ignoring him [kaeya & childe]
content of the request: Hi! Can I request headcanons of Childe and Kaeya reacting to reader ignoring them for a day as a prank/experiment? The ending is happy though! Fluff. Gender neutral.
[is the ending happy enough- and it’s clear that i rushed this becuase i just recalled my project which i still haven’t started]
He immediately noticed that something was wrong when you were somehow trying to avoid him and ignore his existence as if he was just some sort of hallucination that you were trying to ignore.
He’ll try to call out to your name and grab your attention but you would just go and leave, pretending as if you were looking for someone then running away. There is this one time that he spotted you and you looked in his different direction then looked away afterward. He was about to call out for you but you ran towards Amber who just arrived at the scene thus he was ignored once again.
Even though it looks like he doesn’t mind, he’s actually hurting on the inside. He doesn’t know what he did wrong to make you ignore him. He’ll just think of what he did for the past few days, trying to think if he did some sort of mistake.
He wants to confront you and talk to you but how? You kept on avoiding him and you looked like you were quite busy as you kept on running around or maybe that’s just your way of ignoring him. He doesn’t remember hanging out with some people that you will for sure get jealous of nor did he do something bad yesterday or earlier that you didn’t like. Heck, he was only outdoors roaming and wandering around or just doing his duties as the chivalry captain of the knights.
Maybe you needed some space or a break from him.
He doesn’t know what to do and might seek out advice though he might hesitate at first thinking that he should handle this by himself and not bother anyone. He’s kind of distracted while he is working and would just end up busying himself.
At the end of the day, he decided to just go to the tavern and just drink. Maybe you two will be fine after and you would stop ignoring him then tell him what is the problem which actually happened when you walked in the tavern.
Oh, you don’t know how happy he felt when he heard your voice saying his name in a rather gentle tone of voice with a lace of worry. He looked behind him quickly and was greeted by you. You were about to say something but then you got interrupted when he stood up from his seat, grabbed your hand then dragged you outside the tavern without saying anything, heading towards an area where you two are the only ones there, most likely a nearby alley.
He was finally given a chance to talk to you and the words that he has been wanting to say came out of his mouth.
“Tell me what did I do wrong. Did I do something that made you mad? [Name], you were avoiding me the whole day. I could tell.”
Well, shit. Even with the calm expression on his face, you could sense that he was hurt and sad because of what you did. You felt a pang on your chest as if an arrow has been sent straight down to your heart.
You ended up having to explain everything to him that it was just an experiment to see what would he do. Kaeya was speechless and he doesn’t know how to react. He could only just let out a sigh and your hand made its way to his cheeks, caressing it as a way of comfort as well as to calm him.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“You’re not going to do it again?”
“I won’t ever do it again. I promise.”
You were acting completely different today and he finds it weird. First, you were nowhere to be seen during the morning and once he saw you, he swears your eyes met his but you immediately looked away then ran, blending in the sea of crowds before he was able to come after you.
He wasn’t even given a chance to call out to your name because you sprinted away and you were nowhere to be seen once again as if you vanished into thin air. You just kept on randomly appearing in his line of sight then would disappear once he blinks or when you would notice his presence.
He doesn’t know what to do. Are you playing a game with him or what? He’s in a state of confusion and he’ll contemplate the things that he did for the past few days. He doesn’t remember doing something that made you act like that.
He’s also quite sure that this wasn’t as some sort of act of revenge because he doesn’t recall anything about ignoring you. He doesn’t come home late, he isn’t lacking in being a good lover to you, and as far as he knows and recalls, he didn’t miss any kind of important events.
Above all, he’s still frustrated and kind of irked at the fact that you were kind of ignoring him. He wasn’t used to this so he is quite baffled. He’ll try to distract himself by fighting some strong enemies such as ruin hunters, abyss mages, and hilichurls that are lurking around the area. It’s also a way to relieve the stress and frustration that he’s been feeling.
He would find himself roaming his eyes around the place and looking for you, hoping that he’ll see you once again and this time, he could call out for your name. Well, due to him being anxious and wanting to see you, he mistook someone as you which was kind of embarrassing on his part.
But when the day has almost ended, he found you walking alone and looking around, completely relaxed as if you weren’t making someone anxious and frustrated by your actions (running away and ignoring him). Then you looked in his direction and saw him, making you stop from your tracks.
It feels like a play or show, everything just went slow-motion, fading to white light and it’s only the two of you there. However, things are different here. It feels like you were a wanted person and the people who issued your bounty have finally caught you. And of course, your first instinct was to run.
It ended up being a game of tag between the two of you. You’re just running at full speed and not even stopping even though your legs are tired as Childe is chasing you from behind. It feels like death is coming after you and you can’t stop running but you still end up failing as he caught up to you and grabbed you by the wrist. He slammed you against a nearby wall or any surface, the impact of your back and that surface was quite strong which earned a whine from you.
You ended up explaining everything to him and this was just some sort of prank or experiment to see how he would react. He looks kind of amused but at the same time pissed when he heard you explain and you have to apologize many times.
“You know, you have to pay for ignoring me the whole day. You just can’t run away from me like that.”
“Oh, I’m sure you already know.”