Klee found something cool about you and she gotta tell someone— doesn't matter how or where, she would tell anyone, even if it means creating a silent war between the acolytes.
Genshin characters x fem!reader.
Warning: grammatical errors, ooc, possible quest spoilers
"(Name)?" Klee called out, her eyes looking at your focused face to the shining mora on top of Jean's desk.
"Hm?" You hummed, but didn't look at her.
Oh. The child thought, her lips forming the biggest grin she could muster as she stood up from her chair, as much as she would love to stay within your presence, she would rather tell someone or anyone how you're fond of mora.
You ended up unintentionally stole it.
You don't how long you've been wandering on the air, your body on top of an anemo slime as it carries you around teyvat.
You could barely remember the audible concern from Jean's and Lisa's voice when you excused yourself, head hazy and eyes locked on the shining mora on your hand— you couldn't help it, the shine and glimmer of the coin on top of the desk was alluring you.
"Hm, want more of this.." You muttered, eyes still locked on the mora. You are mesmerized at how the coin would shine under the sunlight and you didn't even know that the shimmer of the mora could potentially blind you.
You didn't even noticed how the anemo slime changed it's course, opted to go to Liyue and brought you inside of a cave.
You only noticed that you aren't out in the air when you noticed the glimmer on your peripheral vision.
What? You thought as you turn your head, holy..
The slime's body gently landed on the ground beside the shining and shimmering crystals, there are a couple of luxurious chest surrounding it with mora leaking out of the lid of the chest.
Your expression literally brightens up at the sight of the shining treasures.
"I'm telling you, she left with this.. Unreadable haze on her eyes—" Jean stopped herself from explaining further.
She could see that the acolytes in front of her won't listen anyways so what's the point of trying to protect herself from their agonizing and menacing glares and gazes?
"That doesn't explain why you let her out of the office." Zhongli said, crossing his arms as he kept his amber eyes on her frigid form, gaze cold and hard whilst trying to compose himself from attacking the mortal.
"How could I stop the divine one? Pardon me, but would you have the courage to stop her grace from leaving if you're on my shoes?" With her rebuttal, the retired archon got quiet, trying to match her rational thinking, but it was hard, especially when you've been seen a few hours ago.
All of them could feel the cold breeze of the evening, the sun had already said it's temporary farewell as the moon made it's presence known towards the people of each nation.
"She's not lying, Morax." Venti spoke up, "I could hear the wind whispering about her safety."
"So she's somewhere safe right now?" This time, the Raiden Shogun asked, she stepped in to the circle of acolytes with her eyes narrowed towards the anemo archon.
"Quite frankly, yes, the wind even told me that she's enjoying herself right now.." He started to spoke in a lower voice, "It said that she's been laughing and indulging herself on something she loves."
He put an emphasis on the word 'something' because he, himself knew how infatuated the acolytes towards you. Jealousy is an ugly emotion and he would rather hear that something has got your attention instead of someone.
"Something she loves?" Kaeya spoke up, "What would that be, hm?"
"It's mora!" Came a cheerful and giddy voice of a child coming from the closet, "She loves mora! I saw her looking at the mora on top of Master Jean's desk this morning—"
"Klee." Diluc said her name in warning, his eyes narrowed towards the wooden doors, "What are you doing inside of the closet? Albedo specifically told you that this kind of meetings are for grown-ups only."
"U-uh.." The child didn't say anything, instead, she went out of the closet and quickly flee towards the door, seeing herself out of the room.
It got quiet after that.
"So," Ningguang chuckled, "It seems that (name) loves mora, as per the child's words."
"Indeed so." Pantalone smiled, pushing his glasses up with his gloved fingers whilst keeping his excitement in check, "It seems that the bachelors would finally have their use after all."
His words didn't only hit Diluc, Ningguang, Ajax, Alhaitham, Cyno, the Kamisato siblings and the other fatui harbingers— his statement also hit him where it actually hurts.
"I'll send mine to her palace in an hour." Ningguang said, starting towards the exit of the meeting room with Keqing and Ganyu hot on her heels as she bid them a farewell, "Have a wonderful evening, everyone."
The others went quiet as they watch her exit the room, eyes narrowing from hearing her statement.
Diluc and Alhaitham both got up from their seat, they didn't said anything while the two of them sent each other a nod of acknowledgement before exiting the room, away from the other acolytes.
"Well, I'll excuse myself as well." Pantalone uttered, getting up from his expensive cushion and walked out of the room.
Ayato gave them his usual business smile, "We'll send Thoma to the palace as soon as possible, till then, we wish everyone a good luck."
He and Ayaka sent them a smile, all the while their eyes mocked the others— even the archons, knowing that they own more money than them. They couldn't help but feel slightly superior due to their riches.
Soon, the siblings exited the room with Thoma following behind them.
"I can't believe them!" Kaveh, hands in the air, exclaimed as he pointed towards the door, "I get that they are filthy rich, but did they just call us poor in different languages? Especially that Alhaitham! Why is he so— ugh, I can't deal with this!"
The others watched the man huffed in his seat, hunching over the blue prints of your requested abode.
They could hear him utter some words, probably cursing the akademiya's acting grand sage whilst scribbling his pen on the paper in front of him.
"What now?" Kuki asked, her hands on her hips as she scanned the room with the remaining acolytes.
Ajax had been suspiciously quiet beside Kaeya, the two of them calmly sitting across of Raiden Shogun and Venti. If there are loud and nosy acolytes then the ginger and dark skinned man would be on top of the list, along with Itto, Wanderer, and Venti.
Surprisingly, the archons are quiet.
Way too quiet, Rosaria thought, she might not be a fan of the archons, but her nation's archon is quiet too which is very out of character of Venti.
The sane acolytes could only wish and hope that nothing too bad would happen.
You've been missing for three days straight.
It's making your beloved acolytes crazy, it'd starting to scare Jean because she was last in charge of you when you were last seen.
Right now, Diluc and Ajax are on the move towards Liyue, they were partnered with each other by the Raiden Shogun, Buer, and Morax due go their tracking skills. Their sole purpose is to find you and bring you back to your palace safely.
Even if the two aren't in good terms, they put their personal (Diluc's—) grudge and trudge their way on each valley of Liyue.
They heard some rumors that monsters had been gathering around the Qingxu pool, often seen walking in and out of a specific cave with bunch of minerals, foods, and moras that they snatched from the passing adventurers.
Diluc believed that those monsters were drawn to your location which is not illogical to think so, especially when those monsters refuse to attack you— opting to attack them instead.
"That's the cave." Ajax cheered.
The red head only grunted, speeding up his pace and walking past the ginger.
"Nini zido!"
"Ya yika!"
The familiar words of hilichurls can soon be heard as soon as they stepped a foot on the cave, both men materialized their weapons on their hands and got ready to attack.
"What's wrong, guys? Is someone bad her— oh! Goodness, it's Diluc and childe!"
Sensing the cheerfulness on your voice, the hilichurls stopped their attempt to attack and stepped aside when you run towards the duo.
Ajax had his arms open and jumped on him, arms wrapping around his neck as you laugh. He wrapped his arms around your waist and buried his face on your neck, flattening his lips on the exposed skin whilst chuckling along with you.
After hugging for a good minute, you quickly detached yourself away from the ginger and jumped at the red head next.
Diluc was fast enough to catch you, his hands looped under your knees and lifted you up in his arms as you hugged him tightly. He could only bury his face on your chest, inhaling your natural scent and humming contently to himself as you gave him a loving laugh.
"I missed you, guys!" You told them with glee.
The red head didn't bother putting you down and started walking towards the exit, but you frantically stopped them.
"Stop! Stop!" You cried out, "The crystals, the moras, the treasures— the creatures gave them to me, I can't just leave those out here!"
Truthfully, you couldn't say that you adore seeing those shining treasure as you lay on top of it, I mean, that's what you've been doing for the past three days, laying on top of the pile of mora whilst admiring how it would shine under the light coming from the torches of the hilichurls.
"We'll send someone to bring them to your palace, my goddess." Ajax said, patting the top of your head reassuringly as you look at him with the glint of doubt on your eyes.
"Trust him on that one, my grace." Diluc butted in this time.
He started walking out of the cave and Ajax quickly set off the fireworks given to him by Yoimiya, it was a signal to tell the Geo archon that you have been found.
"Besides, you could see a lot of those shining treasures on your palace." Ajax chuckled, "The other acolytes sent their regards and riches would soon be filling your treasure room so there's no need to fret over a pile of treasures.. Those will be sent in your palace before you know it."
You frowned, eyes flickering from the entrance of the cave to the waving hilichurls beside it.
Those past three days felt like heaven and the hilichurls were more attentive to your needs than your acolytes, maybe, just maybe.. Those shining coins had brought you the knowledge you didn't know you need.
Now, you know that, hilichurls and the others creatures around teyvat could answer your call, faster than those archons could do.
Warning(s): suggestive content at the end (no smut, though).
Genre: romance, modern! au, university! au.
Word count: 5,5k.
Blurb:
It's not a secret that Alhaitham is the most competitive and has great pride. But, what happens when you start 'stealing' his precious first rank from him? Alhaitham comes up with a plan; he will approach you, make you helplessly in love with him, distract you and steal his first place. Who would have imagined, though, that it would backfire on him?
Inspired by this post.
The clear sky stretches over the campus buildings. Birds were singing in appreciation of the cloudless and perfect weather. On the green grass of the park, college students chat while carrying the drinks they bought at a nearby kiosk. Everything about today said it was going to be a good day.
But not for Alhaitham.
The man was infamous for never smiling (though he believed they were all exaggerating since he had smiled once—when Kaveh slipped and fell into a pool of rainwater). His eyes always convey the impression that he is better to everyone, as evidenced by him usually occupying the top positions on every weekend exam. Usually.
No one would have believed that those eyes could be sharper than before while his lips were in deep gloom staring at the board where the ranking results were presented.
(Y/N) (L/N)
Alhaitham
His tongue clicked in annoyance. He has long known you’re a threat, proven when his professor also mentioned your name and the title of your research as 'good and well organized work’ in front of the class. However, Alhaitham didn't think you would actually succeed. Maybe he's been underestimating you all along.
A voice that sounded like a crowd of people talking and approaching made Alhaitham step aside, guessing whoever those people were going to look at the wall board. At first, he was going to keep standing there—with all his annoyance while staring at his name next to number two—but, one of them said something and made him freeze before turning his head.
“Hey, (Y/N)! You’re in first place!”
Pretty good way to sprinkle salt on the wound.
“Really?”
Enthusiasm is lacking in your voice, as if you had expected this—as if you had expected that Alhaitham would be number two, right below you. He stares at you reading the ranking results, then you turn to look at him, not intimidated.
The wind blows, your hair dances in the breeze, and Alhaitham is preoccupied figuring out what the smile on your lips means. While his rational mind says you're just trying to be friendly, his petty mind believes you're making fun of him. Alhaitham wasn’t going to believe the latter until you opened your mouth to say,
"Well, so we're now rivals?"
Rivals. Ha.
A scoff left his lips. “Funny." he started. "The last time I checked, for two people to be rivals, they have to be on the same level."
Instead of irritating you, his remarks widen your smile. "You're right." You glance at the board, your name is still emblazoned at the top. "Obviously we're not like that."
It was obvious you were mocking him, and plus, did you just boomerang his own words? Alhaitham inhaled through his nostrils. If it weren't for your friends waiting for you two to finish exchanging 'conversations', he would have continued this until you gave up having the last say.
“Enjoy it while it lasts.” Alhaitham said.
"Totally. We're going to a sushi restaurant after this. Wanna join?” The smirk on your face widens, or is it just him?
“You’re shameless.”
"And you’re still second."
Alhaitham refrained from continuing. "Have the day you deserve, (L/N)." He said, then turned to leave. If you're thinking about giving him another 'smart' comment, he sincerely hopes that you'll literally bite your tongue.
“I’ll be having a good one then, thanks!”
It takes all the patience inside of him not to turn back and get back at you. Alhaitham clenched his fists. Next week will be different, this must all just be down to your luck or he didn't take yesterday's test seriously. Alhaitham vowed not to let that happen again and was confident he would regain first place.
Next week was much the same.
The first thing Alhaitham did when he arrived on campus was walk quickly to the information board, where last week's exam rankings were displayed with a group of students reading them. He made his way through them to get a better look. There it is, first place with your damn name on it. He's still second. He is. Still. Second.
Something is definitely wrong. A small difference in score separates your rankings which frustrates him even more. He has been in first place for two years, and he doesn't need anyone to break that.
"Two weeks in a row, (Y/N)." Someone behind him commented.
Someone—you, he guessed—chuckled. “That study group really paid off.” You said.
Study group? He thought. Alhaitham was about to make his way out of the scene quietly to avoid you but, when a gasp escaped you, he knew you had found him.
“Alhaitham, hi!”
That's the most sickening hello. Alhaitham turned his head to look at you, who were beaming at him. It must be satisfying for you, watching him stand here in the same glum after reading the ranking results. He is still second and you know it too.
You looked back at your friends. “We’re going for fast food this time. Wanna join?” Alhaitham did nothing but glare at you. ".. Or do you want to join next week?"
You're pretty confident to say you'll still be first. This luck lasts only two weeks, and if it turns out to be more than that, Alhaitham will find a way to ruin it—just like you did to his first ranking streak. He really likes challenges, loves competition. But, it was now at a point where it was an embarrassment.
He chose to turn around instead of responding to you. He'll reclaim his first rank.
Next week has come with everything that makes his patience dripping off.
When Alhaitham opened his messaging app and downloaded the PDF a classmate had sent him, his stomach churned in uneasiness. He watched the loading circle complete then pressed it quickly with his thumb. Turquoise eyes swept across the title—something he had never done before but now he did to buy time before lowering his gaze on number one and—
“Damn it!”
