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As the Rainflower Blooms Beneath the Starry Night Sky by omori_is_struggling
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
19 May 2023
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Summary
Aether looks at the memory and finds it looking back, smiling at him. He sees...himself? His hair shines in Liyue's sun and his skin seems unbearably soft. Aether is convinced this isn't him. He knows what he looks like, and he knows he is not that beautiful.
But when even was this? When had he ever smiled at Scaramouche like...that? His chest aches and it feels like someone was using his heart like a stress ball. He stares into his own eyes and nearly finds himself getting lost in them. His ribs close in on his own heart and he struggles to breathe.
Oh.
He's in Scaramouche's head, experiencing Scaramouche's memories through Scaramouche's own eyes. But how? In his eyes, Aether seems beautiful, lovable, almost to the point of being untouchable.
...This is how the Balladeer sees him?
or: The result of Aether's fight with the Balladeer leaves the doll bedridden, but when he awakes, he finds that the sore loser has retreated into his own consciousness and has left a young Kunikuzushi to clean up his mess. Aether does the only reasonable thing, marching into Scaramouche's mind and dragging the bastard out himself.
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