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AAA I was actually gonna join for Kazuha week but I got caught up with a lot of things (home and school related) before :') I hope I can join for the future ones tho !
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About : Choosing you as his muse was something he didn't regret even a little bit. The same goes for you as you think that accepting his invitation wasn't a bad thing at all.
Warnings : none but possible grammatical errors and misspellings along the way :')
School life was ordinary in your perspective. It was like a daily routine that must be done step by step. To be frank, it was tiring for you to not experience something worthwhile.
Every break, you would always find yourself standing in the midst of the hallway, listening to your friends' musings – it became an everyday thing.
Some of the topics they spoke about didn't interest you wholly but you tried your best to listen. Sometimes you'd accidentally space out just like what's occuring now.
Although, you snapped back to reality when your friend starts whispering loudly and eagerly.
"Woah! Is that Albedo??"
"You mean the student adept at art and has high grades? Oh yeah, you're right !"
Your eyes direct itself to where your friends were staring. There he was, platinum kempt hair, some parts kept in a connected braid. A beige v-neck over his school polo. Hands occupied – holding a sketchbook and few papers.
As he's walking down the same hallway, he politely fends off fangirls coming near. "He sure is popular" One of your companions sighed. Silence kicks in for a while as you observe him from a distance. "I'm not sure if I'm hallucinating, but I think he keeps looking at you y/n." The other observed.
You became tense when it was proved after making an eye contact with Albedo. "Ayo?! He's actually coming near y/n"
He steps forward closer and closer to where you are. Until he's right in front of you. You were too speechless, wondering why he would approach you when you two are not entirely close.
"May I borrow a fraction of your time?" He immediately asks of you. Your friends gave you an elbow, seemingly excited over this moment. "Sure, I don't mind" You reply, smiling at him.
He also gave a satisfied smile. "Well then, please meet me at the art room after every class." You nod and he heads off, giving you a slight wave.
You can't keep up with what just happened but you and your friends are thrilled for sure. Maybe starting now, things will get interesting.
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The afternoon's sun shone through every windows of the campus' corridors. You bask into that warmth as you make your way to the art room. Taking a deep breath, you slide open the door as you arrive, revealing Albedo behind a medium easel.
Even he, was affected by the sun's gaze, looking like he's shining brightly. Ironic that he's also doing something that he's passionate about.
"I'm glad you came y/n. Please take a seat." He says and you obediently did as told. You don't have any knowledge as to why he asked to meet up. Thus, you were curious and eventually asked. "So, why did you call me here?"
He gave a momentary hum, also dropping the paintbrush and replies. "If you do not mind, I'd like to sketch you. You would be my muse in this case, it's for the art club project you see"
"I would've asked you this but I don't want any unnecessary attention given that there were a lot of people. So I apologize.." He continues, his palms rubbing his nape.
You gave it a thought, even though it was for a second. Why not? "Sure, I don't mind at all. Buut.. won't other people see that you drew me? Also, why choose me?"
You thought that this question would probably make you annoying but your curiosity ruled over. It must be satisfied. Albedo smiled, he doesn't seem too bothered at all.
"If so, then any attacks would be preventable this time. Also, our instructor said to choose any person to our liking. Secondly, Once I set my eyes on someone, I can never take them off nor let them slip. That's why.. I'm strongly dedicated to have you as my muse." He explained.
You nodded as you understood now. "Are you sure it's not because you like me of some sorts?" These words spilled out as a tease. But to Albedo, it seems that he took your words too seriously, thus him turning awkward. Fidgety hands, a flustered face.
"It was a joke, sorry" you apologized, feeling regretful. He cleared his throat to fix his composure. "Ah well, let's start now.. shall we?"
The atmosphere became comfortable again after a while. He instructed you to do the pose he had in mind. It was simple, thus, you were able to keep up immediately. After everything's set, he started sketching.
