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angelltheninth · 3 months
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Ningguang Starts to See You as More Than a Pawn
Pairing: Ningguang x Fem!Reader
Tags: fluff, developing relationship, crushes, feelings realization, power dynamic, boss x employee, flirting
A/N: She could be a sugar momma actually.
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She had many messengers, pawns, spies, all of them useful people for her plans
Knew all of them but she took a special interest in you because you did a lot of good work
Couldn't give you time off exactly, you were needed
But she did pay you a bit more so you could treat yourself every once in a while
Or if you do a really good job she can treat you to a meal and some wine
Lets you take a rest in her office after delivering information
Asks a lot of additional questions just to have an excuse to be in your company more
When she gives you money her hands linger on yours
If you show up in outfits that reveal more skin then so will she
First it was to see how you'd react, to test the waters so to speak
Then she began dressing up when she knew you'd be coming to see her
You notice but don't say anything, if you she might stop
And you like the extra attention given to you
The next boundary crossed is when you start flirting with her, playful compliments, about her hard work, her appearance, her scent, the way she carries herself so gracefully
None of those were taken badly by her so you kept going
She enjoyed compliments always, it's been a while since someone managed to make her heart flutter from them though
Interesting, she never thought one of her pawn's charms would work on her
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laurixs · 1 year
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۰ ۪۪۫۫ · 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐔𝐓𝚰𝐄𝐒
❕: masterlist
❗️: literally no warnings js pure fluff, you and ningguang are married and have a daughter. wlw
(a/n: this is kinda short, might do something else in the future abt it)
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okay but imagine coming home from an exhausting day. you could hear you daughter’s laugh at the stairs of the jade chamber. entering your daughter’s room and seeing ningguang sitting on her bed with glittered clips and makeup everywhere on her face doing your daughter’s eyeliner while she’s laughing because it tickles her pretty eyes.
at that moment all your pain and your tired state fade away. and the happiness overwhelms you when your daughter notices you, runs to you, hugs your legs and kisses your cheeks while telling you what she did with your wife all day. you guided her to the bed and kissed ningguang. how lucky are you to have such a happy family?
“mommy can i do your makeup too please” your daughter says and she’s just so cute, when her adorable voice asks you something you don’t have the audacity to refuse. you hugged the women of your life tightly. “i love you two so much” ningguang said softly. your daughter stopped the hug unfortunately, because she wanted to do your makeup! and you couldn’t make her wait.
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Them with a reader that walks too fast all the time
Characters: Jean/Ningguang/Collei x gn!reader (separate)
Warnings: none, just fluff
a/n: This was a request by @unreleased-character-simpinator
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
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Jean
While it was fair to say that the acting Grandmaster wasn’t exactly what one would call slow when walking, being used to hurry from one point to another, you were on a completely different level.
The first time the two of you went somewhere together, Jean almost got the impression that you were running from someone, causing her to look around only to find no one but the two of you anywhere in sight. Only when you asked a question and didn’t get a reply, did you stop to look for her, noticing the distance you had built up.
“Where do you think Klee could be? I hope she’s not too far from Mondstadt or we might not be able to catch up to her”, you stated, only for the silence that followed to go on for a bit too long, causing you to quickly look around before your eyes finally landed on Jean, who as it seemed, had a hard time keeping up with you, causing you to finally wait for her as you gave her a sheepish smile.
“Don’t take this the wrong way, but with how fast you walk, I wouldn’t worry about her outrunning you anytime soon”, Jean stated before taking a short breather, while starting to question if you really did it unintentionally or just wanted to get rid of her.
“Hehe- sorry, I tend to forget to match my pace with others in situations like this”, you apologised, only for the acting Grandmaster to quickly dismiss your worries and the two of you continuing to search for Klee, with you being extra careful to walk slower this time.
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Ningguang
Even though Ningguang knew better than anyone else that time equalled money, your habit of unintentionally walking faster than a paranoid person afraid of being followed, tended to somewhat irritate her. And while she tolerated it whenever it was just the two of you walking around in her Jade Chamber, the last thing she wanted is for you to literally accidentally run off when the two of you had the pleasure of meeting other important people.
“If you don’t watch where you are going you might just fall of the Jade Chamber”, Ningguang’s voice rang out, causing you to stop in your tracks. And while her words were somewhat worrying, especially when you realised that you really weren’t looking where exactly you were walking, what worried you more, was the fact that their source appeared to be situated several feet behind you.
“Ah- I’m sorry, I must have lost myself in my thoughts again”, you apologised, only for the Tianquan to quickly shut you up once she caught up to you.
“It’s fine. Just try to look where you are going next time. It would be a real shame for me to lose someone like you because of something so preventable”, Ningguang stated before walking a few steps ahead of you, quickly turning her head back to you and leading the way.
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Collei
The confidence and speed with which you led Collei through the jungle always was something she admired about you. Even though you weren’t a forest ranger yourself, you seemed to always know where to go and never doubted yourself for a second if you accidentally took the wrong turn or not.
What Collei didn’t know however, was that you neither had any idea where you were leading her, nor that you were leading her somewhere in the first place, simply walking into a random direction while being lost in thought, somehow getting lucky each and every time.
“Wait, let me catch up!”, Collei’s voice suddenly dragged you back to reality, only for you to realise that you had left her behind. And while you had at first suspected that you probably had walked off while she took a small break to tie her shoes, that turned out to be impossible when you realised her shoes didn’t need to be tied.
“Okay, where do we have to go now?”, she asked once she finally stood by your side, causing you to stare at her with a confused look. Wasn’t she the forest ranger trainee? Why was she asking you?
“What do you mean? Don’t you know where you are going?”, she responded with another question once you voiced your question, only for you to quickly shake your head. “Oh. But you were walking so fast, so I thought you’d-”, Collei thought out loud, only for you to realise what had actually happened, causing your face to get slightly red, in turn, making her realise.
“Let’s… just take look at the map”, you awkwardly suggested, only for Collei to not waste a second to nod, the two of you silently agreeing to change the subject.
