#but i feel like only nilou and maybe cyno were the only ones to have personal reasons to be part of the coup

[narzissenkreuz-ordo]

brain bad but im listening to the narzissenkreuz questline ost and. man i want to play the quests again and i WOULD but i have such a hard time reading non-voiced world quests which SUCKS bc this quest series like. the fucking best and i would argue better than some of the archon quests

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“you look lovely.”

the moment alhaitham says it, he knows it’s a mistake.

“thank you,” you reply a little tersely, gaze flicking to the group of nosy onlookers at his side before you excuse yourself and join nilou at a table across the tavern.

“what was that?” kaveh immediately questions, because the man is incapable of leaving anything unsaid. especially not after three glasses of wine. 

“it was a compliment,” he enunciates, as if he were talking to a particularly stupid animal. “i was simply being friendly.”

“you’re not friendly,” cyno scoffs, accusation filling the booth. “you hardly bother with being polite.” 

cyno isn’t wrong, because it’s no secret that alhaitham finds most people exhausting. he doesn’t willingly participate in idle chit-chat or schmooze for academic or political gain, like most of his colleagues. 

“it’s quite presumptuous of you to imply that i go out of my way to be unkind.” 

he just won’t go out of his way to make others feel good about themselves either. not when it was unprompted. people who talked just to fill space were annoying, and doing so just to be social was not one of life’s necessities. 

yet…he’s slipped up, and his friends are realizing that you’re the exception. 

“it’s not presumptuous at all,” kaveh argues rather dramatically. “you never even compliment me!”

“maybe i’m saving your compliment for when you move out of my house.” 

tighnari, ever the mediator, cuts in before kaveh can throw his glass of wine at his roommate. “okay, that’s enough. we all know where this is going.” 

kaveh turns his head with a huff that carries too much attitude for someone who hasn’t paid his half of the rent yet. alhaitham, being the bigger person, chooses not to say that, though. “i don’t understand why you’re all making such a big fuss about this.” 

“well, you weren’t just being unusually nice. you were also flirting,” tighnari said flatly. 

now, this is where things got complicated. he could easily annoy or gaslight - for lack of a better term - kaveh into dropping it. he could also bore cyno into leaving with a deeply boring dissertation on his disinclination for social interaction. 

but tighnari was a lot more perceptive and patient than people gave him credit for. “you did it last week too, when you called her elemental healing techniques extraordinary.” 

alhaitham had done that, and he’d forgotten that tighnari had also been at the bimarstan to discuss antitoxins with you. 

deflection seems to be the only correct way to settle this manner. “to assume that a man’s admiration of a woman’s skill can only stem from underlying romantic feelings is incredibly ignorant.”

“of course,” the forest watcher agrees. “but it’s clear to anyone with eyes that you do have underlying romantic feelings for—”

“are we going to sit around and speculate all night? or are we going to play cards?” the scribe interrupts. 

cyno and kaveh exchange a glance, and the look on tighnari’s face can only be described as smug. it’s not everyday that a haravatat scholar is bested in a verbal debate. 

_____

and if he ends up at your place later that night…well, that’s completely arbitrary. 

“you’re so obvious,” you huff, your hands yanking the hem of his shirt from his pants. “your friends were right there!”

his lips curve against your skin as he kisses up your neck. “so?”

“we’re supposed to keep this a se—”

he’s much too fast for you, moving up to press his mouth to yours, lips parting to deepen the kiss. 

yeah, yeah, he knows that you’re right and that fraternizing is frowned upon in the akademiya, but what can he say?

he just loves you a lot.

[noellefan101]

Bakery Love

Genshin impact, modern baker au, reader´s family owns(and works at) a bakery + reader works there, gn!reader

characters: Tighnari, Albedo, Kazuha, Cyno, Nilou, Xiao x gn!reader

Warnings: kissing, baking(duh), romantic relationship (+ planoinic in some but not with the main), kissing, , tell me if i missed anything

Note: I'm sorry if there´s any mistakes, english is not my first language and this is not prof-read yeah enjoy ;) and it feels so weird to write for Nilou when the rest is men, i didn´t think abt that. luv you all, mwah ;)

Tighnari

i feel like he would be there to get a birthday cake for Collei, (im sorry it just sounds too cute) and you were at the front desk in your apron talking to a customer, when he walked in and ordered. you looked at him, asked what he would like and wrote a note down so you could remember - he ordered a "healthy" cake with green frosting on one side and red on the other with Cuilein anbars on the green side and baron bunnies on the red side. and then he also leaves his number woth the order bc he thinks your cute so you start to become friends. anyway, thats how you met onto when you start dating

you would come over to his house after your shift, or when you both have time, and bring him some baked goods for him and Collei/i feel like they would live together in a modern au, like Tighnari would still be her caretaker, just like in the game/. you and Tighnari would definitely bake together, and you would teach him how to bake certain pastries and stuff, and Collei/+Cyno maybe/could join if they wanted to (it would be so cute wtf). i also think he would be like a florist or smt, like he owns a flower shop, so he would bring you flowers or just plants in general. so the bakery would have a lot of plants that he´s given you. and your family (lovingly) hates him because where tf are they gonna put all these fricking flowers and stuff he gets you every week. tho their happy for you and they also got free decor for the bakery so they don´t really complain.

to him you´re like a rose, beautiful, even if sometimes you sting, he adores you just as much

Albedo

he was just there to study at first, maybe get some coffee and a piece of cake, when he saw you behind the counter he kinda.. uhm.. fell in love at first sight, yeah... anyway now/because of your beauty/he is there studying more often or when you´re there to be exact. your sibling or parent called it out but you denied it and didn´t think much of it. and then he finally asked for your number

when you finally start dating, he would still study at your bakery but it´ll be a little more often. and not only on your shifts but on other family members too, mainly bc he wants to get to know them better. he also brings his little sister, Klee, with him more often so she can meet you and your family + see the bakery. he also would make some artificial things for you, like flowers and stuff, you could either put in your room or around the bakery. yk the flower he makes in his idol or whatever its called, so like one of those or just anything you want really. he could also paint there, but he´ll just start painting you and he doesn´t want other people to think he´s stalking you.

to him you´re like a painting, pretty in many ways, and perfect in his eyes

Kazuha

he would visit the bakery once in a while, finding it relaxing to be there and finding great inspiration for his poems and stories. and something he has noticed is the beautiful person that is sometimes behind the corner/you hehe/and starts to slowly become his muse. he couldn´t help it its like keeping a secret from someone, but sharing it with the world at the same time. he finds himself going to the same place over and over again, only wanting to see your face one more time. (wtf happened to me) while he was unknowingly falling in love with this new muse, you were falling for him. (ok i need to fricking stop, omg)

when you two finally started dating, he still kept you as his muse, but this time you were both aware and laughed a little together because of it. anyway he would be there even more to just sit and write about something, then later in the day/or week if you both were busy/he would read them out to you. and at some point you would start giving him notebooks every few months just so he could write his poetry on something other than the tissues from the bakery(omg that would be so cute and hilarious at the same time). in return he would gift you your favorite flowers and try and learn to bake, even tho its not perfect he tries and you love it. sometimes you´ll bake something with him and teach him properly how to do something/or do it the way your family does it/and then after you eat it together.

to him you're a miracle, your his love, his life, and his muse, he doesn´t know what to do without you now

Cyno

he´s a policeman (the hot kind) and there was an incident with your neighbor bc their store got robbed/in my mind it's a jewelry store but let your mind go wherever/so you got a few questions since you were on your shift at the time they came in. but you then after went into the back/your home to get your parents. and then after he started showing up more both because of the situation but also because he generally liked your pastries and cakes. even after the case ended he still came over on a lot of all of his breaks, maybe it was sometimes to see you but you ofc didn´t need to know that ;)

so when you guys started dating, he would ofc still come over but also look out for you, your family, and the bakery. also in his free time/even tho its not often/he would "help" you with baking. aka your teaching him how to bake bc he can´t for the life of him, but he brags to his friends abt it "cough". anyway, he would love to try some new recipes you find online or in your family cookbook, and help as much as he can. if you made him some pastries for him to take with him to work, he would fall even more `head over heels` in love with you, seriously do it. he would definitely stop anybody that tries to steal anything from the bakery, and get them arrested immediately.

to him your love is like a drug, addicting, but even if he knows it he will still love you for eternity

Nilou

yk the cake she eats in game, that would definitely be the reason you two met. like it would be in the bakery´s window or smt and she would order that with a smile, while you where on your shift ofc. and she would get all exited and stuff. + she thinks the way you and your family make it is much better, so she´s basically a reguler bc she orders at your bakery so often. and then she starts to fall in love with one of the bakers there (you), and so she tries to find out when your shift is and stuff. (my brain couldn´t stop sry, that was a lot)

anyways, when you start dating she would definitely want to try and learn the recipe and bake it with you, but ofc she needs practice so she´ll eat your portion at the start, but you can´t complain you´ve literally done this your whole life ofc you´re better. she´d also want to meet your family early on bc you told her about some baking days when you test new recipes and stuff, so she´d be the taste tester and give tips if she could. aand you would give her discounts for some kisses. she would also dance in the bakery, with you and your family´s content ofc, so she could attract customers with her beautiful dancing.

to her you´re like cake, has many flavors, not all perfect but to her you are too perfect to enjoy only once

