#zhongwrinth

[zhongrin]

a maybe spicy (?) idea but imagine you're kind of used to pulling Zhongli by his tie sometimes to get a kiss and/or start sexy activities seducing your man and then one day you just... kinda do it out of habit with Wrio and he goes WOAH surprised at your bold move and you kinda blush realizing what you did but oh he thinks it's hot and cups your face and pulls you back into another kiss this time deeper~

hdkwifjskdoskfjsl this took me OUT CRYS HOW COULD YOU PUT THIS BRAINROT IN MY MIND AAAAAAA

realistically speaking it would take me so long to brave myself to do this comfortably even to zhongli. but that's ok i mean if anything, lore wise, me and zhongli has a long long time together compared with my other hubbies, so i can kinda see this happening bahahah

and when i get used to it i could see myself doing it every morning or so, like yk, seeing him off at the door and yanking his tie to press a kiss to his lips, followed by straightening his tie back and maybe patting his chest for good measure as i say my goodbyes.

i can see poor wrio being frozen solid the first time this happens, i had to check if my vision had accidentally changed to hydro... (cause yk hydro + cryo = froz- /smacked)

safe to say he came in to work late that day

extras (why am i outing myself like this):

[crystalflygeo]

crys i lost count on how many time i reread that zhongwrinth ask you sent me yesterday so i just wanted to drop by and say ilysm /p and i hope your dragon hubbies are spoiling you senseless rn <3

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I am glad you loved it sm sgcvhjab <3 it was such a delight to write hehehehe Stan Zhongrith (and now Zhongwrinth!)

I want dragon hubbies cuddles yes pls ;w; <3

[zhongrin]

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part 8/8 of ⎡∞ / 𝟔 𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 ⁺⎦, a zhongli 2023 birthday event

© zhongrin | 2024  ✼  no repost・translations・plagiarism of any kind・ai data mining. rebloggers get a free cup of tea ♡

𖧷 tags ┈ selfship (zhongrin, small hint of zhongwrinth), 3rd person pov from zhongli's side, fluff, bittersweet (like almost all the other chapters are lol), slight soft yandere-ish, slight genshin's canon lore references

𖧷 a/n ┈ happy new year my dear patrons! starting off this year strong with some super indulgent selfship piece :> technically, it can be read as x fem!reader, but you'll find that it was not meant to be one. you'll find a lot of hidden selfship lores in this, and it's very very very self-indulgent and personal (which is why i don't have the usual x reader tags), so keep that in mind and be respectful, please 🙏🏻 you have been warned!

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𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 was an intricacy he had been continuously studying over the course of more than six thousand years and counting now.

and still, with every year that passed, he realized there were many sides of love he had not discovered nor experienced himself. things like—

how the peals of someone’s laughter could be comparable to the most melodious bird’s singing, and in its contraposition, how the saddened frown from a beloved person when he forgot an important date due to the many anniversaries which had accumulated over the past few millennia, could cut deeper than the sharpest blades forged by the most proficient masters of the blacksmiths.

how, despite the many losses and reunions he had experienced, he would still have the same nightmare that had been regularly plaguing him from a few millennia back: the vision of her bloodied shell, the rage bubbling from the deepest of his heart. how the mountains tore and the seabed shifted, the anguish as cold as the lifeless body within his hold and as silent as her unmoving crimson-stained lips, the pain hundredfold as he buried her with his own hands in some desolate place ridden by war and placed a single yellow hibiscus as a meagre offering.

how the scent of the sea used to be relatively bearable despite the reflexive scrunch of his nose, and even so, he found himself increasingly becoming averse to them - especially when the scent paired with the minty frost of snezhnaya or the chalky, wintery air of dragonspine.

how, those old times ago, his closest friends had betted on the day he would use his proficiency and skills in the advanced adepti arts to do menial tasks out of love, and though at that time, morax had scoffed and laughed right in front of their face... look at him now, gladly using the ability to maintain adeptal realms to expand his beloved’s teashop or facilitate her travels between the nations of teyvat.

𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒… such an infinitely complex and neverending, yet beautiful affair.

“happy birthday, rex lapis.”

“happy birthday, morax.”

“happy birthday, zhongli.”

“happy birthday, xiànɡ ɡonɡ!”

love tasted like a sweet kiss with a touch of fragrant osmanthus and the bitterness of coffee. love took the form of a bashful and imperfect smile in full bloom against rosy cheeks. love was the way her silken hair felt against his calloused fingers as he tied his treasured golden hair clip around the midnight-colored strands, following her 'coincidental' oversight to bring her own. love was heard in fond wishes and silent gratitudes whispered into the seas of stars, amongst the soft rolls of waves caressing the shores of the harbor of their retirement home.

perhaps his darling won’t be by his side next year. perhaps she would, in a different form than what she was now. perhaps…. he would not survive this year.

but what did it matter?

for even as calamity befell aria, sonnet, and canon, the corpse of a moon still continued its sovereignty in a fixed orbit to encircle teyvat, unchanging — and so he believed the two lovers’ fates would intertwine once again; for she was destined to be his, for he oathed to be bound to her beyond a mortal expiry;

until their souls reunited in a place not even the heavenly principles could reach,

until no more engraved rings could fit in her fingers,

until teyvat's bedrock crumbled into dust.

“the day the rite of parting is recompensed, wife of mine… i promise our 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 will be sealed eternal.”

a contract sealed in souls, befitting of his goetic namesake. this might as well be the most selfish contract he has ever sealed with his blood — yet could one still call him a devil when his victim was most willing?

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[zhongrin]

Do you know the Webtoon My four Husbands?

I wonder what would happen when you are having nice, lovely passion inducing sex with, say, your dragon husband but then oh! You haven't closed the door properly and now the Duke is all hot and bothered by your fucked out expression and wants to join in the fun. And then your way ward scribe wants to get his book- How do you. Manage to walk everyday. Do you follow a similar shedule for them? Or smth different? :3 Heheheh

i don't actually 👀 but that sounds like a webtoon alright....

BELIAL PLS WHY ARE YOU EXPOSING ME LIKE THIS HDLFJKSD /lh

i don't walk, they just carry me everywhere 24/7

we have some rules and schedules set up, you see, there are 7 days a week. 3 men. 3 possible duo combinations. 1 possible trio combination….. isn't it just perfect haha haha hah- /shot-

[zhongrin]

so wriothesley takes milk with his coffee and sugar with his tea does he.

weak.

i'm off to bully him with haitham and zhongli. /j /aff

disclaimer: you can take your coffee and tea however you want; let me be petty with the newest husband for emptying my entire fates 👍🏻

[zhongrin]

yall have heard of zhongrinth but are yall ready for zhongwrinth?

[zhongrin]

Rin I picked you up like a cat yeah

I do wonder how your hubbies react to Cat!Rin <3

if one day i suddenly sprout cat ears and cat tails i think they'll have varied reactions.

zhongli is absolutely very chill after he gets through the surprised stage. he's lived for 6000+ years; he's seen lots of things in his life and he probably even has a few ideas of what might have happened. he'll probably just chuckle in amusement and go, "oh my, those extra appendages suits you, my wife.... now, which adepti did you accidentally anger this time?" and if i'm embarrassed by my new form, he'd turn into his half dragon form before giving me a knowing look, like "see? nothing to be embarrassed about."

al haitham is stunned, more so because how the hell did i suddenly sprout a pair of fluffy ears and tail? how are they moving? can i move them according to my will? are they connected to my nerves? is this permanent?? shock slowly turns into exasperation, and onward we go to gandharva village to meet a certain amurta scholar. maybe he'll know what to do. or at least teach me how to supress my newfound instincts of pushing everything off the table.

