#ofhelios

looks at this

Visiting an old classmate from the Akademiya was always a cause of interest, especially in one who didn't keep many friends to begin with. Having decided to fetch something from her station in the library he'd already been given a tour of, Lisa had encouraged that he explore. Perhaps stretching that inch well into a mile, he'd wandered well from the library's limits and to a mysterious lab that was unoccupied but fascinatingly replete with instruments and other baubles, until certain schematics caught his eye.

Fanning a small pile of papers with his fingertips, Al-Haytham's lips dipped into a frown.

This type of closeness was new - unfamiliar territory for one of the two, and it certainly wasn’t alchemist; it was frustrating, feeling as though there was no possible way to properly replicate what she was feeling in a capacity that wouldn’t be clumsy, or even understood by them.

What had purely been an offer to wash their hair had somehow become this - whom had kissed whom first? Did it matter? Was this even real, or just some strange dream that had managed to crawl from the depths of her unconscious?

Such a tranquil day - the peace was so heavy in the air that it almost felt artificial in a way, too good to be true, and it had her somewhat on edge as she waited for fractures to form, for it all to give way and be exposed as nothing but a lie; but still…it persisted.

Given the nature of Dragonspine, Lumine shouldn't have been terribly surprised when the mountain seemingly decided it did not want them walking around in the caves. However, they had also forgotten how twisty-turny the inside of the caverns was until, in an ungraceful heap, they mountain landslide pushed the two of them down into one of the caves. Shaking their head a bit, their attention had immediately shifted to albedo, concern for the alchemist at the forefront of their mind until she heard their reassurances.

LET’S TALK ATTRACTION

it’d only been recently when chongyun learned of calx’ real name, and that albedo did not live terribly far. this makes chongyun slightly more willing to visit mondstadt, always with the excuse of ‘looking for spirits to vanquish’, as they tell their clan, but really, chongyun goes to watch albedo work.

so it’s no surprise that the confession is being blurted out without chongyun really thinking. (a little embarrassing, they would’ve rather confessed in a more professional setting).