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> reposted from my personal blog: @mee-op
lady ningguang as your gf // hcs
gn reader
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lowkey a sugar mommy
she'll buy you anything and everything you want. the both of you are on a date and you eye something at the market? it's on your bed that same day
but she knows that you can't have a good relationship purely on gift-giving, so honestly— her love language is quality time
being so busy, your outdoor dates are rare.
she may not admit it, but she gets so tired at the end of the day— and all she wants to do is cuddle up with you on her gigantic bed as you tell her about your day and vice versa
she's known to be pretty blunt and straightforward when she's talking with anyone else, but when it comes to you, she's kind of scared she might overwhelm you with how strongly she feels about you
so she resorts to actions that (she hopes) prove how much she cares
at the beginning of your relationship, she couldn't decide whether the both of you should keep your relationship a secret or not
on one hand, if everyone knows you're with the lady ningguang— you'd be in less danger. but people might distance themselves from you, making her the main reason for you being lonely.
but on the other hand, she loathes the idea of keeping the two of you private. she wants everyone to know how happy you make her— but if it would make you happier she'd gladly set aside her own selfish intentions
after much consideration, she'll just ask what you think. public or private, she'll respect your decision. she's happy as long as you're happy (and safe)
no matter how packed her schedule is, she'll always try and make time for you
she'll try her best to make you feel like you're the only person in the world to her.
she loves and adores you, and she hopes you know that
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mee-op · 2 years
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lady ningguang as your gf // hcs
gn reader
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lowkey a sugar mommy
she'll buy you anything and everything you want. the both of you are on a date and you eye something at the market? it's on your bed that same day
but she knows that you can't have a good relationship purely on gift-giving, so honestly— her love language is quality time
being so busy, your outdoor dates are rare.
she may not admit it, but she gets so tired at the end of the day— and all she wants to do is cuddle up with you on her gigantic bed as you tell her about your day and vice versa
she's known to be pretty blunt and straightforward when she's talking with anyone else, but when it comes to you, she's kind of scared she might overwhelm you with how strongly she feels about you
so she resorts to actions that (she hopes) prove how much she cares
at the beginning of your relationship, she couldn't decide whether the both of you should keep your relationship a secret or not
on one hand, if everyone knows you're with the lady ningguang— you'd be in less danger. but people might distance themselves from you, making her the main reason for you being lonely.
but on the other hand, she loathes the idea of keeping the two of you private. she wants everyone to know how happy you make her— but if it would make you happier she'd gladly set aside her own selfish intentions
after much consideration, she'll just ask what you think. public or private, she'll respect your decision. she's happy as long as you're happy (and safe)
no matter how packed her schedule is, she'll always try and make time for you
she'll try her best to make you feel like you're the only person in the world to her.
she loves and adores you, and she hopes you know that
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I just finished her hangout event and she was literally so pretty i can't-
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sunny-reis · 9 months
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MASTERLIST - liyue
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beidou
tba
ganyu
tba
hu tao
tba
keqing
tba
ningguang
tba
shenhe
tba
xinyan
tba
yanfei
tba
yelan
tba
yunjin
tba
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baizhu
tba
xiao
tba
zhongli
tba
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gwinaifen · 4 months
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hoyofair was so good last year like wtf were these
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impactedfates · 5 months
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Detective Oblivious - Various Genshin Characters x GN! Reader
★ Summary: Your best friend lately has been acting strange. Could they have a crush on someone?! You have to get to the bottom of it…though perhaps you can start by noticing how they look at you
☆ Characters Included (Separate): Alhaitham, Ayato, Kazuha, Xiao, Yelan, Ningguang
★ Genre/Trope: Romantic + Fluff + Maybe a bit of Crack
☆ Warnings: None
★ Extra: HSR Ver Here // Semi-Proof Read
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Honestly I don't blame you for not noticing Alhaitham likes you. He's very hard to read. But at the same time, it doesn't take a detective to notice how he's more careful with his words when talking to you. He doesn't necessarily care what you think of him, even if he likes you, however he does wish for you to see him in a more positive light.
So even though you've been friends for so long, his sudden change in how he talks to you is so you can hopefully see how he feels about you as he believes you'd be able to notice but well...much to his dismay and annoyance, you don't.
You got the part that he likes someone, but not that those feelings are directed towards you. Have you not seen the longing stares he gives you when you're doing anything? How he's more lenient in what you're doing?? How when he was The Acting Grand Sage, how he always looked over anything you wrote to him first???
Clearly not as, as when he enters his home he can see you talking to Kaveh to see if he knows anything about who he likes. Kaveh, noticing him behind you, simply smiled. Although Alhaitham wants to confess to you, he'd rather him telling you directly or you finding out yourself without the need of help from others. And Kaveh knew this...
"Oh, he likes yo-"
A book was suddenly thrown at Kaveh as the Scribe quickly took you away.
"Wh- hey! He was going to tell me something"
"Didn't want him to say something I should be saying...I should be the one telling you I like you"
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Many people caught on to the way Ayato treated you differently towards others, in fact. Both Ayaka and Thoma knew he liked you before he himself knew. Yet, why was it that everyone but you knew how much he held you dear to his heart?
Ayato never had much free time to be frank, however unlike his other friends and even family. He would never send anyone as many gifts as he did to you. Anytime you liked something you'd have it delivered to your house right away. You always thanked him for it, beaming as you looked at it. Although you did slightly feel bad as some of the things you off handily mention wanting are quite expensive. But the Commissioner doesn't care. Seeing that smile is enough for him.
What he does care about however, is how dense you are towards his acts of affection. As stated, he gives you more gifts than anyone else he knows. But another thing he does that he's surprised doesn't get you to catch on, is him "jokingly" calling your Mx Kamisato (he's half joking, he does want to marry you)
What surprises him more is that you somehow think it's directed to someone else?? You question him on who he's referring to even though he was looking directly at you.
Eventually he gently backs you into a corner and makes you face him, turning your chin towards him.
"My dear...I've tried everything but you don't get the hint. So I'll say it here...I love you~"
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You found some poems that Kazuha had written, and it's about someone. In fact, it's about someone romantically. This caused you to quickly search for who said love poem is about.
One of the kids witnessed you ranting to yourself about who could've taken the samurai's heart and told Beidou, who then found it amusing enough to tell Kazuha who at first laughs it off before realising you've likely read the poems he wrote. He is thankful you haven't found out it's about you, but at the same time. He doesn't think you've met anyone that's like you, and the love poem does describe you near perfectly. Still...at least you haven't found out?
He watches from a small distance as you glance at him before looking away. This happens a lot, especially when he's talking to a friend who questions your behaviour. In fact, you've done this so much that people assume you're Kazuha's partner and want his attention. They even comment about it to which you both politely explain that you're just friends.
Eventually though, he makes no comment when someone assumes the two of you are dating, which makes you question him which leads to you finally figuring out who the love poem is about.
"Wait so...the love poems..."
"Is about you yes, I like you"
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I can see him being quite confused himself when he realises he likes someone and might even tell you about how he's feeling. He won't directly say who it is but he tells enough to let you know he's fallen DEEP in love with someone.
Now the two of you are trying to figure out just who's the one making his heart beat faster and clouding his mind. In truth, Xiao quickly realizes it's you that's causing it. But he can't tell you, he's a bit too flustered to tell you, especially with how cute you look trying to figure it out yourself.
