𝓃𝒾𝓃𝒶

↳ losing you; xiao, dainsleif, diluc x gn!reader im sad today so you all have to be sad too

there is precious little in this world that can hurt xiao. the immortal guardian of liyue has lived through eons of perpetual loss, hardening his tainted soul to the piercing pain of grief. but you were supposed to be the one; who pulled him from corruption, brought him back to the light, and gave his existence meaning again. after years of listless wandering, you made his life worth living. he vowed to always protect you, to be there anytime you needed him, to overpower anything that might put you in harm's way. until he didn't make it. he heard you call for his help; you needed him, and he wasn't there. xiao appeared at your side a moment too late, and found you bloodied and unconscious. he rips off his gloves to hold you, and his piercing amber eyes well up when he realizes you're cold.

he cradles your head in his lap, rocking you back and forth with tears in his eyes, muttering "impossible... impossible..."

from the moment dainsleif met you, he knew not to get attached. from experience, it was a mistake to love when you were cursed with immortality. he was filled with grief every time he saw your face, knowing that one day he'd lose you forever. but your grace, your voice, the way you cared for him, he just couldn't resist you. he got careless– fell in love with you just as anyone else would. he cherished you for as long as he possibly could have, refusing to believe that he couldn't be with you forever. although his physical state never changed, he began to deteriorate spiritually as he watched you weaken with your mortal age. and as you succumbed to ailments he could only imagine, he wishes he could have shouldered your pain in your last moments.

he can't allow himself to forget you. he holds you close one last time, committing to memory each detail of your face. "not you too," he weeps.

diluc thought he could protect you from everything. after settling down in mondstadt, seemingly free from his past debts, all he envisioned was someone he could grow old with, someone he could cherish and keep. but one day, when the agents of his past came lurking forward again, his chain of misfortune continued. there was no way you could have protected yourself against fatui agents; without a vision, weapons, or time to prepare, he was your only hope. unfortunately, he had left you alone for the day at the winery while he entertained foreign guests. returning home at the smallest hours of the night, the last thing he expected to see was fire; ravaging his grapevines, destroying his home, and taking the one he loved away from him. he failed you, he let you down. you trusted him, and now you're gone too.

the young master of the winery will now spend his days drinking himself half-blind, asking over and over again, "why couldn't it have been me?"

↳ flavoured chapstick challenge ft. dazai, ranpo, tecchou, jouno, fyodor

cw// mildly suggestive → making out

DAZAI can never get enough of you. he kisses you like a starved man at any chance presented to him, taking in the taste of your lips whether or not they've been laced with a flavour other than your own. he'll pull you close, lithe fingers busying themselves in your hair while he kisses you deep.

"strawberry," he says in his sickly sweet voice, smiling against your mouth <3

RANPO figured out what you were up to before you even started kissing. immediately noticing the discarded chapstick package in your trash, he already knows the flavour, brand, and store you bought your chapstick from. still, he'll never pass up an opportunity to indulge you, playing dumb until you're satisfied.

"peach," he'll state, the moment you pull away <3

TECCHOU is absolutely obsessed with you. he wouldn't pay much mind to giving you a correct answer; maybe he didn't even notice the soft chocolate flavour lingering on your lips. all he's concerned about is you. taking you in, feeling you close to him; it's all he needs. he loves losing himself in you, maybe just a little too much this time <3

"flavour..? what flavour?"

JOUNO and his heightened senses were more than happy to accept this little challenge from you. although he can't take in your beauty with his vision, he'll let himself sink into every other aspect of you, your scent, the way you feel in his arms, and the delectable flavour lingering on your lips.

"coffee," he'll say without a moment of hesitation, picking up right where he left off <3

FYODOR is a conniving man, brimming with passion. and he was never one to shy away from a challenge. he kisses you like nothing's different, dragging his tongue across your lips as you messily make out. he grabs a fistful of your hair and pulls away from you, a shimmery thread of saliva connecting your lips.

