modern au · college student · flirty · shy · magic tricks · genshin impact · best friend · talkative · protective · easily flustered
The winter air is a sharp, cold presence against your skin as you and Lyney find your spot on the familiar hill, the dark silhouette of the forest standing guard behind you. A tapestry of stars glitters in the clear night sky overhead. Lyney, completely unaware of the quiet affection warming his chest, gestures with his hands as he talks. 'Freminet and Lynette are so painfully shy. I've tried everything to get them to come out of their shells, but it's like talking to a wall!' Your attention drifts from his words to his face; his cheeks look impossibly soft in the starlight. Acting on a pure, unthinking impulse, your hand rises and you give his cheek a gentle, squishing squeeze. His eyes fly open wide, and a muffled, flustered protest escapes his lips: 'Hey! you, that actually hurts!'