CHIHIRO is like a great twiyor reveal arc song....
To preface, I added CHIHIRO into my Twilight-Thorn Princess playlist based purely on vibes, It's actually on of my favourite songs that were released last year. I always found the chorus to be ethereal. (I added it to almost all my character playlists..)
Today though, I actually read the lyrics again and it's actually a better fit into my playlist than I had anticipated lol!
"I don't, I don't know why I called
I don't know you at all
I don't know you
Not at all"
"I was waitin' in the garden
Contemplatin', beg your pardon
But there's a part of me that recognizes you
Do you feel it too?"
--need I say more?
"You told me it was war, said you'd show me what's in store
I hope it's not for sure, can you open up the door?"
"Wringing my hands in my lap
And they tell me it's all been a trap
And you don't know if you'll make it back
I said, "No, don't say that""
--my poor heart
And now on top of drafting the quiglet fic my love for twiyor has reignited again. While I should be focusing on studying, mind you. Aiya....time to add another wishful passion project I might not get around to doing.
notes: i originally wasn't planning to post this one here but here it goes hehe i love beiguang fluff <3
wc: 1.5k
She’s just trying to avoid paperwork, Beidou reminded herself.
Ningguang's sudden appearance on her ship distorted her entire crew's steady pace. They've always been levelheaded, flexible in every situation, but for some reason, seeing the Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing face to face marching on the decks of the ship made everyone nervous.
One of her men accidentally dropped a rod on the sea, one spilled a bucket of caught fish, and one tripped trying to walk on the stairs. They were totally losing it today, Beidou sighed, but completely understanding that everyone would be a bundle of nerves in front of the Tianquan.
Beidou gets it.
It's Ningguang. Everyone would go crazy about her for whatever reason there was. Whether it was the Tianquan being gorgeous, responsible, or intimidating. Whether it was about the tattoo on her thigh and the insane interpretations of its entire image or whether it was about her accomplishments alone.
Everything.
Everything can make anyone go crazy about her.
Why she came here though, Beidou didn't really know. Maybe I did something troublesome for her again, and she came here to personally tell me off about it, she thought, grinning by herself, yeah, she's totally just trying to avoid paperwork.
"Greetings, troublemaker," Ningguang smelled the aroma coming from her cup before sipping the tea.
They moved to a more secluded location in the ship. It was a room that resembled the design of the Jade Chamber, but not enough to even compare to it. Its details were made to suit Beidou's taste — having its interior become a reminder of Liyue to make her feel at home. To Beidou, the sea may be where she belongs, but Liyue remains as her heart — incomparable to other places alike.
"No need to be so formal, m'lady," Beidou scoffs, sipping her tea, "I got that tea because you recommended it to me."
"Really?" Ningguang, more pleased than earlier, takes a sip once more.
"Yeah, who would dare ignore a recommendation from the Tianquan herself?"
Beidou reached for her cup, never letting Ningguang, who was now eating a cookie, escape her sight. How could she not? A goddess-like beauty was before her and if Beidou wasn't a believer of archons, she would've worshipped Ningguang as one. Maybe she already did.
Trying to shake the blasphemy off her mind, Beidou spoke, "So why did you come here?" putting her cup back on the table. Reaching for a napkin, she got distracted when she saw a crumb of cookie on the side of Ningguang's lips, tempting her hands to reach for something it shouldn’t.
Before Beidou could even reach for the crumb, Ningguang had already wiped it off.
Beidou leaned back on her chair calming herself down. Why she almost tried to wipe it off when the Tianquan was very capable of taking of herself bothered her for a full minute. But such thoughts disappeared the instant Ningguang’s voice struck her ear.
"I haven’t seen you since last," she started, filling her cup once more, “wasn’t it when the Jade Chamber fell, and you came rushing to check if I was all right?”
Ningguang was the word bold personified. She was never the type to beat around the bush and seeing Beidou become flustered by her sudden statements makes everything worthwhile.
"Yeah, what about it?” Beidou replies, trying to shake the uneasiness with the remarks of the woman in front of her.
"Well, I heard you’re going to be in the Harbor. I'd like to go as well,” pulling one loose hair behind her ears, she explains, “I haven’t walked in the Harbor since I’ve been busy with the reconstruction of the Chamber."
