Genshin Impact Slice of Life AU (Discontinued)

Chapter 14: Fever

Y/N was on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

"... This is all Baal's fault. She just had to make a temporary relationship with me... now I'm feeling more attached to her and it's starting to feel painful that I'm not with her." Y/N said

"I'm so selfish that I hate it..." Y/N said

"I wanna tell her/him what I feel, but I'm scared that I might get rejected and make the space between us bigger." Y/N and Baal said at the same time

The next day, Y/N was at school and his eyebags were getting more visible. Baal has also been acting stranger than before so he decided to go talk to Sara, the only friend of Baal Y/N could trust.

Y/N was at the rooftop, feeling the fresh air brought by the wind.

"What is it you want, cheating dog." Sara asked

"Huh? When the hell did I get the nickname 'cheating dog'?" Y/N asked

"My friends and I, including Baal saw you the other day at Krispy Kreme with a girl. You two seemed happy together." Sara said

Y/N became petrified and got broken. The wind blew pieces of Y/N's body that turned into broken chunks of stone.

"Ah... life was fun..." Y/N said as he got blown away

Back to reality,

"Hah?! You mean Jingwei?! Jingwei's my adoptive cousin!" Y/N said

Sara froze and looked away while sweating.

"T-Then, all the bad things I said about Y/N weren't true?" Sara whispered

"Hey, I can hear you, you know?" Y/N said

Classes ended and the volleyball club had a day off.

Y/N was standing outside and it was raining. There he saw, Baal at the entrance who seemed to be waiting for someone or something.

"Hey." Y/N walked to Baal

"H-Hi, Y/N-kun." Baal stuttered

"Are you waiting for someone?" Y/N asked

"Yeah, I forgot my umbrella so my sister has to pick me up here." Baal said

"You can borrow mine." Y/N said

"E-Eh? What about you, Y/N-kun?" Baal asked

"I can either wait for the rain to stop or wait for Ganyu-sensei to finish her work, but I highly doubt she'll finish working overtime before the rain stops. Don't mind the umbrella too, you can have it if you want or return it some other day." Y/N said

"If that's the case, I'll just wait for my sister." Baal said

"I'll just accompany you back to your home and after that I'll go home. That way, none of us should wait. Plus, your sister doesn't have to walk here anymore. Y/N said

"Sounds like a great idea." Baal said

Y/N and Baal started walking while sharing an umbrella.

"Wait, Y/N-kun." Baal stopped walking

Y/N also stopped walking and saw Baal's face that was overshadowed by her hair.

"What's wrong?" Y/N asked

"Wouldn't your girlfriend be mad... if she saw you accompanying me to my home?" Baal asked

"Girlfriend?" Y/N played dumb like he didn't have a conversation with Sara

"Your... girlfriend... the one I saw at Krispy Kreme the other day..." Baal said

"Ah... Jingwei. She's my adoptive cousin. I don't have a girlfriend." Y/N laughed