Sun & Earth ( Zhongli x male!OC )

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Nimias' POV

Ok, so I found out that Morax had been meeting with all of the Archons separately. Something about finding someone's sibling and the Fatui being a problem, i think? 

Anyway, for some reason, I wasn't told about this. I know I declined when I was asked if I wanted to become an Archon or not, but I'm still a God and could still help if there was a problem.

Barbatos told me that Morax didn't want me to worry, which I think is stupid. So today I'm going with my favourite Geo Archon to visit Baal. She's the last Archon Morax needs to talk to and I wanted to visit her anyways.

*time skip to when Zhongli and Raiden are talking business*

This is so boring~ We were in a private area outside, just the three of us. After they had made sure no one else was there, all they've been talking about is her defeating this Fatui lady and some random trave-

"Yes, the traveler defeated me when I-" "What?!" They flinched, suddenly startled by my outburst. "Some traveler defeated you? The literal Electro Archon?!"

She sighed "yes, Nimias. They did defeat me. Also, They aren't some random traveler. Haven't you been listening? Shouldn't you have already met them?" I shook my head: no.

Suddenly Morax spoke up. "She's talking about the one who's been helping around Liyue and Mondstadt lately. Everybody's been talking about them. They recently came into Inazuma not that long ago, but I think they went back to Mondstadt."

"oooohh" I have no idea who he's talking about.

As if sensing my confusion, he sighed and continued, "The one with the light blonde hair and yellow eyes." 

I felt like I recognised them... "oh!" Baal suddenly jumped at my voice again. "You mean the two weird blonde siblings who came at the same time as that weird God?" It looked like the heavenly principles...nah. They looked at me in confusion.

"You know! One of the siblings was a girl with a white and blue dress, the other was a boy with a black and yellow crop top and pants, and the God had long white hair, yellow eyes, and a long dress!" They continued to look at me, this time with concern.

"What God?" Baal finally asked.

"The one that appeared a while ago. After Khaenri'ah was destroyed." 

The two Archons looked at each other, not sure whether to believe me or not. Wooow, way to show how much you trust me~ I thought sarcastically.

"Nevermind...ask your traveler," I start walking away from them, sulking. "I guess it wasn't important anyway," I say when they're almost out of earshot. 

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Morax and Baal have been talking for over an hour since I left. Couldn't they have trusted me even a little? Jeez. I am now currently sitting at the docks looking into the water. 

The ocean always reminded me of Osial. Before the Archon war, he used to be good friends with us. But then, during the war, he became corrupt and eventually was defeated by Morax. I heard that he recently came back and tried to destroy things again, but he was defeated. I wonder how he's doing...is he dead? Apparently, Xiao was there. I should ask him what happened when I see him again.

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Zhongli's POV

I finished talking with Baal. It took longer than I had first anticipated. Regardless, I am relieved that I won't have to talk to her on more than one occasion about this matter unlike how I did with Barbatos.

I walk out of her domain and think back to what Nimias said. I will have to ask the traveler about this 'unknown God'. They could be dangerous...wait- I need to find Nimias. Realising that I now had to look for Nimias, I sigh. I am unaware of his current location, so I will have to ask around.

After going around the area asking for the whereabouts of "a red-headed man with yellow eyes, who's slightly shorter than me," I find him fifteen minutes later near the docks...asleep. Did I really take that long? How has nobody robbed him yet?

I go to pick him up only to see tears streaming down his face. He only ever cries when he's thinking of the past, or when he loses someone important. I sigh once again. He should really trust others more. He always buries himself in work when in reality he's probably one of the most playful Gods out there. Is he trying to distract himself? Maybe.

Slowly picking him up, being careful to not wake him up, I wipe his tears and stroke his hair. He nuzzles closer to me. My cheeks get warm. Maybe I'm sick. Can I even get sick? I'll have to ask the rascal about this later.

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Once we've reached Wangshu inn I'm greeted by Xiao's questioning look.

"Master, why is it that whenever you both come here at the same time one of you is always passed out and in the other's arms?" Xiao gave a look that I'm sure Nimias would've described as "I'm done with this sh*t" ...whatever that means.

"He's just asleep Xiao" He gave me a slight nod before walking out of the inn, probably to do his job of defending Liyue.

I walk up to the room that Nimias had rented for me a day or two ago when I was drunk. I guess renting this room for a whole week wasn't as overboard as I had initially thought.

Laying him on my bed, I look outside to find it almost to be dark. Maybe I did talk to Baal a bit longer than I had anticipated.

I go to the closet to get two sets of clothes comfortable enough to sleep in. I had no idea where Nimias lived so unless he decided to go back home, he'd have to use my clothes for the time being.

Looking back at Nimias' sleeping form, I watch as his chest slowly moves up and down. His quiet breaths fill the room. His peaceful form has my full attention. Unknowingly, my eyes slowly move down his body. from his soft lips to his small hands, down to his waist and hips, and his-

There was a knock at the door. My eyes quickly left Nimias. I felt my face heat up. What's wrong with me? Did I really get sick? Or was there something in the tea that Baal gave me?

"Mr. Zhongli?" I heard the knock once again, this time it was accompanied by a feminine voice. "Yes, what is it?" "Um, Xiao told me you had returned with a guest. I came to ask if either of you wanted something to eat?" I could hear nervous shuffling from the other side of the door.

I opened the door and was greeted by a blushing young girl who I assumed to be working here. "That would be lovely, thank you," I replied to her question, "We'll have the Matsutake Meat Rolls and the Jueyun Chili Chicken, please." "Right away, Mr. Zhongli," and so she left in a hurry.

I heard movement behind me. I closed the door and looked to see Nimias waking up. He yawned cutely before looking at me with tired eyes. wait, cute? "Good morning~" he greeted in a tired voice with a small smile. How I was going to survive the night? I had no clue.