# . . 𝗞𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗨

childhood best friends to lovers with xiao

ingredients: you have been friends with xiao almost your whole life... but it's the little things that make you realize there's something more.

calories: xiao + gender neutral reader

serving size: modern/highschool au・fluff・hurt/comfort・headcanons・too lazy to do word count rn

how did you guys meet in the first place? it was quite simple, really. it was when you guys were both first graders and the both of your parents were friends! all in all, they brought you over to his place and somehow xiao ended up accidentally throwing a cupcake at your face.

you thought he hated you until he popped up on your doorstep the next day, a single cupcake in his hand. to this day you think it's a pretty funny story and tease xiao for it (he always flicks your forehead and says he wouldn't mind throwing a cupcake at you again)

growing up, everyone usually knew xiao as the quiet boy in class and didn't pay attention to him. you knew him as your best friend with the great spotify playlists and the king of having no sleep. and now you were both in the middle of high school, he still barely got any sleep despite your protests.

it was surprising on how xiao was the one waking you up each day for school, climbing the tree beside your house and knocking loudly on your window. you decided to just leave it unlocked most nights (although once, he woke you up by pouring water on you and you arrived to school with a towel on your head)

days would go by normally. hanging out with xiao, studying with xiao, even having a sleepover with xiao! so when did your heart start to flutter at the sight of him?

was it when he climbed through your window, not in the morning but in the middle of the night? it was when he nudged you awake, telling you about a nightmare he had and apologizing that he woke you up. but you both ended up playing games until sunrise, eventually passing out on the bed with your head on xiao's lap.

or was it when he suddenly stopped walking, delaying the time you would reach some random destination? xiao turned around without a word, bending down and tying your shoelaces for you because it had gotten untied. you definitely remembered him ruffling your hair, telling you to check before you leave the house next time.

or maybe it was when he won that volleyball game! his whole team was cheering but he only smiled when he met you in the school parking lot, a bright expression on your face and you insisting that it was time to celebrate.

but what about that time you were both randomly hanging out at a park playground? a shady guy was around the area and you definitely noticed xiao's hand reaching for yours, pulling you close and convincing you that the other side of the park was much more interesting.

you appreciated xiao. you cared about xiao. you wanted him to be happy. and of course you loved him! you didn't realize that you loved him in a romantic way until your heart dropped at a statement xiao said.

"high school love is a waste of time," xiao scowled, getting annoyed at the amount of people relentlessly pinning for him and suddenly calling him "the hottest in the grade." why were they wasting his time? and being so frustrating?

your heart crushed as you tried to calm him down, telling him to ignore them and that he was right.

was he?

so you kept your feelings to yourself. even when summer came around and it was a hot day, refusing xiao's offer to have his cold drink. you knew he already took a sip and didn't want to seem annoying but he seemed tired of your complaining, eventually shoving (gently!) the straw in your mouth.

the only thing you could think about was that you just shared an indirect kiss with xiao.

despite wanting to confess already, you knew xiao wouldn't waste time on such things and you didn't want to be unfair towards him. even as some girl kept insisting for xiao's number and you instinctively told her that you were his partner, shooing her off and getting a thank you from xiao.

if only it was real.

but it felt real. it felt incredibly real that one day you cried in the rain, the day being extremely overwhelming and you hating it. you let yourself believe that it was real as xiao dropped the umbrella he had in his hand, choosing to hold you in his arms instead and deal with a cold later. you still remember him rocking you back and forth, whispering sweet nothings in your ear and ignoring anyone who walked by.

and then the final straw happened.

this time, you were the one who crawled through his window late at night. the one who received the 3 AM text saying "i got another one." the one who held xiao in their arms as he broke down in front of you the first time, just so tired of his stupid nightmares that almost felt like reality.

you were upset, just as xiao was when he saw you break down before. most importantly, you felt like the both of you didn't deserve this. xiao didn't deserve getting such horrid nightmares while you didn't deserve him. was it even right for you to be his friend in the first place? were you even worth it? you felt like such a waste of time.

it was ironic of you telling xiao to ignore the voices in his head when you listened to yours. and he knew.

so he cradled your face in his hands, even as tears rolled down his face and made you cry too. you finally listened, not speaking a single word as xiao placed a gentle kiss on your forehead and pulled you closer.

"i love you. so so, much. don't ever forget that."

and you didn't. to this day as you peppered kisses all over xiao's face and he slow danced with you in his room. although you could hardly believe that he confessed first and he liked you as well, you were thankful.

here's to many more days with your beloved. cherish them, all the way to the end.

i think you can tell the message is to appreciate people when you can (unless they suck). ilysm and you are worth it, stay strong and hold on!! idc how cringe i sound right now you deserve beautiful, happy things.

