#BUT THIS MADE ME SO SOFT VENTI SAVED XIAO

[zoropookie]

HOW HATERS ARE BORN (HHAB)

♡ chapter thirty-eight — why couldn't it be mini-golf? (💋)

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The dinner party was quiet for the first part.

But not the kind of quiet that would have made anyone into a bad type of uncomfortable. No, it was the kind of quiet that usually hangs heavy in the air with a clear path to stop it. But that path mentioned was definitely not going to be brought up anytime soon, nor even uttered.

The "path" being the eventual contemplation of both your and Kuni's relationship. Or..."relationship"? You had no idea. And frankly? You were too annoyed by Venti's chewing to even think about it right now.

There sat the bodies of Hu Tao, Thoma, Aether, Lumine, Heizou, Yanfei, Ayaka, Xiao, Kazuha, Venti, Kuni, and you at a very long table with what felt like it had no end in sight. Only sounds were the soft clinking of silverware against the china and the eventual murmur of someone to another. It was similar to faint ripples disturbing the surface of the pond.

Venti, seated next to you, was eating away with an unbothered look, feasting at his second dish of the hot pot with numerous amounts of meat. "Oh my god," He said with his mouth full, exaggerated smacks and crunches that seemed to echo louder than the previous ones, grating irritably on your nerves. "Brilliant. I mean, who came up with this?!"

"Been a thing for...forever, actually." Kuni's eyes dulled as he replied with the most unamused tone imaginable, swirling his chopsticks in the soup stock.

"Do you live under a rock?" Hu Tao's eyes narrowed, ever the lively one as she plopped a piece of well marinated pork in her mouth. "It's a common thing, not very new, dumbass."

"Ohhh, no. Don't go and try and make me look like the dumbass." Venti pointed. "Scara~ I know that you were too lazy to try and think of an actual dinner for us out of your busy schedule, but it really reminds me of how creative you can be anyway. I mean, a steamboat?! Your mind! Can I still call you Scara?"

"No." He replied flatly, not even looking up from his bowl.

"Where did you find this?" Venti marveled. "Genius invention, if I do say so myself. Like, watch this." And with that, he put the raw piece of beef inside of the boiling hot broth.

The beef had bubbled inside of the broth, cooking the meat almost instantly. The rich aroma was wafting throughout all of the visitor's nostrils, leaving a tempting bubble of juice that lightly coated the beef he pulled out, making your own mouth water despite your annoyance.

"You wanted to show us... you cooking meat?" Ayaka asked, her voice tinged in a genuine and curious way, wondering if there was an end confirmation to this. Unfortunately, there wasn't, and the rest of the table sighed.

"You know what guys, the art of cooking is lost on a lot of people, don't expect you to know about it. I wish that you could see how philosophical every thin slice that goes into your mouth is, but I'm not your own eyes." Venti threw his hands up in defense.

"Venti...when the pot is at a very high temperature, the meat inside of it usually tends to cook after a few seconds. That's how it works." Aether slowly told him, to which Hu Tao narrowed her eyes in a death-like stare.

"But what about the journey of that high temperature cooked meat?" Venti continued, his tone almost as philosophical as his aggravating chewing. "The laughs, the memories, the stories, preparing this meal together. That's...what makes this dinner more special than others. Our first."

"And our last." Kuni rolled his eyes, clearly unimpressed. "I didn't let you guys into my house just for him to give us a TED Talk on the importance of family time. Just eat the fucking food and save us the theatrics."

"There's no point, he's just going to keep at it." Yanfei sighed in defeat. "He knows what he did. This will never end as long as we're all alive."

"Yeh? What did I do that was that awful?" Venti raised an eyebrow, his lips curving into a pout. "Because what I did do was put those two together at a dinner table right now. You're welcome, by the way." He poked the direction towards you and Kuni.

"He's got a point..." Thoma let out a small chuckle, gaze flicking to the both of you. "You're both being civil right now. Most times you'd just try to bite your tongue whenever you were around each other."

"That's so not true." You scoffed. "I'd say I was very civil. Me, at least. Can’t say the same about others."

"Yeah? Throwing me under the bus now?" Kuni shot you a withering glare. "You asked me out first, don't think I don't remember when we were about to get in the car."

"Hey, quick tip for when you're stuck in conversations you don't want to be in: being proactive helps. Being a fake flirt helps. Someone had to break the ice, and it wasn't going to be you." You shrugged.

"By flirting with me?"

"I mean, it got your attention, didn't it?" Hu Tao replied, leaning back in her chair. "You're smitten."

"I am not smitten. I have intense feelings that should be mutual." His eyebrow quirked up, a hint of amusement softening his features. No matter how defensive his tone was, he knew he couldn't believe anything he said. "You shouldn't be chastising me anyway. I already made myself clear before you got here that I hate the shady shit."

"And I made myself clearer that I didn’t want anything from you right now, no?" You retorted immediately, head shooting towards him with a glare, tone clipped and snippy. "You'd be smart not to bring it here."

Tension rose to a great extent as your words began to make everyone uncomfortable, with the exceeding silence and awkwardness that ruminated between you and Kuni. It was pretty much just the two of you that were giving off an aura like no other. Safe to say that even Venti's attempt of getting the both of them to ease up from what they eventually have to do was a failure.

You glanced at Venti after he began to start moaning despite this, and sighed inwardly. Only he of all people could manage to make eating a piece of meat sound like something else. You threw your chopsticks back on the table, it causing a metallic thud. "Alright. I think I'm done."

"I'm sorry that I'm trying to bring liveliness that you all lack right now. Why is so quiet anyway?" Venti asked, his eyes looking around at everyone's suddenly shifted demeanor.

"You shouldn't be encouraging Venti to be loud, Thoma." Lumine hesitated in her words, trying to disengage the situation. "Let's just do an exercise. We'll say something really nice about the person next to us, and if you have nothing to say, you're going to stay here and help Kuni pick apples as a summer job."

Heizou shot up immediately, slamming his hands down on the table. "I have nothing nice to say about anyone here. Fuck all of you."

"Fat fucking chance. Sit your ass back down." Kuni snarled.

Kazuha frowned, furrowed brow betraying his own confusion. "What did we do...?"

Lumine squinted at him, taken aback by his words before pressing her lips together. "You have to play the game first to decide that, jackass."

“Well, this game already isn’t very fun.” Heizou blurted, saltily sitting back down. “Easy enough for nobody to jump me here though, I’ll take all the compliments I can get.”

"I’m glad that Kazuha and Thoma are sitting next to you and not me.” Hu Tao’s eyes dulled. “I’d blow my brains out before I ever compliment a child trafficker.”

“Okay, good thing we’re not starting with you, then.” Lumine argued with the both of them. “Fuck,” She muttered under her breath, composing herself before she had to speak again. “Then, since you’re one of the last letters of the alphabet, You go first, Xiao.”

Xiao picked his head up, his sharp eyes scanning for the person next to him who just so happened to be Venti. “Oh,” He paused, the rest of the table waiting for his response as Venti excitedly bounced in his seat. “I don’t want to play.”

Venti’s shoulders dropped. “Are you kidding? C’mon, you can’t think of anything?”

“Said he doesn’t want to play, this is our group therapy dinner where consent is the Hail Mary. No compliments for you, too bad, so sad.” Hu Tao stuck her tongue out playfully.

“Your attitude right now is the main reason that one of these days you’re going to get scammed so bad by a pyramid scheme that you’re actually going to start believing the Tupperware you’re selling is valuable. It’s not. It never will be.” Venti squinted.

Hu Tao sat there for a minute, looking into the other’s eyes before scrunching her nose up. “Are you okay? That was extremely specific.”

The rest of the table was silent, until Lumine sighed quietly. “Okay…Xiao, can you at least try to come up with something so we can move on? You don’t have to do it again, this is just a one time thing.”

“I’m grateful,” Yanfei gritted her teeth inwardly. “Never thought I’d have to be genuine anytime soon. Why couldn’t it be mini golf?”

He let out a slow breath, clearly reluctant to even participate in this obviously forced exercise. The more he stalled, though, the longer it was going to take to ebb how uncomfortable it is. “Venti,” He began, voice steady but devoid of emotion. “Your music is very refined.”

Venti clutched at his own heart, making a sound like he just got punched in the gut. “I’ll take it. That’s so cute of you.”

“Yeah! This is a really good exercise for us! We haven’t gotten the time to really appreciate each other as friends.” Thoma smiled. “Go ahead, Venti! Say something nice about (Y/N)!”

“Right.” Venti turned his head to you, trying to fully grasp what he wanted to say. It left eye contact with him very unsettling. “Hm…no matter what happens to you, you’ve still proven that you deserve what you have. Keeping that energy lead you to many people wanting to be around you in result. You should be grateful for that.”

You couldn’t help but stiffen at his words, letting out a small smile tug at your mouth in return. “That really means a lot, Venti. Thank you.”

You took a minute to sink in Venti’s words before you slowly turned to the person who you dreaded giving a compliment to right now— Kuni sat there perfectly. His head rested gently on his head as he leaned against the table with his elbow.

“You…” You stammered on your words, trying to look in your mind for something, anything, you could say that wouldn’t compromise your position. But you knew that despite everything, you liked him a lot. He did prove that he was into you a long time ago, you just didn’t want to admit it. “I like…uh…”

You were unsure how to respond. And Kuni knew that too, so he took the lead. “I think you’re the only person who’s brought me joy in more than just a platonic situation. Being around you is something special to me, I’d rather it not go to waste fighting.”

Your eyebrows furrowed, wanting to look agitated, but his words were so genuine that you were put on the spot. You felt tears brimming up in your eyes in return, trying to hold your eyes open to shun them away, only resulting in them returning tenfold.

You quickly stood up from your seat, bitterness running down like waterfalls. “Excuse me.” You murmured, before rushing off to an undisclosed room.

The rest of the table was silent after that, looking around at each other awkwardly. From what was supposed to be a comfortable exercise turned into something entirely worse than expected. Especially since they all had a feeling that it would go wrong with you sitting next to him.

Kuni groaned, his head hanging and his back pressed firmly against the chair. “Fuck,” He drawled, feeling his patience wear thing. “So fucking annoying.”

“Go after them.” Thoma said amongst the quiet, a warm smile on his face. He knew that even though he wanted to go himself, there was someone who was planning to be with you for a very long time. “You’re good. We’ll all be here when you come back.”

Kuni hesitated, to which Kazuha smiled and nodded. “You said you had Mario Kart, right? We can just play that if you don’t mind.”

“Oh, fuck yeah!” Hu Tao was one of the first people to stand up, shooing Kuni off with her manicured hand. “Go. Bye! We’re going trashing on your expensive equipment for three hours.”

No matter how much he wanted to kick everyone out, he was given a small reminder as to how they’re the main reason why you haven’t given up on him. Unfortunately. So he didn’t say anything, leaving towards his bedroom, the same room he heard you lightly sobbing in.

The room both of you found yourselves in were dimly lit and a complete contrast from the kitchen. It was quiet, but the quiet here was different and heavy and thick— almost suffocating him. You sank down into a plush armchair sat in the corner of his room, sitting in silence with yourself until now.

You didn’t bother looking up to see who it was, you knew who it was. Kuni’s footsteps were light and soft enough to tell you that, he took the seat opposite you, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. You were forced to look at him.

He looked beautiful from up close, his features naturally pairing together with the rest of his face. His jawline a perfect structure, his eyes soft enough for you to stare into his violet pools. His hair light and feathery, strands of it sticking in small clusters.

“Tell me what’s going on.” He sat back, mustering up a mix of concern and patience on his face. “I already told you I’m not going to fight with you anymore.”

You wiped your eyes candidly, the back of your hand leaving residue of your tears. A hiccup broke your speech, “That’s the problem, isn’t it?” Your wetted eyelashes brushed against your cheeks as your eyes squeezed shut. “You’re too patient now.”

“Didn’t learn it in a night.” He absorbed your words like they were all that he was able to get in that moment. “I mean, I still have no idea why you came around even this quick. You don’t have a reason to stay by my side as much as I do for you.”

“Oh, of course. Because it’s always different for you. You’re still trying, just like you did when you hated me, it’s confusing. You’re so…fucking confusing.” You looked up again, meeting his eyes with defeat. He was going to be in your life whether it was a friend or a lover, and with the more days that pass with him in it, you start to feel yourself teeter back and forth. “You’re not going to give up, are you?” Your voice was weak.

His eyes never left your face, tentatively taking your hand in his. “I had to get used to the idea of potentially never seeing or talking to you again when I left.” He paused, sincerity striking his face, more of an intense look than usual. “I never want to go through that again so long as I owe it to you. It’s cowardice, and I’d rather face you myself.”

“When will you not owe it to me?” Your heart was hurting, beating faster than it could ever. “I never wanted you to be indebted to me, you did that because you felt guilty, so just squash it already.”

At every second he stayed quiet, the brighter it dawned on you his intentions. He wanted to be by your side as long as possible. “Then it’s all done,” You stared at the hand holding yours, his warmth and steady hands with his skin slightly bulging with his veins, a black ring on his middle finger. “No more games. No more pretenses,” He said calmly. “I want you. More than I wanted anything.”

“Yeah.” You said slowly, a sense of cautious hope blooming in your chest. “I think I kind of do too.”

Swallowing hard, you tried to gather your own sense of resolve here. But all that you were able to even think about was how close he was to you…and the fact that you wanted to suck his face off.

The silence this time was a comforting one, understanding of each other that was unspoken for. He leaned in close to your face, the heat of his breath slowly lingering on your skin, making you ache in a passion you’ve never felt before even when Childe was trying to pursue you.

“Can I?” He whispered.

The breath you had was swept away by his tantalizing voice, nodding slowly at his request. It wasn’t like the last time where the anger and frustration was taken out on the love they pressed into the kiss. No, this one felt a lot better than you ever would have imagined.

The kiss that followed with your words was fluffy at first, the meeting of lips that quickly grew deeper as the months and months of progress they put into their entire history together was no longer at its standstill anymore. His hands snaked across your body, also with an aching desire nestled in his chest.

He tasted amazing on your lips, and you pressed yourself against him in a swift movement, swapping seats gradually. You were dazed, if your eyes could have hearts in them, they would have already.

You didn’t recoil, or protest, or fight him every step of the way anymore. Your tongues danced together in a passionate tango, its foreign-like actions to you making your eyes bleary with love. You were melting into him, no matter how much you didn’t want to give him that satisfaction.

It looks like you have a lot more to explain to your fans than expected.

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YOU ARE on your way to being one of the hottest streamer in your nation at the moment, racking a monthly average of 10 million viewers, but something specific bothers you about it. you know that a lot of people hate you, but there's this one account. one account that's been following you since the early days of your career. they leave a flood of rude comments in your stream, your moderators banned each account they made, but they keep making more. you are at the end of your tether. but you are yet to find out that this persistent cockroach is none other than your friend's friend (and the only other streamer that's bigger than you), scaramouche.

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[beiq2y]

GENSHIN IMPACT HIGHSCHOOL HEADCANONS ¡! ❞

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: ̗̀➛includes : childe, kaeya, diluc, zhongli, Fischl, razor, Bennet, Kazuha, venti and xiao!

