I think people are sleeping on Yae angst potential so I'm just gonna drop it. At least I haven't seen anything similar like this being written, maybe I just don't dig enough? Eh who I'm even lying to, I'm shadow posting my oc x Miko dynamic
Miko moving on from her human S/O
Reader here is: Gender neutral
Cw: Reader dies (of old age)
There are a lot of reasons why someone like her avoids being vulnerable. So obviously a serious relationship had always been something she wasn't thinking about.
To her it were all fleeting memories, no matter how fond she never let herself be attached to anyone she dated.
And yet there you were. The one person in Teyvat who could make Miko feel her heart fluttering for.
She could always find an excuse to see you and she completely adored your company. You amused her, you challenged her, you made her feel things she never thought she'd allow herself to feel.
And yet... Here was the catch. Your lifespan was like a blink of an eye to her... Making her feel like all those memories were nothing but one chapter in her life, a beautiful dream. But not like she'd let anyone know about that.
It's also not like you were together forever, maybe dated w good decade or less, she watched you grow old but it was all from the sidelines while someone else took her place.
Even as an elder you were a total charmer to her, she still enjoyed your company even if the spark between you was long gone due to your feelings shifting for someone else and her supposedly "losing interest".
In the end it was hard hiding her feelings from her childhood friend, once you actually passed on. Mizuki didn't even need time to connect how your death was linked to her behavior, despite Miko acting pretty much the same on the surface.
There just were these moments where she was distant. Either her gaze running away for a moment, or not knowing how to focus on a good novel. Sometimes she let the opportunity to tease someone slip, but she only excuses that one as her feeling merciful.
She didn't visit much of your grave, it was pointless to just see your name carved into stone, she might even live long enough for it to crumble enough for your name to become unreadable.
Although she did think about it often. Such feelings were quite ironic for her to feel given how he treated Ei's greif in the past, she was aware of that.
She didn't even know what did she regret. Not staying with you longer? The outcome would've been the same if not more hurtful. Oh how she hated feeling the control slipping away.
But as time went on, so did her regrets. It was really just as she thought, sulking wasn't her style... Yet whenever she was reminded of your face she could feel her face shifting to a small bittersweet smile.
