In which you, the reader, with a dendro vision falls in love with a mysterious lady.
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"Are you perhaps.. in love with me?"
.... There was silence.
"Was it that obvious..?"
"ah yes right." yelan blushed slightly in embarrassment before regaining her posture. "this is (name), um, my girlfriend. and (name), this is yanfei, one of my close acquaintances." she tried not to stumble over her own words as shades of red and pink stained her cheeks. "hey (name)! yelan talks about you a lot~" yanfei smiles at you in a way that you would call... smug. seeing the both of you almost choke made her laugh. "i was just joking! miss yelan over here is so secretive about her personal life." her bright green eyes stares at yelan judgmentally. "sorry, i just prefer keeping some things a secret." you wondered how yelan managed to go back to her usual stoic expression so quickly, must be years of practice.. "as much as i'd like to stay and chat with you guys, i have a few cases i need to cover. perhaps we can hangout during lantern rite? oh and— here, my contact information so we can stay intact." she hands you a piece of paper with her number written on it. "we can hangout during lantern rite. also you don't need to waste more time on us now you can leave." you scratch your head bashfully. "alright bye!" before any of you got to say your farewells, she was off.
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"ah yelan! look its a new restaurant that opened! can we try it out please?" you give her your best doe eyes before she rolled her eyes and smiled. "you're quite hard to please huh." before she takes your hand and drags you along. (which you probably couldn't keep up with since shes... taller? than you- i assume.) even though the two of you have been together for a while, you still find yourself a little shy from her advances.
not even a few minutes later, the both of you are looking at the menu. there was this one specific dish that caught your attention. it consisted of the spiciest jueyun chilies available paired with radishes and fowl. which was quite weird, but the weirdest ingredient was the everflame seed. you were pretty good at combat, but to see a dish with an everflame seed was unusual. nonetheless you decided to order it, yelan copying your order as well out of curiosity.
the waitress handed you your dishes, along with some cryo slime inspired ice cream to cool you down in case it gets.. a little hot. yelan digs in first, seemingly not affected by the spice somehow. you reluctantly pick up your chopsticks and start eating. it tasted good but you couldn't handle the amount of spice in it. before you even took your second bite, you started eating the ice cream, trying to seek relief as you panted. yelan looks at you and laughs cheekily. "you okay there?" even without the dish, you're sure you'd be fuming right now with the way she seems to tease you.
"how are you able to eat this?" you avert your gaze in embarrassment, fanning your mouth in hopes of extinguishing the igniting flames. she grabs a cup and pours some water into it using her hydro powers. "here drink this, it's infused with some magic so you'll feel better." you quickly accept the water with no second thought, downing it in one large gulp. "thanks.." you couldn't help but feel ashamed at how you thought you'd be able to eat such levels of spice. "it's funny how you accepted the water without hesitation. what if i was going to poison you, pretty girl?" she lets out a sigh, admiring you. but all you do in return is pout at her, the pout quickly dissipating. "...i trust you." you smile at her. even though she may tease you about these topics. you knew she wouldn't actually harm you.
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you and yelan were already outside of your home by the time you remembered her gift. "uhm–i have something for you." you look at her nervously, hiding the box of jewelry behind your back. she only lets out a hm, busy scrambling for her keys. when she redirects her attention to you, you're already holding out the box, the jewelry glistening in the moon's glow. "woah.. this is... gorgeous." her eyes widen as she observes the jewelry before putting them on. "thank you. i appreciate this so much." you opened your mouth about to say something, but she embraces you in a big hug. you swear you can feel a tiny teardrop fall from her eyes. slowly, you also wrap your hands around her comfortingly.
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a/n : yall r desperate fr.. but i dont blame you!! yelans so hot hydro mommy. anyway thanks for supporting this lil fic omg ily all mwaaaa
