Genshin oneshots~ PART 3

A Concluding Battle [Zhongli x Childe]

Note: Angst shot (6100 words!)

Zhongli POV: 

The crisis in Liyue has finally blown over, I suppose I can just get back to drinking tea and practising my calligraphy. The Traveller had just left a few weeks ago for Inazuma, I wonder if Baal will give him any useful information. 2 weeks after the Traveller left, Childe also took his leave back to his homeland. His Foul Legacy form has taken a heavy toll on his overall health, so I understandably let him go. I let my index finger trace over my lips, I sighed heavily as the memory of our lips locked together replays in my mind, maybe I was a bit reckless... should that even happen? Was the kiss really necessary? The calm Liyue breeze brushes against my face, no two days have the same breeze blowing by, I rip open the packet of dried tea leaves before emptying it's contents into the boiling hot water. I gaze at it for a while, watching the water turn a deep shade of gold as the tea leaves move around as if they were alive. I put the small lid back on before closing my eyes, waiting for the tea scent to linger in the air. 

Childe POV: 

I'm absolutely gutted. I didn't want to leave Liyue that quickly and so abruptly too, I feel like I haven't seen all of it yet. I didn't even get a chance to buy Teucer a souvenir. I slowly sat up, trying to be careful to not rip open the large wound on my waist, "ugh..." I hissed as I sat up and let out an exhale. I glanced out the window to see the ocean still brushing against the ship, the sun shone brightly in the sky, the weather... is beautiful. Well... fine, I'll admit it. I'm definitely very disappointed that nothing else happened between Zhongli and I. I pouted as the taste of his lips still lingers... despite it happening a week ago. I didn't see it coming, but it's not like I didn't WANT it to happen. I did, I did want to experience it... and I don't regret it at all. I wonder what he's up to now, what is he doing? Is he thinking of me? Or did it not matter to him at all? I don't know, but to me... it was a big deal. It was my first. 

A week ago...

"Ack!" The air in my lungs completely disappeared as my body flew across the room and hit the wall, it falls limply as if all the life in my body was sucked out of me. "F-Fine..." I huffed as I tried to pick myself up but failed, "I... yield" I stare up into the Traveller's golden eyes. "That was easier than I thought" he remarks as he sheathes his sword, a pang of embarrassment floods through my body. I laugh weakly, "oh but comrade... I was only going easy on you~" the Traveller looks back at me completely unfazed, "well you certainly look like you're trying your absolute hardest when you're 'going easy' on me" he dusts himself off before extending a hand towards me. "Reward?" I grumbled to myself as I fumbled in my pockets, "here..." I reluctantly handed two shards to him as he made his way out. 

It was only after the Traveller left, I realised I was cooked. I couldn't get up, I cursed under my breath as I let my head lean against the solid wall. I don't know how long I was sitting there for, but when I woke up, I was inside somebody's house. "Huh?" I croaked as I tried to sit up again, "don't fret or those wounds will open again" a deep voice cuts through the silence. A man sits facing away from me as his brush glides over the paper with grace, his brown hair tinted with gold-orange, his clothes hugging his sturdy build. Isn't that Mr Zhongli? I let out a loud sigh as I pulled the blankets up towards my chin, I was in no position to start complaining. The pain in my legs and chest were excruciating, all I want to do is sleep. Mm... but I can't help it, I want to have a rematch with the Traveller, I'll surely win. But... am I able to use the Foul Legacy form again? I don't know if my body can take it. It may just seem like a huge fancy suit for combat at first, but it's heavy... very heavy and it uses 10% of my blood for it to function properly. If I were to use a battery, I would risk electrocuting myself, but if I use gasoline... then it may leak or release gases I don't want to inhale.