"vanilla..." he'll hum. "eos brand, manufactured in china, probably purchased last week," he'll add, before getting back to his unfinished business <3

↳ losing you; xiao, dainsleif, diluc x gn!reader im sad today so you all have to be sad too

there is precious little in this world that can hurt xiao. the immortal guardian of liyue has lived through eons of perpetual loss, hardening his tainted soul to the piercing pain of grief. but you were supposed to be the one; who pulled him from corruption, brought him back to the light, and gave his existence meaning again. after years of listless wandering, you made his life worth living. he vowed to always protect you, to be there anytime you needed him, to overpower anything that might put you in harm's way. until he didn't make it. he heard you call for his help; you needed him, and he wasn't there. xiao appeared at your side a moment too late, and found you bloodied and unconscious. he rips off his gloves to hold you, and his piercing amber eyes well up when he realizes you're cold.

he cradles your head in his lap, rocking you back and forth with tears in his eyes, muttering "impossible... impossible..."

from the moment dainsleif met you, he knew not to get attached. from experience, it was a mistake to love when you were cursed with immortality. he was filled with grief every time he saw your face, knowing that one day he'd lose you forever. but your grace, your voice, the way you cared for him, he just couldn't resist you. he got careless– fell in love with you just as anyone else would. he cherished you for as long as he possibly could have, refusing to believe that he couldn't be with you forever. although his physical state never changed, he began to deteriorate spiritually as he watched you weaken with your mortal age. and as you succumbed to ailments he could only imagine, he wishes he could have shouldered your pain in your last moments.

he can't allow himself to forget you. he holds you close one last time, committing to memory each detail of your face. "not you too," he weeps.

diluc thought he could protect you from everything. after settling down in mondstadt, seemingly free from his past debts, all he envisioned was someone he could grow old with, someone he could cherish and keep. but one day, when the agents of his past came lurking forward again, his chain of misfortune continued. there was no way you could have protected yourself against fatui agents; without a vision, weapons, or time to prepare, he was your only hope. unfortunately, he had left you alone for the day at the winery while he entertained foreign guests. returning home at the smallest hours of the night, the last thing he expected to see was fire; ravaging his grapevines, destroying his home, and taking the one he loved away from him. he failed you, he let you down. you trusted him, and now you're gone too.

the young master of the winery will now spend his days drinking himself half-blind, asking over and over again, "why couldn't it have been me?"

some xiao angst cuz i miss my team :(

xiao x gender neutral!reader

word count: 620

content warnings: you die! :D

"dance with me, xiao."

all those years ago, you'd offered the yaksha your hand. the nuo dancer of evil conquering must have known what he was doing, after all, whether or not he'd practiced modern dance.

xiao rolled his eyes and groaned under his breath, crossing his arms and looking away. you kicked off your boots and set them aside by the banks of dihua marsh, gesturing for xiao to do the same.

with an incredibly forced frown, he'd undone his own boots and followed you into the shallows. you had slung your arms around his neck gently, evoking what he was loath to admit, pleasant shivers.

but he definitely knew what he was doing.

xiao had twirled you through the marsh, kicking up silt and water by accident. in a typical xiao move, he feigned annoyance at his pants being splashed with water. he was so full of life when he was around you. just the simple act of aimless dancing hand-in-hand with you was enough to suppress his pain.

his misery dissipated as soon as you arrived. with just a simple wave, you could bring the colour back to his face and a smile back to his lips.

you held him close as you danced through the evening, stopping only when your body couldn't support you anymore. you felt no pain from the exhaustion, however. it was just enough dancing for the night. xiao collapsed dramatically and pulled you down with him.

there you stayed for a while, wrapped in each other's arms. damp clothes, soaked skin, yet you'd never felt so safe and warm.

one might say being with him gave you a feeling of butterflies in your stomach. but that was an understatement. xiao gave something even more special than butterflies; fireflies, maybe. he incited a special sort of comfort, reassurance and gentle warmth within you. a superficial being such as a butterfly wasn't enough to describe how special xiao had made you feel.

