𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 . 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐀

Hu Tao with an s/o that died

- gender neutral

- TW: death, angst, not proofread

- Notes: this is just a little practice and maybe a sort of a part 2 of another post (also contains leaks from Hu tao’s vision story if you haven’t read it already)

Part 1

Hu Tao

She’s seen lot of deaths and experienced a few but never had she ever thought that’s he would have to experience yours, reminding her of her grandfather and when he passed. She wonders what she could have done to prevent this and Old Hu’s death. She hates this and wonders why it couldn’t have been her that had to depart from this life, wanting to take your place so you could have lived happily despite her being gone.

Despite your death she manages to put on a happy demeanor to cover the pain that was imprinted onto her after having to experience the pain from seeing you dead. She does however conduct your funeral with the help of your family (she tries to make it with everything you liked). She sits front row at the funeral, despite how much she tries to stop crying she can’t, she can’t bare to not mourn your death.

After having the funeral she keeps some of your stuff with her as a memory of you, sometimes she would even go to where you had to your first date or where you first met and would just find a place to sit or whatever and remember all the fun time she had with you. (Also taking into consideration that she probably has some sort of ptsd from seeing you dead). Nightmares keep her up at night because of everything to the point you could see dark circles and eye bags under her eyes if she didn’t cover them good with makeup. Even then she still manages to keep a happy facade, like you wanted her to. (She probably doesn’t move on after a while though)

୨♡୧ hu tao art cred

summary: hu tao is bedridden, her injury severe enough that it cannot be cured with magic. yet, she sees the bright side of this– and that includes making you take care of her.

notes: one shot, gn!reader, not edited/beta read, fluff, little bit of angst, the injury part doesn’t really make sense but shshhhh

warnings: mentions of injuries (no blood), ask to tag

word count: 453

you slowly knocked on hu tao’s door. after waiting for a bit, a voice, cheerful as always, said “come in!” when you walked in, hu tao waved at you as she was in bed, sitting up. the paper bag felt heavy in your hands as you put it on the bedside table.

“so, baizhu wasn’t lying when you said it was bad…” you mumbled. hu tao only giggled in response.

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cheering you on | pt.2

order: HOJICHA (ほうじ茶)

warnings: fluff

contents: kujou sara + ayaka + ningguang + cheering them on x gn!reader

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KUJOU SARA.

- she brings you a bouquet – not a bright one, but still beautiful nonetheless

- she waits outside the exam hall for you

- she's lowkey nervous ahhh

- gets mentally prepared to comfort you! she brings chocolate in her bag

- "the shogun's general always has to be prepared" that's her excuse. not that she.. y'know.. cares a lot about you or anything...

- once you've walked outside, she intertwines her hands with you and you walk off!!! like in the sunset or something idk ehe yall cute

- she brings you out for a picnic to see the inazuman sunset

- sushi, egg rolls, tea – all your favourite foods! she even brings a little cake

- the rest of the day is just cuddling and watching the sunset and chilling and vibing

- lots of photos :D

- hehee i love her. she's super cool ahh she loves you a lot and she hopes her gesture really made you cheer up!!

KAMISATO AYAKA.

- she waits outside your exam hall for you!!!

- brings you coffee/tea/hot choc, your preference! and a handwritten card with all your friends' names on it

- she takes you back the kamisato estate to have a party and to see your friends

- and have a hotpot competition!!!! with exams over, you could afford to get sick /j

- i think ayaka would give you a present... probably handmade

- ..eh. you tear up XD

- but she's so sweet about it, how could you not tear up? :((

- ayaka brings you to see the stars :"DD stargazing w ayaka!!!

- igfjkdghdjfs its so cute the two of yall are so sweet i love u

NINGGUANG.

- ningguang also waits outside your exam chamber

- she kind of. idk. stares at everyone, looking expensive and all

- everyone kind of oogles her and people ask her for her number

- but then you rush out into her arms and kiss :DDDD then other people are like "what the heck"

- n e ways

- she picks you up in this fancy dancy limo i think

- takes you back to the jade chamber :"))) beidou and ganyu and keqing are there and they celebrate with you!!!

