Genshin Impact Snippets

Diluc x female!Zhongli

Diluc let out a heavy sigh. The bag in his hand suddenly felt so heavy. In a few days he would finally marry Zhongli. It had taken them many years to make this step, so Diluc wanted everything to be perfect for his future wife. However, with every passing second Zhongli seems to be more nervous and unsure, if they really should get married. He understood her, but he still wished she would feel more at ease. So far he had never mistreated her, right? He had always taken care of her and given her what she wanted. Yet he had not been able to cast away the cloud of doubt that hung over her ever since they met.

With a final sigh he entered their shared bedroom. Zhongli sat on the bed and was holding her medicine. She seemed absentminded.
"Zhongli?" Tenderly he called her name, when he sat down next to her.
"H...Hi..."
"Is everything alright?"
"Yes, I was just in thought."
Carefully he took her left hand in his and placed his other hand on her should before slowly stroking her back. Over the years he had learnt that this way was less stressful for her. As much as she wanted to be touched, she also was scared. So it was better to make small steps and moves and give her to the over and over again to get used to his touches. In all honesty, he had never thought that he would be able of such much tenderness and patience. But he loved her more than anything, so he would do everything for her. And he loved her responses. The way she slowly moved closer to him. The way she, after a nightmare, searched for safety in his embrace. The way she smiled at him when he gave her the time she needed. The way the rewarded him with her trust and love.

"Are you still nervous because of the wedding."
"Yes."
She looked ashamed admitting it, but she never was a liar.
"We don't need to make this step, if you don't want to. I want to marry you, because I love you and I want to show this through marriage. However, the most important is that we both really want it."
"I know and I really want to marry you, but..."
There it was again, this little word "but" that made Diluc feel sick and sad and made him wish to turn back in time and kill someone.
But you fear I will stop loving you. But you fear me cheating on you, just like him. But you fear me changing afterwards. But you fear that the past plays out again.

He knew and understood her fears. An awkward silent hung over them and for some time they just sat next to each other with Diluc tenderly caressing his girlfriend's back.

Luckily Diluc remember why he actually had searched for Zhongli after some minutes.
"I have something for you."
Without any further comment to pull out a giant dragon plush out of the bag he had carried. To him it looked more like a snake, but he was told that this was a dragon, so he called it as such.
Confused but curious Zhongli accepted the present and hugged the plushy. Softly she petted the dragon's head as if it were a living creature.
"It's..."
"I know, who he is."
Usually Zhongli never interrupted him, but this time it seemed important to her to tell him that she knew that the plush in her hand was special.
"How did you find him? I thought I had lost him forever."
Diluc knew about her favorite plush named Rex Lapis through one of her stories – it was a fond memory of her grandmother. After hearing that the dragon had been lost, he diced to start looking for it – when it came to finding things he was pretty good and he had some help from Ningguang, a close friend of Zhongli. Together they finally found the plush and fixed it. Now it finally was back in Zhongli's caring hands.
"I have many helping eyes and hand. It took me awhile but I found him."
"Thank you!"

Happily Diluc watched Zhongli cuddling the plush animal with a bright smile.
"I still have some work to do. You look tired so try to go to bed soon."
With a kiss on her lips Diluc stood up and went for the door.
"Diluc."
"Yeah?"
"Can you let me a bath in? I want to take a bath before going to bed."
"Sure, will do."
"And could you help me with my hair afterwards."
"Of course!"
During their time together Diluc learnt that Zhongli hated two thing the most: Showing skin and others touching her hair. Especially the last one seemed to be an absolute no! So, whenever she allowed him to take care of it, he felt incredibly proud and happy. The moment in which they sat in silence, while he took care of her hair were quite intimate for them and he enjoyed every second of it.
"Call me when you need me. I will be downstairs filing out some reports."

Diluc loved his girlfriend and he hope that she one day became his wife. All he wanted was to make her happy after all the things she had to go through – he knew how it felt to feel lonely and vulnerable.