I can't just leave her here' I think as I try to wake her up but she doesn't budge.

'I can't just bring her to my home, that would be quite improper because I live in the knights of Favonius headquarters.. And if other knights saw me it would surely cause a scandal' I think to myself as I smirk.

'Well then i guess i will have to bring her to the inn myself, after all we dont want her to be startled when she awakens' i think as i bend down and wrap her arms around my neck, placing her on my back as i stand up, tightly gripping her thighs so she doesnt fall. I then walked to the exit as I was stopped by Diluc.

"Where do you think you're going? with one of my customers no less?" Diluc says with a death glare that can probably burn through stone.

"Don't worry so much Diluc, as you can see im simply being a gentleman and carrying her back to her home" I say remaining calm.

"And how can I be sure that you don't have any ulterior motives?" Diluc says with a 'tsk'

"Ah how dare you accuse me of such a thing?" I say dramatically but also jokingly as he sighs.

"I would never take advantage of someone like that" I say for once looking at Diluc sincerely, with no hidden motives, no mysterious things hidden behind his voice. Just his raw feelings. Something Diluc has not witnessed in years.

"Very well, but if i hear of something, i won't hesitate to beat that smirk of yours off your face. Got it?" Diluc says with another sigh, a burning rage flickering within Diluc that is clear he's trying his best to suppress which I simply chuckles at.

"Right right" I say from a distance as I leave the tavern and walk to the inn.

'Well I have no clue where you live so I guess I'll just rent a room until she wakes up' I think as I enter the inn and pay for a room, laying her on the bed as I sit down.

I stare at her eyelashes, her red nose from her crying before, her pink flushed cheeks from the alcohol. I find myself getting lost in my own thoughts.

'Why was there such anguish in her eyes when she asked me to stay with her? Who else left her, what caused her such heartache..' I snapped out of my thoughts as I noticed her breath reeking of alcohol. Knowing I had to give her water somehow, even though she was unconscious I grabbed a bottle of water I recently picked up from the receptionist and tilted y/n's chin upwards. I poured some of the water into my mouth and plugged y/n's nose as I leaned in.

'Forgive me miss, but trust me you will thank me once you wake up.' I think as I part her lips and connect them with mine. Letting the water from my mouth pour into hers, a bit of water leaking from the corner of her mouth as I wipe it with my thumb. Her body swallowed from reflexes as I back away once making sure she swallowed all of the water.

'She can drink more herself once she wakes up' I think as I leave the bottle on the nightstand. I move my gaze to her once more as I find myself drifting off in my own brain once more.

'I wonder.. Who is this person that she mistaken me for, the one who's she's waiting so very long to meet' I find myself chuckling once more as the corners of the lips form into a smile.

'Miss Y/N, you've piqued my interest, just who truly are you and what are you hiding...'

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