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Soon day turned to night and he was stood Infront of Lisa's door nervous of what's to come, he gentle opened the door sweat on his brow, the door was open and he saw... Jean, Rosaria, Lisa, Mona and Eula sat around a table drinking tea and sharing sweets, Aether crooked his head in confusion, and them began to blush his head in his hand. Lisa looked up and saw the young man dying of embarrassment and found it quite amusing.
Lisa laughed that same old laugh "Oh Darling why so red? Did you expect... Something more erotic" She teased taking a sip of her tea
Mona chimed in bringing out her scrygrass and nodded "Yes... Yes, he did and to be honest Lisa the way you spoke to him and the... actions you played out, I can't blame him" Mona told the Librarian to her amusement
"Oh, did I come off to strong? Or just right Darling~?" Lisa teased again walking slowly towards the young man who was now crouched against the floor "Stand up Cutie and enjoy the time you have left"
Aether just nodded and walked towards the table, he took a seat next to Jean and Rosaria, both giving him a weak smile, after that embarrassing moment he finally realized they didn't have their normal attire on. Both Mona and Lisa had on night dresses, Mona's was a dark tone of blue and had stary patterns across the hem of the skirt. Lisa's was purple, same colour as her normal attire, compared to Mona's hers was just that little bit tighter and that extra bit appealing.
Rosaria wore and oversized shirt and some shorts, for someone who's skin was so cold sometimes she dressed light, Aether finally took notice how short her hair really was, he didn't mind he loved every part of these girls from their greatest achievements flaws and having short hair was part of her charm in his eyes. Eula wore a fluffy white button up pyjama shirt with blue stripes going across it, fluffy shorts which hugged her just right and looked super comfy, topping of her night wear she had on some thigh high fluffy socks, geez she really liked fluffy things, best to keep note of that.
Finally Jean, and wow, Jean wore her hair in that same old high ponytail, but she wore a black silky night gown that was covered in dandelion ascents and was... slightly transparent, it was a bold move by jean being able to see her well, bra and underwear was... Bold, not sure if Lisa put her up to the Idea or not but that didn't matter she was stunning, they were all stunning, Aether looked at them all and gawked at them, taking the sight of their sleep wear, God they were gorgeous
Before Aether could compliment that he had one question "Where are the others? It's a shame they aren't here"
Lisa look another sip before answering his query "Amber has had a long day and had to skip, she told me to tell you however" Lisa cleared her throat " 'Your Barron bunny was so cute and I will snuggle it every night when your gone' that's what she said "
Aether blushed slightly, he would need to snuggle her to sleep when he got back, or the next time he crossed paths with the outlander
Lisa continued "Noelle had her knight exam tomorrow so she may not be able to see you off but I'm pretty sure the next time she sees you as your maid she may spoil you rotten so be careful" Lisa chuckled to herself "Barbara has the night duty for confessions for the church, she was so excited to wear the dress you gave her..." Lisa looked at the girls and told the man "When you get the time Darling, make sure we also get a dress like that, I would love to wear a dress made by you"
They all nodded in unison and so did Aether, a promise was made, and he now had to keep it
Lisa kept talking "our dear Fischl and Sucrose have a busy day tomorrow so they could not come, there's your answer Darling~"
Aether nodded and continue drinking his tea "By the way Girls you all look stunning beyond stunning, Mona that dress makes you look so smart and so alluring it's a sight I don't want to forget, Lisa the way that dress hugs your..."
Lisa chimed in teasing "Breasts?"
Aether Nodded "Ye... it looks nice and fits you well, Rosaria the way you look in that is amazing, you look so comfy and it's a stark contrast to what you normally wear, it compliments your eyes~" Rosaria blushed "Eula, you look so cute, If I could I would snuggle against you all day and night when you wear that, you look so soft and so huggable and all I want to do is snuggle you" Eula blushed a bright shade of red and muttered something about vengeance
Finally he looked at jean "He look amazing Jean, I have never seen you in such casual clothing and I don't think your quite used to it, the many nights you spend asleep at your desk or when you don't sleep at all concerns me alot sometimes and you need to be careful it could damage your health and well... I don't know what I would do If you got really ill"
Jean grabbed his hand and gave it gentle squeeze before he rubbed the back of his hand gently "Fine Dear I'll start looking after myself more... ok"
Aether smiled at her and nodded "Thank you Jean"
The night when on, they shared laughed, talked about past times, their first kiss with the man, how they feel about his, how they will be missing, little did the group know hours have past at this point and it had before shockingly late. Aether checked the time, the clock read 1:23 AM, the man shot up from the table and walked towards the door, Lisa began to speak but it was Jean who stopped him
"Aether where are you going? Did we not tell you, you're sleeping in here tonight" Jean informed this very crucial information to Aether
Aether looked at Lisa who laughed before taking one final sip of tea, this was definitely her idea... Aether nodded at took a seat next to Jean and Rosaria once more, Lisa clapped her hands getting the attention of the whole group
"Girl's and Darling~, I say it's time to rest, as our Cutie said it is pretty late, and he needs to leave quite early to make it to Liyue before dark" Lisa stood up and lead the man towards the bed
As they all settled Aether ended up with Jean on his left her arms wrapped around his left arm, her and Mona had taken their hair out and oh Lord... Drop. Dead. Gorgeous. But he had to refrain... for now at least, Rosaria was on his right his arm tucked under her neck her head leaning in his shoulder, the gently scratched her scalp making the Nun able to drift off a lot quicker than other nights. Despite her various protests and many warnings for vengeance Eula ended up laying at top of his, her head resting on his left pectoral and her arms wrapped around him, she protests so hard but she wanted that spot all to herself, she and the rest of them knew that for sure. Lisa and Mona already had their share of snuggling with the Traveller, so they opted out of it, to her disappointment
As the rest of them drifted off to sleep him and Jean laid in the dark, awake, Jean tapped his shoulder and started a conservation with him
"Aether I know you're not asleep there is a question I want you to answer I want to know, how come you fell in love with us, was it too hard to pick one or are you just..." Jean smiled and whispered in his ear "Just greedy~"
Aether answered her with full honesty "Well you could say I was greedy, that is not the main part however, I love you all because of who you are, despite how long I have been alive I have never had a partner, I've had a fling here and there but nothing serious, I came to this world not out of my control but it's... It's the happiest I've ever been, and I can't wait to see what more there is for me to see and how many women I can be greedy for~"
Jean blushed bright red and began to chuckle "You are pretty greedy but now I have another question, why did you fall in love with me?"
Aether kissed her on the lips and told her the honest truth "I loved how hard working you are, you worry me so much but I love how much you devote yourself to the people of Mondstadt and the knights, I love how honest you are and how true you keep to yourself, you have honour and you are a beckon to the knights, and to me, when we were tracking down stormterror you worked yourself half to death and it worried me so much, but how hard working you are is also your biggest flaw, please when I'm gone look after yourself for me, I can't stand to see you ill or bedridden
Jean blushed brighter and kissed him on the lips, he brushed a stray hair from his eye and whispered in a tired and drained voice "Ok dear thank you for your honesty, I love... I love you" The acting grandmaster fell into a slumber and her kissed her forehead before he whispered back "And I love you more than you would ever know, goodnight~"