The whole room was quiet. Only the chirping birds, the etch of a pencil and your heartbeat are amongst the ones that are audible.
Your gaze had to be straight, body essentially frozen as you look at the artist infront of you. You never realized how elegant and charming he is up close. Sure, you may see him occasionally around the campus but what you're seeing right now can never compare to that.
As you're admiring his soft features, he looks up from the canvas to observe you. That resulted to an accidental eye contact. You tried to look away quickly but remembering not to tilt your head. Your heart skips a beat. He was actually affected too, his ears were red as if it was snowing.
You became conscious the whole time. Preventing yourself from directly staring at him. It went like that until Albedo's eventually finished.
"We're all done y/n" he announced while compiling the pencils and paintbrushes he used. You jumped from your seat and stride towards the finished painting.
You gasped.
It was breathtaking, marvelous. You'd throw almost every compliment into the piece.
You weren't an art connoisseur but you wanted to tell the whole world how this was the most beautiful painting you've ever seen. "Do you like it?" He asks, looking at it beside you. You turned to face him. "I knew you were good from what people say but I didn't expect you to be this amazing !"
He chuckles at your compliment, appreciating your every single utter of word.
"This is what my vision perceives, you should compliment yourself. You are one ethereal being after all."
The more you stay, you can feel your heart wanting to jump out of its confines. You decided that maybe it's best to leave for now before you collapse.
"Anyways.. I had fun being your muse.. I.. shall go home now before it gets too late" you bid. He nods. "You're right, the sun is starting to set and I don't want your parents to worry further."
You two shared another momentary silence before saying your final goodbyes for the day. Your back faces him as you plan to exit.
"Wait, Y/n !"
You halt to face him again. He runs to you and takes your hand gently. Before having the opportunity to react, he kisses your hand as if saying a polite goodbye.
"Thank you for today Y/n.. I appreciate you for agreeing. I shall treat you to a meal soon so please don't be surprised if I suddenly appear to invite you"
"Alright, I'll take a note of that"
You both shared your most genuine smile before waving. You finally went on your way. Your walks became slow as you're pondering about how you can't get over every second of this afternoon.
'I don't have particular feelings for him but with this, maybe I'm starting to. I wonder what will happen next?'
Heyy I actually like this 😳😳 A part of it got deleted so I had to redo but it was worth it since I fixed some things<3
xiao's love is like the subtle warmth from the sun as a chilly gale caresses your skin, gentle yet crisp as it sneaks up on you and latches itself onto your very soul, like a thin heating towel that protectively hugs your skin.
at night, when the wine-dark aether above is blanketed in stars, or even when the lazy clouds conceal the void entirely - his love manifests in the stolen, peppered kisses and a casual arm that rests on your body which is his way of saying ‘mine.’ it is also present in the secret glances you both share in the darkness when it's like the world but the two of you is asleep, where the silence is tasteful in the air, so fragile and delicate during the nights sleep seems to elude the both of you yet again. or maybe, if you're feeling rather conversational, his love presents in the way he listens with nothing but rapt attention, when his gaze is on you and only you, where there is a dreamy quality to the way his eyes glitter as he inputs his opinions here and there. it's as they say, the night is where the magic happens.
yet it is not only in the dark that xiao's love prevails - there is no absence of passion in the daylight too. it's in the fleeting smiles you share, in the way his hand so coincidentally brushes against yours and the way his eyes brighten in that way for you only. in the sunlight, he loves with the way he presents you another gift casually, yet the little crinkle in the corner of his eyes betray the joy he feels at yours. it presents in the way his body leans against yours ever so slightly when you both are seated side by side, and in how he will whisper snarky comments under his breath only for you to hear, only to grin faintly when he hears your snicker. it's in the way he's thoughtful, with bashful ‘good morning’s and ‘how was your day’s, and tiny snacks he slides to you whenever he notices you feeling peckish.
ㅤ CHAPTER SEVEN: im a fruit. the fruitiest fruit there is. why. why are the people here are so pretty???
