Liberosis

[kurecchi]

Words: 640
Warning: Secret Established Relationship, Fluff
Prompt: Liberosis: The desire to care less about things.

Kaeya had felt watched ever since he hurriedly left the Dawn Winery to return to Mondstadt. He was used to being the center of attention but somehow those looks were different, so much so that he came to consider the hypothesis that Diluc had left some annoying mark on his chest or neck.

To be honest, Kaeya was partly ready to rule out that hypothesis, because he had looked in the mirror before sneaking out the window to avoid being seen by the Dawn Winery staff, but on the other hand he couldn't be totally sure.

He would have liked to care less about things, but Kaeya knew he was an extremely curious person. He could not ignore it, especially when he was the one directly concerned. It was impossible.

For that reason Kaeya found himself almost forced to go to the only person who, somehow, would never have judged him in the case of some hickey: Lisa.

No one was aware of his relationship with Diluc, not even the librarian, but Kaeya was certain that Lisa wouldn't ask too many questions about his lover's identity.

At the most Lisa would have questioned him to get the 'dirtiest details' of the night of passion just passed. Something that Kaeya would have told her more than willingly, obviously omitting the name of Diluc.

Kaeya still ignored the curious, and sometimes amused, glances of the people he was passing along his path, and sneaked quickly inside the Headquarters. He walked into the library and, after making sure he was alone with Lisa, asked her a simple: «Do I look strange to you?»

Lisa looked at him in surprise at that question.

«Strange, you say?» she repeated looking at him from head to toe. The librarian immediately smiled, clearly showing herself pleased and amused. «You're normal... let's say.»

That 'let's say' promised nothing good, but never as good as the young woman's expression. Maybe he didn't have any hickey but... there must be something 'wrong' with him.

Kaeya stiffened a little, and tried with a smile not to be nervous... which he found quite difficult to conceal when Lisa nonchalantly asked him: «You know you're wearing Diluc's gloves, right?»

He looked down at his hands, covered in black gloves with red palms. Totally different from those he used to wear because, as Lisa had said, they were precisely those of Diluc.

In his haste to get dressed and leave the Dawn Winery, Kaeya had taken the wrong gloves, and Diluc would have killed him since everyone had seen him with those gloves on.

He sighed and looked at the librarian again.

«I can-»

«Don't you dare say 'I can explain'. The situation is clear enough,» Lisa promptly exclaimed. «I'm deeply disappointed in you. First of all those gloves look terrible with your outfit. And second... how could you not tell me anything?!»

Kaeya smiled nervously, pulling off the gloves to hide them in his pocket. He couldn't help but feel annoyed and even embarrassed, for any other subject he could have laughed at it, but not with his life as a couple with Diluc. It was a private and sensitive subject, and it was impossible for Kaeya not to care.

«There is a thing called privacy, you know.»

Lisa ignored him, dropping that answer with a wave of her hand.

«I want the details now. You owe them to me, Alberich,» she added, indicating the empty chair beside her with a nod. «And, of course, I promise nothing will come out of this room. But now: speak.»

Kaeya sighed and took a seat next to the librarian, aware that he could no longer escape the explanations the young woman was demanding. After all it was the fault of his inattention.