[The touch her hand brings, both in his own and on his cheek, has his own eyes misting a bit. He let out a shuddering breath because even without her words, he knew. Her smile told him so much and he would return the gesture to hold her cheek had his hand not been bloodied. So, he settled for squeezing her other hand right back.]

This... does mean I will have to ask you to keep it to yourself. You understand, right?

[It was so different when it was just Diluc holding onto the secret. And while Aether was no longer his friend, he has so far kept the secret as well, as had Venti. Kaeya wasn't sure he liked having others know, especially because of what happened afterwards for two of them. Granted, he and Diluc were much better now but the resulting four years of loneliness had been difficult. As for Aether...

He sighed.]

I think you should know, Aether is aware as well.

[And the expression on his face made it obvious that it wasn't exactly a good thing.]