Chapter 7
The security guard escorted Viox and Violet backstage after the concert was over. They were led to a green room where the boys were lounging around. The girls stood awkwardly around the doorway till Childe noticed them. He smiled brightly at them, he got up from the couch he was laying on. Walking up to the twins he took each of their hands and pulled them to the couch. Viox sat on the left side with Violet in the middle and Childe on the right side. "So you ladies know Fruitia?" Childe asked as Viox nodded, Violet sighed, "Damn woman attacked Viox for years." she spat as she crossed her arms, Kaeya perked up, "I knew she was crazy, but a bully? Oddly fitting." he commented as he took a swig of water from his water bottle, Viox shrugged, tugging lightly on her hair, "It wasn't just me...she got Violet as well." she said quietly as Kaeya looked at her, "I see, in what way?" he turned towards Violet, who paused for a moment, "Oh just your basics in name calling." she laughed it off a little as Childe looked her over, "You seemed put off by that question, she did more than name calling, didn't she?" he questioned her as Violet swallowed, "No just name calling." she said, "Look can we change the subject?" she asked as Viox rubbed Violet's shoulder lightly, "It's okay Vi." she said softly as Violet nodded. Diluc chuckled lightly from his spot, "You know...it's easy to spot a liar." he said, locking eyes with Violet, who froze up.
The room was quiet for a moment, as Childe rubbed Violet's arm gently, he paused, feeling what were ridges of broken skin. He didn't say anything to her, his eyes softened as Violet locked eyes with him. He got up from the couch pulling her up with him. He led them out of the room silently. He walked into his dressing room and sat her down on the couch with her sitting down next to her holding her hand gently. He felt her scars once more before bringing her arm up to his face, he went stiff as he saw the scars even with Violet struggling to get her arm back with a panicked look on her face. Normally she wouldn't care if people saw them since she did it a long time ago but with Fruitita's comment still fresh in her mind, she slipped the flannel from around her waist and put it on covering her arms. "Vio-" Childe began till he saw the look in her eyes.
"Why?" He asked her with a serious look on his face, when she looked up she felt the familiar sting of tears in her eyes that she desperately was trying to hold back. "I-I" her voice broke as she was trying to explain what happened that caused her to go to this extreme. She took a deep breath before continuing "I...was bullied in high school by Fruitia and her little minions… I hated myself...I still hate myself sometimes. She would always get in my head no matter what i tried so...i started cutting and well fighting i guess" Violet said looking down at the scars on her arms, she felt the tears stream down her face. Childe held her for a moment, staying silent "What did she say tonight?" He finally asked, his voice breaking as well. "She just basically reminded me of highschool and what it felt like to slice my skin, but I made a promise to Viox that I intend to keep so don't worry about me relapsing." Violet said smiling up at Childe with unshed tears in her eyes. Childe was taken back, he was surprised that Viox would be that brave to help her twin with these issues, they both. Childe sent a small smile towards Violet, who smiled back confused, "You two are something else you know that?" he said as Violet blushed lightly, feeling the heat rise to her cheeks, "i'm not sure i follow?" she said weakly as Childe pulled her in more kissing her head comforting her as she started to break down in his chest. Moments turned to minutes till it was an hour later, people had come to check on the young popstar, who merely shooed them away as Violet's sobs turned into soft hiccups, the tears had finally calmed down some. Childe started humming softly, letting his emotions take control for a second, he wanted her to know that even after a week that he had slowly begun to fall for the spitfire of a woman, he cared for her in a different way then Fruitia, it was a heavy yet calming sense of feelings that may cloud his judgement a little, but it felt right to him,
"But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little. Just let me give you the freedom to dream. And it'll wake you up and cure your aching. Take your walls and start 'em breaking. Now that's a deal that seems worth taking. But I guess I'll leave that up to you"
He sang softly as he got up from the couch holding out his hand to Violet, who smiled as she took it laughing slightly,
"Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly. So what percentage of the show would I be taking?"
She sang back softly as Childe pulled her in placing his hands on her lower back after placing arms around her neck, he swayed them from side to side softly,
"Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action. I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen"
He whispered in her ear, before resting his forehead against hers brushing their noses together,
"Don't you wanna get away to a whole new part you're gonna play. 'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride. To the other side~"
He continued to sing softly as he twirled her around,
"So if you do like I do. So if you do like me~"
They both sang each part after one another smiles on their faces.
"Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key. Oh, damn! Suddenly we're free to fly. We're going to the other side~"
They both sang together, Childe stopped swaying them when they finished singing the final note. He leaned down, capturing her lips with his. Her breath caught in her throat as she stared wide eyes at him before finally melting into him and kissing him back. What felt like a few short seconds was really a couple minutes. When he pulled away he rested his forehead on hers again smiling softly at her. Violet turned bright red when she lowered her hands to his chest and pushed him away before running out the room. Her mind raced at 20 miles per hour, as she made a mad dash towards the greenroom.