⟳warnings: cursing. wc: 1.4k
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were you shocked and almost had gotten a heart attack from the random voice? yes, yes you were. really, what is up with people sneaking behind you like this? you turned your head to see non other than... lisa? oh right. she's the librarian.
"you're so pretty??" was the first thing that came out of your mouth.
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you felt warm. pretty much embarrassed with yourself on how quick you were to compliment her. then again, it isn’t like you could lie since she really is pretty. actually no, everyone in this goddamn world is stunning. you saw those who were both playable characters and npcs. some of them were really pretty. still, no one could beat the traveller in a sense of prettiness. when you played genshin, you chose to play aether and my god you felt like you wanted to steal his gender. then when abyss lumine came up, you screamed at your screen by how pretty she is.
you swear that maybe you’ve gone insane by liking fictional characters but then again, at least you aren’t the only one to do so in your world. the fact that it’s a norm is concerning but it’s not like you can disagree. hearing a chuckle coming from the electro user’s mouth, you turned to look away in embarrassment “well, aren’t you just a cutie” you had to physically stop yourself from screaming. you really did. “aha... thank you” your voice, strained, you looked at bennett who was watching the whole scene and smiled at you. “ms.lisa is right you know, we should get going” you hum at his words and started to place the books in their original shelves.
“would you like to borrow the books?” listen. it isn’t like you have mommy issues. well, technically speaking you don’t remember much about your family. you’d like to think that your parents were nice to you and you had decent siblings. you knew that your life felt bleak, and that the only joy and comfort you found was through genshin. but god fucking damn, lisa sounded like a hot mom that you kinda were close to saying sorry mommy. “it would need a library card right? i don’t have that so i’ll just continue to come here whenever i need to read” you smile at her as she mused at your words “alright then, i believe it’s safe to assume i’ll be seeing you more often, cutie?”
control. your. fucking. expression.
“mhm. then, we’ll get going now” you say, your smile never changing before heading out of the library and the knights of favonious’ headquarters with bennett. maybe you should thank god that your abilities to physically contain your facial expression was kept. your mouth wasn’t though, but at least your face isn’t a dead give away.
“was that the librarian, benny?” you questioned the male who walked beside you as he nodded “yup, that’s ms.lisa! she’s also apart of the knights of favonious too” you already knew that information since, well you came from another world and that the world you came from, everyone here was just a video game’s characters. “i see, she seems nice” you shrug, walking down the stairs as bennett followed, nodding his head at your words.
by the time you reached the plaza, you noticed a familiar redhead. “oh, diluc” you called out to him, waving your hand. the other, noticing your presence, sigh. it was almost as if he’s relieved which made you look at him with a sly smile “diluc... were you worried about me?” now fully in front of diluc, you teased the man as he grumbled at your words “no. i was merely worried about the city and how you could’ve left during the chaotic times” you laughed. well, you lived with him for a week and you knew him through the game, you would’ve expected this kind of response.
“i jest, i jest” you say, before trying to find your escort “if your looking for evan, i had sent him back to the manor since i’m already here.” “you make a fair point” you shrugged before looking back at bennett who seemed to be just staring at you and diluc “you knew of master diluc, y/n?” you merely chuckled at his words and nodded “yeah, he’s the one who offered me a place to stay, you know” he made an o with his mouth as he nodded “i see, then have a safe trip back” you smile at his words and ruffled his hair “you too, benny” before you stood near diluc and started to walk back to the winery.
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now that you’re back in your room after having dinner with diluc for the first time during your whole stay, you had changed clothes and now laying on the soft bed. you have to plan it out, the way how you can live with ease while at the same time meeting your favourite characters.
and the main person for you to execute that plan is none other than the traveller. you do wonder who would be the traveller. would it be aether or would it be lumine? though, while the traveller is an important asset, that would mean you need to know how to fight since they'll be saving nations... oh my god, nations. remembering through your genshin lore and through the basic knowledge, there are seven nations. you vaguely remembered that you've gone through 3 nations already, the only problem is, you don't remember the events.
