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.

𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐢. (𝐘/𝐍)'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞? (𝐘/𝐍) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬?

𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝑼 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐘𝐮𝐣𝐢 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐢. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞?

Mates are found before you turn 22 - that's the rule. If you don't, you are branded. Being branded as an Unfortunate isn't easy, and you can't come back from it. Avery Wilcott: the daughter of an Alpha, formerly an Alpha herself. Branded at 22, she threw herself into training. A spinster, an Unfortunate, and living at home with her parents and Alpha brother, she's a disappointment to the werewolf community - and to her mate. Start date: May 16th 2020 Completed: September 19th 2020 Chapters get longer the further in you go! #22 in Romance - 08.10.2020-10.10.2020!! #405 in Love - 20.11.2020 #48 in Chicklit - 21.03.21 #18 in Werewolf - 12.12.2020 #1 in Mates - 10.11.2020 #1 in Luna - 02.10.2020

(COMPLETED) * "Look, Mavis, you're a beautiful girl with lots of potential and I'm so sorry about this but I reject you, Mavis Anders, as my mate." My body erupted in pain. The bones were being smashed by an invisible force. I'd heard of pain like this but they'd never say the extent of it. Knives were thrown into my neck leaving a burning sensation my mouth dry and my legs numb as I laid there in shook. "You've got to accept it now." Ace explained unfazed by my pain. "It's the only way to make the pain go away." "But I don't want to accept rejection. I won't accept your rejection." * NEEDS LOTS OF EDITING - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! WARNING! LOTS OF PLOT TWISTS! * Highest Ranking: #8 Werewolf 7th June 2017

"You can throw me to the wolves and I will come back leading the fucking pack." 𝑌/𝑁 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝐼𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 4 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 "𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟" 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝑆𝑜 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 "𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡". 𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 "𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠" 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 13 𝑌/𝑁'𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑌/𝑁 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜

[UNDER MAJOR EDITING] Irezumi [Y/N] has been friends with Sero Hanta and Kaminari Denki her entire life. When she has to move away and leave her friends behind, her mindset only becomes even more positive. She can fix a car and believes tape can keep anything together (thanks, Hanta!) Can it keep her life together?

Being a demon slayer, especially taking the position of a Wind Hashira. Shinazugawa Sanemi knew the dangers of him not being able to return home someday. Many wondered, how could someone who is gentle and kind like Akane [name], a helper in the Demon Slayer Corps, get together with someone as short-tempered and violent like Shinazugawa Sanemi? Many believed that she deserves way much better than the constant arguments she was having every day with the Wind Hashira. And one day, it ended. It ended with him comparing her to someone who she could never be. Kocho Kanae. But then, there was a hidden reason why he wanted to end things with her. For he was entirely devoted to protecting her at all costs, even if it means him losing his life as well.