Your flattery would work better if you couldn't smell the food.
[ Her faux-banter would work better if she didn't invite him there herself. But would they even be friends if she didn't give him a hard time...all of the time? Her inner-pocket-paimon says 'probably not'.
Regardless, she does open the door the rest of the way and step aside for him. ]
[ it's true. He likes her for her fiestiness, in particular, banner included. He's very nice, though, not even bothering to point out what they both already know.]
Oho~! So you were hoping that I would show up afterall, then! [ he makes sure to step inside before she can change her mind and shut the door on him. ]
What got you so interested in cooking a bunch of food, anyway?
[ Is this him on his best behavior? Need she only bribe him with food for him to play along and not cause mischief? What a thought. ]
I trust you to follow through on what you say you'll do. [ She doesn't shut the door on him! She shuts it behind him. As for his question, she gives a little hum and a shrug. ]
Like I said, it was an accident. I made enough for Aether, but he ended up too busy to come home and eat it. Not many people from Teyvat actually remember me...so I suppose I might as well feed the ones who do first.
My promise? To make you whatever you want? Even if it's [ checks his phone for her message again before glancing up over it ] "out of this world?"
Hmm? They don't remember you? [ weird what could she be talking about. ] What do they remember? [ he's moving over to the plate of food. Seems like she did a good job! He'll definitely have to make it up to her. ]
Your promise to come and eat my food. [ She's not intending to take him up on his offer of making her food yet. She called him over because she already had too much food for her to eat, after all.
But she does....squint at him as he goes by her. Can he really be so distracted by the presence of food he's not really listening to her? There's no way he's spent so much time with her brother and not figured out about their two conflicting memories.] ...My brother in my place. You can't be that hungry.
[ he doesn't need to be hungry to not listen to people, goodness. He picks the plate up and happily starts eating after grabbing the fork. ]
Ah right. I live with Zhongli Xiansheng, and he remembers you so it's not something that really crosses my mind. [ he would hang around her a lot, too, if she let him! ]
—Ojou-chan, this is good stuff! [ Childe is clearly smiling at the plate of food in admiration now that he's taken a bite of it. ] I hope your brother is too busy to come home and eat what you made more often now! I can then even almost pretend you're my cute wife cooking just for me~.
No, I- [...she doesn't have to take this bickering about whether she was hoping he'd come over to eat or not, she's the one offering food!!]
Oh, really, you two? [That's right, she's never asked either of them where they live respective to each other. Or paid attention to whether their address matched, if she asked where they lived at all.] You're dedication to finding things to fight all of the time is almost enough to worry me. [She might actually be worried if she didn't know Zhongli was probably the most relaxed and difficult to rile up person around. She can't really help the mental image of Childe running around his ankles constantly pestering Zhongli for a fight, and the older man simply ignoring him.
It's kind of a cute image...?
--Oh, Childe is complimenting her.]
Your cute wife...? [She scrunches her nose.] Mmnn. Rather than that, Childe in an apron and cleaning gloves sounds cuter to me.
Hey, he was all alone in that big house and wanted company. Fighting opportunities [ that Zhongli doesn't really indulge him in often, as she has predicted ] are just the icing on the cake. It would be a perfect world, then, if you and your brother lived there, too.
[ he blinks at her version of what is cute before laughing. ] Oh, me as a househusband? If you're really sure the gloves make the outfit, I'll be sure to keep such attire in mind if I ever have to clean for you.
There's a saying about two's company and three's crowd. I don't get the feeling Zhongli's the type to want four people all living in one house. [ She, also, doesn't really see a reason to live with anyone but her brother. It's not like she doesn't like the people from Teyvat and wouldn't live with them, it's just that when her brother is there, she doesn't have a need to be with anyone else.
But she also thinks the old dragon probably values his quiet time enough to not want a glut of housemates. ]
I'll hold you to that. Apron and gloves. Childe as the dutiful househusband doing cleaning sounds like an unexpectedly cute image. [ She nods and gives a small, amused hum. It's certainly not the kind of thing she'd have expected to see the harbinger doing in Teyvat.]
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[ Her faux-banter would work better if she didn't invite him there herself. But would they even be friends if she didn't give him a hard time...all of the time? Her inner-pocket-paimon says 'probably not'.
Regardless, she does open the door the rest of the way and step aside for him. ]
I've made you a plate and everything, come on~.
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Oho~! So you were hoping that I would show up afterall, then! [ he makes sure to step inside before she can change her mind and shut the door on him. ]
What got you so interested in cooking a bunch of food, anyway?
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I trust you to follow through on what you say you'll do. [ She doesn't shut the door on him! She shuts it behind him. As for his question, she gives a little hum and a shrug. ]
Like I said, it was an accident. I made enough for Aether, but he ended up too busy to come home and eat it. Not many people from Teyvat actually remember me...so I suppose I might as well feed the ones who do first.
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Hmm? They don't remember you? [ weird what could she be talking about. ] What do they remember? [ he's moving over to the plate of food. Seems like she did a good job! He'll definitely have to make it up to her. ]
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But she does....squint at him as he goes by her. Can he really be so distracted by the presence of food he's not really listening to her? There's no way he's spent so much time with her brother and not figured out about their two conflicting memories.] ...My brother in my place. You can't be that hungry.
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[ he doesn't need to be hungry to not listen to people, goodness. He picks the plate up and happily starts eating after grabbing the fork. ]
Ah right. I live with Zhongli Xiansheng, and he remembers you so it's not something that really crosses my mind. [ he would hang around her a lot, too, if she let him! ]
—Ojou-chan, this is good stuff! [ Childe is clearly smiling at the plate of food in admiration now that he's taken a bite of it. ] I hope your brother is too busy to come home and eat what you made more often now! I can then even almost pretend you're my cute wife cooking just for me~.
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Oh, really, you two? [That's right, she's never asked either of them where they live respective to each other. Or paid attention to whether their address matched, if she asked where they lived at all.] You're dedication to finding things to fight all of the time is almost enough to worry me. [She might actually be worried if she didn't know Zhongli was probably the most relaxed and difficult to rile up person around. She can't really help the mental image of Childe running around his ankles constantly pestering Zhongli for a fight, and the older man simply ignoring him.
It's kind of a cute image...?
--Oh, Childe is complimenting her.]
Your cute wife...? [She scrunches her nose.] Mmnn. Rather than that, Childe in an apron and cleaning gloves sounds cuter to me.
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[ he blinks at her version of what is cute before laughing. ] Oh, me as a househusband? If you're really sure the gloves make the outfit, I'll be sure to keep such attire in mind if I ever have to clean for you.
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But she also thinks the old dragon probably values his quiet time enough to not want a glut of housemates. ]
I'll hold you to that. Apron and gloves. Childe as the dutiful househusband doing cleaning sounds like an unexpectedly cute image. [ She nods and gives a small, amused hum. It's certainly not the kind of thing she'd have expected to see the harbinger doing in Teyvat.]
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