Icon by terevui Amelia / She/her / INFJ / Writer / Pillowfort Working on a Persona 4 rewrite/fix-it fic and a Persona series post-P5R fix-it fic / Akeshu and Souyo enjoyer Persona / Genshin Impact / Undertale/Deltarune / FFXIV / Portal / Star Wars / A:TLA/LoK / Books / Video Games / Anime + Manga
Word Count: 915
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Genshin Impact (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Childe/Lumine
Characters: Childe, Lumine, Background & Cameo Characters
Additional Tags: Day At The Beach, Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Childe Being an Idiot, Lumine is So Done with Childe, featuring the author’s first commission team
Summary: It was going to be a nice, relaxing day off at a beach along the Liyue coast. Just Lumine hanging out with Paimon and some of her friends from Liyue and Mondstadt. Going for a swim, building castles in the sand, not having to think about Archons or commissions or even how she was going to get to Inazuma... but then he showed up.
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It was going to be a nice, relaxing day off at a beach along the Liyue coast. Just Lumine hanging out with Paimon and some of her friends from Liyue and Mondstadt. Going for a swim, building castles in the sand, not having to think about Archons or commissions or even how she was going to get to Inazuma.
It was going to be a nice day. A relaxing day. A bright, sunny, peaceful day.
But then he showed up.
Lumine was down by the water’s edge, filling a bucket with wet sand to bring back up the beach. She was helping Xiangling and Barbara build a sandcastle big enough to fit Paimon.
A sudden wave of saltwater crashed over her, soaking her completely.
There was only one Hydro user she knew who would do something like this to her.
"Childe! I’m going to kill you!"
Lumine burst to her feet and sprinted after him down the beach, feet slipping momentarily in the sand before she regained her speed.
“Didn’t you already try?” he shouted back as he ran.
“Not hard enough!”
Lumine knew she was at the beach and all, and she had been planning to go for a swim once they finished their sand castle, but it was the principle of the thing. You didn't just dump an entire wave on someone without warning without expecting some retaliation. And this was him, after all. Retaliation was exactly what he wanted.
Lumine cursed Childe and his long legs. At this rate, there was no way she was going to catch up to him. But there was no way she was going to let him get away with this. So she gave herself a little Anemo speed boost.
"Chiiiilde!" She hit him in the back at full force, sending them toppling into the sand together.
Lumine found herself looking down into eyes shining a deeper blue than the ocean next to them... and an irritatingly smug smile. She had landed on top of Childe, body pressed against his. She quickly pushed herself up onto her hands and knees, glaring down at him and forcing herself to ignore his toned, muscular bare chest.
Childe’s physique was…distracting. Sure, they sparred every week, but they had never seen each other in anything other than their everyday attire before. Now that they were both wearing swimsuits - Childe a pair of swim trunks and Lumine a simple white tank top and shorts - it was honestly rather distracting. Not that Lumine had ever wondered what Childe looked like in a swimsuit or anything…
"Hey, Lumi."
Lumine’s glare intensified. “Lumi” was only marginally better than “girlie.”
"What are you doing here?"
"Just thought you could use the company. Can't a guy have a day off at the beach without being pestered with a bunch of questions?"
"That's one question. And you didn't answer it."
"I did answer! I took a day off to hang out at the beach and go fishing. And before you ask me where my fishing gear is, you know for a fact that my inventory’s the same size as yours."
"Fine. I'll let you off easy this time," said Lumine, climbing to her feet and holding out a hand to Childe. She easily pulled the much taller man to his feet with enough force to catch him off guard and almost send him stumbling forward into her.
They quickly realized that they were now coated in sand, and started to brush the coarse grains off themselves. Childe leaned in close and brushed the sand off Lumine’s shoulders. Then he reached up and started to comb through her hair with a gentle hand.
“Ugh, stop that,” said Lumine, pushing him away.
“Hey, I’m just trying to help.”
Lumine reached up and ruffled Childe’s auburn hair. Grains of sand sprinkled everywhere. “There. Now we’re even.”
Childe laughed.
"Want to spar later?" he asked, grinning. Lumine hit him in the shoulder.
"Maybe," she said tentatively. "If you can be nice to my friends."
"Aww, Lumi, I'm always nice."
"Uh-huh." Lumine started to head back up the beach, and Childe followed after, quickly catching up and falling into step beside her. He had to slow his longer stride to keep with her pace.
"Come on, when have I ever not been nice to your friends?"
Lumine sighed. “Last time you hung out with anyone other than me and Paimon, Kaeya and Albedo ended up in solitary confinement with Klee. Also Xiangling almost swore off cooking and Barbara wouldn’t talk to me for a week.”
“Hey, it wasn’t my fault they wanted to go to Dragonspine!”
“It was your suggestion!”
Childe and Lumine were still in the middle of their argument by the time they got back. Xiangling and Barbara had almost completed the sandcastle for Paimon, and the three of them were putting the finishing touches on the castle’s spires. Klee was begging Kaeya and Albedo to let her go fish blasting, but the couple refused to budge. Kaeya was relaxing in the heat of the sun, while Albedo read a book under the shade of an umbrella.
All of them looked up immediately upon Lumine’s return.
“Lord Barbatos protect us,” Barbara muttered, eyes wide as she stared at the pair.
Xiangling and Paimon exchanged disapproving looks.
Kaeya raised an eyebrow, but Lumine swore she saw him wink.
Albedo sighed, shook his head, and went back to reading his book.
“Yay, you brought a new friend for Klee to play with!”
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