Xiao

i see him getting dragged there by some friends/yk aether, venti, kazuha, heizou and then scara is getting dragged there too. so basically 6rezze(sry if thats wrong) or 5wirl, but they aren´t famous/and they drag him to your bakery. bc they wanted to try the cakes and stuff. and your the one behind the counter(idk if thats a good thing or not, but ig it was?). and so you had to deal with some boys yelling at each other while one of them was completely silent/xiao/he just ordered and explained what the rest/but not for heizou, kazuha cuz i feel like they would already have ordered/you just got the pastries and cakes they ordered, and they then sat down seeming to calm down.

after you started dating he wouldn´t come to the bakery often, but he´ll definitely come over like once a week/before was like once or twice a month/and he won´t order much but is just there to support you. otherwise, if he comes to the bakery he´ll just go straight to the back to see you/they know who he is ofc, but for first-time workers that might be weird/and he would be a little sad if you were too busy to give him attention. if you give him some non-sweet cake or pastries he´ll love you even more(i swear thats impossible). he´ll also feed you, and let you feed him in return. if you want him to learn how to bake he´ll do it, but only if you teach him ofc. so there you are in your kitchen with xiao, trying to teach him to bake the non-sweet cake he likes.

you´re like the cakes you make, sweet, although he doesn´t normally like sweet things, he loves you more than anything else

Author: the sweet things at the end of each one, omg how tf did i come with those aaaaahhhh i´m freaking out right now. also if you want me to do more of these pls tell me + the characters you want in it.

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Dancing With Visions - Beyond Relieving - Ballroom Samba - Kaveh

Author Notes: I had a fair bit of fun writing this one, though I admit it was difficult researching the ballroom samba and writing Kaveh for the first time was an adventure. I think Kaveh would be fun to dance with though, and he'd definitely strikes me as someone who be willing to learn to dance. I also wanted to be sure to mention that, despite how slender his in-game model is, I feel like he has to be strong since he's a claymore user. The performance in this fic was inspired by Kathryne and Ryan’s Samba to “Magalenha” by Sergio Mendes on season 6 of “So You Think You Can Dance with some samba rolls thrown in for funsies. Just like the rest of this series, reader is female. I hope you enjoy!

If you would like to read more of this series, the fics can be found here: Dancing with Visions Masterlist.

Type: Female reader/ dance/ fluff/ platonic or romantic/ sfw

Word Count: 1809

Honestly, I knew from the instant that Kaveh had told me that he and Alhaitham were having a competition in which they had to dance whatever style was chosen by the other one that my friend would probably regret it. The fact that we were fixing to perform the samba only proved my suspicions. 

In truth, it wasn’t that I didn’t think Kaveh would do poorly. In fact, I actually had quite a bit of faith in Kaveh even when we’d just started practicing. After all, Kaveh was someone who was open to new experiences and would definitely give this his best shot.

It was just that I genuinely feared what Alhaitham might whip out for his performance.

I glanced over at Kaveh, my hand locked in his, as we made our way onto the darkened platform that was Nilou’s stage. She’d agreed to let us use her stage for the guys competition for the cheap price of getting to watch the dances.

“Do you think you’ll win?” I questioned my partner quietly, a slight smile on my face to hide my nerves as he nodded. A determined expression on his face.

“Yeah. Alhaitham might be a genius when it comes to a lot, but he is no artist.” Kaveh smiled briefly, looking over my way with a confidence he usually didn’t possess as he straightened, “I’ve got the upper hand this time.”

I nodded, half proud of my partner, simply because I knew the amount of effort that had gone into this. After all, I’d been practicing alongside him this whole time.

And Kaveh had definitely regretted letting Alhaitham choose our dance when the scribe had calmly informed him we would be doing the samba without even batting an eye.

Especially since both me and Kaveh knew perfectly well that this style was chosen solely in recompense for Kaveh picking out a style of swing dancing for Alhaitham. 

The samba was easily one of the more difficult Latin dance styles, simply due to the speed and intricate steps used within the dance. But, to be fair, Kaveh had also picked a difficult style for Alhaitham, so I could hardly blame the scribe for being a little mean in his choice of dance.

Save for the fact that his choice had meant that I also had to learn the samba since I’d already agreed to help Kaveh out. But then, I should’ve known that this was hardly going to be easy when it was Alhaitham and Kaveh who were competing with one another.

Kaveh smiled at me, squeezing my hand slightly as we came to a stop, almost like he knew that the nerves had already set in for me. And maybe he did, as he questioned me softly, “Ready?”

I nodded wordlessly, inhaling slightly, before I let go of his hand and shifted so that I was standing behind him, my hands resting lightly on his shoulders. 

I watched as he looked off to the side and bobbed his head, signaling for Cyno to start the music, which started almost immediately.

I stepped to the side, reaching out and finding Kaveh’s hand ready and waiting as I slid around him. Pivoting so that I was facing him as I leaned backwards, doing my best to do as Nilou had advised and pretend I was a cat, slinking around.

The opening of our dance was all careful motions, with Kaveh holding my hand and spinning me slowly before I stepped over his outstretched leg. My arm wrapped loosely around his neck before I stretched up one leg. Leaning against him for support as he grabbed my foot and used it to spin me around him. 

I slipped back to his side, looking towards him as I put my back to his chest and let him lift me.

I carefully slipped back around him. Practically laying against his back as I slid down him, and then between his legs before he stepped over me. Reaching down to take my hands and help me up just before we separated right as the beat hit.

It was one of pounding drums that had us quickly shaking our shoulders before I started sashaying to the side and away from him. 

I had to remind myself to not hold my breath as I pushed myself to match the heavy beat as I moved around on the stage, shifting around him in a careful dance of keep-away before his hands clasped mine right as I faced him. 

We rotated, our steps matching the beat perfectly, even as I started incorporating those little samba bounces that Nilou had grilled me on relentlessly until I’d perfected them.

Even when we’d just been practicing it, I’d felt like energetic was almost an understatement for describing this dance. But Kaveh somehow managed to smile at me as we shifted across the stage with quick but short steps filled with little bounces that involved lifting one leg in time to the beat before dropping it back down.

But perhaps what was worse than that was the shifting rhythm that we had to keep up with and match perfectly.

To top it all off, we spent most of our time apart, making it even harder to match each other. Only really coming together to do a few samba rolls, with my back pressed to his chest as one of his arms wrapped around my waist to hold me against him and his other hand grasped my wrist. Rotating with me as we leaned with the motions to create a rolling look.

I felt myself smiling through the dance even as we parted once more. And I could easily believe that this ballroom dance had indeed been inspired by a celebratory dance. 

There was something about the bouncing motions that made one smile even as they strained to keep up with the lively, ever-shifting rhythm.

It was a dance that suited the empathetic Kaveh well and was bound to put a smile on his face. And it was nice to see him smiling once more after he’d been through so much. I’d honestly begun to worry about him, so seeing him enjoy his time learning to dance with me over the past little bit had been beyond relieving.

And though I didn’t know what the reward of winning his little competition with Alhaitham might be, for me, seeing Kaveh smile was enough. And knowing Alhaitham, that was possibly why he’d chosen the samba for Kaveh. A dance he could enjoy, even if he lost.

I forced myself to focus as Kaveh turned, grinning from ear to ear, and held out his hands to me. Sending me running a little ways across the stage to where he was.

He grabbed my hands right as I put on the brakes, letting myself slide across the stage only for him to tug me lightly. Causing me to whip around so that I was looking towards the floor as he pulled me back upright.

And immediately he was guiding me around him so that he could spin me in front of him, direct me back around behind him, and then let me go.

But he didn’t stay far from me, as he matched my light, bouncy steps and followed along behind me.

I found myself looking over my shoulder with my arm extended, finding him there, ready and waiting as he took back hold of me and I danced backwards. Wrapping my arm around him as he spun so that we could turn together. Grinning all the while as we spiraled across the floor.

He let go of me with one arm, keeping a hold of my hand so that I could spin out and look towards those watching us.

 Nilou’s eyes were bright from her seat next to Tighnari, who bobbed quietly to the music, a slight smile on his face as he watched us. And Alhaitham sat next to his partner, his arms crossed as he watched us with an unreadable expression.

I twirled back in, Kaveh’s arms looping under mine as he lifted me and spun. I let my legs swing out freely in front of us before my feet touched back down, and I leaned back. Almost like I was trying to sit down before I leapt up, with Kaveh propelling me forward with an ever-careful toss that had me bounding to my feet. Only adding to the energy of the dance. 

He kept a hold of my hand all the while as we immediately launched into motion again, bouncing lightly on our toes and stepping from side to side.

It wasn’t long until we were coming to the end of our dance and facing each other with Kaveh rotating around me. Smiling at me as he made it back around behind me and I faced the crowd. Keeping up the steady footwork as the drums slowly started to fade.

Kaveh’s hands landed on my waist, and I braced, bending my knees before leaping, with him lifting at the same time as I jumped.

He let go and crouched right as I did a split mid-air, landing on his back with arms catching me in a piggyback position. Him leaned forward, and me with one arm wrapped around him Both of us panting as we were finally allowed to catch our breath at the end of our performance.

Nilou was the first on her feet, smiling at us widely and clapping with all her might as I started to laugh breathlessly. Half-surprised that we’d managed to successfully pull off our performance.

