𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔅𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡 ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱 [ᴄʜɪsᴄᴀʀᴀ] 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓓𝓮𝓼𝓬

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖 - 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐰

scaramouche bit on childe's neck, drinking just enough blood to complete the process. once he was done, he pulled away and licked the remaining blood.

"gee.. you didn't have to lick, y'know.." childe teased as he let out a chuckle. scaramouche grumbled in response as he bit his own wrist to make it bleed before moving it to childe's lips.

"don't complicate the process." scaramouche scoffed as childe grabbed his hand. the hunter's lips pressed on his bleeding wrist and licking the blood.

childe chuckled at scaramouche's words. "wasn't trying to." he said and started to drink the vampire's blood. he finished up by kissing the wound on scaramouche's wrist.

Scaramouche watched as Childe drank his blood, feeling a strange mix of emotions. The act solidified their new bond, a partnership born out of necessity and mutual survival. The hunter's lips were warm against his cool skin, and for a moment, Scaramouche felt an odd connection to the human he had once considered his captor.

Childe finished, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "There, all done. Now, we're officially partners," he said with a satisfied grin.

Scaramouche pulled his hand back, his wrist already beginning to heal. "I suppose this means I won't be stuck in this room any longer," he said, his tone begrudgingly accepting.

Childe nodded. "Exactly. You have more freedom now, but there are still rules. You try anything funny, and it's back to the cage. Got it?"

Scaramouche rolled his eyes but nodded. "Understood. But don't think for a second that I trust you, hunter."

Childe laughed. "Trust is earned, not given freely. Let's see if we can survive long enough to build that trust."

The vampire stood up, stretching his limbs. "What's the first order of business, then?"

"simple, i want you to tell me the names of the vampires in your hunting group." replied childe with a grin, knowing that the vampire can't lie to him.

scaramouche narrowed his eyes and scowled. "so you know where you're going at, huh?" he said with a scoff as placed a hand on his hips. he didn't want to answer, but he know he had to or else he will face the consequence.

taking a deep breath, he replied: "fine. i'll list them out. kazuha, mona, gorou, lisa, xiao." scaramouche huffed, crossing his arms.

"hm.. i'm familiar with a few..  but i heard a few vampires being killed, so who is your old group." asked childe as he went to take a seat. he could sense how tense scaramouche gotten at his question.

"are you asking these on purpose?" scaramouche replied with a snarl. childe shook his head in response. "it's merely curiosity, vampire."

scaramouche groaned and clicked his tongue in annoyance. "tsk... signora, kaeya, heizou, kaveh."

childe hummed as scaramouche answered. "well, you cooperate well. step out the room whenever you want but not the house." he said, standing up and leaving the room. the door was left unlocked for scaramouche to step out freely.

scaramouche stared at the door for a bit. if he is going to make a truce with the hunter, then he'd have to suck it up and deal with it. he heaved out a sigh as he stepped out the room, exploring the place.

as he walked around the house, his eyes landed on a family portrait. if it weren't for his good memories, he wouldn't have recognize the two familiar faces in the portrait.

"aren't they-" before he could finish his muttering, he was interrupted by childe walking in. he whipped his head around, raising a brow as he sees childe hold a bunch of snacks.

childe noticed the vampire and smiled. "getting used to the place already?" he teased, putting the snacks on the couch.

"shut it, mortal. ugh.. what're you doing with that much food." asked scaramouche, turning to face childe completely and stepping forward a little.

the hunter let out chuckle at the vampire's response. "oh, nothing.. i'm just going to watch a movie." he sat down on the couch and turned on the TV then looked at scaramouche. "wanna watch too?"

scaramouche was hesitant but eventually agreed as he huffed. "sure, whatever.."

childe patted the space beside him, a way of calling scaramouche to take a seat. the vampire reluctantly take a seat though kept his distance. childe smirked as he started flipping from a cannel to another.

he chose a horror movie, one of his favorite choice probably. scaramouche leaned back against the backrest of the couch as childe started munching on the snacks. he occasionally offered some to scaramouche who refused by simply saying: "no, i only feed on blood in case you've forgotten already."

childe would let out a chuckled at the reply as he popped another handful of popcorn into his mouth. the movie began to unfold and he leaned back, his focus completely at the TV.

the two slowly got engrossed in the movie. there was a couple cheesy sentences that scaramouche finds annoying and unnecessary to even say.

"seriously? this is what you humans can come up with out of everything?" he scoffed and crossed his arms. he finds it amusing to watch a rather irritable script line.

childe shrugged in response. "well, you can't complain to me. i'm not the producer/script manager"

"well it sucks." replied the vampire as he scrunched his face in disgust. "i mean- what is this? romantic homicide?"

"do you always complain about everything?"

"only when needed to."

"well then, riddle me this- why do you feel the need to complain about this movie, o' dear vampire?" childe asked as he turned to face the vampire, putting down the popcorn.

scaramouche rolled his eyes at the question and clicked his tongue in annoyance. "you know damn well why."

the ginger laughed lightly, shaking his head. "i do, but why don't you say it out loud? i need to make sure my suspicion are right." he said back with a grin.

"the script are super cheesy. the story line are so common and so on. not to mention, using a dark skinned person as the bad guy, i mean- im not one to talk but it's just so trashy." scaramouche listed out.

"alright, i get your point." childe huffed as he muched on another handful of popcorn as they continued to watch the movie displaying on the screen.

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y'all im imagining when wanderer is in another event/making an appearance, mini durin is gonna be there too like a lil companion. they're so cute like ARGH

also, what if the irminsul thing only work in sumeru and when characters leave sumeru, they remember whatever is removed. just like how nahida's skill only work on sumeru npc, iygwim. and so, what irminsul's effect only around the globe of sumeru? well, its just my thoughts.. im diving in the depths of theory and lore guys.