wriothesley stares. and stares. and stares some more. in the end he bursts out laughing and croons, plonking me on top of his lap and scratching behind the new ears with a huuuge grin on his lips. he's highly amused. he might ask around for ways to turn me back if i bug him enough, but otherwise... he's always wanted a pet anyway, so this is like hitting two birds with one stone - he just has to pour twice the love for me now <3

how would baizhu react to cat!vi? (or like, any other animals you have a fondness for) 👀

[zhongrin]

Good evening Rin! I come by with another zhongwrinth thought! It’s always been a personal headcanon of mine that Zhongli knows how to fight with different weapons, maybe because he’s the God of War or smth but anyways! I like to think combat practice does happen from time to time in the teahouse or in the adeptal relams.

At first it’s Wriothesley practicing punches then Zhongli passes by and asks him, “Have you tried (insert boxing tip here)?” And Wriothesley tries it out, he’s surprised at the improvement. Wriothesley knows Zhongli is powerful, he’s in the adeptal realm after all. So sometimes he’ll seek Zhongli out and ask for a combat tip or two.

For Al-Haitham it’s a little harder? Feeble scholar he calls himself, i just like to think he passed by during Wriothesley’s practice once and Zhongli happens to be there. Zhongli comments on the Wrio’s form and Al-Haitham, curious, asks Zhongli for comments on the scholar’s form.

Zhongli gives a detailed comment and Al-Haitham just goes. “I’ll try it next time.”

So now three of them have one joint combat session, I forgot to ask, how much does Al-Haitham and Wriothesley know about Zhongli’s being a former god in the zhongwrinth household? Do they know all the details or do they just go ‘he’s powerful and gives good advice’?

That’s not the best part, the best part is when you come home and see three of your husbands, shirtless and sweating from their workout practicing together.

*runs*

*EXCITED CHEW TOY NOISES* HIIII STORM (if i can call you that??? but lmk if you prefer to be called something else <3) UEUEUE IM SCREECHING THIS WAS SO <3 <3 <3 🫠🫠🫠

(more utc bc this got long helphsdlkfjskd)

yessss i'm pretty sure zhongli can wield a lot of weapons (i mean…. 6k years and counting, god of war, knowledgeable about all things, man wears an archer's ring - and i refuse to believe it's just for 'status' or aesthetic purposes….) and he just so happens to prefer the polearm!! ough… imagine him with a claymore…. *nosebleeds*

...... they're bonding your honor. they're bonding and i like it very much. i love them i love them i love them i love them i love them i lov- wait sorry what were we talking about again? /silly

OH RIGHT YES AHEM joint combat training (or, as al haitham claims, 'just an exercise') session. does wriothesley and al haitham know about zhongli's identity? well, the answer is both yes and no lol

i'd like to think zhongli is kind of a menace in this one - he doesn't really straight up tell them, but he doesn't really try to hide the fact that he's not just an ordinary guy. they have seen him with his horns and tail out. they have seen him in his compact form wrapped around my neck like a scarf. he doesn't hesitate to tell stories of old when he was rex lapis/morax over dinner (but he does this in a storytelling fashion and in third-person pov). they have asked me for clarification, but i'm also a menace so i choose to keep quiet i don't think it's something i should be telling them, so all i tell them is "if he's not telling, then i'm not telling <3" lmao

i'd say wriothesley suspects that he's a dragon sovereign, simply because he knows neuvillette and these two old men give similar vibes and mannerisms. i imagine he keeps sneakily trying to bribe zhongli to visit fontaine with its ✨selections✨of✨tea✨ but he's actually secretly planning to make the two dragons meet so he can test his hypothesis.

as for al haitham, i think he has enough resources and brainpower to do a proper observation and research to conclude that zhongli is the ex-geo archon. he's the type who would deep dive into liyue history books and journals and records, learn ancient liyuean to explore the ruins, and ask questions to zhongli to crosscheck between the books, the facts he's seen, and whether zhongli's story corroborates it. man's hyperfixated now. someone help him.

