ART IS NOT MINE

(SPOILERSSS IN THE ITALICS BELOW!!!!)

Awww she's so cute, why'd she have to get the see-saw trick pulled on her?

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This chapter is the first Venluc part!!! Finally, I found a place to include this...

Yayyyyyyyyyy chapter 20! The word count for the first 20 chapters is....

Word Count: 26854

AH! thats a lot! Especially for me bc I have TERRIBLE commitment issues and a very short attention span so thanks for sticking with me! (even with that 2 month break. yeah, i see you 38 people who are engaged)

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Venti POV:

"Dilucccc..." I groan as Diluc drags me to my next class. I was going to skip class, but Diluc caught me.

"What?" He stops dragging me(finally) and looks down at me. He dropped me on the floor.

"I was gonna go talk to a teacher..." I tell a half truth. I am going to talk to a teacher, but its not about class or my grades. I'm gonna go tell Mr. Zhongli about his sons sexuality.

"Who? And about what?"

"Mr. Zhongli...It's about someone's grades..." I lie, trying to be as careful as possible, only telling lies that I could continue to lie about.

"Whose grades?"

"Xiao's because since Xiao is his son he may be biased to give him better grades same with Hu Tao and Ganyu." I lie, trying to sound as truthful as possible. Diluc stares at me for a moment suspiciously.

"Fine. Go talk to him..." Diluc lets me off the hook. I have to be honest, I wasn't expecting that. I briefly kiss Diluc's cheek before running to Mr. Zhonglis room. I giggle mischievously, partially about what I'm gonna tell Mr. Zhongli, partially about what I just did. Diluc probably wasn't expecting that, but he's kinda unpredictable sometimes so you never know. When I arrive in front of Mr. Zhonglis room, I see Childe walking out, which doesn't make much sense since class ended like almost 5 minutes ago.

"Childe? What are you doing here?" I ask him, getting closer. He looked happy before he noticed I was there, then he got embarrassed. 

"H-huh!? W-why are you here!" He tries to direct the attention off of himself.

"I'm here to talk to him about something, archon things, you wouldn't understand." I answer immediately, looking up at him, "Back to my question, why aren't you in your next class already?" I laugh mischievously as I wait for an answer.

"I...I had to stay behind to talk to him." Childe speaks defensively. Its the "talk to him" part that caught my eye.

"Are you sure you were only talking to him?" I raise my eyebrows and smile at Childe. He turns red like a tomato. 

"W-what are you implying!?" He acts like he doesn't know what I'm talking about right now. 

"You know what I'm implying." I laugh as he covers his face out of embarrassment.

"Ok, anyway, bye now. I'm going in there-bye-" The bell rings. I peek my head into the room, seeing Zhongli sitting on a desk.

"Morax! Old friend...can I spill some tea?"

"I'd prefer if you didn't, because it would be difficult to clean it all up, but..." 

"Zhongli I didn't mean...Nevermind. Anyway, you know Xiao?"

"Yes? He's my son, how would I not know him-"

"Ok. Stop playing dumb. Anyway, do you want me to tell you the long version or the short version?"

"Short version is preferable."

"Your son is gay." I straight up tell him, no explanation whatsoever.

"...You thought I didn't know that?"

"I mean, I knew you thought that, I didn't know you knew." I try to justify my train of thought.

"Hu Tao told me a while back-accidentally of course-but she told me."

"Mhm. Ok, anyway, if anyone is most likely to get into a relationship with Xiao, who would it be?"

"Hm...Probably someone like the Traveler. I would say someone like you, but Xiao wouldn't date someone who's drunk all the time." 

"For some reason I feel partially offended by that...never mind, anyway, I should be getting back to class." 

"Yes. Mr. "hah i wont study it'll be fine who got left behind still in school while your fellow archons are teaching you." Zhongli makes a passive aggressive comment. I crank my head towards him. And flip him off before walking casually down the hallway and into my next class.

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Lynette POV(Fontaine???omg):

"Lyney, Freminet, can we please not go participate in these dumb group activities?" I ask my siblings as we stand in front of the massive school.

"I feel ya', Lynette, but we gotta go in...Father signed us up for this because apparently I am, and I quote, 'too dumb' and need to go to school." Lyney looks down, probably disappointed in himself.

"It's alright, we should just go in...I just don't like the idea of all the people crowding the halls." Freminet mutters. 

"Well, c'mon." Lyney grabs my hand and I grab Freminet's to make sure we don't leave him behind. Lyney walks through the halls to our first class. 

"Um...It's the middle of the day should we really go to our first class?" I ask for clarification. Lyney looks at the schedule, then up at the clock, then back down, then back up.

"Nope. 3rd period starts in like 5 minutes-" The bell rings, "-or now...?"

"This is just when 2nd gets out then we transition over to 3rd." Freminet whispers into his ear. I kind of see why father called him dumb..."

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Wriothesley POV:

"Hey, Neuvi, where is room #127?" I ask Neuvi, very lost. I'm kinda bad with directions and maps.

