How Things Were Before. *Chiluc Angst*
Okay so before anyone says "THIS SUCKKKS!!!" I'm new to writing 😭. (Also not proof-read) (Genshin AU)
Ajax usually went to Mondstadt for family occasions. It's either Christmas, Halloween, or any other holiday that was important to his family.
He'd stay for Christmas for about 5 weeks total, he and his family traveled around the city to see all the white snow slowly meeting in the luke-warm sun. It was a memory to keep.
"Teucer! Stop throwing snowballs at me!" He playfully yelled at his 5 year old brother. Picking up a big clup of snow and softly chucking it at the older toddler.
"Ahaha! You should be used to this!! It snows allll year long where we live!" He called back to Ajax, who was 15 years old at the time.
They were outside the city gates at the time, closer to Windrise. Ajax and Teucer giggled and threw snow at each other while their parents and other family talked about future events.
Ajax jumped feeling a person bump into him, he looked back to see a boy around the same age as him, red hair with a short mullet. It looked like he was upset about something.
"Im sorry! I should have looked where I was going. I apologize." He frantically said with worry in his voice.
"Hey, it's fine. Mistakes happen! What's your name?" Ajax replied holding his hand out, "Im Ajax! Or Childe, whichever you prefer!"
The red headed boy chuckled, "Diluc, Diluc Ragnvindr." Diluc shook Ajax's hand still giggling about how silly he was being.
After that day, they talked more and more often. Played in the snow, went to watch the sunset together, everything. They were like two peas in a pod.
But the time has come and Ajax has to go home. Diluc isn't too sad about it, since he knows he'll return. But one day he never did.
Diluc was devastated that his best friend would never return to Mondstadt, never return to him.
Kaeya tried to cheer him up multiple times, along with the knights. Diluc never forgotten him for years on end. But kaeya kept distracting him untill he did.
Years went by and the crisis with Mondst was saved by the traveler. Diluc and Aether has grown close and have a father son relationship.
Aether considers Diluc as a true father and isn't embarrassed or ashamed to call Diluc his father. He even died parts of his hair red because of him.
Aether headed off to Liyue to continue his journey of finding his sister, and Diluc gave him farewell gifts, such ass a red eagle necklace to always remind Aether or him.
Once Aether returned from Liyue, Diluc was the first person he wanted to visit. He knocked on the front doors to the winery to find the head made opening it, as usual.
"Ah, Sir Aether! Diluc is right in his room, you can go right up." Adiline pointed up to Dilucs room.
Aether did the code knock on Dilucs door so he know who it was.
"Come in, Aether." Diluc said, in a stern tone. Clearly focusing on paperwork, or something.
"Dad, I fought one of the Fatui." Aethers voice shook, knowing that Diluc hated the Fatui from a *certain* accident that happened a couple years ago.
"You what." Diluc put his pen down roughly, trying not to break the damn table. Noticing Aethers newly wounded scars.
"Who? Which one? Why." Diluc was this unbelievably angry. He wouldn't imagine losing another person he cares about to The Fatui.
Aether was quietly explaining who it was so no one was spying on them, "Well, he has orange hair, short orange hair at that. Blue eyes and uh, what was his name? Oh yes, Childe was his name."
Diluc started at him in shock, memories of him flooding back in. Remembering the snowball fights, the sharing foods, the laughter, snow angels. Everything came flooding in.
Number 11 of the Fatui Harbingers.
"Aether, I'll take care of you. Just, go to your room." As Aether walked off to his room, (which isn't even his room, it's a spare room) Diluc was in shock, then anger. How could Ajax betray him like that? Dissappear without a trace.
Diluc loved Ajax, he never admitted it to him though. He wished he would've. But now he's glad he didn't.
His love turned to dust for him. He hated Ajax for hurting him and the person he loved.
He sighed and decided to bring Aether to Barbara to heal his wounds faster.
About a year after that incident, Aether traveled to Inazuma. Duluc had to get used of Aether being gone for another adventure.
That night as he was closing up the tavern he saw a tall, orange haired man walking tk the Goth Grand Hotel.
'No.. No way thats..' Diluc though, unconsciously he followed hum.
Once they reached the top of the steps to the Grand Hotel the oranged hair man stopped.
"Stop following me Diluc. You haven't changed one bit you know." Childe chucked and turned around woth a sadistic look on his face.
Diluc emerged from the dark alleyway to meet him. Ajax, a betrayer.
"You've gotten smarter Ajax." Diluc said, his Pryo vision fuming with rage. Him fighting back the urge to attack.
"Lets talk somewhere else, shall we?" Akax gestured, threat Diluc to follow him.
Diluc had no choice, although he knew he was strong, he wasn't strong enough to fight an OFFICIAL Harbinger.
Ajax led him to the outside of the city gates, where they always used to play around. "You know Diluc, I've missed you all these years! We should-"
"Dont act like I don't know that you're a Harbinger, Ajax." Diluc scoffed, pushing him back. Teary-eyed rembering how he betrayed him brutally.
"Aether told you hm. That little bitch." Ajax growled under his breath, of COURSE he had to tell Diluc about it.
"Call him that again I'll snap your neck while the whole fatui is watching." Diluc lunged at his next with a Pyro infused hand.
But Ajax was quick to block the attack with his Hydro Spear. "Do you hear yourself? You know that I'm a Harbinger. They'll murder you on the spot." He hissed right infront of Dilucs face.
Diluc backed up and blurted out something he never wanted to say to him.
"I loved you Ajax. I did. But you just HAD to ruin it. You had to dissappear? You HAD to leave ME heartbroken? I hate you. I hate you SO much." He said, angry tears rolling down his face while he stormed off
Oh how Ajax wished he have known,
He loved Diluc too. How he wished they'd go back to what things were before.