After Violet and Childe had left, Viox sat on the couch, braiding her hair as she waited, she was left alone with three guys she hardly knew, what else was she supposed to do? Diluc locked eyes with her, as Viox cleared her throat, "Lovely...Day?" she said weakly as Diluc rolled his red eyes, "You're not one for chatting are you?" he asked her as Viox swallowed thickly, "Uh..yes?" she said nervously as Diluc snuffed out a small chuckle at her reply. Kaeya shoved Diluc's shoulder, "She's not a shy one, she's got the mouth of a sailor on her! I heard her with my own ears! She's like the changing of the seasons!" he said smiling at Viox, who glared back, "Oh and you're one to talk?" she huffed out, as Diluc and Zhongli both leaned back in their chairs with surprise on their faces, wasn't this small woman just shy? Kaeya smiled, "Should I call you...Lovey?" he winked as Viox stood up and poked a finger into his chest, "Only Kane is allowed to call me that!" she spat at the man, who snatched her hand, holding it in his own as Viox glared, trying her best to rip it from his grasp, "Let me go you playboy!" she snarled as Kaeya leaned in closer, "Ah ah, you should watch what you say...Love." he whispered softly as she felt his lips whisper across her own, as she ripped herself away from him, "You're! Ugh!" she tried yelling at him, but she could taste his sweet minty breath, she flushed madly, as Kaeya smirked, "Im what Love?" he asked as Diluc coughed, "Kaeya enough of your teasing, Viox clearly doesn't like it." he said as Kaeya chuckled, "Alright, just trying to make a new friend." he said as Viox blushed, "If that's how you make friends, I hate to be one of them!" she spat as Kaeya winked at her, "You'll never be one anyways, I prefer my last Lover, that fits you better." he commented as Viox shivered lightly. Zhongli smiled, "Miss Viox, was it?" he asked her as Viox turned to the eldest man in the room, "Yes?" she replied back softly, Zhongli smiled more, "I was wondering about-" his sentence was cut off as Violet dashed in and snagged Viox by the wrist, "Home, now! No time!" she said as she dragged Viox behind her. The pair quickly left the room as Zhongli frowned heavily, "Well that was interesting." he said.
"I wonder what that was all about?" Kaeya said as Diluc hummed in agreement. It was rather odd since Violet left the room with Childe, only to come back without him. Childe walked back in the room with his hands in his pockets and a small smile on his face. The other three looked at him with questioning eyes but Childe remained silent.
The twins raced home, as Viox asked for Violet to slow down, but it was falling on deaf ears, "Violet stop! We're gonna miss our street!" she shouted as Violet stopped harshly, causing Viox to bump into her. Viox yelped as she stumbled backwards, "Violet?" she asked after getting her balance once more. That's when she heard the first sniffle, Viox's eyes warmed, "Come on, let's get some hot tea and cuddle up for a movie. We can chill in my room for the night." she said as Violet nodded, "I'd like that a lot V." she said through her tears, as the girls walked up the driveway, locking the door and heading inside, not paying mind to the sounds of clicking from across the street, "These will be a few good shots." the person voiced very quietly.
"Now tell me, what happened?" Viox asked as she walked back into her room, holding two very hot cups of tea. The women had changed into sweats and tank tops, their makeup was smeared from a failed attempt to wash it off, since they had forgotten to buy makeup remover. Violet sighed softly as she took the cup from Viox, "Childe...he felt my scars." she started as Viox sat down on the floor next to her sibling, a horrible Romance movie was playing on Viox's small 12 inch tv. Viox rose an eyebrow, "Oh? But you don't care much about showing them?" she said confused as Violet nodded, "That was till he started talking all weird and then sang to me!" she fussed out loud, putting her cup down, "He's so!" she couldn't find the right words, as Viox chuckled, "Out there?" she said gently as Violet nodded, "Yes! Out there! We've only known each other for fully 3 days?! And he's trying to kiss me!" she exclaimed, "No! Not even trying, HE DID!" she shouted as Viox leaned to the side a little, "He kissed you?" she asked as Violet huffed, "Yes! He snuck it on me!" she said as Viox rose her eyebrows, "He just..casually snuck a kiss on you?" she repeated as Violet frowned, "Well no...but yes! He planned it!" she said as Viox blinked, "And how did this kiss, just appear?" she asked as Violet snorted, "He asked me about joining him as his girlfriend in a few short words, and i was...well i kinda agreed?" she said as Viox paused, "You kinda AGREED?!" she exclaimed, Violet groaned, "HEY! I'm the one who's supposed to be freaking out! I agreed to be this guy's girlfriend!" she said as Viox giggled, "You're dating a famous person!" she teased as Violet blushed, "I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DATING!" she shouted as she looked at the floor, "I mean...i'm not sure he meant to ask me out...but it's weird that's only after a few short days, right?" she looked at Viox, "I don't think so...when you want to get to know someone, you most often then not, date that person, it's just a quicker way than being friends." she explained as Violet nodded, "So...should i have not ran away then?" she asked as Viox spit out her tea that she was about to swallow, "YOU RAN AWAY?!" she screamed.
Morning came too soon for the Twins, who had stayed up most of the night, talking about Violet's and Childe's relationship. They had slowly passed out on the floor, curled up next to each other, the cheesy romance movies playing on the screen. Viox was the first to wake up, stretching out a little as Violet rolled over to her other side. Viox chuckled, as she slipped from her spot, going and using the bathroom down the hall instead of in her room so Violet could sleep more, as she finished up and was drying her hands, she tossed her pink hair in a very messy ponytail and head towards the kitchen, what she didn't expect was two males, causally reading books in her shared living room. Viox didn't have time to think as she let out an ear splitting scream, waking up Violet.