#i like shipping people with either Childe or diluc but why have one when you can have both skdjdj

[what-aboutno]

Please consider past wrioluc, present chiluc but future wriochiluc thank you for listening 😌

[meili-sheep]

Diluc ships) Reaction to Diluc giving a kiss to the cheek because this time Diluc want to affectionate.

Albedo

So let me tell you how normally gets his affection. Because Albedo is a lot bolder than most people assume he is. And he's a lot more affectionate than he even realizes.

At the start, he would randomly ask Diluc to give him affection. Often asking to pat Diluc's head or for hugs and kisses. Eventually, Albedo stopped asking and just started making gestures and signs for Diluc to give him affection. Like he'll open his arm for a hug or he'll smile and point to his lips for a kiss.

But it's always him asking. Diluc started the affection tho. Like Albedo working, and then Diluc comes down and just plants a little kiss on Albedo's cheek. I think Diluc. Would try and sneak right back out. Because he does need and want affection, but he never feels right asking for it. It's just much easier for to give a little and leave. But Nope! Albedo wouldn't let him get away with that. A little affection is just never enough for him.

So he's instantly grabbed Diluc and simply ask

"Where are you going?"

Al Haitham

Now Al Haitham is not really an affectionate person. He's not really a super touchy person. And Diluc Doesn't mind most of the time. Because when Al Haitham does get touchy, it's always either cuddling or having Diluc sit near or on his lap.

He's not really a kissing person. But oh, that doesn't mean he doesn't like it.

If Diluc came up and then placed a little kiss on Al Haitham's cheek. He'd be so surprised at first, but honestly, really so happy. And Diluc would instantly be pulled down to sit in Al Haitham's lap, and Diluc just sort of gets trapped there while Al Haitham works. he occasionally gets a little pecks from Al Haitham.

"Can I get up now?"

"Of course not."

"Why?"

"Well, clearly, you wanted to give me affection."

"Yes. Obviously."

"Then isn't it logical that it's my turn now?"

Ayato

So Ayato is very, very subtle about his affection. He's not open about it, like a little hand on Diluc's thigh. Just a little touch to embarrass Diluc but not let another one see. Honestly, Ayato like being coy more than being forward, as he does get a little flustered himself with Diluc. Just because he honestly cares so much after Diluc.

And Diluc can rarely fluster Ayato as much as he flusters Diluc. But honestly, Diluc being forward and cute would really grab Ayato's heart. So even though it's just a little kiss on the cheek, Diluc made the first move, and it was adorable. So Ayato would just grab Diluc and pepper him back with affection and kisses.

Childe

So Childe showers Diluc in affection nearly constantly. And here is the thing about Childe he understands that while his affection is big extragivent and grand. He also understands Diluc is not one for those big gestures. His affection is more quite and subdued, but so intimate and it makes Childe feel like he's on top of the world. And Childe can't help but fall more and more in love.

So even just the smallest little peck on the cheek would send Childe into the atmosphere.

Childe instantly grabs Diluc and starts peppering Diluc's face with kisses which never fails to get Diluc giggling and laughing.

Eula

Honestly, Eula and Diluc are both very shy. They rarely show affection, especially in public. Mostly because Eula doesn't want people to speak ill of Diluc. In private they are a little better but Eula still has trouble breaking the aristocratic formality.

So funnily Diluc is normally the one giving little bits of affection. Still nothing grand but very personal and intimate. And just whenever he feels she needs to be reminded that he cares.

I imagine in the rare moments that Eula is in her office Diluc makes sure to stop by and maybe bring her lunch. But he's just paused then before he leaves he places a quick kiss on her. Cheek. Of course, he leaves before she goes into scolding him. And of course, she instantly goes into plotting her revenge.

Which ends up being her waiting for a moment when Diluc is in his office and he's looking very busy and stressed looking and she makes sure to put on her reddest longest lasting lipstick. And just casually walks in. Ten minutes later she walks right out as Adelinde comes in bringing Diluc his afternoon tea. And she just sees Diluc’s face is covered in red lipstick and his hair is a little messy.

Adelinde being the all-star maid she is totally ignores the flustered young master.

Itto

Itto is much like Childe and makes big grand gestures of affection but he's a lot more clueless about timing and what Diluc’s taste is. So he tends to flop and flounder in trying to express how much he loves Diluc. And while he doesn't always work as he plans. Diluc can always see the work Itto tries to puts into it.

So even when something doesn't work Diluc still smiles gentle and leaves a little kiss on Itto’s check. And every time it leaves Itto red faces and speechless. But only for a moment as Itto just grabbed Diluc’s hands and start shouting about how great Diluc is and how much Itto loves him.

"Your the most wonderful! Amazing!"

"Itto. Your exaggerating."

"Never! I never exaggerate!!"

Kaveh

So Kaveh is a romantic and no one can tell me otherwise. He does all those stereotypical romantic gestures. Likes writing Diluc poems and getting him flowers, chocolates, candies, and all sorts of things. And Diluc loves it. But there is something Diluc loves more.

He loves when Kaveh shows him his passion in small more natural ways. Like when Kaveh just comes to Diluc and shows him this exciting new plan he's created and he starts explaining all the details. Or when he builds models and comes them to Diluc. Diluc loves that so much more. And I can see just one time when Kaveh is explaining his new project to Diluc, Diluc just leans in and a quick peak on the cheek. Kaveh doesn't even realize what happened at first. But then it hits and he just turns and stares at Diluc for a moment. Who is just smiling happily.

Work is done for Kaveh. He has a boyfriend he needs to attend too.

Thoma

So both Thoma and Diluc show affection through acts of service. So their affection is normally then trying to keep doing things for each other. Like

"Let me help you with that."

"Oh no no I got this."

"Please I insist!"

"Well alright but please let me help you with this other thing."

And it's an endless cycle. Thoma gets a little frustrated with Diluc because Diluc’s the young master he got other things to worry about. But Thoma isn't nearly as stubborn as Diluc. Diluc knows he's stubborn though but he knows they are both incredibly hardworking. So you know sometimes Diluc is responsible and gets them both to rest. Just relaxing together on the couch and Diluc leans over and kisses Thoma’s cheek before laying his head on Thoma’s lap for a quick little nap. Gosh, it makes Thoma’s heart swell and he instantly goes into a protect mode to make sure Diluc has a nice little rest.

Xiao

So this is a rare situation where Diluc is the more affectionate one. He's the one always taking Xiao's hand and lightly brushing hair away and starting kisses. Diluc still isn't one for big shows. But he normally is the one starting the affection here.

Xiao does his best to return it but he's always worried about hurting Diluc and he does tend to be a little aggressive in his affection. Diluc doesn't mind at all. He'll even tend to provoke Xiao a little into affection.

Xiao likes kisses. But he likes lips kisses he feels anywhere lease is just teasing him. So Diluc will purposely fluster Xiao with pecks on the cheek to get him to return just a little affection. Diluc doesn't normally like becoming off as needed but honestly, he feels safe doing that around Xiao. And honestly, that trust, makes Xiao feel so so loved.

Zhongli

Zhongli is a gift giver. He's not really one to touch but he constantly buys gifts and spends money on Diluc. Sometimes its... Diluc’s money though. But Diluc doesn't mind. He's really good at being able to see the effort and care behind the actions and Zhongli is always giving gifts that remind Zhongli of Diluc.

But Zhongli isn't always as good about seeing Diluc’s intentions. So Diluc has to put in a little more effort to make it clear. So He just comes up and gives Zhongli a little kiss. It instantly makes Zhongli smile.

Unfortunately, that means Zhongli goes out and buys Diluc a small little gift. For a kiss on the cheek.

"I don't think that was... worthy of all this?"

"Of course it was."

"Zhongli. It was just a peck on the cheek..."

[just-antithings]

You know the hate in fandoms on twitter was always bad but I feel like it got worse after tumblr banned porn and became the worst after El0n billionaire man child with no brain cells took over

I keep my tweets to my circle of friends only because I’m afraid one of my tweets gets picked up by the wrong crowd.

I have no idea anymore how many people I have blocked, I ran several blockchains and scripts whenever possible but the hate never stops…

Then one time I said I have a younger sibling and I still ship kaeluc (that one Genshin ship where everyone claims the characters are siblings mostly based on the English localization). This prompted someone to qrt me either behind a block or privately because I couldn’t see the qrt

And it it irked me so much! And I couldn’t understand why… but I guess it's because there's always someone who'll say gross stuff like "you should have sex with a family member then!" when it comes to “pseudo incest” ships.

I feel like people are forgetting that Diluc and Kaeya or any other fictional character aren't real. But I am and someone assuming this over me, a stranger, over fictional characters no less made me feel really angry and hurt

I just want to enjoy fandoms in peace and I don’t want to worry about haters at the same time. Fandoms were an escape from reality to me

[dryades-angeli]

There is no logical explanation for hating DainsLumi

I was a little surprised when I searched Twitter for Dainslumi and found actual people who hate the Ship. Why? -----------------------------------------------------

The age of the travelers: The age of travelers is a hotly debated topic in the Genshin community. Ultimately, age depends on who is allowed to be shipped to whom, if one goes by (pseudo)moral standards. In the game you find out that Lumine and Aether even if they look like 15 year olds are over 500 years old, maybe even three thousand years old. Venti, on the other hand, is over 2,600 years old. The boy he depicts, however, is 15 years old. Klee is a small child and 48 Years old while her mother Alice, a grown woman, is 500 years old. Why fans keep pointing out that the travelers are young is due to the alcohol issue. The first time we as travelers were made aware of the issue of alcohol was in Mondstadt. We are told that we are too young for alcoholic drinks. Later we mention to Yukio in Inazuma that we can't drink alcohol yet. But why are we not allowed to drink alcohol while Venti is allowed to? Both people are physically 15 years old. 1. Venti is a god. With Venti you know that he can't be 15 years old. Lumine and Aether don't notice that they are older than their bodies. 2. The traveler was thrown into a completely forgein world. And the first thing he/she is told is: "You can't have no alcohol. You're still too young." So either the traveler sticks to it, because he/she thinks it is the rules of this world. So he/she doesn't know any better. Or to keep his/her origins as secret as possible. The fact is that the traveler wanted to try alcoholic drinks in Diona's shop and told her that he/she is older than he/she looks. And yet the traveler is not believed. We have it in black and white that the traveler cannot be 15 years old. The fact that the traveler himself later says in Inazuma "I'm not allowed to drink alcohol yet" is probably due to the fact that people wouldn't believe the traveler anyway if he said he was not a minor.

Of course, some creatures may take longer to age. The best example is Klee. But Klee's mother Alice is a young adult and at 500 years old, not even half the age of the travelers. That's why I suspect that their bodies no longer age at all. The text with Diona strongly suggests this. In this case, Lumine is not a minor. Rival Shippings - DainKae: What I am going to say now is MY personal opinion. You don't have to share it or feel offended by it. I accept any other ship with Lumine or Dainsleif. Thanks!

I honestly don't understand what foundations DainKae is built on. We've had a conversation between the two so far. Which turned out pretty down cooled. Dainsleif was very confrontational und it seems that Kaeya leaves so fast, because he feels quite uncomfortable. In addition, Kaeya is a descendant of the one who founded the "Abyss Order". And as everyone knows, Dainsleif is enemies with it. Of course, Kaeya has made it clear that he would rather fight this organization than support it, but it can still be a hindrance to a relationship between them. Lumine, on the other hand, is Dainsleif's enemy. But he was able to build enough of a relationship with her through their travels together that he still holds on to her and wants to save her. Soberly speaking, Dainslumi has a better starting point for a relationship than DainKae. In my opinion, Kaeya also fits Diluc better. At least they have a more interesting and closer relationship than Kaeya and Dainsleif. Rival Shippings - Dainther: Disputes between Lumine fans and Aether fans are probably as old as the Genshin community itself. I have to say, as a Lumine fan, it bothers me that Aether displaces her in almost every shipping. But in this case that shouldn't actually be the case. Aether fans often argument with that Aether is the original traveler. I'll take the Aether fans at their word now, because Aether is actually the main character, -the traveler.

You can see him in this webcomic and he can usually be seen in official pictures. In the battle pass you can see a legend that is quite tailored to the two travelers and one shows the sister as an Abyss princess. Fine, you won. So let Lumine be the only ship that is truly tailored to her. Rival Shippings - HalfDain: Halfdain is the only ship where I can understand their shippers. Yes. Halfdan was just a minor character whose purpose was his sacrifice and consequent death. But in one scene a lot of emotions really came up. You could tell how Dainsleif suffered. The scene with the grave flowers and the handshake between the two had something nostalgic. Halfdain was important to Dainsleif. But when romance is implemented into this short scene, one shouldn't ignore Dainsleif's feelings for Lumine either.

Source Their relationship: Dainsleif likes to compare Aether to Lumine and tells him about the flowers she loved so much. He reacts extremely negatively to the Abyss Herald and is not afraid to kill him. Maybe the point that he follows her like that, can be seen as excessive? But I can't imagine it. To me, Dainsleif behaves like a person in love, but not like a freak. And the fact that Lumine sees him as an enemy is not an exclusion criterion for the couple. She seems to have been manipulated, as the legend goes, or is on the wrong path. But that doesn't change the fact that the two were once close and it can't be that way again. ----------------------------------------------------- Lumine is of full age and they have a tragic story that can easily be interpreted as a romance. They have the most content and seemingly have a based bond with each other that was severed by their disagreement. Their connection is not toxic and they are both still alive. So if you don't hate the ship, just because you favor another, there's no reason to hate or dislike Dainslumi.

[sentistrange]

my 2 cents on the kaeluc "adoptive brothers vs sworn brothers" controversy because i've wanted to talk about it for a while (please read)

according to the original chinese version, they are not siblings. the term "結拜兄弟" (pīnyīn: jiébài xiōngdì) means "sworn brothers" and is used instead of "adopted brothers". "sworn brothers", although without a direct english counterpart, roughly means "incredibly close, like brothers". however, take into note how the words for "brother" and "sister" are more loose than in english (example: in ningguang's hangout, the children call her "凝光姐姐" (pīnyīn: níngguāng jiějiě), which means "elder sister ningguang". she is not related to these children, as this is more of a fimiliarity).

additionally, the "sworn brothers" trope is used a lot in chinese bl. but just like "brother"/"sister", it's not strictly one thing. there is a lot of nuance to the term, and it's not always romantic. but because it can be interpreted as romantic and is used a lot in cbl, that's why a lot of fanart is in chinese (and japanese, as they share a lot of kanji/hanzi and likely have closer meaning than english). because of this, i see an imbalance of attacks.

prefacing what i say next as my frank interpretation and i am not intending to harass/attack people whole stick to the english mistranslation.

90% of people who follow the mistranslation actively ignore the actual meaning and will further force the mistranslation on others. i have seen multiple posts of people outright saying variations of this same message: "if you ship kaeluc, go kill yourself". if it was not a mistranslation and they were adoptive brothers, completely justified (though, as a pacifist, i'm still against death threats like those). they purposfully keep a closed mind and ignore the fact that it is wrong (another example of bad english is names. tighnari's name isn't tee-nari, it's teeg-[brief pause/enunciated g]-nari. but note it's easier to hear than my attempt to simplify, i don't speak arabic or tamaziɣt. please refer to an actual speaker of arabic and/or tamaziɣt for a fully correct pronunciation).

the other 10% of people likely don't know it's a mistranslation/issue, by simply not knowing about the whole controversy itself or any further information regarding it.

i encourage both types of people to open their mind and make an effort to learn. of course you don't need to ship kaeluc -- i don't, but there're a lot of wonderful artists that deserve likes/shares -- but you should at least be aware that they are, in fact, not brothers.

please remember this is my interpretation and thus isn't entirely accurate.

also, a small thing, taking care of a child that isn't yours does not always equate to adoption. that's a simple fact.

i encourage those who believe either side to respond in a calm and reasonable manner. this is not a hate post and i would love to hear your side(s) and/or interpretations of it. i will not delete death threat responses, as that furthers my points. shippers and non-shippers are both welcome, but if you wholeheartedly believe they are adoptive brothers, please do your research.

info used was from this very well made twitter thread. whether you ship it or not, i highly recommend reading it; it is by no means a waste of your time (that is, unless you knew everything already).

my end opinion: diluc and kaeya are not siblings, but it's also not a pair i particularly ship. there are a lot of talented artists, though, and i do like the posts when i see them.

thanks for reading.

