Read It Could Save You

Starts out as sucrose doodle only but then i remembered that I love women

cold comfort. — kaeya, eula x reader ✿

you'll never forget their touch, even if the years may stretch out and the warmness of their love turns to what seems like icy cold.

— FT ; kaeya alberich, eula lawrence (separately) x gender neutral!reader

— NOTES ; ANGST. :") references to their cryo vision, many ice-related metaphors, comparisons, and descriptions. WC, ≈ 0.7k

— WARNINGS ; themes of abandonment. they still love you, and you them, but you still have to part ways for whatever reasons. physical affection (hugs, kisses) mentioned. having to leave them, or perhaps they leave you. (but they still love you.)

— A/N ; happy start of december! here's a little mini-series i kind of have for winter season fr cryo characters <3 so far this is only fr kaeya & eula but expect fr ayaka, ganyu, and rosaria sometime soon 👁✨ dedicated to @noxtivagus my beloved twin! >:D kaeya and eula kissers, sorry fr breaking yalls hearts ;c /lh ——— m.list.

cold comfort. only such a word could describe what you were feeling, as kaeya's slender hands left yours for the last time—traces of the freezing touch of his cryo vision lingering on your fingers. and, if one were to go closer, they'd see it too in your hair (that he loved to touch), your lips (which he loved to kiss), and even smack in the middle of your chest. for that was where your heart sat, and he had encased it with his love—love so quiet yet thrilling, but you knew anyways it was genuine. it always was.

so, why did he have to leave, then? your eyes shut close, and your mind repeated his words over and over again. excuses, excuses, and excuses—just a whole bunch of excuses and you just wish it were different, that it were better, and that he instead make excuses so the two of you could be together, not apart.

alas, such dreams are far too naive for this icy world, and he leaves you. the comfortable cold he brings about leaves a chilling numbness in your heart with bitterness in your mouth and on your lips which he used to kiss oh so filled with his love.

"i love you." he said, but he let go of you seemingly so easily that it's hard to believe he really did. but he still does and always will—his world is merely far too dangerous for you, so he thinks, and he doesn't want you to be hurt. even, if it costs him the happiness he had when loving you. thus do you leave each other, until the touch of his slender hands in yours feels like a faraway dream—a dream far too encased in ice to ever be revived, though it will always still stay dormant, somewhere there in the deepest pits of the heart.

eula thinks to herself, sometimes, as to why she had allowed to let you go—you, the one person whom she felt she could truly trust, with her heart that she stubbornly cages within her cold chest that refuses to ever give up until she has rightfully done her duty.

the winter in mondstadt feels colder than ever, but she's used to it. she likes the cold—though she sees you from the corner of her eye, and her breath hitches, and suddenly the shivers up her spine feel colder than if she hypothetically threw her cryo vision into freezing water in dragonspine. it hurts. oh, it's you. she steps back in caution and panic stirs in her mind when you notice her gaze, but you seemingly can do nothing more than stare as well.

"i miss you." is all she ever wanted to yell out. to stop caring, to finally live the life free of the burdens she was born with, to be with you—you, who when you both were younger, would comfort her with a warm hug. you, who she felt so at home and at peace and accepted by... but it was never meant to be. she didn't want them to see you the same way all the others did to her.

she misses that warmth. but, she let you go, didn't she? and she hates the way you both still catch each others glances in the street of mondstadt, only for her to force her gaze away and act as if she never knew you.

eula wonders, sometimes, if you still feel the same. for even after all that time, she still longs for the warmth you gave her that tore down her icy walls and melted her cold exterior, short as her time with you was. you opened up the real eula—not as a lawrence or the spindrift knight—but eula. though, those days are long gone now, only staying alive in the encases of her memories as cold comfort, which she hopes she will never forget, even if you may one day do.

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Ahhh fantastic!! (Also thank you for answering my ask about requests! I know like, it makes sense that you would, but whatever! Thank you! That's that)

I would like to request Yanfei and Ganyu (separately ofc) taking a day off with their s/o who tends to overwork herself/not take many breaks.