We’d succeeded numerous times during practice, but that had hardly been enough to quell my nerves when I’d known that doing the same motions in front of our friends would be far more difficult.

I heard Kaveh start laughing as well, leaning forward a slight bit more until he straightened, glancing at me over his shoulder as I carefully slid off his back.

It was almost laughable now to remember that I’d been worried about his ability to lift me and hold me up throughout the various motions of the dance. In reality, I should have known better since he fought with a claymore. 

Despite his slender frame, Kaveh was actually quite a bit stronger than one might initially think, as he’d proved to me as we’d been learning this dance.

He reached back behind him, his warm hand finding mine almost immediately, before he pulled me up alongside him so we could bow together.

As we straightened he looked over at me, his red eyes glistened like fine jewels as he beamed at me, “I think Alhaitham will have a tough time beating us, don’t you?”

I nodded, worn out from having danced but elated from both the experience and getting to see him smile so carefreely, “I think so.”

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I saw that you do song fics and I was wondering if you could do one for Cynonari with either Alphabet by Reinaeiry or Jenny by studio killers 😅

I tried my best to put both plots of the song into the songfic... I hope this is to your liking!! I wrote the last 300 words while being tipsy asf I hope they make sense LOL. Happy late Helloween!! Rough word count: 1576

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I don't know how to say this | CyNari Songfic - Jenny by Studio Killers & Alphabet by Reinaeiry

Tighnari hated it.

Seeing Cyno talking to Nilou, looking all excited. No, Tighnari really didn’t like that.

It’s not like he wasn’t happy that Cyno had found somebody who was willing to listen to his hours of rambling about TCG with actual and genuine interest. Moreover, he was jealous that unhappy that Cyno would talk to Nilou more than with him now.

Jealousy was an awful feeling. Especially since Nilou was so sweet and didn’t deserve to get the cold shoulder from the raven haired fox now.

A sigh heaved past Tighnari’s lips as he watched Cyno and Nilou chat so lively from afar. He wished that would be him instead of Nilou. It was selfish, but really, he couldn’t help it. Tighnari craved the general’s full and undivided attention more than anything for such a long time now. Yet, he never found a way to actually tell Cyno.

Cyno’s and Nilou’s chat went on for a long time. So long, that it had been evening once they finished. Nilou bid her goodbyes to Cyno, finally giving the fox a chance to talk to his best friend alone.

‘Deep breathes’ , Tighnari thought to himself. There was no reason to be nervous. He would just tell Cyno how he felt about him spending more time with the dancer instead of him, especially since Tighnari only came to Sumeru City to see Cyno!

“Cyno!” Tighnari approached the general as Cyno turned to face him. Those red eyes, the rosy lips… the fox struggled a lot not to stare intensely at the man’s beauty.

“Tighnari. What a surprise to see you here”

A surprise, huh? Tighnari wasn’t sure if he liked the way those words sounded in Cyno’s mouth. He had hoped Cyno would be a bit more happy to see him, a bit more happy that Tighnari had found time for him.

“Aha… Yeah… So, how was your day?” Be casual, play it casual.

“I spend the afternoon playing TCG with Nilou. Did you know that she plays really well?”

Maybe he was being selfish. Maybe, just maybe, this was his own egoism bubbling up in Tighnari. But he couldn’t stand it. He just couldn’t. Not when Cyno would talk about her in such an excited and interested manner.

He hated it. He hated it. He hated it.

He. Hated. It.

He hated that digusting feeling in his chest. That painful feeling in his heart at the thought that Cyno was interested in Nilou.

“Stop!” Tighnari said without thinking. Cyno fell silent, the smile disappearing off his face and his expression turning into one of confusion.

“I…”

The words were stuck in the fox’s throat. He had so much he wanted to say and yet he could not force those words to leave his mouth.

‘Don’t you see? You don’t love her’

‘What about me?’

He was selfish and mean. Tighnari knew that. And yet… yet he couldn’t bring himself to say all those nice things he wanted to say to Cyno. Because his mind was clouded with jealousy and dislike for the dancer. Though, deep inside the forest watcher knew that Nilou had done nothing but be a good friend for Cyno.

“I don’t want to be friends, Cyno” Those words left Tighnari’s mouth out of nowhere. He didn’t realise what he had said and how he had said it until he looked at Cyno’s shocked and hurt face.

What had he done?

Cyno furrowed his brows, lowered his head to look at the ground and grit his teeth.

“I see…”

Tighnari wanted to take those words back, wanted to explain himself. He wanted to move when he saw the white hair sway past him. He wanted to yell out that it was not what he meant, not like that. But the fox couldn’t move. It’s almost as if his own words have shocked him more than they have hurt and shocked Cyno.

When Tighnari finally snapped out of it, Cyno was nowhere to be seen.

His heart ached.

Talking to Cyno was impossible after that. He was always ‘busy’, though Tighnari already felt as if that was a bold excuse not to talk to him. And when Cyno would hanf with Nilou, Tighnari wouldn’t dare approach them.

But he wanted to make things right. He wanted things to be normal again and those feelings inside him - they were killing him. Guilt, worry but also jealousy. Jealousy for the people that were to spend time with Cyno while Tighnari had ruined what they had a mere week ago.

If talking wouldn’t work, maybe writing would. Tighnari writes all the time, keeping in contact with his former teacher and with Cyno when the fox is in Gandharva.

Leaving Sumeru City, Tighnari was thinking of the words he wanted to truly tell Cyno that day. It was partially true, he didn’t want to be friends anymore, he wanted something more with the general. A rejection of Cyno would be a lot easier to handle than not being Cyno’s friend anymore.

The same evening he arrived back in Gandharva Ville, Tighnari sat down at his desk. He had not told Collei about their fallout, Cyno was already like a farther to Collei and it would only break the forest rangers heart if he were to tell her what he said to Cyno.

The pen sat down onto the paper but all the words had left Tighnari’s mind.

Why was writing a letter like this so much harder than those he usually wrote?

After the umpteenth try of finding a formal way to start the letter, Tighnari looked over at the dozens of letters he and Cyno had exchanged over the course of the past few years.

It was then when the fox realised, that he would not need to find a start or proper ending when he was writing down what he felt for Cyno, yet he wanted some kind of structure in his words.

He decided to write alphabetically, finding words to describe his feelings rather accurately with that much vocabulary in his mind.

A for how Amusing and adorable Tighnari secretly finds Cyno’s attempts to lighten the mood with his jokes.

B for how Beguile time is when Tighnari spends his days with the general doing, really, anything.

C for Cyno’s Candid nature. The fox admires the generals boldness and honesty.

He wrote until the late night and once he was done with the letter, he promised himself that he’d give it to Cyno personally.

A few days later and Tighnari found himself in front of the Akademiya once more. He was unusually nervous to talk to Cyno again. A deep breath, another flight at the door of Cyno’s office and he’d knock on the door. Just that Tighnari couldn’t.

He was too nervous to face Cyno like this, with nothing more than a letter.

Thoughts were running through the raven’s mind rapidly. He was so lost in though that despite having those large fennec ears, he had not heard small footsteps approaching him slowly.

The tap on his shoulder brought Tighnari back to reality and he didn’t dare turn around as he feared he had a hunch who was standing behind him.

“Tighnari, you’re in the way.” Cyno spoke calmly. How easy those words came out of his mouth.

It was now or never, wasn’t it?

Slowly, the fox turned his head. Those turqoise eyes were definetely avoiding the pair of red ones that stared at him.

How awkward.

Silence.

None of the uttered a word for now. Cyno was patiently waiting for Tighnari to move, while Tighnari awkwardly tried to composure himself. In the end, all he could do was hold the sheet of paper in front of the general’s face.

With raised brows, Cyno took the letter out of his hand. He read the words written on it, slowly and carefully. Tighnari could practically see the blush spreading on Cyno’s cheeks and red eyes widening at each word.

Was it that bad?

Cyno’s silence was killing Tighnari. He needed a reaction, whether it was negative or positive didn’t matter. And then, when Cyno slowly looked up at him with an expression of utter embarassment and something Tighnari couldn’t quite grasp, the fox heaved a sigh of relief.

“Did you… write this for me?”

A sign. A reaction. And it wasn’t negative, yet.

“Yes. And I meant every word.”

The general stared at Tighnari for a few moments, blinking slowly, unsure what to say or do now. The fox already feared as much – Cyno couldn’t reciprocate his feeling. And that was okay.

“Sorry, I just wanted you to know.” Tighnari started. He was so sure Cyno could never feel the same as him but when he looked at those cherry coloured eyes once more, he almost couldn’t believe it.

Cyno beamed, a smile rested on his usual stoic face, too. Was there something more to it?

Without warning Cyno embarced Tighnari. The hug was tight, yet comfortable. It was definetely something Tighnari had needed.

“You know, a simple ‘I really like you’ would’ve done the job too, right?”

“Maybe… but this is lovely as well isn’t it?”

The smaller man chuckled, nodding his head in agreement.

They didn’t need words exactly to communicate their feeling. The hug was all Tighnari needed to know that Cyno, too, loved his best friend in a way that he couldn’t possibly describe in words coming from his mouth.

[zhongrin]

If friendship level was indicating how characters were acting about you in impostor sagau, where you would be safest?

