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Kavetham

tell me tho whos penelope?

idk if this was already made but im making it for myself

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I know everyone sees Itto as Genshin's comedic relief, but I'm telling you all, Alhaitham is actually the funniest character in Genshin Impact.

According to the fandom, he's hot, he's famous, he's the one in charge of the house...

But according to the people of Sumeru? Dude became grand sage and not a single NPC around the city had a thing to say about that. Sachin's son got his ass beat and he didn't even know who Alhaitham was; it was just "some guy in green." People on the streets are said to not even notice Alhaitham, let alone be able to identify him by appearance. The only time we ever hear NPCs directly commenting on Alhaitham, it's Siraj's collective who hate Alhaitham's guts. Dori refuses to work with him. Random Eremites call him a lunatic within two minutes of meeting him.

Alhaitham's reputation in Sumeru is "Who? Ah, that guy? I heard he's weird," and then everyone moves on.

Meanwhile, Kaveh is literally famous enough to have an epithet ("the Light of Kshahrewar"), is the lead architect on entire city redesigns, and was trusted before Alhaitham's take over to do work on the Akademiya itself. He built the most famous landmark in the rainforest outside of the Divine Tree. He's well-known enough that people bank on his reputation to start scams; people send their children to take courses with him in the belief that it will bless them with successful future careers. He's known for philanthropic endeavors to help the poor and disadvantaged. He won the Interdarshan Championship. This is the Sumeru equivalent of winning an Olympic gold medal!!

Kaveh is the Taylor Swift to Alhaitham's Travis Kelce. They might have independent success, but in every measurement of public sentiment, Kaveh vastly outshines Alhaitham, and the fandom should really take a step back and think about how hilarious this makes everything about their situation in canon.

For the few in Sumeru who are actually paying attention, sure, Alhaitham is the (former) acting grand sage who makes a pretty penny and owns the house Kaveh lives in. For the average majority of Sumeru's citizens who are way more likely to know Kaveh? Alhaitham is literally just "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar."

Kaveh's efforts to keep where he lives a secret just makes him come across like one of those reclusive types of artists who value their privacy. Half the public in Sumeru probably think he just prefers to keep himself and his lover out of the limelight. Kaveh was so busy pretending not to be poor, he forgot that every ounce of pretending he does just helps him keep his own celebrity status. The harder he attempts to act secretive about where he lives and with whom, the more it comes across as "Please respect this famous person's privacy and stop asking about the details of his relationship."

And Alhaitham, for whom being "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar" is THE life goal? Everything is going according to keikaku. Kaveh has convinced the entirety of Sumeru that he and Alhaitham are in a relationship, all without Alhaitham having to lift a finger. The more determined Alhaitham gets to fly under the radar, the more it looks like he's Kaveh's kept man. If you aren't living with him because you're broke, then why are you living with him, Kaveh? There's simply no way for Alhaitham to lose.

It's just... so funny.

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from @luminvies i’m at soup

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I love the idea of Alhaitham's lil ahoge wiggling round.

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AU where Kaveh gets lost in the desert with the foxes, Alhaitham looks for him and bring them all home

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After a lot of problems, I was able to finish drawing this. I really like the HC that Cyno is the last one to find out or notice that Kaveh and Hayi are dating. (btw sorry for disappearing so often, I'm working hard (┬┬﹏┬┬)

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intertwined

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and your eyes look like coming home 

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home is any four walls that enclose the right person 🤍

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Forgot to post this one here

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heizou loafing

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I had a bunch too but they’re all gone so starting over while the fixations there

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Genshin Impact | Character Cards | Ifa

Download Link (Google Drive) | Animated Ver.

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[fic] Chocolate Puzzle

Series: Genshin Impact Characters/Pairing: Kaveh x Al-Haitham, Mehrak Rating: T Tags: Valetine's Day, White Day, Chocolates, Fluff and Humour, Implied Sexual Content, Top Kaveh/Bottom Al-Haitham. Summary: Kaveh, Al-Haitham, and the puzzle. A/N: For Liz's prompt: "Kaveh makes a chocolate puzzle box for Al-Haitham but it melts before he can give it to him." I first wrote this as a short drabble for V-day last year, and then forgot about it till now because time is a social construct. So I decided to rewrite it and brush it up for posting this time.

