The night's silence was unfamiliar to Kazuha. He laid there longing for the comforting sounds of waves crashing against the ship, rocking it gently. Now, in the city, the nights were mostly quiet, occasionally disrupted by a few drunkards in the streets.
Lying awake with his eyes wide open, his mind hazed from the late hour. he could feel Scaramouche's breath on his neck. The wanderer had unconsciously draped an arm over him during his sleep.
With as much care as possible, Kazuha tried to turn and shuffle into a new position, hoping it might help him sleep. Once settled, he realised he was now facing Scaramouche, for a while he watched the other boy sleep with a drowsy fascination.
"I can feel you staring" The wanderer murmured opening his eyes softly
Kazuha gasped quietly not expecting the other to still be awake.
"I thought you were asleep" Kazuha whispered
Scaramouche smiled "I have a question" he said softly
"what is it?"
"do you like anyone?" he questioned, his gaze soft
Kazuha blushed and started internally panicking wondering if the other found out about his feelings.
"I- uhm.. yeah" replied avoiding eye contact
"oh.. who?" Scaramouche asked sounding slightly disappointed raising an eyebrow
"you'll find out eventually" The poet responded closing his eyes "let's go to sleep"
Scaramouche rolled over, pulling his hands back. Kazuha was left feeling a pang of disappointment as the chill of the night brushed against his skin once the others closeness disappeared.
--
In the morning Scaramouche woke up last. He noticed that the other had already gotten up. He laid in bed for a while staring off into nothing. He wondered who the other liked, deep down he hoped that it was him but he knew that probably wasn't the case.
Eventually he sat up and stretched his arms high above his head. He wondered what the other had planned for today. He got up and walked into the main part of the house where he could see Kazuha busily making something.
The poet turned around when he heard the other enter the room.
"you're awake" he commented
"Do you want help with making food, be careful of your thumb"
"I'll be fine"
"it smells really nice" Scaramouche complimented walking over "what are you making?"
"Pancakes" Kazuha replied turning his head to look directly at the other
Scaramouche laughed lightly "you have pancake batter on your face"
The poet looked away embarrassed at his messiness. Scaramouche cupped Kazuhas face and gently turned it to him. Kazuhas heart started racing fast as he gazed into the others eyes. Scaramouche used his thumb to gently wipe off the batter.
"there"
Kazuha couldn't control his smile as he looked back down to focus on the pan that he was waiting to heat up. Once the pancakes had been made the pair sat opposite each other at a small dining room table.
"What are we doing today?" Scaramouche asked eagerly
"Hmm.. I don't have anything planned for today" Kazuha thought for a second "maybe we could on a walk or something?"
"That reminds me, I do want to visit Chenyu Vale" Scaramouche mentioned "have you ever gone?"
Kazuha shook his head "no, but I have a friend who used to live there"
"can we go before the festival?"
"sure that's a pretty good idea" Kazuha thought for a second before coming up with another idea "maybe we could leave to get there in the evening today and do a camping trip as well"
"yeah, we should defiantly do that" Scaramouche agreed
"then we should get some supplies, like food"
--
The two boys walk to the markets to go buy some food. Whilst they were out the came across a certain blonde traveller and his companion.
"HEY KAZUHA" Paimon yelled excited to the see the boy "and Scaramouche..?"
"hey Aether and Paimon" Kazuha greeted "long time no see"
"what are you two doing?" Aether asked
"we are going on a quick trip to Chenyu" the poet answered
"I didn't expect Scaramouche to be here" Paimon said floating about the two
"I invited him for lantern rite"
"Awh that's so cute" Paimon replied smiling "Scaranara is finally hanging out with someone instead of working"
"mind your own business" Scaramouche responded rolling his eyes "I'm going to get medical supplies"
--
Scaramouche took a slightly longer route to bubu pharmacy than usual to try and avoid talking to Paimon and Aether for a long time. Once he got there he just bought herbal remedy healing creams just in case they were needed. As he started to approach Kazuha, Aether and Paimon he noticed how Aether was holding both Kazuha hands talking about something looking excited whilst Kazuha looked flustered.
Suddenly an overwhelming feeling of Jealousy overcame Scaramouche as the idea clicked in his head that the person Kazuha liked must be Aether. He stood watching for a bit before appearing at Kazuhas side making the poet jump.
"archons I told you to stop doing that!" Kazuha exclaimed
Aether dropped Kazuhas hand quickly avoiding eye contact with Scaramouche. The wanderer gently grabbed the others hand, pulling him closer while glaring at the other two.
"I think we should go get ready" he suggested hastily
"You're right" Kazuha agreed "nice seeing you around!"
"bye Kazuha"
Paimon and Aether waited for the two to leave before speaking.
"Did you see how annoyed Scaramouche was?" Paimon asked giggling
"mhm, he has to feel the same way as Kazuha" Aether responded "I hope his confession goes well"
"me too" the blondes companion agreed
--
Kazuha and Scaramouche strolled down the street, the wanderer clutching Kazuha's hand firmly. They proceeded to stroll in silence until they reached Kazuha's apartment. Once inside, Scaramouche released the others hand and turned to face him.
"is the person you like Aether?"
"no"
Scaramouche raised his eyebrow unconvinced "whatever you say"
"hey, I'm telling the truth!"
"whatever lets just get ready to go" the wanderer replied "I need to go get my stuff from that inn I was staying at"
"oh yeah, I forgot you weren't originally staying with me" Kazuha answered "I'll get the stuff here ready while you're gone"
--
"how do you think Kazuhas getting along?" Beidou asked the other beside her
"Hmm... by the looks of things, I think it's going well," Ningguang replied.
"I hope Kazuha goes through with the confession during Lantern Rite."
"Me too."
Scaramouche's eyes widened upon hearing the conversation.
'Is Kazuha going to confess to Aether at Lantern Rite?' he wondered to himself slightly panicked
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we love a stupid misunderstanding
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Fanfiction[COMPLETE] Kazuha invites his friend of 3 years, Scaramouche, to the Lantern rite festival. The two are happy too see each other but Kazuha discovers the other won't be coming back to Liyue for a while. For Kazuha that means he only has the whole of...
