The Frightened Star of Teyvat

Meeting a Hyperactive Bunny.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Genshin Impact or the characters. Just making an AU for fun!

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Two people, one small and one tall, were relaxing in a small lake while the sun shone brightly throughout Mondstadt.

The tall one, Lumine, who was holding the little Paimon at her chest, was sitting on the shallow lake, completely immersed in her own thoughts.

After the scare Paimon inflicted on her, Paimon then demanded to go wash up all the muck before actually going towards the city.

Which is understandable...

But why was she currently holding Paimon?

Watching the fish swim into the Pixie's hand as she played in the water caused Lumine to pause for a moment.

The first time she met Paimon, the Pixie was flatly drowning in the lake. Then, after saving the Pixie, Lumine felt that the child she fished was acting like someone who's very competent, which made her feel relieved at first.

Though sadly, the more time they spent together, the more the blonde realized that this was not the case.

Not at all.

Paimon was someone reliable. Yet, the small Pixie was also childish.

blunt to the point of being childlike, but still acts like an adult sometimes.

Like now, she was like a child having fun in a water, disregarding everything to play with the fish swimming around, but the next, acting like an adult to remind her to keep watch of their surroundings when she wasn't distracted.

'Be cautious, Lumi. Don't get scared by something again, Lumi. Lumi, calm down; don't think of the dragon, Lumi.'

While Lumine could do that without being told, it would still be strange if you were told by what looked to be a child younger than you.

It was honestly baffling to realize.

And suspicious nonetheless. For that matter, Lumine always had this thoughts, that always nags her every time she spent time with Paimon; this thoughts would sometimes pop up and bother her on some occasions.

Questions like:

'How did she drown without me even noticing her?'

'And why would she ever drown, to begin with?'

'Has she approached me with any ulterior motives?'

'Is she acting all the time?'

These were the thoughts that surrounded her for months now.

She just couldn't help it. She was paranoid and cautious in nature.

Something new and fancy had taken an interest in her when she lost both her twin and her powers, and it was a bit scary.

Even though she was the one who helped the Pixie... She just felt uncomfortable for the first few days.

But, even with all of the doubts she has on the origins of this small Pixie, Lumine has finally come to trust her enough to reveal some of her origins today.