Oh gosh I love Yanfei she's the most underrated "waifu"/best girl ever 💖💖💖 Adepti girls best girls!

YESS Yanfei is so good and I love her and I NEED to use her more but I already wanna use so many pyro characters ;;;; - mod Cake

The carefree Yanfei is happy to take a break. Sure, she does tend to end up giving legal advice anyway, but that's just because she likes to help and she likes the law.

This time around, however, she makes it her personal goal to make sure you actually take the day off.

She notices your fidgeting. How anxious you seemed to be not at work. Each time she saw this, Yanfei would take your hand and drag you to some special spot in Liyue.

After all, you can't be stressed while eating a good meal~

Listening to story tellers, shopping together, and simply taking a stroll by the docks is how your day is spent. And after a while, you begin to truly relax.

At one point, the two of you started playing with her balancing scale. It was almost a game of who could find the most valuable item. With some limitations, of course. No mora. No visions.

Finally it was time to go your separate ways. Smiling, you thanked Yanfei for forcing you to relax. She doesn't mind one bit, grinning with a friendly smile.

Ganyu also has trouble forcing herself to relax. The two of you are very much alike in that aspect.

This does manage to balance itself, as you both want the other to take it easy. And so, your day of mutually forcing each other to take the day off begins.

Ganyu takes you to Jueyun Karst. The serenity of the landscape and the spiritual energy flowing due to the adeptal presence almost instantly brings you at peace.

The both of you end up taking a nap. Resting under the shade of a large tree, resting on the soft, cool grass...

Wind blows gently, and before you close your eyes, you watch a ladybug crawling on a nearby blade of grass.

You wake up before Ganyu, and you sit up, bringing your knees to your chest.

Smiling down at your partner, there was a beauty of seeing her at complete rest.

Looking out at the sunset, you couldn't help but just...breath. Exist. You couldn't be bothered to worry about responsibilities.

This was peace. And soon, Ganyu awoke, joining you as you watched the light fade behind the horizon.

hello <3 can i request ayaka / tohma / hu tao picking a rose for reader but accidentally got pricked by a thorn so reader bandages them up and they carefully cut the thorns than gift reader the rose? 💛 thank you, hope you’re having a good day!

hi anon!! this is so cute omg!!!! and i love the characters you chose too 💓 tysm for requesting!! i made ayaka reader’s fiancée and they’re just a nondescript s/o for thoma and hu tao btw! idk ayaka just has wife energy to me

AYAKA

Ayaka is the epitome of grace and elegance… That’s why you could barely hold back your laughter when she came to you upset over the tiniest scratch on her finger, rose in hand.

“It’s not funny,” Ayaka muttered as you carefully bandaged her finger.

You had to avoid making eye contact with her lest you fall prey to another fit of giggling. “Sorry,” you composed yourself. “It’s just that you’re so cute, all sad about hurting yourself when you were trying to do something for me.”

You didn’t have to see her face to know she was blushing. You felt Ayaka’s hand instinctively begin to pull away from yours, likely to cover her flushed expression, but she stopped herself.

“Just be more careful next time, okay?” you requested as you finished bandaging the cut. Honestly, it was so insignificant that it probably didn’t need any medical care at all, but seeing the disappointed look in your fiancée’s eyes made you want to just pamper her and keep her safe from the world.

With her hand lingering in yours, you pressed a soft kiss to the now-bandaged cut. Ayaka quickly pulled her hand away for real this time, not out of anger, but embarrassment. “T-Thanks, [Name]…”

“And thank you for being so sweet,” you reciprocated. You kissed her forehead gently before the urge to start teasing her sprang up again.

-

Later that night, you had all but forgotten about the rose incident. You’d interrupted your commissions for the day to take care of Ayaka’s “injury,” and after finishing them and returning to the Kamisato Estate, you simply didn’t have the energy to remember.