: ̗̀➛warnings : none! Js as usual, horrible attempts of humour by me 😭

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childe;

the bad boy SLAYYY

he’s always getting into fights, but somehow his grades are still so perfect?? according to the people closer to him, he’s actually really nice and u lowkey didn’t believe them.

that is until well.. he saved u frm some creeps in his grade. 

and u found out that hey, he actually isn’t half bad!

u’ve met his siblings and he’s spoiled them absolutely rotten, but in a good way, they’re still the sweetest bundles of joy. (especially teucer!)

kaeya;

BFFS WITH CHILDE. END OF DEBATE.

while childe’s the type to always get into fights and be simped over, kaeya is the cliche flirt and womaniser. He’s not.a playboy however, man has never cheated on anyone and always tries his best not to lead people on, insisting he’s simply “praising the gift of the archons that is women” 

he normally doesn’t participate in fights but, u’ve seen how violent he can get with your own 2 eyes. something about his father and brother, diluc and the fatui.. and what even is the fatui? u’re not sure u want to know. but either way, u’ve decided to stay on his good side for now.

the 2 of them have made it a point to visit you randomly during sch hours and it’s alw so chaotic lawd 😭

diluc;

another hot senior, but he always seems so.. tired. literally whenever u see him, he looks like he’s running on 2h of sleep and a cup of black coffee. 

but.. that doesn’t change the fact that he is LITERALLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST MFS U’VE EVER SEEN.

he’s also pretty smart, and apparently owns some big wine company, so he’s got the cash as well.

U’ve heard rumours about something about him and kaeya going on and if you hadn’t witnessed their little outburst, you doubt you would believe those 2 were ever brothers.

zhongli;

DEFO BFFS WITH DILUC. they are the stressed study buddies. whenever u see them, they’re always having some kind of highly intellectual conversations, that you struggle to keep up. 

he gives off like top student vibes, definitely top in his level and the model student. 

he also gives off tired dad vibes tbh, like the amt of times u’ve seen him chasing after hu tao, xiao, ganyu and all the other is too many to count 

fischl razor and bennet;

UR FAVOURITE JUNIORS IN POETRY AHHH

so how did they end up here again? 

bennet was hell bent on joining some “adventure team” but well, that clearly did not exist and since razor’s only plan was to follow bennet around, their friend fischl(with a vv vivid imagination, you must say) just decided to write down poetry for the 2 of them, since that’s the club that she would be joining.

fischl is amazing at poetry, although the words she chooses can be.. complicated at times.

as for bennet and razor, they’re a little confused, but they’re got the spirit!

u always try ur best to help them with ur senior kazuha, and u’ve honestly developed a bit of a soft spot for them

“meat is good, meat is yummy,” razor starts

“OH OH I GOT IT!“ bennet interrupts

“meat is the most spectacular delicacy ever presented-“ 

“meat is good, meat is yummy, meat always fills my tummy!” benny and razor say at the same time while u and kazu are js watching with LITERAL TEARS IN YOUR EYES.

kazuha;

HOT POETRY SENIOR. I REPEAT. HOT POETRY SENIOR.

so like,, yea. that’s it. he’s ur super cute, kind and sweet senior in poetry and his haikus ARE HEAVENLY. 

he’s always helping u out with ur poems and every single piece of work he guides you on turns out as a masterpiece. 

heck, it’s so good, it could even be counted as free literature tuition! you wouldn’t be surprised if the reason for that A was solely due to him. 

he’s chairperson of the club, and all the teachers love him

venti;

another member of your beloved poetry club! or should i say.. ghost member? he’s never really present during club hours anyways. however, according to kazuha, his audition was one of the best by far?? he’s in your class and is always seen slacking, but his grades are so?? good?? during cca one time u were going to the toilet and caught him singing a song with his lyre, a pretty unique one at rhat and, let’s js say, you got the hype.

i have another headcanon that he would be in choir, but again, ghost member. bro disappears during every single practice but in the middle of every official performance/showcase, he has a slight tendency to well.. drop down from the ceiling hanging from a rope and start singing the chorus at the top of his lungs. 

in fact, this is such a common occurrence that the choir teachers have literally starting planning when he’s going to drop down, and incorporating it in their performance plan !

however, venti (this little shit), unfortunately, found out about this and now drops in at the most randomest of times, sometimes even more than once, and sometimes, with the wrong lyrics too,,

xiao;

the quiet emo kid at the back of the class! he’s that one emo yk, window seat, earpiece(wired ones.) he’s surprisingly smart, tho u doubt he even pays attention during class. 

venti is always seen around him, but you’re kinda starting to doubt if they’re even friends, since it’s usually a one-sided thing, with venti talking while xiao js looks out of the window looking well, emo.

he’s always clinging onto zhongli too, and when u asked him abt it once, he said that he admires zhongli a lot and wishes to be like him!

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a/n : LAWD I WROTE THIS SO LONG AGO AND THE JOKES R SO BAD 😭 also I was thinking of turning this into like a sort of otome (?) as in i write romantic headcanons for each character! (Excluding the minors ofc) what do y’all think abt that? Also feel free to req some characters for part 2 in my ask box!

also I hate the pictures for this but like I couldn’t turn them blue idk I feel like it ruins my theme but wtv

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[offbrandkyoya]

09 fake birthday

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“I'm so happy you agreed to do this!” said Scaramouches, now manager. He simply nodded his head as he continues to sign papers. “You’ll help us grow.” She says smiling wide. Scaramouche continued to stay quiet. “As I said, don't be afraid to tell me if the boys are causing you trouble.” “I’ll keep that in mind.” He finally spoke.

His manager was still smiling at him. He couldn't help but feel uneasy. Scaramouche handed her back the papers once he finished. “Welcome.” She said as she got up to shake his hand. Scaramouche stared at it for a while until he shook it. Her grip tightened and Scaramouche forced a smile. Once she let go, Scaramouche hid his hand and wiped it on the back of his shirt. “Thank you for having me.”

The manager then glanced at the paperwork and tossed it in the trash can next to her desk. Scaramouche raised a brow, clearly shocked by her action. “Are you not going to review that?” His manager looked to the side thinking. “I trust you.” That answer seemed like a lie. Scaramouche didn't question it anymore and left.

He enters the practice room and was confronted with party poppers on his face. “CONGRATULATIONS!” The boys shouted with large smiles. Scaramouche blinked a few times before stuttering, “W-What is all this?” “Your surprise party, dummy,” Heizou stated matter a factly. Scaramouche couldn't help but feel embarrassed. “I just said I'm joining and you guys throw a party in a short period?” Venti nods enthusiastically. “Yup! We're buddies now!” He interlocks his arm with Scaramouches.

“We even made you a cake,” Kazuha spoke as he was holding the sweet treat. Scaramouche was going to say something until Aether nudges him forward to Kazuha. “Make a wish.” “Wha-?” He then noticed Xiao placing six candles and lighting them up with a lighter. Scaramouche stared at them weirdly. “It's not my birthday.” “We know but today's when you officially join so think of it as one,” Aether tells him with a soft smile.

“Now make a wish!” Venti clapped his hands. Scaramouche locked his eyes on Venti. “Where’s your friend?” Heizou sighed, “Y/n couldn't make it. They have a presentation today but they said congrats.” Scaramouche felt his heart sting. ‘They wanted me to join so bad just for them to not show up at all.’ He looks back at the candles, pondering if he should do it or not. Then, he heard Xiao clap. “Happy birthday to you.” He began to sing. Aether joined in, “Happy Birthday to you.” The rest started to clap along and sang, “Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, Scaramouche.”

Scaramouche watches them in awe, his breath shaking. They were all so happy for him to join. It almost seemed like a dream. It's not his birthday at all but he felt like it was. He hadn't felt this emotional on his birthday before. Scaramouche gasped quietly. Why was he so emotional about this anyways? It's not his birthday, it's not. He simply was bored and decided to join even if he hated music so much. He showed his distaste for this situation and yet, they were cheering him on. Like he was part of the family. His lip trembled then he breathes in- “Happy birthday to you.” and blows out the candles.

“YAY!!” They celebrated and each went to hug Scaramouche to congratulate him once more. Once Kazuha set the cake down, Venti took out his phone as they all huddled together. “Say ‘cheese’!” Scaramouche looked around, frazzled. “Wait what?” “Cheese!!!” They pulled away to start cutting the cake and having a bite. “Here.” Aether hands a piece to him. Scaramouche took it. “Thanks.” “We should save some for y/n.” Heizou pointed at the cake with his fork. ‘Oh, right.’ Scaramouches mood went sour.

“Why? They didn’t even come?” He blurted out as he began to cut the cake into pieces. “They wanted to,” Kazuha said. “It can't be helped with how busy they always are.” Scaramouche scoffed and the boys could sense an upsetting aura radiating off him. Heizou being the sly fox he is, slid next to the man and joked, “Were you expecting them to come?” Scaramouche jumped then growled, “Duh, they kept making such a big deal about how I should join so if expect them to turn up.”

“Right,” Heizou smirked earning a glare from Scaramouche. “If you want, you can be the one to send the leftovers to y/n.” “Uh, no.” The boys went to converse normally until Scaramouche asked, “How did you guys get this approved?” “Because our manager favors you for some reason.” Venti shrugged as he took a bite. “Okay.” was all Scaramouche said until everything went back to normal.

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[arsonmiss]

christmas duets w/ 5wirl!

since it’s the last day of november it’s officially christmas so expect christmas/winter writings (I would like to do a 25 one shots of christmas think but we’ll see)

I’m editing this at 2 am I just spent two hours writing heizou and venti and they didn’t save and I’m gonna cry

characters/content: aether, kazuha, xiao, heizou, venti, visi0n reader, mean girls reference in xiao’s, characters are probably ooc, author is writing this at 1am with, please bear with her, heizou and venti are rushed cause they didn’t save and author is having a breakdown

aether: walking in a winter wonderland (matt wertz)

(small a/n: the singer in this cover sounds so much like zach/aether to me??? maybe I just have hearing issues but I swear he does)

“Y/N, your hat!” Aether exclaimed, tossing you your santa hat, pulling his own on and adjusting his mic in the backstage mirror, looking at the small countdown clock that was slowly ticking.

“Thanks, Ae!” You called back, rushing next to him, inspecting yourselves and your matching Santa outfits. Diluc and Childe had decided to do another joint group event for Christmas, but this time it was duets. The two singers were picked from a hat, and you and Aether were the two lucky winners!

You two had decided on a classic song, something simple everyone could sing to, and a song to mainly calm Aether’s nerves. He had claimed it was because since there would be less people on stage, there’d be more eyes on him, but you knew him better than that. Xiao and Lumine did too, seeing as however you mentioned it they changed topic almost immediately. You didn’t press it though, you decided to wait until after the show.

“Okay, you two! Showtime in five!” Childe called, raising his hand for emphasis. Your bandmates, who were also backstage, were ushered away by Diluc, all of them cheering encouragement towards you two. You soon after turned towards Aether, raising your hands up, giving him a smile. “Sing our hearts out, right?”

He looked back at you, before nodding, clasping your hands with a smile. “Right.” You both took a deep breath and let go of each other before you rushed out on stage, waving to the cheering crowd before you. As the music started, you two began your routine, the steps and vocals flowing out of you like a river, the mind-numbing rehearsal helping greatly.

While you two spun and slid across the stage, every time he had the chance, Aether stole a glance at you. Afterwards, when you finished and were talking to the fans, he looked up at the sky. Even though it was cold out, the sky was clear. No sign of snow for a while. He looked back at you, who was having a small bit of banter with Xinyan, giving a smile. Maybe he couldn’t walk in a winter wonderland you now, but he’d be sure to ask at the first sign of snowfall.

kazuha: santa tell me (ariana grande)

“Kazuha, Y/N. Twenty minutes,” Diluc called, walking back to take care of some more preparations as you two nodded, you shaking your hands and letting out a breath.

“Fuuuu… Okay, you got this, Y/N, you got it…” You sighed out, shaking your hands. Kazuha gave an amused smile, grabbing your hands and holding them gently, causing you to look at him.

“What, you’re nervous? Where was this anxiety at your other shows?” He asked, tilting his head a bit. Ignoring his teasing tone, you looked off to the side, subconsciously squeezing his hands a bit.

“Yeah, yeah, I know, but we don’t normally sing stuff like this. What if I mess up? What if I trip over my outfit? This is very long,” you said, reaching back to lift a piece of fabric that was almost to the floor.

Kazuha shook his head, squeezing your hands once more. “You’ll be fine,” he began, looking at you with soft eyes. “Besides, I’m here. And I always will be, even next year.” You paused to look at him, before letting out a small giggle, raising an eyebrow at him. “Did you really just use a line from our song? Seriously?”

He gave a sheepish grin, leaning forward a bit. “Yes, but it made you laugh, right?” He began, before moving one of his hands up to your cheek, rubbing his thumb across it softly. “And I meant every part of it, Y/N.” You stared back at him, your cheeks heating up, while he leaned forward, his own face a light shade of red as he planted a kiss on your free cheek, placing your foreheads together. “I’m not going anywhere, Y/N. You seem too helpless for me to leave you alone right now, anyway.”

You looked back at him with wide eyes, your mouth fumbling over your words, deciding to focus on his last comment while you processed everything else. “Wh…? Hey, I’m not helpless…!” You said, puffing your cheeks out as he grinned, leaning back from you.

“I’d prove that wrong with another kiss, but we go on in like two minutes and I don’t need you shutting down on me.”

“Wh—?! I wouldn’t—! Kazuha!”

You calmed your blush and expression as best as you could as you followed him on stage, deciding it was for the best for you to just turn off your brain and let your practice take over.

He made good on his word though, and you were short-circuited with a few pecks in no time. Well, at least you got a boyfriend for Christmas, even if it did come with relentless teasing from the others, specifically Lumine and Heizou.

xiao: jingle bell rock (bobby helms)

“Okay, you all. On in ten,” Diluc said, walking back to the dressing rooms where the rest of Visi0n was, assumingly to make sure they’d be ready to make their own appearance in time. Meanwhile, you were trying to not giggle at the boys in front of you, four of which were varying degrees of embarrassed, while one was doing a much better job of holding back his laughter, although he had a large smirk on his face.

“Not a word, Alatus,” Aether seethed, pinching his fingers for further effect, pulling his dress down. Normally, Xiao would’ve been annoyed at the use of his middle name, but the sight of his bandmates in the dresses from Mean Girls made it hard for him to be mad at anything right then.

“Archons, this is so embarrassing…” Kazuha sighed, pulling his own dress down, his hands stretching the fabric. Venti looked at himself in the mirror, twirling around a bit as he made finger guns.

“Speak for yourself, Kazuha, I’m rocking this look,” the singer said, making poses in the mirror. “I don’t actually mind losing that game of candy poker as much as I did then now,” he said, doing a catwalk you couldn’t help but giggle at, the others rolling their eyes at him.

“Normally, I’d… probably try and use my humor as well, but it’s way too cold to do that. As soon as this show is over I’m putting on the biggest puffer jacket I can find,” Heizou said, rubbing his arms.

“The choreography will warm you up. Lucky there’s no radio for you to kick into someone’s head either, isn’t there?” Xiao said, pulling a laugh from your throat, Aether squinting his eyes at you.

“Hey, don’t laugh, how would you like it if someone put you in a short dress in this weather?!” He exclaimed, your brain immediately seeing an opportunity to tease him.

“Are you saying you want to see me in that dress, Aether?”

“Wha—?!”

“Oooohh, Aether, I’m telling Lumine~”

“Shut up, Hei—“

“Lumine? Why not go straight to Childe? He’s the manager, you know.”

“Venti!!!”

As the time for you to go on stage eventually arrived, with you and Xiao singing as the other four followed through with their cosplay and performed the Mean Girls choreography, Xiao’s mind couldn’t help but go back to the comment about you in a dress. He was glad everyone was too busy to notice him or the flush in his cheeks.