- senti

[losthomunculus]

What's the instant hit ship that prompted your post and do you hate it?

im spoilering all the ship names so I don't show up in any of their tags but heed my warning for some (polite) criticism

hrmm ok I don't really hate it but I just cannot get into cyn*nari. ships that are created before we even meet a character tend to not land for me cause I dont really care about the character yet and I'm the type who likes to observe and psychoanalyze before I mash my metaphorical barbie doll's faces together.

I do kinda hate y*eyato tho cause when it cropped up it seemed people were using it to intentionally piss off eim*ko fans. which like I dont even have a problem with m/f yae it just seemed weirdly targeted the way some people were talking abt it. also again- we hadn't met ayato at that point. now it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth cuz of the drama.

ch*lumi is another one I really dislike but that's more into why I dislike a lot of m/f ships. I feel like there's an assumption that you can just put a man and woman next to each other and itll imply romance and it makes for very very lazy development. (that's like a big problem in shounen action I've noticed cause like obviously the romance isn't the focus but damn dude if you can develop an emotionally intimate relationship between 2 of the main guys at least give us something between who we're supposed to believe is in love.) also the fanworks I've seen for it seem.. overwhelmingly cishet.

even with my ships that are already gay I'm usually playing 4d interdimensional chess with their gender and whatnot, mostly cause I find my own gender to be something complex that I'm constantly exploring. so my assorted headcanons give me a playground to explore gender expression in a way that mirrors and contrasts to mine.

I think it can be very present when a m/f ship is queer. I've written my own m/f relationships that are palpably queer. Even if both parties are cis. Most ch*lumi content I've seen though? It's not that. which is really a shame cause even though I'm not really a traveler ship person and I really like childe and lumine as a platonic duo and I think I might like them as a ship if people made them gay as fuck. I'm more attached to other ships tho so I don't really care to get any sort of investment in that.

I can also tell when queer content is written by straight people sometimes which is just as bad lmfao. not saying straight people cant write gay romance, in fact I know many people find learn about their sexuality through writing so I fully endorse it, but you can usually tell when it's written by someone who is straight in a "I am conceptually okay with gay people but I have done nothing to unpack my beliefs that have occurred as a result of being raised in a cisheteronormative society" way. gay people are also fully capable of writing and thinking like this though so more literally I mean straight in like, a cultural/ideological way. if that makes any sense. Straight™

also definitely have seen the same thing in gender fics but I try not to be too judgemental cause like. I know half of the time their egg isn't cracked yet and they'll figure it out in a year or two. I've read several gender fics that start with the author saying "I'm not trans I just relate to their experiences" and lo and behold pronoun change in bio so like. yeah. let the chick hatch on it's own and all that.

I also dislike je*nluc for the same "people write them too cishet to have any appeal to me" reasons but also I personally headcanon diluc as gay so there's that.

also dont like b*nnett/f*schl/r*zor or any variations cuz I have my silly little siblings razor and fischl hc and then just. idk either of them with bennett doesn't really spark anything in me and it's one of those "I like them as friends so struggling to find platonic content of them has made me mildly annoyed" type deals.

no judgement to anyone who likes any of these ships of course! I think they're all perfectly fine even if they don't resonate with me on a personal level :^] except people who're into y*eyato for spite that's weird <3

I kinda got off track with that but <3 yeah

[lynnthefrenchtoast]

🌱lynn's thoughts on genshin ships

bc she has lot of them.

ships: kaebedo, zhongchi, xiaoven, ittorou, thomato (feel free to request more:))

KAEBEDO❄️🎨

• otp.

• my genuine life source

• "how kind of you to maroon us on that neighbouring island." "oh please dont mention it" $(4+_8+292-_(_!_?_!!!!!!!

• i think when they interacted in canon i felt happiness for the first time in years (/j)

• its abt the connection to khaenriah alright-

• its abt kaeya being good with pyro kids bc he grew up with diluc and therefore taking such good care of klee

• its abt the cavalry captain thinking the chief alchemist will be a bore, and vice versa

• its abt when they meet for the first time and realize 'oh archons hes pretty.'

• its abt albedos eyes on kaeyas pupils, and kaeyas eyes on albedos neck. its abt the four-pointed star and the realization you arent alone.

• also prince kaeya of khaenriah theories hhhhhh YES

• tfw you destroy mondstadt with ur pirate boyfriend

• or: tfw you try to destroy mondstadt but ur hot pirate boyfriend stops you

• either is *cheffs kiss*

• kaeya at first makes fun of albedo for being unable to decline klee but after dating for a while kaeya starts becoming the same way

• thank god for jean or klees power would be unparalleled

• when shes around, kaeya likes doing small things that irk albedo bc he never gets mad when theyre in front of klee

• ...but when klee leaves aHA KAEYA RUN

• they both have survivors guilt why? bc i said so

• also bc of kaeyas cryo vision and the fact albedo isnt really human neither of them really get cold

• SO KAEYAS THE ONLY ONE WHO VISITS ALBEDO AT DRAGONSPINE AND DOESNT MIND

• and kaeya must have really cold hands meaning albedos the only one who can hold them and not find it discomfiting

• they make me feel so single

ZHONGCHI🔶💧

• childe, eleventh fatui harbinger, loyal to the tsaritsa,

• falls in love with the geo archon.

• i imagine he was alr in love with zhongli before the big reveal and when he found out his xiansheng was morax childe's world shattered.

• he had no right to be mad since he himself was also hiding his identity as a harbinger but..

• everything felt so numb

• he stops spending every living second with zhongli. basically thinks hes "given up" on the man-

• but then zhongli apologizes. even though he really didnt have to.

• and how can childe stay mad when zhongli is apologizing so sincerely?

• when childe realizes he indeed hasnt given up on zhongli, even though he now knows the man is aN ARCHON AND ADEPTUS-

• he has an existential crisis.

• the dowry chopsticks. PLSSSS.

• everyone in liyue thought they were already a couple way before they ever became a couple.

• including zhongli.

• SNEZHNAYAN PEOPLE ARE TOUCHY AND LIYUEANS ARENT SO WHEN CHILDE TAKES HIS HAND ZHONGLI THINKS "oh we're dating okay"

• doesnt help that zhongli isnt very vocal abt his feelings either so the misunderstanding dragged on a whole month

• wouldve dragged on longer if childe didnt confess

• a love built on sacrilige yum

XIAOVEN🍃👹

• i actually dont ship xiaoven that hard wanna know why

• bc i got into genshin solely for venti. i read so much venti x reader. and when i realized ppl shipped him with smn else i was jealous

• yOU HEARD ME RIGHT I WAS JEALOUS. #87$$8_+$(

• xiaos always like "yOu have NO resPeCt fOr tHe aDePti." but ventis an archon so hes one the few xiao cant say that too

• ITS SO CUTE BC YOU CAN TELL XIAO WANTS TO SAY IT BUT VENTI IS LIKE OF HIGHER RANK SO HE CANT PROTEST

• i feel like venti gave xiao his vision thinking "oh hes pretty and he has trauma cool ill probably never have relations with this person"

• a week later morax adopts this yaksha and hes like "..oh no."

• VENTI HAS HAD A CRUSH ON XIAO SINCE THE ARCHON WAR. CANON.

• and xiao was too busy being a tool of war so only hundreds of years later (current genshin period) did he start gaining feelings

• zhongli and xiao respect each other immensely

• ...but god do they hate each others taste in men.

• "youre in love with barbatos?" *ew face* "with all due respect my lord, youre in love with a ginger."

• xiao treated venti like an authority early on which frustrated him lots

• "sorry its just.. when you speak, i feel so content just listening i almost forget i need to reply."

• venti doesnt get as frustrated after that.

ITTOROU😈🐶

• EARED-FOLK SOLIDARITY

• itto falls first. 100%. and he isnt subtle about it.

• "GO ON A DATE WITH ME!" "..okay?"

• though itto is a lot of things, romantic isnt one of em. ayato has to physically tell him "bro. gorou thinks this is platonic." so that dumbass realizes

• dumbass (affectionately, ofc)

• gorou hates when itto grabs at his tail randomly but one fine day itto decides to stroke it gently when theyre in private and

• gorou doesnt bat his hands away.

• the realization that gorou only hates it when its in public- ITTO HAS STRUCK GOLD.

• gorou has also wanted to touch ittos horns for the longest time but he knows how annoying it is to have ppl constantly asking and doesnt wanna be a bother.

• then one night when he thinks itto is asleep he presses his finger against the tip and

• ah.

• yk when you hyperfocus on something and logical thought goes out the window? THATS ONE OF GOROUS DOG TENDENCIES AND ITS SO CUTE

• GOROUS SUCH AN IDIOT FOR THAT OFC ITS SHARP AND OFC HES GONNA START BLEEDING

• anyway itto wakes up and gorou has to confess what he was doing and then itto lets him touch his horns as much as he wants.

• ittos usually the one to initiate affection and since the only nickname in his vocabulary is "dudebro" they dont use pet names until like a month in when itto loses a beetle fight and to cheer him up gorou goes

• "youll get em next time, right? bc youre my itto, the one and oni!"

• "...'your' itto?"

• "huh? wAIT NO-"

• itto was successfully cheered up that day.

• best nickname for gorou: "pup." $!_!_!!_?4!4

• ittos so big and gorous so small so one day itto holds something gorou wants up over his head and in frustration gorou deadass barks.

• AND THEN HE GETS SO EMBARRASSED AND IS LIKE "erase that sound from your memory... please..." BUT ITS TOO LATE

• big demon lil dog dynamic>>

THOMATO🍅

• TOMATOOOOOOO

• unrelated but thomas name shouldve been spelt tohma HES PERFECT IN EVERY WAY SHAPE AND FORM EXCEPT FOR THAT

• ayato misusing his authority is my favourite trope.

• (inspired by a fic by wormkinnie on ao3 they're literally such an inspiration and their itto fics are so in character go check them out)

• "thoma, i am asking as a friend-"

• "milord, as a friend, no."

• "ok"

• "now im asking as an employer."

• AYATO DOESNT EVEN HAVE A FACE BUT I ALR LOVE HIM

• "hey thoma, smile for me."

• "im sorry what?"

• "thats an order."

• thoma gets so flustered bc he cant disobey orders especially not ones directly from the head commissioner but- SISHRURU AYATO CMON

• thoma is the most perfect shoujo manga boyfriend. (real no clickbait)

• the first few times a yashiro commission guard thought it would be fine to badmouth thoma in front ayato,, ahaaa lets just say he was proven wrong in a way no one would ever forget

• ayato has no real care for if you badmouth anyone but god forbid it be ayaka or thoma; youre dead<3

• also this is obvious but thoma stopping him from overworking

• "go to bed." "only if you go with me."

• unrelated but thoma has survivors guilt too i said what i said

• just realized the red and blue lowkey looks like kaeluc I SWEAR IT ISNT

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[euthym1as]

MONDAY MORNINGS AT THE GOLDEN HOUSE.

why am i writing this in tumblr's text post editor instead of a google doc? bc im bonkers thats why

uhhhh this is my interpretation of what happens to childe in SAGAU when we fight him

this is gonna be like half ex-chili and half god/alien reader + a very damaged childe it can be read as shippy either way [reader is not traveler but does the things traveler does ok i dont want discourse here abt childe/traveler ships]

content warnings: implicit sadomasochism, mention of vomiting offscreen, violence, manipulation and lying by the reader, general brain fuckery, the only child that gets hurt here is childe i promise

MONOCEROS CAELI;

Every Monday, at 4 A.M. Every morning, he woke up in a cold sweat, arm muscles burning, head ringing in pain. Childe- no, Tartaglia- knew that the nightmare was back again.

Childe wasn't his old name anyways, it was a cover used for Liyue, and now that Liyue was in the past he had no need for it anymore. Names were to be discarded when they were done with their use, that's what the Fatui taught him.

The one person who had said that name so softly, like it was something to be held and cherished instead of a thick lie on his tounge, was not someone he could confide in anymore. Not after what happened. He clenches his fists on his bedsheets, anger rising in his chest. Why? Why did the two of you, the people he dared love, care for, betray him? Why set him up for failure behind his back and come to destroy him when he was down?

The two of you were filthy, filthy liars. A funeral consultant. An outlander. He grits his teeth. Gods. Gods parallel to the one he served, one the Lord of Geo in the land he walked upon, the other a power just as alluring and dangerous as the Abyss. He remembers the first time you had fought, how could he not?

You had been trying to save Liyue from Osial. A futile mission in his eyes at the time, and his confidence, looking back, was unwarranted. You not only mastered the elements to your will, but you fought like you had fought him a hundred times before. It was... familiar to you. Like you anticipated his every move.

There were times that he knew he should have hit you, he knows it. You were unleashing an ultimate attack move he had to marvel at, and when he struck, it was like nothing hit you at all.

The first time you fought, he accused you of being evasive, saying all you ever did was run. He ate his words, and also the shards of shrapnel from the floor above him when you both descended down below. You didn't run. At least, you didn't run away. You had this dogged determination to see him lose, to be the one to make him yield.

That lit gasoline in his veins, setting his whole person loose in a fire of reckless combative abandon, letting his years and years of slaughter culminate into his best fight yet. He was alive.

And he still lost. The anger that crushed him that day also spurred him on to train harder, become faster, get stronger. One day, he would have a rematch with you, and win. He felt it in his bones, you were a challenge to him now. A challenge he would fight until he beat you.

The first nightmare was that Monday, a day he expected to sleep soundly. Not the case.

It was you, but it was also the adeptus Xiao, some alchemist with green hair, a redhead who he was pretty sure was Diluc Ragnvindr, and a kid- a kid- with goggles on his head. He had never seen some of these people in his life, and yet- they fought him as valiantly as you did. They gave their all to take him down, and take him down they did. It's like none of them saw him as a person, just an enemy to clear. He expected this from the adeptus and Diluc, both had a simmering hatred for him, but the kid could have been the same age as Tonia. He seemed so eager to help, even if that helping was casting a fiery circle on the ground that seemed to make his pain worse. Every time someone hit him in that circle, it stung like one hundred of the blows he just received. As you walk up to his barely conscious body, you break a piece off his weapon, a shard of his Foul Legacy. It broke something inside of him when you snapped it off, and his consciousness went dark.

That dream was not an isolated incident. Like fucking clockwork, his dreams came back to haunt him of his loss. Always you. The people that fought him changed, but you were always there, watching, waiting to pick up your spoils of war. The look in your eyes never shifted, a cold calculating gaze of confirming a job was done. He'd seen it before, of course. He wore it daily. It was... strange being on the other end of it.

The worst permutations of this nightmare involved kids no bigger than Teucer. His bones were pulled against his will as he said the same thing he always did. Why could he never change his role?

He didn't want to lay a finger on them, Tsaritsa be damned. These were fucking children. He wanted to ask you so badly what the hell was wrong with you when the four of them giggled up the steps, but his mouth couldn't open. He had to watch as the four of them crossed the invisible barrier that made him draw his swords and made him sick to his stomach.

He hopes this is quick and painless for them. He wishes them all a better afterlife in Celestia. One of them he recognizes- Qiqi, the zombie kid from the pharmacist. He doesn't want to hurt her. He doesn't want to hurt any of them.

He sees Teucer in their eyes.

As the battle starts, a strange four leafed clover pattern materialized above his head, and he doesn't realize it's an attack until he hears a BOOM BOOM BAKUDAN and his ears ring as his head snaps to the ground. What the fuck?

The kids proceed to beat the shit out of him. It's the most mentally distressing nightmare so far, because he doesn't want to hit back, these are kids, but the explosions hurt and the Anemo ninja got his knee, and he can't hit them because they have a shield, so they don't even know what they're doing-

How cruel are you? How heartless and soulless did you have to be to bring kids to a battlefield? When you came over to loot his limp body once more, he hopes the anger in his eyes said everything you needed to know.

