Chapter 3: Futile and Fragile

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"Fuck..." Estelle said, taking off her hooded cape for a moment to look up at the dark blue skies. It was unusual to her, of course, she was used to the sunsets and sunrises and light-filled nights of Homeworld, but eh, she could get used to this. Not to mention, she almost got caught; her main mission was to bring back both Neriah and Concordia, yet she was the one who literally decided to just go into the world of Teyvat and say nothing. She sighed. "What did they do to get into this mess in the first place?" She had just ran away from a group of unknown people, there she saw a pixie that spoke in 3rd person.

And Lumine.

She really missed her sister. She didn't even regret leaving Homeworld in that matter. All that did matter was her sister and brother. Suddenly, a loud shout was heard as she looked over and saw a few criminals, Treasure Hoarders people called them, attacking a Mondstadt villager. The person was frantically doing whatever it took to get away, it threw a small bag of clinking coins on the grass, before running away scared. The Treasure Hoarders laughed, they then noticed Estelle and smirked. One walked over to her and leaned against a tree. 

"Hey hey, pretty lady, hoho, you shouldn't be out at such a late time, y'know? There's dangerous men out there, dangerous, unpredictable men, cutie, so, how about you come with me and my gang instead? We can "play" if you know what I mea-GRH!" The man grunted as he stared at Estelle with a look of surprise, he felt faint as a red liquid started to leak out of his neck. 

....This "pretty lady"....

Had slashed his fucking throat. 

A wide open fresh scar appeared, as Estelle stared coldly and the man fell to the ground on his back, his heart stopped beating as Estelle stepped on his chest, with a fierce expression. She held a spear in her left hand, it had a sliver blade, at the bottom of that blade was a gold ribbon that circled in a small loop around the handle and had a Amber star-shaped gem in the middle, which was dark gold, and at the bottom of the handle was a blue gem. 

"Leave. Or you'll end up like him." She said, she wasn't playing around too. The others soon ran away like little rats. She raised the spear and stabbed the dead man, and when she took out the spear, there, was the heart of the man. She had ripped it out. 'The sick feeling in my stomach went away somehow,' Estelle thought, 'And I don't want it to come back. That bitter hopeless feeling.' 

She lifted her spear and sighed. "I went too far. Now one of them is dead...Lumine, Aether, please forgive me for this sin I have done." She said, before sliding the dead heart off her blade swiftly. Her sunflower yellow eyes were like lights in the dark. 

"Lumine! Look!" Estelle heard the pixie's voice and panicked. She didn't want to be a murderer in front of her 15 year old sister either, so she put her hooded cape up, which was fortunately not stained with blood, and started to run off swiftly. "Hey, Paimon, go get the others! I think we have a murderer on our hands!" She heard Lumine said, her mask was currently broken and lost, so she was in more danger than before. She murdered someone for her own reasons, and that reason was "He got in my way" but murder?! She was too panicked to notice the knights approach behind her, but once she did, it seemed she had the upper hand as she ran off into the shadows. "Damnit! They got away! AGAIN!" Amber said, irritated. "I don't know who would do this, honestly. Maybe it's this "Estelle" Lumine's been talking abo-" And with that, Lumine snapped. She pushed the blue-haired boy to the ground, a look of disgust and rage on her face. "My sister would never kill anyone! You bastard, you bitch! You're always overthinking everything and you bring my younger sister into this?!" She said, a scowl on her face, as she put her sword away and started to walk back to Mondstadt. "Lumine..." Lisa murmured. "Paimon thinks that Estelle is Lumine's younger sister, like Lumine had a brother, and only got mad at Kaeya for thinking Estelle's a murderer honestly..." "Well, it's not my fault." Everyone, except Amber who was concerned, glared at Kaeya. "Lumine, wait!" Amber yelled out, and ran after her. Lumine was deep in Windrise, so it took a long time to catch up honestly. She eventually found Lumine under that large big tree where Lumine had met Venti. "Lumine..." Amber walked up to Lumine, worriedly. "Lumine, it's not like that...Kaeya's just...Kaeya's just stupid, okay?!" Lumine was a bit surprised at this.

"Amber-" 

Amber clasped her hands around Lumine's two hands tightly. "I don't care what he thinks. If he thinks your sister's a damned murderer, I don't give a fuck, because I know, even if we know absolutely nothing of Estelle, you know she wouldn't kill anyone. If she really did kill someone...well, it was for a good purpose. I'm sure." Lumine was still shocked. "Lumine...if we do find your siblings, please promise me you will never lose hope." "I...promise..." Lumine felt like crying, so she pulled Amber into a hug and sobbed into her shoulder. Amber patted her back, as it started to rain. 

"Ah, it's raining..." Lumine said, looking up and feeling a drop of rain hit her forehead. Amber took off her coat, making Lumine blush slightly as Amber used her coat as an umbrella. "Don't worry honestly, Lumine, we'll get wet only a bi-"

"No. That's not needed." "Eh?" "Ever since I lost my siblings, I've never felt any painless feelings. The times I've danced in the rain alone, were bitter memories." Lumine said, taking Amber's jacket and putting it back onto Amber's body. "...I..." 

"I want to dance in the rain with you. Just this once." 

"You...might catch a cold, Lumine." Lumine wrapped her hands around Amber's. "Amber, I will not, or, we will not. Who cares what they think?" Lumine smiled. "Just this once." Amber didn't know how to answer, so she nodded. She actually wanted to say yes. And with that, the two tangoed and twirled in the rain. (And surprisingly, they didn't get sick, or catch a cold. Amber, however, was flustered for at least, the entire day, and worst of all, Lumine treated Amber and pampered her the next day when Amber got a burn mark while ambushed by a group of Treasure Hoarders, Lumine paid Amber with surprisingly 10000 Mora.)

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DONT ASK ABOUT THE LUMINE X AMBER PART OKAY-

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