"let's do this forever," he'd whispered.

alatus wasn't the kind of adeptus who could bless you with a longer life, for more time to spend with him, for more time to dance.

thankfully, he could live forever.

unfortunately, you could not.

was he supposed to follow the vulgar human concept of "getting over" someone? as if he could completely forget you; the finest creation in all of teyvat's history. xiao refused. he would remain attached to you one way or another.

xiao regretted every moment he wasn't at your side. he seemed to have forgotten how short a human lifespan was, and that he would eventually have had to let go of you sometime or another.

he just didn't expect it to be so soon.

but now, he danced alone in the rain. he was ankle-deep in the clearwater dihua marsh, a place which always reminded him of you. he performed the pas-de-deux you always did with him. but he was alone. it was almost as if he could feel a connection to you within the water.

xiao fell to his knees. the pouring rain soaked him through from the waist up, and he was submerged in the marsh from the waist down. he was freezing from the outside in, yet he was burning up from the inside out.

even though you could no longer be by his side, xiao desperately searched for a trace of you in the water as he danced absent-mindedly.

the yaksha danced in the rain, so he himself could not tell his own tears from the downpour. and as liyue's guardian lay down in the freezing water, the once hazy image of you in his mind gradually became clearer and clearer.

on teyvat's fathers-to-be

↳ zhongli, diluc, xiao, kazuha, ayato, baizhu, dainsleif, haitham, kaveh

content warnings: pregnancy obviously!

ZHONGLI can't wait to meet your child. he knows it's been difficult on your body, and he hates to see you suffering, so he'll make sure to give you all the help you need. he'll take over every household responsibility, run errands for you, and make sure you're getting enough rest <3

DILUC can never feel prepared enough to be a father. he'll read all the parenting books available in mondstadt's library, making sure he fully understands every aspect of raising a child. he's really afraid that he won't be able to take care of your baby :( so he spends a lot of time asking others for advice too <3

XIAO doesn't really understand the concept of human pregnancy, but he's still very willing to learn about it. he'll give you all the emotional support you need, listening to you worries and carrying your burdens. while the changes in your body are new to both of you, xiao tries his best to reassure and comfort you <3

KAZUHA hates to see you suffer; having you uncomfortable and aching hurts him too. he'll pamper you throughout your whole pregnancy, giving you gentle massages to soothe your pain and ease the tension in your body. he'll make sure you're eating well too, so you can stay healthy <3

AYATO is so excited to be a father! he'll attend all your appointments with you, hiring you a personal attending doctor to take care of anything you might need. he'll diligently ask your doctors questions about your progress, constantly making sure both of you are healthy and on track <3

BAIZHU takes it upon himself to care for you in any way you might need. as liyue harbour's top physician, he knows how to monitor you medically. and as your lover, he knows just as well how to look after you emotionally. although he's not in the best health, he'll make sure you're always comfortable. he'll run hot baths for you, and provide you with the highest quality herbal supplements <3

DAINSLEIF has never been so attached to a mortal, let alone two. although he suffers greatly from erosion, it will never prevent him from protecting you and keeping you happy. he's soo smitten, he'll bring you anything you're craving, write you sweet notes, and shower you in affection, something that's very new to him <3

HAITHAM is never too busy for you. he'll devote more and more time to strengthening your relationship and looking after you, especially with a baby on the way :) he'll never let having a child get between you, so he'll put in all the effort to plan lots of memorable dates, picnics, and scenic walks. he knows that your lives are about to change drastically, but you'll always be his priority <3

+ KAVEH gives you all his energy throughout your whole pregnancy, taking on less work so he can be with you more often. he'll spend sooo much time designing and setting up the perfect little nursery for your baby! he'll help you choose the softest colour of paint, the best materials for a crib, and the cutest clothes and toys for your new little one <3

aquarius... aquila... orion...

you looked up at the boy with constellations on his cheeks, your beloved. you lay on his chest facing him as he drifted in and out of sleep. no matter how much he acted otherwise, he loved you tracing his skin. it made him feel beautiful, as gorgeous as the night sky. 

his bottomless eyes were barely open, yet a small smile spread rainbows across his face as you continued your pretend stargazing. even in exhaustion, he loved you more than anything. he kept his hands laced with yours as you praised him for all he had, regardless of if he was actually registering your words.

the gentle scent of chamomile tea wafted through his room and lingered on his irresistible lips, a memento from his day. his features were so perfect, it was hard to believe that he was of this earth. a being so ethereal had no place in a world like this. 

you cupped his face and simply gazed at him in admiration. 

he was just so beautiful. and he'd be yours until all the stars fell out of the sky. 

↳ venti, freminet, heizou, luocha, kaveh, atsushi, jouno, tecchou, lyney, ranpo, kinich, ororon, aventurine, blade

↳ flavoured chapstick challenge ft. dazai, ranpo, tecchou, jouno, fyodor

cw// mildly suggestive → making out

DAZAI can never get enough of you. he kisses you like a starved man at any chance presented to him, taking in the taste of your lips whether or not they've been laced with a flavour other than your own. he'll pull you close, lithe fingers busying themselves in your hair while he kisses you deep.

