Xingyun Oneshots

107 - May I Have Your Blessing? (To Date Your Nephew?)

Apologies if Shenhe isn't written very well I tried my best 🥲

Also I'll finish part 2 of Strawberry Perfume in the upcoming weeks 👍

AND ALSO DID WE ALL SEE THE NEW SKINS??? LIKE OH MY GOSH XINGQIU'S LOOKS SO COOL I'M SO EXCITED

I have to draw it aaaaa

Good day to be a Xingqiu main

Shenhe had never really had too many interactions with Xingqiu, but she didn't need to to have already made up her mind that he certainly wasn't her favorite person in the mortal world.

They never had a reason to meet, or chat, or anything like that, and anything she ever hears about him is usually from Chongyun when he briefly informs her of what he's been doing as of late while they cool down from training, so thankfully she never had to interact with him too much.

This time though, Xingqiu had sought her out himself, and she was a little surprised that he was able to in the first place. She normally stays in the mountains anyways, and yet here he was, seemingly a little out of breath but keeping up a calm and elegant composure while he approaches her.

She assumes he either asked the traveler or Chongyun himself of her whereabouts, and while she doesn't know what he needs her attention for, she listens with caution anyway.

"Ah, excuse me, Ms. Shenhe-" Xingqiu starts before taking a second to catch his breath. They were pretty far in the wilderness after all. He must've come all the way from Liyue Harbor, and Shenhe moved fast, so he couldn't have had an easy time catching up with her.

"-I came to ask for your blessing."

She blankly stares at him, tilting her head with a frown. "What?"

"I'd like your permission in pursuing a relationship with Chongyun." He reiterates. "Whatever your terms are, I'll agree."

She looks at him puzzled, still not very sure what he's asking her for. She didn't know much about his relationship with Chongyun except that they seemed to hang out a lot, which she'd later determined means that they're 'friends', and even by some terms, 'best friends'.

Why did he need her permission to be his friend?

"Why are you asking for my permission? You're already in a relationship with him." She states, watching Xingqiu shift his weight and move his hands to clasp behind his back. She wasn't very good with deciphering emotions or hidden meanings behind peoples words, but she could tell he was nervous.

"It's customary to ask someone's close relatives or parents when pursuing a closer bond with them, and it's called a blessing." He explains. "Giving the couple your nonverbal well wishes for their success and happiness in their endeavors with each other. And I'm also curious if you'd know of any specific ways he's prefer a confession to be delivered..."

Her brow only furrows the more he talks, as every sentence seems to be more and more cryptic than the last. It quite irked her that he was drawing this out and not just explicitly saying what he wants without dressing it up so much, and she decides that she's had enough interaction with him for today (and quite possibly forever.)

"I need time to think." She says flatly before she turns to leave, and when she does Xingqiu's poker face falls and alarm coats his expression.

"A-are you unsure of whether or not I'd be a good fit for him?" He asks despite her walking away, nervousness lacing his voice. "Or have I asked you at an inopportune time?"

"I need time to think." She repeats, and that's the end of that. Xingqiu doesn't call after her anymore, and she gratefully doesn't have to deal with it any longer, and she continues her afternoon of training and meditation, although there's a nagging voice in her head that unfortunately sounds much like Xingqiu that's still asking for her blessing.