1-3 - they know something is wrong with you, but they still act as if you were the imposter

4-7 - they will ignore you. They won't help but they won't rush to capture you if u know what I mean

8-10 - they will help you hide and will try and act on the side to convince others that you are not an imposter

For me it's probably Mondstadt or Liyue

From Mondstadt I have friendship lv10 with Diluc, Barbara, Lisa, Amber, Kaeya, lv8 with Noelle and Bennett.

For Liyue i have Zhongli, Kazuha and Xiao on lv10, Ningguang, Yun Jin, Yanfei and Xiangling on lv8

In Inazuma, well... My raiden is on lv7 and rest is below lv5 so yeah, not good

In Sumeru I have to get to Tighnari, as he is on lv10, Cyno is on 6 so it's not the worst thing I guess

Anyways, I'm safest in Mondstadt

Wonder where you are safe owo

*gasp* i remember seeing this kind of prompt on hira's (@/hiraya-rawr) blog and i wanted to do it for so long hsdlfjsldkjf

i think i'll be safest in... either mond or liyue? but generally, most of the characters will ignore me because whenever i get new characters i have a habit of stuffing them into the teapot until they reach lv. 6 lmao

mondstadt

lv. 10 jean and kaeya + lv. 8 amber and sucrose - fingers crossed they'll help convince the rest of the mondstadt residents that i mean no harm??

then again i don't have venti. does that mean he's at lv. 0? what would that translate to? that the character has no idea that you're the real creator and will hunt you down? bc if so well then rip me-

conclusion: safe(?)

liyue

tbh it's equally as safe and dangerous here i feel hsldfjlksdf zhongli. zhongli please you have to keep me safe-

lv. 10 zhongli and xiao + lv. 9 xingqiu + lv. 8 qiqi - yk what this isn't bad i have a dps, support, shielder, and healer i'm all set lmaooo

well... considering there are two characters who are my only triple-crowned peeps here (xiao and zhongli), i am praying to rex lapis that they would keep me safe ;;;

lv. 3 yun jin + lv. 2 yaoyao would be after me haldjsldj

no yelan, hu tao, shenhe, ganyu, childe - i think out of these people the only dangerous ones would be ganyu and childe (if they're devoted to the impostor that is). the others doesn't seem like the type who would care much about impostor gods and such... unless this is the sagau with heavy cultist element, in which case hoo boy guess we'll see who wins...

conclusion: safe... maybe

inazuma

lv. 10 shinobu and kazuha + lv. 9 thoma

i feel like my only option here is to:

1) rely on kazuha to persuade beidou (lv. 6) so they can snuck me out to liyue, or

2) rely on thoma to persuade ayato (lv. 7) for a temporary shelter in the kamisato residence (but i don't have ayaka so it's more likely that she might influence her brother to turn me in to the shogun shdlfkjsdl), or

3) rely on shinobu to persuade itto (lv. 6) to take me in... but can i live as an arataki gang member? ........... probably not.....

i have no ei or yae so as soon as they see me i think i'm gonna be vaporized ala signora so uh. yeah.

conclusion: not safe

sumeru

i'm fucked *chuckles*

lv. 10 collei - my sweet summer child. i am hoping she'll manage to convince tighnari at the very least. but otherwise, i'm fucked.

lv. 7 wanderer + lv. 5 al haitham - it's unfortunate but they would ignore me sobsob

i don't have cyno, tighnari, nilou, or nahida, which are the key people running sumeru so really i think i have the smallest chance of survival here orz

conclusion: very not safe

[mikopikopon]

One of the things that I despise about people talking about Alhaitham is that there is this general consensus that he doesn't understand human emotions, or doesn't show them and is always cold. It's usually paired with headcanons about him being neurodivergent or autistic.

And like headcanons are headcanons, everyone has their own, but i have a problem when people talk about it as if it's canon.

Because it isn't.

And like, yeah, he is blunt, he often acts like he disregards other people and what they feel or think - but that's his choice. "He knows full well how to act nice, he just doesn't want to" + he doesn't care what others think of him, so he doesn't act in a way that's expected of him.

But we also see that it's not because he doesn't understand it. Quite the opposite - we see him use knowledge regarding that on multiple occasions (during the archon quest - as they were crafting and executing the plan to save the archon, in his story quest it was his understanding of it that made the hive collapse, how he'd rather talk than fight even though with his skills the latter would be less of a hassle, in the event - when he changes the subject right when things might e turned ugly between him and Kaveh, how he read right through Sachin and connected him with Kaveh, how despite Paimon and Traveler being as polite about it as possible - it's the ending with Alhaitham that we consider a "good one" because Kaveh doesn't end up mopping after).

And the fact people think he doesn't show emotions, while he does in fact. He's more expressive than Cyno. And maybe it's because I play in English, but his voice lines are sometimes showing when he's hesitant, playful, teasing, upset or surprised. He is smiling quite often when in a casual environment (the smile is plastered to his whenever he talks to Kaveh f.ex.). Of course when paired with such expressive characters as Paimon, Kaveh, Dehya or Nilou then he's sure to come out as bland, but his emotions are showing. They are just more subtle.

And while I do love the headcanon of him trying to help Kaveh and misreading what would be better to be said, that's just an issue with him and Kaveh. Kaveh thought they were exactly the same only to later turn out it was the exact opposite (bla bla bla mirrors bla bla bla your reflection is exactly the same as you but different bla bla).

If you're looking for him being neurodivergent, there are many other things you can build your headcanon around: his meticulous routine, his sound blocking headphones, the way he takes notes that nobody seems to understand (I'm talking about his job now, not the event), the fat that he has dendro vision (it means he has an obsession), his trailer when we literally see him lost in the book to the point the world around him stops existing (and he doesn't seem to be reading novels, the one in the archon quest was related to physics), and more that I can't really think of rn.

[huaandbloom]

I see you also ship Barbara x Bennett what else do you ship

OHOHOHOHOHO I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED–

I'm just gonna assume you're asking only about Genshin ships. I'm a multi-shipper so there will be repeats.

Warning: very VERY long read. I got a bit more extensive than I thought I would.

Ships that have a chokehold on me:

Keqing x Heizou: would hate each other at first, but with enough time and maybe one night of forced deep conversation realize that they have a lot in common? Both are very dedicated to their work, almost to a fault, but have very different working styles

Barbara x Bennett : I'm a sucker for character A chastising character B for getting hurt while they patch them up

Amber x Razor: hc Amber to be 18-20 and Razor to be 17-18 in case anyone's alarmed. It's the bunny x wolf and "outgoing girl helps awkward and closed off boy get out of his comfort zone" for me

Jean x Diluc: fully convinced they're exes and Diluc still has feelings for Jean at least. You can't tell me that one of the reasons he went to the summer islands wasn't to see Jean in her summer fit

Kazuha x Xiangling: mostly QPR, Xiangling canonically sails with the Crux Fleet sometimes so I'm pretty sure they have an established friendship of sorts already

Ayaka x Thoma: am a sucker for royalty x servant type dynamics, they'd be really sweet together, and I totally bought the pre-Inazuma rumors that they were gonna be fiances...

Xiangling x Xiao: all it took was one(1) fic which is now lost forever :( but either way I'm sold now

Mona x Scaramouche/Wanderer: look aesthetically pleasing together, plus I like the bickering between the two of them in the fics I read

Gorou x Kokomi: my loves my babies my everything the apple of my eye the peanut to my butter the fried to my rice to yee to my haw the dog leans over to kiss the fishy in the pond memes the- (has been shipping them since 2.0 livestream and refuses to let go)

Ships I can enjoy:

Bennett x Fischl: mainly for the ship name puns, but also I like their friendship a lot it's very cute

Ayaka x Kazuha: angst edition in which they try to maintain a long distance but after a while Ayaka can't take it anymore and breaks it off. Other than that I think they look really pretty together and they think really highly of each other

Beidou x Ningguang: Lantern Rite 2021 sold me on this ship. Like sure you guys, you just play chess and nothing more. Sure sure sure-

Xinyan x Yun Jin: Lantern Rite 2021 also sold me on it

Katheryne x Wanderer: @probably-impossible has me hook line and sinker it's such a silly ship but also makes so much sense for some reason?? Content for it has died down but I look back on that time fondly

Dehya x Dunyuzard: look me dead in the eye and tell me they aren't dating. You can't

Cyno x Nilou: the fanarts get me every time in a way I can't explain I feel so much feeling whenever I see them that it borders on having a chokehold on me. It's only here because I only feel the feelings when I remember they exist which isn't very often

Albedo x Sucrose: Windblume had me feeling a certain way let's just put it that way

Amber x Eula: similar-ish dynamic to Amber x Razor and admittedly they have more canon content than the aforementioned ship ever will (cri)

Itto x Sara: childhood friends to petty bickering enemies to lovers. Need I say more.

Chongyun x Xiangling: used to ship them in early game because of that one character story where Chongyun accidentally eats a chilli at Wanmin and then apologises to her profusely

Hu Tao x Xiao: grumpy x sunshine-ish that's it that's the tweet

Kaeya x Rosaria: bi4bi drinking buddies (romantic)

Kaeya x Kokomi: aethetically pleasing and amazing fanarts I must say

Cyno x Layla: an online friend sold me on this and I think it's just neat

Wanderer x Traveler: the love-hate potential is there and I can appreciate it. It's an acquired taste personally, but now I kinda dig it.

