|| Rebuilding Your Heart ||

the afterparty

[Name] smiled over to the siblings who in turned looked a bit guilty when apologizing once more. "I told you two it's all fine. You two pushed through and made a realization of how you came to me previously, and you owned up to it. So, I'm happy you two realized that, so please, just go and enjoy the party."

Ayato frowned and Ayaka let a small apologetic smile grace her lips before they were pulled away by Yae Miko as she mouthed something to them over her shoulder making her tense shoulders fall with a small sigh. "And I thought I was pushy," a voice from behind them made [Name] tense again. "And who let you in?"

She turned to glare into the blue eyes she so desperately wanted to claw out right in the moment. "And I thought you would be glad to see me," he pouted childishly as he wrapped a hand around her waist pulling them elsewhere. "Follow me, I just want to talk with you doll," [Name] grit her teeth as he ushered them out to a small vacant balcony.

"Now that we have a little privacy... How are you doing?" [Name] furrowed her eyebrows as she glared at the ginger. "What are you doing Ajax?" The male frowned as he ruffed his already messy hair with a frown. "And here I thought we could talk." [Name] rolled her eyes while crossing her arms over her chest. "Why would I talk to a dirty cheater like you Ajax?"

He frowned, "I just wanted to apologize." [Name] let a small scoff escape her lips, "Well I don't accept you apology, is that all?" The ginger sighed before a small smile graced his lips, "Yeah, enjoy the rest of you party," and with that he left, and [Name]'s kept together composure fell apart as he left them on the balcony, her heart thumping loudly in her chest.

"Hey, I just seen... [Name]... Are you alright?" She turned to see a semi-familiar male through her tears, mascara and eyeliner running down her cheeks. "Aw... Hon, c'mere," and with that she were ingulfed into gentle arms as she cried into his arms. "K-Kaveh... I might get your suit dirty..."

The blond smiled a bit, "That's fine, I don't mind... Do you want to talk about it?" She shook her head as she felt his hand brush through her hair. "Shh, just cry it out." With a small sob into his chest, he rubbed little circles on her back before unconsciously pressing a kiss to her hair.

"Here you two are..." A voice said from behind the two, and the two separated for a brief moment to see Alhaitham and his eyebrows narrowed seeing [Name] tears. "What happened to her?" Kaveh shook his head as he looked back down to [Name] in his arms, "[Name]?" Alhaitham turned to look to see if anyone was near before softly closing the doors to the balcony to give them some more privacy.

"Ajax... He," Kaveh glanced at Alhaitham, "What did he do to you [Name]? Did he hurt you? Threatened you?" Alhaitham grabbed [Name] by her shoulder from his boyfriend looking into her eyes. "What? No," [Name] took a second to wipe her tears, cringing at the mixture of makeup and her tears, "He just apologized and left. That's all."

Now the two men were a bit confused, "So why are you crying?" [Name] sighed a bit, "I don't know... I guess it just gave me a bit of closure or something, I'm not entirely sure... I guess I just need a bit of a push to completely move on." Kaveh scoffed, "How could you even still be hung up over that guy anyways?"

[Name] laughed as she shook her head, "He was my second love, we were together since our second year in college up until when I broke up with him. I was engaged with him for a year, but we were together for at least seven years," Kaveh nearly felt his jaw drop at her words, "Seven years wasted?"

She smiled as she moved to lean on the balcony's railing, "Not necessarily... I enjoyed some of our moments, but I think it's for the best that we aren't together anymore. He was easily jealous, contently needed reassurance any time I talked with anyone, and he was just very overbearing and possessive."

She looked up to the moon that shined down at them before looking down at the grounds below. "Narukami Shrine sure is beautiful, I envy Miko for getting to see this view nearly every day," she muttered as she could see pink petals flowing in the light breeze. "I can't wait to go back home and sleep though... Today was rather exhausting."

