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You vent to Chonkli about your god, unaware that Chonkli is in fact your god.

Rex Lapis' first time shape-shifting into his tiny dragon form is an interesting one, to say the least.

There he is, a fluffy and chonky little brown creature sunbathing on a rock. And there you are, bored and lonely and- "Oh my gosh! You're soooo cute!"

Before he knows what's happened, you've scooped him up and are giving him allll the kisses known to mankind, cradling him like he's a newborn.

"Squishy baby! Fluffy baby! Squishy fluffy baby!" Swaying him around, you coo at him when his tail wiggles (involuntarily, he would argue). When you bring him back to your face for more kisses, he tries to paw at you softly; he's met with an affectionate nom to his paw.

You sit down, still holding Chonkli tenderly, stroking his fur (he purrs in satisfaction). "Honestly, perfect timing. I've been wanting to get something off my chest, but people would probably take it the wrong way, so I'll tell you instead! It's about our deity, Rex Lapis."

Chonkli perks up, alert.

"He's nice and all, and he takes good care of us, but...he's kind of scary! Probably because of his resting bitch face."

"Rawr?" Chonkli tilts his head - this is news to him. Not that he even understands what a resting bitch face is, but still!

"And like... he does praise us, but he does it with a straight face! I can't tell if he's being genuine or not!" You sigh, holding the chonky dragon tightly, missing the way he's started to wiggle. "Sometimes when I see him, his very presence makes me want to run away screaming!"

"Oh, please do not be afraid of me." In the blink of an eye, he's turned into a man, his gentle golden gaze trained on you. His head is on your lap, and he's sitting on the ground against the bench you're seated on. For the first time in his life, he has a small pout on his lips.

You stare at him, slack-jawed, your hand in his hair where his fur was supposed to be. He stares back, eventually realising this may be a nasty shock to you, so he pulls away slowly, never taking his eyes off you. Then, after what seems like an eon, you scream.

The god, not wanting to make things worse, murmurs a "Forgive me," and hastily excuses himself from the scene.

...For the next few weeks, you're paranoid that any living creature you see could be Rex in disguise.

#sini reblog

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Do u have any songs that remind u of zhongli?

Admittedly I listen to a lot of wordless music these days but! Here's some that have geo archon-ish lyrics~

Crossfire by Stephen

Flowers by Sarah and the Safe Word (I see this song as Azhdaha's perspective)

Live Forever by Caravan of Thieves

Dance on the Moon by AURORA

Cupid by Victoria Monet (for angst purposes teehee)

I actually have a playlist I made for him on Spotify that has all these songs + a dash of poetry! Sharing it here!

#sini answers #I'll keep adding more later

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I’m so late and I’m so embarrassed by it… BUT HAPPY BRLATED BIRTHDAY SINI!!

Aww don't worry about it at all!! And thank you so much~!! ♡♡♡

#sini answers #thank you thank youuu #i got older weeee

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my absolute favorite Zhongli writer

Weeehhhhhh *bows a million times* I hope I'll stay your favorite for the months to come!!! ♡♡

#sini answers #THANK YOU #LOVE it when I hear this

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siniiiiii heyyyyyyyy ! it's been a long time since i read ur writing, like usual~ *chef kiss💋 tight hug for yah ! good job dear, and thank u for ur hardwork! love yahhh <3333

Awww hehe welcome back to the world of sini brainrot!! Love you tooo, and here's a big hug back~

#sini answers #hehe so sweeeeeet

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You vent to Chonkli about your god, unaware that Chonkli is in fact your god.

Rex Lapis' first time shape-shifting into his tiny dragon form is an interesting one, to say the least.

There he is, a fluffy and chonky little brown creature sunbathing on a rock. And there you are, bored and lonely and- "Oh my gosh! You're soooo cute!"

Before he knows what's happened, you've scooped him up and are giving him allll the kisses known to mankind, cradling him like he's a newborn.