Then he awakens, and exhales as he realizes it wasn't real, he's okay, the kids are safe asleep in their beds and not forced to fight for someone else-

A memory pangs his consciousness. He was about the same age as the Anemo user when he fell into the Abyss. Forced to fight, at that age. He remembers how the monsters had screamed as they were defeated. Part of him wonders if they heard his final scream of agony.

He gets up to stagger to the bathroom and get this out of his system. When he looks up in the mirror, he bangs his fist on the side of the sink.

It's just a nightmare, he tells himself. His face pales when he sees a burn on his neck and shoulder, and he can count one, two, three, four blotches making it up. Like a clover.

He lets Ekaterina know that morning he wouldn't be out on business that day. He would be recovering from an injury. As he laid back in his bath, he thought that had to be the worst of it.

A week came and went, and he went to bed on Sunday hoping for a dreamless sleep. He was granted no such mercy.

This time, it was Zhongli. The nerve, the absolute nerve of you to bring him here, after everything that had happened. The adepti-blooded of Liyue were behind him, Xiao, Ganyu, and Yanfei- the latter he had only met on diplomatic occasion. He saw the Pyro vision on Yanfei's codex and braced himself for more burns, more searing heat in contact with his skin. The fight was torturous, and he couldn't hit any of them once because Zhongli used what was left of his godly powers to make his adepti shielded with something Childe couldn't break, no matter how hard he slashed or shocked. It was hell, and it was worse when he saw who used to be his friend walking outside the fight with you, re-casting his shield but not getting into the fight. That infuriated him. When he saw an opening, Ganyu went down. Then Yanfei, and when the adeptus correctly summarized it was his turn next, Childe broke the floor and they both plunged to the bottom, unharmed. They lunged at each other, both of their intents to kill pushing through every slice of their blade.

Xiao had one goal: Protect Liyue and Rex Lapis. Everything else was secondary. He fought with such ruthlessness Childe could feel himself bleeding out of his abdomen somewhere, vision blacking out around the edges. Xiao stepped back, and that is when Zhongli stepped forward. He crossed his arms and his eyes glowed a brilliant amber, that even in the face of death Childe was still enraptured with. He tried to open his mouth to let the words claw out of his chest, but no words came. The sky darkened, and a meteor crashed through the roof of the Golden house and crushed him whole.

The morning after that hellish dream, his entire body ached like he had been stuck under a tree the entire time he was sleeping. Everything hurt. He barely had it in himself to move his arms. He should be enraged. He should feel anger at his own helplessness, but where there is anger there is... something else.

He moves his foot and pain shoots up the nerves in his ankle. His breath shudders, because the pain freezes him in place, forcing him to pay attention to his current state. There's... a feeling there he can't quite place, something that zips by his mind before he can identify it. He moves his foot again. The pain snaps, again, and a yell rips from his throat. He feels himself on the edge of consciousness. Maybe pain made sense. Maybe this was some sort of fucked up punishment from Celestia for attempting to drown a city and steal a Gnosis.

Or maybe he had been fighting for so long the pain was a part of him now.

He turns inward on himself, confronting the darkness in his mind, seeing the Abyss stare back.

Does this pain fuel you? he asks himself.

Like nothing else was its reply.

When the next nightmare came, he was ready. You, as always, were present in the dream, your unrelenting stare was part of his subconscious now. He could live with that. He would learn how to tune it out.

What he doesn't expect is to have to face himself.

You enter the fight with eyes brightened, excited to see the two of them spar. Unstoppable force versus equal unstoppable force. The bloodlust in the eyes of your comrade is promising. He's ready to fight.

"Let's see you try and beat this." you say evenly, letting the two of them take the field.

He's hard to fight, he thinks to himself, and the eeriness of fighting a version of himself that does not recognize him and treats him as just another enemy is unsettling. He sees the combative spirit in his own gaze as he lowers his mask down to use his delusion. The other Childe doesn't use his. How strange.

They fight for what seems like hours, but only really is a few minutes. He's somehow outmatched by his other self, the one that doesn't have any recognition of who he is, and it terrifies him. How? How is this possible? How is everyone you brought to break him down so powerful? Why do you always win?

He falls against the floor and yells in agony and frustration. Damnit! he thinks. Not this time, not this time.

It's too late. The ley line blooms, and you take your rewards. He feels as if the Tusk is ripped from himself, and folds into the pain, curling up on the Golden House floor, tasting blood in his mouth.

Waking up that time was hell, and he notices a blue glow on his torso as he comes to consciousness, and he lifts his shirt to reveal a Riptide mark pulsing on his chest. His breathing quickens, how was this possible? Why were these nightmares so prevalent? How did they leave marks when he woke up?

These continue throughout the months, haunting him, hurting him, turning some part of him even more sour and shriveled.

He goes off to Inazuma to look for the Balladeer, and when in Inazuma, the two of you meet again inside the labyrinth. The hordes of monsters are nothing compared to his nightmares. If he focuses on finding the master of Shiki Taishou, he can ignore the way you kill just as much around him. He builds a friendship with Xinyan to avoid the tension between the two of you, even though nothing happened, it was a dream right? If he concentrates hard enough, everything is fine.

When the three of you exit the domain, the punk rock girl being so glad to have made two new friends, you and Childe exchange glances.

"We haven't hung out much after Liyue, huh?" he asks, masking the nightmares' effects on his psyche.

"Correct." you answer coolly.

"Thinking about that rematch, comrade?" He forces a smile on his face.

"I was thinking you could become my traveling partner." You brighten, holding something blue and pink behind your back.

"R-really?" He wasn't nervous, no, he was just... you were so powerful, and what if his nightmares came back when you two were traveling together-

"I mean it! I already travel with you anyways!" you say, tone cheery for the implications it held.

Childe freezes in his tracks. "What?" he asks, afraid of the answer.

"Come home, my darling. Come back to me, and you never have to do that again." you say, walking forward.

"I thought you said-" He gets cut off.

"I want more." A golden glint in your eyes catches him off guard as his own psyche locks down, freezing him out of his limbs, taking away his ability to scream. Just like his nightmares.

There's a piercing fear in his blue eyes before they shine golden and the shooting star burns out. He's here, with you now. All of him. As he should be.

Monoceros Caeli shines a little brighter in the sky that night.

[bumbleklee]

how genshin characters would react to you have suicidal thoughts or self-harm thoughts

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★ request for @ranbalsa <3 sorry this is so delayed, pls forgive me

★ content warning: this could be extremely triggering for some! there will be mentions of suicidal and self-harm thoughts as well as mentions of self-harm scars (national suicide prevention hotline: 800-273-8255)

★ characters included: beidou, fischl, lisa, jean, ningguang, kaeya, venti, albedo, zhongli, childe and diluc - these can be interpreted as platonic or romantic

beidou

if i had to choose one word to describe beidou, it would be caring

between the way people talk so highly about her in their voice lines to the little kids that like to play pirates and are always talking about how she gives them candy, it’s clear beidou is a very kindhearted person

so if you were having bad thoughts about hurting yourself, beidou would stop what she was doing and get you on her ship in no time

she figured that being out in the middle of the sea gave you no chance to actually hurt yourself + the waves and serenity were sure to calm you

she would spend the entire trip by your side, whispering how important you were to her and everyone back home and how foolish it would be if you took your own life

she would also get down to the root of the issue and try to give you as much advice as possible

beidou would finally sail back home once she decided you were stable again

fischl

i think fischl probably deals with some of these issues herself since her whole personality is based off a story book

but speaking of that, if you go to fischl in a state of panic i think she would sit you down on her bedroom floor and read you a book

her calming voice mixed with the distraction of a fairytale would help your breathing even out and you would ultimately forget about those thoughts you were having

if the story didnt help, then she would just talk to you about anything and everything

she might even invite bennett and razor over and four of you could make a little powow in her living room to make you feel better about yourself

lisa

even hearing you mention hurting yourself would send lisa into a “motherly mode” 

she may not seem like it, but she cared deeply for everyone in mondstadt and never wanted anyone to hurt like that - especially you

like fischl, lisa would probably try distracting you with a book

she would take you into the library and pick out some novels or stories that would take your mind off your previous thoughts

she would sit with you and when you were ready, talk to you about why you were feeling the way you were and what she could do to help

she’s a smart women and if there’s one thing she understands more than anything, its you

jean

she panics

not on purpose, of course. but if jean walks in you harming yourself or hears you say something worrying, she would panic

she was never good in situations like this, afraid she would say the wrong thing and upset you more

but at the end of the day, jean was jean and she always smacked some sense into herself to properly help you through this bump in the road

jean would get down to the root of your issue and work her way out from there

to help you feel better, jean would order a pizza and let you indulge in it with her and after that, she would listen to you vent about what was making you upset

jean is also good at passing off tasks she knew she wouldn’t be able to handle which means if jean thought she seriously couldn’t help you, she would get someone who could

your wellbeing is more important than her pride

ningguang

she wouldn’t understand at first

it would be a lie to say ningguang didn’t live in a fantasy bubble sometimes

she cared about you, yes, but never experienced your pain before and had trouble grasping it right away

but once she did, she was very attentive 

if you wanted medical help, ningguang would hire the best doctors in teyvat to help you through this

if you didn’t, then ningguang would do her very best to console you

she would try to distract you with lavish gifts and expensive dinners and while it was nice being spoiled by her, it didn’t make your problems go away

the last thing ningguang wanted was for you to hurt yourself so like jean, if she needed to bring in a professional to help, she would

kaeya

he would find out about your bad habit by walking in on you self harming

he was freaking out on the inside but stayed calm on the outside, coaxing you away from the blade and helping you clean up your wounds

you would be a nervous wreck for a while and kaeya would hold you in his arms

like jean, he would try and get to the root of the issue and find out why you were feelings these things

he loved you more than anything and he wouldn’t know what he would do if you succeeded in taking your own life one day

on that day onwards, kaeya was determined to make you happy again

he puts your needs before his and does everything in his power to make sure you’re always okay

and if you relapse, kaeya never gets mad. he understands this is a hard cycle to break but he’s determined to help you through it

venti

he might be more upset than you

venti treated you like the archon in the relationship and when you revealed to him you were having suicidal thoughts, his world came crashing down

he blamed himself for a while and drank a lot more at diluc’s tavern but after a stern warning from diluc, venti realized this was doing nothing for either of you

he spent his days with you, walking you around mondstadt and showing you beautiful flowers and cool bugs

his goal was to show you the beauty of the world and convince you that taking your own life would prevent you from experiencing more 

if you self harmed, venti would kiss your scars and make you bracelets made out of cecilia flowers to cover the marks

albedo

he would accidentally be insensitive, at least at first. your relationship was new to him and he was still trying to figure out all of his emotions so when you made a comment about suicide, he took it densely

he didn’t understand why someone would want to kill themselves and told you that exactly

it was only after sucrose snapped at him and explained how you were feeling that albedo screwed his head on right

after apologizing, he would try his best to help you

he would create new potions that might help with your depression or other mental disorders and document your moods and feelings to help him understand what you were going through

it was difficult and sucrose added in a lot of support as well

zhongli

he noticed your self harm scars the minute you two got close but being the respectful man he is, he never pointed them out

he let you come to him and explain them yourself

if you pick up self harming later in your relationship, zhongli is quick to notice and take action

as aggravating as it was, zhongli hid all sharp objects in your apartment and took charge if you needed any of them for something

he made you promise to go to him if you were having thoughts of hurting yourself again

zhongli would make you tea infused with herbs to help worries and bring you relaxation and (in small amounts) happiness

he would take walks with you around liyue if you were having urges and let you cry into his chest in frustration 

this was childe’s idea but if you needed to do something badly, zhongli would take you into an abandoned part of liyue and create fragile, thin rocks for you to smash onto the ground and satisfy that need

childe

having five siblings, he knew how to handle suicidal thoughts

his older sister went through a similar phase like you were now and childe would help you based on how he helped her

childe liked to wrap you in blankets so tightly you couldn’t move, the pressure calming you down and usually causing you to fall asleep

he gives you so, so, so many compliments during this time. he’s so proud of you and so in love with your strength

he wants you to stay with him forever so he’s determined to get these thoughts out of your head 

if you attempt, childe will not leave your side

he’ll stay with you throughout your infirmary visit and even when you’re discharged back home

he’s scared of loosing you

like ningguang, he’ll shower you in gifts to make you feel special 

diluc

like jean, he panics

he thinks it’s his fault somehow and you have to heartbreakingly explain that its not, that your brain is just wired differently 

diluc tries to keep you by his side at all times for a while

he takes you to work with him so you can sit at the bar or he’ll have you walk around with him through the grape vines in the evening

you wake up more often than not to his strong arms around you and as annoying at it is, it’s comforting to know someone loves you this much

he’s afraid of loosing you like he lost his father

diluc was good at shutting down rumors as well. if you had scars, people would talk and diluc would give them one nasty glare and they would shut up

at the end of the day, he just wanted you to be okay

[outivv]

The idea of the boys missing you really makes me soft. Imagine them suddenly stopping whatever they're doing thinking "I wonder where they are, I wish they were here" and feeling all the more lonelier once they remember you won't be coming home before a good while :( (I feel like the most love-starved ones would be especially affected, like Diluc and Xiao) Hcs for these two + Zhongli and Childe longing their s/o and what they do to cope with the gap? How often do they think about them, what do they miss the most about them? What's their first reaction seeing them back, how clingy are they afterwards?

Synopsis: clingy headcanons with genshin characters

Characters: Diluc, xiao, zhongli, and Childe

Warnings: none it’s really just fluff

Game/ fandom: genshin impact

Pronouns for reader: gender neutral/ not mentioned

A/n: hello! Thank you for requesting! I personally am very clingy so writing this just made me feel very soft :’) I hope you enjoy, and have a nice day!

— Diluc —

I’m pretty sure we can all accept that Diluc is super touch starved. And I personally feel like he just always craves your touch. He isn’t like creepy about it though. He just wants to feel loved :(

So when you say that you’re going to liyue for a couple of days to get some materials, he feels his heart absolutely drop. He’s not gonna show it though. He’s too stubborn for that.

He literally can’t sleep without you. He just needs the comfort of you being in the same house. He tosses and turns almost all night until he just gets up and starts working. The maids are very confused, and of course they start gossiping. As usual.

He thinks about you all. the. time. Eating breakfast is a reminder of how you aren’t there to make him smile right away in the morning. Going to mondstadt feels lonely even though he’s surrounded by people.

All of this makes him sound like he’s not self sufficient. Which... no, he is. He can handle himself but the gears in head are turning relentlessly with the thought of you constantly.

He mostly just starts working more with your absence. There isn’t much else to do without you here, so why not get some work done.

What Diluc misses most about you is your presence. He just wants you to be there, with him.

The moment you walk back into the winery, he rushes out of his office and calmly (not very calmly) goes down the stairs to embrace you in a warm hug.

He’s pretty clingy afterwards. He puts some work things on hold and just spends a few days with you. For these few days he is strictly little spoon. No if, ands, or buts. He is little spoon.

Constantly tells you how he missed you and loves you. You rarely see this side of him, so make sure to treasure it. For it is fairly short lasting.

— xiao —

Oh boy. He rarely gets clingy with you, but when he does he doesn’t hold back. And when he finds out you’re leaving for a few days to go help someone named jean with some stupid hilichurl problems for a few days. He is lowkey grumpy, but at the same time he understands.

Xiao isn’t good with coping... he bottles everything inside and kinda just expects it to go away. (But xiao that’s not gonna work when you keep thing about it)

He constantly thinks about you. He wonders if you’ll be ok, what you’re doing in mondstadt, and even if you’re safe with the people you’re staying with. He just wants to make sure you’re ok.

What he misses most about you is just your voice. He just wants to listen to you talk about the dumbest things. Sometimes he finds it annoying but he never realized how much he’d miss your “annoying” voice until now.

His first reaction is just a mix of shock, and a ‘holly shit I just want to hug them but don’t want to seem weird’. So he just kinda... stands there, holding onto the end of his shirt wanting to hug you so freaking bad. Please just hug the poor boy :(

He would be extremely clingy afterwards, but he doesn’t want to be. He wants to hold you so close, and bury his face in the crook of your neck as you play with his hair. But instead he just sits two feet away from you staring at the ground.