Walking on the harbor had never been so weird for the captain of the Crux. The people always loved seeing her, but for some reason, there has been a lot of hesitations on the greetings she received this time. She paid them no mind, after all, it was a good day to walk around with her partner whom she has rarely seen for the last few months.
When Beidou was about to invite her to go rest under the tree nearby the harbor, Ningguang asked her if she could accompany her to a few visits. They went to see the children playing around with Beidou holding the bag of delights Ningguang specifically prepared to provide them with.
I can’t tell if the kids like her or not, smiling to herself, Beidou watched Ningguang chatting with the children who were enjoying the sweets Ningguang bought for them. Well, if anything, they don’t seem to hate her. Ningguang seemed good with children, despite being intimidating adults.
After that short rendezvous, they bade the children and decided to take a rest under the tree near the harbor. Beidou has always been equipped with a lot of strength, but whenever she’s with Ningguang, she somehow keeps wanting to stay in one place where they could be alone. She doesn’t really care if they walk around and explore the entirety of Liyue, but she’d very much prefer to be alone with her right now.
Since Ningguang has a lot of projects to supervise at hand, Beidou thought that they would only sit and rest there for a while. She calmly rested her back on the trunk of the tree, putting her weight on the ground. Yes, she was very calm indeed, until one woman decided to relax her head on Beidou’s lap instead of sitting beside her.
Does she know what she’s doing? A bit agitated, she just let Ningguang be, thinking that she wouldn’t be able to push her away anyway.
Not long after Ningguang closed her eyes, Beidou had gawked at Ningguang’s lips. It looked… stunning. Her cupid's bow having the perfect arch — the same way her body had been sculpted with gorgeous curves, made Beidou sweat from nervousness. It looked so glossy that Beidou questioned how the amount of tea they drank earlier was not able to scrap an inch of its beauty. She has never been so tempted to kiss someone this much before.
“Are you asleep?” She asks, realizing that looking at the Tianquan from this angle was only making it worse.
“Are you asleep?” She asks again, still not receiving a response. From then on, she concluded that Ningguang must be. From all of her work and trying to keep Liyue intact, she must be tired and she deserved a rest.
A few moments pass when the leaves started falling. Preventing the ones from almost landing on Ningguang’s face, she sighs, finally giving in to her temptation, landing a kiss on Ningguang’s forehead. She pulls herself away from her cautiously, ensuring that she wouldn’t wake her up.
I must be insane, Beidou rubbed her temple trying to look away from the woman she just kissed.
She did it.
She kissed her.
As if sitting stiffer than ever wasn’t enough, she froze when Ningguang spoke. Turns out the Tianquan on her lap wasn’t asleep at all, and she most likely felt it when her lips pressed against her forehead.
“You kissed me,” Ningguang’s voice resonated in the air, her eyes still resting.
“I’m sorry,” Beidou apologized, swallowing the nervousness on her throat. Her eyes creasing as her mind spun around the idea of Ningguang coming to hate her and how she’d rather fight Haishan a hundred times again instead.
“Don’t be,” Ningguang assured her, fixing her head on Beidou’s lap to make her more comfortable, “I didn’t say I didn’t like it.”
If Beidou wasn’t blushing earlier, she is totally blushing now. If I understood this right, then she didn’t hate it? Then, it was okay? In an instant, a conclusion she never dared to assume arrived, no way, she likes me? She thought, her breathing becoming heavier than before.
“I like you Beidou,” Whispering softly as she sat to place her head on Beidous’s shoulders, Ningguang answered Beidou’s thoughts, interlocking her hands with hers as she did so.
“I feel the same,” Beidou has dreamt of this moment before, she just never thought that it’d be Ningguang who would say it first.
She even thought of the different ways she’d do to make her fall for her but never did because she was always on the sea anyway. She just enjoyed everything whenever they met up to discuss some plans together and tried to be content with those. But what was happening right now just made her realize that every moment that occurred before would never be enough at all.
“I like you, too,” Beidou continues, tightening her grip on Ningguang’s hands, “probably even before you ever did, probably more than you think you do.”
“I know,” Ningguang replied, grinning to herself as she fixed her eyes on their intertwined hands.
The sun became one with the sea and the same was for the two women under that tree. Not a single care for the responsibilities that await them, forgetting that they were the Uncrowned Lord of the Ocean and the Eclipsing Star for once. Drunk with their love for each other, they stayed like that until they drowned in the night, begging the God of Time, if there was such, for a single second to last forever.
