You heard many good things about Wanmin restaurant. Mostly because Hu Tao always praised its delectable cuisines, along with Xiangling's top tier unique cooking.

But you never really experienced the restaurant's food firsthand, until today.

Zhongli insisted on driving the both of you to the restaurant since Xiao refused to drive and you... well.

But nonetheless, Xiao eventually gave in and agreed to let his guardian drive you both.

Upon arriving, you observed the restaurant intently, noticing every detail. And you had to admit, you were excited to have your first date here.

The traditional style of the building did it justice, and you could only imagine how good the food would taste.

After entering, you both saw a familiar face approach you.

"Welcome!! I'll show you two where your table is!" Xiangling exclaimed as you both walked in, causing the two of you to shift your attention towards her.

You both simply nodded before following the female from behind. And after taking a seat across each other at the table, Xiangling waved to you both as she went off again.

"What will you order?" You asked Xiao, trying to prevent a silence atmosphere. Though, you already knew the answer.

"Almond tofu."

Of course. You gave him a small smile as you sighed. Andd it's awkward.

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Hu Tao lead the group to the restaurant's entrance quietly, making sure you and Xiao didn't notice them.

"Alright, we will split up here so that they don't get suspicious when we go inside," the brunette explained.

Scaramouche crossed his arms while clicking his tongue. "I still don't think this is a good idea."

"Just do as I say."

She gestured for Heizou and Itto to go in first. Heizou simply shrugged his shoulders and went inside, while Itto was more hesitant but eventually gave in.

Scaramouche and Childe went in next, Keqing and Kaeya followed after them, and Hu Tao went in last.

She was more than confident about how this would turn out.

And certain that there was absolutely no way that you or Xiao would ever recognize them.

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Xiao immediately recognized Itto the moment he walked in, despite his "alpha" disguise. And his alpha disguise was just a large black hat, a black coat, and dark tinted sunglasses. Completely not suspicious at all.

The male sighed and facepalmed himself, realizing that this was most likely Hu Tao's doing.

"What's wrong?" You asked him, where he then quickly shook it off. "It's nothing, don't worry."

"Oookay." You turned around in the hope of finding out whatever caused Xiao's sudden strange change in behavior, but sadly found nothing.

"Have you been to this restaurant before?" You asked, facing him again. Xiao nodded. "A few times, yeah."

The silence began surrounding you both once more. 'Archons. Please make this less awkward.'

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Hu Tao noticed the awkward atmosphere and quickly thought of something to help you.

"Childe?" She spoke into her ear mic, which she had bought for everyone in the group so that they could all communicate better. "Yeah?" The ginger replied from the other end.

"Can you sing?"

"What..."

"Can you sing?"

"No, he can't sing for shit. Do you want everyone to go deaf?" Scaramouche joined in. Muffled laughter could be heard from both Itto and Kaeya.

"Actually. I can sing pretty well," Childe claimed, earning a scoff from the navy haired male.

"Perfect. Do you see that speaker and mic at the far left? Go use it to sing something."

"Alright!" Childe got up from his table and sneakily began walking to the speaker, while Scaramouche facepalmed himself.

"I thought we were supposed to stay hidden?" Heizou whispered into his mic. "Don't worry, Childe has a disguise!" Hu Tao responded confidently. "You want us to get caught, don't you?"

"Heh just watch how it goes, Heizou."

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You saw an odd individual walking over to the speaker and mic, which caught your attention. They were wearing a black hat larger than Itto's, a longer black coat, and branded dark tinted sunglasses. "Hey Xiao, what do you think that person's doing?"

Xiao turned around to look at him and had to fight the urge to facepalm himself again. 'This idiot.'

Childe used the speaker to put on the only song he knew the full lyrics to. He picked up the mic and took in a deep breath before singing. "ᵀʰᵉ ᶜˡᵘᵇ ⁱˢⁿ'ᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵉˢᵗ ᵖˡᵃᶜᵉ ᵗᵒ ᶠⁱⁿᵈ ᵃ ˡᵒᵛᵉʳ, ˢᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵃʳ ⁱˢ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᴵ ᵍᵒ."

The look of pure terror was clear on both yours and Xiao's face. There was only one person who would willingly sing that song in public, you thought. Childe.

While you and Xiao were horrified, the other groud had a completely different reaction. Hu Tao was having a difficult time holding in her laugh, while you could hear Itto and Kaeya laughing their asses off from the back.

Even Heizou wasn't able to hold in his laughter. Though, Keqing went on her phone, pretending she wasn't hearing any of it. Scaramouche, on the other hand, was simply disgusted. His eyes were widened by the pure disbelief of what he was witnessing. Similar to Xiao.

"What are they doing here..." you asked Xiao, who was far too shocked to even give a proper response.

"Make it stop." Heizou spoke in a low tone as he tried to contain his laughter. "Trust meeee. They'll love it!" Hu Tao kept her confident tone.

Childe continued singing his heart out and all the two of you could do, was watch. Until eventually, the song came to an end. Finally.

You let out a sigh of relief. "It's finally over," you huffed as you placed your head on the table. Xiao sighed along with you.

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"I think that went great, don't you guys think?" Hu Tao chuckled, enjoying every lasting moment of this. "I'm pretty sure Xiao wants Childe dead. Well, if he didn't already before," Heizou commented.

"He isn't the only one," Scaramouche added on.

"C'mon guys. It couldn't have been that bad," the ginger pouted. "I think I did great."

"Sure you did! At least we were able to kill the silence," Hu Tao responded proudly, completely satisfied. "Anyway. Heizou and Itto, you're up next."

She could hear Heizou choking on air while Itto gasped. "Is it my time to shine?" The giant asked, his eyes practically sparkling.

"What." It was now Heizou's turn to take Scaramouche's place and be embarrassed in front of everyone.

"Yes it is, big guy. Go for it!"

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Your food finally arrived. You and Xiao decided to pretend whatever that was never happened and continued on with your date.

However, that was until you noticed two more figures walking past you. "What the hell are they doing now?" Xiao glared at them, he was absolutely done.

Itto and Heizou stood in the middle of the restaurant. Heizou had his arms crossed and wore a face that showed he didn't want to be there.

Itto, on the other hand, was shining with joy. Excited for what he was about to do next.

After Itto had told Heizou of his idea, the shorter male wanted to leave the restaurant immediately but chose not to, for the sake of Hu Tao's plan.

Meanwhile, Hu Tao suddenly felt a string of regret wrap around her after seeing the two stand next to each other.

Your eyes widened in disbelief. Just when you thought the embarrassment was finally over, something else came up.

Itto stood there proudly, wearing a wide grin. "Hello, ladies and gentlemen. The alpha has arrived."

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