#*fluff

✎  ﹝ genshin boys in a college au ﹞

i. zhongli

what better role than that of the young new professor everyone is fussing over?

he carries himself like someone well beyond his years and speaks as if he’s walked the earth for a millennia. his knowledge is extensive and doesn’t just revolve around the subject he teaches, history. he is well-versed in ancient literature, poetry, and is fluent in several languages. it’s no wonder everyone is dying to meet him and have a profound conversation with him.

even you find him intriguing and can’t help but gravitate towards him when you’re both in the breakroom, but you’re determined to find the one thing you know better than him. so far you’ve failed in brewing a better cup of tea than him, knowing how to bind a book (even making the pages from scratch), knowing calligraphy, and picking a lock faster (why does he even need that skill? you’re sure anyone would let him into their home even on a first meeting, probably even give him the codes to all their safes)

tags + notes: professor!zhongli x professor!reader, rivals (one-sided) to lovers, lots of long-winded explanations and awkward encounters in the breakroom

ii. childe

surprisingly he’s the insufferable TA that zhongli handpicked himself. how he thought that guy was the best option when there’s obviously thoma that everyone loves is beyond you. but you have to admit he has a way with words, which is probably why the professor picked him. he could get anyone interested in just about any subject, even a “boring” one like history. and that’s not just a personal opinion either, many students have admitted that the only reason they decided to take the class was because he convinced them.

however, there’s also this weird aura about him. it feels intimidating for some reason, but you can’t quite put your finger on why... and some of your classmates have mentioned being afraid of missing an assignment cause of him. but he seems like a cool guy from your experience, just a little annoying if anything

tags + notes: ta!childe x student!reader, popular x reserved, golden retriever energy x cat energy, endless amount of bickering, childe is always messing with the reader and trying to distract them (all in hopes of getting them to ask him for help after class)

iii. diluc

the first time you saw the redhead wasn’t in class, even though a couple of days later you realized he sat right behind you. in your defense, it’s not like you’re looking behind you during class, but you figure you would have seen him walk into class at least once before. but no, you first saw him at the local bar, he was standing behind the counter with his hair up in a high ponytail. if you were being completely honest, that’s probably why you noticed him there and not in class. in class he wears it in a low and lose ponytail. it doesn’t compliment him at all, but who were you to judge his morning routine.

he’s also a completely different person when he’s not at the bar. in class he’s so serious and keeps to himself, another reason why you probably never noticed him. even at the bar he’s somewhat serious, but at least he offers more than a dry “good morning” there. you’ve even gotten a smile

tags + notes: grumpy x sunshine, forced proximity (they have to work on project together which means meeting up a lot and possibly going to each other’s places), slow burn

iv. kazuha

you’d heard word of that cute boy that performed with his band at the local bar and had caught a glimpse of him once or twice there when visiting your friend diluc. but you never imagined he was the boy you stared at in class, and not cause you thought he was cute or anything you did, it’s just that you always saw him staring out the window, like he longed to be a bird so he could ride the wind and travel to some far off land. other times you’d catch him flipping through a notebook quickly jotting something down, probably lyrics now that you thought about it, and you found it intriguing.

now that you knew he was in a band maybe you could approach him and ask him about it, he seemed friendly enough

tags + notes: band member!kazuha x admirer!reader, reader falls first but kazuha falls harder, he doesn’t realize that all this time he’s been slowly falling for the reader until it hits him like a train and he can’t hide it any longer

v. thoma

thoma is the perfect student. every professor is always speaking highly of him and using him as an example for those that comes after. and yet it’s hard to hate or envy, someone who is willing to let you borrow his notes. in fact, he offers them to you when he notices you’re struggling with a topic. they’re so neat too, color coded and everything. never in your life had notes made more sense to you than the actual professor.

if you weren’t aware of his culinary arts major, you’d have assumed he was studying to be a professor of some kind. helping others came so naturally to him, but so did cooking. there had been plenty of time when he’d brought snacks for the class just cause he felt like it and they were delicious. no wonder the professors loved him, he motivated the class for them

tags + notes: friends to lovers, cuteness overload that’s pretty much it, just lots and lots of fluff

vi. xiao

if it wasn’t because he is literally the quietest person you’ve ever met, you probably would have never noticed xiao in his corner. at first you thought it was because he hated being around people, one of those extremely anti-social people, but you’ve come to realize he is just shy. not the type to fumble over his words, just not the type to initiate a conversation. once you get him talking he’s alright though. still a little awkward with his one word replies, but he’s not a bad guy.

it took you a while to get him to warm up to you, but now it’s like you took in an injured puppy. he even stopped sitting at the very back corner and now comes to sit next to you. the others took it as a free invitation to start talking to him, but he just gives them polite nods and glances their way occasionally. you wonder if it’s because it takes him a while to trust other people

tags + notes: mututal pining, special treatment (you’re the only one that gets to see the talkative side of him and vulnerable), angst (because he’d still have a sad backstory in this au), but it would eventually have lots of fluff

vii. itto

he’s the completely opposite of xiao. while xiao stand outs because he’s so quiet and mysterious, itto stands out cause it’s impossible for him not to. no ones needs to ask him what he’s doing for the day cause everyone can hear him talking about it in the halls. it’s actually surprising just how loud he can be, but that’s the best part of him. he isn’t afraid of putting himself out there. he’s also an overall great guy, whenever he spots someone being left out he’ll include them in the conversation. he does the same for his football games too, invites everyone and gets them cheering even if they don’t care for the sport and makes friends with the opposing team. there have been plenty of time when both teams go out to eat together after the game because of him, regardless of who won or lost.

but his one fault is that he’s not exactly the brightest. everyone loves him, but the professors can only let him off the hook so many times before his grades start suffering...

