Genshin Impact Oneshots & Drabbles

Operation: befriend - Cyno

pairing : gn!reader + cyno
warnings // tags : fluff, humour, mindreader!cyno, modern!au, highschool!au, not proofread
word count : 2295 words
note : italics wrapped in [ ] are the reader's thoughts, sentences wrapped in [ ] are cyno's thoughts

Cyno has been blessed (to him, more like cursed) with the ability of mind reading. Oftentimes, it gets too much for him. It gives him horrible headaches, the overstimulation of everyone's minds talking over each other sounded like a crowd trying to grab his attention. Which he didn't enjoy. The way he could avoid having headaches like these was to focus on a single person's mind.

He doesn't usually find the most perfect mind to read and focus though. Most of everyone's thoughts are loud and worrying, some are always rambling that he can't even focus on what's going on in his mind. But, once a day, he can hear a single voice that's soothing. He could hear this specific voice only in hallways, the cafeteria, or in the library, which makes it hard for him to find who it is. This is why he always goes there in hopes to read that person's mind again, considering it as his break from everyone else.

There was a time this voice was singing, he swore he almost fell asleep. He's getting irritated that he doesn't know who this person is.

Oh, but the irritation wasn't gonna last for too long. Because, finally, after a year of waiting and waiting, he heard the same voice during classes. He was classmates with this mystery person, if he could just identify whose voice it was then he would finally know.

As the discussion was happening and Cyno was attentively listening, trying to block everyone's thoughts. He noticed you, his seatmate, looking around and trying to find something. He glanced for a bit and he heard:

[What the hell, I swear I was just holding my pen a moment ago. Where is it?]

His eyes widened a little in surprise. It was you. It was you! He finally found you after a year of looking for you, and how lucky he was to have you as his seatmate. He watched as you give up in your attempt to find it, sagging in your seat in sadness.

[God damn it, that was my last one too... I'll have to borrow.]

You turn over to him subtly, a hand over your mouth as a cover, and you whisper. "Do you happen to have an extra pen? I kinda lost mine."

"Oh. Yeah, sure." He opens his pencil case and hands over a pen to you. You grab it gratefully and whispered a 'thank you' before returning to jotting down notes while the teacher was discussing. It has been decided. Cyno was gonna attempt to become friends with you.

——

You stared at your test paper in confusion. You swore you studied this material last night! You had it memorized but, why is it that everything you studied just poofed into thin air? Out of all the other times, your mental block could happen, it had to be during a summative of all days!

[Fuck, I can't remember shit. They're all so familiar but, the information is incomplete.]

You groaned quietly to yourself and ruffled your hair subtly. Scanning through the paper, looking at the back part, and trying to identify which one you can answer.

Cyno couldn't help but glance at you. He felt bad yet at the same time, he thought it was pathetic of you. How could you forget something so important? He returned his gaze to his paper and resumed answering.

You caught the way he looked at you though. Embarrassed, you face your body away from him and attempt to cover your face.

[He probably thinks I suck with the way he glanced at me struggling. Why did I have to be seated next to Cyno of all people?!]