[if kaeya basically hadn't told diluc to his face that he was overworking himself, diluc would have worried that the knights of favonius' inefficiency rubbed off on kaeya. diluc wants to jump in and roll his sleeves up and get to work, but kaeya's been living this for a year. he can have a break, even if diluc is bursting at the seams with the energy to act.
diluc feels a bump against his shoulders, and a glance tells him kaeya has truly been stripped bare and made vulnerable. it tugs fiercely at his protectiveness, seeing not the same confident man with a bulletproof facade, but instead the same shivering little boy his father had found that fateful night. how funny it was also raining then.
he pulls kaeya closer, arm around kaeya's shoulders to keep him safe and warm. secure.
archons, they have so much to talk about, even without all this new stuff. but it's admittedly nice to just. exist with kaeya. his closest friend, his confidante, his partner, his first- well. those days may be long gone now, but they can pick up what pieces are left and go from there. together.]
I've got you. And I'm not leaving you.
[he tries to rub some warmth into that still-cold body. he's definitely staying here for a while - he's not even going to ask for permission, feeling entitled to do so as his sworn elder brother.] Aren't you hungry? You've barely touched your food.
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diluc feels a bump against his shoulders, and a glance tells him kaeya has truly been stripped bare and made vulnerable. it tugs fiercely at his protectiveness, seeing not the same confident man with a bulletproof facade, but instead the same shivering little boy his father had found that fateful night. how funny it was also raining then.
he pulls kaeya closer, arm around kaeya's shoulders to keep him safe and warm. secure.
archons, they have so much to talk about, even without all this new stuff. but it's admittedly nice to just. exist with kaeya. his closest friend, his confidante, his partner, his first- well. those days may be long gone now, but they can pick up what pieces are left and go from there. together.]
I've got you. And I'm not leaving you.
[he tries to rub some warmth into that still-cold body. he's definitely staying here for a while - he's not even going to ask for permission, feeling entitled to do so as his sworn elder brother.] Aren't you hungry? You've barely touched your food.