Bennett x Chongyun: both constantly get less-than-desired results in their respective lines of work

Ships I can see happening I guess:

Cyno x Tighnari: I like imagining them as a divorced couple co-parenting Collei lmao

Alhaitham x Kaveh: it's fine I guess?? I just see so much fan art that frankly it's become oversaturated for me

Dainsleif x Kaeya: I don't care much for Dain but I like royalty x knight so there you go

Venti x Xiao: this would go under "ships I can enjoy" but now I have beef with it. No it doesn't have anything to do with the fandom or the shippers /gen but I'd rather not get into it

Hu Tao x Yanfei: y'all YanTao nation people make good fanart ngl

Ei x Miko: they're wives. Not a big fan of them, but they're wives

Childe x Traveler: used to ship it but not so much anymore for some reason

Xiao x Traveler: except it's one-sided 'cause I'm a bit evil like that

[dutybcrne]

           ・⊱ Every affirmation set his fretting heart at ease.

           It was rather funny, in a way. Alhaitham, the man who, as Kaveh would swear up and down to anybody who would listen, stressed and aggravated him like no other, was also the very person who could bring him the swiftest solace with a mere promise. A mere few choice words only he would know would truly help someone like him best.

           That utterly selfish part of him Alhaitham had awakened now never wanted to hear the end of it. Every day, for the rest of their lives, no matter what either said or did,

           'I want you to stay.'

           No matter how things would come to change between them through that time,

           'I want you to stay.'

           If there was one thing he'd hoped never would, would always remain an irrefutable truth above all else,

           'I want y-'

           "Ah–?"

           Kaveh's mouth opened and closed, once, twice, as his gaze met Alhaitham's.

           In the same shaky breath he'd felt his heart skip a beat, ever conscious of the other's voice, his touch and gesture, he would feel it lurch to a harsh, painful stop.

           "A-already...?"

           Already, already-

           When? When did this happen?

           Had he missed that in their time together? He shouldn't have, they were always together save...well, o-okay, maybe Alhaitham had been getting up to all sorts of trouble and such on his own more lately, but still...!

           Well...maybe he shouldn't be surprised, having kept that distance between them for so long. Keeping himself so guarded and striking back so swiftly, always thinking the worst of even the most, seemingly innocuous of words. Even if there had been the faintest glimmer of something years ago...what were the chances it would have even taken root, invaded and dug right to even the darkest corners of Alhaitham's heart, rather than be left aside, forgotten?

           But Alhaitham never resented him. He never did, never hated him. So why-

           Who was it then? Nilou? They were awfully chummy during the Interdarshan Games ( but surely he would have noticed if Alhaitham looked at her that way- ). Dehya? No, last he heard, her affections lay elsewhere...and it was certainly not Tighnari or Cyno. That didn't leave any other feasible choice, logically no one else would get along so well with him, much less stand a chance to catch the man's attention and favor apart from...the Traveler?

           Kaveh's brows furrowed as his gaze flickered, straying from Alhaitham's towards the door of their home as his hand came to encircle the man's wrist.

           No...that couldn't be it, either. Couldn't be-

           And yet how many others could he say had ever been invited over by Alhaitham so soon–?

           "W-well, I ought to encourage you wholeheartedly to pursue and treat them well then, shouldn't I?"

           He should. By all means, he should encourage him. Be it as Alhaitham's senior ( ha, clinging to that bygone title like a fool, as always ), or as his friend, there was no mistaking it was the right thing to do.

           Yet the very thought might as well be a bitter poison in his mouth, a vise grip enclosed around his thudding heart.

           Archons, he was selfish. Unbelievably selfish. Here Alhaitham was, saying he'd found that special person for himself, had for some time if his words were any indication, and yet...what, he couldn't even be happy for him–

           Kaveh blinked then shook his head a slight to dash the thought.

           What...what was he doing?

           Here he was, falling right back into old patterns all over again, wasn't he? Taking Alhaitham's words without even giving them or the man himself an ounce of thought. Getting so worked up over the most trivial things, train of thought tumbling right to the worst case scenarios he'd want to refute and snap at.

           It was far too easy to lose a handle on his emotions when it came to Alhaitham. Dangerously easy, it was no wonder the strong bond they'd held before had crumbled over a mere few words. The very thing he was to blame for before, he was damn near about to repeat, all over again.

           He truly was such a damned fool.

           To think Alhaitham seriously intended to keep him around, even knowing this-

           "Though I'd be lying if I said I wasn't...terribly caught off-guard."

           That's right...he did, didn't he? Troublesome and hopeless as Kaveh was, no matter what he did or said, Alhaitham would still...

           "Or envious."

           Ah, what was one more hammer's blow to their ever fragile foundation, right?

           "Would...would it be far too late for me to change your mind?"

           Either it would shatter, or it'd be first swing for a more stable one...right?

           "Or..." Perhaps the more terrifying, yet hopeful outcome of this- "Is this something I wouldn't have to worry about?"

           If Alhaitham truly wanted what he did, if it was the very same-

           "I mean, for me..." If he could be as selfish as he wanted, so long as he could stay here- "...it's–it's always been you."

Alhaitham knew exactly what he wanted when it came to Kaveh, but they were words that he decided not to utter. It was unknown how the other would react since there was a chance those words would be denied. It would be a matter that the scribe would force though. He wanted Kaveh to stay until he decided to leave if he no longer wanted to share this comfortable space with him. A place that Alhaitham called home as long as they both were underneath the same roof.

 “How so? I am only speaking the truth.” He actually did know, but he didn’t want to continue hiding those thoughts that appeared on a daily basis. He wanted Kaveh to know. He wanted to share his thoughts with him. 

Turquoise eyes focused on Kaven allowing him to speak while he wouldn’t find it surprising if an argument somehow broke out between the two. But an argument was something that Alhaitham was trying to avoid while speaking the truth he was determined to reveal. 

“I do. I want you to stay here, Kaveh. I want you to stay for as long as you want, but I won’t stop you if you want to leave.” 

Alhaitham knew that things were getting better between the two of them while they were slowly mending that once broken relationship. It was going to take time, but they were standing on equal ground now. They were able to share their opinions without an argument breaking out between the two of them. It would be up to Kaveh if he wanted them to become something more if there was a chance at all. Alhaitham was going to try because of those feelings he had kept hidden from view knowing that speaking about them wouldn’t go well after they had gone their separate ways. 

“I am fine with that, you are welcome to stay.” There had been no intentions to kick Kaveh out in the first place despite the arguments and the little jabs he made quite frequently. He knew what he wanted. Would Kaveh want the same thing? A question which had lingered in his mind, but one that Alhaitham hadn’t been able to bring forward. It was a difficult situation because Kaveh’s reaction most likely would not be a good one. 

“You wouldn’t be getting in the way. There will be plenty of time for us to deal with that lost time if you are willing to accept what I am about to say.” A close of the book before it was placed onto the table that rested between them. Approaching Kaveh, fingers did gently lift his chin up causing him to look upwards at him “What if I already found my special someone?”

[satorugojooo]

Can I ask an anemo vision holder and she has already lost a loved one and she doesn't want to lose al haitham also if you don't mind

A/n: ohhh yess I feel like this would turn out so niceee thank you for the request! I hope you will enjoy this and I hope that it will make your day better <3

Pairings: Al haitham x fem!reader

Warnings: sensitive themes? There will be mentioned losing a loved one so if it makes you uncomfortable please don't read it, also some speculations on what the archon quest may hold about Dottore and that tree from the trailer

You were currently searching for some informations about those devices that everyone owns. You knew that they were made to connect every citizen of Sumeru, and that because of them people couldn't dream at night, but these days something very weird was happening with these devices. It was as if someone tried to control them, the citizens were all very tense, they started arguing and Sumeru was in a huge chaos.

The traveler was working together with Lesser Lord Kusanali, Cyno and everyone else on finding out what happened, but you wanted to help as well.

"Hmm these devices are born from the Irminsul tree... Maybe something had happened to that tree? But I do not own a dendro vision, it would be hard to figure that out on my own... I think I'll contact Tighnari." you mumbled and you searched more informations.

All of a sudden the door burst open with a loud thud and you raised your head alarmed. Collei rushed in with a worried look.

"Y/N!" she yelled and ran to you as you stood up quickly.

"Collei, what's happening?" you said and tried to calm the girl down.

"I-... Had a vision these days about... A fatui but turns out that... He's actually, the Irminsul tree is on fire!" she said out of breath and you tried to catch what she was trying to say.

"What?? The tree is on fire?? But how did this happen, and the fatui? And someone went to the tree or?" you asked quickly and she nodded.

"Master Tighnari went these with the traveler, Al haitham and Nahida... I do not know what's happening but, I know wich fatui is there y/n... It's the one who did experiments on me... He's named Dottore." she said very worried and you looked at her shocked.

A harbinger?? And one of the most cruel ones for sure? And the traveler went to fight it with the others but Al haitham? Will he be alright? You both were in a relationship for some time but you were worried for him.

"We have to get there at once too, I'm sure we could help at least to capture that harbinger." you said seriously and Collei nodded.