He doesn’t know how to initiate it so he’s gonna wait for you to. But once you do... you aren’t getting up. He quite literally has infinite time to waste, so you aren’t getting up.

— Zhongli —

Zhongli is an independent adult who can survive on his own for about a week as you help beidou with some stuff on her ship. That being said he literally can’t sleep without you.

Like he will hold onto your pillow cause he just can’t sleep without you next to him.

He doesn’t exactly cope with it either... he’s like xiao, and waits for it to go away except he keeps reminding himself that you’ll be back in x amount of days.

He thinks of you a lot. Zhongli has an impeccable memory, so it’s not really a surprise when he thinks of you a lot.

He misses the sight of you the most. A bit odd I know. But he genuinely just loves staring at you. Just admiring the minor things you do, and you still look gorgeous.

Zhongli isn’t a very clingy person at all, but he does still have his moments. Another thing he misses most is cuddling with you and feeling you play with his hair. Just holding you so close and your hands run through the long strands of his hair.

When he sees you he greets you with a kiss and hug, and whispers in your ear an ‘I love you, and I thought if you everyday’

He won’t be very clingy at first, but then it kicks in that you were gone for a little over a week. Zhongli s basically like, ‘wow you were gone for a little over a week and now you’re here... huh... well time to cuddle with my s/o’

He’s just a bit softer with you than he usually is. And that’s saying something because zhongli is typically very soft, and gentle with you.

— Childe —

Sheesh, when you told him that you were called out for a commission in mondstadt that would take a while, he just started pouting. Like a baby. An actual child.

He understands that work is work, and also understands what going away due to said work is like. So he understands and respects you for that. But that doesn’t mean he has to like it.

Literally every morning he just groans cause you aren’t next to him to kiss him, and say good morning.

He thinks of you all the time, but it’s like ‘hey I wonder what y/n would like for dinner? Wait... goddammit they’re not here... well... that sucks for me’

He doesn’t really have time to cope, so he just constantly tries to think if other things than you.

When you get back Childe is all over you. No joke, mans literally drags you back home to cuddle.

Will constantly tell you how much he loves you and not to leave for that long again, and that next time he’s coming with you.

[genderfluid-insomniac]

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:

Person A and Person B, who have been together for a time, decide to break out the news they are together, maybe even coming out, by dressing in a couples costume.

a/n: a little late but I did write this on halloween

Characters used:

Scaramouche, Kaedehara Kazuha, Xiao, Tartaglia, Thoma, Arataki Itto, Gorou, Kaeya Alberich, Diluc Ragnvindr, Aether, Beidou, and Lisa

༻Scaramouche༺

To get this motherfucker to dress up is a miracle (for Halloween? Better start praying) and if you can achieve it, applause to you seriously. Even Childe is surprised when he sees the number 6 Fatui harbinger dressed up in a couples costume with his lover. No doubt he will tease Scara for the rest of the night if not forever, Scara will most likely take care of him later (permanently if it weren’t for them being crucial in the Fatui).

Scaramouche tonight however is indulging you and you better remember it because he will never let it happen again (possibly). The one thing he’ll compromise on is that it can’t be cute, at all. Man refuses to be seen as anything other than a threat and begrudgingly agrees to be a classic devil and angel combo.

༻Kaedehara Kazuha༺

Honestly, either of you would bring it up and the other thinks it's a great idea, suggesting different ideas to each other and then going off to find said materials. All of this is figured out due to the handsome poet, putting the idea of Romeo and Juliet forward and you loved it. You roughly had the materials for your costume and bought some small bits of fabric to tie it all together, telling Kazuha to fetch some of the more poetic supplies and give it his all. Your lover ends up finding some red dendrobiums that must have been shipped over from Inazuma recently

༻Xiao༺

Xiao would highly question the event itself because why would mortals dress up and mingle on this one specific date when they can do that any time of the year. Once you explain it to him, he’s going to refuse because it’s Xiao and he’s not doing it. Can he be persuaded with a secluded picnic with a bunch of almond tofu? Yes, yes he can. He decides that he’s going to be Rex Lapis upon your insistence that he can’t just go as himself, much to his displeasure, and you decide to go as Hu Tao since they both worked for hand in hand.

To say people are shocked to see an Adeptus much less Xiao dressed up and with someone who seems to be very close with him is an understatement, but after the initial shock is gotten over people keep minding their own business. You do in fact run into Zhongli and Hu Tao who find your costumes amusing, pointing out the details that both of you paid close attention to. Needless to say, Xiao is thrilled when you both can leave the festival and return home to Wangshu Inn, immediately changing out of the costume, muttering something about how strange mortals were again but smiling softly when he sees you passed out already due to exhaustion in your bed.

༻Tartaglia༺

Ruin Guard and Tartaglia

༻Thoma༺

His dog (that’s it lol) and a cat

༻Arataki Itto༺

He goes as himself and you can’t convince me otherwise

༻Gorou ༺

Little red riding hood and big bad wolf

༻Kaeya Alberich༺

Prince charming and Cinderella (because of course)

༻Diluc Ragnvindr༺

Dark knight hero and abyss mage

༻Aether༺

Paimon (yes both of you)

༻Beidou༺

Jack Sparrow and Will Turner (pirates of the Caribbean)

༻Lisa༺

The wicked witch of the west and Glinda

[versadies]

Hi, how are you? I hope you are doing fine, id like to make a scenario request, its mostly comfort- it can be either with Bennett, zhongli, venti, kaeya, Lisa, characters that doesn’t mind skin ship- it can be platonic or romantic scenario, you can choose- I recently lost a friendship, me and this person were honest to god so close, I’ve never really opened up this much to someone, I tried my best into trying to get back into what it was but it was in vain. I literally gave all that I had to this friendship, and in the end I didn’t gain anything back, i feel so pathetic it’s even hard to type all of this. So instead of trying to keep pushing into it- after 4 months, I’ve decided to let go. Still hurts a goddamn much. Do you mind doing a scenario which reader has been real quiet, just down, doesnt want to eat, wants to be left alone, ( aka silently trying to hold it in) and when one of those characters ( again you can choose) ask what’s wrong the reader finally breaks? It has been months since someone “looked out” for them, or cared enough to ask, usually the reader is the one that gives advice and listens, and seeing someone trying to care for them makes them at first even angry, or defensive, then they break? Idk if it made sense but I hope so, I just need comfort cuz losing a what used to be close friendship hurts a lot, Eitherway, thank you and have a good day

 WE’LL BE ALRIGHT (hc scenario)

penpal: losing a friend is one of the worst things that can happen in life honestly and i salute you for opening up, i hope things will get better for you soon 🙏

warning/s: none (?)

sypnosis: in which the reader finally breaks down in front of the character.

characters: diluc, childe, zhongli, jean, beidou, and venti. (some of these hcs are platonic but can be a before-dating scenario) 

note: ik diluc isn’t mostly the type for skinship but he’s honestly such a really good comfort character (a majority of his voicelines are just so sweet). as for the reader’s gender, i suppose it’s considered gender neutral since there isn’t any mentions of the reader’s pronouns. 

-> diluc is observant so he’ll start noticing the way you act quickly and will be concerned.

-> at first, diluc actually thought you were just tired from your work until kaeya suddenly brought up about it out of concern. this causes him to often check up on you without you noticing.

-> diluc couldn’t help but feel angry and disappointed. not at you, but the people who always come up to you for your help and not notice your state. why can’t they see how you’re exhausted and not in the right state to help them?

-> as much as he desperately wants to confront you, he couldn’t bring himself to do it in fear of invading your privacy.

-> it wasn’t until diluc was patrolling around mondstadt for the abyss when he saw you nearby with a solemn look on your face when he saw an opportunity to confront you. he wonders what you were doing at such a late hour. it wouldn’t hurt to ask if you’re okay, right?

-> before diluc could show himself to you, you’re suddenly ambushed by hilichurls, causing him to immediately bring out his claymore and run up to the scene.

when you slowly open your eyes, you first see diluc standing in front of you with a concerned look on his face as the last hilichurl fades away to atoms.

“are.. are you okay?” he asks, checking around you to see if you’re injured.

your breath hitches.

you didn’t know what triggered it, the concerned look he gives that no one has ever done to you in a long time or the aftermath of a near death experience from hilichurls. whatever it was, it made you break down.

“do i look like— do i look like i’m okay?”

diluc was taken back by surprise. “forgive me for—”

“i.. i almost died and you’re asking if i’m okay—” you stopped for a moment and look away from him to try calming yourself down.

the darknight was even more surprised when you started crying, causing you to frantically wipe your tears away as your tears continuously falls down.

“i’m not okay.” you whispered. “i-i don’t even know why everyone thinks that i’m okay. i.. i just can’t keep pretending that everything is okay when it’s not and i’m so... i’m so—”

your breath hitches when diluc suddenly wraps his arms around you for a comforting hug.

“it’s ... it’s alright. let it all out,” he said softly. “i’m willing to listen.”

you stayed quiet for a moment, processing what diluc just said.

you slowly hug diluc back as you let your tears run down.

“it’s alright, y/n,” he reassures you, patting your back comfortingly while you continue to cry your heart out.

“you’re not alone anymore.”

-> childe will instantly know that something's wrong but can't pinpoint the reason. why are you not eating your food much? did someone threaten you that made you stay indoors often? is work giving you a hard time?

-> it’s honestly not his first time encountering something like this; it reminded him of his siblings whenever they feel down and want to isolate themselves from others. however, he didn’t want to jump to conclusions just yet. he does owe you a lot for guiding him and stayed by his side in liyue harbor even though you’re fully aware of his job and role. 

-> the first thing he’ll do is visit your humble home with a gift.

as you lay down on your bed staring at the ceiling, you suddenly heard knocking from the front door. you slowly sat up with furrowed eyebrows. visitors? you couldn't recall inviting anyone to your home nor requested a delivery from wanmin restaurant.

reluctantly, you walk towards the front door, cautious of the other side of the door.

as soon as you open the door, you saw a familiar ginger haired man.

"hey there, comrade!" he greeted.

your eyes widens in surprise. "...childe? what are you doing here?" you ask.

childe laughs. "what? not even an "i miss you"?" he ask jokingly.

"ah.. sorry,” you replied with a smile, though childe noticed how it doesn’t reach your eyes.

“is it okay if you could let me in?”

you hesitated for a moment. “you can come in." you said, opening your door wide for childe to enter. "it's been a while since i haven't seen you, how have you been?" you ask.

"i should be the one asking you that." childe retorted, entering your house and place your gift on top of a table nearby. "i wonder what kept you so busy since you and i haven’t talked for weeks now.”

you immediately look away from his gaze, glancing around your surroundings with a guilty look on your face. “oh.. sorry, work has been keeping me busy.”

he hums. “that’s not what katheryne told me.”

your face pales. “well uh.. today’s my day off..” childe hid his frown, what could possibly make you avoid everyone and lie that there’s nothing wrong?

“you do know that you can tell me anything,” childe said, causing your eyes to slightly widen. “just… can you at least tell me if there’s something wrong—?”

“why… why are you doing this, exactly?” you ask, furrowing your eyebrows. 

huh? childe was dumbfounded. “what do you mean?” 

“why are you trying to check up on me? don’t you have better things to do than wasting your time on me?” 

childe couldn’t believe what he was hearing, what made you think like that? “y/n, you’re my comrade, of course i would check up on you. who made you think that the fatui is worth than you-”

“no one!” you exclaimed. “i just don’t think you should waste your time on m-”

your breath hitches when you felt childe wiping your tears away. you didn’t realized you were crying until now. 

“i don’t know what happened to you but.. do know that i’m here for you, alright? i’m here for you just as much as you are here for me. whenever you need me, i’ll go to you.” he says as you stare at him astonished. 

“don’t force yourself to tell me what happened, take your time and just let me know if you need someone to talk to, oka- oof.” childe was taken back by surprise when you tackled him with a hug, closing your eyes as tears continue to fall. 

“thank you, childe.” 

->    venti is a big admirer of yours. just seeing you being so kind and helpful to most people made him feel at ease that there’s still truly kind-hearted people in this world. though it does feel amusing to the bard that a kind-hearted person such as you would act so differently when drunk.

->    from hanging out with you so much in mondstadt’s best tavern, venti would immediately wonder where you have gone to. he noticed how you stopped visiting angel’s share but partially didn’t think too much of it since he assumed you were busy with your job. however, after sara asked the bard of your whereabouts along with some people, that’s when he started to search for you.

->   when he confronts your friends, all they replied with was they have no idea what happened to you and how they all tried looking for you in the city. 

->    the bard started to be concerned when he still hasn’t heard from you as days grew by. he then decided to go out from the city to find you. where could you be if not in mondstadt and your home?

->   he found you in starsnatch cliff at night. 

“oh y/n,” venti sighs in relief when he sees your familiar figure. “i’m glad i found you. we were looking for you for days! you almost gave me a scare haha!” 

you didn’t respond. 

“hey,” venti calls out, his smile getting smaller. “y/n?” 

he sat down beside you. “y/n...? you okay?” he softly taps your shoulder, causing you to flinch in surprise. “venti? wha..”

“so you’ve been here all this time, eh?” venti looks up at the sky. “i must say though, i can’t blame you for going here. the stars are truly something worth staring at.” he commented.

“what are you doing here?” 

“i was looking for you, duh.” venti said, as if that fact was the most obvious in all teyvat. “i went to find you and see if you’re okay and safe. everyone’s worried about you-”

“you want.. to know if i’m okay?” you asked.

venti looks at you with a raised eyebrow. “...yeah?” 

your eyes narrows. “why?” 

“are we playing a question game?” venti asks with an amused smile. “i thought friends are supposed to look out for each other.”

he noticed how you looked away from him, not responding to his words. something definitely happened that made you not feel okay. “you can tell me anything that’s bothering you, you know? not that you should force yourself though, you can tell me whenever you want to and i’ll listen.” 

you continued to stay quiet, hugging your knees whilst staring at the sky. 

venti summons his lyre.

“say,” venti proposes. “why not i share my newest songs that i have not sung to mondstadt? with the stars and the view, my songs can definitely make it all the more comforting to this atmosphere ehe.” 

you glance at his direction before nodding in approval. 

venti brings out his lyre with a joyous smile. “let my songs comfort you if not my words of sincerity, dear friend.” 

"let me know if you want to start telling me what you're going through."

->    he knows something is wrong but won’t do anything just yet. he thought its best to give you all the space you need before asking what’s wrong.

-> it wasn’t until you started avoiding eating that made zhongli decided to come up to you and check on you. he’s aware that people need some alone-time, but harming themselves in the process? he won’t let this continue.

->   he’ll invite you to wanmin restaurant (without forgetting his mora of course) and made sure that the table you two would sit is far away from people who can listen to your conversation. 

“it’s been a while, y/n.” zhongli said as the both of you sat down on your seats.. “have you been faring well for the past days?”

“it’s... debatable.” you reply with a small smile. “why have you invited me to eat with you?”

“straight to the point, i see.” he says in amusement. “i invited you here to check up on you. as i said before, it has been a while since you and i last talked. i hope you think this isn’t a waste of your time.” 

you furrowed your eyebrows. “what do you mean checking up on me?” 

“...was i not specific enough?” zhongli tilts his head, confused as well. “i want to know if you’re alright-”

“why?” you ask. 

“why not?” zhongli retorts, now copying your expression. “i just don’t think it’s worth asking, so why bother?” you said with a huff. 

“well to me, it’s worth asking,” he grabs his cup of tea and blows softly. “so, are you alright or not?” 

you stayed quiet, hesitating on answering his question. zhongli took a sip of his drink, noticing how you hesitated. “penny for your thoughts?” he asked.