- she brings you presents

- and takes you out for a date <33 yall go to qingyun peak hehe and see the sunset

- OH YEAH ALSO

- end the day w cuddles :D

- you feel really good hehe you love her!!! she makes you feel so happy

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Hello-since requests are open-could I request for a reader with same personality as Albedo with Xiangling,Xingqiu,Hu Tao and Xiao as their S/O(seperate ofc)-

s/o w the same personality as albedo — genshin hcs ⸝⸝

⭑ note ; i love albedo (>﹏<) cant wait for his rerun <33

꩜ warning[s] ; n/a!

𖥻 synopsis ; (char.) with an s/o who has the same personality as our chalkprince albedo.

ᜊ characters ; xiangling , xingqiu , hu tao , xiao

— as the saying goes , opposites attract and likes repel

— whereas you prefer to stay within your little circle of comfort , xiangling loves interacting with others ! i mean , her job practically relies on those social interactions she has with people

— although , more or less , you both share an equal interest in discovering new things and exploring endless possibilities that come with your interests

— she appreciates your intellect a lot ! however .. half the very knowledgeable things you quote out at her go through one ear and out the other - she’s not meaning to be rude but she just can’t understand it :’) poor thing

— she has no problem in taking the lead in public conversations , especially if she senses your feelings of discomfort

— sometimes when she’s cooking up some new recipes to force make you try she asks you to talk about some of your experiments or the new art piece she saw you working on earlier in the day , the way you talk is just very relaxing and allows her to concentrate !

— xiangling deals with countless different people that have unique personalities (she’s friends with keqing lolol) so your reclusive personality wasn’t short of lovable and your attitude towards the things you loved was something she shared in common with you (although her happiness comes from cooking)

— absolutely loves you through and through <33

— what can i say apart from that he absolutely adores you ??

— out of all the books xingqiu has read in his time , the words on the pages couldn’t rival the words you spoke when you talked about the things you were fond of

— xingqiu is polite and takes his studies rather seriously so you two get along extremely well especially during those evenings where you’re both doing your own thing in quiet but you’re still enjoying each others presence

— another one that has no problem in leading a conversation if you’re not up for it - he can get rather talkative out of nowhere even if others see him as more of a reserved person

— unlike you , xingqiu is very sociable (that sounded so mean imsorrymeetoothosodw) so whenever you have a commission that requires extensive socialising he isn’t afraid to ask you if he could join you on your travels

— if you’re also into art he will pester you about drawing a comic for him until you eventually give in :)) nothing would make him more happy than if his own lover’s work was to garner attention <3

— now , xingqiu is a wealthy ass mf and though he’s very carefree he won’t hesitate to use that said wealth into helping you with your experiments; things like buying equipment aren’t a problem at all !

— on the other hand , he’s still waiting for the day he gets a bigger response from you than just an “oh?” when he attempts to prank you with something rather stupid but lighthearted

— nothing his worked so far and honestly he’s thinking of going back to using chongyun as his personal guinea pig until he can think of a proper way to get a reaction out of you (♯｀∧´)

— if you decide to indulge his playful antics he will literally attack you with love , tho your reaction is fake the smile on your face was something he wouldn’t forget <33

— oh my when they said ‘opposites attract’ you two took that to a whole new level..

— people question your relationship all the time , i mean she’s rather bold and confident whilst you’re introverted and withdrawn surely that wouldn’t work that well ??

— well to most people’s surprise , it works out pretty well ! you’re both the perfect balance for each other , while hu tao tries to uplift your confidence and helps you interact with others you help her slow down and enjoy the simpler things in life

— if you couldn’t tell already , she will talk 99.9% of the time and it’s never out of disrespect or ignorance she just simply loses track of the things she says and whenever she gets to spend time with you she wants to make sure you’re never bored !!