Ayaka always tried to do her best to greet you when you came home. Sometimes you would finish your commissions late at night, but she would push herself to stay awake just so she could give you a goodnight kiss before going to sleep. When you finally made it back home and to the bedroom you shared with your soon-to-be-wife, you found her fast asleep, peacefully hugging your pillow.

You remembered the day’s earlier events when you noticed the rose on your nightstand accompanied by a beautiful calligraphic note.

“I’m sorry for interrupting your work and for falling asleep before you got home. I hope this suffices as an apology.”

That was one of the things you loved about Ayaka — how considerate she was. It was almost to a fault though; She had no reason to be apologizing for anything.

You examined the rose that had dared to prick your darling fiancée earlier today and saw that she had taken revenge on it. The thorns had all been meticulously removed. You would tease her about it again in the morning. For now, all you wanted to do was replace the pillow in Ayaka’s grasp with your body, feeling safe and comfortable in the arms of your beloved at the end of a long day.

THOMA

Thoma had a reputation for being capable of anything and everything. With the experience of living in two nations and being Ritou’s resident ‘fixer,’ you knew there was nothing he couldn’t do. Yet here he was, bearing a dejected expression and cut on his hand.

“What happened?” you asked, studying the wound on his palm. It really didn’t look too bad, but since you knew this kind of stuff rarely happened to Thoma, you were a little worried.

“Oh, it’s nothing!” he smiled, still as charismatic as ever. You wondered if there were other times where things had gone wrong and he just hadn’t bothered to tell you.

You shrugged as you met his gaze. “Fine,” you complied, “you don’t have to tell me. But, you do have to let me take care of it for you.”

Refusing to let go of his hand, you dragged his bedroom in the Kamisato Estate. It was much smaller than the others there because he was only a housekeeper, but Ayaka managed to make a decent bedroom for him. She even got some furniture all the way from Mondstadt for him.

You pulled open the drawer on a nightstand next to his bed and picked up a bandaid. Normally, it was Thoma who had to do emergency first aid on you, so you learned where he kept his supplies. You found it really endearing how he just happened to keep bandaids in his nightstand. He was always ready for anything — too bad that “anything” was usually taking care of you.

“It’s really nothing,” he reiterated as you removed the bandaid from its packaging. “You don’t have to do anything.”

You smiled sympathetically at him. All you were doing was protecting a tiny cut on his hand; you really wished you could do more for him. Thoma always seemed to be busy helping people with their own problems that he ended up neglecting his own.

You placed the bandaid on his palm. “I’d do more for you if you let me.”

Thoma crossed his arms for a moment, thinking, before answering you. “Now that you say that, yeah, there is something I could use your help with.”

You felt excitement rush through you. Finally, he wanted you to help him with something and you didn’t have to push him to let you do it!

“Would you mind leaving for a bit? Just a minute or two and then you can come back,” he answered.

You looked at him, dumbfounded. “You’re kidding, right?”

“No. Just go wait outside the door for a second, I promise it’ll be quick,” he assured you. Without any further resistance, you left his bedroom and closed the door behind you, leaving him in there alone.

You waited for not even thirty seconds until Thoma opened the door again. One of his hands was behind his back.

“Okay, close your eyes,” he instructed. You silently obeyed. “…Open!”

You were greeted by a rose in his now-bandaged hand extended towards you. You couldn’t help but smile at how sweet he was, but…

“Thoma, is this how you hurt yourself?” you teased.

A faint blush spread across his cheeks. “Maybe. But that’s not important! What’s important is that I love you.”

You accepted the rose from him and gave him a quick, chaste kiss.

HU TAO

Hu Tao’s dramatic nature often caused you to misconstrue big problems as insignificant and vice versa. She loved to play up any issue she may have, forcing you to decipher whether or not she actually wanted your help or not.

The tiniest scratch on her palm had her overreacting in fake pain as you carefully washed the thin amount of blood off.

