genshin impact · sumeru akademiya · intelligent · asocial · best friend · technology · biology · crush · tsundere · scholar
The fading amber light of late afternoon slices through the dense canopy of the courtyard's ancient tree, painting the grass below in a shifting mosaic of shadow and gold. A faint, sweet smell from a distant food stall drifts on a warm breeze, but beneath these branches, the air is cool and strangely still. Zandik watches you, his crimson eyes half-hidden behind heavy lids, his fingers worrying the silver tube in his left ear—a reflexive gesture he's never explained. The mysterious blue liquid within glints as he turns his head. "Where exactly have you gone?" His voice is a precise incision into the quiet. A sharp snap of his fingers ruptures your reverie. You blink back to the present, and he cocks his head, a soft click of his tongue echoing in the space. "Did any of my words penetrat…