— don’t ever worry about being put in stressful situations where you have to speak an overbearing amount because hu tao will take the role as your mouthpiece to a hyperbolic extent

— she’s not always the fun and social hu tao though , on some other days all she wants to do is wind up in bed with you whilst you read her a story her grandpa used to read to her before going to bed

— enjoys all the things you talk about even if she knows practically nothing about it , it’s just enjoyable to hear you talk about the things you’re so knowledgeable about it (she loves the cute expressions you make whilst trying to explain things too)

- yet , being hu tao’s s/o no matter what your personality is will never let you run away from her foolish pranks and antics that you’ve been caught up in countless of times

— do they ever work ? no. do you pretend to have some sort of reaction out of politeness and love? ..yeah

— definition of ‘when neither you or your friend can order over the phone’

— xiao loves you??sm?? he thought you weren’t real at first because whenever you spaced out about your own thoughts and ideas you just didn’t respond to him (he was kinda sad abt it too)

— his entire long life he’s met people who are way too confident and hubristic - people that bare their titles with such arrogant pride that it makes him ill

— but when it came to you , he didn’t have to deal with anything of the sort. he was met with calm passion for something you truly enjoyed , he was truly grateful he met someone normal for once

— i mean .. sort of normal ? if you count those times where you asked him to gather lizard tails , sango pearls and qingxins for some strange medical concoction to be normal occurrences then sure !

— neither of you like to socialise with others (your reasons differ from one another) but since he’s a lil emo 💔😈 you’re most likely going to have to do all the talking unless he’s feeling up to it unfortunately that’s most likely going to be never

— doesn’t mind how introverted you are at all , i mean he’s practically the same as you having your peaceful presence with him at all times puts his mind at ease :))

— to his surprise his karmic debt hasn’t been intoxicating his health for a rather long while and he wonders if it’s the soothing effect you have on him

— words aren’t that important to xiao , but whenever you do open up about anything especially things that interest you he is more than delighted to lend an ear and listen to the things you want to share

— he does remember everything you tell him btw :]

— if he ever gets a nightmare (believe me he gets them on the regular) he tries his best to hint at the fact he wants you to talk to him about anything that would help him get his mind off of it

— doesn’t matter what you speak about , just as long as his arms are around you making sure you’re safe <3

IHEARTGANYU do not copy, steal or repost <33

So, how would Childe, Bennet and Barbara react to hearing weird noise coming from their s/o's room, when they got close they start to hear her say stuff in an unusually mellow voice like; 'My darling', 'I love you', 'You're the best' but when they accidentally(or not) open the door only to find out she was eating her fav pizza🍕 on the bed with passion all along 😂

Heya! XD I love the sound of this one! Hope you enjoy it ^w^

S/O And Pizza

Childe:

○ Childe's first thoughts when he heard your muffled voice through the door was who were you talking to? He was your boyfriend right? So, who's your darling...?

○ He tries to calm down. You were a good person, of course you were faithful to him! He was just being paranoid for no reason, everything was fine! Right...?

○ Then he heard you again. "I love you~" Your voice was a low purr and one typically reserved just for him. Alright, now he had to know who you were with.

○ Bracing himself for what he could possibly find, he abruptly bursts into the room, ready to catch you in the act.

"Aha! (Y/N), how could you-! ... Have pizza without me...?"

○ He finished pretty lamely, relief and sheepish embarrassment hitting him all at once as he found you sat on your bed, alone, with a large piping hot pizza beside you.

○ You were pretty annoyed when he told you his concerns. Sure you knew how it sounded, but still, he should trust you! Childe agreed though, and apologised profusely.

○ His punishment? To not get to enjoy any of that incredibly delicious pizza with you and a lot of making it up to you!

Bennett:

○ Bennett was a little caught off guard. He could hear you through the bedroom door and you sounded pretty happy with something!

○ Curiosity got the better of the young adventurer, and he paused by the door to listen to what you were saying, and he was surprised to hear you proclaiming your love for something.

○ His first thought was that you'd brought home a pet and his face lights up with a bright smile at the idea of having a little puppy or a kitten to look after.

