[ awareness trickles in like water through his fingers, pulling him out of his dreamscape of colors and sounds and shapeless objects with surprising gentility. perhaps it's another after-effect of the drug but, more than likely, it's due largely in part to the warm presence seated beside him and the familiar scent that fills his nostrils.
Childe breathes out a sigh of contentment at the same time he opens his eyes, and the gentle aura the man exudes is enough for him to realize who it is as soon as Zhongli moves away.
immediately he reaches his hand out to snatch at the other's wrist, holding him fast and preventing him from leaving. another hard tug is hopefully enough to jostle the man off his feet, at which point Childe will take the initiative and wrap himself tightly around any part of Zhongli he can reach as if that alone would prevent him from leaving. ]
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Childe breathes out a sigh of contentment at the same time he opens his eyes, and the gentle aura the man exudes is enough for him to realize who it is as soon as Zhongli moves away.
immediately he reaches his hand out to snatch at the other's wrist, holding him fast and preventing him from leaving. another hard tug is hopefully enough to jostle the man off his feet, at which point Childe will take the initiative and wrap himself tightly around any part of Zhongli he can reach as if that alone would prevent him from leaving. ]
You've got some nerve, leaving me like that.