"mmm, do you want to walk around?" you suggested, plucking the grass out from the ground below you.

at your guys' "secret spot", there was nothing left to do but to enjoy each other's presence. which, you do, but you felt bored.

you knew almost everything about him, so you thought. what more was there to learn about him?

"sure. let's go?"

"yeah,"

walking around a garden, you found yourself admiring the flowers.

"look! it's a glaze lily! it's pretty, right?" you asked pantalone, violently tugging on his arm.

chuckling behind you, he agreed with you. "yeah, the color is really nice."

proudly, you told him, "yeah! my good friend, zhongli, is very knowledgeable about flowers. i ask him every now and then about flowers just 'cause,"

carefully pulling the glaze lily out of the ground, you admired it before putting it in pantalone's ear. you secured the flower between his ear and made sure it wouldn't fall out. stepping back, you admired your work.

"aw you're so pretty!"

"i'm not—"

a voice suddenly called out to you.

"oh? is that you, y/n?"

pantalone stopping his sentence, he turned to the source of the voice.

the owner of a the voice— a tall blue haired male. around his age. looks like expensive. classy.

your voice called out to him.

"ayato?" hesitation was evident in your voice. he noticed the 'ayato' guy smiling brightly before walking up to you and embracing you in a hug.

a hug? who does he think he is?

"um... excuse me..."

you broke out of the hug. "sorry! this is ayato, my friend— i guess. he left the city awhile ago so it's refreshing to see him again."

you guess?

"ah... i see. nice to meet you ayato. i'm pantalone," he said, extending his hand out. ayato smiled back, extending his own arm too.

ayato turned back to y/n, "y/n, we should catch up, yeah? i haven't seen you in ages." y/n excitedly looked up to face him once more. "of course!"

the three of you were sitting at a table in a cafe. y/n and ayato were talking and laughing together, catching up while pantalone was on his phone. his mood deflated after seeing ayato. how did it come to this? he didn't know.

he couldn't even say anything in their conversation anyway. he had no idea what they were talking about most of the time. they were giggling about their past together, things that weren't even funny.

it makes him wonder; what's y/n's relationship with ayato? theres no way they were just friends. y/n even seemed hesitant introducing him to pantalone.

were they past lovers? best friends?

he didn't know.

regardless, every second that passed by, he was getting more annoyed. why would you invite him here if you were going to talk to someone else? why would you invite him here if you were going to act like he wasn't there?

so, he got up and left.

the worst part?

you didn't even notice.

😭