So he lets the search go on, he allows you to drag him to meet various people and see if he feels his heart beating faster. And while it does, that's only because you're beside him. Nothing else. He was happy enough to let you guess till you gave up, he didn't think you'd like him back anyways.
However Hu Tao would beg to differ, she's been listening to you rant about how you loved Xiao and all that stuff. In fact, she's even heard from Zhongli that Xiao likes you. So when you come along with the Adeptus in tow and ask him if he feels any different towards her. She has a feeling she knows what's going on. And why not play matchmaker?
"You don't feel anything at all?"
"No..."
The funeral directly quickly piped up, gently pushing you into Xiao's arms and watching his face burst into shades of crimson.
"What about now? Having the love of your life in your arms is bound to make you feel something right?"
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She...out right flirts with you. And not in a way to get info from you, just...actual flirting. Yelan knows what she wants and tends to get what she wants. More so in terms of information, but she also wants you and will try anything to make you realize her feelings for you.
She probably knows you like her as well, so this should be easy right? Just flirt with you and you'll get the picture right?...Yeah...
"I would love to spend the future with you y'know darling~ Especially in the same house"
"Oh that would be great"
"Exa-"
"Rent would be so much cheaper if we were roommates"
She...finds your obliviousness cute...in a weird way though. She finds it even more cute that you do in fact recognize her flirting eventually...but think she's using you as practice. Now she spots you trying to figure out who it is so you can help her more. And "act" like her crush. She does need to eventually tell you so you can stop searching, I mean. The answer is clear if you look in a mirror.
"C'mon Lanlan, you need to tell who you actually like"
"Hm? Oh but I am sweetie~"
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Ningguang is obviously highly respected and of course has her own set of admirers. You used to see her reading each letter with care and consideration before laughing. Not in a hateful way, truly she's grateful people like her that much. But recently she seems to read them a bit faster, seemingly searching for one name in particular.
It's clear to you she wants a certain person to be in her pile of confession letters. And you'll figure out who. I mean, what better way to help your friend then finding out who she likes and seeing if they like her back right :D
Well...word got to her that you've been searching through some of her things, nothing personal but just around her office. Not to mention observing her more closely lately which she plays off as you being interested in what she has to say. But when she hears that you've apparently scared a poor soul with some of your questioning she goes to confront you.
To which you weakly explain you want to help her find out if her crush likes her back or not. She simply laughs a bit, surprised. She's been giving you special treatment ever since she found out her feelings for you. You've been given bigger discounts because she just cannot let her "darling" pay so much. Alongside other things she thought were obvious hints in the hopes you'll write her a confession letter.
"Well...if you want to help me find out if they like me back, answer me this"
"Yeah?"
"Do you like me?"
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Anyone else find it hard to know when someone likes them? Cuz I do, hence this idea sprang forth. Not all the characters included are ones I simp for but I thought it would be interesting to add them (I literally only simp for Alhaitham and Ayato out of the characters included tbh nsoaorgr)
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yandere-daydreams · 6 months
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okay worst walks-of-shame in genshin, ranked from 'kinda bad' to 'i would rather die'. my mind's been in a weird place, today.
5) kaveh/alhaitham. it doesn't matter which. if one of them is railing you in that apartment then you WILL have to walk past the other and he WILL be judging you. it's a much smaller scale but they make up for with sheer intensity.
4) childe. there's a couple of factors involved here, including 1) the embarrassment of having fucked childe and 2) the fact that he is absolutely not hinged enough to have a reliable place to throw down and therefore considers 'the woods less than a mile away from his legion's encampment' a great place to get his dick wet and simply will not think about how you might feel about limping back to your tent wrapped in his coat and nothing else. at least he's in it with you tho.
3) diluc. he gains points bc he does ask you to spend the night but immediately loses those points bc he lives in a vineyard in the middle of nowhere. he'll fuck you on a bearskin rug beside a flagstone hearth but that will do nothing about the post-coital hike you'll have to take back to the city when he's done. don't even think about trying to get him to fuck you at angel's share, either. he is not failing another health inspection bc of you.
2) wriothesley. as was discussed previously, a walk through a prison's central hub + a five hour elevator ride + an emergence directly into the main hub of polite society is not the recommended come-down from getting your back blown out by the second most pent up man in fontaine. you can either grin and bear it or start bringing formal wear to your dick appointments. a human rights' violation either way.
1) ningguang. it's not even a competition. she CAN fuck you on the ground but she WANTS to see how pretty you look splayed across every horizontal surface in her jade chamber and you're the one who's going to have to suffer for it. she'll pay for your lawyer if you chose to sue for the emotional damage waiting three hours for her magic elevator while her secretaries look at you with varying levels of mortification will cause.
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hunnieknight · 7 months
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Stinky
I ate durian and i wanna kiss people.
Absolute crack,OOC
I am asian, durian is nothing to me, just some sweet soft fruit
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In another universe..
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pigeonpeach · 2 months
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Little Omega~
Summary: omega female reader goes into heat around the genshin women
VERY EXPLICIT LIKE EXTREMLY EXPLICIT MINORS DNI
Contains: girl c0ck, breeding, dubious maybe? Little degradation, lots of breeding actually,
Arlecchino, Beidou & Ningguang, Yae Miko & Ei, Jean & Lisa
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Arlecchino
“Say it.” Her voice grew deep as her hips pounded into you from behind, your uniform shredded as your hips helplessly bucked into hers, her arms wrappex around you, keeping you in place. You never knew your boss had a.. cock but oh god you weren’t complaining now. You didn’t realize your heat would be today as it just suddenly sprung onto you with no warning. You hid from the children asking the other staff to cover for you. You weren’t able to leave safely and you also couldn’t find appropriate hiding spot, in the end your scent ended up setting off Arlecchino’s rut and here you were. Now reduced to a mere toy.
“Breed me! Breed me!” You whined. “Fill my insides! Oh god! I wanna be full! Please! More!” Her lips were right to your making you shudder as she bit your earlobe.
“I’m going to mark you.” She said. You barely has time to process when she bit your scent glands making you spazz. You felt yourself climax on the spot. Hormones pumping through your veins. You were so overwhelmed you went numb for a second as blood dribbled from her bite, her teeth firmly sunk in as her hips continued to pump in, emptying her seed right at your cervix, filling your womb.
“Mmmf!” You moaned as you felt so docile. Your body felt so nice and warm, your cunt full and fucked. Your legs shuddered as you collapsed. “M-my my alpha~” you cooed sweetly. Arlecchino withdrew her teeth as she looked you in the eyes, your dumb and docile expression only fueling her more.
“My perfect little mate.” She kissed the bite mark left as you panted heavily. “We aren’t done.”