Later on, you two were watching a recording of the show on the couch in his bedroom of the hotel you all were staying in, laughing at the other members, sipping hot chocolate to warm up from the cold. Soon enough, you placed your up down, adjusting under your blanket to face him, placing your legs up on the chair. “Alright, Xiao, what’s up?”

Xiao looked back at you, a bit of confusion in his face, not expecting you to pick up on him fast. Thankfully, for him, he had spent a good amount of time carefully crafting the question he wanted to ask you, the perfect wording in his mi—

“Do you want to go on a date with me?”

Well, that’s all out the window.

“Huh? Oh…!”

As he was mentally cursing himself in three different languages, you looked up at him, already being able to tell he was struggling to express himself. You let out a small sigh, leaning over and pressing a soft kiss to the corner of his mouth, causing his brain to freeze mid-thought. As he opened his mouth, you placed a finger to his lips.

“Yes, I’ll go on a date with you. Yes, I mean it. We can figure out the details later. For now, just try and get your brain unscrambled, okay?” You said, wrapping your arms around him, pulling the blanket around both of you. Xiao simply gave a nod, wrapping his arms around you, placing his chin on your figure, looking back at the laptop where you were already putting on a movie for yourselves to watch.

heizou: last christmas (wham!)

You closed your eyes as Barbara powdered some blush onto your face, Xinyan and Yun Jin fixing up your hair, Lumine holding your hand on your free side. You were all talking a bit before you had to go on stage, trying to calm your nerves.

“So you get to go on with Heizou! That’s really great, I’m glad for you, Y/N. Especially since you like him, right?” Barbara asked, you giving a small hum of affirmation, opening your eyes to look at the mirror, rotating your head to look at your appearance.

“Yeah… Although I’m nervous. You know how he is, he definitely knows. I don’t know why he hasn’t said anything about it, though. I really think he just doesn’t like me back.” You said, almost immediately being met with various protests.

“Hey, ‘m sure Heizou likes ya back just as much, m’kay? Maybe he just doesn’t know how to say it, s’all,” Xinyan said, Yun Jin nodding and adding on to her statement. “Yeah, people who are observant over others normally aren’t too observant about themselves, right?” She said, you giving a small sigh.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right… I think I’m gonna ask him later, and if I don’t get a yes, I’ll just move on from him. I don’t want a repeat of… you know.” You said, all of the girls nodding and hugging you from all sides, squeezing you gently.

“Of course, you deserve at least that much. And no matter what happens, we’ll always be here for you, right?” Lumine said, a small chorus of agreement followed as you reached up, cherishing the bandmates who meant the world to you.

“Alright, now go out there and kill it!” Lumine said, the other three cheering with her as you stood, taking a deep breath and heading behind the curtain.

You walked next to Heizou, who seemed to be in thought about something, quickly snapping out of his thoughts with a smile towards you. “Y/N! Ready to go out there and sing?” He asked, raising a hand for you to squeeze. You looked back at him, before forcing a smile, nodding and gently, briefly squeezing his hand. He found it odd, but there was no time to address it, he’d just have to ask later after his own plans for later that night.

Later on, you and Heizou had met up at a park near your hotel, sitting on the swings next to each other. You had been idly chatting about things for a while, and you had been trying to bring up the courage to ask about his feelings in response to yours. Eventually, you steeled your nerves and plunged into the metaphorical water���.

“Heizou, we both know that you know how I feel about you already, so please, just be honest with me. Do you feel the same?” You ask, swallowing back the pleading tone in your voice. Heizou looked over at you, before giving a smile, pulling something out of his coat pocket and handing it to you.

“Well, it’s like George Michael said, right? With a note saying "I love you", I meant it~” he sang, watching as you took the heart shaped box, reading the careful calligraphic on the top.

‘Merry Christmas, Y/N. I’m glad I got to sing with you. Now, let’s keep doing it for the rest of our lives, okay?’

You looked at the redhead, who walked over gently leaning towards you.

“I’m sorry I didn’t say anything before, I just didn’t know how. But, I’m glad I finally did. And you are too, right?” He said, letting out a breathy chuckle as you wrapped your arms around him, leaning in.

“Yes, yes I am,” you said, closing the gap between you two, pressing a soft kiss to his lips in the moonlight.

venti: all I want for christmas is you (mariah carey)

“Thank you for coming out, everyone! And as always, we’ll see you next time!” Venti said, giving a wave to the crowd who clapped and cheered while you two went off stage. You had just gotten done with one of your many performances of the song that seemed to be the embodiment of Christmas itself. It wasn’t a bad song, mind you, but having to perform it so many times made it very tiring very fast. Well, at least you had Venti to do it with.

Later on, after your final performance for a hit, both of your bands had gathered in the hotel preparing yourselves for the night you all had planned full of Christmas movies, hot chocolate, Christmas cookies, and gingerbread houses.

After a long night of fun with yourself and your bands mates, you found yourself alone on the balcony, reminiscing over the night.

At least, you thought you were alone.

“Y/N? Oh, you’re still up. Is everything alright?”

You looked back at Venti, giving him a nod and a smile as he plopped down on the space next to you on the balcony couch.

“Yeah, I’m okay. Just thinking, y’know? Tonight was fun and all, but it feels like something was missing, is all…” you said, trailing off. Venti gave you a nod, before pointing up, turning your attention towards the ceiling above you.

“Maybe that’s what it was?” He suggested, your face turning red at the prospect. You liked Venti, sue, but the thought of kissing him made you sweat. He looked at you, giving you a grin and leaning forward, giving you a teasing look. “C’mon, Y/N, you know the rules~”

You took a breath, shaking off your nerves. You knew Venti wouldn’t leave you alone about it, and besides, what’s the worst that would happen, right? You resolved to kiss him on the cheek, but like how most cliches go, he ended up tilting his head and kissing you on the lips instead. You felt him softly melting into your warmth, before pulling back, almost too quick for your taste.

He looked at you, grabbing your hands and squeezing them gently, an uncharacteristic nervous blush on his face. “I… didn’t expect that to actually work. But that doesn’t matter. I like you, Y/N. And I hope you like me back too.” He said, waiting for your response.

You looked back, a small smile creeping onto your face, giving him a small nod in response. “Yes, I like you too, Venti,” you said, leaning forward and wrapping your arms around him. He let out a small sigh of relief, leaning into you.

“I’m glad. All I wanted was you. And I actually mean that, not just the song.”

You gave a laugh at his quick end comment, before pulling him back inside, the two of you heading to sit next to each other, holding hands as you drifted off to sleep.

[sincerelyandyourstruly]

amazing grace

"Why do you keep saving me?" Xiao asks one night. His throat is sore, his voice but a faint, painful croak, from the raw, tendriled sores left behind from the act of pulling his karmic debts out of his person.

Venti rests his flute upon his lap. "You keep looking as if you want to live."

Xiao clenches his jaw, but does not let his expression darken. "Have you ever considered that perhaps my desires are not in your best interests?"

(His leather gloves creak.)

Venti rests an elbow on his knee and uses it to prop up his chin with a smile so affectionate and tender, it makes Xiao wish he was even more of a monster than his past sins have already made him.

((For is it not said in Mondstadt that it is through the simple grace of their Archon that people are delivered from demons and into the hands of Freedom?))

"I'm the God of Freedom, Xiao," he says, nonchalant. "I cannot think of a single circumstance wherein someone's desire for the freedom life affords could possibly go against my best interests."

His debts freshly subdued, there are no whisperings of violence in Xiao's head, but having lived with them for so long, he is all-too familiar with the threats— no, the promises— they make him.

Desperate to prove his danger, he swiftly teleports behind Venti, presses a hand between the Anemo Archon's shoulder blades, then teleports them both to the ground. Now with one hand pinning Venti down by the shoulder and the other pressing the point of his jade spear into the wooden floor a few mere hair's breaths away from the bard's own braids, Xiao straddles Venti's waist, breathing heavily as he bares his ugly fangs.

(He can feel each echoing heartbeat ring against his chest, tension curling up his spine, as blood rushes through his ears.)

Venti's jade-green eyes are hardly any wider than usual, though his lips have parted from what must be shock, Xiao thinks. He can count every freckle in every constellation scattered across Venti's nose and cheeks— he must be shocked from their sudden, almost unprecedented proximity.

"What would you do if you knew that by saving my life, you have doomed the lives of hundreds, if not thousands more?" Xiao asks, voice low.

A pause.

((What would you do if you knew that by delivering me from an otherwise inevitable doom, you have only written doom unto yourself?))

Venti opens his mouth and draws a quiet breath, his forehead creasing slightly with the shifts in his expression. He lifts a hand to Xiao's face, seemingly unafraid of the sins which cling to his very being as he wipes the blood from the demon's brow.

"You would never do that," Venti whispers, and a shiver runs down Xiao's spine as Venti trails his bloodied touch down to cup Xiao's cheek. "Not while the breath in your lungs was still free."

Xiao's face burns against his will and best efforts. "And if it's my own fault if I lose control?" he insists, desperate to give his tone the edge of a proper growl.

Venti's fingers wander down to Xiao's chin.

The Anemo Archon's serene face blurs as their proximity increases; Xiao finds his breath quickening in anticipation when Venti's eyelashes flutter shut.

(Whole lives mingle between their breaths.)

"Don't worry," Venti murmurs, his soft lips grazing against Xiao's chapped ones. "I will forgive you."

((Xiao cannot tell if his tears are born of guilt or relief as he lets himself close the gap between himself and his saving grace.))

[harcheongai]

oh good lord i am crying

im FUCKING CRYING NO ONE TALK TO ME VENTI SAVED XIAO ???? THIS IS FUCKIN,,, YOO MY HEARTT MELTED

image text thingy is under the keep reading thingy haha 

[ image text: Character Story 5

What does Xiao fight against?

The Traveler understands very well that Xiao fights against the darkness that threatens Liyue. He fights to defends Liyue.

But who will defend him?

There was once when most of Xiao's strength was spent fighting from dusk till dawn, with him emerging victorious by a mere hair. The reeds fields had been sliced to ribbons in the fierce fighting. Plucking his spear from where it had been planted in the ground, Xiao began the trek home

Well, one says "home” - yet, where did Xiao have to return to? He was merely leaving the battlefield.

Long exhausted, Xiao felt the divine hatred that tainted his body take effect.

Limitless hate flooded his senses, and he fell to the ground in agony.

But it was also at that moment that the pain vanished without warning. And clear it continued to ring till the first light of dawn brought with it the startled flight of distant birds.

This was not by Xiao's own strength, for he had been rescued by the sound of a flute.

The clear, lovely sound of the flute came over the mountains and rivers, carried on the wind to where he lay.

It protected Xiao, massaging his wild senses, and giving him a moment's peace.

Who was playing this music? Xiao was curious but did not pursue the matter. For he already had something approaching an answer.

The last person who could help him was one of The Seven themselves So this person, too, must be-]

[bluexiao]

#can i brush your hair tonight?

—instances when you brush, pat, or pet his hair or take care of it for them

CHARACTERS. Zhongli, Xiao, Venti, Thoma, Scaramouche, Kazuha, Kaeya, Gorou, Diluc, Childe, Ayato, Albedo, Aether

THEMES. fluff! reverse comfort.

WARNINGS. may have spoilers on Venti. (Very) Slight suggestive on a few parts (Albedo, Venti, Thoma?) but nothing much to worry about.

NOTES. hello so this is slightly late, i know. i was out for most of today plus i also relished eating my tonkotsu ramen so i forgot the time hahaha. anyway hope you’ll like this one guys<33

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ZHONGLI is steadfast as a rock and would be rather difficult to fluster despite great efforts. He’d crack a smile or two, admiring the beauty of your actions, but you’ll never win from the toughness of his shell.

“You’d like to brush my hair?” his voice was laced with confusion before he chuckled, “Well, who am I to deny such a gracious request from my beloved?”

Silence filled the room yet both of you relished on the tranquility of each other’s presence, the scent of the tea you two had still in the air, and the crickets of the night sang to further fill in the harmony of the evening.

The brush skims through his thin, long strands that didn’t seem to have that much need. Yet despite it, you made sure that nothing was left uncovered, leaving no regrets behind. By the time you finished, his eyes flutter open as he turns to you, a soft smile on his lips. He then reaches towards your cheek before he says, “I did not know such a simple thing could put my mind to ease, thank you, beloved.”

XIAO is wary, slow to open up, could stretch his wings and fly away when he feels threatened. It was night when the dark enveloped the depths and crevices of the yaksha’s heart, creeping in and soiling his already lost core. His karma—you were no strangers, you knew.

“Xiao, I’m here,” you whisper as his words pushes you away, his body stiff under your embrace, fingers on the strands of his hair. His system was shutting down, almost getting sucked in by darkness when he felt it. The way you caressed his hair still, his scalp and dark locks locks soothed by the tips of your fingers, as if pulling him from the gloom of his debt.

He breathes in as if he hadn’t all his life, panting hard as if vision clears, sight regained as he realizes he was in your room, your house. Not in Wangshu, but with you.

“Are you back?” you looked at him for a minute, and he saw the tears that were in the corner of your eyes, now falling down when you were able to confirm that he was coming to, a smile—the most beautiful smile he had ever seen—forming on your lips before you pulled him in another embrace.

“You’re back. You’re back, Xiao. I thought I lost you,” you say. He was breathing normally by the time he raised his own arms to wrap them on your waist, letting himself return your affection.

“You saved me. I am in your debt, Y/n.”

VENTI’s body is not his own. His face, his hands, his eyes, his hair and everything else is not one that was fated to him—for him. He didn’t particularly paid much attention to his desires. He was no one before you came into his life.

His giggles echoed in the room as you untangled the braids of his hair, the bluegreens coming into life at the softness of your touch.

“So brave of you to ask, my windblume,” he muses, to which you lightly slapped the back of his shoulder while chuckling.

“What? Don’t be shy now,” he teases grinning in fromr of the mirror with his hair now untied and let down.

Despite tt all, he’d be silent throughout the process, a soft smile playing on his face, yet still silent. You could tell he was savoring the moment of being taken care of, his muscles and body at ease.

His body was not his own, but with you here, every moment makes him feel like it was his all along.

THOMA had always thought of others before himself. He does not also have the time to do so, anyway. Thus when you came and changed his entire routine, it was then that he realized how much effort he puts onto others before, and with you by his side, he was slowly starting to appreciate and be selfish of the attention he had neglected from himself.

“That feels good,” he says as he lets you rub your fingertips on his scalp, your digits on his strands, “You’re so good to me, you know.”

He cracks one eye open and he reaches for your hand, placing a kiss on it for a little while before closing his eyes once again. Such a sweet man, he is, he doesn’t even know how much your heart skipped a beat and your breath halted at such a simple action.

SCARAMOUCHE would kill with the daggers of his gaze—or literally—before anyone could even touch him. Yet, like many other time, you remain his one and only weakness.

And he doesn’t know if he despised it or loved it.

“What are you-” he halts, his mouth pursing shut as you continued to brush his hair with your palm, smiling as you compliment him on how smooth it was. You chose to ignore the blush that appears on his cheeks as he continues to stare at you, forcing himself to narrow his eyes at your form; his hat on your head, a pleased look on your face. It was a good thing no one was there around both of you or else he might have dug his own grave by letting you pet his head and hair delightfully.

“I’m not a pet, Y/n,” he frowns—pouts, actually. But despite this, you could tell how much he liked it with how he doesn’t push you or your hand away.

