maid • kaeya

lxxi

• third person •

Pushing the front door shut, (Y/N) sucked in a large breath. Her feet dragged behind her as she retired upstairs, her pupils stuck to the floor as she approached the bedroom door that wasn't her own.

She stared at it quietly. She could hear a cheerful conversation behind it. For some reason, at least that warmed her heart a little.

She swallowed, taking hold of the door handle, before slowly pushing it open.

She was immediately met with two blank stares, their conversation coming to an abrupt halt.

Leon was already in bed, sitting against the headboard, and it appeared her father was just about to get into bed too. His back immediately straightened.

"You're back?" Luca questioned. "I thought you were staying with Kaeya..?"

(Y/N)'s gaze fell. Her throat closed.

Luca exchanged a glance with Leon. Leon only smiled in reassurance, a smile Luca could only return gratefully.

"Come here, sweetheart," Luca called her over.

Without a second to waste, (Y/N)'s feet sped over towards her father. She sank into his arms, all of her emotions melting into nothing but comfort as he held her. Nothing else mattered when she was just her father's baby.

"Can I sleep with you, Dad..?" she mumbled, snuggling into his shoulder. "I don't mind Leon being there..."

Luca pressed a kiss upon her cheek, looking over at Leon again. Of course, Leon nodded, immediately tugging out the pillow beneath his second one, placing it in the middle.

"Of course, lovely. Go and get ready for bed; we'll wait for you."

(Y/N) did just that, returning to the room as quick as she could. She climbed into the bed, snuggling into the blanket that her father tucked her into, in the middle of the bed which was a familiar place she had missed.

She couldn't help her smile as her father tugged her into his arms. He nuzzled the top of her head as her eyes fluttered shut, before she felt another arm wrap around them both.

"Goodnight, both of you." Luca whispered. "I love you."

At that, a sudden wave of guilt rushed over (Y/N). She only snuggled in further as Leon reciprocated her father's words, swallowing as her heart sank.

While Kaeya was away from home, having lost his father, his brother, and was possibly even thinking about his biological father tonight, (Y/N) was comfy at home, safe in the arms of her two dads.

All she wanted was to help him. To love him and to reassure him that he was still loved. Why... why wouldn't he let her in..?

What was she supposed to do..?

• • •

Lucien's eyes shot open.

The daylight that poured in through the window almost blinded her, yet that was the last thing on her mind at that moment.

She was in bed. In bed, in August's house, in his mother's room. She didn't fall asleep here. How did she get here? Where did she fall asleep?

Her breath halted. Lucien ripped the blanket off her.

She was still wearing the light pink dress she always had, having fallen asleep before she could even get ready for bed.