Kaveh leaned his back on the rail beside them, and Alhaitham rested his arms on the rail looking over at them as she admired the scenery. "Oh, right... What did you want to talk about with me? I nearly forgot about that." Kaveh looked over to his boyfriend but he was already looking at him with a little smile gesturing for Kaveh to speak out first.

"Well... We wanted to know if you like us," Kaveh turned to the side to avoid her eyes and his flustered expression. "Of course, I do, why else would I constantly be around you two?" [Name] questioned with a raised brow and Alhaitham elbowed them lightly pointing a bit to Kaveh. "Kaveh needs to be more specific, he is beating around the bush."

[Name] felt her heart skip a beat and let a small laugh escape her lips. "Okay! Now you two are just teasing me!" Kaveh shouted, turning to the two and pointing a finger at them accusingly, "I have no idea what you're talking about Kaveh," [Name] snickered as she glanced at Alhaitham who had a small smile on his lips and an amused expression.

[Name] felt a pair of arms on her waist and felt her cheek burn in embarrassment as she glanced to Alhaitham and then Kaveh who was in front of them with a angry looking yet flustered expression. "As much as you two enjoy teasing me and being annoying... I love you [Name]."

[Name] narrowed her eyebrows, "Your boyfriend is literally right there, what do you mean you love me?" Alhaitham chuckled as his hands had settled on her hips making a small shiver go up her spine as he whispered into her ear. "And I am not opposed of his idea, little one."

She squirmed in his hold wanting to get away because she was far too flustered but she stopped just as Kaveh's hand cupped her face in his hand and placed a kiss to her cheek leaving behind a glossy kiss mark making her heavily flustered. "And we wanted to know if you'll be in a relationship with us...?"

"Let me go!" She squirmed and Alhaitham sighed as he moved his hand and she moved to the far side of the balcony trying to calm her racing heart. "You can't just do all that and not give me a little breather! Are you trying to kill me?!" [Name] yelled at the two embarrassed, and it made the boyfriends chuckle as she awaited her answer.

"So, was this some joke or are you two serious?" Alhaitham felt his heart pang in hurt, "Why would we joke about this [Name]? We do really want you to be in a relationship with us," Kaveh frowned, "If you don't want to then just say that it's not really that big of a deal," as much as he wanted to put a brave face, his voice betrayed him as it cracked at the end.

"Oh... Then I accept it then... I just thought you two were just playing around," [Name] sighed out as she once held hostage in her hold small kisses pressed to her cheeks. Making them squirm against her hold, before a shutter and a flash made the three separated suddenly.

"You nitwit, how could you forget that the camera's flash was on?!" She turned to see Lumine with a blond male beside her and a shorter girl with white hair. "Paimon thinks she know we're here now..." [Name]'s face lit up as she walked over to the little trio. "Ah, so this must be Paimon and Aether, right Lumine?"

The blonde woman nodded as the male holding the camera blushed at them, "Apologies, my brother is a bit of an idiot when it comes to sneaking on people," Aether scoffed ignoring how his cheeks burned at [Name]'s presence. "Paimon's hungry! Can we go get food now?" [Name] chuckled as she crouched down to the little girl's height. "Who snuck you three in?"

"Mr. Zhongli did!" [Name] chuckled as she reached up and pinched the girl's nose lightly, "Alright cutie, you can go with your brother and sister and as Ei for some food, the chefs should still be serving food," and with that Paimon ran off dragging Aether by his hand that wasn't holding onto the camera.

"I'll send you that photo later [Name]... Congrats though," Lumine smirked at her flustered face as she left, leaving the three together. [Name] sighed as the blonde left leaving them with her new boyfriends. "Alright, I think I just want to sleep now," She mumbled leaning her head on Alhaitham's chest and Kaveh's arm in her hold as she closed her eyes. 

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omg finally??? we meet Lumine's siblings?? oh and getting together with Alhaitham and Kaveh too ig