hi!! may i request some reverse comfort headcanons for diluc, kaeya, childe, and xiao? maybe about relationship insecurity or something of that sort??
relationship flaws and insecurities.
no one is perfectā so what exactly are their flaws in a relationship? and what do they feel most conscious of in a relationship?
featuring diluc, kaeya, childe, xiao
āÆāÆ diluc
he feels that he might scare you off with his overprotectiveness. heās already lost someone before, and he doesnāt think he can handle losing you either.
itās not that he wants to control your lifeā in fact, he wants you to live it to its full extent. but thereās always that small worry, an annoying voice, in the back of his head that reminds him that the wilderness of teyvat is dangerous.
subconsciously, he may find himself interrogating you if you plan on leaving the house early in the morning, or late at night. thereāll be times where small quarrels stem from this, and inevitably it can get heated sometimes.
if you walk out on him for more hours than what feels comfortable, to cool off, he might start to think if youāve left him for good.
dilucās sitting at the edge of the bed, and thereās a consistent tapping on the floor as he anxiously drums his foot against it. itās way past his assigned time to sleep, knowing he has to be up early to run his business. he doesnāt have half the mind to check what time it is, at least, not right now. all he can think about is that youāve been gone for way too long.
he expects this from the two of you, especially after a heated argument. you two take the time away from one another to cool off and collect your thoughts, but this? this is just outrageous. if he were to give an estimate for how long youād been goneā it would be two hours longer than youād typically be gone for. and this just feeds into his worries from earlier, about your well-being.
the whole fight was about you and your safety after all. you would tell him that youāre fully capable of looking out for yourself; heād say that he has enemies who may come after you; it goes back-and-forth. sensing that the argument was getting nowhere, you took it upon yourself to see yourself out first. āletās just,ā you pinch the bridge of your nose. āletās just take time to cool off for a bit, shall we?ā
āitās been longer than a bit,ā he mutters to himself.
heās snapped out his thoughts as he hears the bedroom doors open slowly. you peek your head in, just to make eye contact with diluc. you two freeze, simply caught off-guard in the moment. he notes how your hair is a messā it sticks out in certain areas, and obviously has not been brushed downā and you look a bit rugged. āhey,ā you mutter sheepishly.
he wonders if he should ask you where youāve been, but he holds his tongue. āare you okay?ā diluc asks instead, and thereās a certain tenderness in his voice as he addresses you. āyou look a bit... rough.ā
you snort, throwing a feign hand of offense over your chest, at his words. āgee, thanks. nice to know iām looking very appealing right now.ā you joke. he stares at you, but you can see the faint smile on his lips at the way youāre joking around already. itās good to know that you two are still okay. ābut to answer your question, yes. i simply tripped over a pebbleā it was so dark out and my foot got caught. who wouldāve known that a pebble would be the one to take me down.ā
he laughs at this, and you feel the tension from the argument completely lift.
āÆāÆ kaeya
heāll often wonder if youāre slowly becoming untrusting of him. heās generally reserved, and quite mysteriousā and it could easily be read in the wrong way.
kaeya knows that a relationship is all about communication and trust, well, for it to be healthy at least. and for the most part, heās pretty open with you.
but thereās still certain aspects of his life that keeps in the dark from you. from his unknown past, to the business he does out of the knight of favoniusā he likes that you look up to him as a respectable knight.
sometimes, youāll ask him why he has duties to attend to at the dead of night, to which he reassuringly tells you that heās simply off to bother diluc at the tavern. but he knows youāre catching onā diluc hasnāt seen him in the tavern for quite a bit.
āi know you havenāt been at the tavern.ā you finally speak up, and you keep your eyes trained on the plate of food in front of you. you dig at the food, poking it around with your utensilsā anything to keep your mind off of the fact that your heart is slightly racing right now. you donāt mean to be confrontational, but to be frank, youāre fed up that kaeya hasnāt been honest with you. āyou can say that it came as a surprise to me when diluc said you hadnāt been there for a while now.ā
āi guess it was only a matter of time before youād ask diluc about me, and my whereabouts.ā he sighs. heās leaned into his chair by now, and heās looking at you. your lips are locked into a tight line, a little peeved at the way he still talks so smoothly, and treats this so casually. as if he werenāt taking this seriously, and that this was just some other conversation to him. āiām simply handling nightly duties.ā
your grip becomes slightly tighter around your utensils, and he notices; your knuckles are turning slightly white, and your breathing is slightly out of pace. thereās a small change in his expression, and you can see the way his eyes narrow slightly.