“Oh, [Name], my beautiful love, you don’t think this wound will send me to the other side, do you?” she bemoaned with a hand resting dramatically over her heart.

You rolled your eyes. “I’m sure it will,” you jested. “Then, I wouldn’t have to deal with your antics.”

Hu Tao gasped incredulously. “[Name]! How could you say such wretched things to your injured darling? Have you no compassion?” she reprimanded, clearly fighting the urge to laugh.

You pressed a kiss to the now-clean scratch. “There,” you said as her act began to die down. “Is that better?”

She smiled genuinely at you. “I’d prefer if you kissed me up here,” she pointed at her lips, “but okay.”

“If you want that, you’re gonna have to work for it,” you joked before kissing her forehead. You were just trying to mess with her at this point. She always did it to you, so you had to occasionally return the favor, right?

“So mean,” she observed, still grinning. “You got any more work for today or can you stay?”

You glanced through the window in her office, pondering whether or not you should go back to your job at Yuehai Pavilion. The sun hadn’t set yet, but it was nearing the end of Hu Tao’s typical work day. Unfortunately, your schedules rarely aligned, so you assumed you’d have to get back soon.

“I should probably go,” you answered reluctantly. “I’ll see you later tonight though, okay?”

“Okay!” Hu Tao echoed. “Love you.”

You opened the door, preparing to leave. “I love you too.”

-

You would’ve skipped work if you had known this much paperwork was going to get dropped on you. Ganyu suddenly had some business to attend to with Cloud Retainer, leaving you to pick up the work in her place. Now you understood why she was always so stressed out.

Head against your desk, you sighed. It was well past sunset now. Hu Tao was probably worried at this point. There was nothing you wanted more than to go home and be with her.

Before you could finish lamenting your situation, the door to your office abruptly swung open, revealing Hu Tao with a rose in hand.

“Hi, babe!” she said excitedly, trying to cheer you up with her upbeat attitude. “I was starting to get bored without you around so I decided that I’d come bother you here! Oh, and this is why I cut myself earlier.”

She pushed the rose into your hands, peering into your eyes lovingly. “Come home soon, okay?”

first impressions

“I’m much more better than your plushie.” [Genshin Impact]

It’s almost midnight when they came home. They find you asleep cuddling with your plushie. How would they react?

Characters Included: Aether, Albedo, Ayaka, Eula, Childe, Gorou, Hu Tao, Kazuha, Scaramouche & Thoma + GN! Reader.

Notes: Hope ya’ll like this :D

Warning: None.

Aether

When his eyes lands on your sleeping figure he can’t help but smile at the sight. At least you didn’t wait for him like usual or else he would’ve scolded you for staying up so late. His eyes trailed towards the plushie you’re holding in between your arms and chest and couldn’t help but pout. How dare the plush take his spot in your arm? That’s his spot!

Making his way to his respective side of the bed, he slowly tries to remove the plush from your arms. What he didn’t expect is you whining in your sleep and tightened your hold around the plush, making it impossible for Aether to remove it. Letting out a frustrated sound, all he wanted is to be in your arms after a tiring day, he didn’t expect to be replaced by a plush.

“What does the plush have that I don’t?”

Albedo

Letting out a yawn as he check the time on the wall clock near the door, it was almost midnight. You should be asleep by now. Making his way to your shared room, he was met with the sight of you cuddling with your plush. Blinking twice before letting out a small smile. What an adorable sight to behold. If only he had his kamera with him, too bad he accidentally left it on his desk.

After changing into his nightwear clothes, he scooted over to the space behind you. Laying down and wrapping his arm around you, pulling you to his chest while placing a kiss on top of your head. Contentedly seeking refuge at the back of your neck, not at all minding you cuddling with your plush.

“Sweet dreams, my beloved.”

Ayaka

Sighing in relief as she finally finished all of her tasks today, stretching out her arms as she makes her way towards her room to have a deserved rest. Sliding open the door, her eyes widened at the sight of her s/o on her bed, cuddling with one of Ayaka’s plush. The familiarity of the plush in her lover’s arms brought memories of how they won it for her in one of the festivals they went to.