The entire bus turned their heads to the grey-haired. They looked at him with judgmental eyes, some thinking he had lost his mind (like most college students do because of their endless assigments). Alhaitham paid no attention to any of that. He was too busy swearing mentally while rereading your full name.
What the hell is going on?
Alhaitham is desperate. He was desperate for an explanation as to why the first place had slipped out of his hands. These two years, everything was fine; then what made him 'fail' like this? He closed his group chat and turned off his cell phone while preparing to get off at his stop. However, the question kept repeating itself in the back of his mind.
At lunch time, he walked into the architecture department cafeteria—four buildings away from Alhaitham's. He wouldn't have bothered to approach Kaveh—who was sitting at one of the cafeteria tables with the cheapest meal he was about to eat—if he hadn't needed a second opinion. The second those red eyes landed on him, Alhaitham watched his face change as if.. he had lost his appetite?
Regardless, Alhaitham kept walking and sat in the chair across from him. The crease between Kaveh's brows deepened.
"What do you want?" Kaveh asked, grumpily.
"I need your opinion."
The blonde crossed his arms across his chest and leaned back in his chair. "What?" He gave Alhaitham a quick once-over before smirking. “Wow, never expected the day you would beg for my help."
“Opinion, not help. I'll decide if it's helpful or not later.”
Kaveh—not feeling like arguing today—still made sure to exhale loudly enough for him to hear. “Whatever that keeps you out of my face." He stuck his fork deep into his food hoping it was Alhaitham instead.
Alhaitham fell silent in his thoughts. He was stroking his imaginary beard while thinking of ways to say it without telling him straight that he was in despair. If Kaveh knew someone beat him in the rankings, he would make fun of this. He didn't need that added to his plate.
"Something was stolen from me." He said carefully.
Kaveh raised one eyebrow before digging back into his food. "That's your problem?" He watched Alhaitham nod. "Buy it again. Problem solved. Now get off my table.”
"This isn’t something that can be bought."
Kaveh rolled his eyes. “Aren't you supposed to be the smartest? You ruined my precious lunch time.” He held his tray before standing up, about to switch tables. “Just steal it back. Done! You're done, right? Don't bother me. I've a little time before dealing with that lovesick guy Childe."
Steal it back. Lovesick.
Alhaitham had heard how complicated love was—a blessing and a curse, say those who had. He doesn't really care about people, but he does meet a bunch of friends who don't show up for meetings because they're busy dating (he ends up crossing their names off assignments, don't worry).
Steal it back. Lovesick.. Something clicked in his brain. That's it!
A new determination ignited and burned. He stood up from the cafeteria table with a smile, a sharp contrast to the state he was in when he entered it. The birds were fluttering their wings under a clear sky. This time he would take that as a good sign.
Today will be the start of his grand plan to approach you, date you, and infatuate you to the point where you’re so distracted with him that you once again come in second, as it should be.
It started after the last class of the day.
Seconds after the professor picked up his laptop and documents stating that class was over, Alhaitham immediately moved to approach you (who luckily sat alone in the absence of your usual friends). He watched you tidy up your books, your notes and all the colorful highlighters. One rolls over to the edge of the table and he catches not only that but your attention.
“..Hey.” You say hello, giving him a skeptical look before looking back perhaps he's here for someone else. After confirming that it was just you, you proceeded to ask: "Can I help you?"
Right. You two aren't exactly on good terms, so his sudden approach will no doubt make you feel uneasy. Alhaitham took a silent breath, feeling the air fill his lungs before he opened his mouth to say, "We need to talk.”
What a wonderful choice of words. Your lips curved into a faint smile as you stuffed your books and notes into your bag.
“So demanding.” you comment. "Are you always like this?"
Alhaitham has always lived with the rational side of his brain, so it's not a problem for him to control his emotions even though he has many words to reply to your clever comments. He stares at you, having the chance to notice the color of the irises under those curled eyelashes this time; he probably would have liked the color if not for the rivalry between you two.
"The other day, I was rude to you." He started, his own words piercing his pride. "I'm here to apologize to you."
You hummed in response, "Hmm, then let me hear it.”
Alhaitham fumbled around in his pocket. You see him set a bar of chocolate down on the table. A wrinkle forms in the middle of your furrowed brow. Your eyes return to his turquoise one, it reminds you of the gemstone described in the textbook you read last night.
Even though it felt better to bite his lip than to say it, Alhaitham really had no choice but to speak it this time.
“I’m sorry.”
"What are you sorry for?"
Something flashed in his eyes before it disappeared. Alhaitham was making a best efforts to keep a straight face, but as soon as he noticed how your smile became wider, he realized you were using this as an opportunity to play him.
"For being rude."
You nodded, still looking dissatisfied. "And why were you being rude?" The laughter at the corner of your throat was harder to contain when you saw his lips starting to form a glum shape.
“Do you really need to ask that?” Alhaitham protested.
"I need to make sure you're sincere."
A sigh escaped his lips. "Haah.. fine," He then continued, "Perhaps I was irritated because I was one rank below you." His badly damaged dignity would require a lot of time to mend.
Luckily it’s enough for you. "So, is the chocolate for me?" You glanced at the table where the chocolate bar was still sitting. It's from a brand you love but, never had the chance to buy again because it's quite expensive. Either this is just a coincidence, or Alhaitham also likes it or he has done a background check on you.
“I'm just going to put it there. It's none of my business if you eat it or not." He said.
Alhaitham could have worded it more politely—more kindly. He regretted saying it in his way, thinking you would react negatively to that. However, when his ears catch the sound of someone's laughter—yours—his eyes widen as he stares at you taking the chocolate from the table.
"Has someone ever said you have a weird way of talking?"
Someone has. Kaveh.
You waved the chocolate bar in your hand. "Apology accepted, as well as the chocolate." When you smiled at him, he wasn't irritated by it this time.
"I'll see you around." You’re about to walk away.
“Wait.”
You stop walking. Turning to the gray-haired, you looked at him with curiosity. Alhaitham moved his gaze to you. From this angle, you can see why he's secretly loved by many. With sharp eyes, lips that never smile, and a defined jaw; you wonder why he never thought of becoming a model instead of coping with college life. Probably the same reason as you.
Alhaitham turned his back on you completely. "You haven't found a partner for Professor Aabid's observation assignment yet, have you?" he inquired.
You unconsciously nodded, "That's right." you said before reflecting about his question. “Why do you—“
"Be my partner."
“.. What?”
Alhaitham crossed his arms over his chest. "Is there a reason for you to refuse?" he asked.
"No, but why me?" You shake your head.
"Because I don't have one either." He answered casually before smiling faintly. "Besides, I think we'd be perfect pair, don't you think so?"
Perfect? You think 'hellish' is more appropriate. A few days ago, you two were at each other's throats fighting for the first place, and now what? You really can't believe Alhaitham labeled you both as ‘perfect’ partners. He's working on something under his sleeve you know.
Alhaitham saw your doubt. "Shouldn't that convince you?" He glanced at the chocolate bar.
You followed his gaze and chuckled. “So it turns out this is a bribe."
"It could be."
"Ha! You're up to something, I can feel it." For a second, you swear you saw his eyes widen and he turned pale, but it could have just been your imagination. "But whatever, I'm game."
Alhaitham had an arrogant grin on his face. “See you at Monday then.” He didn't even deny it, only then turned his shoes on walking towards the exit.
You didn't miss a single detail when you told this to your friends. See? It's not just you who feels weird about his sudden change in attitude. Your girls warned you to be careful with him, some told you to change partners—speculating that he might be trying to abduct or kill you, adding your tragedy to the long list of criminal cases that are made into documentaries on Netflix. You doubt it though.
Monday came like in the blink of an eye. Or maybe your weekend was so much fun that you forgot you partnered with Alhaitham.
The second he landed his eyes on you entering the room, Alhaitham cleared his throat. He had spent the weekend finishing ten romance books to find out what makes someone fall in love fast. Today was the day he put it all into practice. He will claim his first position soon.
Maintaining eye contact.
"Hey." You greet him, take a seat next to him, and place your bag at your feet. "How was your weekend?"
"It was fine." Alhaitham replied.
You give a brief nod. He's still looking at you, giving you a chance to take in more detail of his eyes. It not only had a turquoise color, an amber hue surrounded its pupils. College life has not left any traces on his flawless skin. You won't deny that he was given a gift in the form of handsome face.
Alhaitham was still staring at you, as if you were an alien. Feeling uncomfortable, you look straight ahead hoping he will do the same.
Fourteenth second and he's still at it, you're starting to think you have something in your face. You take out your phone, open the camera app and find nothing. Maybe he wanted to ask something? You return to Alhaitham to confirm.
"Do you have anything to say?" you ask.
Alhaitham blinked then replied, “Sure.”
Sure? You don't know how to respond to that. "What do you want to say?" You rest your cheek on your palm.
"Just.." Alhaitham tried to remember the next step.
2. Touch them more often.
Alhaitham stretched out his hand quickly. A second later you feel warmth slightly touching the skin of your ear. He just tucked a strand of your hair away from your face. Alhaitham just tucked a strand of your hair away from your face. Maybe he's a perfectionist, disliking messy things like your hair that you rush into ponytail for fear of missing the bus. But, you really didn't expect this at all.
"Uhh.. thanks." You force a smile, shifting slightly away from him.
Maybe it's true what your friends say about him planning to kidnap you.
Meanwhile in his mind, Alhaitham mistook your wary demeanor as shyness. He suppressed a smile. He had doubts about the usefulness of the romance books, yet they paid off. It won't take you long to slip into his trap.
Professor Aabid's classwork is more difficult than one might imagine. Fortunately, two weeks were given to complete it. You and Alhaitham often meet to discuss paper material, which later leads to visiting your house as a comfortable place to work on it. Weekends with your friends are replaced by being with him. Books and laptops are now preferred over late-night karaoke.
A pen was placed on the carpet. You take a deep breath before stretching, feeling relieved after relaxing the tense muscles caused by your sitting posture. Alhaitham approached the table and set two mugs on the floor table.
You smell the sweet scent. "What's this?" You take one.
"Hot chocolate." He replied, drinking his own.
One of your eyebrows is raised. "Not coffee? Are you sure this won't make us sleepier?” you ask.
Alhaitham put down his glass which is now half down. "The only way to get rid of exhaustion is to sleep. Just go to sleep if you're tired; I'll continue the next page.” He pulled the laptop closer to him.
“Really? Are you saying that to sound nice or do you really mean it?”
"Stop asking stupid questions." He fixed his eyes on the laptop screen.
You straighten your sitting posture. “Oh, come on. Can't you just smile or laugh once?” you protest.
Alhaitham's fingers stopped typing. A line he remembered from one of those romance books flashed in his mind. The third step to make someone fall in love: smile more often.
You see him turn to you, lips curling into a smile. It complimented him well, really well. His hand stretched out. But this time he wasn't aiming for your strands or your ears. He placed his palm on the top of your head and ruffled it gently.
"Go to sleep. I’ll wake you up later.”
Yes, Alhaitham thought. This should be enough for her to fall—
His train of thought was interrupted when you took his hand and cupped it in front of your face. Thumb moved in a circular manner across his calloused fingertips. Compared to his, your skin is incredibly warm. Are you flirting with him? Before Alhaitham could have his answer, he watched as your lips curved into a smile wide enough to lift your cheeks.
"Okay." you answer. "Would you be fine alone?”
Alhaitham quickly and abruptly pulled his hand away. He immediately pretended to be focused on the laptop, his one free hand hiding his lips behind it and muttering: "I told you to stop asking stupid questions."
Another laugh from you and he doesn't like how his heart reacts to that. It was beating too fast, too different from normal. He knew he had no history of any illness, so why did his chest feel warm? He compared its warmth to your hands just now, and now he ends up thinking all about you.
You slept on the couch behind him. Alhaitham remained with his laptop and open book. Between you two is silence and a troubled heart.
The day before the deadline for submitting Professor Aabid's class assignments, the drizzling rain turned heavy. The usual clear sky was replaced with dark clouds that came in to block up the afternoon sun. Some students voiced their complaints, and others opened their umbrellas to flee. They concluded today would be a bad day.
Two people ran in an uneven pace beneath the man's black jacket. In the midst of the puddles that spread across the campus grounds, they no longer care if their shoes end up dirty later. You closely hold onto your freshly printed papers for fear that the rain will hit it and cause the ink to smear. Meanwhile, Alhaitham puts a hand on your shoulder guiding you to take shelter under the roof of one of the biology department buildings.
“Phew!” You let out a sigh of relief after checking your documents were safe.
Alhaitham glanced at you. "Are you alright?" He asked, worry was in his voice, but you failed to notice.
“Yeah,” You held up the brown envelope high. “the envelope got wet but, the rest was fine.”
"I asked about you, not the documents."
"Oh." After saying that, you let out a laugh—one that made Alhaitham hold his breath hoping it would stop the warmth that was seeping into his cheeks and chest. “It's just rain. The worst-case scenario is when I wash my shoes later."
Now that you mention it, those turquoise eyes can't help but steal a quick peek at your dirt-stained white shoes. He checked his and realized that it wasn't as awful as yours—possibly because the materials you two had were different. Not only that, he also realizes the size differences between your feet and his.
"We can always go to the shoe wash." Alhaitham suggested.
You seem interested in the idea. "And go for ice cream after?"
A smile automatically crawled onto his face after hearing that. He's been smiling a lot lately. "Sure." He replied, watching you squeal with joy.
The heavy raindrops were still falling onto the ground. Although the wind wasn't very strong, it was enough to cause shivers in people who had previously been drenched. Alhaitham noticed it in you. He swiftly wrung his black jacket and draped it over your shoulders.
"What about you?" you ask.
Alhaitham shook his head. "I can manage." The lie came out smooth. In reality, you catch him repeatedly rubbing his hands trying to keep himself warm.
