This isn't real

Jealousy?

"Li? Oh." Albedo walked into Childe's room to see his brother on the bed with his fiance, snuggling each other.

"B-Bedo! I-I can explai-" Zhongli got cut off, clearly unexpecting his arrival.

"No need. Guess mom's project worked. Hey, can I borrow him for a sec?" -Al

"Sure, I guess. Should I leave or...?" Childe let go of Zhongli and stood up.

"You should leave. I mean, he can't walk, can he?" -Al

"Fair point. Well, tell me when you guys are done." Childe left the room.

"So, you really like him, huh?" Albedo sat next to Zhongli.

"Yes...I know, I know what you said. And what's this about a project?" He looked down at his marked lap before a hand wrapped around his shoulder.

"We said don't commit yourself until you're 100% sure you want this. Not don't fall in love. And mom wanted you to be able to have a normal life. As normal as one can have after the war that is." -Al

"Oh." -Z

"I can't tell you what to do as I have never had a relationship but I can say just be yourself. And you should probably tell him about you being a god." Albedo stood up and walked to the door.

"Thanks Bedo. You're pretty good for being made out of chalk." -Z

"And you're quite the wreck considering you're a god." -Al

Childe re-entered the bedroom and sat back down on the bed. The two continued to snuggle for a while until they had to go to dinner.

"You used to look at me that way. Why did you change so fast?" Golden eyes were watching them as they left the room for dinner, Childe still carrying Zhongli. Lumine ran back to her room to avoid anyone seeing her cry again. She locked the door the minute she was in and couldn't hold back her tears anymore. Her body was violently shaking from the amount of anger and grief built up from the moment she got to Snezhnaya.

"Why? Why, why why?!" Lumine threw her sword that was on her table and it hit the wall.

L: What is wrong with me? I-I should be happy for him...but seeing him with that brat just makes me...me...I can't even describe it! I WANT...no...I need him DEAD!

She picked her sword up again and threw it, this time it hit a window, shattering it. Lumine collapsed to the floor and began crying again. Meanwhile, there was still a lot of tension from that morning between the Liyuens and Childe because of *cough, cough* last night.

"Has anyone seen Lu? She hasn't appeared since this morning." Aether was getting worried that his sister was injured or something bad happened.

"Nope." Thoma shook his head and passed Ayato more of his boba.

"Come to think of it, I saw her run to her room. No idea why, but she should be in there." Ayaka placed a finger on her lips and looked off into the distance, dreaming about the blonde girl.

"I'll get her." Childe stood up and excused himself. He also wanted to escape the tension in the room. He swiftly made his way to Lumine's room and knocked on the door.

"Girlie? You good?" Childe opened the door and was immediately pulled in.

"Do you love me?" Lumine looked dead serious at Childe.

"What are you saying?" Childe tried to free his hands from her grasp but it was too strong.

"I said, do. You. Love. Me?" She pronounced every syllable in the sentence before pulling him closer. They were now mere inches apart, being so close that Childe could feel her breath.

"Of course, why are you asking me this?" Childe was extremely confused. What ever did she mean?

"Then why is he getting between us?" -Lu

"Zhongli? What? No! Zhongli isn't getting between us? Lu, what is going on?" -C

"You know! You say that you love me but here we are with you bedding him! What more must I do for you, Ajax?!." -Lu

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand." Childe finally managed to release his hands from her grasp and left the room, both shocked and scared for Zhongli's life. He managed to process what she had said and now he knew. Lumine was in love with him. She wanted to marry him, not watch him be married to someone he used to hate tooth and nail.

"Ajax? Are you alright?" The familiar soft, calming voice of his fiance broke his thought of fear. In an instant, Childe gripped Zhongli's waist in a tight hug before letting tears fall down his face.

"I-I'm scared. For you." Childe let everything he saw flow out of his mouth. He only didn't tell Zhongli about Lumine's confession so as to keep her dignity.

"I understand. But you really shouldn't be. I have experienced worse and I appreciate your concern but worrying about me is not worth it. And tonight, I would like to show you why I say this." Zhongli hugged back and let Childe cry. They walked back to his room and undressed before Childe realized something.

"How can you walk?" -C

"Well...you see..." Zhongli wasn't giving a straight answer like normally so Childe knew something was up.

"Love, I'm getting concerned. What is happening?" -C

"You see...I'm not completely human..." Zhongli avoided eye contact and stared at the floor.

"WHAT?!" Childe jumped up from the bed.

"I-I'm an adeptus. The prime adeptus, to be exact." Zhongli continued to avoid eye contact.

"S-So you're saying that you're...THE FUCKING GEO ARCHON?!" Childe couldn't believe what he was hearing. His fiance was the geo archon? The god of war, founder of Liyue, prime adeptus, god of contracts, that archon?

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So so sorry that I haven't been posting. School started and my brain is running dry. Suggestions would be completely appreciated and I hope you all enjoy this chapter. <3 Author.

Also, the AU is that Beidou and Ningguang got married and had 6 kids. Zhongli, Itto, Albedo, Gorou, Yun Jin and Noelle (in age order). Gorou is adopted btw. Long story short without too much spoilers, Zhongli is traumatised by the archon war and the entire nation of Liyue plus his friends from other nations are super overprotective.