genshin impact oneshots.

confusion | alhaitham x reader

"and for our last pair, we'll have y/n and alhaitham," the teacher announced, fixing his glasses.

you shot your head in his direction in disbelief. he didn't seem too fazed about it which made you confused. of course, having two of the smartest students in the class working together would produce incredible results, but you couldn't imagine working with him by choice. you were best friends with his roommate kaveh and all the two of you would talk about is how insufferable he was. alhaitham always did things perfectly and it did nothing more than anger you, especially if he ended up doing better than you.

at the end of class, you approached your new partner.

"well, i guess we should plan a day to work. would it work to do it at your place or something? they turned off the heating at my place." you said, scratching the back of your head.

you were partially asking because it was true, the heating was out and since it was winter, it was way too cold to focus, and partially asking because you knew kaveh would be there as well. you hoped that kaveh would make things less awkward because the tension would be inevitable.

without even looking at you, he responded, "sure. just make sure you don't get distracted by kaveh. we'll meet at 3 tomorrow then."

and without letting you respond, he walked out of the class, leaving you dumbfounded. you supposed you'd just have to go with his plans since you doubted he would even listen to you if you suggested something else.

you prepared some of your project that day in preparation for working with alhaitham. you had felt a little dizzy when you woke up and throughout the day, but assumed nothing of it. when it was almost 3, you sent a text to kaveh letting him know that you would be coming and when you walked up to the door, you were glad that kaveh was the one that opened it for you.

"where's alhaitham," you asked as you went inside, not seeing your gray-haired partner.

kaveh shrugged and gave you a sly grin. "i made him get groceries so we could hang out for a bit."

you broke out into a smile. "thank god. just thinking about having to work with him makes me so stressed."

he rolled his eyes. "that's literally what i'm saying. anyway, we should put on a show or something-"

the two of you turned to the door when you heard the jingle of keys and the lock clicking.

"oh my god," kaveh whispered to you, "why is he here so early?"

you looked back at him with wide eyes, "how am i supposed to know?"

the door opened to an alhaitham with bags of groceries.

"oh," he said, monotonously, "you're here."

he gave the several bags of groceries to kaveh who almost fell due the weight of all of them. your partner then ushered you into the kitchen where you could see several papers stacked on top of each other. despite the number of papers and items there were, it seemed to be an extremely neat table. like the true gentleman he was, he offered you a seat and you placed all of your own research onto the table.

"kaveh!" he barked out to the poor kaveh who was putting the groceries away. "go buy dinner or something!"

you sent kaveh an sos signal through your eyes and he matched it. but unfortunately, he didn't have much of a choice but to leave the two of you alone since he knew alhaitham would get mad if he didn't have the perfect working environment.

now that it was just the two of you in the apartment, you got to work on the project. the preparations went smoothly and alhaitham seemed impressed that you had already come somewhat prepared. similarly, you were glad to see that he had held up his part of the project.