Surprised as she may be at the sudden appearance of her s/o, it wasn’t an unpleasant one. Quickly changing her clothes to a more comfortable ones, she sat down at the edge while weaving her hands through their hair. Feeling someone’s hands in your hair, you slowly opened your eyes to see the smiling face of the Shirasagi Himegimi. Letting go of the plush so that she can sneak herself into your arms, making herself comfortable immediately in your arms.

“I didn’t expect you to visit me. You must’ve been waiting for me for quite a while now huh? Goodnight, my beloved.”

Eula

Steps as light as a feather, heels lightly clicking under the wooden floor of the house as she makes her way to the bedroom while removing the accessories adorning her outfit. Her head was aching after dealing yet again the hateful comments and glares of the townspeople. Wanting to be in her lover’s arms already, she fastened her pace and quietly opened the door. Her gaze landing on her s/o’s figure on the bed while cradling the plush in their arms.

Sighing amusingly, her lips quirking up, she did her nightly routine before going in bed with them. Staring at the plush for a couple of seconds before trying to take it away from your hold, the only thing that’s allowed in your arms is her and her only! She clicked her tongue when she noticed you tightening your hold around the plush. She can’t believe she’s been beaten by a plush! A plush! The nerve of this plush to her take her place!

“Vengeance will be mine. Just you wait, you little midget.”

Childe

First reaction when his eyes landed on you holding your plush in between your arms was to take a picture with his kamera, and so he did. Taking a few pictures before gushing at how adorable you look. This is just what he needed after coming back from a stressful mission from the Fatui. A moment for him to unwind after all that fiasco.

After changing his outfit to a more comfortable ones, he climbed into bed with you. Laying on his side to face you, who was still holding the plush in your arms, and laid his arm around you. Not at all minding the plush that was separating him from you, leaning forward to press a kiss on your forehead. He might also press a kiss on the plush if he feels like it (i just think he will treat the plush like his kid-).

“Sweet dreams to you both. Don’t let the monsters bite.”

Gorou

All he wanted to do is to fall flat on his bed, with you by his side, and snooze the night away. Tension was always high in the resistance group, no one dares to let their guard down as any time the vision hunt decree could strike. Rubbing his eye with his palm as he enters his tent, which he shares with you. Smiling at the sight of your sleeping figure peacefully laying on the mattress. His eyes shifted to the plush your holding and couldn’t help but let out a growl.

Making his way towards you, he swift takes away your plush from your hold, not giving you any time to object. Which effectively woke you up, the sudden action making you stir awake to meet the annoyed gaze of your lover as his tail shifts behind him. Blinking at him in confusion, your eyes trailed to the plush he carelessly threw on the floor and let out a laugh. Huffing at your amusement in his action, he crawled into your arms and you welcomed him.

“You’re only allowed to cuddle with me, okay? Not that impostor.”

Hu Tao

Lets out a chuckle when her gaze meets the sight of her precious cradling the ghost plush she gave you awhile back. She had decided to visit you for a nightly cuddle, but she didn’t expect to see this sight before her. Humming a familiar tune under her breath, she makes her way to you with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

Taking off her hat and setting it down on a table by the side carefully, she stretches her fingers as she gets near to your sleeping figure. In one swift motion, she takes the plush from your hold and replaced the loss cuddling partner with her. Wrapping her arms around you as she giggles when you tightened your hold around her, she smiled contentedly. Turning to the side and sticking a tongue out to the plush, she giggles quietly.

“Boo~ sorry, I won this round~”

Kazuha

Smiling at the sight of you peacefully sleeping on the bed in your shared room in the Crux Fleet, his gaze shifted to the plush in your arms. Seeing the plush brought back memories of him and you in Inazuma, the short time you two spent together on the land of Eternity was something he deeply cherished. The plush was one of your memento of your time with him in that land.

