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(Starfly-written) Kaeya Alberich has been bound to his name from the moment of his birth. Yet, throughout his time in Mondstadt, he’s strayed further and further away from his duty to Khaenri’ah. Due to his wavering loyalty, a sinister power located deep within his genetics unleashes itself. Will he give into this power and stand with Khaenri’ah, or fight with his family and friends in Mondstadt?
I wrote this fic like two years ago and never finished it - it’s basically the draft for what I’m going to rewrite. Also it’s super cringe so you’ve been warned, but I hope y’all at least like the plot idea T-T
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- 5/?
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Years apart, unspoken letters, and the weight of choices that can’t be undone—Diluc returns to Mondstadt carrying shadows he can’t outrun. Old scars, old shadows, and the weight of survival press closer than ever and have left him trying to rebuild a life that no longer fits, and proves harder than leaving it behind. Kaeya, caught between old betrayals and the memory of a brother he thought he lost, refuses to look away.
Through silence, small signs, and a letter never meant to be answered, they begin to navigate the fragile space between who they were and who they’ve become—searching not for what was lost, but for what might still be built.
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Diona despised Diluc. She absolutely hated him with every fiber of her being. He was the devil in her eyes
But when Draff forgets to pick her up from the Cat's Tail at night while it's pouring rain, Diluc offers to let her stay with him in Angel's Share for the night so she isn't stuck outside in the rain all night. Diona reluctantly agrees and learns that the man she has been relentlessly hating for years isn't as evil as she thought he was.
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Diluc was in the midst of sluggishly scrubbing a glass when the sound of the door opening reached his ears. Archons know he prayed that it wasn't a last-minute guest. Ways to subtly turn the person down and tell them to come back the next day were quickly swarming into his head.
Slightly irritated, Diluc closed his eyes and exhaled inaudibly. He wiped his hands with a nearby towel and was about to excuse himself when, finally, a soft-spoken voice resounded behind his back.
"My apologies for the sudden intrusion. Are you still open?"
Although Diluc was fully prepared on what to say, the moment he turned around the words got caught in his throat.
[Or; an ex-archon walks into a tavern and unintentionally turns the bartender's life upside-down.]
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"i really like the way your hair blows looking back at me,
this feels like some bullshit teenage summer dream."diluc & kaeya, both friends in university, became closer like they would've expected but soon enough, their relationship turns out to be more complicated than they thought.
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Diluc has always stood alone, purposefully aloof and isolated. Everyday, he’s burdened with unimaginable guilt, both from past endeavours and the demons that whisper false truths into his ear. He doesn’t want his burdens to fall on anyone else’s shoulders. He can’t let anyone in.
So when Ayato and Thoma arrive in Mondstadt on diplomatic business and Diluc witnesses just how close the pair are, he can't help the bitter flame of jealousy in his chest.
He tells himself he doesn’t want what they have. He tells himself he doesn’t care.
He does.
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It’s been years since Kaeya has seen his brother, it’s been years since Diluc has ran away.
Kaeya enters a bar in Sumeru and sees him in a way he wish he didn’t.—
AU where Diluc runs away directly after killing his father and gets stuck in something he can’t get out of. Kaeya still has a vision.
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Bad Things Happen Bingo | Paranoia |
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“No, you don’t understand,” Diluc replies, “No one’s ever escaped him. He’ll come for me. I’ll be free just long enough to finally feel comfortable, to finally breathe and then he’ll come for me. I know it. I’m here on borrowed time. I’m always going to end up back there."
Kaeya bites back the sob expanding in his chest.
“Every time I hear a rustle outside, or someone knocks on the door unexpectedly, or I see a light on the road, I just know it’s him coming for me, and I can’t escape him, I can’t get away, I-”
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OR: When Diluc's leg is injured during his Darknight Hero work, Jean forces him to stay at Kaeya's apartment while he recouperates. But Diluc's traumatized, anxious, and paranoid... and Kaeya manages to inadvertently play right into his fears.
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- Part 1 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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Ajax worries about Diluc’s sleeping habits. He asks Kaeya for advice..
and of course that’s not a good idea.
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For most of his life, Venti had been used to running— free and untouchable as the wind. But now that he was out in the real world after what was years of shackles and hollowness, it felt so different. Perhaps his bones had gotten too used to lazing around and staying still, but not anymore. He would keep moving— forward or backwards, it did not matter. He’d keep going, no matter how many times his lazy body begged for a break.
Now without Zhongli, Venti finds himself falling back into old habits rather than getting better. The mission to healing seems harder, seeming blurrier and blurrier. But pushing and fighting is what the human experience is all about, is it not?
“Can I tell you something?” Venti whispered. “It’s something I did… something really bad.”
Diluc sighed. “Well, it doesn’t get any worse than this. Just say it.“
“I tried killing my twin brother when I was a teenager.”
