#also forgive me if there are like a shit ton of spelling errors ^^ im low vision so ts can be hard 😩 disabled divas make some noise-

[honey-milk-depresso]

Genshin Impact: s/o as Qiqi’s Guardian

Hello! Got a shit ton of drafts , big surprise, so if there’s a lot of spelling errors, forgive me!!!! I hope I still make the headcanon enjoyable for you to read!

Zhongli

Well,

You definitely can’t be Qiqi’s actual older sibling-

she is WAY older than you despite her child appearance.

But even if she is older than you, she is technically still a child.

With a child mind.

Qiqi always feels alone, Zhongli knows,

and he’s happy to see that you spend time to talk and play with Qiqi.

He’s very touched.

He sees you gently reassuring her when you gesture her to make friends with the other children,

smiling and comforting her as she shyly approach them.

Eventually, Qiqi made some actual friends for once, and now she’s laughing and playing hop scotch with them every afternoon.

Zhongli loves your kind and supportive nature towards Qiqi,

he loves that you never left Qiqi’s side no matter how weird she can get.

Bruh, Qiqi is a CUTE CHILD THAT MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COST

OF COURSE WE WILL NEVER LEAVE HER SIDE WTF-

Zhongli would pull you aside, sit down with him to drink tea and chat as you watch over Qiqi and her new friends.

Sometimes Qiqi would run to you and show you a drawn picture of she and her friends that one of her friends drew for her

to which you smile and pat her head, telling her that’s very nice of them.

Zhongli gazes at you,

he couldn’t help but fall for you even more.

Qiqi, you and him would sometimes relax under a tree, 

maybe Qiqi is sleeping while you lean against Zhongli,

you stroking Qiqi’s hair while Zhongli strokes yours

JBJDBJDKDJ I’M SIMPING-

Zhongli feels like he’s in a family, Qiqi as the child and you as the mother.

He will always tell you this

but he loves you.

He loves you and will never abandon you and Qiqi 

and will always protect you <3

IM CRYING, AREN’T YOU TOO-

Childe

Awww,

you remind him of him and Teucer!

You treat Qiqi like she’s your younger sister,

always watching out for her and always supporting her.

Qiqi has been known to be a little bit of an oddball, NO SHE’S NOT-

not many adults actually understand her,

except maybe Baizhu?

I don’t know-

Seeing you tenderly care for Qiqi honestly reminds him of home,

like all the times he spend with Teucer.

Like Zhongli, he saw you encouraging Qiqi to make some friends.

Reassuring her that it’s okay.

And it worked!

Qiqi made new friends and they spent hours playing chase before Qiqi had to go back to Bubu pharmacy.

I like to think Teucer back then also had trouble making friends,

and Childe actually helped him and support him to take the first step.

It really brings back nostalgia.

Just seeing how caring you are, he’s actually more relaxed.

He’s reassured that you and Teucer would get along perfectly

He really loves you,

and now that Qiqi actually made a bond with Childe more because of you,

he finds Qiqi so precious

that’s how it should be-

stan to care for Qiqi folks-

Your sweet and kind nature really makes Childe fall for you

And if anyone were to try lay a hair on you and Qiqi,

he will personally teach them a lesson :)

He’s just being protective over you and Qiqi

and he really just loves you <3

Xiao

Ah-

Tsundere yaksha loves you both-

He takes care of Qiqi sometimes,

and he’s very attached with the small icy girl

YES STAN CARE FORE QIQI WITH XIAO-

But he’s usually very busy protecting Liyue and the Inn mostly

so he doesn’t have much time to accompany Qiqi.

He doesn’t show it,

but he honestly worry if Qiqi is okay being by herself.

I mean, he knows she’s really strong with her cryo powers,

but he wonders if she feels lonely and sad-

XIAO WE UNDERSTAND DON’T BE DEPRESSED SHE GOT U S-

But he noticed one day that Qiqi was smiling and laughing,

playing with you.

He’s very relieved.

Qiqi has you to be spend time with.

He saw you helping her makes friends with the other children,

smiling and giving her words of encouragement 

and she eventually got along and befriended them

and now she’s happily playing with them

Unlike the other 2,

Xiao wouldn’t interfere or try to join you in watching Qiqi.

He feels that if he shouldn’t disturb you, so he leaves you be.

He usually tries his best to find you and Qiqi in the evening

and sometimes Qiqi is asleep, and you’re carrying her

She’ll be awake when she hears footsteps,

and fully awake to see Xiao

She asked politely if you could put her down so she could greet Xiao

Of course, you merrily did-

and she runs up to Xiao to say good evening,

maybe when she felt like it,

she’d hug his leg before shortly letting go.