brb now i'm imagining shirtless wriothesley and zhongli in that transparent bodysuit and al haitham in his own bodysuit, all sweating aー oh god zhongli's hair is upー oh god wrio's pouring water onto his face and it's trickling down hisー oh god haitham's lifting his bodysuit to wipe his swー HWERHFIE)OWWEDLIAJDIKASD *explODES*

[zhongrin]

Let me know if who else I forgot to add in the GC /silly

[ 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 ] : NO ZHONGLI COME BACK (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )

[ 𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓶 ] : If we're supposed to order a bigger bed, I'm afraid we'll have to need a bigger room first.

[ 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚢 ] : and the youngest one will sleep on the floor while the custom bed's being made?

[ 𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓶 ] : So Meirin gets the floor? Fine by me, but since you're the one suggesting, I presume you will take responsibility for the ensuing silent treatment on your own.

[ 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚢 ] : ??? what do you take me for? you. i meant you.

[ 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚢 ] : young people these days....

[ 𝓪𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓶 ] : You're starting to sound like a certain old dragon.

[ 𝔫𝔢𝔲𝔳𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢 ] : Pardon me? Dragon? Where? Who?

[ 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 ] : HOW DO I DELETE THIS GROUP CHAT HELP I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS SYSTEM

[ 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 ] : BRYNN WHEN I CATCH YOU BRYNN

[ 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 ] : SOMEONE LET DAIN OUT FROM HOYO'S BASEMENT I NEED GRANDPA TO BACK ME UP HERE HIS SPOUSE IS GREMLIN-ING TOO MUCH

[zhongrin]

After seeing a pic I couldnt help but imagining Zhongli letting you hitch a ride on his tail and letting you comfortable sleep on it. It happens when he has his possessive phases, wants to annoy your other husbands or when you get low and just need more sleep <3 (Btw, he is strong enough to just do his activities with you sleeping back there)

sobsob CUTE. i would love to just. snuggle against his tail and nuzzle on his tuft of fur. 10/10 would cuddle it to sleep. the cooling scales probably never get truly warm either, so it's like an upgraded living bamboo wife (or in this case bamboo husband /silly) lol

[zhongrin]

I just need you to know that I know your Neuvillette pain. As a Zhongli selfshipper, I feel like Neuvi is the one man I should stay clear of, but he's CALLING to me, and I must obey. (Also I have a guaranteed pull on the next banner, so he's coming home, and he and Li are gonna have to learn to tolerate each other in the teapot.) Maybe I will write a fic where they fight over me, to get that out of my system?

ahh hello again! thank you for sharing your thoughts and struggles <3 i'm glad someone can kind of relate to the dilemma… ૮◞ ﻌ ◟���

i mean honestly, i have friends who selfships with both and i think they're super cute! i love them! i think they work so well! i support them wholeheartedly, and i believe with all my heart that those two would move mountains and seas (literally and metaphorically) for them!!!

…. it's just that specifically in my case, i already have al haitham and wriothesley? so honestly in my head i feel so bad because zhongli (or, i should clarify, the zhongli in my head) - a literal dragon - is already being so patient with the addition to our little home. mindlessly bringing another dragon into this dynamic (who literally has shown on several occasions that he's able to put priority over his duty of ensuring justice over anything, wishes to enact judgment over the archons and has hinted that physical altercation may be a possibility, and who zhongli is canonically clearly avoiding for reasons that have yet to be clarified).... feels like i'm just taking advantage of that patience and kindness.

and unfortunately, i don't think i can bear to do that. or at least not right now ૮ •᷄ ༝ •᷅ ა

[zhongrin]

Rin your husbands ask you for a request

Here it is

Your four husband's are there willing to give you choices on a roleplay with your husbands they have the outfits for the roleplay. You can choose multiple/all of them but if you do that, You have to choose the order

Zhongli - gives you the choice for them to be fatui members. He got the outfits and masks from childe .

