#wealthiest gentleman in mondstadt //. in character

[dcrknighthero]

“ who took Mr feathers the third ? “

[yoshikoooo]

“Starry Night”

Characters: Diluc, Kaeya, Traveler, Paimon

genre: Angst

Requested by: @erwin-missing-arm

a/n notes: ANGST. just angst. periodt.

Tonight’s sky was as beautiful as ever, Stars stretched everywhere and a Dazzling moon shone above the land of the mondstadt. 

Despite the alluring sky, The land below is in chaos. The increase of hilichurls in a certain area woke the knights and spilled uneccessary blood. 

Diluc who works in the shadows had no choice but to put an end to the sudden increase of the violent hilichurls. 

on the same time, the Captain of the favonious knights was dispatched to take care of the sudden outburst of hilichurls. Dealing this kind of things is not the captain’s forte as he prefer planning the strategy rather than doing the slaughtering.

The man standing in the hill looked at the incoming hilichurls infront of him as his navy hair danced with the wind, and how his diamond like eyes turned serious in the moment he began rushing forward. 

Giving a sigh he froze the incoming hilichurls behind his back, going for a straight line. Despite being seen as an lazy and laid back captain, he Does work seriously. 

The man noticed something different from usual causing him to stop and looked at the hilichurls. an amused look and a chuckle came out. He definitely knew that tonight will be a long night. 

‘They’re tougher than usual..’ 

once he stood up, unknowingly a mitachurl was about to rush towards him but a bird of flames suddenly burned the mitachurl causing it to disappear to ashes. 

“Flashy as always huh?”

The one eyed man said to the red haired gentleman walking towards the scene.

“I don’t need the opinion of someone who is not worth my time.” 

Diluc said coldly as his tall and slender figure finally appeared infront of the captain. 

“Cold as always I guess... but no matter how I think about it.. Why is the wealthiest gentleman in mondstadt here in the woods? and also doing the dirty job himself?” 

Kaeya asked with a mischievous smile despite him knowing the reason he still asked to tease the red haired gentleman infront of him. 

“That is none-”

“Oh my~ Don’t tell me you followed me here to check if I was safe~? “

Before the red haired man could finish his sentence, Kaeya butted in.  A joking tone and how he cupped his face while pretending to be shy was enough to piss The red haired man off.

‘This bastard.’

Is all diluc can think as his head is full of how the man infront of him is wasting his time. 

With the click of his tongue, The gentleman turned around to leave but before he could do so, the Traveler and paimon appeared infront of him.  making both of them approach the traveler.

“Oh, If this isn’t the famous traveler~” 

Kaeya smiled at the traveler, waving a hand to greet the two. making them do the same.

“Oh, It’s kaeya and Diluc~ how unsual~” 

Parmon said as she waved her hand.

“Traveler, why are you here?” 

Diluc who went straightly to the point making the traveler nod. 

“I heard the sudden outburst of hilichurls in this area” 

traveler said with the voice of caution and seriousness.

“That being said, The hilichurls we fought so far was pretty strange” 

Paimon added in, taking the attention of the two gentleman.

“That I have to agree, They were pretty tough, as if they were possessed. “ 

kaeya added making the traveler and diluc nod in agreement. before anyone could talk, the sound of hilichurls approaching made them on their guards.

“I don’t think we should go apart for awhile” 

  Diluc said as the fire on his claymore burned the hilichurls to ashes.

“I agree with that, It also seems that we are near to the cause of this sudden outburst.” 

the Traveler said as he began to clash with the hilichurl. 

That moment, they started fighting forward, finishing off the hilichurls who dared to interfere with them. 

The next step made them halt. Their movement froze as they felt the sudden strong energy infront of them. 

They focused once again as hilichurls began surrounding them. 

It was a portal. 

Annoying as it seems but They obviously have to defeat the hilichurls  around them first. 

....

slashing the last hilichurl, kaeya looked at the portal. 

‘A portal out of nowhere. This is a strange phenomenon indeed.’

“I will try to close the portal.”

The traveler said confidently making both the gentleman look at him.

“Well, that would be amazing. But traveler, isn’t that a little dangerous..?” 

kaeya said as he gave a smile, He was wary of the portal as They don’t even know what the cause is and is it safe for them to just do something out of curiosity.

���Does the traveler perhaps have an idea about the portal?” 

