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Kaeya's blue eye has a strange magic. Whenever Albedo looked into the twinkle, it made him at peace. Kaeya often mentioned how Albedo loved staring into his orb, adoring the star inside it, and made things awkward. It was a joke though--since Kaeya had always loved attention showered to him, and totally didn't mind with Albedo looking into his eye again and again...
Just like this time. Under Dragonspine's dark sky, Albedo once again stared to the blue night in Kaeya's eye, where the stars at. He put on soft smile, appreciating the view, almost could hear Kaeya's low whisper, "Find something you like?"
Albedo held a breath, before releasing it, making fog from his mouth as a result of hot air meeting cold.
"You are so beautiful..." he whispered.
Kaeya always called him 'beautiful', and Albedo is, indeed. With his cream hair let loose hanging around his neck, while some of his hair braided into the back of his head. He has a smooth, fair skin, too. On his neck, a star shaped mark, colored in yellow, adoring. On his cheek, where Kaeya usually lands his kisses, there are red tinges, showing how healthy and alive Albedo is. And his teal eyes... they hide so many mysteries, despite colored shallow like a lake or narrow sea. Albedo is beautiful, Kaeya emphasizes, and he acknowledge how right his boyfriend is.
And yet, Kaeya never knew that Albedo too, thought Kaeya is beautiful. With his exotic dark skin matched with navy long hair and slender waist and thigh, he already looks appealing and attractive. But what always draw Albedo's attention, what he usually seeks from Kaeya, is the blue night sky in his eyes.
Albedo is always blunt about it, but Kaeya usually brush it off, waving his hands while laughing. "Of course I am beautiful, handsome, perfect..." he never takes Albedo's compliment into consideration, despite Albedo always means it.
Well, it doesn't matter now. As Albedo caressed Kaeya's cheek, tinted with red, he worshipped the descendant of Khaenriah, appreciating whatever he has, touching and feeling whatever he can find.
"You never realise you are this beautiful, hm?"
Kaeya was silent, merely staring into Albedo's teal orbs with his starry eye. He might still feel tired after the journey of trekking Dragonspine, and didn't utter anything to reply Albedo.
Albedo shifted closer, trying to find warmth in Kaeya. He put his forehead on Kaeya's, letting out another breath meeting his cold skin.
"We finally have time for ourselves, huh..."
It was no secret that being a Cavalry Captain and Chief Alchemist made both of them very busy. Albedo rarely met Kaeya in the morning, and he needed to carry on his experiment somewhere around crafting table, if not in Dragonspine. Kaeya himself should do another bunch of stuffs that rarely involve alchemy, hence he didn't visit Albedo that often, aside from their spare time. If not occupied in his office, sitting behind the desk while finishing his report, Kaeya would always go out of Favonius HQ, patrolling around. They barely had any leisure time, thus Kaeya and Albedo rarely spent time together. But whenever they got the chance, they'd always take it to worship each other.
The moment eventually came again, after two months dwelling with works. There were incidents with some Abyss Mage, which resulted Kaeya's life in danger. But after he recovered, finally Albedo invited Kaeya to Dragonspine, to track the snowy path with him, staying away from the rest of the world. To have a time and world with just the two of them.
How Albedo appreciated moments with Kaeya, and Kaeya only.
"I was so busy with the new experiment. There are so many things we need to do..." Albedo blabbered, which is very out of character for him. He is not quite a chatter, except talking about alchemy, or to Traveler, but Kaeya is another exception. He could spend more time talking to Kaeya whenever he felt like it, and Kaeya would listen, while plastering a smile on lips. Never Albedo expected he would add the Cavalry Captain into his favorite list, but here they are now. And Albedo talked, and talked, and Kaeya listened, quietly, lending his ears.
"Well, the rest of additional stuffs can be accomplished later. For now... just having time for the two of us, it doesn't matter, right?"
Albedo looked again into the starry eye. Kaeya wanted to nod, but he couldn't. Albedo didn't seem to be mind, though. He didn't wait until Kaeya moved, knowing the Cavalry Captain would feel the same.
Albedo leaned in again, now brushing his lips against Kaeya's. The dry, cold lips. Albedo noticed it. After pulling away, he brushed the tip of his finger onto Kaeya's.
"Apologies, Kaeya. I haven't been able to preserve you well."
The cream haired male licked Kaeya's lips, then smeared his own saliva onto the surface. The lips looked more chapped now, and Albedo smiled in satisfaction upon seeing his work.
"I promise I'll take more good care of you. Don't worry." Albedo put his hand on Kaeya's cheek again, softly caressing it. Kaeya said nothing. It doesn't matter.
Kaeya's soul had long gone after all.
But Albedo kept his body with him, unwilling to let it rot in soil.
"You'll be save with me, Kaeya..."
Under the night sky of Dragonspine, he uttered his vow. To preserve Kaeya's beauty in his embrace. To keep his body in good shape, just like in his glory days.
To keep worshipping his beloved.
Albedo was still looking at the corpse, but he didn't feel afraid or lonely at all.
"Even if you already left this world, you still look the same, Kaeya."
Mesmerizing. Captivating.
So many words to describe Kaeya's beauty.
Kaeya's skin felt cold against his fingers, but Albedo didn't care. His teal orbs meet the dead gaze of blue twinkle eye. The one he took care of the most.
The Kriedeprinz planted a soft kiss on the eyeball. He wished Kaeya watched him from the sky, seeing how he diligently keep Kaeya with him.
"You are indeed, my Magnum Opus."