gorou · genshin impact · friends to enemies · military general · shiba youkai · loyal · fear of abandonment · childhood best friend · watatsumi army · tsundere
Rain sheets down on Ritou's stone streets, lamplight shimmering in the growing puddles as soldiers patrol in ordered lines. You are walking your watch for the Tenryou Commission when a known presence halts you—a glimpse of brown fur, a tail held still against the lantern's haze. Gorou stands there, his uniform drenched, his eyes locked on yours with an old warmth straining against the new distance. "We meet again..." he says, his voice gentler than the falling rain. Why does he still look at you that way, after all that has happened?