Yae Miko & Ei
A shrine maiden is usually not used as courtesan like this. Your cunt stretched around both the Puppet god and the kitsune’s cocks.
“PLEASE! OH! MY ARCHONS!” You whined. They showed no mercy. Yae, behind you, her hands massaging your tits the way a cow would be milked, and Ei who seemed just hyperfixated on watching your pussy convulse around her.
“You are most certainly pleasing your archons… oh I wish I could breed you my love but this body is only a puppet afterall.” Ei pouted.
“Well seeing how fertile this one is, I’ll have no problems knocking her up~” Yae purred right in your ear sending shivers down your spine. “Such a wonderful body, oh I do hope you know that now won’t be the only time you’ll be like this for us~”
“Pliant, docile… fertile..” Ei grumbled. “Oh and to think I deprived myself of this for a thousand years~”
“Please…please!” You wined before squirting suddenly. You convulsed as they stopped temporarily to admire the site.
“Such a wonderful view, I wish It could last for Eternity.” Ei purred.
“What was it you were begging for now little one?~” Yae asked
“D-don…don’t stop…” you whined.
“Truly a top quality slut.” Yae smirked.
“Don’t call her that, she’s clearly a virgin with how addicted she’s become.” Ei brushed your hair out of your face as your dazed eyes met hers. “Don’t worry dear, you will be satisfied.” And with that they resumed.
Beidou and Ningguang
“A excellent mouth you have there.” Ningguang had you bent over as you lapped at her cunt eagerly. While from behind Beidou pounded into you. He hands grabbing the sheets as she grumbled about something. “Such a prime little omega, a true jewel to add to my collection.” The beta purred.
“God… such a good cunt… fuck..” Beidou gasped.
“Its that good huh? It must be if it has you like that~” she teased. You felt squished as the two shared a brief kiss all the while you were struggling to breaths in-between the huge cock pounding into you and eating Ningguang out.
“Fuck… I’m going to… cum… shit!” Beidou barely gave a warning as your womb felt full quickly. Her hips stilled as she thrusted a few more times.
“Don’t worry, I know Captain Beidou is quite the overwhelming Alpha to take, especially considering your inexperience.” Ningguang pried you from her thighs as you panted, mindless and obedient, you looked at her as if she were a deity. And she did from this angle, her skin shined like diamonds. She moved you so you laid on your back, legs spread as you watched cum dribble out. You gawked at how hard Beidou was already. “Allow me to have a taste~” she said, her fingers prying your folds open so more would spill out. Meanwhile Beidou positioned herself behind her.
Jean and Lisa
“Oh… oh sweet Barbados…” you mumbled nonsense as Lisa rubbed something around your cunt making it losen slightly. While Jean was bitting marks and rutting against your behind, you were sat in her lap, in her office. You could faintly hear Kaeya redirecting anyone coming by as you tried to hold back any sounds. “Please please just put it inside.” You whispered. Lisa chuckled.
“You two are too impatient now. Hmm I suppose if you really want it~” she teased you with the sight of her bare cock as she lifted the front of her dress to show it. You eagerly took it in your mouth as she guided it so, Jean’s rubbed right between your folds. You could tell she was far gone from her frantic humping.
“Jean dear.. she wants it inside~” Lisa chuckled.
“Fuck… I can’t contain myself, I’ll end up knocking them up~” she whined. Your mind lit up as your hips grind against her cock, your moans muffled as you tried to encourage her. To your relief she finally complied.
“I wonder which one of us will end up inseminating your womb?” Lisa whispered.
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Them with a reader that loves to give them gifts
Characters: Eula/Ningguang x gn!reader
Warnings: none, just fluff
a/n: I’m back, I hope. I may be feeling like shit since it started to cool down a lot recently and I may or may not have caught a cold, but I’m alive. At the moment, at least.
This was requested by @froglovemushroom I know you originally asked for a female reader, but I only write for gendered readers if it's absolutely necessary for the scenario, so I hope you're okay with gn!reader.
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
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Eula
It was fair to say that Eula wasn’t exactly used to receiving gifts. Getting one was a rare occasion during her “noble” upbringing, and she didn’t get any more frequently afterwards, when almost the whole city of Mondstadt saw her as a pariah simply for her last name.
So, whenever you were kind enough to gift her something, no matter if she had done anything to deserve it or not, she’d always make sure to treasure it, no matter its price or size.
While you and Eula had once again been engaged in one of your usual debates, your conversation almost immediately grinded to a halt when you noticed that the tie, she had been wearing around her neck had a striking similarity to the one you had gifted her just the day prior, causing you to immediately point it out.
“Oh, is that the tie I gifted you?”, you bluntly stated as if you hadn’t been in the middle of a conversation just seconds prior, causing the Lawrence to get lost for a few moments, only to finally notice what you were talking about when she looked down on her tie herself, the urge to get defensive suddenly arising in her.
“Yes, it is. You did gift it to me, so there shouldn’t be any problem with me actually wearing it”, she responded almost within an instant, only to be greeted by a smile of yours.
“No, no. There’s nothing wrong with it. It suits you”, you casually complimented her, suddenly increasing the effort Eula had to put into retaining her composure tenfold as she tried her best to stop her blood from rising to her cheeks.
“Of course, it does. I am a Lawrence after all. But don’t even think for a moment that your gifts would be able to bribe me and make me ignore your comments that are aimed to embarrass me in public”, she responded as a smile found its way onto her face, only for the two of you to return to doing what you had been doing before.
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Ningguang
While Ningguang had often heard others mention how a gift from a special person was more valuable than gold, she had been quick to dismiss it, knowing well enough that gold generally used to sell for more than most things. And while she still agreed with her past self that the monetary compensation for selling gold was higher, she also began to understand what they might have been meaning when the two of you began to grow closer.
As the clock struck 2pm and Ningguang knew that she should return to doing her work, she still found herself leant back in her chair and inspecting the small wooden figure in her hand from different sides. While she possessed small statues made from world-renowned artists, which price was high enough to make normal working people’s heads get dizzy, the Tianquan still found herself enjoying having this one around her more than any others.
Maybe it was because of its small imperfections, or the way she felt as if her childhood self would have been happy at having gotten a gift like this, or maybe, it was because you made for her. And while the carved-out figure sticked out among all the other expensive items in her office, Ningguang still couldn’t bring herself to get rid of it.
But before Ningguang could spend even more of her valuable time staring at the piece of wood, she was interrupted by the sound of someone knocking on the door, only for your voice to sound from the other side, “Miss Ningguang? May I enter?”
“Yes, you may”, she responded in her usual tone before straightening her back and stuffing the figure in her drawer.
