ˢʷᵉᵉᵗ ⁿᵒᵗʰⁱⁿᵍˢ// ˡᵘᵐⁱⁿᵉ ˣ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ

Empty Dreams and a Moonlit Park

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"Y/n! let's go on the swings!" The young boy grabbed your hand. The boy's bright blue eye and other matte black eye shone brightly in the dimly lit park.

He allowed you to sit first and pushed you making you go high up in the air. You laughed as you felt your body rise and drop again, your happy spirit made him smile.

After running around and playing on all the equipment in the abandoned park, you looked at the worn down clock. Midnight, another hour couldn't hurt.

The boy looked worried, he didn't want you to leave, feeling his sadness, you reassure him that you would stay for another hour. Besides your father was knocked out comatose. He wouldn't care anyway. You grimace at the thought of your "father".

You shrug it off, "tag, you're it", you bolt off running away from the boy.

"What!? No fair!" He giggled and chased after you. After a few minutes he caught up to you but tripped over and toppled onto you. His bright fiery red hair, caressed your face slightly.

A few words came out of his mouth but you couldn't hear them.

A few moonlit tears fell on your face.

You wake up in a cold sweat. "Not again," you murmur. You look to your side and see Lumine's face, sleeping peacefully.

At least, I've got her.

You hear a faint melody coming from outside the cabin Beidou let you stay in.

You hop out of the bed, and head towards the deck, which was littered with alcohol bottles from the party you had from the previous night, there you saw Kazuha.

For what feels like a minute your eyes meet, his amber red eyes had a familiar warmth and sadness to them.

"Can't sleep?" You say breaking the silence. He nods and looks away at the sea. You could make out the small waves due to the moonlight.

You walk closer to the edge of the ship and lean on the barrier. The calmness of the waves made you feel tired but not as tired as Kazuha who retired back to his chambers.

"Boo!" Lumine creeped up behind you scaring you. You felt your heart beating furiously in your chest. Lumine's laughter died down once she made out the tears on your face. She wiped them off and kissed you on the cheek. You didn't even realize you were crying.

"What's wrong? You seem distant these past few days, want to talk about it?"

Truth is, you've been having these dreams ever since you've drawing closer to Inazuma.
But why?

You shake your head. Lumine knew better than to pry. She dragged you back to bed saying "you will feel better tomorrow, besides we'll arrive in Inazuma, an adventure would clear your mind!"

Her comforting attitude made you smile as you drifted off to sleep.

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Eyyyyy I'm back baby! I've got more ideas and I feel less burnt out as I know where to go with the story!

I don't want to follow the exact storyline rn as I don't play Genshin anymore but I'll continue to update. I thought I was going to discontinue the book but now I got more ideas! I'm writing this at 4 am 💀

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I realized I needed to give more substance and background to y/n so here we are!

I know it ain't long... sorry✋😔
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