Laying on the opposite side while putting an arm around you, he pulled you close and pressed feather-like kisses on the back of your neck. Smiling contentedly when he hears you humming and calling his name sleepily. He lets you roll to face him, leaving the plush and putting your arms around him instead. Accepting your embrace immediately as he press a kiss on your forehead.

“I guess that plush is a good use whenever I’m not around. Though I would prefer if you would just go and get me instead.”

Scaramouche

Glares at the plush with such hatred when he noticed you holding the said-plush. The plush had the audacity to look at him with an innocent look on his face while being cradled by you. If only he could punish him just like how he punished the other Fatui members, alas you forbid it stating that the plush means so much to you.

Clicking his tongue as he made his way towards you with heavy thuds, he promptly grabs the plush from your hold, ignoring how you whine at the loss of your cuddling partner. Staring at the beady eyes of it as he made a threatening statement before tossing it away behind him on the floor. He laid down on his side, ignoring how you woke up and wrapped his arms around you. Already closing his eyes and not paying attention to your protests.

“Tsk, quiet you fool. Don’t you want a good night’s rest? Ignore that plush, you have me. Now sleep.”

Thoma

Cooing at you being adorable again, he can’t help but skip towards you and press kisses on your face. Smiling when you stirred in your sleep but didn’t wake, and finally pressed one final kiss before doing his nightly routine. He doesn’t mind that your cuddling with a plush, after all, he gave you that plush for that purpose! Though he does admit that the way your holding the plush makes him a bit jealous…

Finishing up his last routine, he takes his place in front of you and wrapped his arms around you. The plush in between your chests as he press a kiss on your lips and on the plush’s forehead. A cute gesture before promptly removing it and placing it down on the bedside table. The purpose of it is to cuddle with you if he’s not around, but since he’s around, it’s rendered useless for now.

“Lovely dreams, my (queen/king). May your dreams be filled with happiness.”

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୨♡୧ keqing

summary: you know keqing is a hard worker, but sometimes she forgoes basic needs in favor of her job. today, you decide to surprise her.

notes: one shot, gn!reader, fluff, not edited

warnings: food

word count: 557

those in liyue harbor were lively like always– kids brushing by your clothing, and salepeople yelling in the streets. though, you had no time to take in the sights. you walked up to the counter of wanmin restaurant and rung the small bell besides it.

xiangling quickly appeared at the counter. “oh, hi! i wasn’t expecting you to be here.” she slid a bag full of food over the counter. as you dropped the mora on the counter, xiangling tilted her head to the side in curiosity. “say, are you having a party or something? you’ve never ordered this much food before!” her eyes darted down to the notepad in her hand. “do i have the right order…?”

you laughed. “no, it’s not for me.” pause. “well, mostly.” you quickly grabbed the bag off the counter and with a wave, the sea breeze of liyue rushed past your ears as you ran to the office of civil affairs.

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GANYU REQUEST TIME.. Ganyu with a s/o who loves to play with her hair, like braids it and stuff..

Ganyu

Ganyu jumps a little the first time you touch her hair, even though she doesn't want to seem tense at all, she can't really help it sometimes, instinctively thinking something had gotten stuck on her locks, or you were going to touch her horns or something... but she relaxes quickly enough.

When she lets herself unwind fully, she finds out that she really likes it! Ganyu isn't very used to a feeling like this, having such an intense schedule, so having you take care of her in such a way makes her melt rather easily. She tries to keep her posture mostly straight, to make your life easier if you were going to do something like braid it, but she finds out that's surprisingly hard.

Loves it especially after she's had a long day, she'll rarely outright ask for it, but with the way she tilts her head slightly at you, you can tell it'd do her good at the moment. Would walk around with all the braids you've done if she could, even if they aren't put together very skillfully.

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keqing, mona & beidou with ☄️?

☄️- when they’re yearning/ missing you

☄️-will work even harder. She doesn’t want to “waste” time thinking about you, when she has so many things to do. Deep down, she really does miss you though. She just works harder to ignore that aching feeling of you not being with you.

