❛ why did you leave without saying goodbye? ❜
"Did you miss me in my absence?"
It is all too easy for Venti to turn the conversation into a tease, to let his words dance with the lilt of lightness and frivolity. Far more easy than to delve into the depths of the true answer, to bear his true feelings and speak not in riddles but with openness and honesty. With such a melancholic heart, he is not sure he would be able to stop in once it started spilling.
"I'll make sure next time I give you the full ceremony, goodbyes, leaving presents, a tea before I leave, perhaps even a song..." He can imagine the whole ceremony now, so over the top and ridiculous that it would only need to be done once before the Lord of Geo chased him from the lands of Liyue. It might bring him back to older, simpler times when greeting meant a quick course in dodging and avoiding. He can't say he'd be averse to it, better that than the aches and agonies that followed.
"You'll be chasing me from here with those awful spears of yours, throwing rocks at my head, like you once did, you old blockhead..."