Soft as a feather. It was natural of KAZUHA to always compliment your beauty beyond his—you’re the priority, When you offered to do his hair one particular time, he was ready to say no. Yet he knows those sparkles and glitters in your orbs, begging him to say yes, thus he did, chuckling with a “Of course, whatever you wish, my dove.”

He remains silent as you carefully brush his hair first, asking him every now and then if it hurts every time you straighten up the knotted strands of his light hair with a whisper. It warms his heart, how much you care, how much you love. By the time you finished combing snd tying his hair on his usual style, he suddenly turns around and grabs your hand, placing a kiss on each of your knuckles before standing to his feet and pressing his lips on yours.

“Thank you,” he whispers next to your skin, “you never fail to amuse me, dove.”

KAEYA has too many secrets to hide. The gravity of his sins couldn’t even compare with those that seemed visible to the eye.

When you touch his hair, you were touching his heart, his core, his soul. He wants to pull away, to never let anyone see his vulnerabilities and fragilities. Yet you, you have something in you that makes him feel… free.

Freedom’s such a heavy word, even from him who supposedly hails from Mondstadt. With your lips, he love; with your hands, he care; with your touch, he submits. You broke him out of the frozen confines of his heart, made him breathe through the air of this so-called love.

“Kaeya? Does it feel good, hun?” you asked him, and he looks into your eyes and tells the truth.

“Of course, sweetheart,” he smiles at you, “Everything you do for me is good.”

Due to his natural instincts, GOROU feels your touches with an intensity. Just merely having your fingers caress and run through his hair makes his muscles instantly ease to the touch. He accidentally lets out a few hums or moans especially since his guard was down, only to let it back up as he consciously looks around, cautious of having anyone else around.

You giggled as you gently pat on the back of his head, halting the soft attack on his hair and ears for a little while, letting the poor boy rest and take a breather, “Don’t worry, no one but me will hear you.”

“This is embarrassing,” he hides his face on the crook of your neck, but remained having his arms around you and legs propped on either side of yours—seated on your lap, actually.

“Don’t be, baby,” you purr, “I’m just pampering you for a little while. So just relax, hm?”

DILUC shielded himself from anything else, anybody else. Deflected any other care towards him and as a result, he wasn’t used to such kind of affections.

“You don’t have to,” he says as you prompt him to sit down in front of the mirror, eyes telling how much it’s not something he does not do often—ever, probably.

He remains quiet for a long while, you won’t even know if he liked if or not until you two were about to slip on the bed, suddenly feeling him hug you from behind and kissing one of your temples as he held you there for a little while.

“Would you like this to be a recurring habit every night?” he whispers, quite hesitatingly but still letting it out, “It appears you took pleasure on it, I don’t mind if you’d want to keep it that way starting from now.”

CHILDE is a wildfire, despite his wave-like strength. Yet there are times when he’s magntized by the force of your peace, and this is was one of those times.

You were taking off his mask, helping him out of pure routine when he comes home. By the time you successfully do so and had the item placed somewhere else, he takes a hold of your hand before pulling them up to his hair once again.

“Why?”

“Can you do that again?” he inquires with a shy smile.

You could only furrow your brows as you then realized what he was referring to, a smirk forming on your lips, “Want me to caress your hair?”

He pouts and he seemed to want to say no but he sooner nods, pulling you from where you both were until he plops on the couch, while letting you sit on his lap.

“Please? I’m so tired from work,” he whines, snaking his arms on your waist and settling his head on your shoulder, not before pressing a gentle kiss on it first.

AYATO‘s hair is like silk, woven by the greatest seamstresses of Inazuma, He lets you brush them since you seemed to have been wanting to—you confessed it to him, actually, by the time you two had gotten together.

He lets you do whatever you want with them; through braids, ponytails, or maybe even a bun. You let him take care of you, thus he lets you do the same to him. Actually, he’d let you play with his hair while he’s doing his work. “It calms me down,” he says, referring to the way your fingers run over his hair, your fingertips teasing his back or his shoulders or the back of his neck, brushing onto them accidentally.

ALBEDO couldn’t understand the pleasure of having their hair touched by someone—being taken care of, actually. Such a confusing topic that he can never relate to until it happened to him—you happened.

He felt it; how his shoulders eased, a sigh falling out of his lips, his back leaning to where you were behind him, and it was as if the world had gone and you and him were the only ones left. When you proposed to take a bath together, he didn’t expect for someone such as himself to feel like this. Comforting, almost like a sanctuary and an escape from the world.

“You’re silent, ‘Bedo, are you alright?” your voice pulls him out of his reverie.

“Better, actually,” he answers, “I did not know how calming it is to have someone massage though one’s scalp or let them wash their hair. Unexpected but it’s not really surprising, after all, there are nerve endings in the scalp, which makes it quite easy to let us, even such as I, to feel good.”

You could only blink as you nod even if his back was on yours, awkwardly chuckling, “Yeah.. that’s right. Anyway, would you like me to apply conditioner on your hair?”

Teyvat is a cruel world. AETHER knew of that as his footsteps wandered around, traveled and met everyone and experienced everything.

He swears to protect you, to show you that there is a light beneath the darkness. And yet, you’re the one who does it to him, who takes care of him or loves him when he didn’t know he needed it. He has his sister, and he has everything. But now, he doesn’t think he could live the same without you and your fingers sliding onto his hair, bringing them together into a braid just how much you put him together. You were now his foundation, a sanctuary he couldn’t have expected to find, the person who makes him whole and drown out all the worries away, even for a little while.

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[zhongrin]

cat cafe shenanigans 🐾

diligently listens to the briefings and takes mental notes of all the rules

albedo, diluc, xiao, zhongli

doesn't listen at all to the briefings - he just wants to pet the cat asap and you have to physically restrain him

itto

takes a step inside and breaks into a sneezing fit. rip

venti

the chosen ones cats are all over him

kazuha (no explanation needed), thoma (again, no explanation needed), xiao (he looks disgruntled at first when a cat plopped onto his lap, but he pets them anyway), diluc (is very confused, but it makes a very cute sight)

cats avoid him like a plague

zhongli (you're not sure why, maybe they're wary of his dragon origins?), itto (he keeps trying to pick them up and give them kisses), scaramouche (he says he doesn't care but is secretively very offended)

tries to pick up a cat, gets scratched, is reprimanded by the staffs

itto, childe

buries his face to the cat's fur, gets scratched, is reprimanded by the staffs

itto, aether (couldn't resist the fluffiness, he's very embarrassed about it)

makes kissy sounds to get the cats' attention

childe, itto, aether, kaeya (pouts when it doesn't work, glances at you and remarks "hmm strange, it worked for this kitten...")

meows to get the cats' attention

childe (loudly), heizou (loud #2), kazuha (in a very soft voice, but it's the most adorable noise ever)

knows everything about a cat but is a little awkward at actually dealing with them

zhongli (even though he's basically a cat in his smol dragon form)

secretly brings treats to feed the cats

pantalone (only the best treats tho), ayato (you don't think you want to know how many cat treats he stashes within his furisode, that shit is magical), kaeya (cheekily gives you a smug look when a cat settles on his lap because of it)

not-so-secretly produces a cat toy out of his pocket/bag and starts playing with the cats

albedo, childe, thoma, aether

crawls along the floor in hope to catch their attention

itto (why did you take this man to a cat cafe what were you thinking)

observes the felines and develops a whole theory about which cats are best friends, which cats have beef with each other, and the background stories of each cat (staff is stunned because he's spot on)

heizou ("well, i'm not a detective for nothing~ do i get a kiss as a reward, my lovely assistant?")

buys the establishment (or, well, some of them attempts to)

childe, pantalone, ayato, zhongli (all because you made an offhanded comment, "if only i can run my own cat cafe" - please bonk him, this man has no money)

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What are their heartbeats like..?

I can’t remember what I was watching, but the girl sat on the guys lap, and just leaned her head on his chest and listened— he asked her what she was doing and she replied with “listening to your heartbeat” and I thought that was really cute dndndjznsxj and then proceeded to think about it w a y too much— so- what do you think the genshin boys’ heartbeats are like? And how would they respond to their s/o doing fhat? Idk if you only do specific characters,, but I would really love it if you did Diluc, Albedo, Xiao, and Venti 🥺 I mean I would be very happy to read the rest~ but idk if you have character limits 😳- umm hc’s or drabbles would be super cool! You can pick (: and thank you for even reading this!! Have a stellar day !!

Listening to the beating of his heart

The moment i read the question i got the gist of the req -but my college head be like //// :0 am i supposed to describe systoles and diastoles :0 -- anYwaY ksksks hope youd enjoy this

Includes: Venti | Diluc | Kaeya | Albedo | Zhongli | Xiao | Childe

Fluuuuuuuff and some angst for kaeya albedo and xiao cause i cant stop myself hahaha

Venti

At first it was hard to discern his heartbeat as the bard was humming

but with concentration, you finally hear the soft thumping of his heart

the rhythm- it was so soft and gentle just like him

As you continued listening to his heart, you can’t help but giggle a bit for his heart was beating along with the tune your bard was humming

Just like Venti- even his heart sings~

The laughter made the bard stop his tune and asked, “What is it that my beloved finds funny?”

You giggled some more, “Your heart, it sings with you~”

Your answer made the bard soft, “Then I shall sing some more for my heart only sings to you.”

Diluc

You always loved the night time. Why?

because it’s the time when Diluc would hold you close to his chest and you get to listen to the deep and calm beating of his heart

His heart was so calming, it made you really appreciate and love him more

“I love you,” you whispered

The man did not speak at first- he simply he took your hand and placed it on his chest, “I love you, too.”

Kaeya

Kaeya’s heartbeats are slow and prominent 

Slow and prominent in a way that it means he feels safe enough for him to relax in your arms and not from the past that plagues him

to anyone else, Kaeya was quick to build his walls around his heart lest his weaknesses will be known. He will hide it until he feels safe in your embrace

Albedo

You were already made aware that your lover is no human and that he firmly believes that he truly will never be human

but that doesn’t mean that you’re going to love him any less

his heartbeat- it was more of a pulsation that you can feel under your fingertips rather than a rhythmical beating

the pulses you felt were strong and powerful- indicating that the alchemist really is far stronger than an ordinary human

but still- despite the strength his artificial heart holds, the way he holds you right now in his embrace just proves that he is, in every essence and aspect, a human that your dearly love

Sensing your fingers caress the area above his artificial heart, he asks what you are doing

“Appreciating your heart”

Albedo sighs, “It’s not a real heart.”

His reply made you pout. So what you did next was to place a gentle kiss above the pulsation. “But it tells me otherwise, Albedo.”

and the way your words held conviction made him love you even more

Zhongli

His heartbeat was steady and firm. The rhythm of his heart brought you a sense of familiarity and stability. It was so him and you loved it. As you listened to the repetitive thump thump thump, soon enough- you started tapping your fingers at your lover’s arm to the beat.

The tapping was subtle, but Zhongli doesn’t miss the sensation of your fingers on his skin, “What are you doing?”

You hummed a bit, “Listening to your heart.” was all you said and just simply cuddled into his embrace more as the man placed a lithe kiss on your hair- you felt the smile gracing his lips

Xiao

his heart spoke volumes about the feelings he refuses to show to anyone but you

his heartbeats are sorrowful and loud

Sorrowful for he only wanted peace from the demons that scream within him

Loud because he desperately needs- wants someone to hear him and save him from the pain he had endured for so long

Xiao was asleep in your arms, but there was enough space for you to maneuver yourself

Once his head has been laid on your chest, you only wished that your heart can be heard for him to follow out of the darkness

Childe

His heartbeat- you concluded with glee- was energetic and lively

You have no idea why but those two words really fit him, too

it was like- it was like resonating with his conviction of his want to become stronger and his want for a battle

the positivity his heart emanates, it was so infectious- you smiled at the thought of his lively heart

Feeling your lips smile against his skin, Childe gave you a questioning hum

“Your heartbeats are really lively.” You said while offering a smile to his way.

“Of course~ With me holding you close, my heart is sure to burst for you any time.”

A/N: my adjectives were challenged wtf hahahahahaha

[mrpenguinpants]

Spider’s Thread [Reverse AU]

Possessive Red Xiao x Reader

Word Count: 2.5k

Commissioned for: @profoundwitchsalad

Art Credit: @ruoyeahs

Warning: Unhealthy relationships.

Prompt:

“You’ve ruined my life because I have a warped idea of what love is and I can’t live without you. But now you’re trying to leave me and I won’t allow that. You left me alive. You have a duty to live for me and by me. I’m not letting you go.”

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Xiao Semi Series

[ Friendship ] [ Falling in Love ] [ Cuddles ] [ Protective ] [ Affection ] [ Jealously ] [ Opposites Attract ] [ String Of Fate (Soulmate) ] [ Fainting ]

Link to original posts:  [Red! Xiao.] [Reverse AU]

[Masterlist]

Alatus was once told a story by his Master. A sinner who falls into hell is rewarded for his only good deed, choosing not to kill a spider. As his reward, a thread is lowered down for him to climb out of Hell. In the end, the sinner remains in Hell because he kicks aside others and the thread breaks. Alatus doesn't remember why his Master told him this story but he still empathizes with the sinner. He would have done the same or asked for this 'saviour' to extend their hand down instead. That way he could pull them down.

"Xiao? Are you okay?"

He slowly opens his jade eyes to see you hunch over, peering down above him, eyebrows furrowed together in concern as you reach down and softly tap his temple. He allows you to take a moment to do whatever you want with his face before he reaches up to grasp at your wrist gently, holding back on his want to rub circles into your skin. His reminiscing can wait for now.

"What is it?" he asks curtly, sitting up and resting his elbow on his raised knee. You pout at his curt tone but shrug it off as you take a seat next to him and lean your shoulder against his. You dig into your bag and pull out slips of commission papers and hand it over to him to read through what needed to be done today. A few Hilichurl camps needed to be taken care of, sabotaging a slime balloon, all tasks that seem mundane to someone who fought in a war. As he's preoccupied, you take a moment to look at Xiao's face. He's just the slightest bit unnerved whenever you do this because you always seem to know what's bothering someone.

"Were you dreaming of her again?" you ask quietly. The silence is a good enough answer but you nod understandingly. You never knew his Master personally but you did fight a long strenuous battle against her. From one look you could tell she was a manipulative and cruel woman. While it may not be very kind to say, you were glad that with her passing, Xiao would be free from her physically. But mentally...there were still some things to work out. But Xiao was a very reclusive person, especially with his emotions, so pushing him any further would only make him irritated and closed off.

"Venti and Zhongli are joining our party for a bit if that’s alright. They'll help out a lot with our commissions and travelling. I like Liyue a lot but climbing mountains stresses my shoulders out," you laugh as you change the subject to something less depressing. Standing up as you dust your clothes off before turning to Xiao and holding your hand out for him to take. He stares at it hard for a few moments before huffing and reaching over to clasp your hands together.

It has been so frustratingly peaceful since the war ended. He's not used to it and he can still feel the lick of cutting winds and the heavy pressure of rocks against his body when he sees the bard and funeral parlor consultant just on the horizon. If it were up to him, he wouldn't play nice with these two Archons but they're important to you so he bites his tongue until he tastes blood. He knows the Archons do the same. As soon as the two of them spot you both, Venti is already rushing and tackling you to the ground in his excitement.

