"Diluc, this is not fair!" the Traveler is indignant, frowning and pouting his lips.
"Sorry, kid, but you're too young to drink," the red-haired man explained, pouring more orange juice for the boy.
"But Venti can drink!" the blonde points to a young bard at the end of the counter, who is sleeping hugging a bottle of wine, "he looks no older than me, and also drinks at my expense."
"Venti is thousands of years older than you, kid."
"But this is not fair, I always do everything for the inhabitants of Mondstad, and they don't even give me a glass of sweet wine," Kong insists.
"I've already said everything. In my bar they will not pour you anything but juice,"says Diluc sternly, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Hey, don't be so cruel to him," Kaeya interferes with the conversation. The red-haired man gives the man an icy look, and the Traveler looks at him hopefully.
"I have an idea, you can take a sip," Kaeya smiles and hands her mug to the blonde. He immediately perked up, like a puppy who will now be given a treat. After taking a few quick sips until Diluc took it away, the boy grimaced as soon as the liquid touched his tongue. Of course it was nice and sweet, but there was not a drop of alcohol in it. It was berry juice.
"You deceived me," Kong glares at Kaeya and he can no longer hold back his laughter.
"Sorry, kid, but this is the only alcoholic drink I can give you. The cavalry captain does not go to drink minors," the man raises his hands as a sign of application, but the blond continues to look with displeasure at the one-eyed one.
"I will go to another place, you are not the only one who sells alcohol, as the savior of the city they will definitely pour me at least a glass."
"I doubt all the bars in Mondstadt check age, and besides, most people know your age."
"Fine, then I'll go to Liyue. You can drink there regardless of age," now Diluc could not help laughing.
"You can only drink there when accompanied by adults or with their permission," explains Kaeya, at Kong's puzzled look.
"I'll ask Mr. Zhongli," the blond gave a puppy look at the dark-haired man in the other corner of the bar. He drank his rice wine calmly.
"I don't think this is a good idea," the earth archon shakes his head as he continues to enjoy the drink.
"Then I'll ask Tartaglia."
"Who called me?" the very owner of the water eye of the god appeared in the tavern with a wide smile on his face. He immediately hugged the Traveler around the waist and whispered in his ear, "What do you want to drink?"
"I won't let you," Diluc shouts irritably and throws the glass, it hits Childe's forehead perfectly.
"Ay, for what?" the man holds Kong closer to him and this makes the three men nearby even more angry.
"Stop it, this is ticklish," the Traveler squeaks as Tartaglia's hands touch his bare skin.
After a few more glasses flew into Child's head, he finally let go of the blond.
"What were you following me?" Kong looks suspiciously, taking another sip of juice.
"No, where did you get it?" The young man asked innocently and smiled charmingly. The traveler just shook his head and sighed heavily.
"So, what do you want to drink?" Tartaglia asked with a bright smile. But before the blond could say anything, Zhongli and Kaeya grabbed the Fatui representative and pulled him out of the bar. And Diluc unrolled the chair on which the boy was sitting and squatted down so that they were on the same level.
"Kid, promise that no one will go anywhere with suspicious characters, okay?" the red-haired man gently runs his hand through Kong 's soft hair and smiles tenderly, in fact, there are very few people to whom he smiled like that.
"I'm not a suspicious person!" Somewhere in the background, Child shouts, but no one pays attention to him.
"Good," the Traveler sighs sadly, but nevertheless agrees.
"That's great, but what about a little promise? I will save the best bottle of dandelion wine for you and we will open it when you come of age, what do you say?"
"It's a long time, but I agree to wait if you promise to leave the most delicious wine for you," Diluc nods and unexpectedly the Traveler hugs the red-haired and mutters many thanks. For a second, the owner of the distillery was taken aback, but still responded to a strong hug.
"Hey, great Traveler, share this wonderful dandelion wine with his faithful companion, the best bard of Mondstadt?" Interjected Venti, who had been fast asleep all this time.
"You have too keen hearing, bard," Diluc mutters irritably.
"Well, I'm still a bard," the archon of the wind snaps and comes closer to Kong, "So what?"
"Of course, Venti," the blond smiles and this time the bard hugs the Journeyman.
"Thank you, you are the best. Not like these greedy ones, being greedy is bad." The archon of the wind rubs his cheek against Kong's cheek, he likes to feel the boy's velvet skin, and even more he likes to tease the owner of the bar.
Diluc wanted to say something else, but Kaeya and Zhongli entered the bar. Where did they go with Tartaglia, the Traveler hoped that everything was all right with him. The older men decided to have another drink, though Venti was left aside as they thought he had drunk enough. The red-haired man, as always, did not drink, and Kong was not worn at all. Therefore, only the captain of the cavalry and the archon of the land drank.
But also not for long, because we heard a quiet puffing. It turns out the blond put his head on the bar and was fast asleep. And next to him lay the archon of the wind, with one hand he hugged a bottle of dandelion wine, and with the other he put it on the Traveler's shoulder.
Diluc could not help smiling for the umpteenth time. Taking off his apron and throwing it on the counter, he carefully lifted the Traveler into his arms.
"Come on, kid, it looks like it's time for someone to sleep, I bet you haven't slept on a normal bed for a long time," the red-haired man whispered in the blond's ear.
"Hey, how about we go to Kaeya's brother," the one-eyed man approaches from the other side and tries to take Kong from the distillery owner.
"Stay away from him," Diluc at him, hugging the blonde closer to him.
"I don't even think about it," snaps at the pictures.
"Maybe then I'll take the boy?" Zhongli asks. But when two young men growl at him, he retreats to the sniffing Venti.
"Kid, who do you wanna go with?" Kaeya runs her hand over the boy's disheveled cash register.
The traveler muttered something indistinct and tried to get out of Diluc's hands.
"Calm down," the red-haired man whispers to him, gently running his hand over the back of the child.
"I'm too old for this," Kong mutters, continuing feeble attempts to break free.
"Shh, kid, how about Kaeya's brother carry you?"
"Don't touch him with your paws."
"Enough, you two. You'll either wake him up or drop him," whispers Zhongli, sleeping Venti in his arms. He snuggled up to the older man's shoulder and sniffed calmly.
"And you are quite experienced."
"Sometimes I had to take care of the boy before." The archon's gaze falls gently on Venti.
"How about a compromise, I'll take the boy in my arms, and he will spend the night with you?" Kaeya offers, Diluc grittedly agrees and hands Kong into the hands of the one-eyed one.
"You can rest with me today," suggests the red-haired. Still, traveling is tiring, and sometimes you want to rest on a normal bed.
"This is very kind of you, Mr. Diluc," thanks the earth archon, gently shaking Venti as he started to fidget.
"Has my brother become softer?" Kaeya smiled, massaging the tense back of the Traveling Science.
"I'm not your brother," the distillery owner hisses irritably.
But Kaeya just smiled stupidly as he rubbed the blonde's back. The walk to the distillery was short and Diluc had already managed to take Kong away from the cavalry captain, and Zhongli put Venti on the bed, but the boy did not want to let go of the earth archon, so the man had to sleep together, not that he was against it.
True, after that, the red-haired and one-eyed almost fought over who would sleep with the Traveler in the same bed. In the end, Diluc won, but in the end the three of them slept.
It was the most pleasant dream for both men. Inhale the floral scent of Kong 's hair, sort through the golden strands and feel the velvety skin. Paradise.
How surprised the Traveler was when he woke up in the arms of two half-naked men.