#casually makes everything about kaejean

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hand-me-down ribbons | diluc, kaeya and jean headcanon

somebody on twitter pointed out how jean and diluc have a matching hair ribbon and so i'd like to address this topic further and slightly away from the jealuc point of view.

to add onto my 'kaeya liked jean' discussion, i believe the 'ribbon affair' would be one of the reveals of his affection towards her, which nobody thought of as romantic-implied (except, of course, kaeya). he volunteered to give his black ribbon to jean once she was in a dire need of one, the same ribbon that diluc once gave him and that kaeya stupidly held onto, even tho he had a blue one that matched his hair. but alas! he kept his brother's ribbon instead as one of his most treasured items (and he'd never admit it). diluc made it very clear to kaeya that he can only borrow it from him for a while and not keep it forever, and yet, he never asked kaeya to return it. and so, the brothers ended up with matching ribbons. so, considering that, imagine how it must have been for kaeya to separate with it and give it to the girl he liked instead. jean, of course, accepted it (hesitantly so) and guess what? stupidly held onto it for years, just like kaeya did, until it finally snapped or deteriorated due to time, and ever since then, she'd get another ribbon in the same color if anything were to happen to the previous one she owned, stubbornly thinking that the color black suited her the best (against lisa's attempts to convince her otherwise).