Genshin Impact One-Shots

Ororon | Carrot Leaves

A gentle tugging at the top of your head interrupts the soothing and silent process of gardening, more specifically, watering and singing a lovely song to the growing plants so they can become healthy and strong. And healthy and strong plants means they will taste delicious, and the delicious plants will happily be soaking in your body and give you energy.

How dare someone disrupt this serenity...?! And based on the person's familiar scent, you already know who the damn scoundrel is.

"You pesky bat! How many times do I have to tell you that I am not an edible carrot?!" you scold, glaring up at the nonchalant male who still has his hand on top of your head, his fingers playing with the leaves.

"Sorry, Gra—Big and Cute Carrot. I couldn't help myself; the leaves are so realistic and look tug worthy," Ororon explains, showing what he means by tugging on the leaves once more.

"Why, you...!"

You whack his hand away with a glare and abruptly stand up, causing him to take a generous step back. Adjusting the leaves atop your head, you heave a jaded sigh and cross your arms. Who does this guy think he is, touching anything that he's interested in? As a gardener who specializes in sundry plants (carrots being your favorite), you felt that you should spruce your appearance up a little, so you took time to craft a head accessory that replicates the leaves of a carrot.

Sure, you get some odd passing looks and whispers whenever you go out and about, but who cares what they think! A lot of the energetic kids love your appearance, the elderly often finds it adorable and charming, and you adore the look.

Ororon lowers his head, his heterochromia gaze flickering to your garden. "I'll make sure to not tug on your leaves anymore. I'm sorry," he murmurs, looking at you again. He almost appears disappointed and pouty, like his assurance to not lay his batty hands on your craftsmanship is a difficult mission to complete.

Which, for someone as stubborn as him, it'll be a mess. And anyway, why are you suddenly feeling bad for this irritating guy?

After carefully thinking through your options, you take a deep breath and sigh through your nose, a hand on your hip. "You don't have to look so down, geez. Making me look like a villain," you mutter. "I'll tell you what; you can touch, but no tugging, got it?" You wave your finger at him as a fair warning.

His face lights up, and he nods in response, just happy that he can continue to feel the nice textured leaves between his fingers. Plus, he greatly enjoys petting you. You're like a cute carrot companion who happens to have an interest and excels in gardening, and he truly cannot imagine spending each and every day without your presence.

Just like how the plants require the bright sun and plenty of water to blossom into healthiness, he needs you—the sun—to boost his mood and get him going throughout the busy day.

You're too immersed in scribbling down some observational notes about your homegrown vegetables, wanting to notate all the details of their progress. The gradual shuffling over to your figure goes unnoticed until you feel a large hand landing on your leafy head, gently giving you head pats.

And honestly, if your leaves have the ability to sprout up in response to something that makes you happy, they definitely would react in this sweet moment. Thank Teyvat that's not the case, because you don't need the male to be aware of your positive feelings toward his words and acts.

Ororon's ear twitches. "Big and Cute Carrot is happy..." he says in a low voice, his gaze softened. "I will give you daily head pa—"

"Wh-What? I don't need head pats, stop assuming! Go and get your bad eyes checked."

"I'm not trying to assume anything. You were leaning your head in my hand, and..." he trails off, using his free hand to gesture at your figure, "...you aren't moving away."

Of course, to prove him wrong, you immediately jump away from his comforting hand, the warmth fading away (much to your disappointment). His hand hovers in the air, head tilted, before he drops his arm and stares at you intently. Maintaining eye contact, all you can desperately hope is for his twitching ear to not detect your fluttering heart.

-♡-

You are the cutest carrot human ever. Some people may question those leaves, but who cares, right? Ororon certainly does not carrot all.