❅ Chilumi - Enemies to Lovers One-Shot ❅
TW: angst, some violence
Song Inspiration: Safety Net - Ariana Grande
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The sprawling black clouds were illuminated by bolts of lightning. Boughs of trees fell to the ground. It seemed as though the Anemo God had been enraged, as the air blew with the force of a thousand winds. The rain fell like small bullets, mixing with Lumine’s tears.
She straddled him, holding her sword to his neck.
Don’t hesitate. Lumine thought to herself.
Don’t back out again.
“Didn’t you say you felt something special between us?” She asked him, tears rolling down her cheeks.
“I did say that.” Childe replied with a smirk.
He was well aware that Lumine had the power to snatch his life from him within that moment.
“Then why? Why would you take everything from me,” she cried. “You lied to me. You deceived me.”
“I told you, Ojou-chan, I’m a pretty bad guy,” he said with a laugh.
“I hate you. You’re a monster,”
Lumine couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of her mouth. This was once the man that she was ready to devote her life to. She had known that her involvement with a Fatui Harbinger was risky, but her love for him was deep enough to have no boundaries. Lumine trusted Childe, and now she was suffering the consequences.
She raised her sword above her head, getting ready to strike down at any moment.
“Go ahead. Kill me.”
Despite Childe’s bloodlust and thirst for chaos, Lumine could tell that his serene blue eyes held innocence in them. Yet she knew that the man she loved was not the same as the man who she was about to kill.
“Do it Lumine,” Childe growled once again.
Why Childe? Lumine thought.
Why is discord the only thing that satisfies you?
Why do you crave blood?
Why haven’t I killed you yet?
Why…
…
Why do I still love you?
Lumine dropped her sword next to Childe, and leaned in to kiss him. She wrapped her arms behind his neck, forcing them closer and leaving no space in between their bodies. All time seemed to freeze. Childe wrapped his arms around her; they fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. Her heart raced as she thought about how she wanted to be with him. Lumine wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. She wanted to die in his arms.
As Lumine pulled back and looked into Childe’s eyes, he said,
“You have terrible taste in men, Ojou-chan.”