ANYWAYS

tags: @noirkkat, @tiny-aroace, @ben6ett, @abyssheart, @starglitterz, @blisschi, @heavensbeloved, @mystic-helena, @kachuuha, @xmellows, @rim0na, @velionqs, @glazelilyy, @yanbub, @urujiako, @adeptusjade, @zaultar @seerie, @blossomiich, @xiaozuha

bold: i can’t tag you for some reason!

i just KNOW i'm gonna regret posting this tomorrow morning but i need something to post so i hope you enjoyed!!

Istg im seriously trying to finish this childe fic

I just wanna... kiss him HAVDHHSBANANZM

Hey ho! Im back, anw can i request maybe an hc where akito have a really affectionate s/o who like to shower him with compliment or maybe an PDA (if he's comfy with it ofc) tyy!:DDD

lets do this ᕙ(＠°▽°＠)ᕗ wahh sorry if its a little short (｡•́︿•̀｡)

Affectionate s/o

Akito Shinonome

I kid you not. This guy can't process the amount of compliments you give him fast enough.

He would compliment you back but you some how always one-up him

s/o: Your eyes are so pretty

Akito: And so are yours

s/o: No you don't get it. Your eyes are such a pretty olive colour that the in the sun it looks like jewels, its so pretty that i could probably stare at them for the rest of my life.

Akito: shocked and blushing

Sometimes he would catch you staring at him with this warm affectionate gaze that gets his heart racing because no one really looks at him that way. gives him the butterflies.

Bro can't handle it ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

It gets even worse when you PDA (vv cute but singlelivesmatter ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ)

He would never initiate PDA but would gladly accept it if you do.

When you intertwine your fingers with his when you go outside, he literally can't help but blush and be completely aware of how you hold his hand and pull him along when you see something interesting.

If you give him a peck on the cheek he just stops functioning altogether. He's absolutely whipped for you.

s/o: gives him a peck

Akito: Wha-

s/o: Sometimes i look at you and feel like im falling for you all over again

Akito: - (this guy is on the floor dead)

Jian Yi + He Tian = chaotic siblings energy

Diluc, teaching Y/n how to drive: okay, you're driving and see both Childe and Lumine on the road. Quick, what do you hit?

Y/n: oh, definitely Childe

Y/n: i can never hit Lumine

Diluc: the breaks. You hit the breaks.

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“Hakkai…Fighting on isn´t painful. What hurts more than anything…is loneliness.”

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CUMNADOESS 😋

falling in love with him (mwah mwah mmwhawnmhawha) childe pppoookikeikeieke modern au? reader is like childe's age dwdwdwdwdw not proofread and uhhh uh idfk cumnados OH AND GN READER

childe "im hurrying!' you screamed to your best friend venti, you both were going out to eat for your 21st birthday at this relatively fancy restaurant with a few of your friends. a pretty basic birthday tradition, still a good one nonetheless. so there you are, getting a ride in venti's car all the way to xxx restaurant, music on full volume, and the windows rolled down. 'TURN HERE VENTI.' trying to scream over the loud music, venti managed to hear you, turning left into the restaurant and seeing 10 to 15 of your friends outside waving you over for a picture. 'SMILE!' beido screamed, snapping a picture of everybody around you, with big smiles. 'can we eat now im fucking starving~' venti said, tilting his head back and groaning. opening the door, the cool air reached you with a sigh of relief, your guys' table was cleaned and ready for whatever mess you guys were going to make out of it. everything was...fine, no it was amazing. everybody was laughing, drinking, and telling funny stories whilst waiting for the waiter to come and start the orders. 'alright, who wants to order first?!' you look up from the menu, and god dawhm...he was a tall and handsome and muscle ginger. 'y.n you can go first!' kaeya waved towards you to go ahead and order your drink. 'ill have some uh..margarita..?' you spoke, the handsome guy laughed, you read his name tag 'ajax' and then scribbles of 'childe' placed above his name. 'and your id?' 'i..oh yea!' fumbling in your back pocket, your friends laughed silently, watching you fall for the waiter you'll probably see 2 times in your life.

handing your id over to the handsome man, he smiled 'happy birthday!' while handing it back, moving on to take drink orders from the rest of your friends, you simply smiling and daydreaming about this newfound ''ajax'' 'ill be right out with those!' he spoke, putting his pen pad back into the apron he was wearing, hurrying back into the kitchen.