○ Maybe it was a surprise for him? Oh but then, he already knows now so did he ruin the surprise...? That's just his luck...

"(Y/N), I'm really sorry but I think I ruined the surprise you had for me and- huh?"

○ Feeling guilty at the idea that he might have ruined your hard work, he burst in the door to apologise to you, only to be met with you and a delicious looking pizza next to you.

○ The two of you shared a good laugh about it, and while he was a little sad you hadn't brought a new pet home, he was just glad he hadn't messed up any plans you'd had.

○ You spent the rest of the day together, eating pizza and considering whether or not you guys should end up getting a pet together or not.

Barbara:

○ The deaconess was just coming up to let you know that she was done with her church duties for the day and was free to spend time with you, when she heard an odd sound coming from your room.

○ Leaning closer, there it was again. Almost like a... moan? Barbara went bright red the moment she realised and was just about to leave you to your alone time, when she heard you speak.

○ The muffled "I love you, my darling" froze her in place. Who were you with? Should she intervene...? Or just walk away? This could just be a misunderstanding after all?

○ Chewing her bottom lip, Barbra made the choice to intervene. Shoulders squared and braced for whatever she may find, she bursts through the door.

"U-Uhm, (Y/N)! I finished my work today and thought we could spend time together, is that okay?"

○ The relief that flooded through her was immense, when she saw that you were alone, a half-eaten slice of pizza already in your mouth and the remaining slices waiting beside you.

○ You were a little confused by her outburst, even more so by how red her face was, but shrugged it off. It was pretty hot in Mondstadt today after all!

○ Barbara never did bring up what she'd thought you were doing originally, just happy to spend quality time with her beloved. Even if you did seem to love pizza a lot more than you should...

read it could save you

I don’t know if this post has been made yet but I just want to warn everybody that if someone stops you in a parking lot and asks you if you’re interested in some perfume and hands you a paper to smell, PLEASE DON’T SMELL IT.

i repeat, DON’T SMELL IT.

Apparently the sample papers are being laced with a drug to knock you out. Please signal boost this. It can save someone’s life!

hello!! um could I request A grande 🍹&🍬 with hu tao :P

𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙨

"𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮"

-𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 ; 𝘈𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘰-𝘱 𝘧𝘵. 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯

𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵, 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 (𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 )

𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘏𝘶 𝘛𝘢𝘰 𝘹 𝘨𝘯! 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵: 0.8𝘬

𝘈𝘶: 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦

𝘈/𝘯: 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!

With Hu Tao being the way she is, I don’t believe that would would even have the Hanahaki disease. She’s very straightforward and honest with her feelings, so you’d probably be together before you even knew it.

But let’s say that she was a little to busy with affairs from the funeral parlor, so it left little communication between you two.

You knew you always had a crush on her, however you never knew if she liked you back.

When you coughed up that first silk flower petal, you didn’t know what it was at first. You have to consult Zhongli, who told you it was the hanahaki disease.

Hanahaki disease? There’s no way you could have contracted it. Well, the crackling silence and distance between you and Hu Tao was a telltale sign.

So what did you do? You hid it from everyone. Was that a good idea? You don’t think so anymore.

What started was a few pink petals every now and then became fully blossomed lycoris flowers clouding your esophagus brimming with plant life.

Of course, the love of your life Hu Tao was completely oblivious to what was going on. Whenever you came into the funeral parlor hands clad in silk flowers that you had just coughed up. Not knowing anything, she’d take the flowers thinking they were a fresh bouquet you had picked for her.

It would be like this for the first few month you had the disease. The only person who truly knew what was going on was Zhongli. You weren’t officially diagnosed, so he had highly advised you to see a doctor.

But what if the doctor recommended to to have the flowers removed? You didn’t want to lose feeling for Hu Tao, you truly did love her. You could continue to hide it and run the risk of dying, or just come clean and possibly face rejection.

Love is such a deceptive fleeting feeling. One fleeting enough to cause a deadly disease, and deceptive enough to have it based around flowers. Most flowers signaling love or new beginnings, signaled death in this case.

