• | • 原審 x Reader • | • Genshin X Reader • | • (Bhs & Eng story mix) • | •

• | • unrequited love • | •

*Head canon?? W some chili flakes cuz my partner is a zhongli main😄 n yeah we almost broke up many times.*

Zhongli perspective.

- he would start telling about his died lover once he already got used being around childe no matter what relationship they are in right now.

- he only choose to be his partner because of his money and benefit, and ofc it's not for his love or feelings like childe do towards zhongli.

- "Oh I'm so sorry, right now I'm very busy, how about next week?" He will keep making this excuse when ever childe ask him for some quick dinner.

- he will avoid childe whenever he sense any kind of affection because he still lingering on Guizhong for years.

- when childe try to tell him that he will be off for another dangerous mission, zhongli would only gonna took a glance and replied, "oh, I see."

- he would definitely think that this mission not gonna took more than 2 days as always so he can take childe money freely, but he's wrong.

- a year passed only for him to just find out that his partner was never gonna comeback ever again, to pay everything he took & annoy him like he used to.

- he finally realized something is a missed, he began to ask the Northland Bank Fatui's only for seeing them scoffed over the 11th harbingers name.

- he keep looking around the Liyue continent for whole days, only to search the person in his life that now had gone missing-- as if he was died.

- "11th harbinger? Aah, that person, huh? You see that red Mark around this straight line till that center? He was on that place before." The fatui pointing the clear white flower field that now a bit tainted with permanent red the flower has absorb.

- zhongli walking slowly towards the center of where the blood tracks end, it was filled with arrow and spear gather in one place and the rest is like try to lock the body moves.

- it took him a moment to realize the same event happening again to his partner, all because of his ignorance, he realized all his good memories with childe too late, he has gone long time ago.

- "are you perhaps Mr. Zhongli?" Ask the fatui approaching the gazed archon. He hand a small box that has some tainted blood on it, he looks up to see the fatui ready to leave. "I only stay for his last mission for me, I will take my leave since I'm done." They walk away from that place

- zhongli unwrapped the ribbon around it to see what's in inside, it was a letter-- no, his daily activities since he gone away from his partner that day.

- "today i have received an order for her highness over my fail task in Liyue, right on time I was going to give Mr. Zhongli this flower."
"Its been a week but, I only facing lowly monster and not more, I'll continue my writing tomorrow."
"Many weakling underlings of mine's starts to attacking me all at once, I'm good, just some major injuries not much, it'll be heal in days or so as always, and after I'm done with them all, imma go back to Mr. Zhongli and send a new flower again."
"They didn't give me a breath at all, I was hiding for 3 weeks now, my wounds starting to infected due to many wounds increase each days, I'm having some fever now."
"It took me 2 month walking with this condition, finally I'm reaching the Sneznaya border, hopefully my family would heal me a bit."
"The house is empty no one was home, the house was all died silent, a soldier came and startled me, he was my trustworthy underlings to keep my family save, he told me that him and his family became a wanted person so he choos to move my family, thank goodness."
"He told me that the tsaritsa was aiming for my head, and told me to go away from this land asap towards Liyue, for protection. He was right, I also has promise there to someone I love."
"My soldiers guide me towards Liyue save border line from his hiding short rute, and ofc it didn't go that well due to current Sneznaya situation."
"We got caught while resting, we got scattered on different ways and I got shot by poisonous arrow on my way to hide on this place that idek."
"If this is gonna be my last dairy, I just wanna say 'I'm so sorry to all my siblings and Mr. Zhongli, for I can't keep all my promises, I'm such a liar myself, I'm scared but, no matter how much I called your name, he would never gonna see me isn't he?"

"To: Mr. Zhongli

Good morning there, or maybe night? Ahaahah anyway that, I just wanted to say, I love you, as always ofc, I've prepared many gift for you cuz ik you will choose them without looking at how much price was it right? Ahaha, yeah. Hey Mr. Zhongli why won't you just love me back once? That Guizhong has died for centuries right? One day I wanna hear you telling stories, showing affection, and give me the same look with your shining gold eyes, very beautiful indeed.

I can get jealous too yknow, we're a partner anyway, I love you so much yknow, I have a really many things to say to you! But most of all, I wanted to hear you say, 'I love you'. Just a day is fine, I really want to feel the warmth in your palm one day, since we never hold hand lmao. Yea, I want to hug you tightly, I missed you so much.

But, when I'm finally send this letter to you, will you even still by my side till then? Ahh what am I talking about again ahahah, Mr. Love miss Guizhong so much more than me loving him, right? Just kidding, Mr. Zhongli love everyone equally, and fortunately, I'm not yet on the list, I'm just an extra and an outsider in his life. Even though we're a partner now/jk.

The now me can't give you any nice and memorial gift like I always do but, will you keep my vision and earrings so I won't be forgotten?

Sincerely, Ajax."

- he took all the papers away and see the blood tainted died vision, and his ruined scarf buried under it all. Eyes widen in shock and tears ready to fall anytime soon. He has realized his love too late again, his love has died once again. He look down to that small box again to find childe earrings.

- "didn't I tell you, every journey has its final days, don't rush, but. You know I didn't meant it this way do you, Ajax." He hug the scarf and letters so tight. Childe vision landed towards the place where he was stabbed to death.

- "I love you too Ajax, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I can't save you on time, I'm so sorry to realize too late." He buried his face on the scarf, the corner of his eyes catch the vision glows for some seconds showing the living sign on it just a moment, as if it's saying, "don't cry."

- warm breeze, sunset, smells like an ocean water, and old memories in this place where he had his final journey.

- he chat about how he has been going and doing this year without Ajax on his side, "so why don't we go? Somewhere only we know?" He invited.