ādoes it hurt to be honest to me about these things?ā you ask him, genuinely hurt at the way it feels like he doesnāt trust you enough. āas your significant other, i guess iād expected you to be more open to me. iāve already told you countless times that no matter what, iāll stick aroundā and even right now, i mean those words.ā
once i tell, thereās no going back, is what he wishes to say. that itāll be hard to look at someone the same way youāve done before. ālook,ā he says as he sighs. kaeya wracks his mind for a way to respondā in a way where he wouldnāt be lying, but he wouldnāt subject you to danger either. āthese matters, my nightly duties if you will, are matters between the abyss order and i. iām afraid that if i tell you anything more about what goes on, youāll become a target as well. too much knowledge can be harmful.ā
āand you couldnāt just tell me that from the get-go?ā itās a fair point, and he throws you an apologetic look from across the table. āi understand, okay? just,ā you swipe a hand through your hair. āno more secrets. i donāt think iāll be as understanding if thereās a next time.ā
āof course, my love.ā
āÆāÆ childe
he fears that one day, heāll come home and you wonāt be there anymore; his involvement with the fatui doesnāt make it any better.
the fatui is known for... itās notorious deeds, to put it lightly. he had warned you beforehand, that dating a fatui harbinger will be exhausting. mentally, that is.
heās bloodthirsty and thrill-seekingā itās his nature. but he knows you donāt agree with the brutal ways the fatui handles their business, and he tries his best to take your mind off of it.
but itās hard to ignore the words that circulate around liyue about certain things that heās been up to. childe wonders that if youāll get fed up one day, and just leave him.
thereās always a small amount of anxiety that bubbles up within childe whenever he approaches the doors of your shared bedroom. thereās that slightly irrational fear that heāll walk in, and the room will be empty; you wonāt be beneath the sheets in deep sleep, and your small breaths wouldnāt fill the room. his hand is hovering over the doorknob, and he almost laughs. a man like him, who stares death in its eyes, too afraid to open the door in fear that heāll see something he doesnāt like.
childe gathers the courage to twist the knob, and the door creaks softly as he pushes it open. he pauses halfway, the fear taking over him for a second, but pushes through. he lets out an audible breath of reliefā seeing you alive and well in front of him, and the comforts of just seeing that. his shoulders slack visibly at the confirmation, and he allows himself to enter the room.
he strips himself of clothes that heās worn outside, changing into ones more fitting for bed. heād jump straight into your arms if he couldā but he knows that even in a sleepy state, you would still scold him.
he stalks towards the bed after doing the necessities. you stir at the way the bed dips beside you, feeling a pair of strong arms wrap around you. āchilde?ā you mutter. your voice is laced with sleepiness having just awoken, and youāre rubbing at your eyes as you turn to face him. it takes a second for your brain to start functioning, and you blurt out the first word that comes to mind. āhi.ā
āhi to you too,ā he mirrors, a small smile gracing his lips. your eyes are barely open as you glance at him, and your words are slightly slurredā but despite that, he truly thinks heās the luckiest man in the world that he has someone as good as you. someone who sticks around, despite his affiliation. āiāve missed you a lot, yāknow.ā he says.
āi missed you more,ā you challenge, even in your sleep driven state.
he chuckles at you, before pressing a small kiss to your nose. āsure, sure. letās fight about who misses each other more in the morning, okay?ā
āÆāÆ xiao
heāll often doubt why youāre with himā and wonder if thereāll ever be a day where you run out of patience with him.
heās getting better with affection, and heās not finding it as weird as he had before. he doesnāt initiate things, still too embarrassed about the last time he failed to hug you. he wants things to be intimate, but there are still times where he flinches if you touch his hand or hug him, after forgetting to give him a heads up.
you always smile at him, and tell him that you care for his comfort the most. he can see the pain behind your smile thoughā almost a year of dating and he still hasnāt warmed up to you.
xiao still doesnāt fully understand the logic and need behind affection. but what he does know is that humans seek affection. they are social beings after all. knowing that, he worries that youāll eventually want someone else who can give you the affection that you deserve.
āiām sorry,ā xiao apologizes in a panic. he was so thrown off-guard and so deep in his thought, that when youād given him a back hug, he had reacted more violently than intended. thus, he had instinctively pushed you off his shoulder. it was hard to miss the flash of hurt in your eyes as you stumbled back, a little baffled, not expecting xiao to react in a such a way. āi... i apologize for that, y/n.ā
itās easy to notice the literal distance between you two and he reaches out for you, to which he stops himself midway. thereās just something that feels so wrong about touching you right now, especially after heād just shoved youā it doesnāt feel right. even to now, heās still scared of touching you. he finds himself getting frustrated at the way that he just canāt wrap his head around doing things in a romantic aspect. even heās running out of patience with himself, so why do you still have so much?
you notice the way his hand stops, and you can see the countless of emotions within his eyes as he stares at his hands. thereās little glimpses of worry, of self-doubt, and you can tell right now that heās being critical of himself. you donāt blame him for reacting that way, now that you look back on it in hindsight. anyone wouldāve reacted like that as a form of self-defense.
āitās alright, xiao, it really is.ā you reassure him. ādonāt be too harsh on yourself, okay? i said weād take it as slow as we have to, and i plan on keeping my word for that. now... may i?ā you gesture to his outstretched hand. he gives you a blank look at first, but nods slowly.
you take his hands in yoursā you take your time to link your fingers, intertwining them and appreciating the way they mold together perfectly. you let him feel the way you draw soothing circles on the back of his hand. itās such a simple action, but it flows with intimacy, and it has a weird feeling erupting in his stomach. (butterflies, he recalls you telling him.)
āsee this?ā you raise your linked hands. āif this is what youāre comfortable with at the moment, then iām more than willing to hold hands for as long as you want.ā
he wonders if youāll grow impatient with himā but for now, heās reassured youāll stick around.
āÆāÆ authorās note
iāve put this off for so long, and i intended on keeping it shortā but then i felt bad and so i decided to indulge just a little
