So you took his hand, too suddenly and unexpectedly. He watched you bring it to your lips, felt the touch of your warm breath on his skin. His heart missed a beat. Something stirred in his stomach and Alhaitham didn't like one bit of it. He picks up a lot of details about you—from how your lips curl while you blow another warm air on his fingers to the strands of your wet hair tickling your cheeks.
The first step to make someone fall in love: maintain eye contact.
For some reason, he had a hard time doing it now. Every time he made an effort, his heart would continue to race and his hands would feel the need to have you beneath his touch—in his arms. His eyes will first go down your cheek, nose, and cupid's bow before settling on your lips. Shimmering lipgloss around your lips. Maybe one day he'll be able to taste it?
Alhaitham's thoughts stopped. What kind of desire just grew in his chest?
The smile that you’re now carving doesn't help the situation either. It came like a sea of roses, and Alhaitham didn't even like roses. But, if it looks like you—smells like you; then the thing he wanted to do was dive into it and never surface again.
Oh, now he understands.
Whole lines from the romance books he had read for his grand plan came back like boomerangs. Instead of making you fall in love, he fell in love. Instead of stealing back his ranking, he ended up being the one who got stolen.
This kind of feeling... he didn't know what to do with it.
Before Alhaitham could find the answer, the rain had died down. You turned around with a happy face, releasing his hand slowly (he wished he could still feel your skin on his). Your voice says about turning in assignments early, perhaps Professor Aabid will be kind enough to give you some extra credit. However, what Alhaitham can focus on is your figure stepping under the rays of the sun slowly coming out of the clouds that has finished its misery.
Alhaitham is conflicted about today. His feelings was left unspoken.
You did not show up to campus the next day. Alhaitham was at the front of the class when he received your message saying that you were sick and unable to attend class.
The old Alhaitham will take this opportunity to return to being the best in class and not give you any notes from the lecturer's explanation. The new Alhaitham has already started turning his shoes and sprinting towards the exit while he's fiddling with his cell phone sending you a message that he'll be here soon.
When he arrives at your apartment door, his index finger presses the bell button in agitation. Did you get sick from the rain?
When the door swings open, Alhaitham immediately scans you. Slightly messy hair, flushed face, hoarse voice as you call his name and ask why he’s here. It seems you were sleeping, so you didn't read his message. Regardless, Alhaitham made his way inside after closing the door.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Shouldn't you be in class?"
"I left."
Your ears are deceiving you, right? If not, then what is the reason that made you hear Alhaitham say that he left the class? You glance at the digital clock not far from the kitchen and find it's too early for class to end.
"Wait.. did you just skip class?"
Alhaitham stopped fiddling with the medicines he bought after hearing your question. Silence fell between you. You think he'll never answer until he opens his mouth to say, "Maybe."
You sneeze before asking, "Are you serious?"
"I heard you got sick. So here I am."
Alhaitham answered too briefly for you to think he did this for no reason. After placing the meds on the counter, he rushes into your kitchen (as if he owns it). You were still standing there in silence—still unable to believe what was happening. He comes up to you with a glass of water.
"I bought you soup, in case you haven't eaten."
"So you're saying that you ditched class just to come here?" you ask.
A sigh escaped his lips as he turned around like he was avoiding something. "Still talking about that? Isn't my answer enough?" He replies too softly requiring you to concentrate a little more to hear him; your plugged ear doesn't help either.
"Yeah, I'm bringing that up because the Alhaitham I know will take this opportunity to beat me." You walk quickly towards him. "And you're acting weird right now, you know."
Alhaitham turned to you, and you swear your heart skipped a beat when you found something different in those turquoise eyes of his. You're not really sure what, though. The height difference makes you slightly look up to stare at him back. You don't know since when you took every detail of him, but you can't miss how his Adam's apple bobs when he swallows out of... nervousness?
Alhaitham? Nervous?
Whatever it is, it's starting to affect you as well.
Alhaitham stares at you, pausing at your lips before returning to your eyes. “Are you going to make me say it?” His voice was soft, as if he was reading a secret love letter.
Now it's your turn to swallow. “.. Say what?”
"That I like you."
In that second, your breath caught. Your eyes burn from not blinking, but you're too frozen in place to do that. Your jaw is slack. His words have a way of warming your heart, or is it the gaze he still gives you? Beautiful turquoise color.. which is now only focused on you as if you were the only thing ever made in the universe.
“.. What?”
“I like you.” He repeated without complaining.
Now that he has said it more clearly, you can't help but stare at his flushed cheeks. You know exactly yours aren’t much different from his. Did Alhaitham really just make a love confession? To you, out of all the people? Confusion has taken over your mind. You blink a few times to make sure you really aren't dreaming. Alhaitham just made a love confession. To you, out of all the people.
In contrast to the flushed cheeks and the awkward silence he maintained, Alhaitham stood with his usual stoic face. Your lips opened without a word coming out.
Alhaitham took a breath. "It wasn't planned." He took the opportunity to add. "I.. didn't expect it either."
So what he's trying to tell you is that falling in love with you wasn't part of his plan? You swallowed again, your throat quickly drying. It's as if he's saying that whatever it was you did to make him fall in love, it was enough for him to become lost in his own ambitions. Your chest is warm—ten times warmer than when the warm chocolate he made flows sweetly.
"Maybe I should give you an explanation. I don't want to cause any misunderstanding—no, I don't want you to misunderstand me.” Alhaitham sighed before continuing, “You must have realized from the beginning that I didn't approach you by chance or simply to apologize. Now that I've said it, you should be able to figure out what my failed plan was."
You smiled awkwardly, “.. My guess is you plan to make me fall in love with you and distract me for first place, but maybe it's just me too—”
"That's right. How did you know?"
His turquoise eyes were even more beautiful when they enlarged, as he was doing right now. Your laugh caused his cheeks to turn redder. “Well, those sweet gestures doesn't exactly fit your personality. And I swear I heard a few lines similar to those in this one romance book I read."
Alhaitham smiled faintly. "Guess I shouldn't waste my time on all of that, huh?"
Another laugh escaped your lips. "Do you regret it now?" you ask.
"Regret what?"
“Do you regret falling in love with me?”
Alhaitham blinks, two seconds later gives you a shake of the head. "Oddly enough, no, I don't regret it." He shook his head again. "I don't regret it at all."
You take two steps forward. “Good,” you said, tiptoeing up to his face. From this distance, those turquoise eyes looked more beautiful. "Because I wouldn't be helping you with your pick-up lines if it weren't for me."
One push and your lips were on his. He kisses back, placing his big hand behind your head to deepen the kiss. Your fingers find a way to crawl on his broad chest covered in his tight shirt. Without breaking the kiss, he moved closer to press you against the kitchen counter.
You're the first to let go for a breath and say, “W-wait, I have a cold. What if you—"
A quick kiss to silence you. "Don't worry, I bought us a lot of medicine." He said, voice deep and husky.
Alhaitham took off his denim jacket, threw it carelessly and kissed you again—this time more passionately. He directed his lips to the crook of your neck. Your legs hooked around his waist as you feel his breath on your skin.
He plans to steal, but instead ends up getting stolen. But, that's fine. He will gladly let you steal whatever from him, so go ahead and do it.
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IMAGINE, Alhaitham getting into a petty bet with Cyno, Tighnari and Kaveh.
They knew that Alhaitham is apathetic to the people around him, constantly ignoring everyone as he read his book, or while he's doing a research. It doesn't matter when, where, or what, he would ignore the people he deem unworthy of his attention and time.
The great renown acting grand sage of akademiya, accepted the bet of courting someone and make them— wether the person is a man or a woman, he knows he has the looks, the money, the strength, and the knowledge so he's not wary of the fact that he might get rejected— to say yes to his courtship.
Yes, he's tired of their bullshits so he accepted the bet of making someone fall in love with him, to prove them that someone out there would like him despite his uncanny personality and mannerism.
Fortunately for him, he found a rather interesting and easy target. Unfortunately for you, you got the acting grand sage's attention.
It started with him picking you up from the library, 5 pm, sharp. He would leave his office earlier than usual just to get to you, after that, he would bring you to puspa cafe to treat you into something nice, it's a reward for being a courteous and humble scribe today, he says.
It would take a while for him to make you open up, but once you do, after a month might he add, he felt this incredible rush of emotion that blooms in his chest. The way you smiled at him, genuinely, he knows that you were forcing the smiles you often give him so it's something he found adorable and calming.
On the other hand, you didn't let him know anything else other than the fact your hometown is not in Sumeru, rather, it was another nation.
He ought to say that he can interact with people just nicely, he followed and had read every book about human interaction there are to read, however, he still cannot grasp how you could avoid him and his questions, rather, his curiosity about you.
He can't remember when it all begun to change, the feelings inside his chest and the butterflies sensation in his stomach, those unknown phenomena is something he can't explain.
From picking you up at the library to picking you up from your home so the two of you can go to akademiya together, from bringing you in puspa cafe so he can treat you into something delicious to learning how to cook so he can feed you himself.
From listening to your rant about several books that you like to looking for them everywhere and buying it the first chance he gets, from merely raising a brow at you whenever your eyes would linger on something a little longer before turning your eyes away to buying everything that would get your attention.
From keeping his hand busy by reading in your presence to holding your hand whenever he would read while the other is holding the book, from keeping you at arms length to pulling you close every chance he would get.
From the fleeting glance he would send your way to the longing look in your direction, from keeping his earpiece on to avoid engaging into a conversation with you to putting the device away so he can listen to your voice.
From the nod of acknowledgement to let you know he saw you to the longing hug he would give you whenever he see you.
It started out as awkward, something forced, but as the days passed, he found the routine he had established between the two of you quite calming. Seeing your usual stressed expression and the annoyed look from your eyes that would turn soft when you gaze at him? Oh, that often made the familiar tingling sensation on his stomach bloom.
A year had passed since he first approached you, the bet with the three people that he had back at the tavern, are long forgotten.
Now, he just want to have you for himself, to make whatever's going with the two of you, official. He wants to take you out on dates for real, to feel your arms around him and no one else's, to hear your rants about your day, to hear your opinion and thoughts about certain things, to see your reactions on every dishes he would give you, to have the smiles that would grace your beautiful features.
All of it, he wants all of it.
However, all of that went down the drain when he heard, "I'm sorry, you're a good friend, alhaitham.. You really are, and I don't see nor feel anything about you other than platonic.” How could he overlook the signs? How should he act in this situation? Should he continue to talk to convince you? Should he be mad? Annoyed? Should he be crying and begging?
He tried to talk, but no words came out, he just realized that even his own voice betrayed him.
How could he say anything outrageous anyways? Especially when you looked and sound so genuine as you utter those painful words? Still, his eyes could only stare at your beautiful features, admiring and trying to clear his jumbled thoughts so he could form a proper reply, however, the pain was too great and no words could ever describe it, no scripture could tell it, no books could compensate towards the agonizing beat of his heart.
He was confident that he can make anyone say yes, he was confident that you would say yes, he was confident that he has it all, he was confident that he could win you over.
But his world crumbled the moment you uttered the words he would rather not hear from your lips.
"Besides, you approached me because of the bet between you and your friends, right?"
IMAGINE, Zhongli, your husband, is a lawyer and is on court room due to the recent case that was filed against you and he accepted it to clear your name.
"Again, let me repeat what you had said," He stated, gripping the documents on his hands as he stepped forward, "The attacker targeted you, tried to kill you with a size of 7.62 by 51 millimeter bullet, however, you managed to come out alive because the bullet missed it's target, am I right?"
"Yes." The woman, the victim of attempted murder, answered with confidence as she gave him a smirk, her eyes discreetly sending a glance your way, "And I know she did it."
Whispers of the juries filled the room, voices low as they started to summarize the situation.
"Objection, your honor, misleading." The woman's lawyer quickly interject, sitting up from his seat as his expression silently told the woman to keep her mouth shut.
"Objection is overruled, the defendant may continue with her statement." The judge left no room for arguments which gives the woman the chance to reveal who was her supposedly killer.
"I remember everything clearly that night, I was drinking with my friends, I just finished downing my own drink when I decided to move closer to her then there it was, the bullet missing my head for a centimeter and guess what? There was only one person who would kill me out of spite." The woman huffed, "And that person is her, (full name)."
Almost instantly, the court room was filled with disbelieved murmurs even the judge's eyes are narrowed as the woman pointed a finger towards your direction.
Zhongli smiled, "Do you recall making this statement, Mrs. Linton?" He approached the bench, placing the document on top of the desk, "Please read exhibit one in evidence, can you tell the court what is in exhibit one?"
"Sure.." The woman agreed reluctantly, "The suspect, (Full name) was sent home the night of the attack just after the friends of the defendant had arrived."
"Thank you, Mrs. Linton." Zhongli quickly took the document from her and stepped away from the bench, "Would the court allow me to inquire the defendant one last question before I withdraw?"
"You may proceed, Mr. Zhongli."
"Thank you, counselor." He smiled, "How can you say that Mrs. (Last name) was your attacker? There was no evidence found on the crime scene after all."
"It's because she hates me, okay? I swear she gave me that dirty look before my friends sent her away. She just missed my head which is why she's not in jail." Mrs. Linton huffed, evidently annoyed as to why the court hasn't sentenced you to prison just yet.
You could only smile towards her before looking at your husband's back, gaze full of adoration and love.
"However." Zhongli quickly spoke up with his amber eyes cold as he stare at the woman on the bench, "Mrs. (Last name) never miss."
His statement made her blood run cold, the color on her face drained as her eyes became as wide as saucers.
That's right, this case didn't have a chance to begin with.
The jurors, the lawyer and the judge knew who you are, the defendant's statement was weird and out of place from the start, they knew how you work, they knew how you carry your job done and they knew how accurate your shots are.
That's right, Zhongli's wife, the retired assassin that worked under the government of teyvat, are efficient and fast, she would never let her target walk nor let them alive for the next day.