"Squishy baby! Fluffy baby! Squishy fluffy baby!" Swaying him around, you coo at him when his tail wiggles (involuntarily, he would argue). When you bring him back to your face for more kisses, he tries to paw at you softly; he's met with an affectionate nom to his paw.

You sit down, still holding Chonkli tenderly, stroking his fur (he purrs in satisfaction). "Honestly, perfect timing. I've been wanting to get something off my chest, but people would probably take it the wrong way, so I'll tell you instead! It's about our deity, Rex Lapis."

Chonkli perks up, alert.

"He's nice and all, and he takes good care of us, but...he's kind of scary! Probably because of his resting bitch face."

"Rawr?" Chonkli tilts his head - this is news to him. Not that he even understands what a resting bitch face is, but still!

"And like... he does praise us, but he does it with a straight face! I can't tell if he's being genuine or not!" You sigh, holding the chonky dragon tightly, missing the way he's started to wiggle. "Sometimes when I see him, his very presence makes me want to run away screaming!"

"Oh, please do not be afraid of me." In the blink of an eye, he's turned into a man, his gentle golden gaze trained on you. His head is on your lap, and he's sitting on the ground against the bench you're seated on. For the first time in his life, he has a small pout on his lips.

You stare at him, slack-jawed, your hand in his hair where his fur was supposed to be. He stares back, eventually realising this may be a nasty shock to you, so he pulls away slowly, never taking his eyes off you. Then, after what seems like an eon, you scream.

The god, not wanting to make things worse, murmurs a "Forgive me," and hastily excuses himself from the scene.

...For the next few weeks, you're paranoid that any living creature you see could be Rex in disguise.

#sini writes #zhongli #genshin impact #zhongli x reader #fluff #drabble #chonkli #rex lapis

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Zhongli is a being who has powers often unimaginable to the average human. He has raised the land, lowered the tides, created gold from his very own body, and hurled mountains at his foes without breaking a sweat. Heavy was the crown on his head, but he stood tall and steadfast. All his millennia of toiling away for the good of his people, dedicating his life for the betterment of Liyue, all make his present-day retirement that much sweeter.

Now, he uses his powers to help you. His sweet adventurer partner.

Oh, no. He doesn't rearrange the country's geography or anything anymore.

His attack motions are swift and seamless - but instead of fighting gods or monsters, he extracts wood from trees at a remarkable pace for you, his spear slicing the bark in perfect little pieces while keeping the tree mostly intact.

His command over Geo is unparalleled - and he uses that command to mine ores for you, the chunks coming in handy for new weapons.

The god summons his tall earthen steles that resonate with the very ground he walks on, and he puts them on pressure plates to get you treasure.

Zhongli's just finished charging up your parametric transformer at your behest, focusing his Geo energy into transmuting some slimes into Mora and materials for you. Next on his to-do list, he needs to help you with your commissions... by jumping on some bouncy mushrooms in Sumeru.

He's happy to do all these things, of course. It's a testament to the peace he's worked hard for.

#sini writes #zhongli #genshin impact #zhongli x reader #drabble

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Mihoyo should hand over the rights to zhongli to you cause nobody is writing him like you!!! This feels more canon than genshin itselfffff 😭❤️ you're writings are literally comfort writings for me Theyre all so fluffy they make my day 🥺❤️

Aaaaah whaaattt!! This is like the coolest thing anyone’s ever said to me 🥹🥹 💞

if they handed his rights to me I’d find a way to shove him into every single patch and rework his weapon and confirm the sun god theories and give him Lapis Dei story quests and make an event where we play in his past and and-

#sini answers #I literally rolled around reading this #THANK YOU #HIGH PRAISE #zhongli

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Hi!! I don't comment or ask much, but just want to let you know that your posts are something I look forward to everyday. They are like yummy little treats! You are a blessing and I hope you have a wonderful Birthday!

Yummy little treats?! Awww!!! So cute!!! I’ll cook more and more treats~ 💌

Thank you for the wishes too!!

