"You know what? You remind me of a noctilucous jade, a rare mineral that glimmers in the dark.
No matter how deep it may fall into the abyss, it will always find a way to shine."
Childe was supposed to defeat Liyue. Zhongli was supposed to watch out for the Fatui. Their plans were simple, yet neither were able to fulfill them. It took Childe three and a half months to feel at home on the other side of the ocean, and five minutes to be kicked out of a place he had unexpectedly grown fond of. Before returning to Snezhnaya, probably forever, he is offered one last chance to reconnect with Zhongli, who secretly took the boat with him.
The choice he must make is not a simple one: ally with Zhongli and Venti or risk his own life alone.
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-Fluff and angst
-Mutual pining
-Tsaritsa's backstory
-Venti, Xiao and Ganyu are Zhongli's best friends
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There will be 3 narrative arcs:
1) set in LIYUE (with Xiao, Ganyu, Chongyung, Xingqiu, Beidou, Ningguang, Xinyan, Xiangling)
2) set in MONDSTADT (with Venti, Jean, Diluc, Kaeya, Barbara, Dainsleif)
3) set in SNEZHNAYA (Tsaritsa, Scaramouche, Dottore,Signora and Lumine)
emotionless Tartaglia x Zhongli who tries to help him express himself and get a life.
Or,
Tartaglia has been weighed down from the past since the beginning, Zhongli has to teach him how to feel again (and get a life!!). Also, a heads up, Childe isn't mute in this story. He just doesn't talk like that one quiet kid-
There are spoilers in this fanfic btw. More specifically, the archon quest in Liyue. Aka the "Farewell, Archaic Lord" quest and "A/The new star approaches.