You grew to love those small moments of happiness you shared with Hu Tao. Her prankster smile and energy, and those bright ruby eyes. You had to cherish every moment like it was your last, never knowing if that was going to be it.

Hu Tao soon became wary of your worsening state. How you’d constantly break into asthmatic coughing fits so bad blood would come up. She’d sometimes see the flowers as well, but just thought you had a Dendro vision at first. How you’d become more weak and paler as the days go on.

Your body was tired. The plethora of flowers growing inside you stopped. You thought it was over, but petal haven’t had enough yet. They were insatiable and wouldn’t stop until your entire body was engulfed in deadly yet beautiful blossoms. You had to fix it, and fast.

You had planned to just tell Hu Tao about how you felt. No use prolonging the inevitable, it’s either die from embarrassment or die from the flowers. You chose the former. All was going well, you ironically had a bouquet of red roses to give to her while you asked her out.

But fate had other plans.

Before you could even greet her, you collapsed immediately. Breath thinning and state worsening, you were hospitalized. Slipping between conscious and unconscious, you couldn’t help but think that this was it. You didn’t get the chance to tell her I love you.

Hu Tao was panicking. Left oblivious to your months of pain, just for you to collapse right in front of her. She had the same problem as you, bottling up her feelings for you being afraid of rejection.

But look where that got us.

You, pale as a ghost in critical condition lying motionless in the hospital and Hu Tao standing beside holding your hand. She had hoped to every archon that you would make it out alive.

It would seem that the archons had heard her prayers, for your condition became gradually more stable. Once you could fully understand your surroundings, the doctor came in and explained what happened.

They said that you made it just in time, for if anymore time would have passed you may have not made it. A very confused Hu Tao became more uncharacteristically scared. You could have died? What happened?

The doctor then described that you had the Hanahaki disease. A rare illness that affects victims of unrequited love. She finally understood. You were just like her, afraid of rejection.

Hu Tao semi tackled you on the hospital bed, hugging you tight and whispering quiet “I love yous” in your ear. Smiling, you hugged back reciprocating the warm feelings

You continued coughing up flowers for the next week or so, but they eventually all left your system leaving you a Hanahaki survivor with a lovely girlfriend named Hu Tao.

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silk flower. [ hu tao x reader ]

prompt: you've left hu tao for kaedehara kazuha. those around her are concerned with the drastic changes in her personality, yet hu tao doesn't care about anyone's opinions of her besides you. pairing: hu tao x gn!reader cw: angst. death mentions bc it's hu tao but no major character death. wc: ~2.1k words a/n: written SPECIFICALLY for @starglitterz (and also because i really like this idea and haven't written anything for her before). hope u enjoy this when u wake up! im a menace for a 2k word long sabotage, i know

it's funny what can bring two people together.

zhongli, who despised hu tao, now stands beside her. he serves not as a consultant but rather as a friend. his advice is sage and his words are kind, but sometimes, hu tao wishes he still looked at her with disgust. it would be better than the pity that's in his eyes. he's made it his own agenda to tag along with her on her lunch breaks. besides, if he didn't follow her around, it would mean you were still with her. she'd much rather have you than zhongli.

it's the sixth lunch visit where the awkward situation turns even more suffocating.

"overseer," zhongli speaks up as she turns to head out. she bites back a groan, yet holds her tongue. her gaze moves over to him, once bright eyes dulled with sadness and apathy. "i am planning to go out to lunch with some friends. would you care to join?"

hu tao, ever compliant, can't find it in herself to decline. potential clients, she reminds herself. but, as she sits down at the wanmin restaurant, she can't help but wonder if this is too big of a client. singular. one other person.

did mr. zhongli bring me here just to third wheel? hu tao thinks.

"hi! i'm tartaglia, eleventh of the fatui harbingers," he extends a hand.

previously, hu tao would have taken it and chirped a kind greeting. all business is good business, right? but now, since you've left, hu tao lacks the ambition that once motivated her. instead, she stares down childe.