Regular alhaitham or green alhaitham- He suggests eremite roleplay and he got the outfits from that eremite gang last time.

Red alhaitham-he suggests this you know those abyss monsters like those abyss lector, heralds and the black serpents. Red alhaitham found away to wear their clothes without being corrupted and no side effects besides voice distortion when wearing it.

Wriothesley--He though if Treasure hoarder outfits He was able to get because the fortress has them around sometimes.

*grabby hands* all of them. all of them. ALL OF THEM I SAY. I DON'T CARE WHICHEVER ORDER THEY DO IT. THEY CAN EVEN ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS IT I REALLY COULD NOT CARE LESS HSDLJFKLSDF I JUST WANT THEM ALL IN THOSE OUTFITS OUGHHHHH YES *frothes*

(...... but they're gonna need to give me a resting period inbetween helpshdfkljsdl)

[zhongrin]

HEHEHEHE i'd be very happy tbh, like just being able to spend time with any of them? with dad i'd probably revert back to my cat (was a bunny but cat is more fitting hehe) form cuz headpats since tea makes me eepy eheeh. with uncle haitham i'll most likely pester him about him giving me the flower encyclopedia and start spewing facts about different flora hehe. then with uncle wrio i'll jokingly tell him, "hey, are you underestimating me?" c:< (but i'll def let him know if anyone's giving me trouble!!)

yeee!! let's just say those three are probably gna be competing for attention smh smh /aff. all of them have their own kinda rizz

and yea ofc mom!! im happy that u like my silly flower doodles sjkdkshd ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ might send another tbh since i've been drawing a lot of violets lately or! dad, haitham and wrio's favorites cuz i have a lot of ideas hehe

ADORABLE HSLDJFKLSJDLFSD they'd all dote on you so much in their own ways you'd be so spoiled hehehe <3

imagine them having their own competitions each day like 'who can make vi smile the widest' or 'who can get vi to kiss them more within the day' lmaoooo

they may be silly doodles for you but they're so pretty in my eyes!!! if i had a printer and my own fridge i'd put it up there... but i sadly don't, so you'll have to imagine your dad doing it and pinning it on one of the teahouse's corkboards ☺️

[zhongrin]

chaos

anyway ye!! i am too hehehe :3

oooo prettyyy!!! also dont mind me noting things down abt the flowers mwehehehe- but ye! i can definitely relate to loving them aesthetically since like,,there's so many and speaking of flowers, what kind do you think dad and haitham would like mom? /gen (im a sucker for their meanings too)

they're all (well ok mostly) aesthetically pleasing indeed <3

i feel like zhongli appreciates all flowers but he has a bias for liyue'a local flora hahah honestly i think he seems like the type who would find them lovely because of the memories attached to them too. on the other hand, al haitham doesn't really have any favorite flowers per se, but if he had to choose as a gift he'd usually pick a padisarah... or any exotic flowers in the market with a positive flower language which he recognized from his reading hobby. wriothesley... he's secretly a fan of marcotte. it's a fragrant flower but it doesn't smell too overpowering, and he loves the scent of it. spritzing a mist of marcotte perfume before going to see him is guaranteed to get me a cuddle <3

how about you and your hubbies? :3

[zhongrin]

Silly idea part 34567339 (inspired by some of your comments in the server) Imagine standing on trial at Fontaine like Neuv: so how do you plead yourse- Rin: guilty. :3 Neuv: ...... Rin: ... Neuv: Miss Meirin... Rin: I am very guilty, send me to the Fortress of Meropide ty Neuv: //SIGHS and pinches the bridge of his nose

///

Receptionist: alright let's process your paperwork, what was it this time? Rin: oh you know, just released some "flying objects" when it was illegal to do so Re: classic. You used to be more creative though Rin: I know I know...