“i... i don't know. i don't know if i want to talk about it." you said with a sad sigh.

you look around and made sure that no one was nearby or is listening. “i’m sorry for avoiding you and everyone. i just... can’t always give advice or listen, not when i too am in need of advise and someone who... who looks out for me just as much as i am to others.” 

zhongli frowns, placing his drink down on the table. “you have me, y/n.” 

you nodded in understanding. “i know...but i couldn’t help but think i’m wasting your time for someone like me-”

“you are never a waste of time to me, y/n,” he says sincerely, placing his hand on yours comfortingly. “throughout the days when you and i have not talked, there was never a time when i did not think of you and your wellbeing. you don’t have to keep everything to yourself anymore- not when i’m here for you. ” 

you couldn’t help but have the urge to break down as zhongli continues, “whenever you need me, i’m always here. i’ll gladly take you somewhere more peaceful and i’ll listen to you just as you did whenever i share my stories,”

“so please... when you're ready, you can share your burdens to me and i will gladly help you go through it.”

->   beidou may be a busy person but as the captain of her crew, she always looks out on her people, especially you, her dearest friend. you’re basically one of the most respected people in her ship due to how you are willing to help your fellow comrades when they need it, which she appreciates a lot whenever she has to leave the ship for some errands.

->    when you start to become distant, she and everyone in the ship will notice. unlike before, you’re mostly found either cleaning the ship, stare at the sea for a concerning amount of time, or in your room doing only celestia knows what. 

->   because of how concerned everyone is (and how they always hint to beidou to go to you), beidou decided to take matters her own hands and check up on you to see if you’re okay. 

->   though, beidou noticed how every time she tries to make a conversation with you, you’d make sure the conversation is too short much to her dismay and only listen intently if she’s ordering you to do something. she thought that maybe it’s best to leave you alone and let you have some time for yourself for now.

->   it wasn’t until she spotted you wiping you tears one night that made beidou confront you.

“hey,” beidou calls out softly, walking towards you with a concerned look on her face. “what happened? why are you cry-”

“oh sorry,” you whispered, sniffling as you wipe your tears a lot. why won’t your tears stop falling? “i didn’t mean to let you see myself in this state. you can go continue whatever you’re supposed to be doing, captain.”

beidou furrows her eyebrows. “and leave you alone after seeing you like this?” she gently grabs your hands and said, “you shouldn’t wipe your eyes so aggressively. why are you crying anyway?

you look at her judgmentally. “why are you asking?” 

she lets go of your hands and crosses her arms. “am i not allowed to look after my crewmates? everyone’s worried about you and so am i, we want to help yo-”

“you... want to help me?” you asked with an offended look on your face. “why now? why... why do you all suddenly care about someone like m-”

“hey now, why would you think that?” beidou was honestly astonished. all this time you have been thinking that everyone in the ship doesn’t care about you? did someone made you think of that way. 

she places a hand on your shoulder. “have you been thinking that we don’t care at all?” she asks softly, to which you responded by shaking your head in disagreement. 

you try to calm yourself down before replying. “of course not... sorry for that, i was just too caught up in my own head.” you slowly wipe your tears again and this time, it wasn’t as harsh and aggressive. 

beidou smiles reassuringly. “that’s fine,” she lets go of your shoulder. “but care to tell me what’s wrong, though?” 

you took a deep breath. “i just.. for the past month, i feel so alone despite having you and the crew. there’s always a part of me that feels like there’s no one who can look out for me and i.. i know you guys would’ve love to help but it’s just so-”

suddenly you felt beidou pulling you close to her and wrap her arms around you. 

“i’m sorry,” she says. “i’m sorry that i made you feel like you’re alone,” before you could protested that she did nothing wrong, she continued. “i know i’m always busy but i don’t want you to think that you should go through this alone.” 

she smiles and you think how can a smile be so sincere and comforting? “i promise that whenever you need a shoulder to cry on, you can always come up to me.” 

she then pats your head. “you can cry all you want now.” 

and so you did. 

-> jean would be lying if she claims that she doesn’t admire you. as the acting grandmaster, you’re a valuable knight with an aspiring future, but as jean gunnhildr herself, you’re a wonderful friend that she looks up to a lot. 

->  the way you’re willing to help out a friend in need without question, the way you carry yourself - it’s truly something jean admires for. not to mention, you’re definitely one of the people she comes up to for advice on non-related grandmaster work. 

-> due to how jean is busy with her duties, she won’t notice what’s happening to you until lisa or a concerned knight comes to her office about you. 

“y/n,” lisa takes a deep breath, her smile disappearing. “they don’t eat their food much, they always distant themselves from others- even me, and although i did give her the space she needs, i’m very worried of her wellbeing.” 

“as the acting grandmaster and as a friend of y/n, could you try checking on her and see what she’s going through?” lisa requested.

“i see,” jean says, frowning at the information she just received. “thank you for bringing my attention to this, i’ll try my best to find out what’s happening to y/n.” 

lisa smiles gratefully. “i’ll send y/n here in your office then. i wish you the best.” she said before walking out from the office. 

jean sighs, guilty that she only found out about this at such a late time. what kind of friend wouldn’t notice that their friend is visibly going through something?

“you called for me, jean?” you ask, entering the office. 

jean looks up at you and nods in response. “yes, i would like to discuss with you something important.” 

you frown. “did something bad happened?” 

she shook her head. “no uh, not exactly. i want to discuss something about you, actually.” she said assuringly. “forgive me if i’m invading your business, but a lot of people are concerned about you-”

“..am i doing a bad job?” you ask softly, taking jean back by surprise from your question. 

“what? no, no, you’re doing a really good job as a knight. forgive me for making you think otherwise.” jean replied, clearing her throat. “as i said before, a lot of people are concerned about you and i want to make sure if you’re... alright?” 

your eyes widens in surprise. “huh?”

“are you alright?” jean asks again. 

“i..” you look down at the ground, unsure what to answer. “why are you doing this?” you ask. 

“i just want to check on my dear friend,” she respond, placing a hand on your shoulder. “i’m sorry that i’ve been too busy lately to notice whatever it is that you’re going through but as the acting grandmaster and your best friend, i want to make sure that you’re not having a hard tim-”

suddenly you started crying, causing jean to stop talking in surprise.

“can i... can i hug you?” you ask. 

just seeing you start crying after keeping everything ot yourself for a long time made her heart ache. jean’s eyes softens and immediately nods in response, causing you to immediately wrap your arms around her in tears. 

“i’m not okay,” you said. “i just... i just want someone to talk to but i can’t help but think that no one would take it so seriously. i’m scared that they think that i’m just-” you couldn’t finish your venting, feeling overwhelmed. 

she slowly hugs you back and rub your back comfortingly. “i’m sorry that you’re going through something like this,” she says as you cry on her shoulder. “you can always talk to me, okay? i’m here for you- everyone you care for is here for you.” 

jean stood as you break down in front of her, trying to breath properly. “i can’t promise you that everything will be okay but whatever happens, just know that i’m here with you in every step of the way.” 

“thank you, jean...” you said.

“anything for a friend, y/n.” jean said, looking at you sincerely. “if you want; you, me, and maybe the others can hang out once we’re done with our duties tomorrow. i’m sure the knights wouldn’t mind having a break from all the hard work we have done.” 

“...i would like that.” 

[lewisshipsthings]

Big, Giant List of Genshin Ships

(From https://transxiao.tumblr.com/post/680027899686961152/an-updated-ship-chart-template-to-include-the-new)

The following is an approximate textual explanation of this shipping chart picture. As I gain more ships, I’ll probably update the text, but not the picture, since it’s pretty annoying and difficult to edit the picture on my phone.

(Note: I believe that the traveler is many, many years old, some kind of being a bit like the gods or Adepti of Teyvat. So ships involving them are not ships with minors.)

(2nd Note: I don’t care about who tops or bottoms at all for the most part. The order I list the characters in does not reflect that.)

Favourites!!

Zhongli/Venti: I really like the Archons in Genshin, and wish there was more of them being god-like. Too often when there are ships with either Zhongli or Venti, people don’t really account for the fact that they’re gods, and thousands of years old. But with these two together, you have to acknowledge their long history and experience, some of the only ones left in the world who can share that.

Diluc/Venti: I didn’t ship this until I read a couple fantastic fanfics that turned them into an OTP for me. I only really like it if Venti is more Barbatos-like, though, and Diluc’s love ends up being tinged with worship. It’s probably not the most healthy ship dynamic, but I like it a lot. (Fic link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30046389/chapters/73989867)

Scaramouche/Mona: AKA The Battle of the Big Hats! Scara saying the stars are a lie, Mona’s whole thing is stars! They’re clearly made for each other. I know they’ve barely interacted, but they’d be so fun. Also they’re both purple! See, made for each other!

Zhongli/Azhdaha: So sad. But it was so cool to do Zhongli’s story quest and see him actually interact with someone he cares about. And the way Azhdaha spoke to and about Morax was so loving. (I don’t think it was meant romantically in the game, but I don’t care.)

Xingqiu/Chongyun: Just super cute, and I love the fan art of them.

Love!!

Xiao/Venti: This is just on the edge between Love and Favourite. I think mostly it got bumped down to Love because, although I multi ship, I can only hyper focus on so many ships for one character at one time. And I’m quite focused on Venti with either Zhongli or Diluc right now. But the few small mentions of these two in cannon are so great, and their characters are so opposite and complementary.

Itto/Sara: This might change when I finally get to Itto’s story quest, but I’m really loving the himbo/hardass combo here. A video I watched once compared them to April/Andy from Parks and Rec, and April/Andy are an all time favourite couple for me.

Razor/Bennett: So cute!! And Razor could deal with Bennett’s luck issues, I think, better than most people. (However, I haven’t played Bennett’s hangout yet, so who knows how my view of this could change after knowing his character better.)

Scaramouche/Childe: They’d be toxic as hell, but super fun.

Itto/Gorou: I don’t even know, it’s just super cute. I think I’d like Itto in almost any romantic relationship, he’s so funny. And this particular ship with him has that good old Shakespearean gender confusion, which is fun.

Like!!

Kazuha/Kazuha’s Friend: So sad, but they looked good together.

Dainsleif/Traveler: We’ll see how I feel about this when I finally get to the Chasm, or with Dainslef’s future developments. But this is one of my favourite Traveler ships so far. Also Dainsleif/Abyss Prince or Princess. (I’m inclined to like Dain better with Abyss Lumine and with Traveler Aether.)

Albedo/Kaeya: I can definitely see the appeal, especially with little crumbs dropped in cannon. (I liked that Klee said Albedo likes drawing Kaeya in the most recent update!) They have such different personalities, but both have many secrets, and the possibly Khaenri'ah connection.

Albedo/Aether: Albedo just seems very subtly flirty sometimes. Also his English voice is very sexy.

Dilu/Aether: I’m not even totally sure why I like this one. I think I read a fanfic where there was top notch pining for Aether on Diluc’s part, and I was sold.

Amber/Eula: Cute! I wouldn’t ship Amber with most people, but Eula would actually make it an interesting pairing for me.

Jean/Lisa: Similar to Amber, I don’t love Jean and wouldn’t ship her with most people. But being with Lisa makes her a bit more interesting. I was quite surprised when I hear Lisa’s Good Morning voice line, and it made me actually consider them as a ship.

Kaeya/Sucrose: No idea how I came across this rarepair. It reminds me a bit of Sylvain/Mercedes from Fire Emblem: 3 Houses, where the flirty one gets with the sweet one (who has a surprising backbone). I think Kaeya might start flirting with her as a matter of course, because he flirts with everybody. And then to his utter shock, realize he’s actually fallen for her.

Xiao/Zhongli: I mostly like this in the context of a Xiao/Zhongli/Venti poly relationship. The power dynamics are kinda messed up here, but it’s quite interesting and I like it.

Xinyan/Yun Jin: Basically I saw some art from the lantern festival and it looked so cute.

Thoma/Ayaka: I actually quite like the idea of a poly ship between Thoma and Ayaka and Ayato (no romance between the siblings though, just the two of them sharing Thoma).

Thoma/Ayato: See above. I feel similarly about Thoma/Ayaka and Thoma/Ayato, but if it isn’t a poly ship, I’d probably prefer Ayato with Thoma over Ayaka (but we’ll see after I’ve done Ayato’s story quest...).

Ayato/Yoimiya: This wasn’t on my radar (especially since it’s a rarepair) until I watched this video where someone unfamiliar with Genshin ships people based on aesthetic. (https://youtu.be/-8wCIipTrUU) This was one pair they chose, and I really liked the idea of it.

Baal/Yae Miko: Not one of my top liked ships, but I do like it. I think I need to do more story quests to have a firm opinion, though.

Gorou/Kazuha: He was so happy to see him when he showed up in that cut scene! (I wish they’d put in a tail wag. What’s the point of having a cool tail if it doesn’t show your emotions at embarrassing times?)

Neutral

Kaeya/Diluc: I see the appeal. They have history and a complex relationship. I’m not against people shipping them because it’s not really clear if they’re brothers or not. (Even if they were brothers, I’m not gonna stop people shipping incest, though I never would myself.)

Ningguang/Beidou: This one seems pretty close to cannon but, I dunno, just don’t have feelings on it.

Hate (sort of...)

Note: I don’t actually hate these. Technically, they’re probably neutral, but I wanted a category for ships that bother me for one reason or another. And no judgement on anyone who ships these. I see why you’d like them—really!

Zhongli/Childe: This would have gone into Neutral or maaaaybe even Like back at the beginning of my Genshin Fandom. But I became a bit annoyed at just how popular this ship is, since I much prefer Zhongli with different people. It can be hard to find good Zhongli stuff that isn’t Zhongli/Childe.

Diluc/Jean: I dunno, just seems too obvious, maybe. And Jean isn’t the most interesting character for me, and I’d prefer Diluc with someone more interesting.

Albedo/Sucrose: Feels a bit similar to Diluc/Jean. Somehow just feels kinda boring. (Although again, I can see why people would like it! It’s just my personal feelings here, not what I think objectively about the ship.) I’d much prefer either of these two with Kaeya, especially Sucrose. I suspect I would like this a bit better if I hadn’t missed the event with Albedo, but oh well.

Family!!

Zhongli/Hu Tao: I feel like there will be some reveals about Hu Tao in the future, so maybe this one will change and I won’t want a familial relationship for them anymore. But one of the many things I wish the game had more of was these two interacting, Hu Tao being something like an annoying niece who is somehow also his boss.

Zhongli/Xiao: I mentioned above that I like the idea of a Zhongli/Xiao/Venti poly ship. But otherwise I like the Dad Zhongli idea with Xiao much better.

Friends!!

Kaeya/Rosario: I headcannon them as drinking buddies and probably fuckbuddies, too. No romance in the mix though, pure friends with benefits.

Beidou/Kazuha: I see the appeal of a romantic ship here, especially with Beidou pegging, but I like the friendship version just a bit more. (I see Kazuha as a short adult.)

Xingqiu/Xiangling: I like these two and Chongyun as good friends. Xiangling ends up being a bit of a third wheel, but she doesn’t mind cause she’s pretty focused on her primary passion of cooking. But I like the idea that she notices that something’s up between her two best friends, and maybe hijinks or teasing ensues.

Chongyun/Xiangling: See above.

Xiao/Ganyu: I read this story once where they ended up being surprisingly good platonic friends, and I ended up quite liking that idea.

[sondepoch]

Lighter (3/5)

Breaking the Collar

Nine months in the human trafficking circuit has destroyed every sense of normality you ever knew. For you, it's commonplace to be ordered on your knees for your owner, his clients, anyone else Childe deems necessary—and you've reached a point where you accept it this misery, just going along with the motions of life because there's nothing else to do.

Diluc and Kaeya change that.

They enter your life on a regular workday afternoon, stepping inside Childe's massive office under the pretense of sorting out a business deal, but a single hastily written message makes it clear that they're not here to hurt you: they're here to help you.

The only issue is that you have no idea how to escape Childe.

Fastened | Unlockable | Lighter | Breaking | Broken | Gone | ✔

MASTERLIST

There’s something demeaning about the outfit Childe has picked for you today. It’s nothing unlike what he had you wear when he last took you outside the apartment, when he brought you on a train to Xiangling’s restaurant, but the blouse and skirt he has you in today are looser than before, and skimpier, too. 

The thought confuses you until you realize that it’s because where you were previously dressed like a regular girl, in fairly modest clothes that were designed to shy away from attention, you’re now dressed like a slave once more: like a little sex toy that can only wear thin, loose clothes so her owner, alongside all her owner’s friends, can have easy access to the pretty tits and cunt beneath.

