(Rem x Reader) Re:Reader - Starting YOUR New Life in Another World

Chapter 16: That's Not My Job

Chapter 16: That's Not My Job

Feeling the twinkle of sunlight on his eyes, YN took a big breath in through his nose. The smell of fresh laundry and freshly picked flowers filled his nose. By this point, he knew the drill.

Hearing the door open, two familiar voices filled his ears.

Rem: Nee-sama Nee-sama, our guest sleeps well into the late morning.

Ram: Rem Rem, our guest appears to be a deadbeat who sleeps in till noon.

Rem: Nee-sama Nee-sama, it would appear so. Would you mind waking him while I check on our other guest—

And now Ram'll say something along the lines of 'Don't leave me with such a despicable man' or something, right?

But something else occurred. Something entirely unexpected. Rem cut off her own words.

*sniff sniff*

Ram hadn't said her usual snarky line about Subaru this time.

Instead, YN heard a moment of silence. Neither twin said a word. Until.

Rem: Nee-sama...

Hearing Rem call for her elder sister, the twins began whispering to each other.

With the pillow he laid on covering much of his ears and thus blocking much of his finer hearing, YN could not make up what the two were saying.

Finally, YN could hear rustling.

Peeping one eye open, YN looked over to where he heard the sound coming from.

Subaru was stirring awake in his bed.

Rem: Guest-sama, are you awake?

Ram: Guest-sama, are you awakening?

With Subaru awakening, YN knew that his death had been a rather painful one, but he hadn't been given time to come to terms with the pain or the events that occurred like YN.

YN could almost feel the impending freakout before it happened, as if he were a fortune teller staring into a crystal ball.

Almost like clockwork, Subaru had taken his first look with his eyes in this loop and saw the two responsible for his previous death. Immediately, he began screaming, scaring the maids out of the room.

YN was almost thankful. While he was in a calmer state of mind then Subaru was now, he wasn't sure how he could hope to face Rem or Ram right now.

***

With YN never being addressed by the twins, he remained in bed. Wishing to disassociate with the world for awhile, he fell back asleep.

He didn't know how long he had been asleep for now but he was awoken again by someone coming through the door.

With the slight sound of a chair dragging across the rooms rug, YN could hear someone sit down right next to him.

This had never happened before. Had the twins returned? No. He only heard one set of footsteps, and these weren't the sound of their usual dress shoes.

The curiosity biting into him, YN almost opened his eyes, but only a second before he did, his bedside guest announced herself.

Emilia: Good morning, YN. Are you awake? How's your gate?

It was the royal candidate herself, the silver haired half elf.

Hearing her ask about his gate, YN realized this was probably the umpteenth time he'd been asked by her this very same question. And all these time he'd been asked, his answers were no different.