"didn't you try to destroy liyue?" she asks. zhongli clears his throat. the smile drops from childe's face briefly before he bursts out into laughter.

"don't you run a funeral parlor? it only would have helped your business," childe laughs. zhongli's gaze returns to its typical neutrality and, with nothing else to say, hu tao takes a seat.

xiangling takes their order. she expects hu tao to say something, anything to prank her, yet it never arrives. hu tao remains sullen and quiet. throughout the lunch, zhongli and childe exchange loving glances. even the wonderful tastes of xiangling's cooking can't cover up the bitter flavor of envy in her mouth at the sight of them.

"so, comrade," childe says callously, turning to look at hu tao. "xiangsheng told me you're going through a breakup."

immediately, alarm bells ring in hu tao's head. zhongli takes a sip of his drink as her gaze narrows, flitting between the two men before her. is this... an intervention? by a snezhnayan? a WAR CRIMINAL? hu tao is mildly aghast. if she was feeling like her usual self, she would have applauded zhongli for thinking of a funnier prank than anything she's ever placed upon him. instead, she feels as if she's sitting before two father figures (both a bit unhinged in their own ways, one more glaringly evil than the other). it's weird. it feels... wrong for someone to care about her in this manner.

wasn't that supposed to be your job? she doesn't want the attention of others, just you.

"he wanted me to offer you some advice," childe says. "i am quite experienced in the romantic field, after all."

hu tao doubts that last part.

"but, i have no advice to give! instead, i have a service to offer. we'll both benefit. give me the name of those who have wronged you and i'll personally eliminate them myself! i owe zhongli a favor, so-" childe begins, but zhongli cuts him off with a harsh glare.

"you have broken enough of liyue's laws, childe," he chastises. childe is unperturbed.

"aw, i guess zhongli had to ruin the fun," childe huffs. "but anyways, if you want me to kill your ex-"

"no," hu tao says. she's withdrawing into herself. none of the usual mirth of this conversation gets through to her. instead, she stands up.

"thank you for lunch, but i have to return to work."

she walks away from the two, despite zhongli calling out after her.

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hu tao doesn't return to work. instead, she walks to the coast of liyue harbor and sits down on the edge of the piers. the scent of the ocean is calming and the bustling noises of trade are familiar to her. here, in this secluded spot, she can be away from the pitying eyes. she knows she's changed. she no longer pranks others. her joyous tunes of poetry no longer erupt from her.

instead, she hums a familiar tune to herself. it's the cadence of the poem she used to tell you all the time.

hu tao has experienced death and loss before, but nothing has ever hurt quite this badly. perhaps it's knowing that she could have kept you if she was more careful that eats away at her. you are all she wants, yet you look at her as if you see through her. the two of you haven't spoken in weeks, yet the pain doesn't ease.

hu tao half-expects a red string to be tied around her finger when she looks down. she knows it would lead her to you. would yours lead to her? probably not. that's why you left her for the other poet, one filled with mystery and intrigue. kaedehara kazuha, a ronin from inazuma. he's valiant, standing up against the raiden shogun at the cost of everything he's known. hu tao stays in one place, performing the same tasks over and over. but him? he can provide you the adventure you always wanted.

hu tao laughs to herself. it's short and it's sweet and she's a bit embarrassed to have done so, yet she's more embarrassed as to why she laughs.

for the first time since the breakup, the first thing she's found to be funny is the realization that you never really loved her. there's no way. if you loved her, you would be hurting in the same way she is. she's changed and you haven't. you're probably making out with the stupid kazuha dude or whatever while she mopes over you.

it makes the pain within her feel so much worse.

she snaps out of her wallowing thoughts as she hears footsteps on the pier. she straightens her posture and corrects her expression to be one of neutrality as she stares out onto the water. yet, rather than turning away as one usually does when approaching the dead end of the pier that hu tao is sitting on, the footsteps approach her.

