— Characters: Klee, Diluc, Jean (slightly Jealuc hint)
— Tags: family fluff, short
— Summary: Diluc was asked to take care of a girl named Klee while Jean was away.
— Word count: 885
— Anonymous request
— Ao3
"Let me confirm this, you want me to babysit?"
Diluc frowned, watching Captain Jean and the child holding her hand. She was red, ears were pointy and her eyes wide open, looking up at him.
"Can you help me this time? The mission is so urgent. I haven't found someone else to look after her yet."
With his arms folded in front of his chest, Diluc gazed at Jean for a while and then to the red baby girl. Eventually, he sighed and succumbed to Jean's pleas.
"All right."
Jean beamed. "Thank you! Thank you very much! I'll be back soon to pick her up. By the way, her name is Klee."
Diluc nodded. He had heard that Jean took a baby under her care. The daughter of the famous Alice. Although they both lived in Mondstadt, they never knew each other officially.
Waiting for Jean to say something to the girl and leave, Diluc approached her at last.
“...”
“...”
Neither of them said anything, just looked at each other, examining each other. The girl was carrying a pyro vision, just like Diluc. Perhaps she would be easier to babysit than his brother. But after what he had heard about this girl, he knew better not to underestimate her. The Spark Knight.
"Are you Diluc?" She asked.
"Yes." And Diluc responded curtly.
"Is this your tavern?"
"Yes."
"Can Klee play here?"
"Yes."
But Diluc immediately regretted how he had answered so hastily. Klee jumped up and ran around the ground floor of the tavern, curiously looking from place to place. She even asked to learn to make drinks.
"Be careful!" Diluc said as he ****ed to pick up the knife that Klee almost dropped to the floor.
"Klee... Don't touch it..."
"Don’t fall, Klee!"
"Klee... Can you sit still for a moment?"
"Klee! Don't take those bouncing bombs out to play inside the tavern!"
"Klee..."
...
After running and messing around for the whole evening, Klee finally got hungry and obediently waited for Diluc to set out for dinner. Diluc himself was so tired that he could not say a word, not even to his customers. He placed a plate of Sticky Honey Roast in front of Klee and sat down on the opposite side.
"Klee wants to drink wine!" She said.
Diluc raised his eyebrows and looked at her. "No, you can’t."
"B-But... But Klee thought Diluc would be different from Captain Jean!"
"Different? In what way?"
Klee stared at Diluc for a moment, and she seemed afraid that he would tell Jean what she was about to say.
"Captain Jean is very strict... Always punishes Klee or forbids Klee from going anywhere..."
Diluc folded his arms and replied, "That's why you have to listen to Jean."
She looked down at the table, then at Diluc. She said:
"Captain Jean always scolds me if I'm not nice... Unlike Mr. Diluc... Diluc follows Klee around so that I don't get hurt and he doesn’t yell at me..."
The corner of Diluc’s mouth curved into a smile. Well, she did not think he was scary. He pushed the plate closer to her and said:
"Eat it before it gets cold."
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Klee had finished dinner and Jean had not yet returned. Klee was tired and dozing off at the counter. Once she almost fell, fortunately Diluc managed to catch her. She would not let him take her home either. She said she did not want to say goodbye to Diluc yet.
So he led her upstairs, where there were no customers, and chose a pleasant place to sit down. Klee began opening the small book in her backpack and told him that she needed to rehearse for a class play. She wanted Diluc to rehearse with her. How could he refuse?
The play was about a joyful family of three, until the mother was taken away by monsters. The father, with their child, were determined to find and defeat the monsters to bring the mother home.
"You can't use a bouncing bomb to defeat monsters. This scene is not in the script." Diluc could not help but laugh when he saw Klee acting on her own.
"Really…? So what can I do?" Klee picked up her bouncing bomb and wondered.
"First, put it back in your backpack. Then we will follow the script..."
But Diluc could not finish his sentence; the bomb slipped out of Klee's hands and fell to the floor.
"Run, daddy! " She screamed and lunged at Diluc. The sudden weight made him stumble to the ground. It was thought that the bomb would explode, destroying the whole tavern. Yet fortunately, only a small "boom" was heard and a part of the floor was covered in black because it burned.
Diluc stared as Klee leaned in. Even though he knew she was still rehearsing the play, she did call him daddy. A warmth spread out in this room, and he was sure it was not from the bouncing bomb.
"What's going on here?" Jean's voice was on the staircase.
"Ah! We’ve found mother! Mommy! " Klee shouted and the moment she saw Jean, she ****ed into her arms.
Jean was confused. Diluc on the floor as well. Only Klee was happy to tell Jean that she and daddy had defeated the monsters with a bouncing bomb to save mommy.
-The End-