"Okay! Dori is waiting for us outside together with Dehya and Nilou, everyone is worried for the fate of Sumeru right now." Collei said and you both rushed outside. After meeting with the other girls you all ran to the place where the tree used to be. You couldn't think straight anymore, memories flooded your mind, you remembered your best friend and how he died being killed by a Pyro regisvine. You both were small and you just found this huge plant in Liyue when your parents were on a business trip. Without having time to react, the plant attacked your best friend and not even ashes remained. You swore that you wouldn't let anyone else die that you cared for, and now your boyfriend was facing one of the most dangerous harbingers. You were terrified.

As you arrived at the tree you saw it burn very strongly. You looked around only to see that no harbinger was around but a lot of fatui were fighting with the guards and Al haitham, Cyno and Tighnari.

"Master Tighnari! Where is the traveler??" Collei asked as she threw her boomerang at the fatui agent.

The boys looked at you all and Tighnari answered while knocking off a Mirror maiden.

"They went to fight the harbinger with Nahida, Dottore tried to escape after he set the tree on fire but the traveler caught him."

"Al haitham are you alright??" you said as you used a wind current to blow the agents away from his back. As you raised your head you realized you were back to back with him and he smiled at you while slashing some fatui's.

"Don't you know what I'm capable of? Some fatui's can't just hurt me." he said and you smiled at him.

"Then let's show them just with who they messed this time." you said preparing your catalyst.

After knocking most of the enemies down Nilou started using her vision on the tree.

"This may be more complicated than I thought, this fire isn't the normal kind of one, that harbinger knew all too well what he was doing. Even if I save the tree, the devices connected to it won't be usable anymore..." she said and Tighnari nodded.

"Now the most important thing is to stop this fire, after we can figure something out." he said and she nodded. After many tries you managed to put down the fire and Al haitham came to you.

"How are you feeling? You didn't get hurt did you?" he asked and you nodded.

"I'm fine Haitham, as long as I know your safe I'm fine..." you said relieved and when you closed your eyes you felt yourself being pushed in a chest. You replied to the hug by putting your hands around Al haithams waist.

"You don't have to worry about me, you won't lose me... I know what happened to you in the past, but I will always stay by your side." he said in a soft tone and you hummed.

"Yes, I try to convince myself that you will be fine but when I heard a harbinger was involved I just... Lost rationality." you said and he rubbed your back.

"It's all okay now, everything will be fine." he said and you smiled as he kissed you softly on the lips.

[worriedvision]

That Cynari poly idea with a reader who is great in acting is just so good, and I could totally see the reader growing even more famous in the art world because of their performances and their skill with the crafts!

Imagine them finally following Nilou’s advice and deciding it’s time for a new relationship, or even some time alone to really be who they want to be. Imagine them going to help Yun Jin in Liyue for one if her performances, and in the way, they start getting close to a person from there! (It could be Zhongli because of his like for opera and performances, or even Ningguang!)

It would be even more funny to see reader getting in a relationship with Nilou lmao, after all, she was the one who truly was for them every time, and she also is the one who understood their passion for the arts :)

We just love to see reader grow after going through some angst 💕

Okay so this is gonna start with yet another argument with Tighnari and Cyno (smh you two all you do is pick on poor reader!). Gender neutral reader. It's a happy ending if you like Kazuha, but a sad one if you like Tighnari in particular.

--

"Every time you ask us that question, we always say no." Tighnari huffs in response to you asking if Cyno and Tighnari wanted to come along to watch a performance. "You're so persistent, even after we make it clear that we aren't interested."

"I just thought it'd be nice for you guys to watch a performance." You pout, crossing your arms.

"Well, it wouldn't be. You know I can't deal with loud sounds, and both of our work is too timely to have the spare time to come along." Tighnari fires back. You feel the imminent shouting session Tighnari was about to start, and out of instinct you run.

"Oh and there you go, running off an inevitably going to crawl back and give a pathetic apology for not listening, only to do this again!" Tighnari rambles off, Cyno silently standing with him and watching you run off.

"_, wait!" You hear Nilou calling out. You stop, Nilou taking a breather before she begins to speak again. "I'm sorry, I should have asked you if they were okay with watching the arts before encouraging you to ask them again." She admits, before she thinks to herself. "...Hold on, do they support you at all with your dancing?"

"Not really, but I don't really tell them about it unless it's asking them if they want to watch a performance." You admit. "I know they're really busy, and maybe they're right. Maybe I should just give up on my dreams, and start to look for a real job."

"No, please don't do that." Nilou stops you. "You are a phenomenal dancer, not to mention your propwork is immaculate. If your boyfriends do not accept your passion, then forget them!" She huffs.

"But I love them! I can't just move on like that." You protest.

"They don't accept that you have lots of potential as a dancer, and that is their loss. It will be hard, but I will be here to help you get through this." Nilou states. "You enjoy dancing, I know it, and your props also allow you some extra finance."

You nod, wiping your tears before nodding.

--

Your first dance after the last argument you would have with Tighnari, you couldn't dance normally. Usually optimistic and full of energy in your moves, you become slow and weighted with your movements. Graceful in a sorrowful way, you decide against going to grab the prop you had ready, letting your limbs do the work. You feel like the music has stopped, but you keep going, your mind creating a sad melody that you would dance to. Your eyes close shut, you fully becoming immersed with the impending sense of sorrow as you feel your dance beginning to come to it's end. Your last step fumbles at the end, but your arms recover, you on the ground as you slowly open your eyes.

A few seconds pass, and you hear someone start to applaud, everyone else joining in. Looking up, you see Nilou waving at you, mouthing at you to talk to her.

When you go along, she gives you a suggestion. Not one on your dance that you just monumentally changed, but on how to be happier. She suggests that you go to Liyue and find a woman that goes by the name of Yunjin.

"I think you need to be away from Sumeru, at least until you can stop thinking about them." She explains. "I look forward to seeing you again." She smiles, you nodding before you decide to head off towards Liyue.

--

"Excuse me sir." You call out to a man enjoying a cup of tea, hoping you weren't interrupting him. "I am looking for a Miss Yunjin, do you know where I can find her?"

"I do, actually." The man responds. "I was just about to head off for a performance of hers. Would you care to come along?"

"I would love that, thank you sir." You smile, following the man when he stands up, walking towards the location where Yunjin was.

You watch on in awe, taking in the beauty that was her performance. She was truly captivating, and you almost completely forget about needing to meet her and ask her about something before the man across from you nudges you, saying that now was the chance.

"Excuse me, Mis Yunjin?" You call out, the woman turning in surprise. "Sorry, haha. I'm from Sumeru, and Nilou has told me to look for you. I don't know if you would be looking to help me with my performances, however I also do my own prop work."

Yunjin laughs lightly, shaking her head out of disbelief.

"Ahh, yes. Nilou has told me all about you. Quite the story, I'm sure I could write a script on it." She teases lightly. "Accompany me, and I shall help you in finding yourself." She states.

You didn't actually see that man after the interaction at all, which did make you feel sad. You did hope you could thank him somehow, perhaps pay for his meal or give him a carving.

Yunjin turns out to be the discipline you need to solidify your dance. Your movements always remained heavy, however Yunjin taught you how to make even the heaviest of steps graceful and flawless to the blind eye. She also shows you how you can incorporate your props into your dance in various ways, her complimenting your handiwork in the process, and after she believes you are recovered from the last argument you had with your boyfriends, she tells you that she would like to have one performance where it's just you.

There is the man that showed you where Yunjin was. There is a shorter man across from him, in Inazuman attire, and hes also there to enjoy the show.

The performance seems to go much better than you anticipated, your dance showing your process of recovering from the heartbreak of 'a' lover who chastised you repeatedly for a passion that was immature according to them. The performance ends, and you hear two sets of feet approaching you.

"Your footwork is quite exquisite." The taller man states. "And those arms carry the burden of a lover scorned."

"Thank you, sir. Oh, and I must also thank you for showing me where miss Yunjin was." You smile.

"What are your plans now that your training is complete?" The man asks.

"Well, I have Sumeru I can return to. I had to leave from a previous relationship, however I feel that I can continue my craft back in my home nation." You respond.

"Would you mind if I accompany you?" The shorter man asks. "I have always wanted to see Sumeru for myself, and I'm sure you could show me some special spots most could only dream of."

You nod, introducing yourself. The man introduces himself as Kazuha, a mere wanderer.

--

The walk to Sumeru was surprisingly nice, the man with you having a lovely conversation with you. You find out he enjoys exploring, not intending on settling soon, and he tells you of all these places he had been. He doesn't bring up Inazuma, and you decide against asking him. Chances are, he had an awful time in Inazuma and you'd rather not sour this mood.

He finds out, after he promises not to judge you, that you had two lovers who never truly supported your dance career. It was the very reason you left Sumeru, and there was a small part of you that felt worried. Kazuha reassures you that he was going to be there with you when you return to your usual place, and you smile and nod in acknowledgement.

--

The moment Nilou spots you, she gasps before she runs up to you, asking how you were. You say you're doing much better, and you were now thankfully no longer so stuck in the past.

She looks at Kazuha, hiding her smirk before introducing herself. Kazuha introduces himself, and Nilou invites him to stay for a performance before heading off for his next destination. Of course, she drags you along explaining she was looking forward to seeing you dance.

"I think he likes you, _." Nilou teases.

"Oh please. He's a free soul, I wouldn't be able to date him."

"Whatever you say." She giggles, looking over at Kazuha before freezing.

Tighnari is there.

