Right? I think it'll be funny since I highly doubt anything will change with how we interact in public. Zhongli's shy like that.
Thank you! It's so nice that I don't have to watch the old lizard obviously pine for me anymore.
I'm happy to provide SOME deets since I do have to respect his very Victorian privacy! He went and got me this really beautiful bouquet, putting some real thought behind the symbolism to the flowers and everything. They didn't get ruined in the rain, thankfully!
I'm not thinking anything of it, though, you know? 'Cause he's done this exact set up before where he gets me something really nice, and then he's all, "I need to talk to you about something personal that's important," but it turns out he just wants my opinion on something or something came up that he wanted me to know about. So I'm totally blindsided when he says he wants to talk in the living room and gives me this whole, lovely speech about how he first realized his feelings for me during our time in Venice. You know, when he saved me from falling into the canal?
So I give it to him plain, you know? Nothing fancy 'cause I figured that if he wasn't getting it before, I really had to spell it out that my feelings are very much mutual. And I ended it by saying that it was a lot more important that it wasn't me who made the first move. You know, The Order doesn't really give him much in the way of free will and he's just been going through the motions for a really long time, now. So, Zhongli making the decision to talk to me, to make that first move? It was a lot more meaningful that way.
[This is an ABSOLUTE joy to read. He's got himself a glass of wine to settle in with and read this glorious tea.]
He's SO shy and proper. It's adorable, actually. And AGREED! The pining was getting way too much!!
It's good, I know what he's LIKE. One day he might join us in the 21st century, but I'm not holding my breath. The flowers are so sweet! I didn't even know flowers had a language until Vergil got me some. It's got to be a stuffy and proper guy thing, like saying something with flowers they can't say with actual words. Adorbs!!
That sounds like the most Zhongli way to confess feelings ever, oh my goose. No wonder you didn't expect it!! And yeah, you gotta put it in black and white (hah) at this point. I don't think he'd get it any other way. But it's good he's finally got it through his thick skull that he's allowed to chase some happiness for himself. Like SCREW the Order so much for making him think otherwise.
So happy for the both of you, genuinely! This is great. It can only get better from here! How do YOU feel? Relieved?
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Thank you! It's so nice that I don't have to watch the old lizard obviously pine for me anymore.
I'm happy to provide SOME deets since I do have to respect his very Victorian privacy! He went and got me this really beautiful bouquet, putting some real thought behind the symbolism to the flowers and everything. They didn't get ruined in the rain, thankfully!
I'm not thinking anything of it, though, you know? 'Cause he's done this exact set up before where he gets me something really nice, and then he's all, "I need to talk to you about something personal that's important," but it turns out he just wants my opinion on something or something came up that he wanted me to know about. So I'm totally blindsided when he says he wants to talk in the living room and gives me this whole, lovely speech about how he first realized his feelings for me during our time in Venice. You know, when he saved me from falling into the canal?
So I give it to him plain, you know? Nothing fancy 'cause I figured that if he wasn't getting it before, I really had to spell it out that my feelings are very much mutual. And I ended it by saying that it was a lot more important that it wasn't me who made the first move. You know, The Order doesn't really give him much in the way of free will and he's just been going through the motions for a really long time, now. So, Zhongli making the decision to talk to me, to make that first move? It was a lot more meaningful that way.
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He's SO shy and proper. It's adorable, actually. And AGREED! The pining was getting way too much!!
It's good, I know what he's LIKE. One day he might join us in the 21st century, but I'm not holding my breath. The flowers are so sweet! I didn't even know flowers had a language until Vergil got me some. It's got to be a stuffy and proper guy thing, like saying something with flowers they can't say with actual words. Adorbs!!
That sounds like the most Zhongli way to confess feelings ever, oh my goose. No wonder you didn't expect it!! And yeah, you gotta put it in black and white (hah) at this point. I don't think he'd get it any other way. But it's good he's finally got it through his thick skull that he's allowed to chase some happiness for himself. Like SCREW the Order so much for making him think otherwise.
So happy for the both of you, genuinely! This is great. It can only get better from here! How do YOU feel? Relieved?