Genshin Impact: One Shots

pov: you betrayed everyone and decided to join the fatui instead

- inspired by namesake playlist -

- playlist by x1aoluvrr -

- originally written in November 2021 -

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"Tartaglia!" You yell at the redhead as he slung his bow across his back. He turned around, eyes wide as he saw you following him. 

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" He called out cheerfully over the distance, still walking despite facing backwards now. 

You couldn't help but roll your eyes. In this situation, Childe still would have the advantage over you easily since he was using a bow, and also because you did not want to harm him. 

"I want to talk!" 

"This distance is fine for talking." A cheeky smile appeared on his face. "I can hear you loud and clear, Comrade!" 

"As if you treat me like one right now." You scoffed. "Wait till you regret this decision when I bug you all the way back to Snezhnaya." 

Childe paused, looking confused. But he quickly pulled himself together and chuckled. "All the way back to Snezhnaya? What are you planning?" 

"I want to join you. I want to join the Fatui." 

"...What?" 

The incredulity in his voice was astonishing to you. All these weeks that you had sparring with each other, spilling tea and secrets, and chugging Snezhnayan Fire Water, waking up in new cities every few weeks... The perks of being a Snezhnayan "diplomat" had really appealed to you. Did he really thought that doing this much wouldn't sway you? 

You were already so tired of all the aimless running, the quests. What was it all going to amount to? 

Nothing. 

If it was coming down to that, why not spend your days enjoying the world at your disposal, taste power, and stay beside someone you actually have feelings for within the Fatui? 

The wind blew, the trees and grass rustling the only sounds that enveloped the silence between the two of you as he gauged you, his eyes narrowing with the usual killing intent that you were so familiar with. 

He took a step towards you, and then another, and another while you stood still. He was definitely taller than you, but as he looked down, you steeled yourself and met him with a determined, challenging gaze. 

"You're serious, are you?" He reached out, and ever so gently, caressed your cheek. "Even if it means living your life according to another's will, being used as a weapon, your life on the line wherever you go?" 

"I understand, and I will not regret my decision, ever." 

After a few heartbeats, he nodded and pulled back. "I can't promise you the position of a Harbinger, but you'd definitely be able to join the Fatui with my good word." 

You smiled, reaching out a hand towards him. He smirked, extending his own to shake it. 

"Welcome to the endless battle, comrade. Things are going to be so much exciting with you in the Fatui now."