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┊ ⋆ ┊ memories ┊ ┊
VENTI, despite being well acquainted with a variety of people, never really considered having a 'best friend'. well, not after the archon war no. why, you may ask ? well, he did have a best friend.
m/n, the god of nature, was a sickening nice guy. he would always forgive others, even if they were cruel and undeserving of his kindness. he would go around, helping the elderly and basically served as a people pleaser. he was also extremely fond of nature, giving that he was the god of that. you could say, he was basically father nature.
but his kindness was also his downfall. not everyone is pure. there are people out there with tainted hearts, but did m/n care ? no, he didn't. he trusted his heart and soul with everyone, even if they were corrupted. and of course, people had to take advantage of that, and a week later, he disappeared. not a trace was heard from him after he had trusted someone and followed them somewhere.
when venti heard this, he was devastated. he knew about the males easy going nature and kindness, which was why he was always there to prevent bad people from taking advantage of him. unfortunately, the same day m/n had left with someone mysterious, was also the day venti was out somewhere.
no one had seen the h/c haired male ever again. it was like he was erased from existence. as years passed, people just began to gradually forget him. but not venti. he could never forget the guy who had so kindly stuck with him even during the archon war.
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it was early in the morning, at the crack of dawn, venti was sitting idly in the very large tree behind the statue of the seven. his eyes were focused on his lyre, strumming some tunes as the birds chirped. he paid no mind to his surroundings.
" you still play a lyre ? " venti paused. his eyes widened, and he almost dropped his lyre if it wasn't for him catching it last second. he knew that voice anywhere. the sweet, honey like voice.
" m-m/n ?! " the bard exclaimed, blinking rapidly as if he was trying to wake up from a dream. he was somewhat preparing for someone to pop out and tell him it was fake. but no, this was all real.
" in the flesh. " you laughed, grinning as if you hadn't disappeared years and years ago. without wasting a second, venti threw himself onto you, wrapping his arms around you tightly as if you'd slip out of his grasp at any given second.
" you—! where did you disappear off to all those years ago ?! " venti whined, burying his face into your shoulder. you sighed, pulling back and looking at him with an apologetic look.
" its a long story... "
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" ohh, so that's what happened ? " venti asked, now understanding the reason behind your sudden disappearance.
basically, after you had followed the guy, he imprisoned you, and used you as a testing dummy for his experiments. the guy figured you'd be an easy target, given how you were so easily manipulated. and he was right. for almost over 100+ years, you were imprisoned. even after the guy shortly died, you were still stuck. thankfully, you escaped after a few more years of being imprisoned. you decided it was a better idea to stay low and undercover instead of suddenly revealing yourself.
" yeah. it was crazy. " venti couldn't help but frown at your laidback nature. not only did you get tested on like an object, you were so chill about it ? but then again, this is you we're talking about. so naturally you'd forgive.
the two of you sat in a peaceful silence for a while, before venti broke the silence. turning to look at his old best friend, he asked ;
" do you want to hangout for a day ? "
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the bard decided it was a good idea to tour you around mondstadt, seeing how you were gone for a bunch of years and didn't have the chance to see the city grow.
so here you are now, walking around the city, with venti dragging you around. he took you to various places, and you looked in awe at how teyvat has changed so much since the archon war. some of these places included the tavern, the center plaza, favonius headquarters, and much more.
the citizens of mondstadt were surprised to see the bard so...happy. so joyful, and excited. if they were being honest, they almost never saw him like this. sure, he was happy at times, matter of fact, he always wore a cheeky smile. but this was different...
he looked free.
after venti had toured you to almost all of mondstadt, including dragonspine and stormterrors lair, he had sat down on starsnatch cliff, patting the grass next to him.
taking a seat, the two of you stared off into the horizon. the sunset was gorgeous. the colors matched so well, and it put you at ease.
you and venti just sat in silence, enjoying each others company even without words.
it was just like the old times.
-ˋˏ✄┈┈┈┈ FUN FACTS
- lmfao, venti fr never forgot you even after hundreds and thousands of years later.
- when paimon and the traveler saw venti so happy, paimon immediately assumed something at happened. so when she saw you, she deadass said "are you the tone-deaf bards boyfriend ?? " which led to venti blushing heavily
- venti legit wanted to kiss you right there at the cliff
