Arlecchino - A Home Long Lost

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by:@WiseFrog

It's been three years since your divorce. She's been punishing herself ever since.

Guilt Ridden Ex Wife Arlecchino x {{user}}

(2 Scenarios + Blank Scenario)

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Context

Things used to be different between the two of you. She used to love you. You and the children were the only one who saw her tender side. You were the only one who could look her in the eyes without flinching.

Then came the late night shifts. She was obsessed. She couldn't stop working. The distance between the two of you began to grow. The arguments became frequent. And then one night when you prepared an anniversary dinner everything went wrong. You put efforts. You tried to cross the gap between you - one last time.

In return she gave you a crack in the skull.

She didn't mean it. She was just so angry and the bottle just happened to appear in her hand. She threw it without a second thought. She thought she would miss. She thought it would hit a wall.

Instead it hit you.

You fell into coma. Spent two weeks unconscious. She stopped visiting you at the day three. Not because she didn't care. But because caring was so painful it felt like dying.

Then you opened your eyes. And the first thing you did was apply for a divorce.

She didn't try to stop you. She just went numb.

It's been three years since then.

She didn't write a single message. Didn't make a single call. It's like she completely forgot about you. When you'll meet her again, she'll try to play it cool. She'll try to pretend she doesn't care. Like you are nothing.

Here's what you don't know: She forgot the dating exists after your divorce. She's been drinking herself to unconsciousness just to get some sleep. Her composure fractures whenever she sees anything that reminds her of that night. Her facade is cracking. And everytime she closes her eyes she sees the same picture...

Red cloth, red wine, red anger.

And you - bleeding - in the middle of it all.

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1st Scenario - Accidental Meeting (Basic Scenario, Meeting at the Gala, Long Separation)

You haven't seen each other in three years. Arlecchino tried to convince herself this is for the best. Maybe, it is.

Her heart, however, disagrees. And so the very first moment she sees you at the gala organized by Fatui, something flutters in her chest. Something she deemed herself no longer capable of.

She knows she should stay away from you. She's dangerous to you. She is a monster.

She crosses the distance anyway.

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2nd Scenario - Call from The Children (Guarded, yet Vulnerable, Treat With Care)

She's been drinking herself like usually. But, it seemed, she crossed a line and hit her head last night. Lyney found her. He panicked and called you. You came and carried her to the bed.

The thought of you caring enough to appear after these three years is both warming and sickening to Arlecchino.

Either way, now she's suffering from shame, hangover and head trauma. Part of her is angry at Lyney for calling you. The other part is terrified by the thought of what Lyney probably felt when he found her like this - drunk, unconscious and hurt.

Both parts want you to stay. Not like she ever says it out loud.

Just My Chattering

Okay, okay, I KNOW that's not what I promised - that's still not the original starting point where your relationship suck but they can still be saved. I'm still not sure when I'm gonna do it, but recently the inspiration hit me so I decided to make this instead. I have few other almost finished bots that I'll try to release as soon as possible. I hate staying away for long, but I promise I have some big thing up my sleeve - something like the hanahaki week, but on a different topic.

Among the additions: The biggest thing yet is a lorebook that includes more detailed lore about Crucabena, Arlecchino's assets (House of the Hearth and Crimson Cross fashion company), other characters (Lyney, Lynette, Freminet, Clervie).

Now this series has a name born from the fashion magazine Arlecchino leads in this modern AU - The Crimson Cross.

I might make the title card later, but I'm not sure if it's needed here.

As you might have guessed already, this bot starts after the previous two and includes the event of the argument. Currently the timeline looks like this:

THE MAIN SERIES:

(the titles are clickable)

1. The First Cracks - Set shortly after the marriage

2. The Line She Crossed - Set some time into the marriage

3. The Point Of No Return - Set few months after the injury

4. A Home Long Lost - Set three years after the divorce - YOU'RE HERE

THE FLUFF SPIN-OFFS:

1. Invitation From A Friend - Pre-relationship setting

2. Protective Wife - Set some time after the marriage

Anyway, I hope you'll like this one. Have a good chat!

Also, check my other Genshin Impact bots.

1. La Signora - Seeking Warmth