just as he left your friends burst into laughter, making fun of you (lovingly) and you laughed along with them, still a bit embarrassed. 'he's coming back~' kaeya leaned over and wispered into your ear, causing your head to shoot up looking at him coming over with a black shirt that was to tight for him (please get this man a bigger size.) ajax started putting the glasses down on the table, asking where this and that goes, and last but not least your drink comes along, so you took a sip just as he was leaving, then spit it out. all of your friends broke out in laughter, including ajax. whilst you start apologizing to everyone around you who now has margarita and spit on their pants and shirt. 'it appears you weren't quite ready for your first drink dear?' ajax came behind your with a cloth while everybody picked up their glasses to make his job easier. everybodys laughter died down, but you were just focusing on how he called you dear, do you call a stranger dear? maybe he's just being friendly? your mind was quite flustered, but all went over smoothly, and instead, you just took sips of everybody else's drink. and here ajax comes again, you took deep breaths in order to not embarrass yourself in front of him again. 'alright food orders? more alcohol?' everybody goes around with their food orders and some alcohol orders. 'and for you, big 21?' 'can i have...a cheeseburger, yea a cheeseburger.' looking up from your menu he was slyly smiling at you while writing your order down, not even looking at the paper. 'ill be right out with those!' he sliped away into the crowd of waiters, and into the kitchen doors, you let out a sigh. 'you should ask for his number if you love him so much.' albedo spoke, sipping on his drink. 'you know what! i will!' getting the confidence, the next time he comes over, you'd ask for his number.

well time passes, and passes, and passes terribly slow, you were having a good time no doubt about it, but you were scared for the next time ajax would walk over with the food. and as if it was planned, ajax walked in carring a plater of food. 'ok and here we have a cheeseburger, then a xxxx and....' as he matched the food with each face you mustered up the courage to ask him 'excuse me...ajax?' he turned back around at the call his name 'yes?' 'can i have your number..imeanyoudonthavetogiveittomethatsfineiwasjustwandering' fumbling with your hands, your friends were grinning with excitement, waiting for his answer he just chuckled and pulled out some paper. 'of course~' writing his number down on the paper, he put it next to your plate and rushed away to grab another order from a table to the right of you. 'you actually did it!' kaeya laughed, and nearly everybody joined in. 'that proves you albedo!' you said, pointing at him 'i never doubted you.' monotone voice as always. still sipping on his drink, staring at everybody else in the restaurant. finally, you looked at the paper as everyone kept on their conversations about this and that. the paper was messily ripped out of a pass order with barely legible numbers on it with a 'call me!' with arrows pointing to the numbers, this made you smile as you shoved the piece of paper in your pocket, waiting to call him when you got home.

time passed with multiple laughs and it was time to go home, after having cake and singing happy birthday, kaeya drove you home since venti was too drunk to even walk. 'are you going to call him?' 'of course i am!' you spoke, looking out the window of the car, fumbling with the piece of paper in your pocket. slowing down at your driveway, kaeya droped you off at your house.

when you got inside you kicked your shoes off and hurried to call him. jumping on your bed, you kicked your feet back and forth like some girl from a 2000s' movie. 'ok 1..2..3!' you press the call button and the ringer went two maybe three times before a voice picked up. 'hello?' your eyes widen, you never thought he'd pick up, it was the middle of the night for fucks sake! 'hi...this is y.n. the guy you uh, gave your number to at xxx' your voice was stumbling over every other word. laughter was heard from the other end of the line 'that guy who spit his drink out! of course, how could i forget someone like you!' you stood there shocked, was that a compliment or an insult? 'i find it cute don't worry~' leaning into the phone, you could hear him chuckling at the end of his statement. 'well uh.. what are you doing right now ajax?' you asked, getting changed into pajamas. 'nothing much, getting off work. what about you y.n?' 'getting ready to sleep.' you answered dully, the excitement and nervousness of calling ajax was now gone, and you were getting tired. 'so! are you free on sunday? maybe for dinner?' that caught you off guard. 'yea...i am..' 'see you then!' the beep of the phone hit your ears as you smiled, you finally got a boyfriend

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡

❝ May I request the “making him laugh” prompt you did before, but with albedo, kazuha and scaramouche, please? ❞

; I’m so sorry this took so long! Keyboard issues- but I hope it’s okay regardless :D

; 4/4/22

; Fluff

; CW: physical touch, gossiping (scaramouche)

pt. 1 !

     𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗼 ‘𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘇’

✧ All you have to do to make the renowned Chief Alchemist burst out into honey-sweet laughter is make a fool of yourself: being clumsy with equipment, acting silly to appease Klee, anything like that. Obviously he’d be somewhat upset if you managed to knock over or soil really important notes, but watching you stumble around all flustered just brings a smile to his face. You just look so…adorable; scrambling to apologize and simultaneously clean up the spilled bottle of water that you mistook for something severely important- why is he laughing so hard, this is serious!! You’d sigh, picking up the bottle before you fully caught a look at him- then you were awestruck. He’s beautiful when he laughs, and his laughter itself sounds like a song even a renowned bard wouldn’t do justice.

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A STRENGTH OF A THOUSAND.

