"when You Submerge Yourself In Water, You Get Wet. But Water Itself Isn't Actually Wet, Is It?"

"when you submerge yourself in water, you get wet. but water itself isn't actually wet, is it?"

quietly reposting these from late last night as headcanons/general information-

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chongyun laughs a little at her concern. not that it's funny, but because chongyun isn't used to people caring so much for them. at least, not in this kind of way. "i'm well enough," they reassure hu tao. "don't worry about me." as tired as chongyun is currently, they're not so tired that they're on the verge of collapsing right then and there. maybe they were, but going to the tea house sounds like precisely the thing they currently need to let their body rest first before resorting to sleeping.

"and..." chongyun puts a finger to their chin as they follow along, taking in the sights and smells of the harbor. everything smells delicious, though chongyun is still hung up on the idea of eating fish. nothing else sounds quite as good. "if you want to learn more about yin and yang, i can teach you what i know sometime." not now ― that is a lesson chongyun is going to need notes on themself. even with their own yang energy, chongyun never fully got the hang of what exactly it is. those particulars had simply gone right over their head, like most teaching. the only lessons that really stuck were the physical training and the mantras.

"i don't know much about them myself, but i know bits and pieces," chongyun continues. "everything my parents tried to teach me went over my head. i was always more interesting in learning how to fight and how to use my claymore, over any ailments i was born with." there's another sheepish expression on his face. "i know we still have books at home, if you'd ever like to stop by sometime. i plan on staying here for awhile at least, before i have to pick up and get back to work." leaving liyue harbor for several days.

"but we can enjoy the rest of today, i'd rather not force my brain to work too much if i can avoid it." he points at the teahouse. more specifically, chongyun is pointing out a still empty table that the pair can sit at.

"The  teahouse  it  is  then!"  she  affirmed  with  a  smile.  The  director  maay  had  been  hoping  he  would  choose  that  option.  It  seemed  this  was  another  thing  she  had  in  common  with  Chongyun.  As  well  as  their  love  for  a  good  story.

"Maybe  we  can  actually  hear  a  conclusion  to  those  usual  cliffhangers~"  Hu  Tao  mused  in  reference  to  the  storyteller's  habit  of  forgetting  where  they  left  off.  Not  that  she  minded.  She  found  the  quirk  rather  fun  and  endearing,  hence  her  frequent  visits  to  the  teahouse.

Moving  back  to  the  present  moment,  she  found  there  was  a  lingering  closeness  between  the  two.  Not  to  mention  a  sense  of  awkwardness.  And  yet,  she  didn't  instinctively  back  off.  Of  course  the  exorcist  was  being  nothing  but  genuine  in  their  sentiments  toward  her.  She  knew  that.  Still  he  was  correct  in  his  thoughts  that  she  wasn't  use  to  such  kindness  in  general.

"Ahh..I  suppose  I  have  bit  more  to  learn  about  those  yin  and  yang  energies,"  she  remarked  letting  out  a  soft  sigh.  "You  really  are  much  too  kind,  Chongyun."

With  that  she  grasped  onto  his  hand  helping  to  pull  him  up  onto  his  feet.  She  didn't  doubt  what  he  had  said.  Not  at  all.  The  exorcist  had  always  been  such  a  kind  friend.  Even  since  they  were  kids.

The  mention  of  food  did  elicit  her  own  stomach  to  growl  slightly.  Yep,  she  was  hungry  as  well.  Though  her  face  did  scrunch  up  with  a  bit  of  embarrassment  that  she  simply  overworked  herself  she  forgot  to  grab  something  to  eat  earlier.

"Come  on.  The  teahouse  isn't  too  far  from  here.  Just  right  past  the  funeral  parlor  even"  she  began  to  tug  at  him  in  an  effort  to  lead  but  then  paused  turning  her  attention  back  toward  Chongyun.  "You  are  well  enough  to  walk  there,  right?  I  mean  here.."  she  stepped  a  bit  closer  over  a  shoulder  for  him  to  lean  on  in  case  there  was  such  a  need.

"do you think if i invited childe to sumeru to catsit for me, he'd actually do it? or is that idiot still chasing some inane high?"

OTPs  +  nOTPs (for Chongyun)

the 'no' is basically just family tier. chongyun and kaeya are brothers, blog canon wise. this is from years of rping with kaeyas and multiple blogs establishing the sibling-esque relationship. diluc, also by extension. same with thoma.

as for xingqiu, i REALLY do not ship it. however, there are one or two people that write him really well, and i did and still would rp the ship with them. also, because i trust these people. but in general, i would rather not. it's not my favorite ship, and i don't want to go into all the reasons why not, let's just say unless you're one of the people i've written it with in the past, please don't try, my answer is no.

everything else is by chemistry!