"Traveler! I haven't seen you in ages. You need to come and visit Mondstadt more," Venti cried into your shoulder as you awkwardly patted him on his back. Always with the dramatics but you cared about Venti all the same. Xiao scoffed before flicking his jade eyes to meet gold as Zhongli stared down at him cautiously. Since the war ended, everyone seemed to have this warped idea that Alatus had some vendetta against the Gods and Celestia but he was fighting because he was told to.

"Xiao. It's good to see you again," Zhongli said to him. Xiao just nodded in acknowledgement. Even with this new mortal form, Morax never bothered to change his eyes. His gaze alone held the weight of the mountains he had thrown. If Xiao hadn’t been under one of them before, he might have crumbled under the pressure.

"Alright alright, Venti. I promise I'll drop by sometime this month but we still have commissions to do!" you laugh as you haul the bard onto his feet and swat his cape down from the speckles of dirt. He grins cheekily at you, linking pinkies with you to seal your promise, before suddenly lighting up as if he just remembered something.

"Actually! Before we start anything, I need to speak to Mr. Zhongli and Xiao. Super important archon things, you know?" Venti nodded to himself as the two mentioned people stared at him with varying levels of confusion. But Venti just waved their worries off and linked his arms with both men as he dragged them off to a more secluded corner with a surprising amount of strength, “We’ll be right back!”

"Do what you need to do but don't take too long," you called after the trio as you trailed off to the side, messing with your bag of commission papers and gear. Xiao hated that. He knows that these two Archons are your...friends.. but shouldn't you be a bit more cautious? Just because they have mortal forms doesn’t make them human, it doesn’t make him human either.

"Hey, there's no need to look so scary. There really is something important I wanted to talk to the two of you about," Venti speaks up as soon as you're out of earshot. It still gives Xiao whiplash whenever he drops the persona and switches back to Barbatos. "Since Morax is the only Archon I trust with this information and, while I don't trust you one bit, you're the one that's with her all the time you should also know. She's ascending to Celestia."

Barbatos gauges both of their reactions. Morax seems visibly surprised, his eyes slightly widened a fraction, while Xiao has no idea what that means. His Master didn’t exactly give him a history lesson on Celestia or Archons, just pointed to who was his enemy and dealt punishments when he failed.

"And what the hell does that mean?" Xiao asks as he crosses his arms. Venti appears for a second as the bard pouts before continuing.

"It's like I said. A mortal who performs great, heroic feats can ascend to Celestia and achieve godhood. Where they will watch over their people from above. I've only seen this once before so it took me a while to recognize the signs. But 1000 years ago, I helped a woman named Vennessa with her ascension and with the traveler's recent actions with winning the war. Well, you don't need me to explain the rest," Barbatos finishes. Zhongli simply hums as he cups his chin and absorbs what's just been heard. He doesn’t seem troubled by the news at all.

"Have you told her about this?" Zhongli questions as he looks towards the direction that you left. Venti shakes his head. “That would mean that she would vanish from this world."

“I know she loves this world. Whether she wishes to ascend or not isn’t my choice but I want her to continue her travels with that beloved smile on her face. But if she does choose to ascend, she will need our help," Venti stares at the two of them in a mix of pride, sadness, and determination. "Can I count on you two for your help?"

It's a complete white noise in Xiao's ears as his surroundings fade out. He thinks he can see Zhongli nod to Venti wishes, the ever calm smile on his face to match the cheery grin on Venti’s. What, now you want to become a God? Leave this world behind? That’s not funny. You made him give up everything. While in your eyes, your blinded hero syndrome, you think you've liberated him from a soulless conquest but he still has nothing. You still took everything away from him and your only compensation was to have him by your side until he left himself. But now you want to leave without a warning? That’s not fair. You don’t get to take back what you owe. He won't allow you to leave him behind.

“Did something happen? Did Venti say something unnecessary again?” you ask out of the blue. Zhongli and Venti had returned to their respective regions once your commissions were all finished. Since the three of them disappeared to talk Archon business, Xiao had seemed even more tense and aloof than usual. As if he was out of it? You knew that everyone was still suspicious of Xiao and they were angsty to leave you alone with him, but you knew Xiao would never do anything to hurt you. When he doesn't answer, you slowly reach over and you subtly nudge his head up onto your lap and look at him curiously. Before reaching down and cupping his cheek. He leans into your touch before turning his face into your palm and leaving a soft kiss. It makes you giggle at the ticklish feeling as you look at him so softly. It annoys him.

"You were never connected to the war and yet you fought against us anyways. Even when I killed so many people, why did you choose to spare me?" he asked as you blinked at him before giving it some serious thought. He went on a rampage and almost destroyed the world. It was fun. He doesn't have any regrets at all because he hated humanity. His own Master was human after all. But then you appeared and stopped him. A random outsider that wanted to play the hero. He thought it was cute. Perhaps he had underestimated the lengths someone would go to to save the world they loved but when he fell defeated at your feet. He said that this wouldn't change a single thing. He would still scorn humanity and what they did to him. He was so sure he would die there but you chose to extend your hand down to him instead despite what your companions felt. Even when the war ended and he had nowhere else to go, you offered him to travel with you. Nothing changed about his mentality, every person that chose to talk to him was quickly scared away with piercing eyes. Every conversation started would end in silence. Every touch would be met by the tip of his spear. But you would link your hands together with his and smile brightly, and he would always end up forgetting his trauma for a moment. You’ve... become precious to him.

"I love this world and everyone in it. You are a part of that world even if you tried to destroy it. It...didn't seem fair to leave you behind when you've suffered just as much," you finish but it only seemed to spark a wave of deep anger inside of Xiao. He quickly lurched up, almost knocking your forehead with his, before grabbing the scruff of your shirt collar and yanking you forward.

"Cut it out with that "love of everything" crap. It's revolting. So you're saying the people I killed weren't worth avenging? Do you think I'm so weak that I need protection? It's one thing to try and please everyone but at least have some awareness would you?" he snarled as he pushed you to the ground. He knew he was being harsh on you and you had every right to walk out and abandon him but you didn't. Of course, you wouldn't. You needed him as much as he needed you. You just reached over and tenderly reached your hand and placed it next to his. Damn it, why is he always the one stuck worrying about you.

"Then you want to protect me, right? Then don't break your promise. You left me alive which means you have a duty to live for me," he takes your hand in his and squeezes hard. Digging his nails into your own until crescents appear and tiny specks of blood appear so you know he's serious. He doesn't care how you interpret his words, just so long as you never leave him.

"Don't die on me, Hero."

It's been a few hours since the conversation so it's pitch black outside but Xiao was never one to sleep. Even if he could, his mind is too loud to fall asleep too. He's startled when you melt against him fully asleep. Honey smooth as you curl up to his warmth and cling to him like moss to a rock. He can feel his cheeks start to flush as his heart begins to pound against his chest. He can't breathe as his world is filtered through each beat that drums against his ears. He's not sure if there's actually something wrong with him or if it's just been a while since someone got so close and his instincts haven't left.

He's just realized it. He's feeling pain. The feeling in his chest is black but he can't claw it away. It's strange in a way that he can't explain it, that he's never felt before, that he's never felt the need to experience. His life had been warped by battle and a constant push to submit to his Master. They are all things he knows but the gentle words that come from your mouth, the bright eyes that hold the world, the horrible ice-hot feeling inside of him is so foreign yet too easy. He doesn't like it.

It makes him feel...clean in a way. Enlightened perhaps? His Master is long gone and it's like you said. He's free now. Free to make his own decisions and live his life how he wants to. He carefully turns over so as to not startle you away as he really looks at you. You look so peaceful in his arms, eyelids shut without worry, face slack without nightmares, breathing so softly against him. If you weren't so close to him that he couldn't feel the rise of your chest, he wonders if he would think you were dead. He stares at the lock of hair swaying back and forth with each breath like a starved man. The strange feeling doesn't stop. He hates it. It's everything that goes against him and what he knows and everything he should want. He's supposed to be the villain in your story, he should kill you right now-

"Xiao..." he hears you mumble beside him as you lean further into his arm. Damn it. How low is he going to go?

“What are you thinking about now? You just need to think about me. Don’t think about anything else...but me” Xiao sighs before he wraps his arms around you and pulls you into him until you're snug against his chest. Close to him, where he can touch you, where you belong. Not with Morax or Barbatos. Not with humans but beside him. He closes his eyes and nuzzles his head into your hair and he stares off into the distance. The feeling never leaves him for the remainder of the night.

"Ah! There you are. I was running around crazy looking for you," he turns his hair to see your flushed form pulling yourself up onto the mountain cliff, "When I woke up I couldn’t find you anywhere! You gave me a scare there."

He hates you. He hates you.

Words of his previous master ring in his ears, almost as if her very soul is wrapping around him as she whispers in his ear how weak he is. Ones with power that refuse to take what they want because they rather live in the comfort of nothing. Be greedier, take what belongs to you.

"Xiao?" you say as his piercing eyes stare directly through you. His Master always told him that she loved him. Even if he hated her he still clung to that false love. Of being wanted. Isn't love for a single person vile? Would feeling such emotions for one person instead of "everyone" bring you down to reality? It's not fair that you've crawled your way into his heart while you walk along in bliss. Now that he thinks about it. It was so simple. He just needs to monopolize your thoughts and love. This time it won't be as friends.

"I love you."

He'll pull you down to where he is. You extended your hand down to hell so it's your fault. He'll drag you down kicking and screaming if he has to. You left him alive. You have to live for him and by him. He's not letting go.

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can you do a short story for albedo like you did for diluc , zhongli and xiao ?? no rush and take care🧡!

Prologue Albedo x F!Reader: A strange feeling.

Synopsis: The first time he laid eyes on you, the world around him seemed to fade away. He didn't understand why his heart was beating so fast or why his sketchbook was now filled with nothing but portraits of you...

Style : Female reader, passion, love, soft, mellow.

Alert: None

Characters: Albedo x f!reader

Note: Come on, we're off to a little fanfic for Albedo, still in several parts. I'll post the rest of the resumes for Xiao, Venti and Albedo soon.

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Projects in progress and to come

My heart used to wear the colors of winter...

Love was just an empty word and I didn't know its real meaning...

But when I met you...

Your smile was for me like spring...

Blossoming the world with a thousand shades of life...

Albedo was sitting comfortably on the surface of a rock, ideally positioned to face the enchanting landscape of Dragonspine. The sketchbook he held in his hand was gradually filling up with sketches of the creatures that passed through his field of vision. The young man with blond hair was enjoying the solitude and the calm of the place. Mondstadt had become his home for some time now, and the people around him were all friendly and warm to him. Albedo liked each of these people, he could even think of them as friends, yet he was still uncomfortable. Social interaction was not his forte and when people like Succrose or Timaeus came to him with a lot of questions about his latest research, the weight on Albedo's shoulders only increased. At such times, the young alchemist would go off alone into the wilderness to seek peace and quiet.

Albedo slowly closed his notebook, watching the peak of Dragonspine's snowy mountain for a few more moments. The cold wind blew his hair and stung his skin. Something deep inside him, his instinct perhaps, was telling him that it was time to go home...

Albedo sighed loudly. He mechanically put his notebook in his bag before getting down from the rock on which he had settled. Slowly, he took the path back to Mondstadt.

You once lived in the mountains on the border between Mondstadt and Liyue. While you were still a child of five, a mage from the abyss came to attack your home, slaughtering your mother and father without mercy. The knights of Favonius who were in pursuit arrived in time to save you from the creature's flames... But unfortunately there was no hope for your parents.

You had been entrusted to the cathedral of the order of Favonius to be raised by the nuns who lived there. You were a lonely and withdrawn child, always seeming deeply sad, struggling with the demons of your past. For many years, a wall of silence hung over you. For a long time, the death of your parents haunted you, causing you to have nightmares and tremors. You had to learn to live again... What the sisters did wonderfully, devoting themselves body and soul to your reconstruction.

You had received a religious education. Your faith in Barbatos helped you find your way back to life. You wanted to live free, freed from the chains of the past. You wanted to turn the page of your history towards a new chapter...

As an elementary school teacher, you loved working with children. It was a real passion and you had already been congratulated for your excellent sense of pedagogy. The children loved your lessons and you made them interesting and fun. And since today was such a mild and sunny day, it was only natural for you to teach outside. You had thought of taking them to the square where the fountain stood, but since the sun was not hidden by any clouds, you chose the park near the headquarters of the Order of Favonius instead.

Under the shade of the trees, the children were listening attentively to your history lesson, your chapter dealing with a dark period that the city had known, the one that saw the birth of the legend of Lady Vennessa.

"Well, children, why don't you go relax in the park before we resume the lesson?

Happy, the children quickly got up, immediately starting to frolic in the grass. Only little Klee seemed to be daydreaming, standing on her tiptoes, her nose in the air and her eyes focused on the knights' building.

"Klee? Is something wrong?" - The little blonde turned to you, flashing her usual childish smile. You had moved closer to her, crouching down beside her to stand at the same height as her.

"I'm trying to see my big brother, he said he had to go home today... But it's too high!" - You smile at the little girl who used to tell you about her sweet and kind brother. You had never met him, being more used to running into Lady Jean or the cavalry captain, Kaeya, to drop off or pick up the little girl after school. - "Ah, big brother Albedo!" - Machinally, you turned your head in the same direction as Klee's. A young man with blond hair and a long white jacket was about to walk up the steps leading to the HQs before he was stopped by the voice of the little girl who was now running towards him, arms open wide. He welcomed Klee into his arms, placing a knee on the ground for support.

Your cheeks warmed as you looked at the young man. He was handsome. Incredibly handsome. And even though there was a certain coldness about him, the warmth on your face didn't seem to want to fade...

He and Klee seemed to be discussing something before she turned to point at you. Your eyes met... Lord Barbatos, was it possible to have such beautiful eyes? This man was so beautiful, so perfect, looking like a porcelain doll in every way. You felt so small, so unworthy of his gaze on you... Yet, as you saw the happiness lighting up Klee's face, you couldn't help but smile warmly at him, waving slightly to greet them both.

Albedo held Klee in his arms, tenderly stroking the top of her head. The little girl nestled affectionately against him, enjoying the warmth of his hands on her. Albedo knew that he missed Alice, Klee's mother, terribly. And although he could never replace his mother's absence, Albedo tried to give the little girl the love she missed so much. He wasn't very good with gestures of affection, but he had learned so much from the people of Mondstadt that it now seemed more natural.

"What are you doing here, Klee? Aren't you supposed to be in school?"

"Our teacher is teaching us outside today. You know, the one I told you about before. Look, that's her over there!" - Klee pointed at you. Albedo followed the direction the little girl was pointing...

Albedo didn't know how to explain his first impression of you. One thing was sure, he was not indifferent to you...

Why did his heart beat faster?

Why did the world around him seem to fade away, leaving only your silhouette shining in his field of vision?

Why did your smile shine like the brightest and most beautiful star?

His chest hurt, and when you looked away from him, the pain intensified. Klee let go of his arms to join his class. Free to move, Albedo pulled the drawing book he had put away a few hours earlier from his satchel. Before he knew it, the pages of his notebook were filled with sketches of you. He wanted to engrave your image in him forever...

Soon, it was time for the children to go home. Wishing them a good evening, you let them disperse in the streets of the city. As for Klee, she joined Albedo who was still sitting in the grass, his look concentrated on his notebook. It was only when he raised his face to Klee, that he noticed your presence beside him.

"Oh... Forgive me, I hope I didn't disturb your court... Miss?

"Y/N. Don't worry, you didn't disturb us. "

Even your voice gave him a strange feeling of well-being. It lulled him, soothed him. He didn't understand how or why you had so much power over him. Albedo put away his notebook, now filled with sketches of you. Standing up, he patted Klee's head in a gesture he intended to be affectionate.