— manjiro sano x reader

— themes. angst, implied character death

— tw. su*cide

— inspired by that one heartbreaking scene from a silent voice movie.

in hindsight, you should have seen this coming. warning bells blaring in your ears, but for some reason, you weren't able to hear it. only now have you trully seen the dead, cold look in his eyes that continuously begs for some sort of relief, and his chapped lips that bleeds everytime he gnaws at it to keep his expression as neutral as possible; to keep everything bottled up because he believes he does not deserve to be relieved of the crushing weight that burdened his shoulders.

you should have seen this coming—his endpoint. the day he finally snaps and he's ready to admit just how tired he was of living. his face, void of any emotions just like the dead look in his eyes, but the shakiness of his hands betrayed his thoughts.

and then you realized mikey didn't want to die, he just thinks he has to for the sake of the future takemitchi wants. a future where everyone is alive and happy. you—where were you when all of this happening to him? sleeping soundly while his monstrous thoughts ate his mind up and kept him awake at night? laughing together with your friends while he stays in this rundown building, utterly alone with no one but himself to comfort.

where were you when mikey needed the help the most?

"mikey, come down from there—" you can hear your voice tremble as you took a careful step forward. mikey's back faced you, the bonten insignia on his neck glaring harshly down on you; like it was mocking you for being so ignorant of your friend. mikey stays incredibly still, balancing on the rooftop railing with his arms limped on his sides.

only now have you noticed how incredibly thin he was, as if his arms were going to snap at any given pressure. "come down, please?"

mikey ignores your pleas like you weren't there at all. he looks up to see the full moon that shined above his lonesome figure, and he realized how peaceful the night can be if he looked at it more closely. he can hear someone shout from the bottom, though he assumes it were probably his subordinates who are currently watching his every move right now.

mikey smiles so painfully fake and he turns around to face you. your breath hitches, caught in your throat as his feet edged closer to nothingness. "i'm happy," he says. there were no tears, but his vacant eyes cried for solace. your lips quivered when you took another step near, only to stop when he takes one back. you blinked away the tears that were starting to form itself at the corner of your eyes, and you could feel them run down your cheeks. "i'm happy that i get to see you one last time."

your eyes widened when mikey lifts both of his arms up, one foot into the air to move forward. "mikey—"

"i'm really happy."

you don't know what happened after he had said that. everything became a blur, and all you know was the feeling of pure adrenaline rushing through your veins, the way your heart raced as if you had just ran a hundred miles.

you blinked and you were suddenly leaning against the railing where mikey once stood, hands stretched downward and you could finally feel the abnormally light weight of mikey's body dragging you down. you looked down and you see him, except his eyes were no longer void of anything—the blackness of his irises were scared, for you or for him, you weren't sure. the blackness of his irises shook, and he shouts in the highest volume that you didn't know he was capable of.

"what the hell are you doing?!"

your arms were beginning to ache, granted you have never once worked out to keep your body in shape. you weren't as strong as draken, nor mikey himself. if anything, you were probably even weaker than takemitchi who atleast have the power of a thousand in his heart.

but you pushed yourself on the balls of your feets anyway, one hand gripping on the railing for support while you tried your best to pull him up. "just let me go," you heard him sniffle, and there were tears now flowing from his eyes. mikey stares at you and you could only stare back.

you could feel your feet being lifted off of the ground the longer you hold him, and it is then you realized you don't have much time. the one hand that supported your weight on the railing lets go to clasp them around mikey's wrist, and you gave him a smile despite the tears and snot that messily decorates your face.

"you really think i can do that?" you choked out. "just grab on to the railing, mikey—"

there was nothing holding you back from falling down yourself but fright was not the emotion that cursed through you when you felt the way your feet had lifted off of the ground completely. all you felt was the fear of not being able to save mikey, fear for the future where he won't be alive to see another day; the future where he's only a passing memory.

you didn't want that.

mikey's free hand quietly reached up to the railing. something about your stubbornness, how you're risking your life to save him right now, is reawakening his desire to continue on living—with you, with everyone. the way your hands tightly held his without any intention of letting him go stirred something within him, and he finds himself trying to escape the death he have craved for so long.

you pulled mikey up with every once of strength you've got and he finds himself doing the same. his feet barely grazing the solid cement of the rooftop, but when he turns to the side to look at you with his tear-filled eyes, you weren't there to greet him anymore.

you could feel the air enter your lungs and danced inbetween your hair. suspended as gravity rapidly tried to pull you back down to the ground. you stared as mikey's figure becomes smaller and smaller, and you suddenly remembered how you were supposed to be scared of heights.

however, as you continued to fall to your doom, the fear you once felt were all washed out of your system, because as you stared at mikey's tiny silhouette, all you felt was relief.

that he's alive.

and that's all you cared about even when your back harshly meets the earth, and your eyes does not open to see him one more time.