I finally played Kaeya's hangout and I looooved it. He's such a sweet baby, my heart can't. Spoilers ahead!
I was looking forward to the Dawn Winery's route, but I ended up liking Venti's route the most.
Venti does care for Kaeya, and I think Kaeya cares too, but he doesn't think he's allowed to due to his heritage, and so he keeps his distance.
Kaeya saying he likes to insert himself in interesting situations, but leave before the conclusion is quite interesting. Of course part of this is his shyness speaking, but I do think he likes to "create" situations and watch them unfold just to see how people will react, especially when it's something casual and not work-related.
He only seems to be completely comfortable with being under the spotlight when it's an act (the play's route and the con artist's route). But when people start noticing him, he quickly flees, as if letting strangers catch glimpses of his real self is his worst nightmare.
That's why Kaeya loves acting, which is something I find quite amusing. I want fanfics of him leaving the KoF to become an actor, or angsty fics of him becoming an actor after the incident with Diluc.
About the Dawn Winery's routes, I find sad that Kaeya is only comfortable enough to ask Adelinde to spoil him when Diluc isn't there. He'd asked her to cook his favorite meals when Diluc was away twice now.
This makes me appreciate Adelinde asking Kaeya to stay for dinner in last year's event much more. She knew those idiots wanted to be together, but were too stubborn/shy/awkward to be honest with each other.
Kaeya's and Diluc's relationship is as interesting as always. There's a level of trust and cordiality between them, but also fear (of being hurt again, probably) and doubt.
When Diluc apologized for not being able to accompany Kaeya and the traveller around the winery, it made me wonder how often they spend time together. Once again, it seems they want to hang out outside of their plotting sessions to protect Mondstadt, but probably are too stubborn for that.
Anyway, I really enjoyed all the routes, and I hope Kaeya won't have a tragic end, as it is foreshadowed. Please, traveller, Diluc and Venti save my baby
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