Genshin Impact: Do You Have to Pay Extra to Date?

[Entering the paid section on January 23.]

Soria had wondered countless times whether her life would be a little more leisurely without Kinich, who was constantly pushing himself to the limit.

If she hadn't been knocked flying by a dragon for the forty-eighth time while delivering a message, then climbed back out of the crater, she wouldn't have resolved to hone her skills. And if she hadn't started training, she never would have met Kinich.

But one wrong step led to another.

Watching Kinich, who was even younger than her, quickly disappear into the distance, then thinking about how they had the same equipment, Soria gritted her teeth. She wanted to drag him back right then and there.

Great. Now she'd have to train extra again tonight!

What made Soria even angrier was that when she got scolded, the culprit stood off to the side without a change of expression, calmly waiting until the reprimand was over before casually going to ask the teacher other questions.

...The nerve!

It took a chance encounter for Soria to truly understand just how dangerous the "missions" Kinich took on were. It also made her start wanting to get closer to him.

But the closer she got to Kinich, the more she felt that she had to run faster.

At the very least, she didn't want to be left far behind, able to learn what he had been up to only through scraps of conversation drifting around the tribe.

Kinich, wait for me a little longer. I don't want to see only your back.

Kinich, keep moving forward. I'll catch up with you, I promise.

1. Soria x Kinich. A very slow burn!!

2. The timeline is after Kinich loses his father and starts living on his own. It doesn't involve the main plot, and some things will differ from the original.

3. Some scenes draw on character voice lines and stories. Where things are unclear, I'll make things up. The effects of the medicine are also my own invention.

P.S. I wrote this on a burst of inspiration during exam season. Please go easy on me if anyone feels out of character.

Theme: Toward tomorrow.