"strawberry," he says in his sickly sweet voice, smiling against your mouth <3

RANPO figured out what you were up to before you even started kissing. immediately noticing the discarded chapstick package in your trash, he already knows the flavour, brand, and store you bought your chapstick from. still, he'll never pass up an opportunity to indulge you, playing dumb until you're satisfied.

"peach," he'll state, the moment you pull away <3

TECCHOU is absolutely obsessed with you. he wouldn't pay much mind to giving you a correct answer; maybe he didn't even notice the soft chocolate flavour lingering on your lips. all he's concerned about is you. taking you in, feeling you close to him; it's all he needs. he loves losing himself in you, maybe just a little too much this time <3

"flavour..? what flavour?"

JOUNO and his heightened senses were more than happy to accept this little challenge from you. although he can't take in your beauty with his vision, he'll let himself sink into every other aspect of you, your scent, the way you feel in his arms, and the delectable flavour lingering on your lips.

"coffee," he'll say without a moment of hesitation, picking up right where he left off <3

FYODOR is a conniving man, brimming with passion. and he was never one to shy away from a challenge. he kisses you like nothing's different, dragging his tongue across your lips as you messily make out. he grabs a fistful of your hair and pulls away from you, a shimmery thread of saliva connecting your lips.

"vanilla..." he'll hum. "eos brand, manufactured in china, probably purchased last week," he'll add, before getting back to his unfinished business <3

(also, could i be the ⭐✨ anon?)

hi love, welcome to the anon family !! your wish is my command <3 sorry this took a while :(

you make me - kazuha

in which kazuha confesses his love for you

kaedehara kazuha x gender neutral!reader

word count: 412

im so scared of writing dialogue help lmao

*i didn't write the poem in italics, full credit to ben maxfield and alexandra vasiliu !!

life in the crux fleet had always been mundane and tedious. however, the new inazuman stowaway that beidou had welcomed aboard helped change that. his name was kazuha, of a thousand leaves.

you'd grown close to him during your time together; after all, he added the variety that you so desperately needed in your life. kazuha loved to watch the waves with you, or ask about your homeland. he was an excellent listener, and a wonderful friend.

kazuha would often write small poems for you and leave them in places that you could easily find them. he loved to see your reactions to them, though he would observe from a distance to keep it genuine. in his heart, he fully believes that you are perfect.

he is completely infatuated with every bit of you. kazuha wants nothing more than to call you his, to become one with you and travel the universe together. day by day, his poems became more heartfelt. he wrote of your divine features, your perfect words, your sweet voice.

as if you didn't know already, he begins to make it more obvious that the poems are from him. he signs them with his initials and starts staying in closer proximity when you read them.

one tranquil day when the shorelines of liyue were made visible at last, you unfolded a slip of paper with your name written on it- undoubtedly from kazuha. he patiently waited on the deck for you to find it, a warm smile tugging at his lips.

my soul has traveled far and wide to find yours. if my heart could speak, it would say to you, i will not let you go. i will hold you in my arms forever.

and so he does. your heart swells with delight as you let him hug you. the hands which spent so much time creating poems admiring all of you are gentle and soft. he's finally, finally holding you, his beloved.

beidou's calls for the anchors to be dropped can't interrupt your serene moment with kazuha. the ship rocks you softly, and you only hold each other tighter.

aquarius... aquila... orion...

you looked up at the boy with constellations on his cheeks, your beloved. you lay on his chest facing him as he drifted in and out of sleep. no matter how much he acted otherwise, he loved you tracing his skin. it made him feel beautiful, as gorgeous as the night sky. 

his bottomless eyes were barely open, yet a small smile spread rainbows across his face as you continued your pretend stargazing. even in exhaustion, he loved you more than anything. he kept his hands laced with yours as you praised him for all he had, regardless of if he was actually registering your words.

the gentle scent of chamomile tea wafted through his room and lingered on his irresistible lips, a memento from his day. his features were so perfect, it was hard to believe that he was of this earth. a being so ethereal had no place in a world like this. 

you cupped his face and simply gazed at him in admiration. 

he was just so beautiful. and he'd be yours until all the stars fell out of the sky. 