Diluc asked as he looked at the traveler who smiled and paimon who began to talk.

“Of course, This guide will tell you that Traveler already experienced going through portals similar to this~ but this one is quite strange... but anyways, theres nothing wrong with trying~ right traveler?” .

Paimon proudly said as she looked at traveler who smiled. 

“I might be more suitable to clear the portal, that being said.. May I ask the both of you to guard my back..? “

Traveler smiled widely making the two gentleman gave a sigh at how persistent the traveler looks. 

“haha~ count me in, I promise that nothing shall disturb you , dearest traveler. “

Kaeya who bursted out on laughter brought his sword out. 

Diluc didn’t say a thing and brought the claymore out as if he was prepared for this. 

just when the traveler started to release elemental energy, Hilichurls and mitachurls began to appear. The two stayed on guard with the duty to protect the traveler. 

The fact that The hilichurls were much tougher than usual is making it a bit hard for them. but that isn’t enough to knock them off, They were doing well to block the attacks of them but that doesn’t mean They can avoid minor injuries. Kaeya got a scrape on his right arm and Dilucs left leg has a small wound but enough for it to drip blood. They weren’t kidding this time that They are having a hard time. 

Looking at how the two gentleman dance around with swords on their hands was mesmerizing, Despite the hardship to finish the hilichurls, they were fighting with light in their eyes. Dilucs bright hair and pale skin stood out as he slashes another hilichurl, Kaeya was elegantly finishing off the enemy infront of him as his eyes shone like diamond. The moon shone upon these two, as if blessing them. Despite them moving around and fighting, They find this scene a little comforting, knowing that someone has their back guarded And feeling a little reminisced.

They might not have noticed but They seemed brotherly in the scene wherein they fought the hilichurls together. One of them might puke if they heard about this, but the sight of them being together was very unusual and heartwarming in some sense. 

The enormous energy coming from the portal suddenly disappeared. making them look back to see traveler and paimon waving at them. 

‘It seems that they managed to close the portal safely.’

Diluc sigh in relief as he was about to go towards them, but was stopped when kaeya shouted. 

“GET DOWN!” 

Diluc looked behind him to see a mitachurl ready to slash him with the huge axe. The horrified eyes of kaeya on the back made him look infront of him again. Once Diluc blinked, a familiar back was already hugging him.

The sound of something getting slashed and a groan bore into Diluc’s ears as the vitality in his eyes were diminishing into nothing. With him holding the man, Traveler quickly went to kill the mitachurl with a frown, knowing that his friend got injured due to this mitachurl was something he can’t pass it by no matter what..

Processing what happened, Diluc felt as if he was being choked, As if one has pushed him into a deep pool of water as his view darkened with only one thing in sight, and it felt exceedingly hard to breathe. Having the flashback of his fathers death made him tremble badly.

The smell of blood, the red color of blood staining both his hands and clothes was something he hated. something he feared.

He didn’t want this. 

“Y..You... why...?”

was all he could say, The red haired man is having a hard time finding his voice, making the traveler stay on the side giving the both of them the time they need.

Without him noticing, the sting on his eyes hits and slowly tears began falling. 

Kaeya whose eyes were closed slowly began to open. You could see how evident Kaeya is fighting to stay awake. How its trying to focus his vision to look at Diluc.

“h..haha.. This is so... P-Pathetic...” 

Kaeya weakly chuckled making diluc bite his lips to stop the tears from falling. Kaeya wouldn’t have expected this expression on diluc. He never did. ever since They were a kid, He never expected diluc to make this kind of expression.

 ‘This is weird..’

He simply think of. Kaeya knew that death is already looking at him, looking at his frail body which got slashed and a bloody mess. This is inevitable, something that was bound to happen.. fate. 

“The... stars.. seems to shine more beautiful tonight...” 

Kaeya said as he tried raising his hand to reach the sky. as if he wanted to try plucking one of the stars. Diluc looked at his brother whose eyes are slowly turning lifeless and how his breathing started slowing down.

The Traveler and Diluc both knows what Will happen soon. with that in mind, Diluc who was quiet all the time finally started talking. 

“Shine true....”

“Evil cannot go unpunished....N-Never settle for mediocrity.” 

Diluc said weakly as his raspy voice was heard making kaeya look weakly and slowly at diluc. 

“Never forget that... the dawn will.. one day come.. brother...”