///

Wrio: >:T //arms crossed Rin: :3 <3 Wrio: why- Rin: Hiiiii I missed you <3 //clings to him staring up with puppy dog eyes you can almost see the imaginary tail wagging Wrio: //sighs and patpats// You need to stop getting yourself in trouble like this just to see me, you know I can just send an invitation letter. Rin: But where's the fun in that? the surprise? Also it would be much easier if either you or Neuvi gave me a free pass but nooooo :T Wrio: //cups your face// this place is not just fun and games you know? it can be dangerous Rin: I know you'll always protect me <3 (and whoever hurts me will find themselves facing a VERY pissed off dragon ehe) Wrio: //blushes slightly but tries to play it cool// Alright alright, but since you're an inmate and not a guest here, time to get to work, hm? //smirks playfully// what's your number this time? Rin: number 1 in your heart <3 Wrio: ....... Rin: ... Wrio: yes, but you're not off the hook yet you little rambunctious puppy //pokes at your nose// we'll talk about this (and I should talk to Zhongli and Alhaitham as well...) Rin: ok see you later at your office <3 Wrio: //sighs but stares fondly as you skip over to the infirmary where sigewinne is waving enthusiastically (plot twist: Li finds it funny, Haitham is the exasperated one but all 3 got used to your shenanigans by now)

I STILL CACKLED READING THIS HAHAHSLKDHAKSDJLAS

neuvillette doesn't get paid enough to do this but it's ok he'll come home to his loving deer wife's embrace 👍🏻 i borrowed one hundredth of al haitham's iq for this, see how i'm killing two birds with one stone- /smacked

maybe next time i should uh. jaywalk. right in front of the hydro archon or something. or...... ohhhh what about reprogramming a puppy software™️ into a security doggo gardemek illegallyー /is forcefully dragged away by zhongli and al haitham

cue wriothesley coming to dinner on the teapot that night:

wrio: so…. meirin might not be coming back here for a few days…. zhongli: ah. al haitham: what is it this time? wrio: apparently she copied the traveler and released an unauthorized 'flying object' in fontaine grounds. all 3: *collective sighs* zhongli: what kind of flying object did she release? wrio: *facepalms* ………. a balloon. a huge balloon. zhongli: ..... *sips tea* al haitham: *squints* and what's written on the balloon? wrio: *heads thumps against the dining table with his ears visibly red* "wriothesley goodest boy ily <3"

[zhongrin]

I don’t know why it took me so long to realize…

You, Zhongli, Al-Haitham and Wriothesley have enough people for windtrace! Hehehehe, if all four of you play, who’s the one who’s the best at catching the rest? Who’s the one who immediately searches for Rin? Who’s the best at hiding? Who’s the best at changing their hiding spot?

Do they do a special windtrace where they all try to catch you?

HI AGAIN STORM!! 👋🏻

..... GASP WE DO DON'T WE. let's see...

as hunters, i think zhongli or wriothesley are pretty good at catching people. mainly because zhongli has his draconic senses while wriothesley's used to predict and find hiding criminals, heh.

as for being rebels... al haitham just picks a spot with a shade along with a surface for him to sit and read his books, so he's the easiest to find. i could get sneaky and hide pretty well if i want to but i can't run to save my life, so if anyone catches me they can be assured i ain't gonna try to run; i'd rather just save my energy and take my loss lol when he feels particularly mischievous, zhongli turns into his chonkli form and hides at the most unexpected places. you gotta be on the lookout for him or he'll elude you easily.

who's the one who immediately search for me? haha. they all immediately search for me because if they find me quick enough they might have time to fool around before going to find the othersー/bonked

heh. heheheh. ahem. i mean. yes, except it's not called windtrace but rintrace where they race to catch me and whoever catches me first gets to [redacted] while the others only get to watchー /bonked 99x