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happy to this place is becoming more popular :) can I get um... a white tea, no milk art, in a green tea cup, with a side of crocus, please? oh and make it angsty. thanks!
a missed opportunity
summary: at first, your feelings for ningguang had been small enough not to notice or act on. however, as she visited your shop more and more, you felt as though these feelings had to be spoken. unfortunately, your confession didn’t go as you had planned and your relationship with her became strained. you thought that would be the last time you would see ningguang... until she shows up at the worst possible time.
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customer’s order: a white tea (ningguang) with no milk art (headcanons) in a green tea cup (*jealousy) with a side of crocus (an almost romance). extra: customer requested it to be angsty
*brewer’s choice, as it was not specified in the order
pairings (seperate): ningguang and (brief) beidou x reader
reader info: uses gender neutral pronouns (they/them), reader owns a small shop in liyue, and reader is not the traveler
word count: 795 words (4 minutes~)
genre: romance, angst, rejection
format: headcanons
warnings: rejection, negative self talk (ningguang to herself), mentions of heart break, ningguang getting jealous, urge to scream, and ningguang being posseive and thinking of trying to win you back
a/n: ahhh you’re so sweet nonnie 💖i’m glad this place is becoming more popular too!! i tried my best to make this as angsty as i could </3 thank you for the request and i hope it was a pleasant read💖
you hadn’t thought much about lady ningguang
of course, you appreciated her sacrifices and admired her struggles to get to her position, but most days she didn’t cross your mind
until she began to visit your quaint shop
she even made small talk with you as she shopped... something you were surprised by the most
oh, and her flirtatious gestures
her scarlet red eyes flittered from the items on display to you with equal curiosity
each of ningguang’s visits to your shop left you a little flustered, but you appreciated the business
until you began to catch feelings for her
because now you caught yourself stumbling over your words whenever you made eye contact, your heart beating faster than it has ever before, and— wait, when did your palms get so sweaty??
finding yourself loathing the feelings more than your fear of rejection, you made the bold decision to ask her out
when you did, a brief look of regret washed over ningguang’s face
before she twisted into a cool and neutral expression
“i think you’ve got this all wrong. i wasn’t flirting with you, archons above no, i was just... have you heard of the art of the deal?”
she left your shop soon after, leaving you speechless and alone with the remains of your broken heart
you felt so... hollow
so you closed down the shop for the rest of the day
... and then the next... and the next...
until it had been a full week since you last opened.
but you eventually managed to stumble out of bed and get on with your life and continuing to run your business
of course, her words seemed to haunt you as you continued on through each day
each time a customer made small talk with you and asked about your life, you became more selective with your words and guarded each aspect about yourself as though it was your deepest secret
until a certain captain stepped into your shop, alongside her entire crew
it was the first time in a while you had smiled and laughed so hard, and captain beidou had easily burrowed a special place into your heart
but just as those feelings had begun to escalate, a familiar someone stepped into your shop
and ningguang was... not too happy to see you and captain beidou talking...
and how much beidou leaned across the counter practically infuriated ningguang
but she managed to keep her cool
“oh, hello... captain beidou... i wasn’t expecting you to be here. but i see you’ve met my friend... it’s good to see you, by the way. i’m glad to see you’re doing well.”
unbeknownst to you, ningguang has been sulking around for the last few weeks
she’s mostly kept it to herself in private, but she really regrets rejecting you so harshly
especially when she was actually looking so forward to a date with you... only for her inner thoughts to get into her way
they’ll be better without you, she had thought, they don’t want to be in the spotlight all the time. it would be suffocating for them.
because she knows what it’s like, and she doesn’t want to worsen your quality of life somehow
but she really misses her almost daily visits to your shop (which her secretaries all nagged her about before)
ningguang has been feeling lost without seeing your face
but, she sees you with beidou, the remains of a smile on your lips disappearing quickly
... and she experiences hearbreak
but ningguang instead just smiles at you, trying her best to convey all of her regret through her eyes only
“i’m sorry for bothering you... i was just here to...er, pick up some packages i left behind last time i visited. i really need them.”
soon enough, you hand over her items and bid her farewell after taking her payment
ningguang feels her throat burn as you turn back to beidou
she stood there for a moment, her eyes now burning, as she watched the blush that bloom on beidou’s cheeks at the sudden attention
ningguang can’t take more of it, so she just turns on her heel and walks out
once she steps out of your shop, she feels the remains of her heart spilt into many pieces
but instead of crumbling down into the streets of liyue, she holds her head high and sweeps those broken pieces away
because ningguang would be damned before someone caught her crying over something as trivial as this
you weren’t even hers and yet seeing beidou being so casual with you... argh, she wanted to scream her fury out
but ningguang just walked the streets calmly, a plan formulating in her head to try and win you back before it’s too late
thank you for reading 💖 all forms of interaction to my posts are appreciated 💖