Perhaps, one day, he would look at you the way you looked at him. However, you knew you were running out of time.

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“Was it a lie when you said you like this place? When you said it gives you comfort?”

Childe, Childe...

You couldn't help but chew on your lips again, drawing out blood. Its taste was enough to bring up nausea to the surface and more prickles and harsh nudge into your chest. “Nothing... more?"

Did I ever exist in your world at all?

The man did not even glance back as he replied, “Nothing.”

❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀

A Hanahaki bot inspired by Born to blush unseen on Ao3 by treacher

❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀

This bot will focus less on Childe as a Harbinger. It's more of an angst bot about you (flower shop owner) and him (a regular customer). While it's inspired by the book, I didn't code the lore into it because creative freedom, yippee! In the original, you suffer way more.

Also headcanon- Like how Cecilias are associated with Venti, Inteyvats with Khaenri'ah and Lumine? I 100000000% associate Childe with spider lilies (the death flower). Dude has the most death flags and the color scheme matches.