"don't fucking tell me its like a checkpoint memory system... where i need to see someone from each nation and regain all the memories that i have in each nation. is it going to be katheryne? earlier i saw katheryne and i got the memories of mondstadt back, so does that mean i have to meet the other katherynes? arghhh" you wanted to rip out your hair. wasn't there something going on in inazuma currently? you sighed. you wanted to say that it wouldn't effect you, but the problem is, it will effect you since you decided to wanted to travel with the traveller.
the traveller is another thing, will they even come? what if you took their place? you certainly didn't have the skills to do so, that's why you want to live a carefree life. not to mention, you would rather die than to train. its exhausting, it really is. you sigh, looking at the ceiling before taking out your phone and staring at it. "do i even have internet?" you grumbled, looking at the top right corner to see some signal. "there's signal here? what—" you quickly got up, the signal is there, but it's low. "where's..." you muttered, now walking towards where the highest point of the internet would be. "isn't this..." you're near the corner of the room, and it's directly facing diluc's office. "i swear if god really decided to do this" you grumbled and went out of your room, heading towards diluc's office and knocking on it.
a faint come in could be heard as you walked in to see a tired diluc "is there anything wrong, y/n?" he questioned as you clutched your phone and smiled "i just need to check something real quick. you can ignore me" you say as he eyed you but continued to look at his paperwork. you opened your phone once more to check the signal and well, you're intuition is correct "oh fuck me." you sigh as diluc looked back towards you "pardon?" "sorry it wasn't directed at you" you apologised, putting the phone back into your pocket and looked at diluc.
"can i go out tomorrow, alone?" you asked him. from that question in itself made him stop his writing "to where and why" you knew you had to convince him but how? "there's a place i wanted to check out, i believe it's the beach near starsnatch cliff? i'm going there because i felt like wanting to see the ocean" its not a proper answer, and you knew he was going to reject it.
"you know what, nevermind, forget it—"
"you can go"
"i mean if i go without an escort— what."
"i said you can go" you looked at him properly as he stared at you "seriously?" he nodded "i believe you won't cause that much trouble. just be sure to return safely" he says as you smiled at him "thanks diluc! goodnight, and please rest. you really need to take a break once in a while you know" you say before leaving his office.
you're happy, definitely. because now this will give you an opportunity to see if the traveller might be here. you should probably start trying to invest in certain things to make money as well. cash is the right way to go, after all.
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literally its been a while since i wrote deja vu and im sorry but here's the chapter for this week!
Genre : Diluc x gn!reader – fluff with a bit of angst
About : You liked Diluc but you only admitted these old feelings now that you've come back to mondstadt after a long time. It seems that Diluc liked you all this time as well.
Warnings : usage of alcohol (getting drunk at some point), late and accidental confession (also, this might be a bit long)
Mondstadt, a place where old happy memories were spent. It's been five years since you last step foot into your hometown – the city of freedom as everyone would call it. Your sense of homesickness and nostalgia can be felt in your longing heart as you gaze upon its borders.
'So many changes' you commented, but you too realized that with this course of change, you also went along with it. Except not here since you went to Sumeru academia for your studies.
You never really wanted to go but your parents insisted. With that, you had no choice but to say goodbye to the place you called home for the meantime. Not just that, you also had to say it to some particular people.
Feelings included as well.
Feelings that weren't admitted, feelings that were forgotten due to its erosion from time. Feelings that you thought weren't worth it.
In your stay in Sumeru, these same feelings tend to linger in your thoughts as an unwanted distraction. With that, you regret not initiating a proper closure with it.
Now that you're here, you were kind of planning to do so but you were a coward. The sheer confidence you had during your trip dissipated now that the actual chance is in front of you. Now that the person that caused these feelings is probably somewhere near.