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lady ningguang's mornings // hcs
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most people would think she was the type to wake up super early, but no
she treasures her beauty sleep and knows how to take care of herself, even if it might be for the wrong reasons (*cough* mora)
has a very strict schedule and always follows her routines to the T so she wakes up every day at 7:00 to start her morning routine
it doesn't take her very long since it's not the main part of her day— it's mostly to look presentable for the public
she takes a quick dip in her bathing chamber (but not long enough for her to get pruny— also she smells like violet grass)
then she puts her clothes on and sprays some perfume, usually they're from ying'er
afterwards, she calls her servants to help style her hair (she's tried to do it herself but it takes such a long time)
while they're doing her hair, she puts on makeup
she makes sure to not move too much since she doesn't want to make it harder for them (despite them saying they don't mind)
that's it usually
her favourite part of the day is the morning
she considers it very important, and it's one of the only times she can relax
it also makes her feel good about herself— she's preparing for the day ahead and the sensation of working has always given her joy
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lady ningguang's mornings // hcs
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most people would think she was the type to wake up super early, but no
she treasures her beauty sleep and knows how to take care of herself, even if it might be for the wrong reasons (*cough* mora)
has a very strict schedule and always follows her routines to the T so she wakes up every day at 7:00 to start her morning routine
it doesn't take her very long since it's not the main part of her day— it's mostly to look presentable for the public
she takes a quick dip in her bathing chamber (but not long enough for her to get pruny— also she smells like violet grass)
then she puts her clothes on and sprays some perfume, usually they're from ying'er
afterwards, she calls her servants to help style her hair (she's tried to do it herself but it takes such a long time)
while they're doing her hair, she puts on makeup
she makes sure to not move too much since she doesn't want to make it harder for them (despite them saying they don't mind)
that's it usually
her favourite part of the day is the morning
she considers it very important, and it's one of the only times she can relax
it also makes her feel good about herself— she's preparing for the day ahead and the sensation of working has always given her joy
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sea-lanterns · 8 months
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LET'S GET MARRIED!
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synopsis: (childhood AU!) various genshin women proposing to you as children
featuring: miko, hu tao, dehya, ningguang
rating: sfw (anyone can interact)
warnings: gn! child reader, genshin women as children, fluff, puppy love, love at first sight, mentions of death (hu tao), funerals (hu tao), bullying (dehya), violence (dehya), poverty, may be ooc since they are children, not proofread.
art credits: whisper me a love song
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MIKO
As a young kitsune, Miko was unable to transform into her human form due to a lack of strength and natural willpower. So, it was common for the yokai to be seen wandering around the shrine as a small fox, eating little snacks given to her by the shrine maidens, and terrorizing tiny children like the menace she was.
You’ve heard stories of a pink fox roaming the Narukami Shrine, but you didn’t think much of it when you sat down at a nearby bench to enjoy your lunch. Pulling out a small packet of your favorite chips, you tore it open before hearing a slight, rustling sound coming from within the bushes.
Rustle rustle rustle. 
You looked up to see one of the bushes in front of you moving, the branches shaking wildly before something pink and fluffy tumbled out from below.
A pink, fluffy, fox.
Miko had stumbled out of the plant with her fur all messy and tousled with leaves. A small yip leaving her mouth, as she shook like a wet dog and growled. Oh no, you’ve heard of this fox before. This was the terror of the Narukami Shrine, the infamous child attacker of Inazuma, the one, the only:
Yae Miko.
She sneezed as leaves blew out of her fur, before twitching her nose at the smell of your food. Once she caught a whiff of what you had in your lap, her eyes narrowed and she started glaring at you. Damn, even as a child, Miko still had that intimidating glare that could put an archon in their place, intimidating you with just a scowl before strutting up to you with confidence.
“…Hello?” You timidly say, looking down at the fox with worry. “You’re…you’re the fox that attacks kids, right? Please don’t hurt me, I’m just trying to eat my lunch.”
She narrowed her eyes at you. Even though she couldn’t speak, it felt like she was degrading you. 
“…Uhm. Do you want some? I can give you some if you like.”
Her tummy grumbled at an embarrassing time, causing her to only flatten her ears.
“…Okay.” You timidly reached into your bag and pulled out a small chip. Hesitantly, you held it out to her and waited for her to crawl up to you. “I hope it’s not that salty. I know kitsune taste buds can be pretty sensitive, so it’s okay if you don’t like it—”
She lunged forward to sniff the chip before biting onto it and gnawing like a dog. Cronch cronch cronch. She had crumbs spill all over the floor, but she seemed pretty satisfied overall, looking up at you for more. “Oh! Do you want some more?” She nodded, her tail starting to wag. “I can give you more, then!”
You ended up sharing half your lunch with the kitsune. Throwing her whatever you found in your lunchbox, and watching her devour it on the floor of the shrine. After a while, she seemed to have taken a liking to you and jumped on the bench beside you to lie down, letting out a content, purring noise. After that little interaction, you started coming to the shrine more often to feed and hang out with the little fox. Weeks passing by of this little friendship, you didn’t think your routine would change until one, fateful, day.
As you climbed up the steps leading to your favorite spot, you saw not the fox you’ve grown so accustomed to, but a small, pink haired girl around your age. She was waiting patiently on the bench you always sat at, before her ear twitched, indicating that she noticed you. 
Turning around, she had those same lilac eyes as your little foxy friend, as  they glimmered in a way that felt so familiar to you the more you stared.
“Finally, you came!” The girl said exasperatedly, folding her arms and pouting at you. “I was waiting all day! You keep a girl hungry, you know.” 
“I— sorry?” You looked so confused when she ran up to you and grabbed your lunch. “Hey—!”
“So, what did you bring this time? Fried tofu for Friday? I hope so…”
“Hey! Those are for my fox friend!” You exclaimed, snatching your lunchbox back. “I don’t even know you!”
“Are you dumb? I am your fox friend!” The girl yelled back, tugging the lunchbox back. “It’s me, Yae Miko!”
“Miko?!” Your eyes widened and you took a step back. No way, how could this bratty and sassy child be Yae Miko? “No way…”
“Yes way! I was able to transform into my human form the other night. I’m strong enough now!” She grinned proudly and showed off her canine teeth. Although a bit bratty and too overconfident, you could tell it was actually her due to her unique markings and fluffy, pink, ears. “Now, hand over the tofu! I’ve been waiting all week for this!”
You pouted and handed her the takeout box with tofu inside. “…Fine.”
She grinned and looked at you smugly before taking the carton out of your hands. “Thank you…!” She began eating with the elegance of a toddler before pausing her chewing mid way. “By the way, since I can talk now, I’ve been wanting to ask you something.” 
“Huh?” You gasped when she suddenly jumped on top of you and looked at you with those curious eyes. 
“I’ve decided I want to marry you when we get older.”
“What?!”
