•Knight• Diluc x Reader x Kaeya

5; Ling

"Are you ready to go?"

They stood there at the waypoint, standing next to Kaeya. "Where are the others?" She asked, though she wasn't curious at all.

Her words and breath started to swallowed down. "They have other things to do," Kaeya answered to her question.

Though, it was obvious that Kaeya wanted to keep it a secret, only slow-witted person would fall for it. Y/n sighed to ease the feelings inside her body. "If I did it, will you let me go?" She asked, slightly a little bit nervous. But she gained no response from the man.

She only gained a humming as a response, didn't wash away the uneasiness on her chest.

"Let's go?"

***

Kaeya didn't give a glance to her. "If you stay close to me, things will be alright."

"Ah, welcome to our Zhong state," the lady welcomed them. "Oh, and who might this be?" She asked. "If you don't mind, I have invited my assistant, her name is Siria," Kaeya introduced the girl beside him.

"My name is Siria, it's a pleasure to meet you," Y/n greeted herself. She bowed down.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Zhong Ling. I hope you can find peace in Liyue," Ling bowed down as well.

Y/n stood up straight as she faced the man beside her. Her feelings didn't seem well. Her face was still pale. "Very well then, come in," she welcomed the two.

The tea before them were served with the right amount colour, she watched the tea from afar, trying to figure out what kind of tea was it. "How have you been doing Lady Ling?" Kaeya asked. "I'm doing fine, thank you," she answered.

The bluenette faced the girl who had been quiet for such a long time. "You don't talk a lot, do you?" Ling asked. "Thank you for your attention, Lady Ling. People said I don't talk much."

Ling nodded her head in understandment, she returned her gaze back to the captain. "Did you find the person?" Ling asked. Kaeya shook his head. "Please re-tell your story again. I have a lot of cases stacked, so I can easily forgot."

"Oh my, is the captain a forgetful person? But that's fine, everyone makez mistakes." Somewhat, from the corner of her Ling's eyes, were the tears that brimmed as if it's looking for sympathy.

"A junior beat me up until I lost conciousness. They even hit my head hard. The blood didn't stop for such a long time. They hurt me physically and mentally," Ling replayed the story that somehow, managed to make her feel sick.

Reasons the h/c haired woman collected intels was一this case Ling reported was obviously fake.

Kaeya nodded his head. "What do they look like?" he asked. The lady described features of a person to the captain. Afterall, Y/n was there, she knew it was fake.

"Do you know what's her name?" Ling shook her head, wiping the tear that escaped from the corner of her eye. "Unfortunately, no. It happened years ago," she sobbed.

Now, Y/n was disgusted by the sight, her face was threatening to form her disgusted expression. "It's fine if you don't remember it, Lady Ling. We'll catch the culprit."

'Well played, Captain.'

"And, Siria, are you not tired standing so far away?"

"Siria" shook her head, politely declined the offer. 'Siria, nice name, Sir.'

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Y/n sat down on the chair. It was nine at night. She was reading in the library to calm her down in the most possible way, though her mind still wondered there.