The word brother took Kaeya to widen his eyes and slowly tears began clouding his vision. How Soft and delicate the word brother to him is. How it seems to lighten something in him the moment he heard the word brother from diluc again. 

“Thanks...”

He said at the exact time the tears began falling. 

“How I wished.. to reconcile with you.. a little... earlier.. brother...” 

Kaeya said weakly still fighting for his voice to come out. How his body is slowly feeling like its not his anymore, how his limbs are falling, how he felt his own temperature go down. He can sense that time is up and now he must leave. 

Leave everything and everyone behind him. Even him. His dearest brother. 

Diluc who watched how his brother slowly closed his eyes made him stop breathing. He began to hear his own heartbeats fastly beating, He even dared question the Gods in his head.  Time slowly passed andThe moment kaeya’s eyes closed and his breathing stopped, It was as if something cracked inside Diluc, a broken sound escaped from his throat, as Tears were continuously running down, His mind was like a screaming banshee full of remorse, crying and Begging for the impossible. he trembled and begged for this all to be a dream. just a nightmare.

“Please..... Give my brother back...” 

A shaky voice whose plea won’t be heard by any of the Gods was pitiful enough for the traveler to just look at the scene.

A journey will all have its ups and downs, and certainly this kind of scenario was certainly not part of the plan. Everyone Has their own journey and of course, their last adventure. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

End~

.................................................................................

just give him some fking egg and all is goods :)  

[dcrknighthero]

“ sure. We do have some grape juice here , “ Diluc muttered , turning around to stare at the assortment of bottles searching for the specific non-alcoholic. Not many that came to Angel’s share wanted any sort of juice since they all were adults or above the drinking age in appearance to purchase anything. Eventually the single bottle had been located and a single glass was poured out , being placed gently in front of Aether.

“ having that fear would be normal. There’s always that part of your mind that overthinks everything. So this must be like that , this person probably would not ignore you or not want to see you. “ explaining things was not the winery owner’s experty but if somebody wanted some sort of help he at least was willing to try.

dcrknighthero​:

“ I am aware of that. “ Diluc stated , both from politeness and the smallest of care. And perhaps somewhat being aware of Aether made him care to the smallest degree. One hand held onto a hand towel whilst the other rested against the counter top , crimson eyes staring at the traveler before shifting back towards the glass being cleaned previously.

“ sometimes talking about issues is useful that of course entirely dependant on who is saying such. Since I am used to people who visit here speaking about their issues I can listen for now. “ he offered with the usual neutral uncaring sounding tone.

Aether watched Diluc as he resumed his work. For a moment he didn’t say anything, just watched with a distressed expression before golden hues glanced up to crimson. “Could you spare some water or just- juice?” After all, he wasn’t allowed to drink here, and of all the people to have tending the bar, he was quite sure he couldn’t get away with asking for one. 

“I… don’t even know how to say it. Convey it.” Elbows rested on the counter, arms folded. “It’s… hard. Words are hard.” A slow exhale as he tried again. “I …am scared. I’m - afraid, I’ll finally reach her and she won’t want to even see me… That I’ve failed her, by taking too long.”

[dcrknighthero]

“ I won’t make a joke about father returning. I won’t make a joke about father returning. I won’t - “

[dcrknighthero]

“ I hated the idea of wearing a dress but it’s for a good reason I suppose. Master Zhongli if you are listening , you should look over your shoulder I will knock you out. “

[dcrknighthero]

loyalbravetrue: “How on earth did you manage to hurt yourself?”

“ funny story. “ Diluc said in the most monotone voice. To him at the time where he’d gained the injuries it was hardly amusing at all. Though looking back on it to explain everything brought out the amusing side to the whole thing. He looked at his brother with the smallest of smiles whilst holding a small basket with a squeaking injured hawk inside.

“ you see I had gone to train in the wood area since remaining here was not doing much to improve and father was not home to stop me. However I came across this injured hawk which I could not just leave it be since it would die and that would be my fault. So of course an attempt to catch it to bring it back to be healed though it just attacked me. “

[dcrknighthero]

@tossamora

He stood back almost against a wall inside the tavern , silently monitoring and to the smallest degree slightly judging them. Although he ran a winery drunks were taxing to deal with and wine always left a disgusting feeling in his mouth. Diluc sighed coming to the decision enough had been seen for now and adjusted a glove before turning on his heels to leave as quick as possible. But there was another patron. Someone new by the looks of it or at least never appeared when he visited. Another potential drunkard to deal with.