Fic also be read on AO3. _______ “Oh no,” Kaveh said, dismay and disappointment articulated all too succinctly in just two syllables. “Hm,” Al-Haitham supplied, almost as eloquently, arms folded across his chest and curiosity evident in his sharp gaze. “And this is…?” “It’s a puzzle made of chocolate…” Al-Haitham angled his head, arching a brow at the opened box on the coffee table once more. “Or at least it was supposed to be,” Kaveh continued, one hand already massaging at the space between his eyes. “Miss Enteka was kind enough to let me use her kitchen two days ago so I could make it for you. I’d arranged for it to be delivered this afternoon, but I never expected the weather today to be so scorching that it’d melt the puzzle so quickly like this!”

He grimaced, glancing away. He couldn’t bear to look at the despairing state of the gooey, liquified confection any longer. “I’m sorry I ruined the surprise, Al-Haitham. I’d only wanted to do something different for your Valentine’s Day gift.” Hovering beside them, Mehrak let out a despondent electronic warble, mirroring Kaveh’s own dejection. But Al-Haitham only sighed, shaking his head. “Unless your Vision has seemingly bestowed upon you the power to manipulate even the sun, I would disagree with the notion that you ruined anything.” At Kaveh’s forlorn expression, he exhaled another sigh, his tone shifting into something gentler: “Still, I do appreciate the sentiment and effort. Anyway, since it’s my turn this month to get the coffee beans, we should procure some desserts from the bazaar as well.” As brusque as his words were, Kaveh knew Al-Haitham was only trying to soothe his disappointment and lift the mood. So, he attempted a smile and nodded instead. Then, once he’d discarded the melted confection away, Kaveh quickly followed Al-Haitham out through the front door. 

※ “Haitham…? Oh, you’re up earlier today.” Kaveh yawned as he reached blearily for the dallah, pouring himself a cup of coffee. Nearly a month had whisked by since Valentine’s Day. On-going restoration projects of several public buildings in Aaru Village had kept Kaveh busy and occupied with work, and he’d mostly forgotten about his botched surprise gift—right until the moment he stepped into the sunlit kitchen this bright Saturday morning to find Al-Haitham seemingly in deep discussion with Mehrak. “What’s all this?” Kaveh asked, pacing over and taking in the bags of groceries on the kitchen counter. Mehrak chirped a greeting at his approach, but Al-Haitham barely lifted his gaze, musing still at the holo-diagrams projected out against the pristine walls before them. Before Kaveh could voice another question, the holo-diagrams beaming out from Mehrak abruptly switched to a holo-recording instead. One that Kaveh quickly recognised as a recording of himself bustling about in Miss Enteka’s kitchen as he carefully crafted the chocolate puzzle, one meticulous piece at a time. “This is… Ahh, right…” Kaveh said, slightly mortified by the sudden reminder of his failed surprise attempt. He turned towards Mehrak, shaking his head almost chidingly, though not unkindly. “I didn’t realise you were recording the process the whole time then.” He gave Al-Haitham a sidelong look, feeling self-conscious now. But Al-Haitham continued observing the recording wordlessly; it was only after the recording ended that he reached a hand forward, drawing Kaveh closer to his side of the counter. “Huh? What now?” Kaveh paused, catching sight of the items Al-Haitham had pulled out of the grocery bags—coffee beans, cacao blocks, gelatinised slime sheets, butter, milk, sugar, padisarah essence, and a bottle of cherry liqueur. He realised then they were all ingredients to make chocolate confectionery; that Al-Haitham had even bought a set of baking moulds for the puzzle. “We should adjust the temperature of the fridge this time before setting the chocolate,” Al-Haitham said matter-of-factly, to Kaveh’s look of surprise. “It’s been warmer in Sumeru City lately, so perhaps it’s best to cool the puzzle for longer at a lower temperature, for the chocolate to retain its shape…” He trailed off as he began chopping up the cacao blocks with a knife, looking over to Kaveh to check if the sliced pieces were of the correct size.  Kaveh felt a wedge of emotion in his throat then, a warmth prickling within his chest. But he nodded at Al-Haitham with a smile, his enthusiasm at sculpting another new chocolate puzzle from scratch returning once again.

