#kaeya: guess that they didn’t give you a treat but a TRICK huh

[butteronabun]

Modern AU and it’s Halloween. You and Diluc are binging horror movies together, and you hug him because you’re scared.

“I don’t like the jumpscares!” You tell him, burying your face on his chest.

“Then we should watch something else instead,” Diluc shortly replies, with a small yet teasing smile on his face.

“No!”

After being lectured about how ‘not watching horror movies during Halloween is a crime,’ Diluc allows you to cuddle him the rest of the night. He eventually hugs you back as an act of comfort when there’s a particular scene where you’re squealing when the ghost chases the main leads. He lets himself snicker to the amusing comments you make: ‘WHY DO PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE STUPID CHOICES IN THESE?” or “it’s his damn fault for turning around!”

And once it’s all and done, Diluc has to always remind himself that you guys are just friends. That there’s nothing going on between you two, even if you clutched onto his hand tightly during that one scene where the main character kissed his love interest before the cliché sacrifice.

That following day, while eating on a hamburger joint with Kaeya—because his younger brother craved for something so specific that Diluc couldn’t remember—Diluc almost falls off his seat because of him.

“What?”

“You heard me.” Kaeya smirks. “They’re not afraid of horror movies.“

“I refuse to believe that, they—“ You didn’t let go of him last night, not even once. You were shaking. You were almost crying.

“I’ve watched an Insidious movie with them and they didn’t even flinch. Instead, they laughed along with me.” Kaeya’s smirk widens, and Diluc’s face burns. “So? You still ain’t convinced?”