It should make you sick. 

Yet, as Childe slips his hand underneath your skirt to grip your thigh, the only thing that disgusts you is how easily you find yourself relaxing into his touch. 

“Angel,” Childe murmurs into your ear, voice hovering lowly under the quiet buzz of the van you both sit in. “Angel, I have a present for you.”

That catches your attention. You turn your head to your owner, eyebrows lifted in confusion, as Childe pulls a box from his pocket.

Immediately, you know what’s inside.

The first few gifts Childe gave you were all varied: the very first was, of course, the necklace he gave you in place of the ugly, metal collar all the other girls have to wear. The second was his jacket, too tattered for him to use anymore but literal paradise for someone like you, who had already grown used to spending every waking moment naked. Then, his presents began to come in the shape of services rather than material objects—the decision to allow you to sleep on a bed, the decision to let you eat better-quality meals, the decision to spare you from being sent to Scaramouche for a beating as punishment for a stupid blunder you once made—but after a certain period, Childe had granted you all the freedom he could give.

Then, his presents had to change.

He began gifting you jewels, all of them in different colors but always unfairly expensive, to make your collar sparkle.

You make no haste in opening the black, velvet box Childe gives you, eyes bright. You don’t think twice about how embarrassing it is that he’s conditioned you to associate these little gemstones (probably worth mere pennies to a man as wealthy as Childe) with happiness, but even you can’t keep the smile off your face as you snap open the box and see a blue twinkle staring back at you. 

“It’s a sapphire,” Childe explains, pulling the gemstone out by the short, silver chain it dangles from. “Since you told me that you like colorful stones.”

You remember saying that. It was true: being Childe’s favored toy meant that you were always by his side; it gave you no room for pastimes, and so you found that the most entertaining thing to do was toy with the shiny stones that dangled off your collar and angle them into the light to trace patterns into the ceiling. It’s an activity that works best with larger, colorful stones: the dainty diamonds Childe always used to gift you didn’t work half as well.

“Do you like it?” the man asks, staring down at you. “I thought you deserved a reward so behaving so well last time we went out. If you’re good this time as well, I’ll give you another one.”

I won’t be here for you to give me another one, you think. 

“I like it,” you say, ignoring how your heart instinctively speeds up with—is it fear? concern? hesitation?— when that thought runs through your mind. “Thank you, Sir.”

Childe grimaces.

“I mean, Ajax.”

Calling him by his name is still a hard habit to get into, but you find that the syllables roll off your tongue much smoother now. Alas, you shouldn’t need to worry about it too much longer. Not if today’s meeting with Diluc and Kaeya goes as planned.

“Here, lean forward so I can put it on you.”

The way you arch your neck forward is familiar. You and Childe have been in this position countless times before, him always being the one to fasten his gifts to your collar, and it shows in how quick Childe’s fingers are in attaching the short chain of the sapphire to your necklace. Within seconds, you feel the task’s completion as you lean your head back and smile at your owner, the weight around your neck marginally heavier than when you both stepped inside this van.

“It looks good,” Childe says, squeezing your thigh gently. “You look good.”

“Thank you,” you say like a good little slave. Then, you decide to go the extra mile. “Ajax.”

The man doesn’t respond to that, opting to glance out the window as his driver speeds down the highway that’ll doubtlessly bring you both to the office Diluc and Kaeya share, but you can see the edges of his lips curling upward. It’s rare, after all, for you to address him by name. No matter how much he loves it, your tongue still says “sir” on instinct, a little crack in the homey picture Childe is building with you in his mind.

It’s not like it matters, you think, stopping yourself from thinking too much about your owner before you can begin to feel bad. If all goes well, I won’t ever have to see him again.

The thought instinctively brings a smile to your face, but it falls just as fast.

If.

Looking back, the message Diluc and Kaeya gave you was cryptic. ‘WE CAN HELP YOU’ provides no accurate timeline to place your hopes in. The second message, ‘COME WITH TARTAGLIA NEXT WEEK AND WE CAN FREE YOU’ was of the same nature. Up til now, you’ve been vaguely interpreting their words to mean that they would free you immediately if you managed to go with Childe to this meeting. But the human trafficking world is so complicated, and you can’t help but think that things may be delayed even longer.

All you can do is hope for the best and pray that reality won’t disappoint.

“How much longer?” you ask your owner after the view outside the window has changed from a highway to a cityscape.

“Impatient, aren’t we?” Childe chuckles. “We should be there any time soon. Keep an eye out. Their office is in one of the big buildings.”

That doesn’t tell you much, given that nearly every building this van drives past is over fifteen stories high. 

You’re in the middle of scoffing at Childe’s poor description of the office when the car finally stops: and only then do you understand that when he said “one of the big buildings,” he meant the biggest fucking building in the entire city.

You’re gawking like a fool as Childe helps you out of the car, mentally overwhelmed at the sheer size of what has to be the tallest office in Snezhnaya. 

“It’s…” 

Big doesn’t begin to describe the grandeur of this place. It’s nothing you’d expect from two men who are working undercover to free people from human trafficking: it's got to be the most eye-catching thing you've ever seen, one hundred stories high or taller, with every inch of the exterior covered in wall-to-wall windows. It looks like an upscale version of Childe’s own office, and if you thought his building was lavish, then this is full-on opulent.

Your owner has to forcibly pull you forward to get you to move. 

You almost forget to tuck your precious jacket—the one you so foolishly forgot when you last went out in public, the one Childe insisted you bring this time in case you have another episode—underneath your arm because you’re so busy marveling at the exterior of the building, though you thankfully remember to do so right before the van door closes. 

“It’s nothing impressive,” Childe grumbles as he pulls you past the professional double doors. “Diluc and Kaeya are only renting the top ten floors here. They’re not even rich enough to purchase them.”

“Ten whole floors?” you ask, eyes round as you stare at the inside of the ground floor. Childe tugs you towards the elevator, and you’re just barely able to slow him down so you can stare at the marble floors, the expensive-looking paintings on the wall, the embodiment of wealth unlike anything you’ve ever seen. “Why do they need ten—”

“They’re sex traffickers, angel,” Childe tells you when the elevator doors shut. (You have to force yourself to refrain from marveling at how even this elevator seems posh and refined.) “They use the top floor for their own operations. The other nine are where they run their prostitution rings.”

Your face darkens at that. It must be the exact same as Childe’s office, where he has you and his other favored prostitutes up at the top with him, and all the girls he doesn’t want to show favoritism to are forced into the life they were meant to follow when they were brought into the human trafficking world: either as unpaid sex workers that are sold by the hour from Childe to other equally-awful clients or as human trafickees to be shipped to someone else if they prove to be too much trouble.

But then, you remember Diluc and Kaeya’s message.

‘WE CAN HELP YOU,’ they said.

There’s no way that they’re running a sex trafficking front up here. Childe must be wrong. It’s probably just a lie they told him to gain his trust so that they could best help you escape this life.

“They’re so arrogant,” Childe grumbles, crossing his arms. “I bet they chose this office just to piss me off. It’s bad business, too. They’re losing out on money by choosing such a fancy place. Not even the Snezhnayan sex work model will boost their profits.”

“What’s the Snezhnayan sex work model?”

“The system we use in the Fatui. It’s supposed to be the best, money-wise. You hand-train the elite girls as prostitutes so that the best ones become magnets for high-caliber clients. You sell off girls who don’t show promise early on. And then there’s a handful of average-quality, compliant girls you keep for the low-caliber clients that want a good fuck but can’t pay as much.” Childe folds his arms as he leans back against the elevator wall. “It's the most profitable method, even if it means that the girls you sell will always be low-quality.”

“Wouldn’t I be an elite girl?” you ask, staring at your owner. “You trained me, but I never had to work as a prostitute. And I only sometimes have to meet your clients, and—”

“You’re different,” Childe says, avoiding your eyes.

Immediately, you want to ask what he means by that. Unfortunately for you, the elevator doors open at that precise moment, and Childe leads you forward by the hand into an office that, now that you think about it, definitely was designed to upstage Childe’s own place of work.

“Come on, you can do it, baby.” A low coo from the left side of the room draws your attention, and your eyes widen in a mix of confusion, concern, and finally, horror. 

“Ignore Kaeya. Focus on my fingers. Relax your throat, doll, yes, just like that…”

Even Childe stiffens when he sees the three men splayed out on a couch: Diluc and Kaeya sandwiching a youthful-looking boy between them as Diluc shoves his hand down the boy’s throat and Kaeya strokes the boy’s small cock. 

For a moment, you don’t understand why the boy looks so wrecked, his braided hair dampened with sweat and his face covered in tears, but when your eyes watch as a trickle of sweat trails from the boy’s neck to his stomach, joining a copious amount of white fluid you can only imagine to be the result of countless orgasms, it’s clear that Kaeya’s overstimulating him. Add that to the way Diluc’s entire hand is slotted down the poor boy’s throat, and how the redhead is still stubbornly trying to get more inside, and it becomes clear that whatever this boy is feeling is far from pleasant.

The picture makes it irrevocably clear that this boy is to Diluc and Kaeya what you are to Childe. 

Instinctively, you imagine how you would feel if you were in such a position. Your worst memory under Childe, after all, is from the time when you were handed over to four men who fucked into your G-spot so vigorously that you cried at any sensation for hours. Your second worst memory is from the time when a client forced a massive dildo so big you couldn’t breathe down your throat and left you like that until Childe intervened. 

The idea of those two memories being combined into one makes you want to vomit. 

“Fucking hell,” Childe grunts once he’s past processing the image before him. “Get your toy out of here. Do you have to be so disgusting?”

“Oh, please,” Kaeya responds, not an ounce of hesitation in his voice. He doesn’t stop stroking the boy’s cock. “You had your little angel out during our last meeting. Let us have a little fun now, alright?”

“Hell no. Even I don’t dabble in…” Childe sneers when he sees how young the boy seems to be. “Children.”

Diluc laughs, a deep, rich sound that reverberates through the room. “He’s older than he looks. We’re not scummy enough to deal in children, either, Tartaglia.”

“You’re scummy enough to have to share,” Childe says, scoffing. “What, did you guys spend so much money paying for this building’s rent that you couldn’t afford more than one kid to suit both your needs? The two of you look pathetic, you know.”

“I wouldn’t call it pathetic,” Kaeya offers. “It’s more like we know exactly what we want. And if we both want the same thing, we’re not going to waste our time with…” The man’s single eye skirts over your figure with purpose. “Cheap replacements.”

“Really, now?” You can sense Childe getting offended for you. “You think your little toy is better trained than my angel?”

“I don’t think it, Tartaglia. I know it.” Kaeya grins. He gives the boy’s cock another few strokes, going at the same pace, the small, red-flushed thing twitching furiously in response. “Just watch.”

Kaeya abruptly pulls back from the boy, lifting his hand in the air for dramatic effect, and one, two, three seconds pass where nothing happens. The little organ he’d been stroking still quivers, either from overstimulation or from desire, but the boy suppresses his orgasm, and you can see the desperate, shallow breaths he tries to take from around Diluc’s hand.

Then, it happens.

“Cum, Venti.”

On command, the boy keens, eyes rolling to the back of his head as his hips spasm and jerk up into nothing. Venti’s cock looks abused, a thought demonstrated by how little cum actually shoots into the air and onto his stomach, the substance looking more watery than it looks healthy.

You grimace when you understand how far Venti must have been pushed to reach this point. 

The boy practically melts into Kaeya’s hold after the orgasm has left his body, boneless after something so intense, and the final shreds of resistance he’d been offering Diluc’s hand disappear as the redhead’s wrist edges deeper into his throat.

“Such a good boy, isn’t he?” Kaeya says, grinning as he strokes Venti’s hair, brushing the sweat-stained bangs from his forehead. “He’s ‘Luc’s favorite. We haven’t had any discipline issues from him in years. Same goes for the rest of our merchandise.”

Kaeya’s words are a shameless flex on Childe: a reminder that your owner’s girls are so often poorly-trained and that even you, the star of his trafficking business, are secretly planning on running away.

You don’t need to look up at your owner’s expression to see the raw annoyance plastered onto his face. 

“No discipline issues?” Childe grunts. “So if I bought him from you and ordered him to kill himself right now, he’d do it?”

There’s a beat of silence.

Whatever response Kaeya was expecting, that wasn’t it.

Finally, Diluc speaks up.

“Venti, much like your toy over there, isn’t for sale.” Diluc withdraws most of his hand from the boy’s mouth, leaving only the tips of his fingers in such that Venti cranes his neck forward to suckle at them. “But if you want him gone that much, it’s fine. He has to go to work now, anyway.”

You can feel your eyebrows shoot up at that. Kaeya watches your expression, and he laughs.

“Sorry, girlie. I know your master over there likes to exercise preferential treatment with his pets, but we don’t do that in Mondstadt.” Kaeya gently pushes Venti to his feet, holding his hand until the shake of the boy’s feet subsides. “All our toys have to work. Favoritism should only go so far in a world like this.”

With that, Kaeya pats Venti’s butt and sends the boy off, and you watch in a mix of awe and horror as he stumbles towards the elevator to “work.”

If it were real, you’d be mortified. 

Venti was overstimulated to tears, his legs wobbling the whole time as he stumbled past you, the apples of his fair cheeks flushed a feverish red. There was saliva dripping down his chin, cum still smeared on his stomach, and the reek of sweat and sex wafting off the entirety of his stumbling, nude form.

But you comfort yourself with the knowledge that it was all just an act. 

You close your eyes and hold your jacket closer to your body as the elevator releases a low ding, forcing yourself to remember the message Diluc and Kaeya left for you that filled your heart with so much hope. What happened with Venti just now looked bad, but you’re certain that it was all part of their master strategy to deceive Childe until you’re free from him.

(If there’s a sudden thump of a body hitting the ground and a low groan from behind the elevator doors as soon as they shut, you force yourself not to pay attention to it.)

“Fucking finally,” Childe mutters as soon as Venti is gone. He shuffles forward and flops down onto a couch, pulling you with him. “Listen, I don’t want to be here any more than you guys want me here. Let’s get this over with quickly, shall we?”

“Yeah, yeah,” Kaeya mumbles, using a sanitized cloth to clean his hands before slipping his usual gloves back on. Next to him, Diluc does the same. “All we need to do is fix a transportation route for the merch, right?”

“Yeah,” Childe grunts. “I already have some ideas. I own a parent company that sells furniture. If we can legally frame our transactions under the branch of…”

You zone out as soon as they begin using human trafficking jargon you barely understand.

This meeting is much more civilized than the previous, if the whole incident with Venti can be forgotten. The jabs Diluc and Kaeya make towards Childe are much more subtle, popping up rarer, too, and Childe doesn’t openly taunt them with your body the way he did in the first meeting. 

It takes nearly an hour before your owner even remembers you, and even then, his touches remain somewhat innocent. He only ever ghosts his fingers against your thigh, oft going down to drum his fingers against your knee while he continues to work out the logistics of his business deal. The touches honestly end up keeping you on edge with how delicate they are, and it’s right when his fingers have finally flitted up to the innards of your thigh, right when you’re holding your breath, right when Diluc and Kaeya’s eyes are fixated on where his palm has crept beneath your skirt, that his phone rings.

Immediately, Childe’s hands are off you. 

“I have to take this,” he says, wrapping a protective arm over your shoulder as he beckons you to stand next to him. “In private.”

“Take the elevator down to the second floor if you want privacy,” Diluc offers. “It’s not being rented out, and there aren’t any cameras there.”

“Thanks,” your owner says, leading you towards the elevator. 

“Wait,” Kaeya calls, right as you’re about to step in behind Childe. You glance behind your shoulder to stare at him, and the devious expression on his face concerns you. 

Kaeya winks at you a second before Childe, too, turns to face him.

“Leave your girl here with us, will you? Give us a treat to nibble on to kill the time.”

Immediately, you think that Kaeya has said the wrong thing. Childe is a fiercely protective man, over you more than anything else. There’s no way he’d leave you in the hands of two men he barely even likes, and it’ll probably only cast suspicion in his mind to hear Kaeya ask for you so candidly.