Are you alright? Have you reached your destination? Are you returning? These are the questions that swirl in her head while she thinks about you, when she takes a break, or do something as mundane as eating.

She would definitely get a few days off to spend time with you. While it’s meant to be a way for her to make up for the time that you were gone, it’s also her motivation to stop thinking about you for the nth time and clear all her work for the next few days ASAP

☄️-will keep scry about you. She gets too worried, that every hour or so, she’ll keep checking on you.

She can’t help it, the outside world can be scary, and everyday she worries about whether you’ll come back to her safe and sound.

In the event that she finds you in grave danger, she’ll instantly teleport to your side, or immediately start making her way to where you are. You’re too important to her, she doesn’t want to lose you, her lover.

She will start saving so that when you get back from a long journey, she can treat you to a meal. For once.

☄️-Often at sea, she doesn’t have the time to miss you. She’s busy with her duties as captain of the Crux fleet.

The only time she has to miss you, is when she’s completely drunk, or when she has her own private time. That’s when she starts thinking about you. You can see it in the way her eyes start softening, or how she slowly becomes more silent, as she is pulled to sleep, dreaming of you.

She’ll also be looking for small trinkets to bring back to you. It’s almost subconscious at this point, but it’s a subtle sign to the entire crew that she’s missing you.

When she gets back she’ll be back to normal, but she’ll be more touchy, much to your embarrassment in public. She misses you oh so dearly, after all.

Hello-could I request for a reader who’s like Albedo-like they’re smart and wanting to understand the world around them but they’re quite shy and tends to be bad at expressing their feelings who feels comfortable being themselves around their S/O(Yoimiya,Lisa,Xingqiu and Ayaka)? Take your time with this request hope I didn’t ask too much with it-take care :)

Smart S/O Who Unwinds Around Them

Characters: Yoimiya, Lisa, Xinqiu, Ayaka

Warnings: none

A/n: Yes! I’m going to be honest I blew through Albedo’s story quest, but like I don’t think that will be much of a problem during the prompt.

• Yoimiya thought your studies were interesting despite you never really talking about it in general. She didn’t know what was going on but she was curious nonetheless because it was important to someone she cares about.

• Yoimiya tried to break your shy demeanor around her by chatting a lot. She would try and understand your experiments, trying to make sense of them in her head. If you ever did share a concept with her she’d compare it to the thing she knew best, “Oo oo oo I get it, so like how a firework does this right?”

• When you finally start to crack out of your shell Yoimiya couldn’t be more supportive of you, listening to your tangents about future experiments you want to perform and results of already tested ones. You always support and listen to her talk of fireworks so it wouldn’t kill to hear about yours even if she didn’t know what was happening.

Yoimiya knew you were excellent at what you did, and when she asked you for a formula for a specific firework idea she had you were overjoyed. Not visibly, but mentally you were jumping up and down when she asked for your assistance.

When you finished you showed Yoimiya your blueprints, “So this is why you have to use Agnidus agate over Varunada Lazurite, the concoction of this element with your…” you paused for a minute, the life in your voice dying. “You know what never mind it’s okay the logistics of it don’t really matter.”

“No, please continue, I was listening.” For such a dense hardheaded girl you would expect her to just zone out during explanations. But you could tell Yoimiya’s body language that she was far from your initial assumptions.

“See, I knew you were just shy,” Yoimiya said after you concluded your lecture.

“Huh?”

“You never used to even bother explaining your research to me. I’m glad though, I’ll take it as that you trust me more, and nothing could make me happier.” She giggled gleefully.

• Lisa is a smarty pants being one of Sumeru’s smartest, you didn’t even have to talk in order for her to know what you were studying. Just one glance and she knew the concept of whatever you were planning. 

• She offered to help once and you accepted but during the actual experiment, she ended up just watching because you were too shy to order her around. You were just too shy to take initiative. 

