Headless ballerino • KazuScara Fanfiction

Chapter 0 - Prologue

November 27th
Dearest diary, today, my coworker invited me to watch a ballet performance with her and, lord was it a wonderful experience.

Let me explain what happened first. On November 12th, as always, at 8:00am I left home to go get coffee, head to work and look at some cases and do my same old job as always, the rinse and repeat cycle of every day. At 1:20pm, we were let loose to eat lunch and head out for a while, that's when my colleague invited me to the watch the performance with her. At first, I wasn't persuaded and uninterested, but she kept on begging and I thought that if I disagreed, it would come off as impolite and also, I was stuck doing the same old boring thing every single day. I thought it could maybe give me something new to take interest in. And boy, was I right.

After our shift ended, she came back to me and we walked together to the theatre where the ballet troupe would be performing tonight. She told me as we were walking that they were a troupe originating from Snezhnaya but along the way, they got a few Sumerians, Fontainians, Mondstadtians and Inazumans such as myself. —It had been 6 years since I had been living in Fontaine, and the people are really just amazing here, honestly.— She went on and on about the troupe until we finally sat down and the lights dimmed down. People and people started gracefully dancing onto the stage, appearing one by one. Apparently, there were 11 members. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. and when the sixth member started elegantly making his introduction, pirouetting a few times as his majestic dark indigo hair swayed and his small figure was hugged tight by his attire... Ô, mon dieu. J'avais vu un ange. (Oh my god. I saw an angel.) He looked like he was a beautiful fragile doll with glistening, soft porcelain skin. Something to be taken care of, to keep preciously... to keep to myself...

Never has anyone ever amazed me and taken my breath away just as much as this man but...

He will be mine.

End of November 27th entry.

I slammed my diary shut and put it in my desk drawer underneath a few old folders of long solved cases.

"Oh... well I haven't had company in a while. Hello there, I'm Kaedehara Kazuha, an Inazuman that now lives in Fontaine. Pleased to make your acquaintance." I give a small smile and continue my introduction "I was born and raised in Inazuma, at the age of 20, I left for Liyue, where I met my now adoptive mothers, Ningguang and Beidou and now I am 28 and I've lived in Fontaine for 6 years, I left Liyue at 22 years old. I don't exactly remember why I moved here but I don't regret it. I enjoy my job as a detective, I made good friends with my coworkers and I generally enjoy the beautiful scenery of Fontaine." I chuckle and lean onto my coffee table, taking a sip of coffee. "You see, recently I 'met' this beautiful boy and I just.. can't seem to get him off my mind- his- his every detail, his every movement, it's all stuck in my head... he danced so- so gracefully and beautifully, without a single flaw it was amazing... I had never seen anyone as talented as him and now, I want to know, to see, to hear more." I sages as i clenched my fist unconsciously and lightly grit my teeth. "Won't you help me make him mine?"

— — — Flash Back — — —

Today is November 13th. It's 9:38AM. I still haven't drunk my coffee. I'm still in my pyjamas. I haven't slept a bit all night. It was worth it though.
After diving deep in the web and searching hours on hours I got to find every single performance they performed, recorded in MP4 files and a few interviews with the troupe and individual members.
The intriguing ballerino never revealed his actual identity, like the rest of the troupe, but gave each and every one of them strange titles. My ballerino addresses himself as "The Balladeer" in the troupe. What a unique title. Someone whom composes ballads... it's strangely feels like it fits him.
Another thing is that no matter where or by who they are interviewed, they always seem to keep a ball mask to hide their identity. The troupe explained that it was because they wanted people to focus on the dance, not the visage. Intrigant(intriguing)...
Whatever, the point was that now I've gathered more information on this Balladeer and now I have all his performances and I'll be able to watch them all one by one and see his every movement, his every motion, all of him.

November 21st. Lately, I haven't been able to sleep. His masked face haunts my mind and it keeps me awake at night. His sweet, soft, delicate porcelain skin and his thin yet pink lips, his beautiful indigo hair, his slightly athletic figure, his rounded hips... I can't get him out of my thoughts to the point I'm almost screwing up at work... this boy will drive me crazy...

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Author's Note !IMPORTANT INFO!
Hello! Bienvenue!
I'll be describing some information here about how I write and some character information.
1. Italic letters are words in French. I'm a fluent French speaker so I give translations myself, they will be written in (parentheses) right after the word or sentence in French is done.
2. Bold letters are there to accentuate text, to give it more emotion. It doesn't have any deep meaning.
3. Underlined text is for Kazuha's diary entries at every chapter beginning. It usually happens in the present and then a flashback happens.
4. POV. Every. Single. Chapter. Is. Kazuha's. Point. Of. View. That won't change.
5. This story will update slowly. I'm not always full with ideas so feel free to give me some requests and ideas at the end in the author's note. I update slowly for personal reasons, I'm very busy and I write for fun, not because I wanna become a professional author.
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Small character details.
Kazuha:
-Detective
-Speaks fontainian(French)
-Lived in Fontaine for 6 years, lived in Liyue 2 years, lived in Inazuma 20 years.
-Regularly contacts his moms cause he's a good boy
-Owns a cat named Shiroi (ifykyk and ifydyd)
-Practically survives on coffee, his main source of sustenance is coffee.

Balladeer/Scaramouche:
-Ballerino (male ballerina if you didn't guess)
-Speaks fontainian but with a few difficulties.
-Lived in Fontaine for a few months so far.
-Lives alone but close to all troupe members
-Likes eating very light meals like onigiri, soups, sushi, purée, omelettes and other

Thank you for reading the prologue!

Also.. today's my birthday🎂🎉🥳! Woohoo! Just a small "happy birthday" in the comments would make me very happy. I love you all, my dear readers!

-November 12th, 2023