She smiled at you before hugging you close. Wanting to feel you in a way that had your little heart beating. “You heard me, I want to marry you! That way, you’ll feed me yummy food forever!” She exclaimed, staring at you in a way you couldn’t refuse. “Please?”
“I— o-okay…” your tiny kid's heart didn’t have the guts to refuse, so the moment you said yes, Miko smiled and nuzzled you close. “Hurray! Now you can feed me fried tofu for the rest of our lives!”
If only you knew, she would marry you for reasons other than fried tofu…
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HU TAO
Funerals were typically held on rainy days like in the movies, so why was yours held on such a bright and sunny day?
You stared at the coffin in front of you with regret, regret for not being with your grandmother more, as she passed away in her sleep due to old age. The funeral was directed by Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, which meant you had an untimely encounter with the director’s eccentric granddaughter.
She was so…strangely upbeat. Of course, she paid her respects to the dead, mourning in a way to convey her sadness. But she was still quite the spunky one and you couldn’t help but get irritated at how nonchalant she was. 
There she was, prancing around the funeral giving jolly orders like it was nothing. You knew it was a part of her job, but did she really have to be so happy about it? You were slightly annoyed and went to sit by the pond to take a breather, pulling at the itchy black clothes your parents made you wear, before feeling the tears well up in your eyes. 
“Grandma…” your tiny voice trembled, sniffing and wiping away your tears, trying your best not to cry in front of all your family members.
“Yoo-hoo? Does someone need a tissue?” You heard a voice call, gentle footsteps walking up from behind and dangling a napkin in front of your face. “Better wipe up that runny nose, your face is too cute to be all snotty!”
“Hu Tao…” you frowned, taking her offered napkin and looking away. “Please go away, I’m not in the mood to play right now…”
Her face softened at the sight of you trying to hide your tears. Shamelessly trying to wipe your runny nose while hiding the fact that you were crying. “Okay…I guess I’ll go…”
Before she could leave however, your hand instinctively reached out to grab her sleeve, tugging her back. “No wait, I…” you grimaced and stared down at the floor. “I’m sorry, please stay…” Even though you were still annoyed, you still wanted the comfort of another person. Even if that person was Hu Tao. 
“Oh? Ah, okay…” Hu Tao immediately sat down beside you and looked at you with worry. “…Your eyes are really puffy, you know.”
“I know.” You mumble tiredly, wiping your nose with your sleeve and staring at the water. “I haven’t cried like this in a while.”
“Understandable. I mean, your grandma pa—” she stopped herself from saying more before slowly hugging her knees. “Ah…sorry.”
“It’s okay.” You mutter, a deafening silence overcoming you two. “You’re just trying to help.”
Another awkward silence. Usually Hu Tao was more talkative when it came to the two of you, but right now she was quiet as she sat down beside you and picked at the grass. While the adults in the background talked amongst themselves, Hu Tao finally snapped out of it and reached a hand out for you to take.
“…Hug?” She asked softly, opening her arms like a baby bear cub. 
“…Hug.” You say quietly, moving over to hug her while trying your best not to sob all over her shoulder. “There there. No need to hold back.” Hu Tao says reassuringly, squeezing you tightly. “You can snot over my shirt if you want. I have others.”
“No, ew.” You chuckle through your sobs. “That’s disgusting.”
“Well, I don’t mind if it makes you feel better…” she murmurs against your ear. “I don’t like seeing you so upset.” 
“I don’t normally get so upset, sorry…”
“No, it’s okay. I just want to cheer you up.” 
She patted your back comfortingly, before placing her hat on top of your head. “You know, I wish we could hang out more often. You seem like a pretty cool kid.” She smiles brightly at you before pulling away from the hug. “I wanna be with you more! Not just at the funeral parlor.”
“Sniff, really?” You blinked your tears away and looked up at her. 
“Really.” She says with a smile, cupping your hands. “…Actually, I have an idea!”
She plucked a dandelion sprout from the ground and got down on one knee, holding out the flower to your face. “Let’s get married when we’re older! That way, I can cheer you up whenever we’re together!”
Your face flushed at the sudden proposal and you immediately panicked. “Ah, wait! Aren’t marriages a serious thing? Don’t you have to be in love for that to happen?”
“Pfft! Who cares? Marriages make people happy, so I wanna make you happy too…”
She slipped the dandelion between your ear and smiled, giving you a smile you would soon see walking down the altar…
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DEHYA
You ran down the streets of your hometown, trying to avoid all the bullies chasing your tail and diving down random alleyways to lose them as quickly as possible. Unfortunately for you however, you found yourself at a dead end with nowhere else to go, a bunch of big kids getting ready to make you their next target, as they took the liberty of picking up rocks to throw at you.
“Ah, come on! Can’t you leave me alone just this once?” You looked aggravated and fearful for your life, backing up against the hardened brick wall that led to your demise. “Don’t you get tired of picking on me all the time? Find something else to do!”
Your desperate pleas fell on deaf ears as they got ready to launch their rocks. You sighed and crouched down on the ground, trying to cover your head for the inevitable pain you were going to feel.
“Okay, just please make it quick…”
You squeezed your eyes shut and resisted the urge to cry, bracing yourself for the impact that…strangely never came? 
Instead, you heard the loud yells of a rugged and tomboyish girl, the sounds of kids screaming in fear, before footsteps sprinted away from you. The sounds slowly grew quieter and quieter, leaving you to open your eyes and see a pretty, short-haired girl standing in front of you.
“They’re gone now, I chased them away for you.” Was all she said before extending her hand out. “Are you okay? Did they hit you or anything?”
Your cheeks flushed hot at the sight of her trying to help you, as the girl was very pretty and the way she was staring at you with those piercing blue eyes made your heart leap with relief. What was this feeling? Could it be? Did you finally develop one of those things called crushes? 
You realized she was still staring at you and shook your head no.
“Ah, no…they didn’t.” You slowly took her hand and stood up. “I’m okay, thanks.”
“You sure? Your knee looks pretty bad.”
You looked down to see what she was pointing at and sure enough, you had somehow scraped your knee during the chase. “Oh, I guess I didn’t notice…” you brushed off some sand that had gotten on it and winced. “Don’t worry, it’s just a scrape. It’ll heal.”
“Not if it gets infected.” She huffs, grabbing your hand with her own. Wow, even for a kid as young as you, she sure was strong. “Come on, I’ll take you back to my tent. My name’s Dehya by the way.” 
She tugs you down to follow her to her camp and makes you sit down, grabbing all the medical supplies her arms could carry before setting them down in front of you.
“Uhm, do you know how to use these? Only grownups should use alcohol.” You scrunched up your nose at the sight, causing Dehya to laugh beautifully. 
