Remembering The Glaze Lilies | Ganqing {DISCONTINUED}

Chapter 26 - Carry

"Hey!" chuckles Xiangling, waving at the two as she walks towards them. "And where were you?" responds Keqing, feigning ignorance to where her friend was for the entirety of whatever lesson she had. "I wasn't going to go attend my Chemistry lesson, okay? Besides, I heard that our Chemistry teacher wasn't even in to begin with! So what was I going to learn," sighs Xiangling, her bag not fully closed as some books threaten to fall out, to which the lavender - haired girl hastily shuts it, zipping the bag up.

The chef shoots her a thankful grin, and passes her a sweet, doing the same for the qilin, as the three chew on the fruity candy, as they go on about their day.

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A few days later, the three of them were in the bathrooms, and Keqing was playfully flexing the light muscles she had from boxing lessons, and boasting about the fact that she could easily carry her parents.

"Ling, do you think you could carry your parents?" teases Keqing, as she slowly paces around the bathroom. "Probably, I mean - I can carry my mother," responds Xiangling, as she slouches against the wall, phone in hand. "You think you could carry me?" asks Ganyu, a curious tone to her voice.

"Yeah!" says Keqing, desperately hoping that the excitement that was coursing through every limb of her body didn't show through her expressions and voice.

She crouches lightly, and gestures at the blue - haired woman. Ganyu jumps on, and the Electro wielder hoists her a little higher, so it would become easier for her to hold her by the thighs. She walks forward, and the qilin squeals excitedly atop her. "Oh god, am I heavy? Also, holy shit is this fun, Qing!" giggles Ganyu, and the lavender - haired girl is merely doing her best to not just absolutely explode from happiness. "No, no! You're fine, don't worry," says Keqing shakily, her voice high - pitched.

Dear god, she's so down bad.

The weight of the Cryo wielder lightly clutching onto her shoulders and leaning on her back is wonderfully comforting, and oddly feels like... a very, very girlfriend - like thing to do. Like, throw a flannel on her and some cuffed jeans already, she felt like so much like she was in a romantic relationship with Ganyu from such a small act of affection between the two.

The warmth of her breath sends a shiver up her spine, and she can feel her cheeks turning red as her best friend speaks joyously.

She's so adorable in her mannerisms, and Keqing knows from the smug little expression on Xiangling's face that her crush is incredibly obvious.

The lavender - haired girl paces gently, hoisting the qilin up every few moments and giggling as they laugh together and the Electro wielder is doing her best to not just malfunction from how incredibly close her crush was. Usually, Ganyu had a little bit of distance from her in terms of proximity, but never had she been so close that every word just resonated in Keqing's ears, and how close and warm her breath was with each and every syllable she spoke. Her voice was so soft, and yet so sugary sweet that it sent the lavender - haired girl into a lesbian panic, as she had faced many a time after forming her first genuine crush, that too on someone she was so close with.

It was a feeling that she never wanted to forget.

When she sets her friend down, she gets a pleased little hum and a sweet little smile on the qilin's face as thanks, and that is more than enough for Keqing's own happiness. Ganyu runs outside to go get her bag, and the smug expression that the Pyro wielder gives her is more than enough to remind her of how incredibly gay she was being as the two stroll out of the bathroom. "Hm, little Qing does love carrying our Ganyu... I bet you felt like her girlfriend or some sappy shit like that, didn't you?" chuckles Xiangling, pulling out an apple from out of nowhere and she bites into it, hand on her hip as she stares at the lavender - haired girl.

It is terrifying the way that the chef knows her every feeling when it comes to her crush.

"...Maybe," responds Keqing, her eyes shifting in any direction that wasn't the navy - haired girl's apple - filled smug expression. "So, so gay, my dear Keqing," sighs Xiangling, obviously in a joking manner as the two leave.

"What was she being gay for again?" says Ganyu, appearing out of nowhere - pastel backpack now on her back - as she peers curiously at her friends. "You know - women in suits," remarks Xiangling, and the three of them let out a simultaneous sigh at her statement, for the trio most definitely were infatuated with women in suits.

Now it wasn't their fault that women in positions of power wearing well - made suits were just so damn attractive, was it?

And there goes another normal day in the student's life, usually involving momentous events that she'd treasure forever - that Ganyu most likely wouldn't remember as easily, having Xiangling tease her about the events of the day through chat (or in person, if no one was around) and so on.

Whilst school was stressful, little things like these always made it fun to go to school, because even though the Electro wielder was quite diligent, and enjoyed learning new things, even she found it hard to defend what was meant to be an institution for learning vital things instead of the most random things that would never come in handy for about 90% of students.