Kuroo comforts you after catching you having a teary moment. c/w: haikyuu, female reader, fluff, comfort. a/n: technically part 3 of care(1)(2), but can be read alone. i hope you like! ♡︎

“.. __?”

You whipped your head round at the call of your name, wiping your eyes furiously as you plastered a cheerful smile on your face. Dammit. You were sure all the boys had gone home, and you’d felt overwhelmed all day, so you’d taken the chance to have a little cry in the store room before you locked up the gym to set off home.

It wasn’t a big deal, you thought, because everybody needed a cry every once in a while and you’d been pretty quiet so you were just getting it out of your system, that’s all. Moving was a big deal and it was only normal to feel slightly wobbly all the time.

you had no clue about what was about going to go down. taishiro suggested you go out and eat after his patrol like any other night, so you had nothing to suspect.

if you had then maybe you would have noticed the man’s smile was wider than ever and he had actually changed out of his hero suit. he usually kept his suit on, but you paid it no mind.

the walk to the restaurant was filled with the usual chitchat about work and current news. it was comfortable and nice, though there was some nervous laughter thrown in there as well.

the restaurant should have been a big clue. it was reservations only, but like any other small clue, you ignored it because it wasn’t the first time he’d taken you out to such a nice place.

it wasn’t until you were seated that you began to see just how restless he was. for someone who is always so chipper and loves chatting with others, he kept fumbling his words with the waiters. it was as if he was nervous, but you couldn’t figure out why.

“hey, taishiro, are you okay?”

“hm? oh yes of course! why wouldn’t i be?”

“i don’t know... you don’t seem yourself since we got here.”

“really?”

you just nodded

“oh well, it’s not every day we’re at a place like this right? gotta make sure i know the etiquette.”

you weren’t convinced by his response, but you didn’t have any reason not to believe him either, so you let it go with a shrug.

but not a minute later he slumped in his chair

“i ruined the surprise, didn’t i?” he sounded so dejected. “i wanted the proposal to be perfect, but i obviously don’t know how to keep a secret-”

“wait... what?”

“oh great”

what followed was a series of apologies and rushed food placed in front of you. one of the dishes had a cute wooden box in the middle and despite already knowing what was hidden inside, your heart skipped a beat.

“you already know what it is, but i’m still going to go through with my plan?”

after reaching for the small box he took a beautiful ring and held it up towards you.

“would you make me the happiest man alive and marry me?”

there were people with their phones out recording you, but you didn’t care, or even realize, the only person you could see was taishiro. of course you wanted to make him happy, nothing would make you happier.

“i’d love to.”

Hey, of course you can! I’ve kinda written these to describe what dating Sylvain/being his s/o would be like. I hope you enjoy them!

Dating Sylvain Headcanons

Sylvain has a natural knack for romance, and pretty much everybody knows it. It’s a skill he’s honed all his life, really.

He’s made it known that he has a romantic interest right away – but then again, he’s also known to show interest in anybody.

It meant that he had to put in a lot more effort to show you he was serious about the relationship with you.

He made it an effort to cut down on the flirting (which proved itself rather difficult in the beginning, but by the goddess, if he wasn’t trying for you!), and focused pretty much all of his romantic advances on you instead.

Trust me when I say it could become a little overwhelming at first. 

He wants to show you off to everybody, holding your hand in public, an arm around your waist, a kiss or even a makeout session between classes… If you let him, he’ll pamper you with so much PDA that you’re worried people are going to judge you. (Not that he’d care about their opinions.)

If that amount of PDA made you uncomfortable, he’d tone it down to a level you’re comfortable with – and if that means no PDA at all, he’ll try very had to keep it at bay. 

Sylvain is a very touchy person, even absentmindedly. You can often find him drawing patterns on your skin with his fingertips or playing with your hair. And once he starts doing these things without noticing it, you know he’s being serious with you – it’s a certain amount of vulnerability he’s beginning to show you.

He’ll want everybody to know that you’re together because he can’t quite believe that someone as wonderful as you would want to be with him; but hell, he’d have to be a total idiot if he’d let you go. 

Though he’s good with words, Sylvain’s love language is touch, with quality time being a close second.

In private, even if you’re not doing anything except doing the reading for tomorrow’s classes, he’ll want to be touching you in some way. Be it you sitting on his lap as you read, resting your head against his shoulder or resting your feet in his lap. These are the type of moments he’ll treasure above all.

Do expect to get love notes a lot, though. Sure, he’ll tell you that he adores you a lot, accompanied by various genuine compliments, but he will set aside time to write down his emotions for you – regularly. He’d hide them for you so you would find them when you least expect it: some of them may be hidden in your books, some of them beneath your pillow, some of them secretly placed in your bag during class.

Another thing you’ll have to be aware of is that he’d like to take you out on dates rather frequently. As often as possible. Both of you tend to be quite busy, with classes, studying and the monthly missions – don’t even get me started on once the war begins. 

your fingers gently trace across eros!mingyu’s face, dancing against his skin in the darkness. he presses gentle kisses into your neck and you sigh softly, your hands grazing his wings.