That's right, his wife— his (name) would never miss.
I'm so sorry for not posting anything for two weeks, I just got busy with school so I couldn't stay on tumblr for too long! I made sure to type every now and then so now I finally finished typing this chapter out! I hope this is long enough to compensate. :'D
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Synopsis:
Your cafe had been getting a few attention from the playable characters, you are glad and feeling happy, but you did not expect for a group of people to be inside of your small cafe. In fact, they looked like they weren't the types to go inside of a cafe just to eat something.
Genshin characters x fem!reader.
Warning: grammatical errors, SPOILERS, inaccurate lore, not proofread, swearing, ooc.
Part: one, two, three, four, five
It was safe to say that both Tighnari and Cyno are okay, however, the fact that they managed to get inside of your cafe is something you are never ready to hear for so you didn't bother to ask any one of them.
"And then aether grabbed paimon like this!"
Cyno, Tighnari, and the others that came from mondstadt watched the floating creature in amusement as she tried her best re-act what her traveler companion did, she even asked you for a cup so she can demonstrate properly.
"I see, did he hurt you? You're not injured, are you?"
Your question made her stop, tilting her head and checking her body for any injury that she can use to make you upset towards the traveler.
"I'm okay." She exclaimed, rather dejectedly as she puff out her cheeks towards her traveling companion.
After that, you looked at the blond, raising an eyebrow when he discreetly avoided eye contact with you. He turned his head towards the door instead as he felt like a scolding incoming from you.
"Go to the counter, kneel, and repent for what you did to the poor paimon, aether." The stern tone on your voice made his body stiff.
He was gonna protest, but as soon as the thought of disobeying your command crossed his mind, made him lost his control over his body, he paled at that fact as his own body move towards the counter, facing the wall as he kneeled down on the floor.
To say that the others are surprised, is a something that you can understand.
You did not expect him to do what you had just said.
"Anyways," you cleared your throat, "What can I get you, good sirs? Table for two? Four? Or separate table from those two?"
Cyno stepped in front, not bothering to ask questions about the sudden teleportation inside of your cafe.
"Table for four."
You nodded your head, guiding them towards the next table beside the four citizen from the city of freedom. Your presence making them tremble on their seat and this didn't go unnoticed by the general mahamatra.
It was chaotic after that, paimon teasing aether was one of the thing you didn't expect that you'll enjoy. Surprisingly, Tighnari liked laing, pinakbet and pancit bihon from the menu, on the other hand, Cyno preferred pork sisig, ginataang gulay, and langka.
When their order are served, you went back to your desk, just beside the sitting aether who is still on the floor, but not kneeling anymore, he's just accompanying you as you read whilst slowly munching on the pandesal with malunggay, partnered with the good ol' kopiko brown.
"Uhm, excuse me." You perked up at the sound of Jean's voice, she sounded so timid and uncomfortable as she tapped the top of the desk to get your attention.
"Yes?" You asked, looking over her and quickly noticing that she's pointing at the menu.
"May I order a take out?" She smiled, albeit a little forceful.
Your expression brightens up, "Of course! What would you like to have?"
She immediately scrambled closer to you as soon as you opened the menu, her eyes scanned the surface with inks, eyebrows furrowed as she think hard on what to take home for her little sister.
"If you're gonna order for Barbara, paimon suggest taking halo-halo or adobong manok for her! If not, you can choose lechon na manok and suman since it taste good too!" The floating creature said as she look over on Jean's shoulder whilst tapping the woman on the shoulder as she says the food recommendation.
"Seems like you know almost everything on the menu." Kaeya said, walking over to the desk with the same smile plastered on his face.
"Not almost, paimon knows everything (name)'s cafe could offer, you know!" She pat her chest, seemingly proud of herself as she smiled broadly towards the captain with a mischievous glint on her eyes.
"And miss (name) approved of that?" Kaeya asks, not willing to back down while putting an emphasis on the word 'miss' to show respect and to silently tell the floating creature to stop being friendly with you.
"Of course she did! Right, (name)?!" Sadly, the little creature couldn't take a hint and continued addressing you with your given name.
While preparing what Jean asked for a take out, you nodded your head to whatever she was saying because frankly, you are quite busy yourself. You agreed with paimon's whims which caused for a silent war to start between her and the cavalry captain.
Both Diluc and Rosaria could only watch from the back as they shoot disappointed glances towards the gorgeous dark skinned man. (He's beautiful, anyone who says otherwise can get the fuck out of this story.)
Cyno and Tighnari watched from their seat as the four citizen from a different nation— mind you, they already know them due to the expedition from a couple of months ago, but refused to acknowledge them— cause a ruckus inside of the cafe, they are still eating, savoring the mouthful flavor of the dishes they had picked from your menu while watching the commotion takes place.
It didn't take long for you to prepare the take out, in just a couple of minutes, you are already handing the paper bags towards the acting grand master.
"Thank you.." Jean trailed off, unsure of what to call you.
"(Name), you can call me (name)." You informed her which made Kaeya and Paimon turn their attention on you.
"Why would you let them call you by your name?"
"Can I also call you that, miss?"
Their outburst came out at the same time, voice loud and clearly competing against with one another, but you didn't bother calming them down, instead..
"Sure, you can call me by name as well." You politely agreed, containing your excitement to yourself.
Kaeya cheered, paimon went slacked against your shoulder.
It was clear who won that silent war between them and it was quite a sight to see the captain cheering to himself as he smirked towards the dejected paimon.
The commotion died down as Jean gave you mora for their meal and for the take out, it was quite cheap, Diluc's words, not yours so he added a pouch of mora towards their payment— he also enjoyed the meal, a lot, that's why he's not scared to spend money to show his appreciation towards your small cafe.
"Please come again!" You called out.
How?
They wanted to ask you, but they knew that you wouldn't be able to answer since they came through the door of Angel's share's cellar after all.
They could only wish to visit your cafe once more, the delicious food you served them made them feel warm and giddy inside which they wish to feel again, if teyvat would allow it.
"See you tomorrow, Cyno! Tighnari!"
Paimon called out, the two of them were the last customer for the evening since Aether will stay by the second floor, he begged asked you if he can stay and he almost took a leap in the air when you agreed.
"Let me show your guys to your room so you can start preparing for sleep as I clean downstairs." You told them as you lead them to their room.
"Can paimon sleep with you?" The floating creature asked, "Paimon wants to give Aether some alone time since he is quite loud when he sleeps."
An embarrassed look cross the blonde's face, silently and glaring menacingly at his traveling companion.
"Of course." You agreed, smiling as Aether tried to swat paimon, but he missed when she floats away, sticking her tongue out while floating beside you.
"This is your room." You told aether as you opened the door and stepped inside with the two of them following, "There are fresh stitched clothes over there, no one has used those yet so you can be the first one to do it."
"The bathroom is over there, there's a shower and a bathtub, warm and cold water are separated just in case, the extra pillows and blankets are inside of that cabinet, feel free to take out some if you're not comfortable with the current ones." After telling him where everything else are, you excused yourself while carrying paimon on your arms.
"You have to wash up too so do it while I'm cleaning downstairs, okay?" You told her, of course, you made sure to tell her where everything are to avoid getting your place ransacked.
Now, after telling paimon to take care of herself and sleep, you took your time placing the chairs on top of tables, upside down, to prevent any dust from accumulating on top of the wooden surface.
You are humming a song that came from your world, light and quiet steps were made as you move around the room, broom and dustpan in hand.
Sweeping, the dusts slowly gathered into the pan and you are more than happy to tap the dustpan against the trash.
You walked inside of the kitchen to take the usual rag you use to wipe the dusts off from the furniture and bookshelves of the cafe, you were busy washing the cloth with soap when you heard the familiar sound coming from the door.
Ring!
Ring!
Ring!
Oh? Did you forgot to close and flip the sign of the cafe?
You are not scared, no, of course not. For all you know, you could kill whoever has a malicious intent towards you, it's not a joke for someone to have multiple elements on their grasps after all.
"I'll be there in a minute!" You still called out, despite not knowing if they are a customer or not.
You continued humming, the rag on your hand as you walk out of the kitchen, however, the familiar faces of the people that greeted you made you stop in your track.
"Oh, how are you in this lovely evening?" Pantalone's voice is smooth and deep, almost sounding fancy as he politely greeted you with the business smile he always wore, "I'm quite afraid that me and my.. Companions, are lost, can you give us directions?"
Lies. You thought, you've been here for business and shits.
"I'm so sorry, I'm new to this place as well, I just opened up my cafe a few ago you see." You said, as politely as you could while giving him the same practiced poised smile that you would give to a customer.
You quickly took notice that they lack the two fatui harbingers, Ajax and Pulcinella.
"What a shame." Pantalone commented while his eyes racked the place as he took in the fact that you are closing, "Since this is a cafe, you don't mind us staying for a few drinks and meals, do you?"
At the mention of them ordering, your face brightens up, "Of course not, sir! Let me place down the chairs for each and one of you." You placed the rag on the desk, skimming through the floor and you held your hand out to reach for the chairs, but a voice called out.
"No need." Arlecchino firmly stated, "They can do it."
"Yes?" You blinked, looking towards Dottore and Pierro as they both stepped closer before taking the chairs off the table and actually placed it down on the floor, quite gently.
"No need to be tense, we're just here to have a meal~" A melodic voice came from behind of Capitano and Sandrone, "I'll be sitting next to the Jester!"
You saw Columbina emerged from the two, her seemingly silky and long hair getting dragged against the floor as she took a step closer to the tallest man of the bunch. She sat down beside him, smiling.
"Okay.. How about you, sirs.. And ma'ams..?" You asked the group of people standing on the door.
"I'll separate myself. Another table, please." Sandrone spoke, her eyes staring at you as if she's judging your existence before looking away, quite prideful on her part.
Capitano didn't spoke any word and just waltzed his way towards the Damsellete, he sat down beside her without uttering nor making a sound, only nodding towards you to let you know that your presence has been acknowledged.
You hastily placed the chairs on the floor, unsure if someone else will take a seat on Sandrone's table.
Before any fight or commotion could escalate, you decided to bring them the menu so they can start ordering. You didn't expect for them to sit still and not get into an argument since it was known world wide that the fatui harbingers aren't in good terms with the others.
You're thankful for the peace though.
"Hmm, I don't know how to pronounce any of these.. Mind helping me, beautiful?" Pantalone asked, eyes flickering towards your body from the menu.
You unintentionally let out a squeak, not expecting him, out of all the harbingers to call you.. That.
"Yes, sir." You replied, the same practiced poised smile on your lips as you chant the names of the food from your cafe's menu, eyes never leaving the inked surface as you read the names out loud for the other harbingers.
It took a while since you got a bunch of meals, desserts, pastries, delicacies and beverages thrown into the menu.
"Well then, I'd have bicol express, crispy pata, sinigang na baboy with halo halo." Pierro said, closing the menu on his large hands and placed it on top of table. He ordered a lot, but not as much as paimon's orders.
You quickly jotted it down, eyes focusing onto the sticky notes on your palm as you sweat bullets, feeling the stares of Columbina, Arlecchino, Sandrone and Pantalone on you. You want to ignore their stares and you will do so with all your will power.
".. Adobong pusit, bopis, tapsilog, kopiko brown." Capitano's voice was deep. It sounded so deep and masculine that you ended up flinching on your spot, you have heard that The Captain might have a deep voice, but not this attractively deep.
Shakily jotting it down, you tried to keep the poised smile on your face as you respectfully looked away from him.
"I'll have the palabok, suman, the mango ice candy and.. Ooh, this carbonara sounds nice too~" Columbina cooed, smiling expectantly at you, although, you didn't see it which made her puff out her cheeks.
"Pancit canton, extra big, pancit, pancit bihon, pandesal and black coffee." Dottore said, grinning towards your direction as you raised an eyebrow at his interesting choice of meal for the evening.
You wrote The Doctor's and The Damsellete's orders on your note before hearing another voice from behind you.
"Two leche flan, three order of taho, one order of ginataang bilo-bilo and earl grey tea." Sandrone stated, handing you the menu and sitting properly against her robot's arms whilst ultimately ignoring her colleagues' look of suspicion when her gaze lingered a little longer on you.
"Puto, Bibingka, Kutsinta, Mango Graham Taho? I'll have that, ensaymada, pan de coco, pichi-pichi, and black coffee." Arlecchino's orders are all sweets but manages to balance it out with the coffee as her drink, you could only write her orders down on the note along with Sandrone's.
"Lechon kawali, inihaw na liempo and tinola, this one looks like it would bring warmth onto my stomach, I'm quite famished so I need its broth, would you mind that?" Pantalone asked, tapping his gloved finger against the wooden surface of the table as he smiled at you.
"No, sir." You replied, eyes focused on the note as you jot down his orders.
"Oh, and please add any drink that you think would go perfectly with my meal." Another smile offered on your way yet got ignore due to your eyes never leaving the piece of sticky paper.
"Of course, sir." Again, another polite response, "Would that be all for you good sirs and ma'ams?"
There was a series a of yes and grunts to answer your question before you hurriedly made your way over to the kitchen and closed the door as soon as you stepped inside. You leaned against the back of the door, heart beat racing and breath hitching at the back of your throat.
Why is the fatui harbingers on your cafe?
You could only silently hope for Aether and Paimon to be quiet upstairs, taking a well-deserved rest instead of going downstairs to check up on you. You don't want them to meet the harbingers yet, especially when the traveler hasn't meet any one of them except for Tartaglia and Signora.
For now, you need to start working on the meals, desserts and beverages from the harbingers if you want to see another day in teyvat.
You could only hope for the best outcome of this situation, you wouldn't like to resort to violence after all.
No, kunichigo and I are very much different from each other. kunichigo is an consistent writer and a person who adores reading for the whole day, while on the contrary, I write inconsistent and I prefer playing as well as editing stuff for the whole day instead of reading.
