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"You give Valentine's Day gifts on Valentine's Day." Himeko groans, massaging her temple briefly. She sighs once, "What's the catch?"
Kafka points her index finger to herself.
Himeko blushes. "No. I meant what is it you are trying to do?"
Kafka points her index finger to her.
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celebrity kafka torments local barista himeko with shitty pickup lines and flirting until she loves her back.
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20 Jan 2024
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The Mysterious Lady Next Door by foxtrash
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
05 Jun 2024
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Fascination born from their first meeting. Is it mutual or only one sided?
Short stories about a university student and a lady who lives next door.
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29 May 2023
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In more than one way, Kafka was a terrible girlfriend. To say she was unconventional is a severe understatement. She was calculating (to the point that one could call her manipulative). She had a biting tongue and didn't hold back in the slightest when spitting venom. She had a twisted sense of humor and would often scare Himeko on purpose, just to get a jump or a scream out of her. She hid her emotions behind layers and layers of walls, and you had to pry them apart with your bare hands, just to get a glimpse of her true feelings.
She never overstepped a boundary, but god, did she enjoy testing its limits, poking and prodding until Himeko wanted to grind her teeth to dust in frustration.
That was Kafka. Beautiful, terrible, and infuriating, Kafka.
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Where Himeko has never felt more alive than now, chasing after the ghost of her ex-lover, lead by nothing more than her written words. What will she find, in the very end?
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26 May 2023
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"Listen. Remember what you're feeling in this moment. As long as you know in your heart where you're heading, you are guaranteed to see the ending of your story."
Stelle's heart trembled as it desperately tried to cling to what she was feeling. To make it the destination of her heart. She knew the woman meant that she needed to chase after the future this 'Elio' had foreseen but it had settled on something else. It wanted to chase after her. Like an unfulfilled promise she couldn't remember. Stelle nodded to convey that she understood, that she had chosen where her heart was heading.
Kafka saw the look in Stelle's eyes. She had chosen what to chase after, and Kafka knew it was her, and it made her smile. 'If Elio foresaw everything, then surely this was what he wanted to happen.' She told herself over and over and over again, holding it close to her heart as she continued, "That's the you I like."
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13 May 2023
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Stellaron Daycare by FlandreNightshade
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
11 May 2023
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Stelle was a young woman in her mid twenties who ran the orphanage in her small town. She was a normal woman who just wanted to live a normal life with her four kids. Things were going great until Stellaron Hunter Kafka crash lands into her shed in the middle of the night. She was supposed to never see her again after that encounter, but for some reason the deadly woman just kept showing up.
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11 May 2023
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Kaveh used to think that Alhaitham had mastered the art of ignoring him. The man would remain unflappable as he continued to read his worn copy of The Origins of Enkanomiyan Language, even when Kaveh was a hair’s breadth away from shattering the windows of their house with his severity of pitch.
No amount of screaming, threats to throw things, or violently waving in front of him could get Alhaitham to pause in his thirst for knowledge. As it turns out, Alhaitham literally just turns his hearing aids off so he doesn’t have to listen to Kaveh.
It’s for this exact reason that Kaveh has decided to learn Sumerian Sign Language.
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Kaveh learns sign language just to continue bickering with Alhaitham.
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- Part 1 of Deaf!Alhaitham
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06 Mar 2023
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Kaveh ends up confessing to Alhaitham during a big fight before the architect leaves for a longterm desert project. Kaveh then meets an accident and is officially proclaimed dead by the Matra.
Two years later, the Traveler claims Kaveh is seen alive, in Fontaine, seemingly without a memory of who he is, living an entirely different life.
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04 Mar 2023
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Lay Your Mask Down by My Guitar by Tinowenn for rtat817
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
18 Jul 2022
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Violence has been an intimate part of Xiao's life from a young age, and even now in college he's circled back to it by joining an underground fight club where the rules are sparse and the rewards are great. He has no dreams for the future: after all, how could someone like him ever strive to be more than the blood in his veins and the blood on his hands?
Meeting Venti is serendipitous, and it slowly starts to change his tried and true routine. The aspiring singer-songwriter is bright enough to banish the shadows in Xiao's heart, even with his own private struggles, but will Xiao let him?
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11 Nov 2021
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Wishing on stars is ridiculous. If wishes existed, Xiao sure as anything wouldn’t be busting his ass working as a shitty delivery driver on an even shittier bicycle. But every bag of jeuyun chili chicken is 700 mora closer to moving out to a nice place with no flatmates and a garden, and Xiao is determined to prove that hard work can get you anywhere.
It would be easier if he wasn’t stared at by his clearly more successful childhood friend from every billboard and magazine.
