His Favorite Color Was Blue.
Names not used till the end, so you can really direct this at any character
GN Reader | No use of YN | Heartbreak | One sided love | Zhongli x Guizhong
He was your everything.
He was the air you breathed, the food you ate, the whisper of a melody in the wind.
Before he entered your life, it was all so dull; so meaningless. You floated along, like leaves in a blissful breeze. You never truly knew your place; never found one.
You thought you never would.
"It is rather cold for someone of your stature to be out here alone."
It was just another day. The wind kissed your skin the same way it always had. The sun illuminated the lake before you like it had every day before. The leaves fell from the tree across from you like they always had.
Everything was the same. Everything felt so repetitive.
Everything except him.
His figure shielded you from the sun's rays in that moment, cast a looming shadow over your world.
He broke your norm that day.
He also became it.
Day after day, month after month. You'd meet him beside that lake. Some days you'd be arms deep in a basin of soapy water, others you'd be curled up with a book.
"One does encourage you to wear thicker garments. The seasons are changing."
Your conversations never lasted long.
"If anyone should cover up, it's you. You're practically half naked."
It took five years for him to get comfortable around you. Five years before he relaxed.
You remembered that day so vividly.
The grass grew duller as the sun grew unforgiving. Its heat warmed even the wind. You were at the lake once again, except this time you had decided to use the water to your advantage.
The water cooled your skin, and the large tree shaded your damp skin. Your outer wear lay neatly folded on a boulder, a forgotten washbasin beside it.
He appeared again.
He always came from everywhere, and yet no where at all.
"My, I see one has decided to cool off."
You had nearly shrieked.
"Goodness, you scared me."
You hadn't expected the chuckle he let out, nor did you expect him to go on and on about wine.
it was refreshing, more-so than the lukewarm water surrounding you.
That was the day you saw another side to the mysterious man.
That was also the day you fell for him.
If only you hadn't fallen for him.
"Hey, what should I call you anyway? I gave you my name ages ago and you still haven't given me yours."
"What does one wish to call me?"
You were a poor soul. You never truly belonged anywhere, never found somewhere that truly satisfied you.
Zhongli was a first for you.
He never got on your nerves. He never pushed too far, and yet he always pushed just enough. Your boundaries had been set in stone years ago. You thought you knew everything there was to know, and yet he always found something new to show you.
"Glaze lilies are quite magnificent, wouldn't one agree?"
The mysterious man that appeared in your life that day held more than a flower in his palm.
And yet, he never knew it.
He didn't know what he did to you. You thought you'd never fall for someone this hard, thought you'd never try and change for someone.
You were so wrong.
You spent hours every day studying the budding village he resided. Spent so much time learning about the wines he so loved and the flowers he stroked so tenderly.
By the time you turned forty your life was no longer yours.
It had been twenty years since you met, fifteen years of you chasing something just out of reach.
"One wishes to introduce you to someone."
Why?
Why did you follow him?
Why did you trust him?
Why did you give him your everything?
"One would like you to meet Guizhong."
Why?
"Hello, one is delighted to meet you."
Your gaze drifted towards Zhongli's.
Everything stopped in that moment.
You couldn't think.
You couldn't breathe.
You felt empty.
His eyes. His gaze. His love. It was all directed at her.
Your whole world came crashing down around you in that moment. The last twenty years of your life flashed before you. Every laugh, every story, every longing glance, it all felt meaningless.
"H- hello..."
Your eyes darted to her. Guizhong. The girl that stole everything from you.
You wanted to be mad at her, you truly did, but..
as soon as your eyes met hers, you knew.
You were the perfect shade of red.
But his favorite color was blue.