"hu tao?" a familiar voice asks. icy adrenaline shoots through hu tao's veins at the realization that the person approaching her is you. hu tao's gaze snaps up to meet yours. you look at her with a furrowed brow. in your eyes is the same pity that she always sees in everyone else's.

she hates it.

"hiya, sweethe- (y/n)." hu tao catches herself. you seem nonplussed by her mistake.

"your consultant... zhongli, was it? he told me you weren't feeling well and disappeared off to some place. he sounded pretty concerned," you say. hu tao wants to scream. zhongli sent you here? she has half a mind to fire him, but if her suspicions about him being an adeptus (or something greater) are true, then she can't afford being smited or whatever it is immortals do when you wrong them.

"aiya, i'm not feeling too well, but no need to worry about me!" hu tao chirps. you fail to see through her forced cheery facade, yet you sit down next to her anyways.

"you're looking rather flushed," you comment. "do you have a fever?"

before hu tao can stop you, you brush her bangs away and lay the back of your palm against her forehead to check. she can feel her face flush with heat at the gesture. your eyes focus on her and hu tao feels the familiar feeling of tears at the back of her eyes. she wants you to touch her like this forever. treat her with the kindness that only feels genuine when it comes from you.

"jeez, tao, you're burning up!" you state. "you shouldn't be out at the pier. c'mon, i'll take you home."

you, never one to take no for an answer, scramble up before tugging on her arm. despite her being just fine to walk and certainly not feverish (just in love, even if you've moved on), you loop her arm around her shoulder, making her lean on you as you walk. she hopes the close proximity doesn't give away the rapid beating of her heart.

"so, how has your day been?" you ask nonchalantly as you guide her back to her home. you know where it is. you've been there hundreds of times before. "besides the sickness, of course."

"mr. zhongli introduced me to one of his friends. quite a weird dude, but hey, new clients are never bad, right? he seems like he'd be easy to prank," hu tao rambles a bit with her words, but you don't seem to mind. instead, you laugh easily.

"is that so? you do love pranks," you muse. no, i love you, hu tao wants to correct, but holds her tongue. "xiangling tells me you haven't been pranking her recently, though."

"oh?" hu tao says, as if it's a surprise. "work always comes first and i have been busy recently, but perhaps a surprise is in store for her."

it's a lie. she knows it, but you don't. there's no point in pranking people, not when her thoughts are constantly plagued with you and the loss of love. in this little moment, she can pretend that the two of you are still together, that this interaction wasn't forced upon her by someone overstepping their boundaries. she yearns for you, yet you no longer want her. silence falls between the two of you after you hum an acknowledgment to your words.

"tao," you begin as you approach her front door. "there's something i need to tell you."

"oh yeah?" hu tao asks, forcing her tone to remain even as she opens up the front door and turns to face you. despite wanting to let you in, a part of her knows better than to extend the invitation. you'd only reject it, after all. you look away from her.

"i'm... sorry. i shouldn't have... left you like that," you say. "it was unfair to you."

hu tao holds her breath. is this what she's been waiting for? for you to come back? but wait, why does it feel so... wrong?

"i realize that um... you deserve better than me," you say. "which is why..."

you trail off. this isn't how this is supposed to go, hu tao thinks, but her throat is dry. she swallows thickly. tears begin to well in her eyes and threaten to spill out as you think over your words.

"hey, don't beat yourself up over such a silly little th-" hu tao begins, but your gaze returns to her with fiery resolution in your eyes.

"i'm leaving with the crux fleet tomorrow. the ship departs tomorrow. you won't have to worry about me anymore. i've made my bed, it's time to lie in it."

hu tao could laugh at your choice of words, but instead, she stares at you with wide eyes. she blinks. leaving..? the crux..?

"it's a hasty decision but... kazuha said that when the time is right, we should get married," you say. hu tao feels as if everything is passing her at too fast of a rate. "so i'm going with him."

"oh. congratulations!" hu tao says. her voice is wobbly. you smile, tears welling up in your own eyes.

"i'm sorry, darling," you say. hu tao feels something in her snap at the pet name. she takes a step back, further into the safety of her house.

