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Chapter 53 - Sayu and the Forest

Sayu loves all the beautiful greenery that Sumeru is covered in, she loves just observing the trees, bushes, hill and many other things. But there is one place that she enjoys the most and that was the forest. Whenever Sayu would visit the forest, it made her feel like comfortable and safe, she couldn't really explain this feeling, but Dori did, Sayu would bring her along too to see the sights. "It's peaceful here" said Dori softly. That night, Sayu and the others were resting inside their tents when they heard a loud whooshing sound. "What's that?" asked Dori. "It's the wind, I think, sounds quite fierce, good thing we belted down the tents" said Mona. "You know, for a second, I thought Sayu was snoring" laughed Lisa, but Sayu didn't smile. "I hope these winds don't damage the forest, that would be dreadful" she said. Meanwhile at Mondstadt, a ship was departing when the fierce winds shifted and swayed it and made it turn around, right directly to the Pyros' hideout. It soon lost control and made contact with the ground, and with a devastating crash, it destroyed the hideout and made it so that it was broken beyond repair, Hu Tao observed all this and alerted the others. "Oh my god, we need somewhere better to stay" said Amber. "Well, we could live at a hotel at Fontaine for the time being" suggested Hu Tao. "A hotel, I don't wanna stay in a hotel, there's bedbugs and it stinks, and I just don't wanna move" said Yoimiya despairingly. "Well, we could stay at Amber's house" Bennett added. "See, I would agree to that, but my house is too small, I'll see what I can do, until then, we remain here, so you guys can clear up this rubble please" finished Amber, and everyone else headed to work. Next morning, Dori and Sayu were sent to check on the forest, the winds tore up all the trees and branches were everywhere, even the nearby hillside was destroyed, this made Sayu so distraught that she nearly cried. "Oh dear, how can we fix this, it'll take ages to regrow all those trees" thought Dori. "Sayu, I know that you're sad about the forest being in shambles, so you can clear up all the branches and stuff meanwhile I'll go, uh figure something out, ok" "Ok" said Sayu, she nearly sobbed. "Klee, you have to listen, the forest has been decimated and it's making Sayu depressed, you know she has a soft spot for it, so what can we do to help?" "Hm, actually Dori, I need you to grab some crates for me, they're a bit larger than usual so Mona and Lisa will help you deliver them, alright?" "What do crates have to do with this?" "Just wait and see" smiled Klee. Sayu was cleaning up the wreckage without putting any effort. "And what about the precious animals too, they'll be starved" Just then, Dori, Mona and Lisa arrived pushing heavy crates. "What are you guys doing?" asked Sayu. "Well, open the box and I think you'll be satisfied" chuckled Lisa. When Sayu opened the box, her eyes widened. "Are these?-" "Yep, freshly young trees waited to be planted, I told Klee about it because I know that this forest meant something to you and-" "Dori, I love you so much!" said Sayu as she was hugging her tight while crying. "Well, anything for a friend, right?" Dori said. Once they cleaned up the mess and planted all the trees, everyone went back home except for Dori and Sayu who stayed behind. "Dori, you're the best friend that I ever had" said Sayu. "Aww, that's means a lot to me, and don't tell Klee, but you're my best friend too" whispered Dori. "But you've known Klee longer than me, so why do you favor me over her?" "Well, despite Klee being a good friend, ever since she became leader of the squad, she's been acting less mature in my opinion" "I mean, we're all still young so maybe she's just trying to act different because that's what she thinks is important to her right now" said Sayu. "Yeah, but-" "Dori, listen, we all care about each other deeply, and despite Klee being annoying sometimes, I mean, think of all the times that you helped her, I mean, you basically helped her build this whole entire hideout just being by the two of you" "And you helped her teached Xiangling not to belittle her and other examples, you know" "You're right, Sayu, Klee's still developing as a person, that's all, thank you for telling me that" "Dori, thank you for being honest with me, and I'm glad that you care about me and my feelings and, try not to let Klee get on your nerves, alright?" "I'll try" smiled Dori, and the two just stared into the sky watching the twinkling stars shine bright.