ITS TOO HOT RIGHT NOW, anyways, summer's the worst here in ph so have this! Also, I wasn't sure if this will be considered sagau, but I still typed in the tags that its sagau. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Synopsis:
Scorching weather will kill you so you decided to play genshin butt naked, what could go wrong?
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Genshin characters x fem!reader.
Warning: ooc, grammatical errors
It's hot.
The weather is scorching hot, a little movement would result on sweats forming around your body, under your breasts, your armpits, your neck, your thighs, your hands— every nook and cranny of your skin would be covered in sweats due to how hot the weather is.
You just want to go inside of your freezer to avoid melting on the scorching weather. In fact, you would rather freeze to death than cook alive!
"Why is it so damn hot?" You questioned no one, sitting in front of your computer and clicking the genshin icon before launching the game.
The loading screen came into view, the familiar sight of bright light that would greet causes for you to let out a sigh.
Due to the hot weather, you decided to play the game half naked— actually no, since you're alone, you decided to strip off your clothes and stay butt naked while playing the game.
"Oh shit, did I forgot to turn my resin to condensed resin yesterday? The hell." You cursed out loud when you noticed that the all too familiar resin are 160/160.
You were quick to switch your team to Diluc, Zhongli, Ayato and Kaveh because why not? It might not be your everyday team, but today, you felt like using the four of them together.
You teleported Diluc near the anemo hypo, you doubled check if the artifacts are in correct order before approaching the enemy.
Although, weird things started to happen.
You noticed during mid fight, Zhongli or Kaveh would miss hitting the target which caused for you to cuss out loud, blaming your skills and apologizing to them even though you know that they're just a character in game.
That wasn't the only thing that you noticed though.
"Huh? Why is Diluc's face red? Is it a glitch?" You zoomed in to the pyro wielder face and raised an eyebrow when you saw how the character promptly started his idle.
You watched as the bird landed on his arm.
"Weird.." You murmured before brushing it off and doing the next task you have in mind.
Another thing that you found weird was, your characters are not talking nor doing their idle animations, you often find the view of your game facing their front if you leave the game tab for a second to check something on another tab.
Another one was, when you opened their character screen and pressed the artifacts, they wouldn't close their eyes, instead, they would stare at you.
"Is this a glitch?" You asked out loud, raising an eyebrow when you switched Ayato to Ganyu.
It was brief, but you clearly saw how her eyes widened when you placed her on your team before going back to her usual neutral expression. You bit your lower lip and decided to brush it off like the ones earlier and switched Kaveh with Cyno.
Just like Ganyu, you saw how his eyes went wide for a second before his expression went back to his blank one.
"What?" You let out a nervous laugh and decided to try it out on another characters, you cautiously moved your mouse randomly and clicked the picture of your five stars character.
Zhongli got replaced with Tighnari.
"Who ate poisonous mushroom this ti—"
The hybrid abruptly stopped his voice line, his ears twitched once before the abnormality went back to normal.
"Oh, lol." You suppressed a smile because the glitch of the fox was quite funny for you then you moved to Diluc, your mouse cursor clicked his character and you switched him with Rosaria.
"Make sure to k..eep.. Up."
You swear you heard her stutter and stumble on her words, although, her face stayed the same as her usual ones, but it's still an interesting glitch for you.
"Huh, who's next? Ayaka? Lisa? Baizhu?" You murmured, leaning closer towards the monitor as you thought who to check the glitch on next.
To your surprise, as soon as you leaned in, Cyno said his voice line which startled you.
"Who's our next target?"
You let out a laugh, his voice line came out of nowhere but you couldn't stop yourself from thinking who was he talking to, or who was the glitch referring to instead.
"Oh, cyno, we're not, actually— you won't have any target soon." You laughed lightly, not caring if you're being a little loud in your room, "I don't know what's happening, but this is quite an entertainment."
You hummed, "Since I haven't ascend Baizhu yet, I'll bring him out." Your mouse cursor clicked the sister's character and your eyes looked at the characters menu.
True to your words, Rosaria got switched with Baizhu.
".. Time for a house c-call."
The doctor coughed on the start of his voice line before coughing uncontrollably mid through his line, he ended up stuttering and fumbling on his last word too.
"That cough sound so terrible and painful.. You okay there, dear baizhu?" You asked, knowing full well that the character won't answer you.
"This is nothing."
You jumped in your seat, eyes wide when you heard the familiar line of his if he's taken a heavy hit.
"Okay.. I think that's enough genshin today.." You murmured, actually getting creeped out now, you quickly exited the character menu and pressed the quit button on the bottom left.
You don't care what was happening on the game, but you opted to let the day pass before opening genshin again.
A love between three, one in love with another, while the other is in love with another.. You had always love Morax, but Guizhong had always chased you, now, a series of I love you's exchanged, feelings turned and revealed with an outcome that can't be prevail.
Morax (Zhongli), Guizhong x fem!reader
Warning:
ooc, grammatical error, girl x girl, possible spoiler (?)
"I love you."
The three words that strongly expressed your feelings, had left your lips with a small and warm smile adorning your face while your beautiful (color) eyes looked at him warmly, lovingly, and carefully.
The two of you knows that he, Morax, harbor something towards the goddess of dust.
"But I don't."
The three words that left his lips were painful, yet you are thankful because he didn't try to give you hope. It was in his character to not lie and being brutally honest with you doesn't seem to faze him, in fact, he looked determined to make you distant yourself from him.
It wasn't enough though.
Later on, he noticed every single thing about you, he would often find you among the valley of Liyue, either tending to your beloved weapons or talking to cloud retainer and guizhong.
You didn't force yourself to him, instead, you let yourself bask in his presence quietly on a good short amount of time. You would only be seen by his side if you are really in need for his attention, for his gaze, for his presense.
Those are rhe times he had grown to despise, yet he couldn't bring himself to push you away because everywhere you go..
Guizhong will always be following behind you.
"I love you."
The three words that left her lips, had shocked Morax as he stared at you and the goddess he had feelings for.
"But I don't."
The same words that escaped his lips had been uttered out towards the goddess, you didn't seem to feel anything while staring at her beautiful irises as they glossed with tears, the painful look on her eyes are evident with your words starting to sink into her head.
Was it a joke? Mock? Sarcasm? Karma?
Morax doesn't know, but the tears that streamed down her cheeks from hearing your rejection towards her confession— made him feel relieved. His glowing amber irises stayed suited at your face, he studied your unwavering expression as you look down on the goddess, seemingly studying her complexion.
However, that relief was short-lived.
Almost everyday, you would follow him, glued to his side while Guizhong would follow behind you, her arms locked around your forearm— sticking herself quite comfortably beside you.
He had grown accustomed at the dynamics between the three of you, he couldn't tell himself to push you away and have the goddess of dust all to himself because everytime when you're present, the goddess looked so pleased, so content, so happy, and so awe struck to be by your side.
He can't help but notice at the way she would always ask for your opinion first but if you were nowhere to be seen, she would run to him, asking for his opinion before running off to look for you once more to ask for your opinion. He felt like he was only a second choice for guizhong and yet he couldn't bring himself to push himself away from her.
Her bubbly personality seem to worsen whenever you're around, her eyes would brighten up at the mention of your name, her cheeks would glow at the brief eye contact with you, her lips would form into a pout at the unintentional ignorance coming from you and he hates the fact that if you would flash her a smile, she would end up fan girling before fainting— resulting for him to carry her.
Her personality seem to be in contrast with yours, if she's head over heels for you, you would be head over heels for him instead.
Your lips would say quiet compliments and praises to his ears, your smiles would stay on your face most of the time. Your ability to forge weapons would come in handy as you present several gifts towards him, your hands would often be seen with bandages, a sign that you had a hard time to cook something good for him to consume, you would so your best to appease him while following him around like a child.
However, even after all that, he despises the fact that you disregarded the affection of the goddess he has feeling for, don't you see how lucky you are to have her undying loyalty and devotion?
Guizhong would always come looking for you, hands holding the new instrument she made just for you, sometimes, she would be holding a couple of flowers to present to you, at random times, she would bring your materials to forge weapons, she would dirty her hands if it means that it would being that adorable smile on your face.
Although, there are times when you're not on your usual spot, fret not, she would come to look for you, even if it would take days, on those times, rex lapis was forced to look for you as well because he doesn't want to see her upset.
He despises the fact that you would disappear for weeks, you would be by his side— clinging, talking, giving him gifts, presenting a newly made polearms for him, even forging a couple weapon that would compliment his fighting style, after all that, you would disappear without a word.
Leaving guizhong devastated and sad.
When those times approach, she would ask— demand— for him to help her to look for you on every valley, on every mountain, on every waterfalls, on every cliff, and every caves of liyue. Despite the fact that he's familiar with the structures of his nation, if he's looking for you— even if he had looked everywhere, he still wouldn't see a glimpse of your hair.
After all that fiasco, you would appear in Mt. Hulao with the same cheerful smile on your lips and the same scene would play in front of him.
Guizhong jumping on you, wrapping her arms around your body and asking you where have you been while you would answer her that you got busy and didn't notice that weeks had passed by since the three of you are god and goddesses, the time seem so fleeting for the three of you.
This routine happened for years and eventually, his feelings for guizhong turned into something different.
"I love you."
The three words that you had been dying to hear came out from his lips, his amber eyes wide and glossed with tears as he tried to prolonged your end.
The archon war happened, all of the gods and goddesses are fighting— including you, morax, and guizhong.
It was an intense battle, one that you wouldn't forget because of the adrenaline it gave you and also one that you wouldn't dare to remember because of what was happening.
You couldn't deny the fact that you had grown to love the goddess of dust, her loving personality had been rubbed off on you, the way she would look at you with bright and shining eyes, the way her cheeks would glow whenever you would flash her a smile, the way she would shyly hide her face on her palms and yet still be confident enough to stay seated on her spot— all of it, had made you fall for her.
That's why, when you saw that she was about to be strike down, you didn't hesitate to jump in.
"No, no, no, no, no, no... No!"
Her cries echoed in the air and the sound made your heart squeeze painfully inside of your chest, your eyes glanced towards her, the vile blood on your throat caused for you to cough out loud quite agonizingly.
"You'll be okay, (name), please don't close your eyes.. I'll call for p-ping, stay awake—"
You couldn't hear her, your ears catched the ringing and static noise that you despised, but despite all that, his warm hands caressed your cheeks lovingly.
Your unfocused attention turned to him, eyes hazy from the unbearable pain on your body.
You saw how he looked at you with love, you couldn't help but ask why? After all those times that you had chased him, he intended to show his love for you? Out of all the peaceful times that you both shared? The mere thought of him loving you now, out of those painful times, made you frown.
"Why?"
A single question, yet so many answer.
He couldn't utter out any words except for a series whisper of I love you's on your ears, his hands cradling your head as he held you close to him, he tightened his arms around your body, his lips quivering beside your head as he felt your skin getting colder as the minute pass by.
How ironic.
How come he have the courage to confess after harboring the same love you had for him for the last century? How come he has the audacity to hold you close like this when he knows fully well that you had grown to love guizhong? How come he had grown to dislike yet respect the goddess of dust for making you fall for her after showering you with love? How come he felt like killing everyone on his path at the though of you belonging to another? How come he has the gut to hold you during your last moment on teyvat despite not being your lover?
"I love you.."
The three words that you desperately want to tell her, came out as a whisper towards the god who's holding you tightly.
Your eyesight grew blurry, the tears that hadn't escape for a long time had finally streamed down your cheeks as the regret of not telling her how much you loved her, creeped into your chest.
You were planning to confess your love after the war, beneath a willful tree, above the green grass with the scenery of the beautiful valley of liyue infront of the two of you.
However, you were foolish enough to hope.
Guizhong came back, tears and blood that wasn't hers, sticking to her cheeks. Her eyes widened when she saw morax's lips on yours, your pale complexion and chest that wasn't moving were a obvious enough for her that you had taken your last breath.
Despite the anger on her veins at the sight of morax kissing you, the pain of losing you over powered her whole being.
She rushed forward, pushing the god off of your body harshly before grasping your face on her hands— her quivering lips gently collided with yours, her eyes closed as she savor the feeling of your chapped and cold lips against hers.
Her heart ached badly, she was sure that she had told you that she loves you, but why does it feel like that she hasn't told you enough? She felt like she hasn't really told you how she felt despite the fact that she would always say it to you sincerely.
A quiet sobbed erupted from the back of her throat as she remembered the smile you gave her before you had taken the hit for her, I love you, you whispered as you pushed her away.
A series of I love you had been said and exchanged between you and the two of them, yet they felt like it wasn't enough. Being god and godesses weren't enough to bring the three of you to be happy together.
She slowly pulled away, the noise of weapon colliding against to another, the screams of the yakshas, the cries of a friend, and the collision of morax's meteor on ground— all of it was tuned out.
She could only focus on you, eyes brimming with tears and a pained yet genuine smile on her face.
With a shaky breath, she gently placed her lips on yours and whispered;
I might make a part two of this for the other characters, especially for tighnari, ayato and wanderer, just let me know who else I should write for this one, I'll do my best to write for them.
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Synopsis:
You got into a fight and your beloved found out which you weren't fond of, because now, you got yourself worried and fussed about with your beloved.
Diluc, Zhongli, Al-haitham x fem!reader.
Warning: ooc, grammatical errors.
Diluc
The red head was making his way towards the tavern, his hands slipping the gloves on them as he tie his hair on low pony tail. He visibly perked up when he heard a passerby murmuring something about his fiance getting into a fight which made him raised an eyebrow.
You? Get into a fight?
As if, you looked so innocent and so kind, hell, you're even caring to the point you kept feeding the stray cats and dogs around the city using your earned mora from all your expedition as an adventurer.
Huffing, he disregard the murmurs about his lover and made his way inside of the tavern.
