genshin one-shots

#1 A Guide to Dating Childe

childe x fem y/n
words: 1706
TW: Ed sheeran
(modern AU)

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It's a small library. Kind of old and run-down. It looks as if it's been left to rot. Well, it would be more convincing if it weren't for the young girl exploring the shelves. The woman is smiling, clearly in a good mood. She's simply wandering around, sometimes stopping to examine a cover of a book.

She doesn't look to have a reason to even be here, but looks can be deceiving. In reality, y/n was told to meet him here. He's been wanting to hang out for a good while now, but his job always seemed to be stopping him.

However, the day has Come. The girl is starting to get impatient with him. He's already late, which isn't really in character. She's not worried, of course. The man she's meeting is trustworthy. To her, that is. But perhaps, she should text him? Just to make sure...

childe
"see you there then! <3"
received at 12:15
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Y/N
"not to be rude, but get your ass over here. I feel like the building will collapse soon."
read at 13:49

childe
"bus is taking forever. I'll be there soon, dw dear"
received at 13:49

Y/N
"run or else"
sent at 13:56

He hasn't read the last message yet. Its 14:02 now. Where is that damn hoe? Y/N sends another message, with a simple text: "u ignoring me now? 😔"

A few seconds after hitting send, she hears a small ding from behind her. As she turns around she meets a pair of bright blue eyes, staring into her.

"Shi- Hey! Ha, hey, sorry I didn't see you."

"Right, sorry for scaring you, dear," Childe passes the girl one of his cheeky smiles and receives an eye-roll.

"Why did you want me come here anyway? Couldn't we've gone to a movie theatre or something? Like a normal date?"

The redhead smiles as if offered ice cream.

"Dare, hm?"

"Oh, shut up. I just meant, you know, like... a platonic date. Just as friends."

"right, sure..." he sighs, not wiping off his smile, "anyway, to answer your question, this is why I brought you here."

The man steps away from you and reaches for a book, at the very top of the shelf. He most likely placed it there so the girl couldn't reach it. Like a toddler.

Childe glances at the cover, making sure it's the right one, and hands y/n the book.

As she flips it over, she stares at the big, bold letters on the front. They said: HOW TO DATE. A 10 STEP GUIDE FOR WOMEN.

"What the fuck."

"Eh, thought you'd need it. You're really bad at asking me out so have some help from a book written in the 70s!"

"im not trying to ask you out, asshole."

"as you say..." he chuckles and takes back the book, opening it, "step one: locate an attractive partner. Seems you've done that quite well."

Childe looks so proud of himself it's becoming amusing. He flips over a few pages.

"Step 2: get to know your love interest. So, darling, what would you like to know about me, hm?" The man lifts his eyes from the book and smiles at y/n, looking all innocent.

Now, y/n was extremely tempted to just ask something along the lines of "why are you a redhead", just to make fun of him, but this was actually a rare opportunity. childe will answer any question she asks him. Should it be about his work? Or relationships? Family? So many options were floating through y/n's head, but she only asked one.