"Klee, go back to HQ, I'll meet you later." - Klee nodded with a big smile then disappeared down the stairs to the Favonius Knights building. "Can I offer you something to drink? Klee has told me a lot about you, I would like to get to know you better."

Your shyness quickly resurfaced, spreading a soft warmth across your cheeks. You accepted his offer, wishing deep down that you knew this attractive young man. With a graceful wave of his hand, he invited you to walk beside him to escort you to Angel's Share.

"Do you draw, Master Albedo? I've seen you doodling in a sketchbook." - Albedo's cheeks took on a rosy hue as he thought about how many pages he had used to draw you.

"Albedo will suffice. And yes, I sometimes draw or doodle whatever inspires me. It's a very relaxing hobby."

"I see. Could I see them sometime?" - Albedo froze. He felt uneasy about showing you the sketches he had just made. After all, wasn't it a little strange that a man you had just met was drawing you in such detail and with such meticulousness?

"I could show them to you, but ... I'm afraid you'd be embarrassed by them."

"Why would they embarrass me?" - It wasn't usual to see Albedo blush. Almost nothing in the world could embarrass him and he was pretty sure you were the only one who had that effect on him.

"I'll show them to you... once we get to the tavern."

"Thanks. We could be on first-name terms, how about that?" - Albedo stared at you for a long time before nodding. The discussion gradually became easier for both of you, and by the time you sat down on the second floor of the tavern to drink a glass of dandelion wine, your exchanges had become so fluid that it felt like you had known each other for a long time. Although Albedo was able to maintain a calm facade, the smiles he threw at you from time to time gave you hope that he was comfortable with you.

"Tell me a little about yourself Y/N. Have you always lived here in Mondstadt?" - Your expression froze into a false smile, memories of the past surfacing again.

"No... I was born in Mondstadt, but not in the City of Freedom. My parents lived in the mountains, on the border between us and Liyue before they were killed by an abyss mage." - Albedo's lips parted slightly in surprise. - "It was the knights of Favonius who saved my life. They brought me back here and entrusted me to the sisters. "

"I-I'm sorry."

"It's okay, you couldn't have known. Besides, it's part of my past now. Today, I'm moving on." - Your eyes fixed on the wooden table. Your fists tightened, trembling, on something invisible to everyone else.

The young man was staring at you intensely. There was a long silence between you. Your eyes finally met his, it was impossible for you to decipher his thoughts. There was no pity in his eyes, only... benevolence? You smiled at him, bewildered by his kindness. You knew his reputation from the gossip of the townspeople. A gentle and kind man, but who could also be cold and distant, sometimes shunning the company of others... But not you. He didn't shun you. His teal eyes made you dizzy, or maybe it was the alcohol? To distract yourself from your thoughts, you suddenly got up from your seat and grabbed his notebook from his satchel. Albedo made no attempt to stop you, leaving you to flip through the pages at your leisure. It began with simple sketches of living creatures from Mondstadt, ranging from beautiful crystalline butterflies to strange ice hilichurls living in Dragonspine. Then you came across a sketch of yourself. The detail on your face was incredible, precise and mesmerizing. Under his pencil strokes, you looked so beautiful, so alive. He had detailed with incredible clarity your smile, your eyes, your movements. He must have spent so much time observing you to achieve this result... You kept turning the pages, again and again, coming across nothing but drawings of you. Tears came to your eyes. Had no one ever made you feel so... beautiful?

Feeling the tears, you let go of the precious notebook and put your fists against your eyes. Hesitantly, Albedo came and grabbed your wrist. He didn't know you, yet he was the only one who made you feel so alive, so embedded in this world.

"Thank you... Thank you."

Albedo wiped away one of your tears with his fingertip. How could something as insignificant as a tear be so beautiful? They looked like diamonds, shiny and pure. The young alchemist brushed strands of hair away from your face, taking advantage of the closeness to caress your cheek.

Your warmth was addictive.

When he felt you curl up against his touch, a warm smile on your lips, Albedo felt something change inside him. The ice that kept his heart imprisoned began to melt.

He wanted you.

What a strange thought... he had only just met you. But the chemistry between the two of you was so natural, so attractive, that it was easy for Albedo to be carried away by the current.

Strange.

This was a subject that deserved to be explored a little more...

[genshin-scenarios]

With an Adeptus!Reader...

A/N: Warning for spoilers of their backstories and Liyue's archon quest!

Characters: Zhongli, Xiao, Venti

Considering the hardships you went through before becoming an adeptus, Zhongli didn’t want to tie you to him with a contract; Liyue wasn’t in need of new warriors, and he was no longer leading the nation as Morax. Immortality erodes the spirit and memory, and with time comes a loneliness that can be hard to bear - thus Zhongli approached you with concern when he found out about your change.

What he hadn’t expected was for you to greet him with a smile and lighthearted conversation (it’s something he infinitely admires you for, really). Zhongli answers your questions pertaining his experience as an adeptus patiently, observing your reactions and body language to try and gauge if you're alright.

...You were a bit nervous about this transition though, and so Zhongli gives you a soft smile and places a reassuring hand on yours. Whenever you need him, don’t hesitate to reach out. He'd be more than willing to support you and listen when you have something to get off your chest. As both an experienced adeptus and friend, he’d like to be someone you can rely on. 

The talk ends with you finally dropping your strong front and laying in his arms (it’s not as if he couldn’t see right through you anyways, though Zhongli knew better than to poke at it while you were coming to terms with becoming an adeptus.) 

You still joked around even even as he was running his fingers through your hair (a calming motion), so at least that told him that you were fine. Zhongli can't help but chuckle when you point out that you match with him a little now, with your extra appendages/markings on your skin.

“You’d already brought light into my life when you were mortal.” Zhongli would remind you. “I will never lose sight of how our story began, nor take the rest of the time we have for granted.”

You’d laugh fondly, regarding him with a gentle gaze. “I thought you wanted to end this on a light note?”

“What could be lighter than the happiness you give me?”

Oh? “In that case, I’d have to thank you as well for painting my days in gold. Not just as Morax, but Zhongli as well.”

You’ve fought by Xiao’s side so many times that he could trace your movements as if they were his own. You weren’t from his generation of yakshas, but your purpose and combat prowess was something that he could comfortably rely on. He was proud to be able to say that you were comrades (and friends, and maybe a little bit more - Xiao was always cute when you teased him about that)

Like Madam Ping, you’ve opted to live amongst mortals to understand how to better support them in other ways. It’s quite a curious life you live, playing as a citizen by day and leaving for ‘work’ whenever needed, departing with a mysterious smile when asked about it.

Neither side of you was more ‘real’ than the other; as a citizen it was relaxing to indulge in mortal pastimes and learn to cook (regardless if you were very good at it), while traversing the land you love as an adeptus felt freeing, and battles always did give you a sense of purpose as it was something you’ve done for so long.

Though it’s always more fun when you can share the weight of a fight with Xiao - it’s nice how neither of you have to hold back in fear of hurting each other, and you share a familiar understanding that surpasses friendship, carefully built over time together.

Since he's so used to your presence, it sometimes surprises other people how casually he interacts with you (or even knows your habits/quirks), but you enjoy that little privilege that comes with your relationship. After all, once you've bonded on the battlefield for centuries, it's hard to call the other an acquaintance, right? It's not like it isn't mutual either~

“Hey, don’t forget that you can call my name too.” You nudged Xiao. “I’d never be late to a friend in need.”

He eyed the almond tofu that you’d abandoned for the sake of talking. “And have to argue about food with you after every patrol?”

“I said I’d cook!” You huffed. “You’re just stubborn. Eat more almond tofu and your muscles will become as soft as one.”

Xiao swiped your bowl from you, earning a yelp of protest. He wore the slightest of smirks as he finished it. “You said you wanted ‘real’ food. We can order more from downstairs.”

The first time he met you, Venti was only vaguely aware of you being an adeptus. He was visiting Liyue to have a drink with Morax but got a little lost (or so he said). He learn later that you were indeed in allegiance with the Geo Archon, though your contract was looser than the others as it was to look after Liyue’s people in general (the methods would be however you saw fit, and evolved as they did.)

“What a shame… You really signed your free time off to serve that blockhead, huh?” While you knew he was joking, you’d always wondered what he meant when he said it was a shame… You sometimes ponder this as you’re reminded of him, be it through the greeting of a breeze or singing of the birds.

Sometimes you’d visit Mondstadt during a mission, after which you would be invited by a certain bard to stay a bit longer, be it for some food or to catch the sight of the sunset from a different nation (Venti was always good at finding reasons to spend time together)

After Morax stepped down, Venti came to Liyue to check on you - he was aware of how the adepti respected and cherished his old friend, and offered his company as comfort. He’d sing, play the lyre or flute, or whatever that made you feel better. While he may joke about it, he really does admire your dedication to Liyue.

You laughed as a familiar pair of arms wrapped around your shoulders from behind. Venti’s greeting was cheerful as ever as your name rolled off his tongue. No matter how many times this has happened, it never stopped your heart from skipping. 

“Aren’t you ever worried we’d fall over when you jump on me like that?” You turned to look at him.

“Well, I know my brave warrior is strong enough to catch me!” Venti winked. “And if not, the wind will save us!”

Always a charmer, huh? You’re reminded of a past conversation as he took your hand and started leading you away, telling you something about the Windblume preparations for this year.

‘Sometimes I wish we could stay like this forever.’

‘In that case, might we form a little contract for ourselves? I’ll promise you my forever if you do the same.'

[lilimiyu]

"And my mornings stopped feeling empty and hollow. In the stillness of the night I found you, a glimmer of hope and a path leading me out of this nightmare."

Xiao x Lumine/Aether

You and Paimon decide to stop by Wangshu Inn and while you were feeling particularly lonely, Xiao decides to let himself be seen, and you share a moment.

Characters: Xiao, Traveler, Paimon, Barbatos (in naughty wind form) Warnings: Unrealistic Xiao interactions, Paimon, maybe. Tags: Fluff

A/N: I have literally never written a fic and had enough balls to post it in all my life, but here goes nothing. Apologies for grammar/spelling/weird wordings, English is not my native language, but I tried at least. Pls be nice to me ehe

The night sky atop Wangshu Inn was quiet save for the clanging of pots and pans in Yanxiao's kitchen and the soft chatter of the inn's residents.

You rest your forearms against the railing of the balcony with Paimon hovering by your shoulder, unusually quiet for once. A quick peek over has you realising that the Liyue sky has also enraptured her. Her large eyes, adorable and twinkling in the night, was fixated on the sky. You held back a laugh. There were so few a scenery that could render the fairy speechless, and you found yourself making the same face, awed and wistful.

You felt a sting in your chest as you grew aware of the empty space next to you, a reoccurring reminder. Having spent your life with another half - a part of you you never thought you would lose - the absence of your sibling felt painful, the sting spreading into a growing depression with each passing day.

You had no clue if they were even still breathing. Your journey felt futile some days, and your anger consumed your energy some more. You didn't have many days where you were allowed to have a minute to pause, take in the scenery, have more than a minute of conversation with your only friend. Some days she was a nuisance, but you loved her all the same, and you were sure she felt the same way towards you.

So you decide to enjoy your rare evening of peace and quiet. The air was dry tonight, the breeze has moved on to the city. You watched the lights from the inn reflect on the water below, and you could just make out a silhouette of you and your companion.

Out of nowhere, a light breeze caresses your face, bringing to mind the laughter of a certain green-clothed bard. You wondered if it was his breath, a greeting from the city of freedom. But, you knew the mischievous Archon wouldn't be so gentle with his greetings, having on many occassions whipped your hair across your face, blew Paimon into a bush, or had a leaf materialise out of nowhere to stick right onto your nose, followed by his tinkling laugh. Admittedly, you found his pranks funny, which made him more fond of you than he would like to admit.

This breeze, however, felt a little too gentle to have been Venti's, and you didn't need to wonder too long as to who it was. You turn your head to find a flat-faced Xiao staring right at you. The wind picks up, and it's only then that you recognise the scent of Qingxin flowers in the air.

"Good evening," he speaks, and Paimon shrieks in surprise. He looks slightly annoyed (and maybe a little offended) at her before fixing his eyes ahead at the view.

"Good evening, Xiao," you say to the side of his face.

"Quite a rare honour to have the traveler grace us with their presence." His tone sounds biting, but there is somewhat a tinge of jest in the corner of his eyes.

You smile, turning away. "Paimon felt peckish for the third time this hour, and begged for grilled fish."

"Mm, mm! Paimon likes Wangshu Inn's grilled fish the best." And she's back.

"She thinks Yanxiao has a secret formula and wants to find out what it is."

"Yanxiao is a magician! He can't make anything taste bad!"

"Xiangling would be offended."

"She isn't here to hear me!" Paimon crosses her tiny arms across her chest, eyes closed and face red.

You laugh, tugging on her foot. A small puff of air escapes the adeptus next to you, amused at your banter.

"I'm glad Wangshu has made a good impression on you both. The presence of a Yaksha can be off-putting sometimes."

You watch the expression on his face closely before realising you could be rude. Paimon exchanges a look with you.

"Why would the presence of a mighty being be off-putting?" Paimon quips, sounding offended. "Paimon would like to -"

You tugged on her foot a little harder. "Oi."

Xiao cracks an unamused smile. "A demon slayer residing in an old inn isn't exactly a tourist-magnet."

Paimon opens and closes her mouth, knowing exactly what to say but realising that it wouldn't do any good for the brooding Xiao. You knew that she admires and respects Xiao as an adeptus, but she wasn't particularly as fond of him and his sharp tongue. She gives you a look before leaving without another word. Classic Paimon move if you were being honest, leaving the conversation as soon as it gets difficult. You envied her in more ways than one.

The breeze picks up again, this time a little harder than the first, brushing against the skin on your shoulders. You press your body against the railing, leaning your upper body over the edge. The silence wasn't uncomfortable, but Xiao speaks up anyway.

"I soured the mood."

You hummed. You wished you could remove your boots and feel the wind on every part of your skin. You knew the wind was only present with Xiao by your side, and you wanted to take advantage of it. "I wonder why."

Xiao stares at you through the corner of his vision, as he always does. You almost laugh. What a brooding man. Adeptus. Man. You bite your lip in confusion.

"You have a bruise..."

"Yes." There were bruises everywhere on your body, and it wasn't as if a lot of your skin wasn't already exposed. It would be hard to miss.

"Here."

A gloved finger presses against the side of your wrist, gentle as the breeze. Xiao's face was not capable of reddening, but if it did, it would definitely be a touch pinker than it currently was, you think.

As embarrassed as it obviously makes him, he doesn't move his hand away. Instead, he slides the digit over the blue of your veins, looking almost lost in thought. You turn your hand over, giving him access.

He traces over the lines in your palm. "You will live a long life," he says quietly.

Define long, you think to yourself. Surely a long life has a different meaning in the eyes of an adeptus.

"I'm not sure I want to," rests on the tip of your tongue, but you opt with: "Xiao the palm-reader, what else do you see in my future?"

For the first time that evening, a real smile curves across his lips, and your chest tightens.

"I see a long journey. I see loss and pain. But I see peace towards the end. And I see..."

His golden eyes search yours, almost glowing in the night. You tear your gaze away, and find that somehow in the middle of it all, your fingers had intertwined with his. His fingers held firmly onto your limp ones, as if waiting for a response.

"Do you see the end?" You ask your fingers. They slip away from his grasp, pinching the tips of his glove.