Only to find you fixing your clothes with the back of your hands bruised up, he could even see the dent on the floor and on the wall with an obvious shape of a human being imprinted on the dent.
Venti is beside you, his hands fumbling against your hair as he do his best to tie your (color) locks presentably.
"What in the teyvat happened here?" His question made all of you tensed in your spots, even charles who was wiping something off from the counter, hastily hid the rag on his pocket before staring at his boss.
"Liebling." Diluc called out for you as he approached your seat and taking ahold of your hand with his, "What happened? Why do you have this nasty bruise? I didn't see this earlier back in winery."
You could only let out a nervous laugh, eyes looking everywhere but him.
"Uh.. Your g— I mean, (name), I'll take my leave." Venti hastily tried to cover up his slip up, he flinched on his spot when he saw that you were glaring at him quite menacingly, "Hehe.. Try to hold back next time!"
With that, he left the tavern.
Diluc raised an eyebrow at you, "What was that all about?" He asked, his hand letting go of you before cupping your cheeks on his palm.
"I.. I got into a fight with one of the custom—"
"Ahem." Charles purposely coughed out loud, his eyes wide as if telling you to be honest towards his worried master.
"Okay.. Maybe not one, but five of your customers—"
"Five?" Diluc asked, his hands on your cheeks trembling ever so slightly at the mention of an unbelievable number, "Why would you fight, not one, not two, not three, but five men? Is that why your hand has a bruise? Is that why there are dents inside of my tavern? Is that why you're all roughed up?"
His bombardment of questions made you chuckle, you couldn't help, but smile towards your beloved lover because he was worried about you.
For barbatos's sake, you're the creator of their world!
Though, he doesn't know that, but still, even if he doesn't know, you still signed up to be an adventurer so surely, taking five men— large and muscled ones at that, were not that unbelievable, right? I mean, you quickly raised your ranking on the guild so you could receive a large amount of mora.
"Calm down, love." You laughed softly as you take his hands on your slightly bruised ones, "As you can see, I'm fine, sure, I have this bruise, but that's the only bruise I received, well.. Save for the damage I caused on your tavern.. But I can pay you for that."
Diluc pursed his lips, he wasn't the type to show his emotions to anyone especially not in front of his staffs, however, you are laughing right now despite the bruise on your skin.
"Liebe, you should be careful. I won't stop you from fighting, but you must be extra careful." He let out a sigh, squeezing your hands before burying his face on your shoulder, "And here I thought, you couldn't hurt anyone.."
You laughed once more, patting his back.
Oh, if only he knew how you beat up monsters and other organization around teyvat then he wouldn't have to worry about your being.
Well, only if he know.
Zhongli
"Have you heard?"
"Yeah.. That girl that is dating the consultant of that particular parlor, got into a fight."
"It was quite a gruesome sight.."
What?
Zhongli halted in his track, his head whipping towards the elderly couple who are making their way down to the harbor. His amber eyes are wide in worry, he knew who they were talking about, but you looked quite fine when he left you on your shared home.
He quickly took a bee line towards the bubu pharmacy, he remembered that you told him last night that you have to deliver a couple of medicinal herbs to Baizhu early in the morning.
He was aware of your abilities as an adventurer and he trust you because he had seen your capability while fighting, but every time you'll get into a fight— he can't stop himself from worrying, the thoughts of you getting hurt seem to haunt his mind as he approach the pharmacy with quickened pace.
"Yes, yes, thank you for the payment, also for the ointment, this can heal the bruise—" You couldn't finish what you were saying because someone had pulled you in a tight embrace.
"Greetings, Mr. Zhongli." Baizhu smiled at the dark haired male and he didn't seem to mind the lack of greetings from the older male because his gaze was fixated on the bruise in your cheek.
You let out a gasp, realizing that your fiance was quick to set his eyes on the purple spot on your skin.
"Er.." Despite already seeing it, you still brought a hand up to your cheek to cover up the bruise, "I can explain? Please don't start asking because as far as I know, you should be at the parlor, signing those papers given to you by hu tao."
Zhongli's eyes narrowed towards your action, but didn't say anything else as he slid his arm around your waist and pulled you close to his side.
"Ah, we'll see you soon, baizhu!" You called out to the doctor as your fiance led you away from the pharmacy, the said male could only chuckle and wave his hands towards the two of you with his little companion around his neck hissing softly.
The walk towards the parlor was quiet, it was very unusual for zhongli to be silent, but you couldn't say anything because you know that he must have clearing his mind.
The people on your way to his workplace would look at you, especially the people who witnessed your fight with the men and women who badmouthed you as they talk rubbish towards your beloved retired archon.
You flashed them a smile, a silent threat to keep them quiet before you were pulled inside of the parlor.
"Take a seat, dearest." He gestured towards the couch that he had bought for you just in case you wanted to bask in his presence.
Once seated, the retired archon rubbed the ointment against the purple bruise on your cheek.
"What happened?" He asked, a grimace on his face as he scanned your body for any wound, "This is the first time that you got a pretty bad bruise.."
You wondered if you told him that you are the divine creator they are devoted to.. Would he still worry about you like this? Would he rest at ease if he knew that you can bring a whole nation into ruin in a blink of an eye?
"I was hurt because those guys.. Talked bad about you and I, of course, normally, I would let it pass, but I was feeling a little sly today so I didn't let it go." You mused, hand cupping his cheek in a loving manner as a small smile creep into your lips.
"Please refrain from getting into something like this in the future, you might end up hurt badly one day." He sighed out, leaning his face against your palm.
You decided to stay silent about your true identity, as long as you won't bleed in front of him then he wouldn't find out about your golden blood. You don't want to tell him about your abilities as a creator so you kept quiet, you will tell him soon though, just not now.
"Ahem." A cough from his boss had separated the two of you, "I was worried because I heard (name) got into a fight, but it seems that she's okay due to the fact that the two of you are about to make out."
"He was just helping me with the ointment!"
Al-haitham
It was one of his day off from the Akademiya, no paper work, no scholars, no rebuttal, no people barging into the room, no noise— it's just him, his book and the empty spot on his bed where you are supposed to be on.
He closed his eyes and let out a sigh through his nose, you told him that you have to go out to buy some ingredients for lunch and dinner. You promised him that you wouldn't take long, but it's almost two hours since you left the house, he's sure that Kaveh must have drop you off to the market and helped you for a few minutes before leaving you on your own, however, what's taking you so long?
He closed his book, eyes trailing towards the door and he make up his mind.
He'll look for you.
Which brought him to the grand bazaar, his teal eyes looked around foe you. The place are crowded for the morning so it was quite hard to look for you, but he always know where to find you.
"Separate them, quick!" He heard Nilou somewhere in the crowd, her voice frantic and full of worry.
Hearing this, he waltzed his way towards her.
"Where's (name)?" He didn't even bother greeting her, he went straight to the point and asked for your whereabouts. He guessed hat you probably met up with her since she was holding a couple of bags, he could see the custom made purse he gave you on your first wedding anniversary.
"Archons, please stop her, she's—" Nilou couldn't finish what she was saying because someone was thrown over to their spot. She jumped away from Alhaitham and quickly looked over to your position.
Your hair is disheveled, clothes torn yet no scratch on your skin, although, there was a large bruise that is forming on your forearm.
Your eyebrows furrowed as you kicked the barely conscious man in front of you, his body flinching at how harsh your kick was before he was blown away just like his friends— his body crashed against the nearby wall, successfully knocking him unconscious.
What?
Alhaitham couldn't believe his eyes, did he just witness you kick someone away from you? Just how strong was your kick for a large man to be blown away from your spot? No, wait.. Just how strong are you?
On your three years of relationship and a year of marriage together, he had never seen you so mad like this before.
"Calm her down, quick!" Nilou pushed him towards you quite harshly, "We couldn't stop her from fighting back, but if this continues, she might kill them!"
Hearing that, alhaitham approached your frigid figure, he was slightly hesitant to ask what happened so he kept quiet as he wrapped his arms around your waist. Now, don't get him wrong, he doesn't despise showing slight pda, but was it that shocking to pull you in his embrace in front of so many people?
You literally tensed up in his arms, your eyes locking with his teal ones in shock and confusion.
"Habibti." He murmured softly with his arms tightening around your waist, "Let's go home, you're roughed up from the fight and I yearn to be in your presence."
He didn't hear your response, but the way you melt against him? It made his heart skip a beat. He didn't hesitate to swift you off your feet and carry you, he approached Nilou reluctantly and the lady handed him your purse and the bags.
You held the bags close to you with the purse slipping inside on one of them.
"I take it that you'll take care of this?" Alhaitham spoke, not glancing towards Nilou as he adjusted you on his arms so the bags wouldn't fall from your hold.
"Yes.. Of course, take care of (name)."
He didn't say anything else and walked away from the scene, he even stepped on the man that was thrown over as he made his way towards the exit.
You stayed quiet, not sure as to how you'll explain yourself to your husband. How the hell will you explain that physical strength? Nilou knows that you're the creator, but your husband doesn't. It's not like you don't trust him, no, of course not, it's just that, you felt like it wasn't the right time to tell him about it?
Besides, you had told him anything about you, except for the fact that you came from another world and that you are the one that was considered as divine creator of teyvat.
"Habibti, please refrain yourself from getting into fights." Alhaitham said, his eyes on the path ahead of him, "I let you off my sight because I knew that you'll become cranky if I follow you, but look at what happened."
You felt guilty now, you couldn't stop the frown from creeping into your face as you heard his words.
"I was just worried.. And with you being pregnant, is not helping the heavy feeling on my chest right now." He spoke quietly, it was as if he's afraid of making you upset even more.
You make up your mind, once the two of you reach your shared home, you'll tell him everything about you, including your abilities as the creator.
I am finally free from Title Defense, now I can relax-ish but unfortunately I have to revise my group's paper because of too much mistake.. Anyways, the reader's pronouns in this story is not really mentioned but the reader I have in mind as I write this is female, so be warned.
Dear @genshinarchives, if you ever stumbled upon this work of mine and were felt like I stole your ideas and didn't like this posted anymore, we can talk about it peacefully so feel free to message me if so.
Note:
CRITICISM ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED! IF YOU NOTICED ANY ERRORS IN MY WORK, FEEL FREE TO POINT IT OUT SO I COULD FIX IT!
I DO NOT POST IN ANY OTHER PLATFORMS EXCEPT HERE ON TUMBLR!
Trigger Warning:
Grammatical Errors, misspellings, typos, ooc, possibly curse words, incorrect lore, slow burn, slight sagau(?), use of informal language and not proof-read
Synopsis:
The exotic blob that you have found in an alleyway woked you up and helped you with your day, albeit curious at everything you do.
Inspired by:
@genshinarchives
After the incident of investigating a ruin that mysetriously appeared out of nowhere as well as being blinded by a strange orb that he found at the end of the ruin and arriving in an unknown place in addition to being transformed from human into a seelie is not a desirable series of events that Aether was looking for but at least the human that he was founded by was kind to say the least. Had he not been found by the human, he wish not to dwell into the next scenario if so. Aether did his best with helping the human that took him while gathering some information around their home, connecting the dots only to get even more question than answer.
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Dusk arrived as Aether felt the fatigue begun swimming in his small liquid-like body from roaming around your home nonstop for hours in search for answers and clues, but to his wonderful luck, the only things he found is more question and confusing equipments. The only thing that made sense to him is the simple furnitures like the sink, couch, sofa, wall frames, tables, chairs, plates, spoon and fork and other various stuff.
After a few minutes of Aether sitting in silence as he watch the sun waking up from its slumber he decided to also wake you up from your sleep. Floating towards your sleeping form, Aether placed his tiny liquid-like hands on your forearm as he muster up every strength he has and begun shaking you awake. Aether stopped shaking you as he flew a few step back when you swat him away with your hand, mumbling ‘few more minutes..’ as you do so.
huffy and dismayed with your automatic response, Aether returned to your side and continued shaking your sleeping form awake. You groaned in exasperation as you sat up from your laying position and covering your mouth with the back of your hand while you yawn, as if the 4 hours or more of sleep is not enough for you. After remaining still for a solid minutes, you rubbed your eyes to reduce the sleepiness in them then you looked around and wondered why you were sleeping on the couch but as soon as your eyes landed on the small strange liquid-like creature in front of you that is seemingly pointing its miniature hands outside your window made you realize what had happened last night.
Distracted by your thoughts, Aether tugged at your sleeve as his small liquid-like body trembled while he squeaked frantically and loudly. His miniature liquid-like hand soon pointed out the window once again when he caught your attention, deciding that you'll indulge the little one's antics you looked out the window and tilt your head to the side in confusion, not seeing what the strange creature is trying to show nor tell you.
"What? What are you trying to show me, little one?" you query.
As if the strange creature answered you and floated towards the window and pointed repeatedly outside eliciting a confused ‘huh?’ from you, Aether got more huffy when you couldn't understand what he's trying to point outside so he looked around your living room trying to find something that may resemble the sun.
When his vision landed on one, Aether flew above you towards it and pointed at the sun that were drawn in the painting, you raised a brow and racked your brain for clues of what he may be telling you.
"Sun? Are you pointing at the drawing of the sun?" you query again.
Aether bounced in delight as he returned to the window and pointed outside again, this time you looked closely on where he was pointing and saw that the sun is out.
"Ahh, the sun is up. Wait.. What..? The sun is up?!" you shriek.
Looking up towards the wall clock above the entrance between the living room and the dining room, you saw that the big hand is pointing at number 8 and that the small hand is pointing between 8 and 9, telling you that it is already 8:43 AM, which means you are late for school. Frantically, you rushed off the couch and run up the stairs to your bedroom, taking a quick shower before wearing your school uniform, grabbing your bag from the bed and taking a loaf of bread from the cupboard then biting the half end of it before running out of your house with Aether following suit behind you.