"Tighnaris here, do you still want to perform?" Nilou asks, clearly worried you were going to get worse again.

"Yes." You definitively state, a determined look in your eye.

--

A performance later, and you walk over to Kazuha, Tighnari conveniently behind him. You don't see How Tighnaris tail stills when he realises you weren't walking to him, but another man. Here he was, hoping to apologise for being so mean and tell you that you were great.

"You did well." Kazuha states, you smiling and thanking him. You look behind Kazuha, seeing Tighnari waiting for you to talk to him, and you tell Kazuha you'll be ready to show him around Sumeru after you finish old business.

"_, I've missed you so much." Tighnari begins. "I decided to come along when I saw you were back, and I figured I may as well watch one of those performances. I realise now that you are very good at this, and-"

"Stop, please." You hush him. "In our relationship, the only thing we did was fight. I'm sure the only reason you even came here today was because you saw me with a man that wasn't you nor Cyno."

"I can do better, please give me a chance."

"No, I'm at peace now. It's about time you adjusted to not having me in the relationship, which I'm sure won't be too difficult for you."

"Can he provide what I can? Is he smarter than me, do you find him-"

"Tighnari, stop." You growl. "He's just a friend, and he isn't even going to be staying in Sumeru for too long. I'm only here to show him some spots."

And with that, Kazuha taps your shoulder.

"I think it might be a good time for us to get some rest. Your friend gave us a room for the night." Kazuha states, his eyes going to Tighnari. "It's nice to put a face to the name."

Before Tighnari can ask Kazuha what he knows about Tighnari, Kazuha guides you along, a smug looking Nilou showing you your room.

And of course there was only one bed.

[lynns-cornerr]

(Some of) sumeru cast x gn! sleepy reader

Author note: This is the first time I publish here on Tumblr, also English is not my first language, so in case of errors please report it in the comments.

And also, thanks @alizaneth for the idea! Let me know what you think and if you like <3

+ I wanted to write the whole cast of Sumeru but I didn’t have the time and couldn’t wait to publish, so i wrote only for Tighnari, Candace and Nilou. I promise will try to publish as soon as possible a second part with the rest of the characters (ie Cyno, Dehya, Kaveh and AlHiatham)

Tighnari

- The first time he saw you he thought you were dead (💀). But how to blame him, it was late at night when he saw you in the heart of the forest. usually no adventurer with a minimum of sense would have camped there without having properly set up a tent etc.

- But not you. You were sleeping on a log, and your tent was half-mounted by your side.

- He was afraid that some wild animal in the forest had hurt you, but when he came up he didn’t see any blood or anything, so he knew you were just sleeping.

- When you woke up, you were no longer in the forest, but in Grandhava Village.

- You were in a room completely unknown to you, but before you could record what had happened, you heard the door opened and then revealed a young boy with dark hair and two large ears similar to those of a fox

"First of all, consider yourself lucky, adventurer. I think you need to review your survival guide"

- From there, he began to call you back for negligence and inattention, explaining to you every danger you could face if he didn’t save you. He was so caught up in his speech, he didn’t realize you’d gone back to sleep.

- Sighed, one part of him wanted to push you out of bed and re-start complaining about your your behaviour, while the other wanted to leave you alone yet another longer.

- He could not deny that he was intrigued by you. Maybe after you wake up and finish his speech, he could offer you something or ask you what your name was, considering he didn’t even have time to do that

- A few hours later, he offered you something to drink and to eat, and in the meantime you told him about you and while you spoke to him about you and this 'habit' of yours. He listened to you in silence, taking an interest in every word that came out of your mouth

- In the end, he said that in case you had to make other excursions through the forest, you would have to tell him so that he could find time for you and accompany you. For your safety, of course and not because he wanted to spend more time with you

Nilou

- Nilou strolled through the streets of the Grand Baazar quietly at the crack of dawn, heading to Mr Jut to buy a tahchin, until she noticed you sitting on the edge of the fountain under the stage where she used to rehearse her dance

- She had never seen you before, he knew the Grand Baazar and the big "family" had been there since he was eight, so she would surely have noticed you if you were there

- She was worried and thought you weren’t feeling well considering your slightly bizarre appearance and where you were resting (certainly not one of the most comfortable places to sleep or anything), so she approached you and tried to figure out if everything was okay

- But, while she put his hand on your forehead to check your temperature, you opened your eyes, making her jump and, because of that sudden awakening, you lost your balance and fell into the fountain

"Oh dear archons, I’m so sorry!"

- The young woman whit long red hair immediately helped you up, repeatedly apologizing

- Being a great friend of the merchants at the Grand Baazar, they helped you by giving you decent clothes changes while waiting for your parents to dry completely

- After you changed and explained to her for the fifth time that you were not angry, she offered in apology to buy you a tahchin, so you followed her to the stand (actually i have no idea how to call it) to which she went every day.

- Seeing your sleepy face glowing with joy as you ate, she told you she would like If every morning I came with her to eat and chat a little and you in response told her that you would never wake up at such a time

- From that day , a strange relationship arose between the two of you.

- Whenever she had to rehearse her dances she would invite you to see her, even though most of the time you would fall asleep towards the end, but she didn’t mind, indeed she found it cute, so much so that you wrapped her sitting at your side, She made you lean your head on her knees and take a nap with you

Candace

- As the current guardian of the Aaru Village, Candace always has a busy schedule, but that day it was her free day after so long, or at least, she should have.

- She was going to buy a few things and go home, but Nawaz - one of the children in the village - called her and said he had seen a person on the edge of the village who didn’t look quite fit and was worried that someone had attacked them

- Immediately, Candace went to the point that Nawas had indicated to her, only to find what looked like an adventurer leaning against a rock that rubbed his eyes

- When you fully recover from your nap, you find yourself a tall and imposing woman in front of you

"Hello adventurer. I think you are not of these areas... please follow me to a safer place to rest"

- She escorted you to the village chief’s house (where the archon quest took place, in case you didn’t understand) and invited you to sit down while he went to get you something to eat. But when she came back you were sleeping again, your head on the table

- She laid the tray on the table and sat down beside it. She stroked your hair and moved your face from the front. She watched you sleep, and wondered why you was so tired. What kind of exploration did you do to be so tired? Had you met enemies along the way?

- She didn’t realize that while she was thinking about all these questions, she was playing with your hair, turning it around on her finger and slightly combing it.

- When she noticed that you were opening your eyes, she immediately withdrew her hand and put it in front of her face, wanting to hide the slight redness due to embarrassment

- Afterwards, you spent the rest of the day together, where you told her about your travels and about yourself. she even invited you to stay with her until you left, and she added that she would be more than happy to host you in the future

[yostresswritinggirl]

Unspoken angst is Hu Tao’s reaction to the rising costs of Zhongli’s spending habits as he guides and supports Scara and puppet reader. He finds their interactions to be endearing. Childe would be a hilarious addition to the mora woes.

SPEAKING OF DANGEROUS PLANTS AND FAUNA! Have you heard of the nipple fruit? Apparently it’s poisonous. (From what I know, bleeding mushrooms are safe to touch.)

Scara sends Nahida and Traveler postcards of his travels with puppet reader and it’s like… a honeymoon to me. Lantern rite date! And in a quiet spot under the lanterns, they hug and watch. Scara and puppet reader might as well settle with the Aranara eventually.

Modern au when Scara drives, he got one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding puppet reader’s hand and occasionally he kisses their knuckles during the drive. Is it dangerous? I mean yea. It is still cute? Also yea.

I think Dain’s perspective on Scara and puppet reader would be interesting. But I just wanna see more Dain, lol.

Nilou didn’t come home either so I am very sad. Tighnari and Nilou when????? Also, I tend to get my ideas the second I walk into the kitchen so that’s probably why I gravitate towards food ideas. Maybe it’s because my attention span jumps from this to that frequently. I’ve been thinking about bedroom layouts and mattress size. Who is the one who uses organizer bins in the house? Who goes with the Marie Kondo way of organization? What do their aprons look like???? Does Tighnari help tie Cyno’s hair back when he forgets to???? (Yes.) Scara and puppet reader hold hands when they go to bed. Scara sparkling when happy because of puppet reader. Ah. It’s amore.

Bloom anon

*searching nipple fruit* oh wow, wait, people grow these for decorations?! That's fucked up, I wouldn't trust myself with that

Don't worry Hu Tao, sooner or later Scaramouche would feel annoyed and think Zhongli is showing off or belittling their reserves, and show off the good ol Fatui salary™ Also don't ever ever mention Childe or even bring him when they're there because hell WILL break loose

Omayghad IT IS A HONEYMOON HAHAHAHA I can't fuckin believe these two, or actually it's probably because of them being puppets so they're neurotic as hell "hey we just wrecked havoc across Teyvat with our terrible life decisions and almost ruined Sumeru but we're cool now and want to go on vacation, see ya" and yes, I think after their honeymoon phase, they end up settling in the forest with the Aranaras cottagecore style

Nahida doesn't mind, honestly she'll visit a lot even, they're all immortal friends so even better. But the funniest imagine I could think of would be Traveler traveling to a new region either Natlan or Fontaine fighting gods and shit, and while running away from authorities, they meet eyes with Scaramouche and puppet Reader who were in the middle of eating on an outside table like 🧍🧍 🏃

Bonus: they don't do anything to help because they don't want to be dragged into whatever archon shit they're dealing with. More bonus: they have the audacity to send the Traveler another post card in that same region, "that restaurant had the best dessert, you should try it once you're not a fugitive anymore"

Dain's narrative would certainly be melancholic since he's reminded of his adventures with the twin. 'Such divine beings tossed away and broken by the reality of the living world, the only ones who can truly understand how their mind works and how they view the world are each other. If gods can roam Teyvat as mortals, then they deserve this period of their life more than anything else.'