“Of all things, I did not expect that.”
playlist for this work: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OS7Al3VD9GdQKB9zwEviQ?si=fifEroDQTJyIbr5o1WrTJA&pi=NvMEpFBgQriAK
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- Part 2 of For Tomorrow
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Kaeya jest średniej sławy rockmanem, a Diluc bardzo chce go przelecieć.
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Diluc didn't mean it, but whenever it comes to Kaeya, he just cant control his mouth. His impulsive anger towards his brother is what separated them once more, and this time, forever. Klee lost her big brother, Jean lost her best friend, Mondstadt lost their beloved cavalry captain, and it's all because of him.
In the neighboring nation, Kaeya followed under a new god, a new identity, and a new occupation. A second chance at life was given to him, and he'd use it to the best of his abilities. No regrets, no guilt, and no one holding him back.
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After an argument, Kaeya kills himself and is taken in by the Geo archon as an adeptus. Diluc is left to wallow away in guilt, until one day…
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"He was remade to be admired, not loved." by StarlyGalaxy
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 Jun 2025
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He was meant to be a hero. Instead, he became a broken masterpiece.
Diluc returns to Mondstadt shattered—body and mind twisted by a merciless, Unknown entity obsessed with him. His wounds heal, but the scars inside only deepen. When his fury explodes, the world mistakes it for passion—and one woman believes his pain is a secret love letter meant for her.
But behind closed doors, Diluc’s world is unraveling. Starved, haunted, slipping into a deathlike sleep that feels like vanishing, his only hope lies in Mizuki—an empath brave enough to dive into his shattered mind.
Inside, Mizuki finds no refuge—only a haunting dreamscape crumbling into darkness, guarded by something ancient and cruel, learning to turn his trauma into art.
In this twisted mindscape, trauma lives, breathes, and creates.
And Mizuki may not be here to save him—she might just be the next piece in its dark masterpiece.
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- Part 1 of Let Me Be the One to End This
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It's not even April. Plus, Adelinde's only been gone for a day.
Why is Diluc already falling apart? He's so easily exhausted by everything and anything.
He's so sick of himself.
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It's just a prank.
It's okay.
Nothing more.
Just-- just a prank!
Please...
Inspired by: Blinded by Love by Li2
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Do you know I could break beneath the weight of the goodness, love, I still carry for you? by fclixir
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
16 Jun 2025
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Diluc would spend hours sitting beneath the statue nearest to home until one of the maids had to drag him back before dark. The statue felt so much bigger when he was a kid, towering over him. It should’ve been intimidating, but Diluc found comfort in that soft face, those closed eyes never judging him.
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Prompt: “A young Diluc realizes he has a puppy-love crush on The Anemo Archon Barbatos. He's smitten with the statue, the stories, all of the varied depictions. An adult Diluc tries to deal with the fact that the Anemo Archon he used to have a crush on is now the drunkard bard that frequents his bar.”
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as long as i am here (your name will be protected) by ineffableserpent
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
04 Jun 2025
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"I am deeply sorry for your losses," Diluc says, and he genuinely sounds remorseful in a way that makes Kaeya want to kick this Knight's teeth in. "I did what I could, everything that I could to—"
"But you failed," the Knight drawls out slowly, every word laced with hatred and venom as he steps forward, jabbing a finger into Diluc's face. "You were a little brat way in over their head, tryin' to meet expectations you could never live up to. And their blood will always be on your hands. My friends, and your father's. You couldn't even be man enough to stay at our sides. You ran off like a whiny little baby who just wanted his dead mommy and daddy."
Heat fills the tavern, as if a bonfire had been lit in the center.
Kaeya moves first.
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‘Do you think it’s true what he said about Khaenri’ah?’ one of the kids they sometimes played with asked. ‘For the gods to get that angry…what if they do the same to Mondstadt?’
‘That won’t happen.’ one of the older boys proclaimed confidently. ‘I bet everyone from Khaenri’ah was evil, and that’s why they got cursed.'
Kaeya couldn’t help but clench his fists at the baseless claim, thinking of all the people he’d been close to in his childhood. His mother, who sang for him and told him stories whenever he couldn’t sleep, and the other children at court, both fearful of what was to come yet proud of their heritage all the same. What made them so evil, so wicked, that they deserved the awful fate the gods had cast upon them?
'I bet they deserved it.'
Kaeya should have known Diluc wouldn’t be able to let this go, but he’d been too busy stressing over everything to notice in time.
‘If I punch you in the face right now, would you say you deserved that too?’
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Or: Diluc has a saviour complex and punches a guy for insulting both Khaenri'ah and his brother. He has no idea the two are connected; he's just convinced it's the right thing to do.
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Diluc has been captured and is awaiting trial. In the meantime, dottore allows the harbingers to have their fun with him. Slowly but surely, breaking him.
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Diluc has returned,
if only it was the same.
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