It would be even easier if he had a magical teapot with a wish dragon…
Wish Dragon AU in which Xiao receives three wishes from an extremely tired dragon who just wants to retire already. Also, he is in love with his childhood best friend, because life just keeps getting more difficult for him.
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09 Nov 2021
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Cecilias Smell Sweeter in Summer by Lantica1317
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Dec 2022
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Camp Seven A is a small summer camp all of the kids in the local town of Teyvat attend at least once. Xiao has just moved to Teyvat and finds himself taking a job at Camp Seven A as a counselor for the Anemo group. His co-counselor Venti is all too happy to teach him the ropes. Why is that dude so friendly?
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07 Nov 2021
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"So," Aether says, "the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui wants to ask you for love advice."
Venti says, "what?"
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- Part 3 of Gwen's Magic 8 Ball (Genshin)
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- 14/14
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04 Nov 2021
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04 Nov 2021
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Of No Consequence by AlfheimWanderer, Aloice, Kohime
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
12 Dec 2021
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War is a horrible, nasty, glorified, necessary, natural thing.
Zhongli had known this for his entire adult life. He was a professional soldier, and his job was to carry out the mission. That was also what he thought when he was assigned by Liyue to join The Vision, an international peacekeeping organisation dedicated to supporting the war-torn countries in Teyvat.
But after a disasterous mission in Natlan, and a suspicious request from Inazuma, Zhongli only found himself mired in international politics, subterfuge, and intrigue. Forming a squad with Venti, the Mondstadt spymaster, Xiao, the Liyue special forces operator, and “Childe”, the Snezhnaya solo agent, Zhongli must uncover the truth behind the mysterious disaster that enveloped Inazuma’s Kannazuka and Yashiori Islands, and at the same time try his best to keep all four of them alive.
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30 Oct 2021
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Xiao is about to beat up that insufferable busker with his own guitar.
(AU in which Xiao is a tattoo artist, Venti is a musician, and they are fighting over the sidewalk outside the tattoo shop - or maybe a bit more than that)
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- 18/?
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26 Oct 2021
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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25 Oct 2021
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antique stores are homes for hoarders by writemmeline
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
18 Mar 2022
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when venti spends his night(s) falling asleep to a certain passive-aggressive youtuber's video, the last thing he expects is for it to result in the entirety of his youtube fanbase mocking his unfortunate luck and, simultaneously, questioning what his sobriety had been in the moment. and, even after months of mourning the sprawling size of the city and his (somehow) apparent lack of connections, venti isn't sure he can find any positive in the situation.
strangely, the world chooses to prove him wrong.
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- 10/10
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22 Oct 2021
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Divide and Conquer (Venxiao) by prysthorns (pruwinkle), star (Celestialstar3)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
24 Aug 2022
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Sometimes torture isn't just about pain.
~"Aphrodisiac, huh?"***
Liyue and Mondstadt are at war.
Xiao, despite his young age, has risen through the military ranks in Liyue, becoming high general and the king's right hand man. Now, he commands the Liyuen army.
However, one slip up soon led to his capture and imprisonment. Following was constant torture to get him to spill information, which Xiao would never yield to.
That is, until a certain someone comes along and flips the whole meaning of torture around.
The infamous "General Barbatos" is not exactly what Xiao expects him to be.
A Xiaoven fic.
A novel fic based off my smut oneshot, "Aphrodisiac, huh?".
Please note that this is a dark/dead dove fic. If you are sensitive to topics such as rape/non-con, graphic violence, toxic relationships and so on, please do not proceed. (Heed the tags please!)
Do note that Genshin Impact and its characters do not belong to me and all credits go to their owner, Mihoyo.
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22 Oct 2021
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High up on the cliff that borders the ocean and the quiet fishing village, there stands a lone bird statue facing away from the ocean, wings spread open as if it were mid-flight. His mother always told him to remember two important things when visiting the statue:
One: It liked being pat on the head.
Two: It can grant wishes if you ask nicely. Sometimes.
But Xiao thinks there’s a third important thing that should be added to the list:
Three: If you talk to it, it’ll use the wind to talk back to you. And it really, really likes to talk.
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15 Oct 2021
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In a world where humans can use elemental magic, Xiao uses his to move through the shadows becoming Liyue’s phantom killer. Known to the public as Alatus, he is their most notorious assassin. One day Xiao secures his biggest job yet: kill the Crown Prince of Mondstadt, Venti. Harbouring no love towards any royal family Xiao pulls off his mission with success. Or so he thought. Years later an unexpected face finds him in Liyue. A face that should be dead since Xiao remembers plunging his knife into their heart. Now, Xiao is whisked into a dangerous new job as he wrangles with his guilt and resolve.
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- Part 1 of The Ballad of the Songbird & the Bard
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11 Oct 2021
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07 Oct 2021