"The end of you and me is a long way yet to come."

The glove slides easily off. You hadn't expected it, and the metal-and-fabric piece falls over the roof.

"Ah!"

Before you could prepare to jump after it, a hand comes up to rest against your cheek, turning your face towards the adeptus. A flash of gold eyes is all you were able to see before a pair of lips presses against yours.

Your eyes stay open through the whole three seconds, hardly believing the feeling of his chest under the thin material of his clothes. You felt your own heart in your throat. You were praying to Rex Lapis that Paimon was occupied with something else, anything else.

Eventually, he pulls away gently but doesn't move away, resting his forehead on your temple, his breath against your cheek, eyelashes like Qingxin petals on your ear.

"Xiao...?"

"I won't apologise," he breathes. His voice sent a shiver down your spine, and you slide your hand to the back of his head, more for the sake of grounding yourself. Never had you imagined you would be able to hear his voice this close to you, this intimately. You felt a mix of emotions both foreign and welcome.

His hands move to your back, pressing your bodies closer together as if there was any space left at all. You wanted to see his face, but you were paralysed against him. Somehow, a thought manages to worm its way into your brain.

"...What if Paimon sees us?"

You could hear Yanxiao's voice in the distance.

"I'll blow her away."

You burst out laughing, and Xiao finally lets you go, smiling at your expression.

He watches your face for a while. "That's the first time you've really smiled all night."

You let your laughter fade away, humming and resting your head on his shoulder, facing the warm glow of the inn. You would like to enjoy the feeling of being in his arms for a little while longer before your eventual leave.

"I'll admit I was feeling a tad... down before you appeared."

Xiao tugged at a piece of hair near your face. "I could sense it. I sent the breeze to comfort you, but you're hard to fool."

You cheek presses against his skin as you smile. "I was almost fooled, but even Barbatos is never that gentle."

"Only when he wants to be."

At that, the wind blows hard, slapping at your skin, and tangling your hairs together. You laugh.

"Hello, Barbatos."

A leaf brushes against your hand in response. The lonely nights don't feel so lonely anymore, you realise, and it never has to. Whether it was love, or friendship, or the presence of a companion, you know you will never run out of people to come home to.

Wherever you are, my best friend, my sibling whom I love, I want you to know that I am well, and alive. We will be reunited once again, and I will tell you of all the people I've met along the way.

[dinosaurtsukki]

haikyuu!! as genshin impact players

a/n: currently obsessed with genshin impact so i decided to merge it with my love for haikyuu!! this was honestly so much fun to write and i hope you guys like it !!

Hinata: he’s the one who always asks for help in the group chat when fighting bosses as well as the dragonspine quests. super thankful when you help him but you just have to be patient with him jumping and accidentally pressing ‘attack’ when gliding’

Kageyama: honestly thought that collecting all the anemoculi was the first objective so he went out and found EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. loves to flex his stamina at hinata by jumping up cliffs

Tsukishima: RIP most of his characters are hydro users so he has to visit the oceanid twice every day all like 'hey, fucker. it's me again'. someone please give him fischl. hides the fact that he failed the gliding exams about twenty times

Yamaguchi: wanted xiao so bad he made 150 pcs. of almond tofu and a summoning circle in his room before wishing for him on top of wangshu inn. cried tears of joy when he got him 

Ennoshita: super intellectual player. takes the time to calculate the stats on weapons, artifacts, and talents before enhancing them. likes using archers to spam long-distance attacks

Tanaka: in it for the WAIFUS. wants mihoyo to add a trade character feature so that he could trade his male characters and have an army of waifus. currently saving up primogems for hu tao

Noya: BENNET MAIN !! ceo of bennett supremacy basically and loves watching his ‘bouken da bouken!’ idle animation. adamantly believes that he should be a five-star character

Daichi: wasn’t that invested in playing until he got albedo as his first five-star character because he loves the guy so much. loves bringing him when he does co-op and when the other player thanks him for the ‘albedovators’ 

Sugawara: klee main because he loves how chaotic she is. like, he’ll literally use her to kill fish in the springvale lake and timmie’s birds. he’ll use his elemental burst for destroying the training dummies for ellin’s commission

Asahi: even though he has five-star characters, he still likes using the starter team because they feel like his family. explicitly uses amber and kaeya a lot just to prove the haters wrong

Oikawa: venti main because he relates to him on a spiritual level and actually cried during his story quest. also emotionally invested in the NPC quests and actually felt bad about not finding joel’s dad

Iwaizumi: has the WORST luck when it comes to gacha rolls. always gets a five-star on like, roll 80 and when he does, he always gets the non-banner one first. doesn’t know the diff between crit rate and crit damage and is too afraid to ask at this point

Hanamaki: fucking kills timmie's birds for FUN. also does livestreams of him walking from mondstadt to liyue or farming as many pieces of meat he can in a day (the most was 1126). calls the primo geovishap ‘rock daddy’ 

Matsukawa: believes in traveler supremacy and invests in leveling them up, no matter what anyone says about them being a support. ‘y’all are going to wish you leveled them up when traveler becomes the avatar’ he says

Ushijima: very much an explorer kind of guy and takes the time to forage everything he sees. also cooks a lot and has 288 sweet madame even though he doesn't really need it

Tendou: actually enjoys being in dragonspine because he likes the thrill of freezing to death and the aesthetics. farms so much frozen meat because he can. lets ushijima co-op in his world to farm stuff

Semi: used up his fragile resin early in the game and now that he's at ar40 he has Regrets. yells a lot when he plays but that’s whenever he accidentally presses ‘climb’ instead of attack

Shirabu: someone told him that sucrose shouldn't be used as a main and now he's doing that out of spite. actually likes his team comps to be full of supports for the #supportsupremacy

Goshiki: he has such a hard time with boss fights but he's too proud to ask for help. knowing that, his senpais just show up in his world and ask if they could farm there to help him out

Kuroo: collects husbandos and co-op's in other players' worlds while role-playing as that husbando. he's gotten very popular because of this and is known as ‘the legendary co-op player’ 

Kenma: an amazing player, as you’d expect. he got to ar40 in probs two weeks and started livestreaming his plays. an absolute king at clearing abyss levels and showing off those satisfying elemental reactions

Yaku: WHAAAAAALE. you can tell by the fact that he always has the battle pass weapons and so many primogems. definitely a collector who tries to get all playable characters 

Lev: very chaotic player and accidentally walked all the way to liyue at ar10 while running away and dodging monsters. SOMEHOW managed to defeat boss childe without revival materials and by spamming noelle

Bokuto: has the best luck in gacha rolls, opposite to iwaizumi. he showed akaashi a pic of his first 10-wish roll (feat. qiqi, mona, and fischl) and was all ‘is this a good roll?’ 

Akaashi: great at building characters so he shares his knowledge by making videos on optimal character builds and team comps. explains things super well and everyone loves watching his stuff

Atsumu: likes to turn up the volume on his headphones and making lisa climb a really high cliff if you know what i mean. also desperately tried to roll for ganyu and spent all his primogems but got diluc instead 

Osamu: likes to spam genshin fan pages with dumb theories like ‘joel’s dad is the missing cryo yaksha’ or ‘madame ping is going to be on the next character banner.’ has a soft spot for barbara though

Suna: he’s often falling off cliffs trying to farm violetgrass but he does it out of love for qiqi. shows off himself using qiqi as main dps when someone says she’s just a support because he can

Kita: his signature literally says ‘come to my world if you want to farm’. his map is full of landmarks for ascension materials and will even help you find them. in charge of bringing a healer when you guys fight bosses

Sakusa: loves doing photoshoots with his characters, especially capturing stills of their elemental bursts. his fave character is ningguang because of beautiful and photogenic she is (even has the yellow seelie to match her)

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[eulaties]

GENSHIN IMPACT FIC RECS ★ XIAOVEN ★ #23

fics that have an asterisk (*) in front of them are my personal favorites! also, all of the fics listed are completed unless otherwise stated.

this list was last updated on 7/9/23.

NOTE: these fic recs contain the ship xiao/venti.

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*with the moon as our witness • one-shot

SUMMARY: “a recounting of xiao’s past and how he got to meet venti, the person who saved him from madness, and how from simply being his savior the archon became someone much, much more important.”

TAGS: pre-canon, canon-compliant, flashbacks, first meetings, developing relationship, slow burn, angst, hurt/comfort, arguments, fluff, banter, xiangling makes a cameo, zhongli is their relationship consultant, happy ending, getting together after centuries of pining, they are so cute......

NOTES: this is 100% canon to me, i love everything about this fic TT like the characterization...the slow burn...their relationship...the angst...*chefs kiss*

*set free • multi-chapter (2/2)

SUMMARY: “there are two gods in xiao’s heart. one is rex lapis and his overwhelming might during the archon war, his time-honed tranquility and vast knowledge the millennia afterwards, the contract they made that bound them on the same path — the path for liyue. a light, a leader, a fellow adeptus. the other, accompanied by the melody of a flute that crossed mountains and rivers to soothe xiao’s heart, is barbatos.”

TAGS: xiao trying to find barbatos but he finds a bard instead, venti pretending not to be barbatos, fluff, soft pining, xiao soothing venti’s nightmares, quiet affections

*flowers on the breeze • one-shot

TAGS: venti picking qingxins for xiao for their anniversary, fluff, told from ganyu’s perspective, venti is mysterious

NOTES: part 1 of the “flower picking for your not-boyfriend” series!

*cecilias and the sea • one-shot

TAGS: xiao picking cecilias for venti for their anniversary, fluff, told from mona’s perspective, xiao doesn’t understand mortals but he’s willing to try for his bf, flustered xiao, mona helps xiao, this is so soft omg,,,,

NOTES: part 2 of the “flower picking for your not-boyfriend” series!

*between earth and sky • one-shot

SUMMARY: “...barbatos.” the lyre stills. an eye flickers open above a hint of a smirk. “alatus...i’m surprised you remembered.”

TAGS: xiaoven giving each other the flowers they picked, gives context to the first two fics, fluff, kisses, soft fic, blushy xiaoven so true!!

NOTES: the final part to the “flower picking for your not-boyfriend” series! honestly...this entire fic series made me ascend lmao. it made my xiaoven heart very, very happy <3 go read it if you haven’t already!!

*until the sky collapses altogether • one-shot

SUMMARY: “in broad daylight, venti is just a bard who happens to enjoy dandelion wine more than anything. but in the dark of the night, the stars and moon above framed him so ethereally as the winds pick up and blow on his features, only befitting of the god of anemo. it’s such a genuine expression. so genuine and gentle, he doesn’t deserve to be looked at like that.”

TAGS: late night conversations, in which xiao doesn’t spend the night alone, yearning, xiao forcing his feelings down, light angst, unresolved romantic tension, this fic makes me feel like im the one pining

*should you be trapped in a windless land • one-shot

SUMMARY: “from xiao’s point of view, venti is backdropped by liyue harbour, the first of the lanterns already floating towards celestia. the night is dyed in a warm orange glow, liyue harbour glowing brighter than ever in the hue of the floating lanterns. the noise of the city is muted all the way up here — the only sound is xiao’s unsteady breaths and venti humming a familiar tune to himself.”

TAGS: venti drags xiao to the lantern festival and all of the vendors think they’re a couple lmao, written pre-1.3 update, fluff, very soft fic, featuring a xinyan concert, xiao yearning, making wishes, confessions, first kiss, just imagine that one scene with xiao watching the lanterns while reading this and you’re good, implied background xingyun and beiguang

NOTES: this is so fucking cutee please read this everyone

*best kept secrets (are often kept in plain sight) • one-shot

SUMMARY: "it begins with a noticeable absence of almond tofu. it ends with aether and paimon being let in on a (not quite) secret.” or: xiao visits mondstadt every year to spend the windblume festival with venti. mild chaos ensues.

TAGS: au where xiaoven have been canon for ages, lighthearted mystery, aether and paimon snooping around, fluff, humor, picnic date

*for the wind to hear • one-shot

SUMMARY: “hmm, who knows?” venti kicks the limp arm of the ruin guard and winces. “either way, these things suck. i came out here to check on things, since lumine swung by angel’s share yesterday to complain about how many ruin hunter commissions she’s getting these days, then tacitly directed me towards the location of one. aiya, i should have thought it through before i told her i’d do it! they’re so scary!!” xiao’s lips quirk up at venti’s exaggerated dramatics. “...they are?” he’s really…he really missed talking to venti. “so even the great lord barbatos gets scared sometimes.”

TAGS: 5+1 fic (four things venti is scared of + one thing xiao fears), humor, ludi harpastum festival, first meetings, falling in love, socially awkward but polite xiao, romantic tension, friendship, hu tao gives good advice (but only after laughing at xiao for 5 min straight), soft kisses, flustered xiao, light angst

*a name to call home • one-shot

SUMMARY: “kissing a god is everything you’d imagine it to be and more.”

TAGS: fluff, kissing, so much romantic tension, drunk venti, flustered xiao, cuddling

NOTES: the way this fic made me SCREAM

*my heart only knows you • multi-chapter (3/?)

SUMMARY: “in retrospect, venti should have known this would be a bad idea.”

TAGS: possibly unrequited love, pining, ambiguous feelings, angst, tension, confessions gone wrong

NOTES: this fic is a work in progress!

*days are drifting slowly by • one-shot

SUMMARY: “celestia, xiao isn’t the best equipped to handle such outward displays of emotion; he can barely handle his own thoughts even on a good day. be that as it may, xiao vows to himself that he will not run away from this conversation, from venti. not anymore.”

TAGS: mutual pining (for centuries), confessions, they both get flustered, first kiss, takes place during windblume festival, super adorable!!

*wind over flowers • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xiao doesn’t realize that the drunken hot mess of a bard who zhongli suddenly made his responsibility to keep watch over is the very same anemo archon who saved him all those centuries ago.”

TAGS: set before & during liyue archon quest, slow burn, dramatic irony, fluff, angst, getting together, background chili, canon-compliant, one of my fav xiaoven fics!!!

NOTES: this fic is absolutely amazing i *highly* recommend it bc out of all the xiaoven fics ive read, i believe that this fic has the best characterizations of both xiao and venti. also theyre so soft TT

*tip me over and pour me out • one-shot

SUMMARY: “it becomes painstakingly obvious that xiao has a thing for barbatos, so friends new and old attempt to play matchmaker."

TAGS: mutual pining, venti angst, matchmaking, fluff, humor, happy ending

*it starts with love and ends with you • one-shot

SUMMARY: “then—then he met venti, and suddenly his life was an embarrassment of riches, his days and nights overflowing with companionship, the likes of which he never had. he had been almost entirely mute for weeks, at first, answering all of venti’s questions with one word answers. he had wanted so badly to say more, was so fearful that venti would think him boring, disinterested—that he would leave, eventually, and xiao wouldn’t get to have this again.”

TAGS: established relationship, panic attacks, communication, hurt/comfort

*northbound • one-shot

SUMMARY: “when…when will I see you again?” xiao murmured, humiliated and hopeful and frustrated with himself, the emotions bubbling up all in the same breath. his heart was hammering in his chest, and xiao squeezed his fists tightly in an attempt to calm himself down.”

TAGS: takes place after the events of the liyue archon quest, xiao character study, angst, everyone cares about xiao in their own way, hurt/comfort, xiao finally finding peace with venti

*ten thousand wishes • one-shot

SUMMARY: “the people forget, but the land remembers. a foreign god becomes a friend. a heartbeat becomes two. sweet wine and cecilias fill the air, and under the glow of a lantern-lit sky, xiao learns to fall.” or: ten thousand wishes, but he's only ever had one.

