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cyno x gn!reader

“Do you think he’ll like the flower crown I made?”

“If it’s the General Mahamatra, then I’m sure he’ll like anything you give him.”

“Really?” You beamed, a bright and lovely thing.

Nahida, your imaginary friend who only appears in your dreams, nods. “I know for a fact he will, so don’t worry anymore, okay?”

“Alright,” you concede, scooting closer so you can braid a portion of her long hair. “You know, you’re pretty smart for someone who’s a figment of my mind and looks like a kid, Nahida.”

She giggles as if she knows something you don’t. “Don’t think too much about it, and besides, you’re pretty smart on your own right. People can be intelligent in their own ways, academics or not.”

“Is this your way of saying it’s okay if I fail my test next week?”

“How about I tutor you instead?”

✧

You don’t really tell anyone about your dreams, seeing as it’s frowned upon to still have them at your age. Not even Cyno and your other friends know, but you like to drop a few hints here and there.

“So while I was sleeping, I had an epiphany and thought I should make you a flower crown for helping me with my essays!” A crown of padisarahs, sumeru roses, and some wild flowers you picked on the way yesterday is held out in front of you. You smile to hide your nerves. “Here, for you!”

Cyno’s face remains impassive as he looks down at the colorful assortment of flowers, something almost like surprise showing in his eyes. His hands come up to take it, fingers gingerly brushing over the petals, handling it like it’s made of fragile glass instead of something you’d cobbled together on a whim.

It’s held close to his chest, eyes meeting yours, and you nearly blink in surprise at how unguarded he looks at this moment. So different from his usual frowns and gruff tones as he sternly corrected an error in your paper.

“Thank you,” he says after a moment’s pause.

You grin, the kind that stretches from cheek to cheek and makes your eyes crinkle, a hint of teeth peaking out. “I’m glad you like it!”

✧

Later that day, multiple sources will claim that they saw the General Mahamatra dragging an unconscious criminal through the halls of the Akademiya, but what had them so baffled was the flower crown that stayed atop his head even as he interrogated said criminal.

#ohh it’s been a while since i made a cyno post #akasha terminals are what prevents ppl from sumeru to dream #children don’t have them so how can kusanali enter their dreams?#i’m guessing it’s some archon related power #in which case assume reader doesn’t wear their akasha terminal to sleep which is how they’re able to dream #this is set before reader and cyno got in a relationship ^^#genshin x reader #genshin impact x reader #cyno x reader #genshin cyno x reader #genshin shorts #serious x airhead #gn reader

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