“Pfft, you’re thinking of the wrong kind of alcohol,” she grins, applying some on a piece of gauze. “That’s drinking alcohol, it’s the kind that makes grownups all dizzy and say funny things. This is rubbing alcohol.”
She gently applies the gauze to your scrape and watches you hiss in pain. The moment she sees tears well up in your eyes though, she immediately grabs your hand.
“Ah—! I’m sorry, but this has to be done! My dad told me you have to disinfect wounds so you don’t get germs on it!” She squeezed your hand in comfort, helping you push through the pain before setting the gauze down to begin bandaging you. “I know it hurts, but adults go through scary injuries all the time and have to go through the same thing. You can be brave for me, right?”
She looks up at you with those piercing blue eyes and you couldn’t bring yourself to say no.
“Hah! That’s the spirit!” She smiles and finishes wrapping up your knee. “There, all done! Can you walk?”
You shakily got up on wobbly knees before almost falling backwards, if not for Dehya instinctively catching you. “…Huh. Seems like you need a bit more recovery.”
She helps you sit back down before frowning after a few moments. “Actually, I have to ask, how long have you been bullied by those bigger kids?”
“Ah, for a little while…” you mumble in response, hiding your face in shame. “It’s okay, they’ll get bored of me eventually.”
“Eventually?” Dehya’s face furrowed with anger. “No! I’m not gonna let them keep bullying you! You deserve better!” She huffs and grabs your hand, before dramatically getting down on one knee. “I’m going to protect you till the end of time. My dad said that you should always protect those who can’t protect themselves, so I’m doing that for you!”
“But—”
She looked at you with such fiery determination and you shut up immediately.
“No buts. I’ve decided I’m going to stick with you for as long as I can.” She smiled and held your hands, leaning in close with a grin. “Perhaps we’ll even get married…”
Your eyes widened at the idea. Married to Dehya? I mean, it’s not like you were opposed to it…
“Married? Oh, uh, alright….” Dehya smiled and patted your head.
“Good. I’ll make sure you’re safe as long as you’re with me.”
She bows down to you like a knight would before taking your hand and kissing it. 
“That’s what a good wife does after all…”
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NINGGUANG
Due to living in poverty, little tiny Ningguang had to make a living by selling seashells on the beach. She didn’t have time to play with the other kids, or go eat lunch with them by the pier, so she ended up not having a lot of friends to talk to, due to her poor upbringing and determination for money.
She would’ve ended up alone if not for you, a humble, yet curious child who took interest in what Ningguang wanted to sell. They were mostly handmade wares and shells she found lying on the beach, so there wasn’t really anything of high value. Despite that however, you were intrigued, and moved a little closer to take a look at what Ningguang had to offer.
She noticed you, standing up abruptly to present whatever she thought would interest you. “You seem rather enveloped by my jewelry,” Ningguang says, lifting up one of the trays of rings. “They’re all handcrafted and personally made by me. The pearls you see are freshly harvested from oysters found by the Liyue docks.”
She looked proud of her little business spiel and gently took your hand into hers. “Would you like to try one? I can help you find your ring size.”
Despite her living in rags and dirt, you couldn’t help but find her beautiful as she looked up at you with gemstone-brimmed eyes. Blinking up at you in a beautiful shade of scarlet, as her warm smile brought you newfound feelings you’ve never felt before. What were those feelings you may ask? Perhaps something akin to fascination, or perhaps…a small crush? 
Nevertheless, you knew this girl was beautiful, and wanted to get to know her better. After browsing around her selection of wares for you to purchase from, your eyes landed on a particular set of jewelry. “Are these a set? They both match…” you ask with curiosity, picking up one of the rings.
“Yes, I made those two in mind for a couple who happened to be walking by.” She picks up the second one in the pair and holds it out to you. “They are matching rings and can symbolize anything. Romance, friendship, familial bond…”
She smiles at you and gently slips one of the pairs onto your finger. “Here, it seems to fit onto you perfectly. Do you like it?” 
You did. It was absolutely beautiful and you admired the glittering pearl like it was the second prettiest thing you’ve ever seen. (The first one being Ningguang)
“It’s beautiful. But…” your eyes moved down to the matching pair in the set. “I don’t have anyone to match with…”
Ningguang raised a brow at this. Well, you could always buy another ring, so it’s not like this was a big deal.
“Oh? That’s a shame. Then perhaps you could get something else? Or, even just take one of the pairs and leave the other.” She thought quite logically about the situation and didn’t seem bothered by your dilemma. After giving her suggestion, she was a bit confused as to why you looked so upset. “Uh…is something the matter?”
“We can’t just separate the pair!” You exclaim, your childishness shining through. “They’d get lonely knowing the other pair is somewhere else…”
“But they’re just…rings?” Ningguang looked confused as to what you were throwing a fuss about. “Rings don’t have feelings!”
“You don’t know that!” You shout back, holding one of the rings close to your chest. “It needs to know it matches with someone. Then it’ll fulfill its purpose in life…”
Poor Ningguang looked so confused at the whole ordeal before sighing in slight disbelief. Perhaps she was a bit too mature for her age to understand, but it seemed that splitting the rings apart was troubling you to a great degree. 
“Alright, I have an idea…” Ningguang murmurs, taking the second half of the pair and slipping it onto her finger. “You can keep that one, and I will keep this one. That way we will match.” 
Your eyes lit up at this solution. “So we can be…a bonded pair?” You ask quietly, looking at her with intrigue.
Dammit. Little Ningguang’s face blushed and she couldn’t help but grow flustered. “Yes, we can be a bonded pair…” she grumbles, ignoring the way you were starting to look cute. 
“Hurray!” You smile gleefully, slipping the ring on and handing you some mora. “Now we can pretend to be married! Like real couples!” 
She felt the blood rush to her face as she looked down at the matching ring in her hand, a spur of newfound feelings bubbling in her chest, as Ningguang had never felt this way before. 
From that day forward, Ningguang vowed to become the richest woman in Liyue. All for the sole purpose of potentially buying you a real ring to marry…
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yuellii · 9 months
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aurora borealis green
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feat. miko, kazuha, ningguang, thoma, lisa ( separate )
𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 they are so obviously in love with you
( or, in which i tie them to a taylor song i’ve been crazing over, but you don’t have to listen or know the songs to read / understand )
note. reader’s gender unspecified, implication of sexual intimacy ( for miko, the others do not have this )
> part one ( more characters ) / part two
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YAE MIKO. false god
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Her affections stemmed from a sort of sightless faith.
When she leans back downwards, pink strands all messily cascading down her shoulders, she plants the lightest of kisses on the bare stomach of your laying form. But you could tell such a small act was still the most holy of worships, almost as if she was kissing the ground of a path to an alter.
