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the flowers of yesteryear that wither today by jello12451
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
08 Oct 2022
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One evening, Tighnari is out alone in the night when Collei approaches him.
He didn’t hear her wake from a nightmare. But his ears perk up nonetheless, still on alert, because rarely does Collei ever seek him out in the middle of the night.
The Nilotpala lotuses aren’t blooming. It’s a shame. The pounding rain only minutes ago obscured the moonlight, and he hasn’t been able to sleep, still wired from hours of hearing nothing but the pitter patter of droplets hitting windows like drums and the crack of thunder like divine punishment.
Collei sits down beside him. “I… had a dream, Master Tighnari.”
Tighnari hums in acknowledgement. Her voice is soft. Quiet. He can’t help but appreciate it.
“...I was wondering if you’d like to hear about it.”
Impossibly, his lips twitch in the ghost of a smile. “I would.”
It’s the first time Collei talks to him through the night instead of the other way around.
He doesn’t mind.
OR: Tighnari finds a world in the young girl with a smile as bright as the flowers in the rainforest and heart too big for her body.
And then, he loses it all.
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forget me, my dear (and my grave will sleep soundly) by jello12451
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
30 Nov 2022
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“Did I know you?” Tighnari blurts out, before they can let go and be on their separate ways.
Nilou pauses in her motion of retracting her hand. She tilts her head. “What do you mean, Tighnari?”
“...I don’t know.” Tighnari breathes out heavily through his nose. “I keep getting the feeling that I know you, that I’ve seen you somewhere, but I can’t place my finger on it.”
Then, a thought occurs to him. “Nilou, have you ever danced in the forest?”
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Cyno regards him for a moment longer, then lets out a breath that can perhaps only be described as fond. “Such an irrational statement, for someone who studies in the nation of wisdom.”
“I know.” The Amurta student shifts, surprising even himself. “I’ve been irrational for a while, I think.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
OR: Tighnari grows up as a child of the forest in more ways than one. And then, he enters the city, exchanging memories of impossible spirits and illusory gardens for wisdom and knowledge.
It's not a fair trade.
OR OR: A story about growing up.
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09 Feb 2026
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the fool who tried to hold the sun by wheretheseasleeps
Fandoms: 합격시켜주세용 | How to Become a Dragon (Webcomic)
30 Jul 2025
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sun confronts yeongno about the real reason he came up to her. yeongno can't figure out a way to say the apologies in his head out loud.
written form of that heartbreaking dialogue from ep 114-15 :')
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13 Dec 2025
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you may need to drown your future, the dream it was by Coral_Reef14
Fandoms: プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game)
03 Apr 2023
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Touya was like a crow. A crow with clipped wings, wanting to fly away.
If that bird- Touya, needed help, to have someone to look after him, Kanade would gladly play that role. Even if she herself felt like a bird trapped in a cage, wanting to escape this wretched life.
Maybe Touya couldn't let her out, but she'd at least have company until she met her untimely end. And to Kanade, that was enough for her.
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Or; The Platonic Kanatouya Coffee Shop AU that no one asked for, but I wrote anyways.
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- Part 2 of Melodies Cafe Chronicles
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21 Nov 2025
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The Moon Must Weep Too by PencilofAwesomeness
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
19 Nov 2025
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“You are an artificial body created for the purpose of hosting a Stellaron. From the moment of your birth, it was your destiny to receive the Stellaron at Herta Space Station.”
After Stelle reluctantly helped Kafka after the events of the Luofu’s Stellaron crisis, she is left with the truth that she gleaned from Kafka’s game. She is more than aware that the middle of the Divination Commission is not a good place for a breakdown, but her body seems to have other plans. Fortunately, with the help of Yanqing, Mr. Yang, and the rest of the Astral Express Crew, it works out anyway.
(In which Stelle learns that to be loved is to have the safety to fall apart.)
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19 Nov 2025