#//When Diluc comes back and Kae HAS to part with the Vision; he can't help feeling lonely again

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While he’d had Diluc’s Vision in his care, Kaeya often spoke to it. Updates on how things were going in Mondstadt, on Jean and the Knights, quiet admissions on how much he missed him and hoped he was alright. Demands he come back to Mond alive, if not for the family he’d discarded, if not for the Knights, then for those at the Dawn Winery at the very least. They missed him more than anyone.

Kaeya doubted Diluc could even hear them, but if there was a chance those words could reach him, that Diluc could somehow be reassured through whatever turmoil he was facing in that moment and given some burst of determination to succeed through the worst from them, Kaeya would still ensure not a day went by without speaking to the Vision, conversations scarcely more than two hours apart if he could help it. It was a childish, most likely vain hope, he knew. But nothing and no one, including himself, would ever have been able to curb the habit.

Anything to make sure that Vision never once dulled to emptiness.

#Sb: You two were always so attached at the hip; it must be hard with Master Diluc gone #Kaeya; with the Vision tucked safely in his vest: Haha; what? I don't miss him; I'm relieved he can't fucken NAG me anymore- #hc; kaeya #//Imagine the messes he kept getting himself into if keeping the Vision near kept screwing up with his own Vision usage #//The Pyro IMMEDIATELY reacting to counter his Cryo usage (Kae can't help bitterly think it MEANS something; proof of Diluc's resentment) #//Kaeya simultaneously getting sabotaged by that happening AND his own worries making him sloppy #//Kae making jokes that he's been cursed with bad luck; and damn well KNOWS keeping the Vision so close is only trouble #//But anyone'd have to pry that Pyro Vision from his cold dead hands if he could help it #//When Diluc comes back and Kae HAS to part with the Vision; he can't help feeling lonely again #//Almost misses the damn thing was still on hand to sabotage him #//It's easier dealing with the Vision acting up than having to actually HEAR how much Diluc resents him now (as he thinks he does) #//It certainly was easier to TALK to #//sometimes; he genuinely can't tell if it was more stressful only ever having the Vision to tell if Diluc was alive #//Or being able to see him in person and check on him then #//Letters could only do so much and with only Two he received compared to all those he sent; well; he couldn't trust like that #//But then talking to him after everything is just the Worst because both their guards are up and the ways they deal with it Clash #//Will that stop him? Ofc not #//He can deal with bruised pride and hurt feelings if it means making sure he's still kicking. He owes him that much #//Idk; found this half-written while clearing drafts and A #//Had to finish the thoughts