You shut your eyes, instinctively preparing to hear Childe’s rejection.

Instead, his tone is light when he speaks, almost amused. “Finally seeing how high-quality she is, eh?” Your owner is smiling at Kaeya, not an ounce of irritation, anger, or protectiveness on his face. “Fine. This call will take a while anyway. Just make sure you don’t wreck her too much.”

With that, the redhead steps into the elevator and leaves you with nothing more than a featherlight kiss to the temple, and you’re standing there, dumbfounded, for a full ten seconds before you process what has happened.

Alone, you realize with a start. I'm finally alone with them. 

Immediately, you sprint forward, grabbing Kaeya’s hand in an attempt to tug him off the couch, not caring about how you dropped your jacket on the floor in your rush.

“Come on,” you say, eyes wide. “If—if you want to set me free, we have to go now while he’s busy!”

But Kaeya doesn’t move an inch off the couch, instead pulling you onto his lap with a strength you didn’t realize he had. 

“What are you—”

“Shh, baby. We have to put on a show in case Tartaglia comes back, yeah?” You feel Diluc shuffle behind you, and the redhead is quick to wrap his hands around your hips from behind. 

The slowness, the casualness, the feigned normalcy of their actions dumbfounds you.

“Why aren’t we leaving?” you whisper, hands going up to grip at the fabric of Kaeya’s suit. “You said you’d free me if I managed to come to this meeting, so—”

“Relax,” Diluc mumbles into your ear, gloved hands sliding beneath your blouse to grope at your breasts. “Freeing you isn’t something we can do at the drop of a hat. It’s not just about you being here.”

“Right,” Kaeya says, his fingers slowly undoing the zipper on your skirt. “We asked you to come to this meeting to first check if it would even be possible to free you. A test, if you will. We weren’t sure you’d pass it. But if Tartaglia is willing to give you enough freedom to wander around with him, we figure you should also have enough freedom to do what needs to be done for us to free you.”

“What?” you whisper, trying to force back the tears that are pooling in your eyes. This is everything you’d feared: that Diluc and Kaeya’s idea of freeing you would be more complicated than you’d realized and that the whole process would require more time. “What do you need me to do to be free?”

“Aw, don’t cry.” Kaeya tosses your skirt to the floor right before he goes up to wipe away the tears from your face. “It’s not hard. We just need you to get ahold of Tartaglia’s fake documents on you.”

“His...what?”

Confusion is ultimately what brings a halt to your tears, and you cock your head naively at Kaeya right as Diluc speaks up.

“Fake documents,” Diluc explains, beginning to rub the front of his pants against your naked arse. “Every human trafficker has a series of documents for their merchandise that they can use for transportation and claim purposes. We need to get yours from Tartaglia.”

“Why can’t you take me away without them?” you plead, still clinging to the hope that you might be able to go free today. “Why do I have to—”

“Because, depending on how smart Tartaglia is, he can use those documents to rightfully get you back, even if we set you free.”

“What?” you ask. “How?”

“Think. If he has you listed on those documents as a minor, then the State can only do so much to protect you. Especially if he has himself listed down as your guardian. Even if you try to speak out against him, the Snezhnayan police won’t care. They’ll send you straight back to him, and you can bet that whatever freedoms you have now will be forever lost to you the second time around.”

“B-but, if I can prove that I’m not the person in his fake documents—”

“You can’t prove that,” Kaeya interrupts. “If you’re lucky, Tartaglia’s fake documents would be low-quality. But if he was smart, which we both know he is, then his documents will be of a high-enough quality that people will believe them when they see them. And unless you happen to have your official documents on you, there’s nothing you can do to protect yourself except steal the papers from Childe before he can use them.”

The annoyed, almost bored inflection of Kaeya’s voice shakes you to the core. They rattle this information off so quickly, so intuitively, so earnestly that you have no choice but to believe them.

“Okay,” you whisper, voice shaky. “Okay, I’ll do it. I’ll get the documents you want.”

“Do you know where he keeps them?” Diluc asks.

“I think so. He has a locked briefcase that he always keeps in his office. I don’t know the combination to open it, but I should be—”

“Good,” Kaeya interrupts. “You seem like a smart girl. I’m sure you can figure it out.”

“Y-yeah,” you say, hesitant. The man’s words seemed like a compliment, but his tone felt much more derisive. “Um, is that all, or is there anything else I—”

“That’s all,” Diluc says. “Two weeks from now is when we’ll be ready to get you out of here. We’ll be staying in the hotel across from Tartaglia’s apartment. The two of us will be in rooms 213 and 214. Come find us at any time, and as long as you have the documents on you, we’ll be able to set you free.”

Your heart beats a little faster at that. 

“Really?” you whisper, almost not believing it. The goal you’ve been given is finally real: it’s tangible, so clear that you can already see yourself using something sharp to tear into Childe’s briefcase and retrieve your documents before you’ll finally be able to live a life you can be proud of.

Kaeya smiles when he sees the look on your face.

“Really,” he whispers, reaching a rough, gloved hand up to cup your cheek with infinite care. The kiss he coaxes you into is gentle, soft, and sweet. It’s everything he is, everything Childe isn’t. 

“Thank you,” you whisper, leaning forward to wrap the man in a hug. You don’t care about the fact that Diluc has unbuttoned and pulled off your blouse now, leaving you effectively nude as you embrace Kaeya, but he doesn’t seem to mind either. “Thank you so much.”

“You’re welcome,” the man whispers in response, and you can hear the smile in his voice.

The next minutes are marked by more peace than you’ve felt in months. Sandwiched between Diluc and Kaeya, you feel oddly safe. The roughness of their gloves stops bothering you, the silky brushes of their hair stop tickling you, and the closeness of their bodies, the warmth and the heat that radiates off them as naturally as light off the sun, only relaxes you in their arms.

When Kaeya begins playing with the jewels on your necklace, you don’t stop him.

“Tartaglia gave you this?” he asks, tugging gently at a diamond. 

“Yeah. They're all presents for being good.”

You can’t help the smile that blooms on your face as you say that: it’s like a reminder that you’re special, that you’re important, that even though you’re down in a world where your life isn’t even your own, you still have worth.

Behind you, Diluc’s fingers reach over your shoulder and begin lifting up individual stones to the light. “These are expensive,” he mutters, twisting a ruby among his leathered fingers. “More expensive than what someone would normally give to a slave.”

“I know,” you say. “It's because this is supposed to incentivize my good behavior, and—”

“No,” Diluc interrupts, voice soft. “It’s supposed to manipulate you.”

Your voice catches at that, and you glance at Kaeya for confirmation because you doubt it can be true. Not when Childe always seems so sweet when he gifts you these presents. Not when you've come to look forward to them as the one light in your life in this dark, dark world. But when the blue-haired man’s face twists into sympathy, your heart falls.

“B-but...I like…”

“You’re supposed to like it,” Diluc’s voice, rich and deep, rumbles out into your ear. ”But you need to understand that it’s not a necklace, doll. It’s a collar.”

“I know that,” you say, now wrapping your fingers around the chain protectively. “But I don’t—I don’t want—”

Kaeya kisses you, bringing two hands to your cheeks to cradle your face in his fingers.

“We’re not going to take it away from you, baby.”

He kisses you again.

“Relax.”

Those words soothe you in a way you can’t quite explain; the idea of losing your necklace, even being told that your necklace was a ploy to manipulate you (though you already knew that, to some extent), was unsettling. You much prefer the notion that it’s an innocuous gift: mainly because you’ve grown far too attached to it for it to represent human trafficking and all the pain you’ve had to endure thus far.

But, right when you’ve calmed yourself and forcibly stopped yourself from panicking, you feel a sharp tug on your neck.

“What did you—”

“Nothing,” Diluc says, holding two gemstones—two diamonds, one blue and one pink—in his palm. They still have their chain attached to them, but that's it: there's nothing connecting the diamonds to your necklace, the chains having been ripped off.  You feel your expression change as you see what he's done. “Just—”

“What did you do?!” you blurt, panic beginning to overtake your heart. “Childe—Ajax—he’s going to notice! I—I’ll get in trouble, and—”

“Shh,” Kaeya whispers, trying to calm you down with a kiss, but you pull back before his lips can touch you. “It’s not—”

“Put it back. Put it back!”

You've turned around and are about to hit Diluc when the man grips both your wrists, holding you with such a force that it freezes you. The look in his eyes is fierce, fiery, red eyes shining brighter than the rubies dangling off your neck—and for a single second, you can’t help but think that the man looks furious. 

Then, the expression is masked, and you’re both left calmer for it.

“Tartaglia won’t notice. Unless he makes a habit of regularly counting what’s on your neck, only you’ll be able to feel the difference.” Right. That makes sense. Childe likes to look at your necklace, but you doubt that he’ll actually know how many presents he’s gifted you. Not when he barely touches the thing, dexterous fingers always reaching out to feel your body instead. 

“And besides,” Diluc says, easing you back into your earlier position with your back resting against his chest. “It’s a promise. The two diamonds.”

“A promise?”

In front of you, Kaeya smiles in understanding.

“Right. It’s a promise, baby. We’ll give you these two diamonds back once we’ve freed you, and until then, they’re our weight to bear so that every time we look at them, we remember that we’re waiting for you so we can set you free.”

“It...is?” you ask, hesitant. You haven’t been in the outside world in a while; is this how people do promises now?

“Yes,” Diluc mumbles, kissing your ear as he strokes your hair. Every brush of his fingers against your head instinctively relaxes you, until you’re almost as calm as you were before he took two stones off your necklace. “Do you trust us to return them to you?”

It’s a disguised question.

What Diluc is really asking is this: Do you trust us?

“Yes,” you breathe. It’s the only right answer.

Then, the two men go silent. They focus on relaxing you once more, running their gloved fingers up and down the sides of your body, almost massaging your skin as you sit between them. 

Unfortunately for you, all you can think about is your necklace.

It’s the first time you’ve had it be lighter than before: Childe only ever adds to it; he never takes. Now, right when you’d grown used to the weight of the sapphire he attached this morning, you’ve got the odd situation of it being even lighter than it had been when you woke up.

You know that you should feel freer now: less chained down to Childe and to the Fatui.

But deep down inside, you miss the weight.

Minutes later, when you’re a little less emotionally overwhelmed and a little more relaxed as the two men gently run their arms around your body, another thought surfaces.

“A-also,” you say, hesitant. “Um, everything you said at the beginning of this meeting…”

“All lies,” Diluc says, pulling you closer against his broad chest after you slink too deep into Kaeya’s embrace. “Tartaglia had a negative impression of us coming in, so we had to play to that. Everything we said was just for show.”

Your shoulders sag in relief at that, but another thought continues to poke at your brain.

“And Venti?” you finally manage to ask, remembering how ruined the boy had looked as he stumbled away from the two men holding you.

“He’s a masochist,” Kaeya blurts. “We asked him beforehand if he’d be okay with participating. Not sure he realized how all-out we were going to go, but I’m certain that he enjoyed himself.”

That...makes sense! You’ve heard before about masochists, and looking back, everything Diluc and Kaeya did to the boy really did seem to be for the sake of his pleasure. You’ve heard countless times about overstimulation being something sexy, something desired, something liked by the select few who could bear it. Similarly, the way Diluc had his hand down Venti’s mouth...that’s the equivalent of Childe having you suck on his fingers during sex, right? 

You laugh a little when you realize that everything you’d been scared about had an explanation. You should have known better than to doubt Diluc and Kaeya, two people who are saving you from hell itself. If anything, you should be on your knees thanking them instead of raising questions over what they had to say to be able to help you out.

“I’m sorry for all the questions,” you confess, sheepish as Kaeya’s fingers begin toying with your breasts. “I’m just...really nervous. And a little scared.”

“Who wouldn’t be?” Kaeya asks, a tinkling laugh spilling from his lips. “We were the same way when we first came out here to save people from human trafficking.”

“Really?” you ask, eyes round. “Do you guys do this for a living? How many people do you save?”

“Uh...whoever we can, really. We use our covers as human traffickers to identify targets that would be easiest for us to free. You seemed like one. Before you, we helped that boytoy from Zhongli. Before him was some Khaenri'ahi girl, and…”

Zhongli? You ask yourself, trying to figure out where you know that name from. It’s familiar, so familiar, and…

“Wait!” You blurt, sitting up straight and nearly knocking Diluc backward in the process. “You guys were responsible for freeing Xiao? The one who’s always by Zhongli’s side?”

You remember the short little man, beautiful in his own right, from when Childe had a business meeting with Zhongli. That was the first time you learned of Xiao, the last time being just last week when you heard Scaramouche say that the green-haired boy had somehow disappeared. 

Hope blooms in your heart as soon as you realize what that disappearance was: the successful removal of one more slave from the human trafficking network, something you're next in line for.

Diluc lets out a light laugh when he sees how your entire face has brightened up now that you have genuine proof that these two men are for real, that they’ve helped people escape in the past and that they’ll help you escape in the near future. 

“Wait, if you guys freed Xiao, then were you also the ones responsible for setting, uhm…”

Your brain blanks out as you try to remember the second person Scaramouche mentioned when speaking to Childe. What was her name? Amine? you think, but that sounds off. Umino? Lumina? You continue to guess names in your head, brain fixating on Childe’s interaction with the other Fatui executive until finally, you remember her name.

“Lumine!” you declare with pride. “Were you the ones who set her free, too?”

Kaeya stares at you with a shocked expression. His lips part and his face freezes, eyebrows lifted comically high on his forehead, and you turn around to glance at Diluc, but the redhead is in a similar state.

“You’re telling me,” Kaeya begins, “That Lumine...”

He can’t bring himself to finish, and so Diluc steps in to complete the question: “Lumine belonged to Tartaglia?”

You glance back and forth between the two men, unsure of why they seem to be regarding this news with such shock.

“I think so?” you say, now beginning to doubt yourself. “I’m not sure. But Scaramouche said something like that to him, so I—”

You’re cut off by a sharp cackle of laughter from Kaeya. You stare at him in shock, and then behind you, Diluc has begun chuckling, and then Kaeya’s laughing even louder, and within seconds, both men are laughing their heads off at something you barely understand. 

“Oh my gods!” Kaeya blurts between fits of almost-hysterical giggles. “You’re telling me that Tartaglia? Fucking Tartaglia? Was the one to lose Lumine?” He laughs some more, loud and merry and cheerful. "So I was right when I called you a—a—" Kaeya stutters in his laughter. "A cheap replacement?"

You stare at the blue-haired man in confusion, not understanding a word of what he's saying nor why he seems to find it so hilarious that Childe and Lumine are connected. You want to open your mouth to ask why, but you have to stop yourself because it's at this precise moment that your owner returns; and this is the picture that Childe sees when the elevator dings with the announcement of his arrival: you, completely nude and squashed between the two Mondstadt business partners, Kaeya in front of you, laughing his ass off as if you’ve told the joke of the century, and Diluc behind you, the most stoic man in the room losing his composure in an equally graceless manner.

“What the fuck…” your owner mutters at the sight, but seeing Childe only makes the two men around you laugh harder.

It takes a full minute for them to calm down, and in that minute, you rise from their couch and move back towards Childe like an obedient slave, only wearing your clothes when Childe nods at you that it’s okay for you to do so.

“So,” Childe deadpans once Diluc and Kaeya have finally stopped laughing, though Kaeya still releases a giggle every now and then. “Did my girl tell a funny joke or something? You guys sounded like a bunch of dying hyenas.”

“Something like that,” Kaeya says, smiling at Childe, but you sense something deadly in his eyes. 

“Alright, well…” Childe awkwardly tries to steer the conversation back to what they’d been discussing before. “I guess the final details will have to be ironed out once I actually use this company as a cover to ship the girls to you, but is there anything else we need to talk about? Transportation-wise, we seem solid.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Kaeya drawls, a strange smile on his face. “But, real quick, I want to talk about prices one more time.”

“For fuck’s sake,” Childe grunts, annoyed. “We already agreed on five-hundred thousand mora per shipment. Don’t try to haggle with me again on this.”

“Ordinarily, you’d be right,” Diluc says, crossing his arms. “But we just learned some interesting information.”

