#diluc fanfics hit the spot sometimes

[lnlywar-god]

Hello! Hope you are alright. I would like a cold tall Toffe Nut Crunch Brew with Diluc, if it's ok

hey anon! sorry this took a while, thank you for participating, hope you enjoy!

ONE COLD TALL TOFFEE NUT CRUNCH BREW (DILUC) FOR anon !

wc : 530

It’s bittersweet when Diluc confides in you in his tavern, full of loud bards and drunkards. Ironically enough, it’s a tavern, a place to wash away sorrows and miseries of daily life in drinks.

Of course, Diluc would never leave himself out in the open. He’s not going to have Kaeya or Diluc or anyone going ahead and eavesdropping on your conversation and call him names and all that for all the stuff he’s telling you.

Hence why, having a heart-to-heart in the tavern is rare unless you’re there on closing hours.

Diluc’s more in his thoughts during the nights, so it’s kind of a caretaker thing for him to prevent you from staying up late just for him. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if your late night walks to Angel’s Share caused you fatigue and made you sick? Gosh, he can just imagine Zhongli and Jean already.

Not to mention, it’s not exactly ideal for you to be drinking out at night either.

Diluc really wants to push you away. Venting feelings? That phrase isn’t part of his vocab dear.

Diluc isn’t the type to get drunk, especially on working hours, he has standards! He does get drunk on days off though.

He isn’t a lightweight either, but when he drinks, oh boy he drinks.

Sigh, it’s a handful to deal with him and his feelings.

It gets hard for you sometimes, having to watch him get drunk on those days and mutter out drunk confessions.

He barely remembers anything after hammering himself with the strongest drinks he might have, so it works out, and you’re allowed to continue offering him your listening ear. Even if he isn’t exactly in his right mind.

“Feel…guilty…” Diluc slurs his words together, wine glass in his right hand being gently put down by you. You don’t say anything, you don’t really have anything particular to say. No word or divine power you could have could really ever bring back the dead.

No word from Diluc or insistence could stop you from listening and nursing him back to health on these nights of drunken stupors and half coherent thoughts and words.

This wasn’t just out of your “duty” as their deity to listen to them, but it was for your friend, Diluc.

You’re thankful for many things, thankful he’s helped you adjust to Teyvat and allowed you to stay at the Dawn Winery Manor, thankful of how considerate he’s been. Sometimes you can’t help but feel thankful he isn’t a violent drunk too.

Of course, you’ve tried to subtly ask him if he remembers anything from the his drunken stupor and thankfully he doesn’t.

Certainly it would be better that way. Because in some shape or form, when Diluc feels like he’s alone, perhaps you’d find some way to tell him that no, he isn’t, because he’s got you and you’ll listen. Until then, you could keep up this little game of pretend. If he finds out? He can’t do much about it then, maybe just drown even more in his own thoughts.

Long story short, Diluc doesn’t really confide in you consciously, in his subconscious? Most certainly yeah. If he manages to remember.

[paintalyx]

Top 5/10 genshin impact characters and ships, please and thank you ;3c ~🐞

dude are you trying to cancel me?? i regret telling you that i was doing this. you suck. i hope you're happy. this is why our marriage is falling apart. anyways—

top 5 characters, playstyle be damned:

bennett (love at first sight. i saw this boy before my sister downloaded the game and i instantly pulled out adoption papers. he can support, he can attacc, but, most importantly, he got your bacc. i would be willing to throw hands over him. he's precious. i screamed when i saw that he was among people taking venti's poem class! bennefischl canon??)

diluc (i love batman and i love batfam and i want that dynamic in my party. he's edgy, he's needlessly extra and cool. i can feel in every cell of my body that he's a sweet and caring guy, but in this very awkward, roundabout way. my friends all know i that show love for my faves by constantly bullying them and diluc is a prime example of that. i also really want him and kaeya to talk things out at some point)

venti (a broke, homeless, gremlin drunkard of a god with a knack for mischief and a love for storytelling? yes please!! i can't help but smile whenever he pops up in the story!! i wish the fandom stopped kinda infantilizing him since he's literally the second oldest character in the game and there's so much more to him than just his venti persona. i could probably write a character dissection or something if i got bored enough)

chongyun (i just think he's neat. look at his blue eyelashes! listen to his voice lines! i just want to squeeze his cheeks and ruffle his hair! he's a party staple purely for the aesthetics and emotional support. my sister calls him "the minecraft child" since he's the only claymore user in her team)

noelle (my beautiful daughter!! criminally underrated!! she's my favourite healer!! i would also throw hands over her. it just sucks that she doesn't have more presence in the story. every time i make her do the spinny thing with her claymore, i can't help but sing beyblade intros)

top 5 ships because my friend hates me:

diluven (i saw fanart of them once and i was sold immidiately! you know what's better than two of my favourite characters? two of my favourite characters but *together*! and their interactions in prologue were super cute and it has a lot of potential! they have a height difference, reincarnation!au angst potential, and i happen to be weak to the dynamic of a tiny gremlin who pesters a tall stoic dude who's secretly fond. they've both suffered loss and both deserve someone to confide in and someone who would care for them, agh i can go about this all day! sucks that so many fans seem to stick to nsfw tho)

dainslumi (preferably when aether is the traveler and lumi is the abyss princess because i love drama. think of the yearning, the betrayal, the angst— think of how good they look standing next to each other and how lumine would probably kiss dains only if she puches him in the sternum first. bonus points since my man dains gives off big simp vibes and we gotta stick together. i hope that we'll learn more about them in the future and that the ship will gain some traction)

kaebedo (i didn't ship this at all at first, but then i read a couple of fanfics that hit all the good spots and now i am unable to deny that they are among my faves. both have mysterious origin tied to khaenri'ah and i'm a fan of khaenria'an royalty!kaeya and homunculus!albedo theories. they would be such a good influence on each other, just think about it for a moment— albedo gets more in touch with humanity, and kaeya finally gets someone to rely on. bonus points if klee wingmans, whether intentionally or not)

zhongven (what's better than months of slowburn buildup? hundreds of years of slowburn buildup, of course! they are the oldest archons, so i like to think that they know and understand each other well regardless of romantic involvement. i especially enjoy lore-heavy fanfics and headcanons about them. there's an abundance of things to explore and ways to interpret them. bonus points if xiao involuntarily gets adopted)

bennefischl (it's one of the first ships i got into before plummeting into the abyss that is multishipping, but i still hold it dear. i like to think that bennett is aware of fischl's uh... vivid imagination and he simply chooses to indulge her. i just love the idea of this goth child who info dumps obscure, sometimes worrisome trivia and a hyperactive puppy who's so lovesick that he just listens without understanding half of it, they're so precious!)