Academic Rivals: Kaeya x Albedo

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Albedo pov
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"So~ did you get yourslef a boyfriend" Alice snickers before I even closed the car door, I feel my face turn red. I slam the door shut quickly so Kaeya can't hear anything else she ends up saying

"He is right there what if he heard you " I slump down in the seat knowing she is not going to stop the teasing

"So~ I'm giving him hints, since you didn't get yourself a boyfriend did you at least kiss him more and how many " she smirks I can only assume she is trying to get all her teasing and mischief out before she leaves on another trip. All I could do was just sit there as she drives back home

"Silent treatment is it now, come on you can tell me. I find the idea of young love so adorable " she pouts slightly

" Four " I mumble. I know not telling her isn't technically lying I'm just not answering but I feel bad so I just mumbled it hoping she will accept it and give up but I have my doubts she is going to figure out some way to get an answer no matter what I can do to prevent it

"Repeat that please I didn't quite here you" it sounded like she was forcing a confused tone I look over and see her smirk I know she heard me she just wants to here me say it again.

"Four" I still mumbled my response

"Still can't here you sweetie you have to speak more clearly" I look at her sinister smile. She gets to much enjoyment from her teasing I know she does this with everyone even Klee sometimes.

"I kissed him four times and he kissed my forehead once " I quickly say almost shouted and all I wanted to do was sink into the seat after realising that I said it that loudly I know she will never let me live this down for my small outburst. I don't even know why I reacted like that I'm use to her teasing it's a common thing and she has been doing it for years but it was never about something that had to do with my emotions

My thoughts were cut off by her laughing as she pulled up into the driveway "you can calm down " she covers her mouth with her hand trying to stop her laughter
" it's fine I'm very happy that you are acting like this there is more to life then academics Albedo"

She places her hand on mine and seemed to be comforting me which felt weird but nice Alice hasn't done anything like this in a long time, she tried to comfort me like this when I was first taken into her care but it didn't really work out that well probably since she was trying to treat me like her child but at the time she didn't have Klee so it was weird but now her acting like a mother felt normal.

She lets go off my hand before she got up and out of the car, I got out shortly after and follow her inside as soon as I enter Klee runs over and jumps onto me

"Albedo will you play hairdressers with me please~ I wanna practice braids " she squeezes me tightly and looks up at me with puppy dog eyes.

"Fin-" before I could even finish my sentence she grabs my arm and sits me down on the floor next to the couch and she sits up on the couch and puts her legs over my shoulders and starts to brush my hair. She kicks her legs slightly it doesn't hurt and it's cute seeing her get so excited. She started humming to herself. I see Alice hiding in the door way I think she was taking photos off us and I know by tomorrow evening they will be on the fridge

"Ta-Da~" Klee squeals while getting off the couch and grabbing a mirror before she awkwardly sits on my legs and shoved the mirror in my face all I could see was my nose in it before she pulls it back

"You look so pretty " she rocks side to side and I can see that she had put my hair in two braids very uneven but she did a pretty good job for once. She has a big happy smile, Klee doesn't have a care in the world she lives in a little bubble of happiness and explosions

"Albedo I have a question" she gets off my legs which made me very happy because my legs were starting to hurt children have such a lack of awareness off the people around them sometimes she was comfy though "yeah go on "

"Why do you have longer hair then me " she tilts her head as she asks. Klee is a curious girl but she is typically very blunt with the way she asks her questions but the curiosity is great I never liked the phrase curiosity killed the cat when curiosity leads to the greatest developments in science and the world

"I I " I impulsively touch my hair, Klee's comment made me realise just how long my hair had gotten I know Alice brought it up but that was when she was dressing me up so I thought it was more her having fun "I well, I need to get a haircut your hair is really long before you get a haircut right "

She walks back and forth jumping over my legs every time she passes "that makes sense when are you getting a haircut" she spins on her toes causing her skirt to twirl around which made her giggle to herself

"I am not quite su-" Alice rushes in with food and places it on the coffee table before pulling up a chair and sitting down

"Dinner~ and " she takes a bite of her food covering her mouth as she chews before speaking up
"Well cooking dinner went quicker them I expected and if you eat up quickly we could go afterwards" she smiles at me as she continues to eat her food. Klee gets on her knees next to the coffee table in her own little bubble again and starts to eat the food. I scoot over to the coffee table and I start to eat my food

" is it really bad at this length" I glance up at Alice who doesn't have her typical smirk or plotting smile she looks just happy at the moment before she responds

"Yeah I didn't want to say anything about it but it suited you better when it was around here "she holds her hand midway between her shoulder and her chin "but if you got it cut to here it would allow you to leave it longer before another haircut and the longest that suits you is at your shoulders "

she talks while eating so she had her hand to her mouth for most of the conversation. She finishes her food before coming closer to me
"Ooh you should get it slightly shorter round your face it would frame your face nicely "

She starts to undo the braids much to the dismay off Klee, I just continue to eat my food while Alice starts fondling over my hair. I eventually finished my food and Alice immediately grabs my wrist and practically drags me out off the house and Klee follows behind. I never actually agreed to go after dinner but Alice has just kind of took my inquiry as a yes. Next thing I knew I was sitting in a hairdressers and Alice was talking to the hairdresser for me I don't know why I am at a hairdresser either because she just didn't think of bringing me to a barbers or because I have longer hair. Well  know that I think about it I  actually have never been to either a hairdresser or a barber before. Alice cut my hair last time but that was years ago and I had never had a haircut at all before that. Next thing I know there is a lady washing my hair and I can see Alice smiling in the corner as Klee sits on the floor colouring. Why did I not speak up before we got here now it's too awkward to speak up so I can't really do anything