[ for Childe, their synchrony helps a lot. it's only recently from their fallout that he realized how much it calms him and keeps him in a mentally sound place. it's a little bit co-dependent but he hasn't spoken to Zhongli if it, afraid it will make the other feel obligated to be around him in that way. Although things between them are much better, Childe struggles both with trust issues in concerns to Zhongli's feelings towards him as much as coming to terms with what he did to someone he's supposedly in love with. I he doesn't

Luckily, these thoughts don't plague him now. He likes the company while cooking, and makes a small aw sound at feeling the rubbing against his cheek. He doesn't know exactly why, but he feels just so content like this, spending time with Zhongli even if not in his human form. As he does the soup, he will offer small pieces of the ingredients for the small dragon to eat in order to "test" if they are cooking properly and to his liking. I've all the ingredients are in the pot and the broth is approved by the little dragon, Childe will let it cook while he goes to make the tea now that the water is boiling. ]

It I put it in a teacup, you can still drink it in that form, right? Or would a milk saucer be better... ?