• Once you opened up to Lisa she would be ecstatic. Being such a confident woman herself, she found ambition and passion sexy. So you taking charge and telling her everything would not only fascinate her but make her fall in love with you even more.

You sat down in the library, writing notes about a specific alchemy test that you never had occurred to you. Lisa dragged her hands along the backrest of your chair, “What has you writing so fast, it’s barely legible.”

“Ah, I learned that you can craft things from ash,” You continued to write, that’s all you were going to say really.

“Oh? Tell me more.” Every now and then Lisa would be more intuitive about your work, she wanted to bond with you intellectually over physically or verbally.

Normally, if it were anybody else you would just give them a simple explanation, but Lisa’s energy made you feel as if you could just unwind everything to her. You rambled for it must’ve been hours and Lisa continued to sit interested as ever. She honestly enjoyed your tangents as it was two things she loved most combined. Free knowledge, and you.

“You know I think it’s cool how you only tell me these things.” She says emphasizing your exclusivity by placing her hand atop of yours.

“W-what do you mean?”

“I noticed you don’t discuss these things with anyone else, am I wrong? You love me so much don’t you cutie?”

• Xinqiu was smart too but only book smart, not philosophical. he would always be curious about what you were doing, since he’s so young he has an unquenchable desire for knowledge of any type.

• Sometimes even trying to make you open up to him by being an absolute chatterbox. He might even pull a small prank on you in an attempt to thaw your shyness. 

• When you opened up to Xingqiu he felt overjoyed. He was probably more interested in what you had to say over the fact that you’ve never talked for so long in your life to another person. 

You were scribbling on a large manuscript the recipe to your latest discoveries. You were so focused you failed to realize how crazy you looked to an observer. Your body hunched back while your elbow was in an odd position for writing.

You heard a light giggle, “Wow, look at you go. What has you so worked up?” Whenever you were deep in your work Xingqiu would ask you about it. Sometimes you felt like giving him a single sentence for a response, others you could talk for hours.

Literally you probably talked for hours to him. Others would just hear blah blah blah from your mouth, but he sat beside you enthralled at whatever you had to say.

His eyes were wide and he nodded at every point you made, sometimes verbally agreeing with an mhm. Other times he would chime in and ask a question.

His pure interest in your research made you feel like you weren’t a burden. The whole reason why you were so quiet was due to the fact that others would only pretend to listen to your lectures, Xingqiu however always paid the utmost attention.

“Hm, now that’s one hot take. I remember reading something about that in a book I had once picked up. Mind sharing more?”

• Ayaka was politically smart, she knew how to strategize. But your type of smart always interested her. She thought people who studied philosophies were always so admirable because they’re quite literally stepping into the unknown about their already mysterious world. 

• Ayaka would just be kind and patient with you, she knew you were shy so she wouldn’t force anything from you. In fact, she was shy too. The only parallel was that whenever you two were together she would take the silence as comfortable, but you thought it was awkward. 

• Ayaka was a good listener, she would let you ramble about your studies for hours without interruption and actually show moderate interest despite her lack of understanding. You appreciated that the most from her because you felt like it wasn’t a one-sided conversation.

Ayaka and you went on a gentle evening stroll outside in Chinju forest, she clung to your arm as you walked with the Shirasagi Himegimi. “Do you know why that happens?” She pointed your attention to two onikabuto beetles fighting on a nearby branch.

Occasionally Ayaka would ask questions pertaining to the world, they were always things that were ordinary that others wouldn’t normally think twice about. She would rely on you for all the answers.

You explained the natural behavior of the beetles, originally you were just going to describe why they were fighting. Then Ayaka asked you a question, which led to you describing the entire life cycle and everything in between about an onikabuto.

Ayaka’s curiosity was seemingly never-ending. And you served as a pool of knowledge that she dipped her feet in so comfortably. You too enjoyed explaining the philosophies of life.

“Wow- you know I never thought about it that way.” She clung tighter to your arm “You should talk more, it suits you.”