and to a better tomorrow
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In a small room at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor sat a man who was pouring himself over a piece of paper. To the side, was a gold-gilded book, meant to be a gift. All around, there were many pieces of paper with writing, proof of his previous attempts at writing this letter. He smoothed out another piece of paper, dipping his pen into the inkwell before beginning yet again.
Zhongli started with a simple line.
I hope this finds you well.
===In which Zhongli writes a letter for Aether, and thinks deeply about what the traveler means to him, and what the coming year has in store for them.
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- Part 1 of and to a better tomorrow
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Aether's eyes found Zhongli's before darting away. "Are you sure you wouldn't rather be spending your birthday with someone else?" Up until now, Zhongli hadn’t even entertained the thought of spending his birthday with anyone else other than Aether.
"I...wanted to spend it with you, Aether."
Zhongli wasn’t the type to change his mind when a decision was made. Tonight made it clear that he absolutely adored the wind-swept traveler.
There was no force in the world that would change his mind about that.
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In which Aether says yes to the date Zhongli wrote to him about, the two spend time at the new year's festival together, and Zhongli musters up the courage to put his Very Real and Very Human feelings into words.
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- Part 2 of and to a better tomorrow