Between shattered loyalties, a blurred perception of good and evil and a never-ending yearning to find what they desire, Lumine and Tartaglia are as different as fire and water, yet could also be seen as two sides of the same coin. A hero and her nemesis stuck in a dilemma between their emotions and beliefs. Destiny works in mysterious ways to bring them together against all odds. "Just the thought of you makes me feel sick, because I know that I can't have you , that I don't deserve you, and yet I still can't desire anything else than YOU." ----- 88K words atm All chilumi and genshin cannon/semi-cannon is grounds to appear. Events take place after the Inazuma archon quest and the rest is creative liberties with some tinkering to the established lore. ( the genshin anthology date is implied in the beginning of the story) I'm a francophone so I apologize for any grammar mistakes or repeating words Also sorry if the chapters change a lot this is my first fic and I'm kinda writing this for myself to scratch the itch this ship has had on my brain. Art cover by me ~ --posted on ao3---

Tears flow without her being able to hold them back. She shouldn't have grown attached. This, she only discovered until it was too late. Now that the bonds are firmly in place, will she have the will to break them with her own hands? They say ignorance is bliss, but can one still be happy after realizing that this man she is infatuated with is her enemy without any free will? After realizing that he is just a fragile mortal while she travels through the eons? After realizing that no matter what happens, there will always be an excruciating end to this relationship? Mortals are selfish, as Childe has proven to her so many times. But do near-gods have the right to be as well? Lumine has never wanted to answer this question so much in her life, and it is finally Childe who gives her the much desired answer. "I will prove to you that even you have the right to happiness." Genshin impact || Childe x Lumine Mini trailer: https://youtu.be/cORk0DCeLC0 This fanfic was originally written in French (available through my profile), and I decided to translate it to English myself. ───────────────────── Start of publication: March 26th, 2021 End of publication: June 25th, 2021 End of editing: Oct. 9th, 2021 ───────────────────── Beautiful cover realized by @Les_Phoenix ! Cross-posted on Ao3 © All rights reserved by HoYoverse. This work is only a fanfiction written for non-commercial personal use.

17 year old Lumine is attending school alone this year, after her brother passed away. And suddenly, with the arrival of a stranger, her life becomes much more complicated than she had thought it would ever be. Please let this small wish come true. || I've been asked to all along." "Then was that between us all a lie?" "Maybe it was." a dark chuckle escaped his lips. The distance between us was very close. Before I'd have said very happily that I liked this. But now, it was nothing short of a nightmare.|| //Cover art is not my property// Note: There's a sequel called Haters. #2 in Tartaglia #4 in ChiLumi (28/7/2021)

NOTE: Its ChiLumi despite the cover. Sequel of "I Don't Love Him" by me. Its been five years since that incident, and Lumine's feeling the loss even now. But that loss is short lived as the person she thought she'd lost appears in her life once more. Kazuha loves her and he'll do anything to make sure she's happy. But if he loses her, he just won't know what to do. When Lumine's crush returns in her life, maybe it is finally time for him to walk off the stage, to the darkness where he belongs. || I walked downstairs, only to find more emptiness. Our cat was lying on the ground, sleeping. But Kazuha was nowhere to be found. I again found myself in a trance. "WAKE UP FOR GOD'S SAKE!" Childe waved a hand irritatedly through his caramel coloured hair. His blue eyes were full of panic, and blood oozed out from his shoulder. The line was blurred between fiction and reality. || //Cover art not by me.//

Art on cover by @kannaarts on twt | subtle_introvert on wp&ao3 Harbingers : cursed souls that roam the earth as punishment for their evil deeds in the past, forced to live a life of misery and immortality where everything they touch crumbles to nothing. The only way they can achieve peace is if they make a human fall in love with them but it's never easy, the game is rigged and they are fated to spend the eternity alone. Childe has been a Harbinger for 3,000 years. He was losing hope in ending his curse until he ran into her. Just as his world was bleeding out its colours, she walks in to paint it anew.