Then Xiao would pet her head

GCCHVJHVDJ IM IMAGINING RIGHT NOW-

I-

I CAN’T IT’LL BE SO CUTE SDSB-

He’ll greet you too,

like a father greeting his child and significant other after he comes home from work

He won’t say it out loud,

but he truly loves you

and he would do with all his power to protect the both of you.

[kewltie]

Hello! I stumbled across your short stories recently on ao3. And I have to say, you are a gifted storyteller. I don't mean to be rude here, and forgive me if I am overstepping my boundaries, but have you ever thought of getting someone to beta your work? Although your stories themselves are well thought out and creative, I think if you had a beta they could catch little mistakes (grammar, spelling) to make your works more polished and even more amazing!

hi anon!!!

i thought a lot about how i can formulate a reply to this ask so it doesn’t sound 1) unappreciative 2) rude af 3) or that i don’t care bc i can see you were very careful and concern about upsetting me and i really do appreciate you going out of your way to give me advice!!! that’s very kind of you, thank you!!!! but honestly getting a beta is not a priority to me. it’s actually something i rarely or at all consider and not bc i dont recognized my own weakness (grammar is my BIGGEST WEAKNESS IN MY WRITING) but mainly it’s bc i dont have time and patience to have a beta reader. 

my work schedule is hectic and sporadic at best plus i have school so i find time in the weirdest hours to write. this mean writing into the late morning at 3-5am and occasionally pulling an all nighter to finish a fic or im writing just before work (like literally i HAVE been tardy so many times to work BC IM POSTING A FIC RIGHT THE FUCK NOW). when i finish something i immediately do a quick read through for errors but when you read something a hundred times before it’s hard to see it with fresh eyes before it go live. and i always post it right away just after i finished it bc i want to get it out of my life (lmao). SO yea i can’t imagine having a beta reader at all when im pretty much writing and pushing it out live as i go. also bc writing is a solo grind for me bc any problem i run into and anything i can’t figure out i just grind the fuck out of it until i solve it bc of my inability to ask for help and i am just socially awkward and terribly shy with ppl to ya know approach them about it. 

and my whole history with the english language is uh terrible (i get really sensitive when ppl point out im not a native speaker) bc it’s my fav subject (next to history!!) but during school i moved from esl classes to english honors and then back to els again constantly bc i love talking about theme, nuance, and breaking down the books we were assigned but IM SO TERRIBLE at getting my thought across in essay format and my grammar was so atrocious that i get c/d often bc i never care about writing or learn how to do it. IT’S THE STORY that matter to me more which is why i read a ton of shit and when you said im a gifted storyteller that made my day bc i loooooooooooooove telling stories the most (it’s the core of who i am) and writing is the consequence of that not bc i uh actually love writing from the beginning (i may love writing but not THEN). i had so many stories to tell but how do i tell it??? YOU WRITE IT ofc. so yea, i write only bc i have stories i want to put down and i spent years and years running away from it bc i always been weak at the most basic grammar and syntax that make up the bare bones of the english language and my fear kept me from writing, from telling the stories i want to tell. 

in the end it took kpop fandom and A DUDE NAME LEE DONGHAE to finally kicked that fear in the ass and i started to write. and i told myself back six (??) years ago that i would only write for myself and not for anything/anyone else so yea im aware of my weakness but im not looking to like impress anyone or stand out with my writing bc in the end if that’s not what i want than i dont really want to pursue it. writing is a hobby and it’s hobby that uh constantly stress me out (lol) so i really dont want add anything else to on top of that. like i understand having a beta reader would be nice to catch my mistakes and make it more readable for everyone (though i do try to do my best with proofreading but IM SO BAD AT IT) but im not really looking for self improvement on that front and my self-esteem is too fragile for me to trust anyone with it (i get hurt really, REALLY easily so i try not to put myself out there as possible) lol /o\. since 99% of my writing is just a hobby so i dont really care what other ppl think unless i really FUCKED up on something content wise but if im writing for a fest/exchange/fandom event thing im more careful about it and i think i would get a beta reader just bc im writing for someone else or for the fandom to consume like this writing bkdk fest i signed up for. i think im going to get a beta reader for it… but we’lll see if i chicken out or not lol. 

ANYWAY tl;dr i really do appreciate your advice!!!!! but i can’t commit to a beta reader right now bc of time, energy, self-esteem issue, and weird af schedule but i’ll keep that in mind for more serious future projects. thank you!!!!!