[diluc sighs heavily, as he knows a deflection when he sees it. he doesn't shove kaeya away, though, because he saw firsthand the exact emotion kaeya is trying to distract him from, and any emotion strong enough to bring kaeya to tears is one strong enough to burrow deep and spread its roots. it's not one so easily shaken. so he continues to hold him close like he used to when they were so much smaller than they are now.
and despite kaeya being the one to actually be fully clothed, he is as chilled as ever.]
You know why.
[he runs hot and has always run hot - it just intensified after he received his vision, so he's just returning to his baseline now that he's without it (for now? hopefully?). he'd always used it to keep kaeya warm when they were young and even as they grew older into their teenage years, diluc was always rubbing kaeya's hands to breathe warmth into them.
even now, in their young adulthood, he finds himself once again enveloping kaeya protectively in his embrace. life really comes around full circle, huh? he's not going to say it out loud, but it's kind of nice to see his cute shy baby brother coming through again.]
Do you trust that I'm real now? Now that we're both sticky and covered in dirt?
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and despite kaeya being the one to actually be fully clothed, he is as chilled as ever.]
You know why.
[he runs hot and has always run hot - it just intensified after he received his vision, so he's just returning to his baseline now that he's without it (for now? hopefully?). he'd always used it to keep kaeya warm when they were young and even as they grew older into their teenage years, diluc was always rubbing kaeya's hands to breathe warmth into them.
even now, in their young adulthood, he finds himself once again enveloping kaeya protectively in his embrace. life really comes around full circle, huh? he's not going to say it out loud, but it's kind of nice to see his cute shy baby brother coming through again.]
Do you trust that I'm real now? Now that we're both sticky and covered in dirt?