Bloom anon, the master of domestic fluff is now your official title, turning even the most painful fic into a wholesome sequel

[fictionfixations]

Genshin Impact fic thoughts? idk man

okay so

im kinda tempted to write genshin fanfiction

i mean i probably wont because theres a whole lot of terms and locations i just dont remember off the top of my head- i mean we know the basics, archons and visions ofc, etc etc

but like.. aaAAAaa

ive also gotten more into it since the 3.1 update, and i recently got cyno and ive been building him--

uhm.

so basically i got a fixation on cyno and dottore (on an unrelated note, fuckin love cyno and alhathiams [i probably misspelled his name] dynamic)

i also recently read the genshin manga (including the i think last 3 chapters, which still havent been officially translated into english so fan translators, youre the best)

ackk

i really like collei too (apparently you got her for free last update!?? NOOOO- i didnt play then SOBS.)

no but anyways

LORE SPOILERS IG? idk man i dont know a lot but its still spoilers

i dont think cyno and dottore ever actually truly met and stuff blah blah blah i mean like- maybe they did? i dont know. I mean I know Cyno and Lisa were in the Akademiya together but idk if Dottore was there or not D:

I mean.

so

Cyno's like.. possessed by some godly ancient being that i dont know who- i mean hes possessed by something when he does his burst

what if Dottore's being all evil and shit

and Cyno notices that of course, because hes the general mahamatra thing and knows kinda a lot -? He's smart basically and notices when something is off

uh.. he registers Dottore as a threat to the people of Sumeru and attacks him- or well tries to take him down (id like to think hes a little impulsive. [id imagine Alhaitham would know him enough though to know that too and would hold him back sometimes. They have a hate-love friendship lmao] when maybe like someone he cares about is threatened-- well like he cares about everyone in Sumeru, and if everyones all scare-- OH IDEA IDEA)

okay so like

he just has a feeling that somethings not right, so he returns to Sumeru City (Thats what its called right?? i mean I know Port Ormos but theres the other one where we get our Akasha when we first enter, and has the Akademiya and I think the stage that Nilou was at)

The people don't seem like they're acting right but he brushes it off as possibly being paranoid, though notes it for later if something happens

He hears a cry. (I'd imagine he has better hearing? I don't know if I wanna count the ears on his helmet thing actual ears or just that, decorative things on the helmet thing)

Immediately, he pinpoints the location of where the cry is coming from and heads there. He's quiet though. As much as he'd like to rush there, it would be better to see the situation for himself and calculate a plan then.

He sees Dottore (wait would he know about the Fatui? I mean like everyone probably does- WAIT. okay so he helped Collei back in the manga and brought him to Sumeru. I'd imagine they'd get some understanding, and while he wouldn't push for her to tell him, I'd think one day she would. Well like he knows Dottore, but I think Collei only saw his old mask- she'd recognize the hair but it's not one of the things that would stand out the most, and she would probably point out the creepy mask- so cyno would not recognize Dottore.)

Dottore is saying something undiscernible but absolutely negatively to the crying child.

Cyno gets mad. His breath hitches at the sight and immediately gets into action, but Dottore expects this. It turns out to be like a fuckin plot and the child stops crying, because Dottore was doing the hallucination thought control thingy with the Akasha terminal

I'd imagine Dottore is powerful, not just in his brain, but he can fight well considering his status.

Cyno is still standing, yet he won't get anywhere, and the longer he takes, who knows what's happening to the kid- and he realizes that it's also happening to everyone else (I'd imagine not Cyno though- he isn't wearing the Akasha I think in Aaru village and I'd imagine this takes place somewhere during his self-imposed exile)

He uses his burst, and Dottore grins. "There it is."

In the end Cyno loses, mainly because Dottore uses a cheap trick, threatening the child. Death? No, that would be too merciful. He threatens to break the poor kids mind, never to be able to have a sane thought again, forced to go insane and lose his mind. It would be an interesting experimentation regardless.

actually whats dottores vision? I'm pretty sure he has one but idk if he uses it- probably not but still ;w;;; (theres just some cruelty with defeating vision wielders without one)

Dottore commends him on his fighting, but says that his technique is lacking a little

and then

uhhhh

i mean id imagine hed want to experiment or something on cyno because he is strong n stuff but like. how would he word it?

mans has only appeared in the actual game for like ONE cutscene and then oofed to nowhere land (i mean he'll probably appear in like the next update but still LMAO-)

[astrxlis-archive]

Hello again !! 😚 THANK YOU for your warm welcome Fox! <33 also the paragraphs are still duplicated in my side i do not know what's going on, but don't worry! Not much of a big deal 👌

THE MEMES too... You really took a fraction of your time to do the cake one😭 I probably am not around or maybe I am but not aware of it during that time. I'm doing alright! (i do not know my true state tbh 😅) I could say that, but really I don't think I actually am because it's really difficult to do work now, given that this so-called Executive Dysfunction is affecting me so much (ᗒᗩᗕ) OH SCARAMOUCHE! I definitely am not aware that i have said to dislike him however i'm very very glad to have my ideas help you!! I look forward to the xingqiu theme in October! 👀

Sumeru is such a cozy place, I agree with that! The enemies are great for me too, so many variety of mushrooms + eremites! I did have finished the archon quest available, due to needing to unlock reputation immediately to start progress~ it was great, Nahida is well written and I hope you'd love her too! The only concern i have is that she looks like a radish 😆 I have also finished the Aranyaka quest, it was long but it was meant to be that. I love Aranaras so much :3

Hello fellow kazuha haver~ I feel the same about getting tighnari because of the difficulties i'm having in exploring sumeru. Goodluck on getting Scaramouche too (early pity hopefully) <3 ACTUALLY I was thinking of pulling for scaramouche for funsies only, since i have ei and kazuha. But then another thing that prevents me from doing so is that i barely have built my anemo characters properly with a 4 pc VV,,, i am wondering as well if you're interested in getting candace? She's a definite yes to me given that she's a four star, but we'll see what happens! Nilou's skills are really beautiful, AND CYNO. Cyno's like the Ayaka or Xiao of Sumeru. They're beautiful, but I am f2p .......

May you get some proper rest during your gap semester Fox!! Take your nice break and make the best of it from uni for a while 💕 The heavy things that will come later on during the year isn't yet happening, however if i were to be honest... It is really overwhelming even if it doesn't scare me due to not functioning as a student at this point *sweats* I'm still trying ☺️ i also wanted to share that im seeing study posts around social media, making me think if it's a sign of anything 🤔

so i didnt knew this is getting long but it cant be compared to the long ass messages we've exchanged with each other before xD True about writing,... 5 years.. that's a lot!! I definitely enjoyed your ramblings, I liked reading it! I'm not supposed to reply to everything but I have lots of things to say for each so i cant not reply! Hehe.

— 🍰.

hewwo 🍰!!!

no dude no need to thank me❣️i tried to fix that but gave up; hopefully this one won't give me issues.

ofc i did!! i thought you'd find it a little funny too 😂 also, no worries!! i'm,,,, not sure if i should say i'm glad you're alright or not?? kfndjdnd but here, have a hug, i know exactly how much executive dysfunction can mess you up 🥴 are you back on meds or gave up?

i'm pretty sure you did when we were talking abt the irodori festival lore, but i don't remember if i replies to that ask or not... i still have three asks from july (rip) in my inbox. i'm really sorry abt that 😥

is it bad that i laughed about the nahida comment? i feel like it is but it's still funny jdndjsn i'm taking it slow, enjoying the events instead of rushing through the quests, but i'll let you know when i finish the archon one. i unlocked vanarana yesterday, and dude. i wanna squish the aranaras so much. they're so cute but so trusting it makes me worry for them so much— 🥹🥹🥹

hello~ did you get any kazuha constellations too or just him at C0? i lost my tighnari 50/50 to diluc. he's benched. that's all i have to say. and thank you!! i really do hope he comes home early. he has no choice since i'm guaranteed now. :)

dude if i show my anemo "builds" i think it might make you feel better about yours 🤧 to think i main an anemo character... i'm sorry xiao.......

hmmm... i'll wait to see how well i adapt to her fighting style, but by looks alone, i'm very excited to get her as well hehe speaking of four stars, what did you think of heizou? cyno (dreamy sigh).... please come home to me on your rerun...... i've been interested in him since i read the comics, and his skills........ and his idle animations too 🫣 i haven't seen about nilou, so i can't comment 🥲

i'm doing my best to enjoy my break 💖 only recently i've started to feel like i can relax, so that's good. yeah, i would take that as i sign, but that's just me 😂 school is overwhelming, and i hope you have a good support system with you 🥺 and if it's worth anything, i'm here to encourage you or just hand out if you need a break!

kfnskabja don't worry about it!! 5 years... is it a long time though? seems so little to me. maybe it's my old age........... jokes aside, i'm glad you're so thoughtful about the things i say and in your replies 💕