#mondstadt the city of strained sibling relationships

[unfortunatelyilikebnha]

Tbh it’s so funny to me that albedo is made of chalk and may destroy mondstadt and klee is the daughter of a witch and obsessed with bombs but despite being weird as fuck individually they still have a more normal sibling relationship than both kaeya and diluc AND jean and barbara

[yahoodarling]

Hey how are you?

I found your blog from the sibling ps killing siblings thing, and what would happen in diluc s one if he didn’t truely kill kaeya and he was hanging on by a thread and reader found him and healed his wounds and was there for him through out the whole recovery, how would diluc t react later (I know you wrote reader as the creator but in this case they are not)

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Awww honey, you're too sweet. Funny enough in Dilucs it is suggested Kaeya is still alive. "Shallow breaths", "left for the elements'', in that the reader asks Diluc to not kill Kaeya incase they can convince him to join, much like in Jeans at a person's moment of death/great suffering readers voice will guide them so perhaps Kaeya would listen and so be brought back and spared ohhh but your ask is interesting! Just how would Diluc react if Kaeya came back???

(Reader is not the creator, this is a small side story to the sagau answers)

In the pelting rain you hurried for shelter, through the dense woods after foraging, nuts, berries, seeds were what you found yet a bloodied blue haired man was not expected on the list. Immediately you kneel down next to him, shaking him and calling out if he was alright, only the subtle rise and fall of his chest indicated any life and so you took that as a sign and lifted him onto your shoulder, leaving your basket and focusing on dragging him to shelter.

This was Captain Kaeya of the Knights of Favonius, you had seen him on patrols and in visits to the central city of Mondstadt. The only thing you could do was patch him up and wait, it took a few days but eventually he was back up, eyes dull and the look of confusion evident on his face. He seemed lost, hurt and in a mess, refused to go back to Mondstadt and asked kindly that you not notify the Knights of his condition.

"I appreciate what you have done for me," he says breaking his usual silence "you found me at quiet the strained time." He took a breath and looked up to your thatched roof, hair a mess and face drained, "It feels like ive just relived a nightmare i wish to forget and now offered a choice that could determine my entire life. Is it right? Should i heed the call?" He was a mess, basically talking to himself and constantly on the brink of tears but in time he healed and your relationship grew as you stayed by his side.

In a few weeks Mondstadt wrote Kaeya off as missing, he chose to stay with you in the small house in the forests away from his duties so he had time to organize his thoughts and emotions but eventually he felt it was right to return, he couldnt leave his responsibilities forever.

"Would you join me?" Kaeya asks, hesitantly smiling as he adjusted his boots. "It feels like im about to walk up on stage without a script haha" 

Of course you joined him and really luckily you had.

Along the roads near Springvale you two met the wine tycoon of Mondstadt also on his way to the city, both Kaeya and Diluc had a look of death ridden on their face, eyes wide open in shock. Kaeya took a hesitant step forward, a million questions on his mind, Diluc just recoiled back readjusting himself to calm.

"So you listened?" Diluc said with a gruff voice "Youve decided to follow their grace?"

"No, i havent chosen yet, there has been a lot on my mind." The air grew stiff and stale

"Mondstadt thinks you are dead, i thought you were dead. Ive betrayed my lord, if you are still alive and its not because you accepted them then its my fault for not doing my job right. I must atone for forgiveness." 

"Diluc wait! Tell me, what does your heart say? Truly"

You couldnt see the red head mans face, it fell hidden in his hair as he tried to conceal his cries. "Its full of love, so much burning love you would not understand if you dont stand before them. Its like nothing else ive ever felt, however, ive nearly lost you once, to be faced with your lose again… scared me. Kaeya please, listen to me, i will chose to follow them over and over again even if it means ending you, you will understand! Just please, consider it."

You felt out of place, Kaeya told you about what happened, of Diluc choosing to follow the newly proclaimed Grace of Teyvat, of Kaeyas injury and inability to choose which path to take. You had no real choice either, just wanting to sustain a normal life.

"Ill let you think about it" Diluc huffed and turned his back. "I hope we may be joined under one rule again." And walked away.

Kaeya went quiet, watching as Diluc walked away. "Haaaah," he sighed and combed his hair away "my word is this a mess, gosh it hurts haha" he chuckled, you have come to notice he enjoys hiding his pain with humor.

"I don't know, i still haven't chosen who to follow and to see Diluc again… it hurts. Ive come back from near death once, i can do it again." He perked himself back up and outstretched his hand to you. "Would you mind taking a dead mans hand? I feel at this moment the only place i can certainly say I belong is by your side for all you have done for me."

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Thank you for the love! Kept this kinda short, Kaeyas status will stay unknown in the cannon line of this sagau 'series' but i do love the suggestion! Kept this short haha

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[unfortunatelyilikebnha]

Also!!! This with the addition of Barbara!!

Barbara’s at least a couple years younger than them so I don’t think they were really close in the same way but like!!! Her being Jean’s sister adds to this!!

(Rararararararara smth abt how the strained sibling relationships kinda reflect each other. Something abt the conflict between duty to Mond & duty to family & how it defines all four of them. Something something do you think Kaeya sees himself in Barbara since she too is always performing even if it’s in a different way than he is. Something something do you think Barbara’s jealous about Jean being closer to Kaeya than her own sister. Something something both Jean and Barbara feel like they’d be burdening the other to reach out. Something something do you think DILUC sees himself & Kaeya in Jean and Barbara. Something something Mondstadt city of strained family relationships fr)

Thinking about the KaeyaJeanDiluc friendship where they grew up together and they were CLOSE & sure maybe Jean felt like Diluc & Kaeya were closer since they were brothers & sure maybe Kaeya felt like he had to keep secrets from the two of them bc they would never understand but they were like. A trio! A team!

& then Diluc’s 18th birthday comes around and everything goes to shit and Diluc LEAVES so they’re no longer KaeyaJeanDiluc but just Kaeya & Jean & in some ways Kaeya and Jean get closer because of it but there’s also a pronounced DISTANCE where Jean doesn’t know how to reach Kaeya anymore & Kaeya is even more determined not to tell Jean anything & they both lose themselves in their duties to Mondstadt while also missing Diluc and ALSO, despite everything, offering each other unconditional support

& then Diluc comes BACK & in addition to Kaeya & Jean there’s the shaky reestablishment of Jean & Diluc and Diluc & Kaeya but it’s not THE SAME. they’re no longer KaeyaJeanDiluc; Jean & Kaeya are knights and Diluc will never be a knight again & they all changed while Diluc was away & none of them know how to talk to each other anymore AND YET there’s still an undercurrent of trust!! Not fully, especially between Kaeya & Diluc, but Diluc still calls on Jean during the archon quest, trusting that she will keep their secrets even though as the acting grandmaster she should probably not. Jean says in her about Diluc voiceline that she understands why Diluc hates the knights & is working hard to make them an organization he can trust again. Kaeya covers for Diluc’s darknight hero escapades & fondly reminisces about their childhood in front of him. Diluc invited Kaeya to dinner at the winery & (afaik) never told anyone about Kaeya’s origins. Kaeya tells the traveler that they need to give Jean their full support and planned a birthday party for her. Jean left Kaeya in charge of Mondstadt when she went to the golden apple archipelago! On some level they recognize that their goals still align!! There’s still trust and love there but there’s also this gap between them that none of them know how to cross and I just!!!