“You were so divine,” she whispers, lips plump against your skin. And it feels like sin, almost, to have the Yae Guuji speak to you as if communion was melting on her tongue. “I wonder what God I pleased to ever deserve you…” It a mumble that’s so casually said, one that is only spoken between divinity and its loyal follower.
And said loyalty was etched into her name, truly, coursing through the way her fingers traced along your hips. They were gentle, almost akin to worship.
You were no God. And yet, there was a blind faith in her eyes that swore to the Heavens about the things she would do for you—to wait centuries, to topple down Celestia, to defy the Gods themselves, all for you. But was faith really blind, when the taste of religion danced upon the lines of her lips?
You may be no God, but you were her only diety. Oh, how the real Gods of this world were probably glaring down on you now—to see the Grand Narukami shrine maiden laying atop your body in a manner of worship that was only meant for sanctity. A manner so sacred, one that she should only show to the reigning Celestia and never to you.
But when she loves you more than the Gods, you might just get away with it.
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KAEDEHARA KAZUHA. cornelia street
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He met you at sea, a Liyuen shipmate on the carefree Crux.
Carefree: He’d say that word was a great way to describe you. You were like the ocean, so unbelievably unpredictable and characteristically carefree. He swore he saw the serenity of the sea in your spirits—and when he introduced himself with a mere ‘Hello, I’m Kazuha,’ your smile in return may have haunted him for an eternity that the God of Electro could not even dare to recreate.
Kazuha grows to love the sea at the same time he grows to love you. Wishing waters practically spell out your name, and he thinks of you in a way that harmonizes to the nature of this world.
Such harmony proved to be naive, however, on one trip where Beidou sadly proclaimed you were not on this journey, and he felt sick to his stomach. It was the first time he got seasick. It was the first time ever since he step foot out of Inazuma that he felt so drearily dizzy, and it was when you were not there.
The ocean felt lonesome, he felt incomplete. And being surrounded by its ferocious vastness felt so scarily suffocating that even the sounds of waves would haunt him in his sleep.
Then it was quite telling, truly, when the moment he docked onshore, the light of your eyes greeting him with the crinkling scent of the sea came to cure his feverish feelings. He was well again, suddenly the waves felt so kind—and perhaps that was when he realized that harmony was a silly ideal; you are the ocean itself to him. Love so powerful, so beautiful, and yet so calming: his love for both was a bind he could never break.
And if he ever lost you, he’d never set sail again.
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NINGGUANG. paper rings
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Kiss her once and take her to an high-end dinner, kiss her twice with a diamond ring, three times if you book the most expensive wedding in Teyvat.
That’s what she expected from the thoughtless men and cheap women of this world. Because she liked shiny things, and diamonds were a girl’s best friend. Only price tags for a woman so bejeweled—only luxury for the leading lady of a nation. But when it was you… Oh, when it was you…
In plastic gifts, in picture frames, in paper rings, you were still the one she wanted. Several times, she’s been offered the most dazzling a of rings by businessmen and high class women for a life of luxury. And yet, the one time you jokingly folded her a little paper origami ring that was too big for her finger, she felt her heart flutter in ways that could only be described in poetry written by hopeless romantics.
She wore it for the day, even taping it down to be tighter on her wedding finger. She was even sad when the paper eventually ripped, as if this ring held more value than any other ring she was ever offered. Rings that cost millions, rings that were dug up from the deepest and most dangerous mining sites of Teyvat—still beat by a ring made from thin paper.
The entirety of riches and the entirety of the elite, all forever beat by her simple lover who gave simple gifts.
But she didn’t mind. If you got down on one knee now and proposed to her with another paper ring and the most modest of smiles on your face, she would say yes even quicker than a heartbeat. Her heart would flutter, her mind would blank, her body would break down into the happiest of sobs until she’s sinking into your arms.
If another person proposed to her now with promises much more expensive than yours—promises that would fulfill the dreams of wealth from her childhood—she knows she would say no, it was more than obvious to her now.
She wants all of you. All your companionship, your complications, your confessions; Because in her values, they were all priceless.
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THOMA. gold rush
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What must it be like to grow up consciously carefree?
What must it be like to grow up so beautiful, that you could have all of Inazuma trailing your footsteps for just a glance? To have both Kamisatos eyeing you, to be so carelessly happy even under the scrutinizing eyes of the elites—as if not even threats of losing your nobility could stop you from being such a fun-loving person. And even if you had pressure like that, you were still rolling as life went on, still with a smile that he so adored—
Thoma just slapped himself back into the real world.
Adoration? For someone so beautiful and so out of his reach? Really? He grumbled some scoldings to himself as he held the broomstick in one hand and his stinging cheek in the other.
He had such a stupid mind for daydreaming of such things; in fact, these thoughts weren’t even the worse of his colorful collection. Sometimes he’d think about what it would be like to actually be in love with you.
But they were such nice thoughts, really. Just the idea that he would get to see someone so gorgeous every day. He could imagine himself cooking up meals with all his love, taking care of your things just for you to return to him after your busy meetings to his adoring arms. And he’d do it all, really, anything to allow you to continue being so happy and so healthy while still remaining an Inazuman noble.
He just slapped himself again.
Who was he kidding? He didn’t have even the slightest of chances, not when everyone loved you, not when everyone wanted to be with you, and certainly not when everyone who admired you was at a better standing of nobility than he was.
You’re so easy to love… But he’s so easy to forget.
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LISA MINCI. tolerate it
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If your life was one of the books in this Favonius library, then perhaps she would only be a footnote on some random page in the middle.
Perhaps she should be glad at how aware she is, but the sense of awareness only made her more frustrated than before. Because awareness meant that she knew her place in your life ( or, the lack thereof ), and knowing her place meant that she willingly ignored all the signs that pointed her to turn away.
Your friendly smiles, your distracted looks, your mild toleration: they should have been enough to tell her you weren’t interested. You only smile at her as a friend, you look distracted when she speaks to you, and your toleration was probably the worse of all.
Toleration meant you’d continue to overlook her; Toleration meant that all these advances she made were fruitless. It would mean that every favor she did for you like a little library servant was just a waste of her time.
And yet, she still did them. She still delivered all the books you requested right to your study table in the library, plus even more books related to your topic. She still told you all the information she knew on details you requested, even if they took hours to explain. Worse, she still adored you enough to pipe up every time you called her name, just happy to hear it.
But maybe you were like Jean, and maybe you were like the rest of them—you just thought she was lazy. Maybe all these acts of services were just seen to you as a part of her job instead of sleeping during her hours all day. Perhaps it isn’t as big of a deal to you like it is to her.
Because when all you give her is a little friendly smile after she exerts her love and time to you, she feels defeated even more.
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