𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕒𝕟 | 𝕜𝕒𝕫𝕦𝕙𝕒 𝕩 𝕗𝕖𝕞! 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣

1: why do i see you everywhere?

so, i applied for a job at a bakery last week and apparently, i got it. i'm supposed to be the one of the cooks or whatever, which seemed like a good job for me since back home in inazuma i would always be the one making food whenever there was a celebration.

it was my first day working there, so everyone was pretty nice. the place was really cute too, with little lights all around.
but once i got to the 'backstage' part of the bakery, i saw the last person that i expected to see.

him. what were the odds of working at the same place as the person you ran into a week ago? not high, i guess, but it was still awkward as hell. i stared at him stupidly for a minute in disbelief. i couldn't keep focusing on that though. i needed money. after all, wasn't that the whole point of coming to liyue?

so, i got to work, following what the others were doing with the ingredients. i tried my best to avoid him too, though there was one point when i had to hand him the order, since he was a cashier.

the shift actually went pretty well, for the most part. i guess i could get used to this.

i took one last glance at the guy as i left the bakery. he caught me staring and i snapped my head back forward. i was not going to deal with embarrassment today.

i should probably get more part time jobs, i really need a place to live that's not a motel.

・ next morning ・

no work today, so i decided to go shopping for clothes, just because. it was a good way for me to relax, anyway.
i had this whole other stash of money that i could use for just spending at my own will, seperate from my apartment savings.
within around 15 minutes, i had gotten some clothes that i was happy with, so i looked on an app on my phone for a drink place. apparently there was a boba tea shop nearby.

thank god, something familiar. there was a guy back home in inazuma who was obsessed with boba. like crazy obsessed.

so i got my order all figured out, but i was so focused that i didn't notice who was in front of me.

sure enough, it was that guy again. honestly, why the hell do i see him everywhere? i began muttering in inazuma's original language, which i did often when i couldn't really think straight.

what the hell?? why? what? how? why is he here again? it's the third time i've seen him, what in the actual—
are the gods sending me a message or something?!

it seemed like he was trying to look at me from the corner of his eyes..
but when he said his name to the cashier, it was totally different from what i was expecting.
"a name? kazuha."

his name was inazuman.

maybe he was the same case as me..going an ocean away for work.

i couldn't stop thinking about it even when i went to sleep that night. it was like we were supposed to keep seeing each other until one of us acknowledged our existence.

maybe i would try to befriend him...or rather..
kazuha.