TAGS: character study, angst, relationship study, resolution and finding peace, friendship, fluff, comfort, romantic kisses under the lanterns, getting together, background chili, prose, just so goddamn cathartic, lantern rite

NOTES: this is such a good fic.....perfect for the lantern rite mood too seeing as how 2.4 is quickly approaching :) highly recommend!!!

*monsters like me • multi-chapter (9/9)

SUMMARY: “in which venti experiences happiness, grief, love, and suffering throughout his years as an archon.”

TAGS: celestia’s corruption, the cataclysm, and the trauma that comes along with it, chronological storytelling, heavy angst, violence, war, archonhood, survivor’s guilt, 99% of the story takes place pre-canon, character study, mentions of the other archons, friendship, death, xiao being the only constant.......goddamn, pining, lots of religious symbols/imagery, learning to love and live on, eventual happy ending, NOT canon-compliant as of the release of sumeru

NOTES: this fic is genuinely one of the best ive ever read. i remember when i finished it i was just so in awe of the storytelling and the author’s writing and i just. yeah. i dont know how to describe it but this fic is definitely one of those “once-in-a-lifetime” god-tier fics and i felt so lucky that i even got to read it. like!! the way the author masterfully weaved the plot together and connected venti, the tsaritsa, and the god of woods together was so big-brained!!!! moreover, the xiaoven characterization was also so soft....definitely one of my favorites.......i could go on and on lmao but tldr: do not pass on this hidden gem!!! you will not regret it!

TW: the author kindly puts warnings at the beginning of each chapter but please note that this fic deals with attempted suicide!

*in reverence • one-shot

SUMMARY: “venti’s touch is full of warmth, love, and all the things xiao thinks he doesn’t deserve.”

TAGS: touch-starved xiaoven yahoo, hurt/comfort, angst, mutual pining, getting together

*even the darkest hearts have room for those they cherish • one-shot

SUMMARY: “after returning from the chasm, xiao begins to realize how much he is loved.”

TAGS: post-perilous trail, found family, healing, established relationship

*where the heart finds rest • one-shot

SUMMARY: “it’s a challenge that he knows xiao will not accept; xiao never asks him to leave. but xiao never asks him to stay, either.”

TAGS: written before 3.4, endless suffering pv, hurt/comfort, very soft

NOTES: the ending KILLED me in the best way possible

*like you know how to love me • one-shot

SUMMARY: “venti doesn't know how to love romantically.”

TAGS: established relationship, they are both awkward and touch-starved its so cute, fluff

*the last beautiful thing • one-shot

SUMMARY: “endless suffering except venti, not qiqi, swoops in to the rescue.”

TAGS: prose, hurt/comfort, healing, ancient lovers....

*undisclosed desires • multi-chapter (3/4)

SUMMARY: “in which lord barbatos and general alatus finally get to know each other as venti and xiao.”

TAGS: pre-canon, post-archon war & pre-cataclysm, celestia, the original archons, fluff, humor, mutual pining, the yaksha siblings teasing xiao

NOTES: this fic has the best vibes possible. i always love reading about pre-canon so like....being able to see how tevyat was like back then is just so special to me. definitely read this one!

but i have promises to keep • one-shot

SUMMARY: “the moonlight reveals a bard, by looks from mondstadt, dressed in green. he does not notice xiao and xiao makes no effort to get his attention. the last person who'd saved him had been an archon, so this stranger can only be—”

TAGS: pre-canon, linear narrative, first meetings, open-ended ending

wandering flight • one-shot

SUMMARY: “every year, on the first day of spring, xiao takes his flute down to the marshes and plays a song.”

TAGS: canon-compliant, pre-canon, xiao-centric, character study, hurt/comfort, venti teaching xiao how to play the flute, a fic based off of xiao’s lore

wine for the wine god • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xiao acquires a bottle of fancy wine from fontaine. but he knows damn well he's not going to drink it, so he might as well give it to someone who he knows will.”

NOTES: pre-canon, fluff, let xiao be happy, cuddling, hair braiding

a reason unspoken • one-shot

SUMMARY: “venti wondered why it is he loved liyue so much, but he figured there were plenty of reasons as of late.”

TAGS: fluff, drabble, introspection, venti’s pov

let the wind guide you home • one-shot

SUMMARY: “morax was the one who saved him from the shackles of his past, and for that xiao would be eternally grateful. yet barbatos, barbatos with his dihua flute and his gentle winds, barbatos with his dazzling smile and his striking sea-green eyes, lifted xiao out of his misery, his self-loathing and self-doubt. he was the one who taught xiao what it meant to truly love.”

TAGS: character study, fluff, developing relationship, pining, lantern rite, hugging, just a lot of comfort

the pen is mightier than the sword (or polearm) • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xiao isn’t much for words, but he’s willing to try for venti.”

TAGS: fluff, comfort, light angst, established relationship, xiao is trying his best, super soft!!

bring your troubles to the wind • one-shot

SUMMARY: “venti has known the jade-colored adeptus his whole life; enough to know that xiao watches him play the flute fondly from afar, and enough to know that he will be the first person xiao runs to when he is free from the binds of his contract and his past. until then, venti is comfortable with xiao loving him from a distance, for he is never really that far—he is the wind, after all.”

TAGS: character study, venti’s pov (brief xiao pov), developing relationship, super soft, they both find comfort in each other, unresolved pining

lost in your wake • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xiao hasn’t eaten a dream in two millennia. yaksha have no need to devour dreams. if it were anyone else, xiao would let him suffer. but he had to find barbatos. he had to dream powerfully enough to sour the world around him. and he had to save xiao’s life. xiao leans in closer. he does not dwell in gifts or in favor. everything has a price. the life he lives now, he thinks, is worth the taste of this nightmare.”

TAGS: pre-canon, nightmares, dream-eating, yearning, falling in love

the history teacher is a married man • one-shot

SUMMARY: “four nosey kids, and the things it takes for them to realize that two of their teachers are married...to each other.“

TAGS: modern au, outsider pov, liyue kids, humor

if my heart was a house (you'd be home) • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xiao dusts off his unused serenitea pot. with venti’s help, he makes it a home.”

TAGS: domestic fluff, living together, established relationship

dreaming of a vernal serenade • multi-chapter (4/4)

SUMMARY: “when xiao’s master, the new deity of autumn, asked him to help the new deity of spring, he agreed naively, trying to do his part to restore balance to the world. but watching the exchange between his former master, the epitome of calm and order, and his new one, an energetic and irresponsible being whose personality was so far removed from his own, he begins to realizes his mistake. just what exactly is he in for?”

TAGS: seasonal deities au, strangers to lovers, slow burn, venti is the deity of spring & xiao is his new guard, angst, comfort, fluff, getting together, they are so soft  TT, background chili

softly, slowly • one-shot

SUMMARY: “you’re here,” he grinned, his voice carrying across the canyon.

TAGS: fluff, angst, mutual pining, getting together, background chili

a life worth living • one-shot

SUMMARY: xiao visits pervases’ temple. this time, he is not alone.

TAGS: takes place after the traveler restores pervases’ temple, found family, established relationship, fluff

for every day, a darker night • one-shot

SUMMARY: “in the days leading up to the lantern rite, venti and xiao spend some time together.”

TAGS: written before 3.4, endless suffering pv, established relationship, fluff, lantern rite

[genshinfanboy]

Memories

[ Request: Could I please request a oneshot with Childe x GN Reader who were enemies but Reader got injured in a fight and gained amnesia, and now has a completely different relationship with him? (sorry if this is oddly specific)]

| Hello everyone I am back with another Childe one-shot. I hope that I'm able to provide what you had in mind. No need to apologize the more specific something is the easier it is for me to conceptualize. I've also been unable to get the idea of Childe with freckles out of my head since the last request. I may end up drawing him and Xiao with freckles. As per usual please feel free to change the pronouns to fit your own. Please enjoy.

Childe x GN! Reader

Warning: violence.

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(Y/N) couldn't trust Childe one bit. They didn't want to be alone with him. He seemed to feel the same way. They didn't want anything to do with the Fatui. They couldn't forgive then for what they did to Venti. They were upset at Childe for threatening Liyue. They were doing some commissions around Liyue harbor. It was a bit cloudy today so they decided with Paimon to go into a nearby cave just in case. Neither of them wanted to run at the moment. Childe had admire how strong (Y/N) was but he still disliked them. They were a threat to the Fatui. He knew that much. One day while he was sent out to deal with a few matters for the bank he noticed it started to pour. There wasn't much he could do in the rain so he decided to wait it out in a nearby cave. He heard two people talking. He brought out his bow just in case. He walked quietly and saw the two he definitely not wanting to stay in this cave anymore. He'd rather deal with getting soaked. There was a crashing sound and the exit he came in from got closed off. Lightning just had to hit this cave. He heard some running and clicked his tongue. His misfortune will make it seem as if he was the one trying to seal (Y/N) in here. He wondered if he had time to hide and just wait it out. "What are you doing here Childe?" (Y/N) asked with their sword drawn. They glared at him with their (E/C) eyes. Then they noticed the entrance of the cave sealed by rocks. "You came to trap us here." Their clenched their sword tighter. If they didn't have a past filled with bad will then the two of them may have gotten along. Childe didn't want to start a fight now. It could mean some issues for both of them. "Now now let's not rush things. I was trying to get out of the rain. I heard voices and went to investigate. When I saw you two I was ready to take my chances with the rain. It got sealed because of lightning. Why would I want to be suck in here with my enemy." Childe stated. He returned their glare. They didn't seem to believe him and charged. He got a smirk and formed his Hydro blades. "Guess we are solving this with violence. Fine by me." He said countering their attacks. During their battle with the Fatui member they were about to use their wind blade before they both lost balance for a moment because of some shaking. They heard a loud crashing sound. The cave made some rumbling sounds. There was a few small rocks that started falling down. (Y/N) reacted without a second thought when they saw a rather large rock about to hit Childe. They pushed him out of the way and got hit in the head. Everything around them went dark. "(Y/N)!" Paimon shouted rushing over them. Childe's eyes widened. Did that really just happened!?!? He rushed over as well to check their injury. As he looked the injury over he noticed their hands covering the weak points on their head. He looked at the rock it was a decent size. He didn't see that one falling which mean he wouldn't have time to react. It would've killed him if they didn't push him out if the way. It was bleeding a bit but wasn't fatal.

Childe brought out some bandages he always kept in his bag. They weren't for his own injuries but his younger siblings in case they ever got harmed. He quickly wrapped their head. He was getting annoyed at the flying companion's shouting to not hurt them. "Paimon be quiet! I'm not going to hurt them. They just saved me." He said looking at her irritated. Which seemed to shock her. She had became quiet. "See if you can find an exit so we can get out of here. I'll watch them." Childe said running a hand through his hair. He saw Paimon nod and went to look around the cave. After about 20 minutes she had came back. "Paimon found an exit but the storm has gotten worse. I don't think it's safe to go out." Paimon said. She looked at them. Childe started thinking. He saw some wood and ore. He looked around and noticed this wasn't a cave. It was an abandoned mine. He started forming a plan. He carefully picked (Y/N) up. He was careful to keep their head still. "Paimon lead us closer to the exit. I'm going to prop their head up and start a fire to keep them warm. There should be some flint and steel here still. This place was a mine." Childe explained. He wanted to repay them for saving him. They went closer to the exit. Childe set them down. He took off his scarf to use as a pillow. "Watch them. If they wake up don't let them move too much and keep them awake." He said before walking back to get some things. Since he grew up in a cold country he knew how to make a fire. He came back to the two and started a fire. "Paimon never knew you had a soft side Childe." Paimon said as they looked after (Y/N). Eventually they woke up. They blinked a couple of times looking around. They saw two strange people. They moved about to jump up and protect themself. The moment they sat up they were push back down by the male. "Don't move you might hurt yourself." He quickly said holding them down with one of his hands. "Who are you both and where is my sibling?" They asked looking panicked. The last thing they remembered was leaving the last world they visited with their sibling. "That's a not funny joke. Paimon knows you don't like Childe but there's no way you'd forget me." She said with a pout.

(Y/N) looked more confused their head hurting. "It's not a joke. I have no clue who either of you are. Where is my sibling?" They asked. Something was wrong their mind was racing with questions. They also weren't able to feel their powers. Were these people trying to harm them? "It seems like (Y/N) has amnesia." Childe said. He wondered if this means they might be able to start things over because of this. It was his fault they got injured. They also saved him so there's no way he could leave them alone. Paimon was giving him a wary look. "Your sibling was taken by a strange god. I'm Paimon. I've been helping you look for them." She said. "Wait how were they taken? What world am I stuck in?" They asked the strange flying girl. Childe perked up in surprise when he heard what they said. He knew they were strange but that implied other worlds. Paimon looked even more worried. "You're in Teyvat. A strange god stopped you and your sibling from going to the next world. You've been searching for them with me." Paimon explained. "Oh so they never apart of Teyvat to begin with." Childe said with interest. He decided to travel with them in order to learn more about (Y/N). Somehow the two grew quite close. Childe would have never seen this outcome with how their relationship was. After learning more about them he wanted to say by their side. He could tell that Paimon didn't like his company. He didn't care too much though. He realized that both of them were quite similar when it came to caring about their siblings. Somewhere along traveling with them Childe fell in love. He was unsure if he wanted them to get their memories back because of it.

(Y/N) had grown accustomed to having Childe by their side. They felt safe around him. They noticed how wary Paimon seemed of him. They slowly regained their memories as the three of them traveled. They tried keeping it a secret that they had regained their memories. Surely Childe and them would go back to disliking one another. They didn't want that. Everything changed when they started getting to know one another. They had at first thought of him as a good friend but eventually found themself looking his way and staring. Whenever he found out and teased them it would make their face go red. They had to talk to Paimon. "Hey Childe can I speak to Paimon alone for a moment?" They asked one day as the three walked around Liyue. "Of course. Though it makes me curious on what you're going to say." Childe said with a bunch of curiosity. "It's nothing bad. Just something I'm unsure about." They said with a smile. It made Childe's heart speed up. "I'll go get some food for us then." He said with a faint blush. He patted their head before disappearing in the crowd. He snuck around so he could hear what (Y/N) was going to say. "Paimon I remember everything but I think I managed to fall for Childe." They said with a frown. Paimon looked at them with wide eyes. "Are you crazy? You were the one that told Paimon not to trust him!" Paimon shouted. Childe felt a blush sneak up on him. Even after everything he did to them. They have been keeping their memories hidden from him. Why did they do that? He decided to confront them. He walked over. "Why did you hide you regaining your memories?" Childe asked. (Y/N) looked at him with wide eyes. Of course he eavesdropped. They blushed and looked at the ground. "I thought you'd leave if I told you I remembered everything. I like having you by my side Childe. It's comforting to know you had my back. I know you were staying to pay me back for saving you." They muttered. They felt a hand lift their chin up so they were looking at his ocean blue eyes. "I was honestly worried about you remembering because I've become fond of you. It's cute how shy you have become. Perhaps I should get back at you for making me worry about you." Childe said with a teasing tone. He leaned closer and press his lips against their's. Their reaction was completely worth it. He smirked as he saw them become extremely flustered. He wrapped an arm around their waist. "I promise to always stay by your side so long as you promise to stay by mine." He gave a smirk as they gave a small shy nod. "You being shy and bashful is certainly a sight to see. Makes me want to make you more flustered." He gave a light laugh.

| Thanks for reading.