When you arrived at your school you didn't notice that Aether was following you so you were walking towards your classroom with Aether flying just above you in the corner of the ceiling.
As soon as you stepped in the classroom you sighed in relief when you saw that your professor was also running late so you hurriedly went to your seat and pretended that you weren't late, after the third bell rung, your professor came in and the homeroom begun.
During in the middle of the homeroom, a classmate of yours gently tapped on your shoulder and threw a crumpled piece of paper in front of you. When you picked it up and looked at your classmate who's sitting on your right behind you, they gestured that you uncrumple the paper. Albeit confuse but obliged and read the written message inside;
[Heyyy, may I borrow your notes after homeroom? My hand hurts so I can't write the lesson right now, please? If you lend me your notes, I won't tell our professor that you went in minutes before her! Like just this once, please? Thank you! <3]
After reading the message, you looked at your notes then looking at the paper, repeating the cycle for a good seconds before crumpling the paper in slight annoyance. You can't believe they have the audacity to borrow your notes and blackmailed you while lying to you at the same time, you curled your first on the crumpled paper and threw it back to them but as soon as you did so, your professor saw you and called you out.
"Ahem. Ms/Mr. (L/n), I would appreciate it if you pay attention to my lesson and not passing garbage to your fellow classmate. After class, I'd expect you to stay for a little talk, are we clear?" your professor demands.
The slight irritation you had earlier were now stacked as you lowered your head, looking at floor.
"Yes, Mrs. Santiago. I'm sorry." you murmur loud enough.
Pleased with your response, your professor dismissed you and told you to pick up the crumpled paper and hide it in your bag, telling you not to pass your own garbage to someone else before scolding your classmate who gave you the paper in the first place.
After the whole incident, you ignored your classmate and continued on writing down notes and highlights as you grit your teeth in annoyance. Pissed off that you were called out for something you didn't do and got to stay after class. To say the least, your day was already ruined but it got even more ruined by your classmate. Great.
Few more minutes passed and the bell rung, your professor dismissed everyone except you. She beckoned you over the chair in front of her desk, sitting in hers whilst she clean her stuff.
"Now, tell me Ms/Mr. (L/n), what did really happen? You are not usually like this, you are one of my star pupils. What happened?" your professor query.
Albeit contemplating as you chew on your lower lip in habit, eyebrows furrowed as you stare at your professor. Sighing before you decided to take out the crumpled paper from your bag and handing it to your professor as you leaned back on the chair before crossing your arm and showed clear annoyance.
"A classmate of mine threw this in front of me while tapping me repeatedly on my shoulder, I tried ignoring her but she was distracting me so I have no choice but to look at her and get it over with. I planned on declining her request and giving her trash back, but I wasn't able to do so because you stopped me and told me to hide it it my bag. Which.. Became helpful because I was able to use it as an evidence.." you explained, murmuring at the middle to the end.
You expected her to be disappointed but to your surprise, she wasn't. Instead, she apologized for calling you out earlier in the middle of the class and told you that she'll talk to your classmate because it seemed that you're not the only one that's been bothered by her.
After the little talk you had with your professor, you went to your next class to the last until it was time to go home. For the remaining of the day, you hid Aether in your bag after you found out that he was following you since first class when you were eating lunch on the rooftop of your building. You made sure that your stuff is all in your bag and not one missing before going home with your bag in front of you as Aether stayed surprisingly comfortable inside.
When you got home, you kicked off your shoes and placed it on the shoe rack before slipping on the indoor ones. You gently put your bag down beside the couch and went straight to the kitchen to cook a decent dinner with a few desserts leftover from your previous baking. Aether is floating beside you, helping you with the cooking and preparing the dinner table as he ate dinner across from you even though he didn't need to do so.
When the two of you finished your dinner, you played tag with Aether trying to take the sponge from his tiny liquid-like hands. After successfully taking the sponge from him, you made him take the desserts and beverages from the dining table and bring it up to your room if he can. Amusing to say that Aether was determined to take all of the desserts and beverages to your room, seeing the tiny creature doing its best filled you with warmth and serotonin making you melt at the sight.
After washing the dishes, you grabbed your bag from the side of the couch and tread your way upstairs to your room and sat on your gaming chair, bringing out your notes and homework to the vacant table beside your computer. You also made Aether his very own chair on the table where he can view almost everything from his point of view and as if thanking you, he snuggled on your cheek, squeaking in a high pitch making you giggle softly in response.
It was already past 10 PM and you were almost finished with your homework and projects when you decided to take a break by doing an art commission from one of your clients before playing various games and of course.. Genshin impact.
Aether watched the whole time you were doing your homework to doing your work to playing many games until you play genshin impact where he saw his self, Aether squeaked uncontrollably beside you while his miniature hands pointed at his own model. Assuming that he wanted a name and heard you saying the protagonist of the game you were playing and got infatuated with it.. Wrong.
"Ahh you want your name to be Aether? I don't mind giving you that name, it suits you to be honest." you query before deciding.
Aether frantically bounced in front of you, pointing at his model. Amused with his reaction as you took it with him just being overly excited of his name, giggled as you caressed on what you assumed is his head.
Realizing that there would be no current way on telling you what he really thinks so he gave up temporarily, relaxing back into the haven of a seat that you made for him.
Needless to say, the day was rather tad bit eventful on Aether's side. He discovered lots of things in just a day and he knows exactly what to do next time.. That's a lie, he still don't know what to do, but at the least he has an idea what to do now compared yesterday morning.
Now, his priority is to stick by your side at all times second to his goal of finding out everything about the game you are playing, genshin impact.
‘I hope the others are doing okay.. Oh Paimon.. Lumine.. Even the others are in this.. Game. Hahh.. Let us just hope nothing bad happens from this day onwards..’
I'M FINALLY FREE FROM THE TITLE DEFENSE AND I HAVE GOTTEN 16 HOURS OF SLEEP AFTER NOT SLEEPING FOR TWO NIGHTS STRAIGHT, additionally, I have a lot of free time on my hands before I have to conduct an interview so I can update as much as I want!
This one is just random which I got after I interacted with an awesome friend that came from a province in visayas, she taught me some words of her native language so I just had to type this as soon as I can!
Synopsis:
Waking up in a desert is not what you had expected as soon as you opened your eyes, but learning the fact that you transported inside of the game that you played, had blown your mind.
Genshin characters x fem!reader.
Warning:
Ooc, grammatical errors, misspellings, cursing, possible SPOILER for the new players, inaccurate lore lmao.
Imagine your surprise when you woke up in the middle of desert, your only source of hope was the bag icon at the corner of your sight.
"Where the hell am I?!" You screeched, heart beat racing inside of your chest as you look around.
You remembered that you finished the quest concerning on saving nahida and even finished the quest of wanderer as well as finishing the caribert quest, after that you decided to take a break before starting the other archon quest and ended up falling asleep.
However, you don't know where you are now.
Ding!
As if on cue, a screen appeared before your eyes, the white background with golden frame are quite similar to genshin impact's notice board, the text is on cursive font with golden color following each word.
Welcome to your world, player!
"My world? Is this earth?" You asked to no one particular, your eyes blinking rapidly as the text started to change.
Congratulations!
Out of million players around the globe, you had been chosen to be the lucky one! Your only mission on this world is to have fun, do commissions, venture into the unknown.
An option with continue appeared below and you hesitantly press on it, thinking if you could press on the screen and to your surprise, you did. Your jaw dropped when you saw the text change once again, your heart racing once more as you read the instruction.
This world is vast so to compensate for the sudden transport of your being, we decided to give you the infinite inventory! Along with the items you had acquired before getting transported into this world! The inventory will have several items stored in it, including the quests items, the companions, and your serenitea pot! Isn't that just so amazing?
The option of continue appeared once again, you didn't hesitate to press on it, a second had passed and the screen showed you a map— your breath hitched when you realized where you are. There was several (color) dots on the map and you could only guess that those probably are the characters across the nation.
The screen became transparent for a second and the map icon had appeared beside the bag icon, you noticed just now that a book icon also appeared at the upper right.
Ding!
The sound reached your ears again before the notification screen in front of you.
To learn how to communicate, you must press the book on your screen! The language might take a few days for you to learn while the others might take months, but fret not! A character you will form a friendship with, will help you learn much faster!
You stared at it in disbelief, did it seriously told you that you meed to interact for you to learn faster? No, what shocks you the most is, there are several languages that you need to learn in order to communicate with others?! Isn't English a universal language? Didn't they implemented it on the game?
We're very sorry for the inconvenience, player! Which is why we decided to give you another compensation to make up with it.
The screen became transparent and a shopping cart icon appeared in front of you then it slid across the screen and went between the bag icon and the book icon.
Now, you can buy anything you want without going to the stores! We've place a couple mora in your bag in order for you to get a reassuring and secure income for a while. Again, please forgive us for the inconvenience, don't forget to have fun!
With that, the screen vanished.
"Holy shit.." You don't know how to feel about what just happened, "Whatever.. There's no use panicking now, I need to get off this desert before I get whipped through that sandstorm."
You lifted your hand and pressed the map icon, your eyes stared at the nearest waypoint which is at the city and the Aaru village. You don't which one would be safer, to be teleported to the city or to the village.
You don't want Cyno to chase your ass if he saw you appear into thin air, only the traveler can use the waypoint after all. You let out a shaky breath and decided to take your chance before pressing the waypoint on the village.
A flash of white had caused for you to close your eyes, you couldn't open them until you started hearing the voices of people, they were speaking in a language that you do not understand.
You blinked, adjusting your sight to the newly found light.
"Oh, fuck.." You cursed under your breath when you saw Candace walk through the door.
She seem to heard you and turned her attention to your direction, her eyebrows furrowed when she saw your clothing wasn't the same as theirs nor the other people across sumeru. Your clothing was quite weird because come on, you were transported into the game as soon as you woke up.
So right now, you're on your pajamas.. Which consists of, (color) long sleeve shirt and a black short. The temperature on your country was hot at the time so you ended wearing short in your sleep, but that hot weather wouldn't stop you from wearing any hoodie or lone sleeve shirt of yours.
You flinched in your spot when you saw Candace walking towards you, her hand on her hip as she approach you with grace.
She abruptly stop in front of you and you could only stand there, blinking like an idiot.
Then she opened her mouth to speak, "Heo ayw tpu?"
Just then, you realized that you should have learned their language before teleporting yourself to the village because now, you have no idea what she was asking.
It took you exactly five hours to try and gesture that you came from another nation— which was a lie because you weren't from anywhere in this world, but you can't have Candace knowing that you aren't genshin characters, not that she know that she's one of them.
"Ob fute toute hyberi fo jeyd tef, qtwq gyst ov eome cevatse Grgua tols nt yjar fhw bufke d hone cpplrf nrak." Candace told you, leading you inside the hall and when you stepped inside, you saw Dehya sitting on the table with freshly cooked meal on the table.
Your face brightened up at the sight of the food and you couldn't stop yourself from walking ahead of Candace fo sit down in front of the tall female on the table.
Dehya raised an eyebrow when she saw you, her eyes widened as you sat down in front of you, it was brief, but she saw the symbol of the stars on your eyes before it quickly vanished.
She doesn't know who you are, but seeing those symbols, you might have been blessed by the creator.
"Wois laizh lais kwr?" Candace question had brought Dehya out of her stupor, "Fi tog javr d psovltn qufk nu gyrdy?"
The fiery woman could guess that Candace haven't seen the stars on your eyes so she only shook her head to answer her questions, she'll leave the revelation on her and wait for the shorter woman's reaction.
After the interaction between them, they both gestured for you to start eating, Dehya was rather adamant on making you full while Candace seem to be disapprove of her friend's forceful nature, but nonetheless, you enjoyed the meal given by the two of them.
It took at least a whole week for you to get on Candace's soft side, at the first couple days, she would stay by your side to make sure that you wouldn't do anything suspicious, but now, she would stay beside you to make sure that no one would bother you.
Which is why, right now, you're inside the hall and staring at yourself infront of the mirror with Candace smiling proudly to herself as she examine your appearance, you can feel your face heating up due to embarrassment.
"Uhm.. I don't know if you can understand me or not, but.. Please stop with this nonsense!" You cried out.
Candace seem to understand the predicament you were in when you only stared at her on the first day, you weren't the first one to visit the desert after all, there were a lot of people that came from the other nation that took interest in the desert and she guessed that you're probably one of them.
She took it upon herself to bring you inside of the hall, stay by your side most of the time and now, she forced told you to change your clothes into more airy ones because your long sleeve shirt are quite dangerous for the scorching weather of the desert, she is quite afraid that you might end up like a certain fennec fox she knows so she took the liberty of handing you some clothes that would fit you— of course, she handed you the ones that are similar to her outfit.
"Fone tpu kukr oy?" She asked, rasing an eyebrow at you, "Oy kpopjd huos ib tpu rgpyj." She added on while examining your appearance.
You opened your mouth to say something but the sound of the door opening and closing had caught both yours and Candace attention. The two of you got quiet and waited for the person to go into your line of sight and when the person did, your lips turned into a straight line.
"I heard from Dehya that you found someone who's not from here and took her in." Cyno said.
Your jaw dropped when you understood everything that he had said, your eyes became wide and you couldn't stop yourself from rushing to him— gripping his arms and excitedly shaking the hell out of him.
"I can understand you! Oh my god, I understand you!" You squealed, your entire being shaking from the sudden rush of excitement.
Cyno's heart raced, his eyes wide in shock when your hands came contact into his arms and your (color) irises shone brightly as the stars appeared and twinkled in delight as if to match your mood.
"..The divine one." He murmured, apparently, it was loud enough for Candace to hear despite the squeal of excitement coming from you— which sent the dark skinned woman into frenzy.
Not hearing what he said, you continued cheering to yourself, letting go of him and high fiving the general mahamatra in your mind, too afraid to actually do it, on the other hand, cyno and candace could only stare at you in shock and wonder.