#sini answers #I sit in kitchen and cook Zhongli treats!! #yeeaaahhh!!!

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hi!! i don’t have any special compliments about your work that you likely haven’t heard before, i just wanted to say how much i adore your writing. ive been a silent reader of yours for awhile now (sorry!!) but everytime i read something of yours after a long day of work, it elicits some sort of positive emotion from me and considering i barely play or consume genshin anymore thats a wonderful skill of yours!! this is all to say that i hope you continue to make your “zhongli brainrot” everyone’s problem because it’s always a delight. :)

Aww don’t apologise for being a silent reader! I get that people can be shy or simply want to engage through likes/reblogs or even just reading haha.

And thank you so much!!! 💞 That’s really high praise if I could do such a thing!! I will always make my Zhongli brainrot everyone’s problem hehe ╮(╯▽╰)╭

#sini answers #thank you for the ego boost!!!! #I will keep writingggg

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I love reading stuff you write, I get excited when I see you've posted

Side note, my bestie mains zhongli and I main jean, they have unironically became a traveling duo for us 😂😂 we got screenshots of them all over teyvat

Eeeee thank you~!!!

Aww I bet you two are invincible! A healer and shielder travelling together tanking everything~

#sini answers #i play alone mostly :’) #my irl genshin friends touch more grass than me #I already finished the new fontaine areas #that’s how chronically in Teyvat I am

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hello i'm sorry to disturb you T_T. but i just had this thought that Chonky Zhongli founds himself being caught by enthusiastic chefs— he finds it entertaining how Liyue chefs can't somewhat tell that he eerily looks like Rex Lapis and they're about to cook him!

obviously, he won't let himself get cooked. if anything goes south, he will be ready to flee— leaving the chefs in awe of how the rare creature escaped from their grasp. his lover doesn't share the same entertainment, and really thought that Zhongli was weakened and ready to be eaten for dinner. so there they were, a flimsy slipper in hand and whacking those chefs in discipline. screaming about how dare they cook their..... "lost pet".

when all else is said and done, his lover asks why he didn't just transform (or escape).

"I was about to, darling. yet I saw you coming from far away just to save me. so why not–"

WHACK

Haha, adorable!! Li is totally the type to sit around and stew (no pun intended) in a dangerous situation just to see how far things can go. His poor partner worries about him, despite him being a whole god and all that good stuff, but to him these things are just amusing. :P

And I feel like Zhongli would make the "lost pet" thing a running gag-

#sini answers #silly chonkli

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your header is beautiful! whos the artist?

The artist is 2134_twone on Twitter!

#sini answers #just when i was thinking of a layout change #honestly might keep it a little longer

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Hi again, sini! I got some imagines that will wiggle your zhongli brain worms.

Remember this year’s Lantern Rite where Neuvilette made a ladle that resembles his dragon form? I imagined Zhongli’s wife (aka f!reader) went to Fontaine as part of her work. During her off days, there's a sculpting class and reader joins in and creates an intricate sculpture of Zhongli’s majestic dragon form. The sculpture is small enough to put on a table as decor.

Fast forward, reader returns to Liyue and tells Zhongli about her work and experience in Fontaine. She then pulls out the sculpture for Zhongli to admire. Zhongli then brings that sculpture to his workplace and place it on his table so he can gaze at it and motivate himself at work.

I bet customers who came and even Hu Tao would ask about the statue and Zhongli would proudly say it’s his wife’s handmade gift. The sculpture is also a good conversation starter when customers visit the funeral parlor.

Oh my gosh yes! That's so adorable and I totally see it. He'd be so touched that his wife would make such a thing for him and so beautifully too!

I also think maybe if people talking to Zhongli don't bring up the statue in their conversation, Zhongli would find a way to wiggle it in somehow. Maybe he'd run a finger along its length ostentatiously, or if the topic is somewhat related to dragons or sculpting or cool items he'd say something along the lines of "Ah yes, if I could call your attention to this trinket here..."

