𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮? ꨄ D. Ragnvindr

Love of my life

After your first class you walked the streets with your friend group heading to the nearby cafe. "Omg guys wait do you guys remember Diluc?" Venti asks suddenly out of the blue.

"wait Diluc Ragnvindr?" Jean asks, remembering her tomato haired friend and her older sisters high school crush.

"Yeah that guy!" Venti exclaims right in my ear making me look at him in a certain way.

"Oh yeah I heard he goes to this Uni, a visual and performing arts major," Amber said joining into the conversation.

"Wait what?!" I was surprised that Diluc went to the same Uni as us and for a year already! How have I not noticed him? Maybe his lectures are later on in the day, or maybe its because I rarely interact with people from other majors- Jean and them being exceptions of course- wait, why am I even thinking hard about this?!

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a question I would miss not hearing. "Yeah didn't you like have a crush on him or something?" Jean said in a teasing but also curious tone.

I blushed furiously but hid it well by looking down. "Well, yeah but-" As I was about to explain, a familiar brown haired, bunny lover, girl interrupted me.

"Wait y/n had a crush on Diluc?!" Amber, for some reason, seemed genuinely shocked at the news, as if t were fresh from the teapot.

"Amber hun, this was old news.. Like, high school days old news.." Venti piped up from beside me making Amber deflate in embarassment.

"I heard that he joined a band group recently," Venti said while still clinging to my arm like a koala, also, Diluc? In a band group? Doesn't sound like him..

"Oh yeah I think it's was called the 'DCKZ' or something" Amber said as she tried to recall the name.

"Kaeya probably forced him or he lost a bet to Kaeya" Amber said after giving up on trying to confrim the name. Now that I think of it, maybe Kaeya did force Diluc to join, or maybe Diluc lost a bet to him.

While we were walking along the sidewalk, I suddenly bumped into something, or someone..

"Sorry, you good?" I heard an oddly familiar voice speak up. When I looked up I was surprised to see a familiar red head holding his phone.

"Yeah I'm fine," I said as we exchanged an awkward nod and eventually walked our separate paths away from each other.

Diluc Ragnvindr

I didn't think I would see him anytime soon, honestly I sorta wished I didn't..

The rest of the walk to the cafe was a blur, all I could think about was Diluc.. How matured he looked, how long his hair grew, how tall he grew.. And how distant we grew..

(Flashback)

It was the second year of high school, Jean, Lisa, Eula, Amber, Venti and I had already gotten used to how high school worked and the pace of it.

It was the day before winter break when one of our classmates invited us to his Christmas Party which I knew was most likely just another frat party.

"C'monnnn please?" Venti begged and looked at me with doe eyes, trying to convince me to go to the party with them since he had already miraculosly convinced everyone else to go.

"I already told you, I'm not going! I'd rather stay at home and lay in bed than be in a room full of drunkards..!" I tried to stand my ground, but with everyone begging me I began to crack.

"Oh, I heard that Diluc would be there.. It's completely fine if you don't wanna come honestly, 'll just tell you who the lucky girl is when he kisses someone under the mistletoe." Lisa said in a teasing tone, and it worked, it always did.

"Oh- fine! But I'll be there for an hour, tops! Then we're going home." I watched and Veti jumped from the bed and pushed me into the massive closet that Lisa owned as Lisa dressed me.

AT THE PARTY

The moment we entered the house, I began to count down the minutes it took for the "Christmas Party" mask rip off and the actual party would begin

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Ten seconds.. Not minutes, SECONDS. People started jumping into the pool, blasting music, and turning on the bright lights. Honestly, the transition was so fast it could make my head spin..

I held onto Venti as we navigated through the crowd to find a small area with either no people or very little people. Unfortunately, along the way Venti got sidetracked and joined some others in drinking.

I tried to look around for either Jean, Eula, or Amber but none of them could be found. So I decided to grow a pair and head into the crowd.

Well that was a terrible mistake because I ended up getting dragged into a stuffed corner which made me panic even further, I didn't know anyone there, there was barely any space to move, and I could barely breathe.

Before I could go into a full blown panic attack, I felt a warm familiar hand grab my arm, force us through the crowd, and into the pantry.

Even in the empty space, I could barely breathe.. It felt like my lungs were tightening up and flashbacks of the crowd flooded my mind.

Suddenly I felt a warm hand on my back and on my hand, but I didn't want to leave, it felt familiar and odd but in a good way.

"You're okay, breathe with me," I heard a familiar voice say and I looked up to see Diluc.

I followed his deep breathing patterns as he held me close to him, slowly coming back to reality.

I couldn't speak as he pulled me towards him, into his lap and in his arms, I blushed so furiously I was glad it was dark, or else he would've seen that my face was practically the same as his hair.

I rested my head on his shoulder and buried it in his neck before taking a deep breath in and out to calm my nerves.

That's when it hit me, the rain scent of wine on his lips.. He was drunk, of course he was, why else would he approach someone like me?

"Diluc, are you drunk?" I asked hoping to get a response immediately only to be met with soft shallow breaths, he was asleep..

I let out a sigh and buried my head in his neck, I was in the arms of my crush, basically cuddling him! I was not gonna let this opportunity slide.

I let out one more sigh as I let the events of today wash over me with sleep, I was so tired I didn't notice the soft opening of the door..