Bounded || (Albedo x Reader)

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"Let them catch us." Albedo suddenly stopped and proposed.

Now, Kaeya had the right to sound absolutely perturbed and petrified by this statement. "Okay, your demands are starting to get out of hand. And I may have one eye showing right now, but I sure can see an absolutely bizarre joke right now from you."

"But I don't do jokes." Albedo replied quickly, as he stood and stared at Kaeya funnily in a way. And Diluc gave a very distasteful face.

"Just do as I say." Albedo suggested again. "I want to check something."

"In a cell?!" Kaeya whisper shouted as he looked around and started to slightly panic as the footsteps approached closer.

"And don't use your visions so they'd easily catch us. Wouldn't want even more attention."

Diluc eyes Albedo carefully, "you sure you have a plan though?"

"I don't. Just pure curiosity, I need to check something. That's all there is." Albedo finished. He was being absolutely serious, and the way everything was happening so quickly didn't make the process any better.

There was a few moments of pure silence, as Diluc looked at Albedo more sternly. Cause, who's thinks Diluc would actually willingly agree to this kind of thing?

"I guess I'm in then." He turned his head towards Kaeya who looked troubled, but knowing that there was no way out of this, he ruffled his hair and chuckled very nervously.

"I can't believe I let myself be caught this easily purposely." He said, as he saw the approaching Fatui, ready to apprehend them.

And so they found themselves in a dungeon cell under this cold place.

They had even confiscated their visions, which were placed on some shelf beside the door to the dungeons. (A/N: In this story, I interpreted myself that if they don't have the vision somewhere on them, then they can't use it.)

Diluc had his arms crossed, as all of their masks were forcefully taken since their identities were already revealed anyways.

That they were intruders.

Diluc raised his red eyes upwards to catch a glimpse of Albedo who seemed to be ever so more deep in thought again. And during those times, silence was always the best.

But not to Kaeya.

"You know, I don't think Jean even realized that I've been gone for half a day. She's too busy with her workload. And I doubt Lisa would really care to tell her anyways." Kaeya babbled on and on about things. "If I don't get out of here, then I won't get my paycheck."

"And then?" Diluc asked, obviously he had little to no interest in this conversation. But for the sake of this seemingly soundless small square space they call a dungeon cell he'd do it.

"And then I wouldn't be able to buy my usually daily wine to drink away my sorrows and drown in my guilty pleasure and addiction to alcohol because of the way it makes people drunk."

"I'd rather like it if you didn't have money to pay. Then maybe you'd be even a little bit of a human and consider the possibility of how much trouble you cause when you're drunk." Diluc finished.

There was a small silence again, "speaking of Mondstadt..." Albedo started. "Don't forget what we talked about back in Morepesok with the kids. Remember? I'd really like to keep it."

"Keep... oh, yeah." Kaeya nodded his head.

"I keep promises."

"Because some don't." Albedo looked at Kaeya for a split second, then back at Diluc.

The group all sat by the fireside, warmed up in large knitted blankets and a few cups of warm drinks. The night was long, and Scaramouche had yet to inform them on anything yet.

And apparently Morepesok happened to be the seaside village they live in.

There were tons of fish to spare, only if they ever do unfreeze from the cold. Or perhaps be able to withstand such cold yet wait patiently for a while. And Childe happened to be that way, fishing for a long time before.

"You don't think he just left us here, do you?" Kaeya whispered to Diluc, as he leaned over a little bit so he didn't have to whisper loudly.

"If he did, then I'd already be burning him." Diluc answered, without much of a care in his violent response, despite looking so calm and serene with his cup of warm milk.

"So where are you three misters from?" Anthon asked to clear out the silence.

"Mondstadt." Albedo answered, whilst Diluc gave him a disapproving look because they shouldn't be revealing too much 'information.'

"Oooh? Is it far from here?" Teucer asked.

"Way too far." Kaeya said.

"Is it... warm?" Tonia asked next.

Diluc had a tinge of pity strike through his eyes, but only for a short moment. "Yes, it's very warm. Many flowers bloom all the time."

"How nice," Tonia stared at her cup, as if she was in her own world. Longing for something at least once to experience like that.

"I wish we could see that." Anthon said, when the silence felt a little too long.

Kaeya and Diluc looked at each other, "we'll bring you one day." Kaeya reassured.

"Really?!" Teucer and Anthon shouted, and maybe a little bit of Tonia too.

"Yeah, of course!" Kaeya smiled. Diluc had another look, and somehow in a way he felt a little bit more morbid of how much restriction these kids have because of Snezhnaya.

"That's a promise, okay Misters?" Teucer asked, with such a widespread smile.

All they could do was look at each other, and as if they were looking at each other for confirmation, they all nodded gently to the kids. With another much kinder smile.

"A promise it is." Albedo replied, he sipped his warm milk again, happily.

A/N: heyyyy guys thanks for coming this far. This chapter was rushed... sorry about that. Double thanks if you actually read everything I wrote, cause— kudos to u!!

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