“ welcome Sir. Do hope you enjoy yourself and not cause any scene. “

[dcrknighthero]

@loyalbravetrue replied to your post:

Kaeya vc: No one said you have a girly face, but you sure do have a GIRLY face

“ and no body asked for your input Kaeya. I do not have a girly face either. Stop the slander or I’ll inform father. “

[dcrknighthero]

“ Mr feathers the third is very well behaved unless you are Kaeya. Or the abyss order. Or the fatui really “

[dcrknighthero]

Diluc had both arms crossed with dark crimson eyes staring off towards nothing specific , just attempting to avoid eye contact with people and keep to himself. He agreed to help out the traveler after some help with particular jobs within the winery was given. Only fair to lend his strength in return. A small glance over to Razor was all that was given when he heard the other speak up.

“ sure let’s just say I can fight good. Either way it shall not matter as long as we get a good result. “

@dcrknighthero​

Razor eyes the taller man warily. They weren’t strong enough to defeat this next enemy on their own. The Traveler seemed certain this “Master Diluc” would be able to help them claim victory. Razor had never seen this man join the Traveler’s pack before. Was he really that strong?

“You… fight good. Yes?”

[dcrknighthero]

loyalbravetrue: "Diluc~ Your brother is home~" Offers his open arms for a hug

Diluc looked up from the plans on top of the table almost from fear of who it was. However it felt more like annoyance since that commonly was the emotion linked to such a voice. There would be no way to avoid someone in the winery for a long period of time but distractions were far more useful to make someone forget why they came.

“ please make sure he goes away Adelinde. That is an order. “ and with that Diluc immediately went towards the door towards the cellar.

[dcrknighthero]

“ 4am is that mystical time you really never wish to be awake and aware of. This place is surprisingly lively at this time. “

[dcrknighthero]

“ ah yes. Prime time to be banging on walls either with fists or hammers. This is what I get for choosing accommodation over being in the wilderness. “

[dcrknighthero]

judgementsnowstorm: He hands him a brand new and perhaps much better-looking vase than the one he gave him in the past. He also hands him a basket of other gifts. Inside the basket was the Death After Noon wine, some fudge brownies he baked himself, and an agnidus agate brooch. "Merry Christmas, my dear brother. I'm sorry I couldn't give you much, but it's the heart and thought that counts, right?" He happily smiled. "Merry Christmas."

Christmas gifts or gifts in general , not a thing the winery owner was used to anymore. It had been so much time since last one had been received or even given if workers were excluded from that list. When it came down to his brother Kaeya usually nothing ever was accepted yet something this time was different. As if Diluc had recognised he had caused all the issues between them both. The vase gifted that time was a lot nicer and easier to look at in comparison to the other one currently on display within the winery , an embarrassment that brightly coloured vase was when business partners arrived for meetings. At least there is now an actual replacement from the other. The wine gifted got completely looked over due to his dislike for wine though he’d be accepting it as to not cause any issues. And all of the rest was accepted as it either caught his eye or generally was liked. What had he deserved to receive such things ?

“ thank you... dear brother. Y-you didn’t have to get me anything after all I have caused... thank you. “ despite the false cheerful tone he tried to keep up there was still that sound of someone breaking down in tears. After putting down everything Diluc quickly hugged Kaeya as tightly as he could.

[dcrknighthero]

“ I shall admit once and once alone. I do care for my brother. If anything happens to him by my own hands you shall be harmed. It’s what I had promised father years ago. Despite how annoying he is , he still is my brother. “ don’t get cocky now Kaeya.

[dcrknighthero]

judgementsnowstorm: “Last time you tried to make Christmas cookies you almost set the house on fire.”

Christmas Sentence Starters

“ yes that may be correct. After all we both wanted to make cookies but father was on business for two days and we did not want help from staff. So we made our own and I nearly set the manor on fire , “ Diluc started a little embarrassed that such actions were being admitted. He remembered it still as it was fun , though mainly because Elzer also witnessed it occuring and will never let him live it down. The red haired man chuckled crossing both arms over his chest with the smallest of smirks tugging at the corner of his lips.

“ though I may have nearly set the manor on fire but father actually ate my cookies back then and not yours so hah. “