"Ah, I can take you there." Neuvi grabs my hand and leads me to room #127. His hands are so soft...Anyway, I already finished 1st and 2nd period, so now I have 3rd...I have no idea where I'm sitting. Today's my first day here. I only came because I missed Neuvi and I knew he wouldn't be back until summer. 

"Here we are. Wrio? Why are you looking at me like that?" Neuvi tilts his head while looking at me, trying to peer into my mind and find what I was thinking about. I'm thinking about him... Neuvi looks at the clock.

"Well, I have to go to my 3rd period. Dont worry, we have lunch after this so we wont be far for too long." Neuvi reassures me.

"Hey, Neuvi, can you look to the side for a second?" I smirk innocently at him. He turns his head, confused. I kiss his cheek and then walk into the room with a smug look on my face. 

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Scarameow POV:

"Oh. Hi annoying person." I mumble as I sit down in 3rd period business next to...that one annoying astrology girl...cant remember her name. 

"Hey...are you and Kazuha dating?" The annoying girl asks.

"Yes." I don't know why I said that. We aren't-so why the hell did I say that. It's a little too late to take it back now, so I don't say anything more. I see a strange looking guy walk in. He had fairly short black hair and some cool looking clothes. 

"Ah, we have a new student, please introduce yourself." Ms. Furina speaks, slightly annoyed by something.

"Uhhh....Hi I'm Wriothesley and I'm gonna get terrible grades in this class. Yay me..." He walks over to his seat. I wonder why he's gonna get bad grades... I quickly take out my notebook. I am surprisingly good at taking notes. The astrology girl was glaring at the desk, what did the desk ever do to her? I hear her mutter something that I cant quite make out. I try to pay attention in class but I really cant, I'm too busy thinking about why I said that me and Kazuha are dating. Is that because I wish it was true? Is it because...yeah thats all I can really think of. I really wish I was dating Kazuha, but if Mona confronts Kazuha about that, I'm in for a world of trouble.

After class is over, I leave the classroom and make my way to the cafeteria. I see the cool guy sit down at one table and I go to sit by him. I see Kazuha, Aether, and Xiao at one table while venti is at another with his red-haired boyfriend. The detective man is sitting over at a table with his girlfriend and her friends.

"Hey, like your style." I compliment the cool lookin dude.

"Ah, like yours too. What's your name?" He asks me.

"Scaramouche. But don't. Do. Not. Call me Scara. Scaramouche."

"Alright, I'm Wriothesley."

"Is-"

"Yes its fine if you shorten my name to something else."

"Not what I was gonna ask. Is there a specific reason you're gonna get a bad grade in business?"

"Oh-yeah-I'm dating the teachers brother. And uh...its safe to say that she doesn't like me." He admits, looking a little nervous.

"Alright, makes sense. Anyway, I am going to go find Kazuha." I get up and walk away. 

"Who-"

Kazuha POV:

"...So-either way, I then try to stop him, but..." Aether continues rambling. I watch Xiao get up, walk over, and whisper something in Aether's ear. Aether turns bright red before shutting up and nodding. 

"What was that about?" I ask Aether. I feel a little tired after 3rd period. Nothing that Kokomi was saying was making sense. 

"U-um...I have gotta go to the bathroom." Aether excuses himself. I watch him walk away as I'm left alone at the table to take a well-deserved nap. Right as I lay down, I feel someone sit down next to me. Is Aether back already..? I look over and it's Mona. I begin sweating. What does she want now? What is she gonna do? Why is she sitting next to me?

"Hey...Kazuha. Can you meet me behind the school again today?" She asks me. I remember what happened the last time I followed through with this request. My breath becomes shaky.

"S-sure..." I manage to get out. Why am I so scared? I could fight back, but she probably wont stop. What if I just said no...? It's too late now. I cant take back what I said. I feel her eyes leave me alone as I watch her sit up and walk over to another table. I let out a deep breath that I had apparently been holding. I see Kuni walk over here and sit down.

"Kazuha, hi." I hear him say. I am still a bit nervous because of my conversation with Mona.

"H-hi." I stutter.

"You don't look so good...You aren't sick again, right?" Kuni puts one of his hands on mine, probably in an effort to get me to tell him the truth. I see both Aether and Xiao walk back over here, strangely at the same time when Xiao left before Aether...Weird. Aether also looks pretty flustered. 

"What's happening here..?" Aether raises his eyebrows at me and Kuni. Me and Kuni glance at each other then back at Aether.

"Nothing." Me and Kuni speak in sync. I look at Kuni and smile, nervously taking my hand away.

"Mhm...sure." Aether clearly doesn't believe us. Xiao doesnt seem to either as he glances at the both of us.

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how many pencils should one have all over their room? because I think i have...around 17 that i can see from my desk that aren't on my desk

also lil bit of a different set up between POVs this chapter bc it changes a little too much this chapter.

Word Count: 1860