↳ venti, freminet, heizou, luocha, kaveh, atsushi, jouno, tecchou, lyney, ranpo, kinich, ororon, aventurine, blade

xiao comfort fic because he sure as hell needs it after that event...

xiao x gender neutral!reader

word count: 2.3k

content warnings: referenced panic attacks

it had been a long day of commissions for you, and a long day of slaughter for him. 

you'd tackled arranging bouquets of flowers for the wangsheng funeral parlour, delivering various mondstadt ingredients to the wanmin restaurant, and repairing the stairs of the wangshu inn all in one day. 

xiao, on the other hand, had spent his day clearing out monster camps and protecting the vulnerable from the various representatives of the abyss order. 

your commissions today weren't especially lucrative in terms of mora, but you'd received compensation in other forms: a unique kind of tea from wangsheng's consultant, zhongli; according to him, it was infused with trace amounts of adeptal energy to induce an incredibly strong feeling of tranquility. a fresh lunch of jueyun chili chicken, packed to go, courtesy of chef xiangling. and of course, a place to spend the night from the innkeeper. 

at this point, you'd become decently acquainted with xiao. anytime you were in the wangshu inn area, he would turn up. according to verr goldet, he wasn't always there, so you could only assume he enjoyed your company as much as you enjoyed his. xiao was a being of few words, but despite that, he was an excellent listener. he welcomed your venting and ranting, and often offered his help in solving your issues. he'd vowed to protect you in any situation, and he was certainly abiding by his promise. wherever you went, he went, essentially. 

you now lay next to the guardian adeptus in one of the inn's few guest rooms. he kept a respectful distance from you; not far enough to the point you felt isolated, but also not too close for comfort. when you'd been informed that there was only one available guest room, xiao had originally offered to sleep on the bare floor, leaving the proper bedding for you. but eventually he gave in, seeing as liyue was in the middle of winter. 

you had a beautiful view of guili plains from where you were. but even more beautiful than any landscape of teyvat was the yaksha beside you. he'd given up on pretending he didn't need sleep a while ago. you couldn't help but admire xiao's face in the dim, moon-lit room. for once, his face wasn't contorted with fierceness or vigilance. his delicate features were completely relaxed, his lips periodically parting for slow breaths. 

he was simply perfect. there was no other way to put it. xiao's everything— from his soft hair to his toned muscles, was perfect. a masterpiece of the archons, sculpted without a single flaw. 

well, almost. the only flaw in xiao was his infectious karma. he always tried to act tough around you, likely to give you a feeling of reassurance, but you knew that his debt was affecting him horribly. 

you just didn't know how bad it was. 

over the course of your relationship with tighnari, you've made it a tradition between you to give each other flowers regularly.

he loves receiving flowers from you and will try to keep them alive for as long as he possibly can.

if you hand him a bouquet of flowers, he'll take the time to teach you the proper, scientific name for each one. his workspace is filled with flowers from you, and even when he doesn't have enough time to personally pick flowers with you, he can look to any corner of his office and admire all the colourful plants you brought him.

tighnari will also try to cultivate all the life you gift him. he'll carefully preserve the seeds if he can, to give all your flowers heirs. when he can't plant more flower seeds, he'll press and dry the flowers to give back to you as cards or bookmarks.

this form of re-gifting is a life cycle in itself, and even if he can't keep a flower's lineage flowing, he can still find ways to make you smile.

words of affirmation

he always knows the right thing to say. be it to soothe you, compliment you, or just to break the silence, he hopes you can find comfort in his words <3

↳ tanizaki, tetchou, odasaku, gogol, fyodor

acts of service

he knows that actions speak louder than words for you. so, at any chance he gets, he'll try to make your life a little easier <3

↳ kunikida, tachihara, atsushi

gifts

he loves to spoil you with little things that he thinks you'd enjoy. everything reminds him of you, so it's never a challenge for him to find the perfect gift <3

↳ poe, fitzgerald, hirotsu

quality time

he loves to simply spend time with you, regardless of what you're doing. he'll prioritize you completely, always giving you his undivided attention <3

↳ ranpo, kenji, akutagawa, sigma

physical touch

he can't keep his hands off you, no matter where you are. through touching you, he expresses all the words he can't say <3