You had a long day of work, which meant leaving your boyfriend, Childe, alone in your shared apartment. Which usually, he was completely fine being left alone. But once you got home it was quiet. Too quiet. So you checked the bedroom, and he was all curled up in his blankets on the bed.

He was faced towards the door, so he of course saw when you walked in. But he didn’t get up. He just sat there. Before you could say anything, he spoke. “I looked in the mirror for too long..”