※ “Okay, I think that should do it! All right, Al-Haitham—let’s see how quickly you can crack this one, heh.” “I’ve already solved it,” Al-Haitham replied, without missing a beat. Kaveh was still in the midst of languishing a melodramatic sigh, however, his voice light and haughty with teasing. “It may be foolish of me to expect it from a man who claims to operate solely on objectivity. But I know there’s a sliver of romance, of sentimentality that resides still in your cinder-block of a heart, to truly appreciate the artistry in—Wait, what?” Kaveh blinked, finally catching up with Al-Haitham’s words. “You’ve solved the puzzle? A-Already?! ” Al-Haitham inclined his head. He lifted the chocolate puzzle box to his lips then, and—to Kaveh’s absolute horror—nipped at the patterned lid with his teeth. “It’s easiest if I simply eat my way through the puzzle right to the cherry liqueur in the centre.” Al-Haitham deadpanned once he’d finished chewing off the left corner of the box. He flicked a tongue over stray bits of frosting and crushed coffee flakes from his canines, mouth curved into a grin as he hummed in approval. “Miss Enteka’s newest supply of spiced coffee beans does add an interesting flavour.” “You…” Kaveh was still staring slack-jawed at the sight of Al-Haitham licking chocolate and coffee flakes from his lips, looking almost like a contented cat who had just finished a saucer of cream. He let out a frosty, long-suffering groan. “You’re such a heathen sometimes.” “I’m merely being efficient.” Al-Haitham remained unperturbed, but Kaveh recognised that all-too-familiar roguish gleam in his teal eyes. “Besides, isn't there another kind of puzzle you’d like to solve?” “I don’t know why I even bother with you sometimes… Hey!” Kaveh jolted when Al-Haitham’s fingers brushed against his hand, but he didn’t recoil from the touch.  Directing Kaveh’s fingers with his own to reach for a piece of broken chocolate from the plate, Al-Haitham then raised both their hands up towards his chest—to press the chocolate past the loose collar of his lounge shirt, against the sliver of bare skin just below his clavicle and right above his jewelled piercing. “Aren’t you curious?” Al-Haitham said, his gaze placid as he watched the way Kaveh’s eyes widened at the sight and feel of the chocolate pressed between their fingers and against Al-Haitham’s chest. “To see how long it takes to melt this piece of chocolate?” Kaveh frowned again, still perplexed. “Of course it would melt just as quickly in this heat… Oh. You mean on your nip—Archons, Haitham.” He swore that Al-Haitham’s soft laugh was almost too coy; deceptively innocent behind that knowing, cat-like grin. “Don’t you want to see if you can crack this puzzle as well, senior?” Kaveh’s only response was to move forward with a surging kiss, his lips and teeth catching against Al-Haitham’s, before he pushed Al-Haitham back roughly against the counter. “They say curiosity killed the cat,” Kaveh said, once they had pulled apart for a breath. “Perhaps my irreverent junior should consider treading forward with utmost care.” Al-Haitham watched steadily as Kaveh met his gaze with a dangerous grin of his own; as the wedge in Kaveh’s throat bobbed in anticipation. “It’s fine,” Al-Haitham hummed with wry amusement, eyes bright and alluring. “A cat has nine lives, after all. So, we can do this nine times over… Or until you finally crack the code.” “You’re a glutton for punishment, I swear,” Kaveh huffed, and Al-Haitham laughed once more when Kaveh pinned him down with a growl, kissing him fiercely. 

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“There you are, Mehrak,” Kaveh said, to the sight of the automated toolbox hovering over the kitchen counter. He downed a glass of water before reaching forward to pat Mehrak’s side. “You don’t really need to do all the cleaning, you know? Since it’s all Haitham’s fault the kitchen got messed up like this.” A curious, questioning beep. “Erk… No, you’re right. I was, uh, just as involved in this mess…” Another cheerful warble, and Mehrak swivelled again, beaming a digital screen out before them. “Hmm? Ah, you recorded the chocolate-making process earlier for future reference? Haha, that’s a good idea—” Only for Kaveh to splutter into his glass when he finally saw—heard—the indecencies that had transpired on top of the kitchen counter as the recording began to play. Indecencies in which he and Al-Haitham had—thoroughly and indisputably—been involved.  “W-Wha-?! Mehrak, please delete this at once!” Outside in the living room, still curled against the cushions on the divan and clad only in his chocolate-stained lounge shirt, Al-Haitham stirred from his nap. Glancing drowsily towards the sound of Kaveh’s flustered rambles and Mehrak’s apologetic beeps, he exhaled a sigh, the corner of his mouth twitching into a soft smile. Al-Haitham stretched languidly like a cat, basking in the quiet and late evening sun. Then, after another moment or two, he finally rose from the divan and padded into the kitchen to assist with the cleaning. Today was indeed a good day. —End— _______

End Notes: - I tried to search for some videos of chocolate puzzle designs. But most were either simple jigsaw puzzle confectionery for kids, the Meiji Black Chocolate Puzzle (which sort of looks like Tetris), or those insanely intricate and life-sized sculptures made by The Chocolate Guy. Let's just assume Kaveh found a recipe for challenging edible puzzle that's somewhere in between... never mind that Al-Haitham basically "solved" it by eating it lol.

- Comments are always welcomed for my fics. I'd like to hear what you think, if you've enjoyed this! Thanks for reading :)

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