That realization made you even more nervous.
'It's fine, it's been 5 years already, it's now meaningless' you say to yourself, coping from the current circumstance. At the same time, easing yourself and trying to calm down.
Just as you said so, your feet has already brought you near the angel's share. It's like your body had a mind on its own – already moving its way inside before you can even react.
Unexpected, you saw a sight to behold, there he was appearing right on time. Luxurious fiery hair, a scowl in his face.
Diluc Ragnvindr, the guy you adored ever since childhood.
He looked lovely as you remembered. Though, looking more mature and his expression being a bit different from his usual one in your memory.
"Diluc.." you muttered out of the blue. Quite understandable since you were starstruck. Various emotion hitting you like a raging truck – excited, happy, sad, regretful.
He looks up to meet your eyes, still wiping the champagne glass he was holding just a while ago. "Hello, please take a seat. I'll prepare your order in a moment- hold on, you look familiar"
You and Diluc shared an eye contact for a moment. His eyes widen, implying that he recognized you already. "Are you Y/n?" He asks.
You nod, relieved as he didn't forget you. You sit in the stool placed in front of the counter. You immediately sink your face in your palms as you were feeling slightly embarrassed.
"How have you been? It's been a really long time" With pure gentleness in his voice, he asks. You fixed your posture and gazed at his figure. "Pretty well, honestly, I felt homesick" you reply.
He hums. "Understandable, being away from your hometown can be.. stressful afterall"
You smiled in agreement, looking straight into his eyes again. It wouldn't be a lie of you said that your heart was doing its dance, as if there was an upbeat yet insane music playing.
"I never knew that you were a bartender now.. You certainly fit the job. But what happened with your position in the Knights of Favonius?" You did your fair share of questioning and catching up.
But that was the wrong question to ask.
"I.. quit" He says, lips forming into a thin line as if he remembered an awful memory. Which was actually the case.
You bent your head down. You never dared to ask the reason anymore after seeing his uneasy bearing. You attempted to change the subject.
"How about Mr. Crepus? Is he doing well?"
Diluc became silent for a second, his expression becoming slightly worse. "He passed away.."
Embarrassment became the only thing you're experiencing at the moment. 'That sure explains the change in his manner of speech and approach'
"I'm sorry" you mumble in remorse.
"It's alright, his death is not your fault in any way"
You thought that it was certainly your fault for bringing it up. But it wasn't at the same time since you didn't have much updates during your long disappearance.
Eerie silence wraps around you both. The rowdy drunkards and clinking of glasses are the only ones making it less awkward. You cleared you throat and decided to politely ask for wine.
Sip after sip, none of you uttered a word. The hands of time moves in its pace and the tavern becomes less crowded. Tipsiness setting in as you took a few glasses. Your true consciousness being a difficult thing to control. You start to sway and say random things.
"You know Diluc, I missed you a whole lot *hic*" you say impulsively. "I was thinking of saying this to you during my trip but I became a coward now"
He listens intently but with a worried gaze because of your state.
"I actually liked you.. that's why I missed you a whole lot haha"
He blinks a few times, processing what you just said. He sighs, hesitantly forming words. "You probably wouldn't remember this anyway, I liked you too.. more than you'll ever know"
Your laugh reaches his ears, fading as you spill over the counter. He slides his arm before your head lands hardly on the tabletop. Your silliness eased his day in his case, thus he's chuckling a bit.
"Archons, I must be this drunk" you then passed out fully, sleeping soundly on his arm.
He somehow wishes for you to be sober. He wanted your honest utter of feelings be said with your sincere smile.
He then frowns again, his heart slightly aching.
"But maybe it's a bit too late now.. like isn't the same as liked"
However..
If fate catches up and pulls you two then maybe that will make this awkward night a sweet memory to remember.
I call this 2 am's flood of creativity because that's the only time I can finish a fic GANAHN.
