[ That Kaeya doesn't relent when Diluc refuses to turn around is a surprise - even more so when he steps in front of him. He's tempted to turn again, despite this, to hide his own embarrassment, his own fear, but he refuses to be so cowardly. He refuses to let Kaeya get to him, more than he already has, though by now, there is little point. How could Kaeya be anywhere but within the very core of Diluc's heart?

That's why it hurts so much that he wanted to leave. He claims that he did it for Diluc's sake, but is that really true? Gods, why does it hurt that he even has to ask that question to himself? He may have once thought he knew Kaeya better than he even knew himself, that he knew how his mind worked implicitly, but that had never been true, had it? So it's not true now either. He has to question these things.

He has to question what it all meant. ]

Don't make me your scapegoat. You wanted to run away so you wouldn't have to deal with whatever I might do next. Isn't that right?

[ Yes, you thought wrong, Kaeya, and Diluc is making sure you know it. ]