"i'm happy for you, (y/n)," hu tao lies. "but please, never call me that again."

the funeral parlor overseer doesn't know what comes over her. she closes the door in your face before you can respond. she lets out a shaky breath as she hears your footsteps as you walk away from the entryway.

leaving... tomorrow... kazuha... married?

a choked sob escapes hu tao. why not her? why him? she doesn't understand and, all alone in the home the two of you once shared, hu tao breaks down sobbing, begging for someone, anyone to change the tides of fate that she cannot.

can i request ganyu x fem fatui!reader please? something like from mutual distrust to lovers 💙 thank you

little gifts

pairing: ganyu x fem! fatui reader

description: ganyu doesn’t trusts you because of the organization you work for, and you share the same feelings, her assumptions cutting the thin line of her ever gaining your trust. over a course of your visit over the months, the two of you came to understand each other

warnings: grammar + spelling mistakes, lowercase writing, angst under tones (?), fluff fluff flUFF

word count: 691

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the first time you were up in the jade chamber you met a certain half-qilin who was quite shy looking, but you were quick to learn she could push your buttons faster than any other civilian of all of liyue.

“lady ningguang will take a minute.” you nodded, standing to the side so the qilin could walk past you with ease. put you sighed when she turned back halfway, looking at the little box resting in your hands.

“can I ask what that is?” even a blind person could see that you were an agent from the fatui by the attire you were dressed in. although you weren’t wearing a mask like all the agents would, your clothes give away your identity very well.

you scoffed, “where I come from, we do not arrive without a little something to where we were invited to.” you couldn’t understand why was she asking you this question, she cannot be serious. everyone jumped to conclusions about your intentions, but in reality, they were all harmless.

you could bet she was thinking you were there by mistake of a debt you tried to demand from the tianquan.

but you could see on her face that your answer didn’t satisfy her enough, so you followed it up, “it is a piece of clothing made from the finest silk of all of teyvat made by the most talented snezhnayan needle-man.” she hummed after you explained then she took off to.

every time you visited you were interrogated by ganyu ( you also learned her name over the course of time ) about your gifts and why did you turn up into the jade chamber again. you always told her, you were here for business with the liyue qixing and little details about the gift you brought.

today was probably the last time you visited the chamber after months. your only quest was to convince and maybe ‘bribe’ ( as the harbingers put it) the tianquan to bend the law here and there for them and to provide them with some necessary paperwork.

“today you brought two gifts, as I see.” and as each interrogation went by, the two of you started to learn more about each other, that’s how you knew that ganyu favored glaze lilies which you were holding in your hand.

“this is my last visit to the palace in the skies, I thought I would bring something to the first person I met here.” your walls slowly crumbled down, all assumptions getting lost in the fog of your mind and heart growing closer to the qilin.

ganyu nervously chuckled before accepting the flowers from your offering hand. “no flower really survives the cold which rules over snezhnaya, and I fell in love with these after the first time you told me about them.” you admitted, wiping your sweating palm in your clothes. you avoided eye contact with ganyu, afraid of what she would make out of your gift to her.

“I… um…” she stuttered, gazing at the flowers in her hands. “I don’t know what to say.” ganyu breathed.

“I wish to see you outside of the chamber, join me for lunch or dinner tomorrow. as a way of saying thank you from yours and my end too or... as a date.” you made a mess of your feelings.

“a date sounds perfect!” ganyu said, a little too loud and excited as she stepped up to you. her hands landed on your shoulders, tip toing up so your faces were right in front of each other just inches away.

she quickly pulled away, muttering an apology for her manners. you assured her she did nothing wrong. “lady y/n, I am ready for our meeting.” you heard the tianquan call out. you looked over your shoulder before looking back at ganyu and leaning in to press a gentle kiss on her rosy cheeks.

“something to make sure you won’t leave me hanging.” you turned on your heels, now the composed and serious fatui agent walked inside the office she knew very well. you could jump out of your skin over ganyu accepting your requests later.