Greetings. This story were inspired by @genshinarchives from their work, of seelie!gn!reader x genshin characters.
Dear genshinarchives, if you ever stumbled upon this work of mine and were felt like I stole your ideas and didn't like this posted anymore, we can talk about it peacefully so feel free to message me if so.
The reader's pronouns in this story is not really mentioned but the reader I have in mind as I write this is female, so be warned. Also, masterlist are gonna be posted and pinned soon so stay tuned!
Note:
CRITICISM ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED! IF YOU NOTICED ANY ERRORS IN MY WORK, FEEL FREE TO POINT IT OUT SO I COULD FIX IT!
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Trigger Warning:
Grammatical Errors, misspellings, typos, ooc, possibly curse words, use of informal language and not proof-read yet
Synopsis:
Genshin characters who were minding their own business, going through their day like any other normal occurrence of their life. When for some huge coincidence or just pure horrible luck— they were yeeted into your world, the modernized world.
How would they fare in a world they have no knowledge of? Will they last? How would they get back to their own world?
Inspired by:
@genshinarchives
“[Name]! Over here!” Your friend waved you over their table when your roamed your eyes around the interior of the café, walking over to them as you clutched your backpack's strap tighter.
“Yo, sorry ‘m late. Didn't notice the time, I was too preoccupied with my work.” You smiled as your friends shrugged off your unusual tardiness, warmth filled you as butterflies swirled around your stomach in a warming way.
“Yeah, it's fine. We know you're busy, its even amazing to think that you could find a free time despite of your cramped schedule. Multiple works in everyday as routine, heck, its amazing just imagining that you can multitask in such advanced level.” One of your friends chimed in, apparently in a state of amazed at your skills. After all, not all could do what you do as an everyday normal occurrence in life.
“Working multiple jobs ain't hard and stressful if your work is also a hobby of yours, instead, it'll be a fun work. Enough of that, any updates? I haven't been able to come out of my house for quite some time, even checking my personal accounts are too much so, spill the tea.” You brought out your laptop and tablet along with your favourite sketchbook and notebook, placing them all in the table and in your lap.
“Seriously? You're gonna do work even here? No wonder the bag that you chose to use is a backpack. Take a break sometimes, you need a vacation!” Like a rebellious kid who's being reprimanded, you weren't listening and continued where you left on sketching the draft of your commission.
“Speaking of vacations, you said you want tea, I have a tea. I recently found this website through an ad, it seems pretty legit so I tried it. The website is all about promoting an island that seemed to be ‘granting’ wishes, multiple feedbacks claimed that their said to be wishes were granted.” [Friend name] showed the said website's homepage, earning a scoff from the rest of your friends.
“Seriously, they believe the feedbacks? For all we know, they might be bought by the developers of the website. They're just planning to scam us of our moneys!” One of them claimed, slamming their hands on the table. People inside the café turned their heads towards your group making you sigh, you had no choice but to calm your friend down and apologize for the commotion and distraction that your table had caused.
“I had my fun, thank you for inviting me you guys. Take care on your way home and be careful!” You waved them goodbye and went on your way home, tugging your jacket closer to your shivering frame.
*squeak*
*squeaks*
Huh? Squeaks? Did you just hear squeaking? Where did it come from? What in the world would create squeaking noises?
Many questions swirled around your pretty head like a raging tornado, you slowly walked in to an alleyway where you assumed the noise came from. Looking around, you shone your phone's flashlight to provide at least a little of vision.
In the corner of your peripheral vision, you saw a wornout box shook frantically. When you stalked closer, abruptly, the box's lid slammed open eliciting a shriek of fright from you as a blob of liquid? Substance? Fluid? Floated in the air in front of you, what?
The blob floated closer to your frame and seemed to be in distress? The way it shook that causes its fluid body to shook along is what you assumed to be a body language of distress, upon closer look, the blob's appearance is strikingly similar to genshin's pet seelie.
As you were focused on the blob of fluid in front of you, your wrist phone rung as it vibrated. Startled, you snoozed the alarm and checked the time, only to realize at how late it is. Without any thoughts running in your mind, you tried to gently tuck the blob of fluid into your bag before wearing it on the front.
In hopes to get home as quick as possible, you run like your life was depending on it (well sort of, its late and you never know what kind of evil guys are lurking. Stay safe everyone!). You gently clutched the bag as you run to ensure that the blob of fluid wouldn't fall to the speed that you are running.
Upon arriving inside, you put your backpack down the floor softly as you slump on to the soft cushion of your couch. Leaning back as you let your tense muscles relax against the couch, completely forgetting about the blob you took home with you.
Minutes passed and you fell asleep without noticing, the blob of fluid wiggled its way out of your bag. Seeing that you fell asleep on the couch, the blob of fluid grabbed the folded blanket on the one-seat couch and pushed you to lay down comfortably in the couch, draping the blanket on your frame to prevent you from catching cold.
"Oh traveler! Just right on time, I received a commission and I know that only you can solve it. Another adventurer stumbled upon a ruin, and they claimed that outside the ruin, there's a huge group of abyss mages. They said that the device they have also grasped an unusual elemental activity going on from the ruin's direction, can you do the commission? I can assign someone who can take it if you won't." Katherine put a hand on her chest in a gentle manner, smiling at Traveler softly.
"Alright, I'll do it. I'm going out anyways, might as well do some commission while I'm at it." Traveler mumbled to himself as he took the paper from Katherine's hand, reading over the quest's information.
'Hmm.. There aren't much written information about the ruin.. I guess I'll end this quick, I still need to look for clues about Lumine's whereabouts..' Traveler thought as his lips formed a thin line, walking away from Katherine with Paimon bidding farewell to her.
"Traveler! Behind you! Look! There's a strange orb!" Paimon screamed, attracting me more abyss mage in their direction. Aether can't help but to click his tongue in annoyance, Paimon noticed Aether's mood and hid.
'Where do they keep coming up?... This is annoying me already.. I still need to find Lumine..' Aether defeated the abyss mage without letting any escape, feeling his temper boiling uncharacteristically, he stalked closer to the said strange orb and examined it.
"Uh.. Traveler..? Are you alright now?.." Paimon quietly asked as she appeared beside Aether who's inspecting the orb, seeing that his lips are still in a thin line, Paimon stopped talking and floated few steps back, not wanting to annoy Aether.
"What is this? Shall we submit this to Alhaitham or Kaveh? This thing look suspicious.." Aether lowly asked as he turned to Paimon who gave no response. Paimon got startled and panicked in her words as she answer Aether, doing her best not to cause any more further annoyance to the blonde traveler.
Just as the two were talking, the strange orb glowed brightly causing Paimon's and Aether's sight to be temporarily disabled. The whole situation cause Paimon to shriek in surprise and floated few steps back further in attempt to lessen the blinding light that's hitting her eyes. When Paimon's vision went back, Aether was no where yo be found and the dull blade that he was holding were left behind under the strange orb, laying in the orb's shadow.
Crying and panicking, Paimon flew back to Sumeru and stumbled upon Alhaitham, Kaveh, Cyno and Tighnari. The floating albino(?) raced through the air towards the four men, slamming herself against Tighnari's hold. She cried as her tears kept falling like river and her voice cracks ever so often, Paimon tried to explain what had occured in the ruin within her best but the only thing that the four men grasped in her explanation is that Aether suddenly went missing and that there's a strange orb inside a strange ruin.
"Wait- wait Paimon! Aether went missing? And what are you talking about? There's no such ruin like you mentioned in the outskirt of the forest, I would know if such ruin exist because me and the other forest rangers frequently patrol the whole territory." Tighnari made an attempt to calm the crying floating creature as he asked her numerous questions.
"Like I said! Aether and I were investigating a strange ruin! And Aether suddenly disappeared when this light from the strange orb that we found at the end of the ruin blinded us! All I heard was Aether groaning in surprise followed by his sword clanking on the ground! Then when Paimon opened her eyes, Aether were no longer beside her!" Paimon explained more cohesively as she cries harder, scared for her best friend's safety and location.
Alhaitham calmed Paimon down and suggested that they go to the Adventurers guild and post a commission on finding their blonde traveler, asking people on the way for clues and leads. The search for the Traveler had went on for 5 days and still no lead and clues or fruit in their search, the only clue and lead they have is the ruin that Paimon had mentioned so they decided to investigate the ruin themselves and find out the truth.
I do not own the characters mentioned in story below, I had this idea earlier and thought that it might be fun to imagine if it would really happen.
The reader's pronouns in this oneshot are not mentioned, but female reader is on mind while writing. Do point out my typos if you ever noticed one!
My apologies if this was too short, ‘m not really fan of writing in a long amount of time.
P.S: Read the mentioned stories made by kunichigo first before reading this.
Note:
CRITICISM ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED! IF YOU NOTICED ANY ERRORS IN MY WORK, FEEL FREE TO POINT IT OUT SO I COULD FIX IT!
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Trigger Warning:
Ooc, grammatical errors, misspellings, typos, possibly curse words, suggestive content (sort of), mature-ish content (is that even a word?), Informal use of language
SUGGESTIVE THEMES ARE GONNA BE MENTIONED SO BE WARNED!
Synopsis:
After reading a oneshot-series of Genshin SAGAU made by one of your adored author, you felt a sudden desire to see your babies, husbandos and waifus. As soon as you logged in, you arrived at the entrance of mondstadt as you greeted your beloved babies and husbandos.
While doing your daily commissions, the topic that your sister were talking about went from another game named ‘Roblox’ to the story that you have previously read. And without your knowledge, my oh my. Your beloved acolytes are seemed to be listening with your conversation, oh sheeshhh.
What a disaster.
Genshin Characters x Reader
Dedicated to & Inspired by:
My favourite and underrated author, Kunichigo!
“[N/n] let's play roblox, I'll let you borrow mama's phone later for you to be able to read, for now play roblox with me.” Your sister tries to persuade you, even going to the lengths of letting your borrow the phone later as a bargain just to quote o' quote, play with her.
"Hm.. Alright, but make sure to let me borrow mama's phone. Or else.." You reluctantly opened the second computer as you placed your mother's phone on the side, while waiting for the desktop to load, you engaged in a conversation with your sister on what games to play.
"We can play Evade or Shoot out if you want, we can also play the games you play, uhh.. Arsenal? Was it?" Your sister habitually tilt her head in an insure manner, you hummed in confirmation at her question.
Despite the talk that you and your sister had made, you both weren't able to play roblox because you noticed the time and remembered that you have yet to finish your commissions and quests. So after setting up your recording software and opening up your preferred browser (Opera GX y'all), you launched Genshin and waited for it to finish loading.
"Oh by the way, have you read kunichigo's latest post? It was so good and underrated, like damn." Your sister squealed in delights as she proceeds on controlling her chosen character, Zhongli.
"Ah, you mean 'Cherry Red Lips?' and 'Terrible, Terrible.' if you mean those two, I did. But on the 'Cherry Red Lips?', she said she's inexperienced with those types but she narrated it sooo good! Like the way Kaeya shamelessly raised his voice to let everyone outside their beloved creator's chamber know that he's being pleasured by her is soooo— Aghhhh! It's so juicy! Like imagine if Aether really is withering and shaking underneath us while we suck on their blood? DAMN! I'd kill to see such sight under me! And don't get me started about Kaeya, that man is a walking menace! But that's one of his hot traits! Like— like just imagineee!" You fangirled while controlling Razor, running and teleporting around mondstadt doing commisions.
"Right?! It's just ashame that the author didn't make a detailed scene about Diluc withering and panting under his beloved creator's touch! But Lisa's scene was so lit, despite being written so short. But man, Aether's really well narrated, the author made it clear that he's a babygirl." Your sister added, fangirling as much as you do. The both of you continued on squealing as you played Genshin together, having fun and making it clear that whatever is the "story" you two were talking about, is what made your day better.
Unbeknownst to the both of you, the oh so said characters are listening to your conversations. My oh my, what in teyvat did they just listen on to?
In the land of teyvat, Zhongli cannot believe what just reached his ears. Did he hear it right, are their ears working right? Did they hear it correct?
Much to Diluc's dismay, the conversation about the story that you both read did not end with just Kaeya and Aether being mentioned cause it seems like he was too, in the story. The mentioned characters can't help but feel blood rushing to their face, ears and neck due to either embarrassment or whatever human emotion you are supposed to feel in such situation, even those who weren't mentioned were flustered at the topic of their creators, despite this, they aren't sure whether to pity the others or to get jealous cause they're the topics of the beloved creators, nonetheless, they still feel the second-hand embarrassment for the others.
Meanwhile back in the Serenitea Pot, Xiao, Tighnari and Ayato looked at Diluc who's face is crimson as his hair, attempting to have the floor of the abode swallow him alive. He doesn't know whether to be thankful for kuni- or whoever the author of the story is for not writing a detailed scenario of him or he'll probably ask the Geo Archon to have the floor swallow him on the spot.
Kaeya who's sitting just right beside Diluc, laughed at his semi-miserable state, and honestly speaking, Kaeya is tad bit embarrassed but he'd be lying if he said that he denied that he's proud of how the author wrote him. Chongyun who has been silent for the whole time, almost choked on his ice cream if it weren't for Heizou and Thoma helping him unclog the small piece of popsicle on his esophagus.
Zhongli, who's being possessed by one of the creator and who's listening on the conversation from the very beginning, did not know how to react. Razor, who's beside the Geo Archon is quite confuse and worried, was the traveler, cavalry captain and librarian of knights of favonius sick or in pain? Poor boy doesn't really understand his creator and their sister is talking about, if the said people are sick then why are his beloved creator, squealing? Is there something he's missing?
Needless to say, it was an eventful day for both the vision holders and the creators. The boys are just thanking the archons that the girls aren't in presence and are having a peaceful picnic somewhere in Sumeru, or else they wouldn't be able to handle the embarrassment, much less, face nor confront them.