I just think he'd waste no opportunity to tell people his lovely wife thoughtfully handmade it for him :] at some point it's probable that the whole harbor knows about the dragon statue hehe.

#sini answers #thank you for sharing!! #just imagine him making the statue everyone's business #rambling about how you made it

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Zhongli is normally a calm man...but his affection for you introduces him to an unfamiliar emotion.

Embarrassment was never in Zhongli's expansive dictionary. Not in the past thousands of years when he's asked humans some silly questions while ruling over them, and certainly not in the present when putting things on Wangsheng's tab when his own wallet is absent.

But now, you've joined the funeral parlor as an employee, and Zhongli had expressed the appropriate amount of curiosity about you; curiosity which soon turned into caring, and caring which gradually turned into attachment. Zhongli now likes you very much, something he hopes to convey to you when the time is right.

So now, whenever he does something strange that makes him look silly in front of you, he finds his cheeks burning hot with mortification.

Like the time he asks Xinyan to perform her rock music...at a funeral. When the debacle occurs, the rockstar raising a hue and cry at the preposterous request of the consultant, Zhongli catches you stifling a giggle out of the corner of his eye. Oh no, you find him silly..? He finds himself rather upset at the notion, a first for the nonchalant god.

"Aww, are you pouting, mister Zhongli?" you tease afterward, which makes his face burn even more as he hurriedly excuses himself. (He tries to discern in the mirror, later, whether his pout could have been seen as attractive.)

You and him are out on the way to see a client when you're accosted by a gang of Fatui. Zhongli disposes of them with ease, proudly returning to your side and glowing at your praise of his skill. "Oh, you've got a bit of dirt here..." You dust off the sleeve of his outfit, and Zhongli, normally unconcerned about the inevitable evidences of battle, finds himself blushing. How much cooler would he have looked to you if he'd beat them all up without a single mark on himself? Now he's just flustered.

He goes over conversation topics in his head, attempting to figure out what would best keep you engaged. He wants to share fun bits of knowledge with you, but how can he do that when 'fun' is subjective? Zhongli sincerely hopes you'll find Blackcliff Forge trivia interesting, for he might just crumble if you don't.

#sini reblog

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Stay in bed a little longer with Zhongli.

The morning sun illuminates all that it sees in a faint golden glow - except the room you and Zhongli are snuggled up in, because the curtains are drawn. As far as either of you are concerned, it's not yet time to rise.

"Shall we get up now, dearest?" Zhongli asks, his thumb rubbing soft circles on your cheek. You shake your head, pressing up against him further. His leg entwines with yours in response, willfully giving in to the cuddling.

He hums, and out comes his tail that flops gently onto your hip. "Oh!" you exclaim.

"Oh, shall I put it away?" Zhongli starts to retract his tail, but you hold onto it.

"No, I was just surprised is all." You kiss his tail, not missing the way it immediately starts wagging when you do that. "I like it!" Smiling, Zhongli lets his tail wrap around you gently, giving you loving little squeezes. You giggle.

Your husband presses a kiss to your hair, tenderly petting you while his tail continues its affectionate squeezes. "You are lovely," he whispers, planting another two kisses, "have I told you that?"

"About every ten minutes," you reply, nuzzling his chest. His tail coils another ring around you at that.

Zhongli lets his hands wander, calloused golden-veined fingers tracing patterns along your skin, chuckling when goosebumps form along the trail of his touch. He watches, rapt, every little reaction your body has to his appendages before speaking. "I was thinking I should like to have breakfast in bed this morning."

"Oh, okay," you say, oblivious to the way his scales gleam sinisterly. "What would you like to have?" Zhongli cups your cheek, the smile never leaving his face. His tail coils another loop around you - just how long did he make it? - and as his hot breath fans your neck as he utters the one word, you shudder.

"You."

#sini reblog

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Thanks everyone for the lovely messages and well wishes!! I had a great day today ^-^

#sini misc #back to regular scheduled Zhongli worms