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you could see small glints of light as you steadily opened your eyes.

upon opening them, you realized that you were somewhere different. while taking a brief moment to recall what happened, you quickly shot up. your eyes searched around what seemed like someone's bedroom.

until eventually, they landed on your partner. who was currently asleep on a chair right next to you, his head on his arms as he was leaning on the bed.

you sighed at yourself while furrowing your eyebrows. idiot.

childe eventually noticed movement, causing him to wake up as well. he stretched his arms as you watched him with a guilty look.

"how's your head?" he asked with a yawn in between his stretches.

"it's alright." you waited a moment before asking what was on your mind. "what happened to them?"

childe finished stretching then glanced at you with a face not displaying any emotion. "i took care of them."

"they weren't at fault, though." you bit your lip, feeling regretful.

he noticed this and sighed, "i know, but i don't care. they still hurt you."

you didn't respond. instead, you looked away from him as you felt more regret overwhelm you.

technically, you not only got two people hurt, but you also broke your promise to him.

"what were you doing there?" childe asked, his face still remained unusually stern. which was a bit unsettling for you to say the least. "i wanted to visit the place you worked at."

"why?"

you tightened your grip on the bedsheets, uncertain of what to answer with. "i don't know, i just did."

childe wasn't pleased by that response. he got up from the chair and walked towards the window to face away from you, since even he disliked direct confrontation. "do you have any idea how dangerous that was?"

you didn't say anything. childe furrowed his eyebrows, unable to contain the frustration that had been constantly building up inside of him ever since you fainted. he then turned around to look at you again, "you could've gotten killed!"

"i know, don't yell," you requested in a calmer tone than his. although, you were aware that he had every right to be upset.

childe pinched the bridge of his nose, exhaling tiredly. "what you did wasn't very smart." you nodded at him, "i'm aware of that and i'm sorry. i do regret it."

he sat back down on the chair, pulling it closer to you. "you promised me you'd stay away."

"i know."

"yet you didn't."

"i thought it'd be okay if i remained at a distance."

"it wasn't. you got hurt. and if pulcinella didn't tell me you were there, who knows what the hell would've happened."

so that's how he found out. he was completely right though, you couldn't argue against that. and his frustration towards you was clear. you knew you made a mistake.

when you didn't say anything more, childe continued instead as his expression grew tense. "i don't understand why you would go there. do you not trust me enough?"

you pursed your lips, loosening the bedsheets from your grip in defeat. noticing your lack of replies only bothered childe more. "so you don't."

"i didn't say tha—" you tried speaking before he cut you off. "then why didn't you listen!?" you winced at his raised voice.

"i don't want you to get hurt because of me!" he kept yelling. you flinched each time. every part of you despised this feeling.

but he continued. "if you're just going to end up hurt because of me, then maybe we shouldn't be dating." that hurt the most. he didn't yell it, yet it still hurt the most.

you felt your heart sink as you met his angry gaze. this was far too much. your mind was going hazy. you didn't want to leave him. and you didn't want him to leave you. you only wanted the two of you to be happy. to live a normal life.

once he opened his mouth to speak again, your mind went blank. as if on instinct, you hastily grabbed him by the collars and pulled him towards you.

his eyes widened as his lips collided against yours. even though his entire body stiffened by the sudden contact, he eventually gave in.

you kept him close, refusing to pull away until he had calmed down. after a few fleeting seconds, childe closed his eyes, returning the kiss.

he wrapped his arms around you, pulling you towards him until barely any room was left between you both.

then eventually, leaning back to give the two of you time to breathe. neither of you spoke after that.

a rosy shade of red permeated your faces as you quietly panted amongst each other.

childe sighed thoroughly, wrapping his arms around you again while placing his head on your lap. "sorry for yelling. i got carried away."

you ran your fingers through his hair with a relieved expression that he had calmed down. "i kinda deserved it."

"i just want you to be safe."

and you wanted him to be safe. "then train me," you randomly blurted out.

this caught the male off guard as he shot his head back up to face you. "what?"

"train me. so i can defend myself."

he frowned. "no way, that's far too dangerous." wow, he was underestimating you.

you playfully scoffed at him. "do you really think i'm too weak to train?"

"i didn't say that." you leaned your face closer to his. "then train me," you whispered with a somewhat reassuring smile.

even though you didn't want to fight anyone, you were willing to learn if it meant he'd stop worrying for you.

childe hesitated. he didn't want to teach you something like that. it was bad enough that he did it.

however, there was no changing your mind now. and he realized that.

the ginger ruffled his hair, then gave you a defeated look. "alright, i will."

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1:34pm

[ tired of yalls bullshit ]

dottore
i am absolutely done with ur shit @tartaglia

this is the THIRD day i had to cover for u

tartaglia
i've been busy

dottore
no that isn't gonna work on me anymore.

while ure busy getting laid, i am here working my ass off doing YOUR work + my own

columbina
i'd tell pierro to get him in trouble tbh

tartaglia
NO DON'T TELL HIM I SWEAR I WAS BUSY

god he'll give me another huge ass lecture

dottore
why should i care

tartaglia
look i'll do my work now alr relax

besides i had valid reasons for missing work, ask pulci

pulcinella
it's true, i suppose

tartaglia
see

dottore
oh that's funny

it seems like i have no fucks to give 😐

tartaglia
i'll cover for u for three days as well.

dottore

tartaglia
wtf do u need a week for

ure just gonna lock urself in a room anyway

dottore
that is none of ur concern

y/n
pierro opened the chat btw

tartaglia
shit

pierro
Tartaglia.

tartaglia
heyy boss

did i mention how handsome u looked today

and very young too, did u get a haircut recently

pierro
Don't try sucking up now, I scrolled the chat.

dottore
GIVE HIM A LECTURE

y/n
rip

pantalone
Rip indeed

tartaglia
I'LL DO MY WORK I SWEAR

pierro
Why did you miss three days?

tartaglia
i was like busy and shit

sandrone

tartaglia
busy doing ur mom

GOTTEM 😹‼️🤪🥵💀😈🤗🤗👆

dottore
HAHAHAHA

y/n
oh my god

sandrone
i can't stand these two.

pierro
I don't get paid enough for this.

pantalone
You and me both

columbina
none of us do 😆

tartaglia
u guys r literally so dramatic

dottore
fr tart

tartaglia
if u ever call me tart again, i will dye ur hair purple and give u a cut worse than scaramouche's.

y/n
what did scaramouche do

dottore
and u were just talking abt the others being too dramatic 🙄

scaramouche
this is why i want to brutally murder each of them

tartaglia

dottore
slay tarty

tartaglia
shut up don't call me that

dottore
no u shut up tf

bitch ass mama's boy

tartaglia
bitch how dare u

at least i HAVE a mother

where tf is urs bozo 😹⁉️😱😱

y/n
there's really no boundary for you guys, huh

sandrone
unfortunately not

columbina
that's what our therapist said too!

y/n
oh god

dottore
SHUT UP I DON'T NEED A FEMALE PARENTAL FIGURE

I RAISED MYSELF

scaramouche
ure just like me, for real

tartaglia
now i feel kinda bad

arlecchino
Wow you have a heart after all

tartaglia
sike aha

sandrone
hopeless

seen