Childe’s eye twitches in annoyance. “Right,” he blurts, leaning back. “What is it? Did you find out that I’m giving a better deal to someone else? Because that sucks, but that’s how this business works with new partners. I’m not going to—”

“It’s not that,” Diluc interrupts, lifting a hand. “It’s moreso that before, we thought we were purchasing merchandise from a valued, respected dealer.”

Diluc’s lips quirk into a cruel grin. 

“Not from the infamous idiot trafficker who lost Lumine.”

You can hear the ice settle over the room before you feel it, the abrupt, chilling silence suddenly making every second feel like an hour. You’re almost scared to move, scared to pull your eyes to your owner who, for the first time since you met him, looks like the child his codename was assigned for.

Childe doesn’t try to speak, but his every thought is displayed in his eyes alone, the cerulean blues giving insight to a hurricane of emotions wilder than the sea. In his eyes is fear, horror, despair, and pain, so much pain. 

Something about the look on his face makes your heart break.

Diluc and Kaeya don’t care.

“I think charging five hundred thousand mora is a tad much for a douche who almost brought the entire industry down. Hell, you should be paying us for even being willing to deal with you, but…” Kaeya glances at Diluc, a single blue eye flitting down to where Diluc extends three fingers against his knee. “We’ll settle for a drop in the price instead. Three-hundred thousand mora per shipment. That good with you, Tartaglia?”

You’re expecting your owner to bargain, to argue, to scoff, to do something other than stare into the distance with those bright blue eyes that now look more blank than anything else. 

When you hear Childe mutter a meek “Okay,” you nearly recoil in shock.

Even Kaeya is surprised. “R-really? Damn. Actually, I think we should go even lower, y’know? Every trafficker in the world was scared for their life because of you, so maybe drop the price some more as reparations for that? Whaddya say, two hundred thousand? Per shipment?”

You stare at your owner, silently begging him to do something. Even you can tell that he’s being taken advantage of now, and that awful look in his eyes is something that even you’re unfamiliar with.

“Okay.”

“Fu...okay then? But also, you were kind of a dick to us last time, so how about you make it one hundred thousand? Seems more fair to me.”

“O—”

You grab your owner’s hand before he can agree, and the touch seems to snap Childe out of the awful fog that had been wrapped around his head. The look in his eyes is only less marginally troubled when he abruptly stands up, gripping your hand in a silent plea for you to move with him.

“I’m going,” Childe announces. 

He begins walking away so fast that you just barely have time to grab your jacket before you’re at his heels.

The man completely ignores Diluc and Kaeya as he waits for the elevator to open with a rigid posture, seeming to feel uncomfortable or fearful or panicked or a mix of all three. Kaeya begins laughing behind you both, and you almost want to tell him to stop: tell him that yes, Childe is an awful human trafficker and yes, you hate him as well—but the poor man looks like he’s on the verge of having a panic attack, and you know first-hand how awful a feeling that is. 

You’re grateful when the elevator finally opens, more grateful when the doors close and you and Childe are finally in isolation together. 

Only then, in the silence of the box as it moves you both down to the ground floor, do you hear Childe’s shaky breathing. It’s jagged, uneven. Then, you take note of the way his hands are clenched into fists, palms enclosed so tight that his arms are shaking—and despite everything he’s done to you, you feel some semblance of pity for him.

“Ajax,” you mumble, hoping that the name will calm him. “Relax.”

A moment of silence.

“I am relaxed,” he responds, and when you glance over at him, he’s completely back to normal: breathing even and palms loose.

His eyes, though, are just as pained as when the two of you were sitting upstairs on that couch. 

“I’m sorry,” you say. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that you’re the one who let it slip that Lumine and Childe were connected. Even if you don’t understand the scope of what you said, it's clear that it had an impact. “I didn’t—”

“It’s not your fault,” Childe says, not looking at you. “Don’t apologize.”

More silence. It feels heavy, unlike the usual, comfortable stretches of quiet that you and Childe like to bask in.

“What...were they talking about?” you ask quietly, still staring at your owner. “Diluc and Kaeya said that—”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

A moment of silence.

It feels so heavy that it seems to crush you under its weight.

“Who is she? Lumine?”

More silence. 

This time, Childe is the one to break it. 

“The only girl I ever loved before you.”

That’s a lie, and you know it. If Childe loved you, he wouldn’t be bringing you around to meetings, dressing you like a cheap slave, and handing you off to other men to flex how ‘high-quality’ you are. If Childe loved you, you would be long gone from the human trafficking circuit because he would have set you free. If Childe loved you, he wouldn’t force you to stay by his side because he’s your abuser, your trafficker, the monster that haunts your life. 

Most importantly, if Childe loved you, he would have given you a proper answer to your question. Not some flimsy skirt-around that only furthers his attempts to manipulate you into loving him back.

Your eyebrows furrow the slightest as you feel the elevator hit the ground floor, brain still focused on everything Diluc and Kaeya said. Everything Childe didn’t want to talk about. Lumine.

Curiosity begs you to stick around and learn the truth.

Logic, reasoning, and the desire to lead a life of your own tell you that you’ll be long gone from Snezhnaya before that’ll ever happen. 

MASTERLIST

Fastened | Unlockable | Lighter | Breaking | Broken | Gone | ✔

Word count: 7.9k

Notes: eyyyy i'm alive! i promise i never forgot about this fic, it's just that after i missed the original due date, my mind was just like 'eh, it's already late, what's a few more days?' and that's the story of how this is two months late. thank you to all the kind commenters from the last chapter - to the people who checked in on me, ily; to the people who sent me those wholesome asks on tumblr, ily ily; and to the people who made guesses on what would happen in future chapters - guess what :D you acc helped me shape this :3 i originally meant for lumine to be a passing thing mentioned once and never again, but she'll end up being important for chapter 4 ^^ so thank you to everyone who'll still be here after i disappeared for so long. hope you liked this chapter (lmk your thoughts!) and i can't wait to see you all in the finale <3

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[anxietysslave]

Random Genshin Men Headcannons.

Hi! It's been a while since I've posted. So until the next post comes out, I uploaded this! This is gender netrual. :)

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-Itto definetly has a fear of scary stuff. He'll try to act all big and tough, but you can't tell me he wouldn't be dying on the inside-

-If you cuddle Xiao, he'll definetly be a small spoon. There are, of course, times where he'll be the big spoon, but this boi just needs some comfort. He's protected Liyue and lost so many things along the way.

-For some odd reason, I feel like Kaeya would fear spiders- Idk why, but he strikes me as the type to call you in the middle of the night and be all upset over a spider- Please kill it for him-

-I can Childe going up to Scaramouche and stealing his hat- There's literally no other reason than he just wants to watch Scaramouche be annoyed. He totally doesn't get his ass beat for it, either.

-You know of how Kazuha sits atop everything on Beidou's ship? He probably won't admit it, but sometimes he's fallen flat on his face- In fact, I could see him having a few bruises from it.

-This one's kinda sad, but I can see Diluc sitting at a desk having a mental breakdown on if he should write to Kaeya. He wants to so badly, but he also is mad at Kaeya.

-Here's another sad head cannon of Diluc. He may say he hates wine, but I can totally see him drinking wine when he's feeling really sad.

-I could see Kaeya and Dainslif knowing each other. Like maybe before Kaehnriah fell, they were close friends. But now Kaeya does not know that Dainslif is not a hillichurl.

-Zhongli bullies Venti. It just makes sense. I mean, Zhongli is this calm and collected man while Venti is a drunk, chaotic bard. So I can see Zhongli passively bullying Venti while Venti is just complaining to traveler.

-Diluc may act cold and stoic, but I can totally see him giving Venti wine for free. Why? I don't know. It just fits-

-With Kazuha's sense of hearing, I could see him being up late at night because when he says he hears everything, I mean everything- Poor man probably hears things you couldn't even dream of-

-Gorou probably gets sick if he eats a lot of chocolate. Cats and dogs cannot eat chocolate become sick off of it, so I can see him getting sick pretty easily.

-Scaramouche hates the taste of wine. Idk why, but I feel like he hates bitter tasting things.

-Here's a sad one for Aether, but I feel like there're times where he gets sick of everyone, so he just goes into his teapot and hides away for a few days. He might not even let Paimon in there just so he can his bearings straight.

-Here's a sad Thoma one. But I feel like part of Thoma wishes he didn't make it to Inazuma, or that he drowned at sea. Thoma seems like a cheerful guy, but it feels like there's something more deep-rooted and sad.

-Okay, but like, if Kazuha and Zhongli ever met, why do I feel like it would be more of a test on who is more proper-? Like they don't even have to say anything- it's just the second they meet they have to see who's more proper.

-Tartaglia totally knits sweaters for people he cares about. Like he'd never admit it, but he does it quite a lot. Who knows? You might just find a sweater from him.

-Kazuha can hear really far, so I have this feeling that he can hear when people are talking badly about him. It might make him sad later on, or even at that moment.

-When Kazuha is upset, I can see him not wanting to put the burden on others. So he probably retreats to his cabin in Beidou's ship, where he might talk to himself or try to talk to Tomo.

-When you first meet Scaramouche, he's cold and heartless. But I feel like if you get past that, you can find a softer side of him. We see little of him before he joined the fatui, but from what we do see, he doesn't seem to be like how he is now. So deep down, he probably still has those feelings of calmness.

-Ayato would never admit if he hates something. Like he could be allergic to something and would still eat it.

-If you're lucky enough to come into Dragonspine when Albedo has free time, you might find him teaching Klee how to build a snowman

-Why do I feel like Albedo's hair doesn't grow much anymore? In fact, I can see his body struggling to grow hair. Idk why, but it just makes sense to me.

-Aether doesn't like the heat. I can just picture his face being filled with annoyance if it's hot outside.

-Kazuha may start to cry when it rains. I feel like it brings back a lot of bad memories from Tomo and just Inazuma, so he just cries.

-Kaeya likes to sneak up and scare the shit out of you. He finds it quite amusing.

-Venti will purposely use his anemo archon abilities just to mess up your hair or clothing.

-Xiao hates cold weather. After everything that's happened to him, I feel like cold weather does nothing but bring back terrible memories. So you'll probably find him in front of a fireplace just looking bothered.

-Kaeya is so the type to just walkup to you and randomly moan in your ear- Why? Because he wants to be a menace to you.

-Thoma has ocd. I can just picture him getting so mad if something's not in the right order or if there's just an insignificant speck of dust.

That's all! Hopefully, these aren't too bad- It's my first time writing head cannons so I'm not used to how they work fully. And some characters were left out because I know little about them or didn't have many head cannons, but if you want me to add a character or write more head cannons, I'll happily come back and edit this.

Hopefully, you enjoyed this! Have a great day/night and thank you for reading! :)

(P.S. Yes, there will be a female one. When will I write it? Not sure- but just expect one. )

[bookuya]

let's play a game! ship your moots with a character ! <3

OKOKOK LET'S GO!!! TY ANON I ALWAYS WANTED THIS ASK <33 also kinda small spoilers for characters?? from the new genshin update

@starglitterz + xiao + scaramouche : the first one is obvious cause it's a match made in heaven <33 but if not xiao then i think you would vibe good with scaramouche?? i would love to be a good thirdwheel and be bullied in a nice way by you guys LMAOO

@glazelilyy + kaeya + dainsleif : the first one is obvious because you guys would be hot together but let me explain my reasoning behind the latter: i think you and dain would TBH be a power couple BDWBOBFBF IDK HAHA

@booksandhoneymilktea + tartaglia (gi) + todoroki (mha) : OKAY EVER SINCE YOU HAD A YUKI SOHMA PFP I CAN'T STOP IMAGINING YOU AS YUKI 😭 anyways i think you would be with a energetic s/o like childe who would hype you up or todoroki for quiet study dates YK?

@cursedraiden + raiden shogun + thoma : the first one would be a chaotic lovely one but i also think you and thoma would be another power couple!! like i could sit in inazuma and see you two walk around and think "damn they're hot" LMAON JOFBFBWOBF

@illuminer + tartaglia + kazuha : i can't stop thinking about how i thought your pfp was a duck for a long time ANYWAYS i think you and childe would be the most funniest couple ever ORRR kazuha taking care of you and keeping an eye on you before you do something chaotic HAHAS

@yanbub + kazuha + albedo : i think you and kazuha would be perfect (it gives me the trope opposites attract vibe HAHA) OR you and albedo wreaking havoc peacefully!!

@teyvatdreams + zhongli + eula : AAHHHHH i'm not sure why but both of these people with you give me mad power couple vibes?? tartaglia was a very close second cause you guys would probably have so much fun together and teucer would probs like you a lot

@bukojuiice + diluc (gi) + todoroki (mha) : MORE POWER COUPLE!! you and diluc give me vibes of beautiful and intelligent people BUT if not him then todoroki!! it would be so a calming and relaxing but also a relationship with so much giddy laughs!!

@tartagliaxx + tartaglia + beidou : IDC ABT YOUR RECENT POST YOU AND TARTAGLIA >>>>>>> LIKE?? you guys would be so cute togetherBUT if not him then i think you and beidou would be so HOTTTTT

@noirkkat + kaeya + raiden shogun + me : IM SO SORRY THIS IS SO MUCH POWER COUPLES BUT IMAGINE HOW HOT IT WOULD BE??? HHHHHH YOU AND KAEYA OR WITH RAIDEN SHOGUN ORRR NINGGUANG HAHAHSHS or yk me is cool too <3

@rosieposies-world + zhongli + thoma : OK LEMME EXPLAIN, YOU AND ZHONGLI GIVE ME SUCH SWEET COUPLE VIBES LIKE I WOULD WANT TO THIRDWHEEL YOU GUYS 😭 IF not him though, i think you and thoma would be the type of trope couple that no one expected was really a match made in heaven :))

@xiaophobic + diluc + gorou : yeah sorry guys it's another hot power couple <3 you and diluc would be just so magnificent together! but if not diluc then i think gorou and you would have so much sweet energetic vibes IDK WHY

@stellumi + kazuha + tartaglia : OKAY THIS ONE WAS KINDA DIFFICULT BUT IN THE END I GOT IT I THINK?? you and kazuha would be a peaceful strong couple but tartaglia would also be someone i think who would admire you so much!!

@seerie + kaeya + diluc : BROTHER RIVALRY FOR YOU IDK?? you with either would be so cool to see and couples i would literally sit in mondstadt and admire all day long HAHA

@constellarations + xiao + kaeya : okay i had to really think for the second lead (LMAO why did i call it that 😭) both would be so cool to see?? like especially xiao, i think that would be a very chaotic peaceful couple!! never in my life did i think i would put those two words in the same sentence

@love-impact + zhongli + thoma : ppppower couple IK I SAID THAT A LOT ALREADY SORRYY HAHSSHH but i really think you guys would be so pretty and smart and so hot overall (FOR BOTH ZHONGLI AND THOMAA)

@dilucbar + diluc + yoimiya : yoimiya cause i know you love her and it would be so cute!! and xiao was a close second place cause you love to torture people with your angst and diluc and xiao angst... yeah you know what i mean >:(( THEIR ANGST IS SO EASY TO WRITE FOR AND HITS HARD

@childeluv + tartaglia + ganyu : CUTE BUT STRONG AS HELL COUPLE!! and i think you and ganyu would be so sweet and keeping an eye out for each other so none of you guys overwork as much and take breaks <3

@abyssheart + xiao + hu tao : OPPOSITES ATTRACT TROPE WITH XIAO MAYBE?? i'm not sure but that would be so hot PLUS i think you and hu tao would have so much fun everyday together and the hugs would be so nice and warm!!

@help-wtf-am-i-even-doing + simeon (om) : you and simeon period. that's it and it would be so CUTE and firm believer he would let you wear his coat or whatever that thing is that he wears on his shoulders or elbows HAHA

@urujiako + kazuha + dainsleif : omg. this would truly be so COOL TO SEE? like a calm couples who literally could rule the world but won't cause why do that when you can admire the things in life? UGHHHHH YES

@eternism + yoimiya + thoma : KAZUHA WAS A CLOSE SECOND!! you and yoimiya would be literal amazing best friends and you and thoma would probably have the best pranks up your sleeves!!