#mod - fell asleeeep

[not-the-darknight]

Annie, woke up in the middle of the night*

The room was Pitch black, except for a small crack

Annie could hear voices from it

She carefully tip toed towards it, trying to take a peak through the small gap*

Alex: You have to tell her!

Fang: I will! But now is not the time Alex! She is barely Five years old!

Alex: You know better than anyone how sharp and quick thinking she is! Sooner or later she will find out herself!

Fang: I know! You think I don´t know that?! I know that Annie has questions, but I don´t have answers for said questions yet!

Alex: Wrong! You are just afraid she will judge you if you tell her!

Fang: THATS NOT THE PROBLEM! YOU KNOW WHY I CAN`T TELL HER! DO YOU WANT TO BREAK HER HEART!?

Alex: I…I… no… of course not!

But Annie has a right to know!

Fang: Alex, please! I…I can´t do it now…ok? She is still too small, too innocent, too lifely! I can´t ruin that for her!

Alex: Ok…I won´t bring it up again. But please, try to somewhat at least answer her questions, I just don´t want her to see you as a liar and end up not trusting you anymore.

Fang: Let that be my worries.

Fang looked at the crack to Annie's room and she jumped back in fright*

That´s when she woke up*

She had to take a few deep breaths before she could breath normally*

She looked around, not recognizing the room.

Where was she?

She looked around and found the strawberry plushie next to her*

Oh, right, she was with Diluc, and her brother went back home alone.

Usually she would sneak into Fangs room and either wake him up, or just snuggled herself under the bed sheets next to him

It was new to say the least that she wasn't able to do that

So she went with the best next option that she could think of

Diluc!

She took her strawberry plushie, and climbed out of bed*

She remembers that Adelinde showed her where his room was, so she had no problem finding it

But when she silently opened the door and came closer to his bed, she hesitated*

Would she be bothering him if she woke him up?

Not to mention that it wasn´t just Diluc, but Zhongli as well

If she would wake up Diluc she probably would also end up waking Zhongli

When it was Fang and Alex she had no problem with that

Then again, Diluc said they were brother and sister, but how far does that actually go when you are not related?

Sure, Alex wasn´t related to them either, but Alex had been with them a long time now

She really didn't want to bother them, but she didn't want to leave either

Not knowing on what to do, she chose to sit down at the doorframe, trying to be as tiny and quiet as possible*

She didn´t know how much time had passed since she sat down, but as it went on the air felt heavier

It felt hard to breath for her, and the room seemed to twirl and become blurry

In her fear, and unwellness she let out a few tiny sobs into her plushie, she tried to hold them back as good as possible not wanting to wake Diluc or Zhongli

It was moments like these, where she wished her brother was with her

Annie: Her head still buried in the plushie, her shoulders shaking slightly*

hic......sob.......sob...sob.....hic....sob..........hic....

[I open the door and crouch down, slowly picking her up]

Hey. Come here. It's okay