Cross-Posting this for Someone on AO3 same name same fic if you want to check it out. (It's by LoneeWeeb)
Authors Notes:
Inspired by Re: Zero Watching Him Die Again and Again by Reactionist.
Here's the setting.
In Reactionist's fic, Watching him Die again and again, Re:Zero's Cast is abducted and brought to a theatre, to watch Subaru's adventures that is Re:Zero Season 1, Season 2 and further. He's published 14 chapters, containing 12 episodes of Director's cut, only the 13th episode is left. It's on a Hiatus but he's working on it slowly while also rewriting it to make it better. He's a really awesome guy and I'm sure most of you guys have already read it, but in case, just in case, if you haven't, do it, it's awesome, it's linked above.
For those who have not read it, here's what is happening, they have finished watching Season 2, that is Arc 4, and in the duration of their presence in the theatre, Subaru was kept asleep by a guy calling himself the Warden, whose only voice everyone has heard, none of them have seen him. He's not some super OP god, he's struggling but trying his best to keep Tella-tan, Goth loli Pandora, and Volcanica the divine Lizard away from disturbing the peace of the theatre.
Now that they have finished watching Arc 4, he's going to wake Subaru up, so Emilia's trying to do her best to tell her love to him and make him happy.
Emilia stood behind the door, holding the doorknob, taking deep breaths. She has mustered up all the courage she could, to finally say the words she's wanted to say to him ever since the day they were brought to this place called the 'Theatre'.
Seeing Subaru die again and again for her sake made her understand, just how much he loves her. Seeing him suffering and not being able to help him made her finally understand, just how much she felt for him. She'd started hating herself at some point when she realised that she's the biggest reason for all of Subaru's suffering. She'd started hating her incompetence, for if not because of her uselessness, Subaru wouldn't have had to die so many times.
Emilia hated the fact that Subaru had started hating himself. She understood that it was also because of herself, her useless, weak, coward, pathetic self, whom Subaru had tried and failed to save so many times. If she were any more competent, her Knight would not have had to go through all the world's pain just to save her.
Even before Subaru woke up, Emilia had determined herself to not ever let her Knight suffer alone. She would comfort him with both actions and words, tell him how great he is, tell him to not hate himself, for how can Emilia love someone her Subaru hates. That was also the reason why she would try to become better, to make herself worthy of her Knight's love.
Standing nervously behind the door, Emilia thought of the conversation she just had with Al-san.
"You all have some time for a small break. After that, I will wake Subaru up." said the voice of the self-proclaimed 'Warden' who brought them to this 'Theatre' to watch Subaru's adventure.
"So, are you finally, reaaally going to give us Subaru back?" Emilia asked, feeling somewhat nervous, even though she had determined herself to do the best she can, to help her Knight with everything she's got, she still felt some insecurity breed into her.
"What are you talking about, wasn't he with you all the time? It's not like I kidnapped him. He'll wake up soon, till then you all should take a break and relax"
Emilia nodded as she thought of different ways to make her Knight happy.
'What if I can't help Subaru? I'm so weak, he even had to help me pass the trial. I'm always burdening him, making him suffer, if only I was any better. I don't even know if I'll be able toβ' she couldn't finish her thoughts before she a felt a small hand on her shoulder.
"You should not be recalling your incompetence now, I suppose. We all know you are pathetic, we all know you are dumb, but we all are incompetent too, in fact. If we were any better, Betty's Subaru would have suffered less, I suppose. If Betty were smarter, her Subaru would have died less, in fact." said the great spirit, sitting beside her, on her Knight's lap.
"You should rather be thinking how to make him happy, in fact. Betty's Subaru would be happy if Subaru's Emilia-tan told him she loves him too, I suppose" Emilia felt some comfort at the great spirit's words. She felt her heart steel again, filled with determination. If any the Great Rabbit came to her right now, even they would be frozen dead before they could divide.
"Thank you Beakooo-chan, I won't let my Subaru down. I will do my best to make him, no not my best, I will doooo better than my best to make Subaru see himself the way I see him. I will make sure to make him see how alluuuuring he is to me, in fact." said Emilia as she stood up with a confident smile on her face.
"Who says alluring in this day and age, I suppose. And you are not allowed to copy Betty, Betty has Copyrights to her way of talking, in fact." muttered the great spirit with a small smug smile on her face.
"Eh, what is Copyright? Nooo, you used Subaruism Beakooo-chan, that's not fair. You have to tell me what it means too" Emilia asked with an expression saying how cheated she felt.
"You should try to learn yourself, I suppose. Betty won't tell her secret knowledge to anyone, in fact." said the great spirit as she jumped from Subaru's lap and walked towards the exit.
But what she expected didn't happen, instead when she looked back, she saw Emilia smirking "I have an Idea then, Beakooo-chan, I know the best person to know more about Subaru's world" cooed Emilia as she looked up behind, to where was Priscilla's camp.
Beatrice huffed as she walked out of the room saying last "Do whatever you want, I suppose. It's not like you'll learn more than what Betty already knows, in fact."
Emilia's smile faded as tried to calm herself for the moment to come soon. She took a deep breath and walked up the stairs towards where Priscilla was standing, about to go towards the exit.
Emilia stood in front of Priscilla and gave her a small, polite how.
"Priscilla, I want to ask for a small favor from your knight, Al-san. As we know, both Subaru and Al-san are from the same world, and I am just curious, I want to know more about Subaru and I think there's no other, more suitable person than him. So, if you would allow, then can Iβ"
" My my, to think you would be such a curious person, well, activities of you Plebians are below the stature of someone as great as mine self, so it's not like I care about them. Do whatever you want, half-wit, because no matter what you do, your actions shall only contribute in making mine self greater." Priscilla answered, meanwhile hiding her expression with her fan the whole time.
If it was anyone else, then Emilia would have minded them calling her a 'Plebian' or 'half-wit' but spending this many days with other royal candidates and Priscilla has made her somewhat immune to her prideful insults.
"Thank you, Priscilla" Emilia replied giving another small, polite bow.
Priscilla shrugged and turned back towards Al, "You better not take too long, Aldebaran" and walked out of the theatre, folding her fan and pushing it deep inside her cleavage along the way, making her breasts jiggle.
"Yes, oujo-sama" Al replied with bow and turned towards Emilia.
"Ask me whatever you want Emilia-sama, from what I've seen of his suffering, I don't want Subaru to suffer more than what he already has, so I would like to help anyway possible, but some of my answers may not exactly be fitting the criteria because of various reasons, such as time difference between our appearance in this world." Al stated as he gestured her towards the seat beside her.
"Thank you for your help, Al-san. I'm reaaally glad that you agreed to help me. I won't be taking much of your time, I just want to make Subaru happy when he wakes up and I don't want him to suffer alone from now on." Emilia explained as she moved towards the seat and sat down while Al sat down in the seat in front of the row Emilia was sitting in.
"As we all just saw in the Arc 4, that Subaru l-loves me and confessed to me. I, I was not sure about what t-that different feeling I had about him inside me till now, but..." Emilia tried to speak her heart out, closing her eyes, clenching her fists, dipping her head. She had never really understood before, what that special feeling was, which she had for Subaru, but now she finally understood. It was love. The special kind of love, that can only be felt between a man and a woman.
Al only nodded his head, not doing anything else, letting the half elf take her time. He understood that she was trying her best to open her thoughts to an almost stranger, so he let her arrange her thoughts and speak them orderly.
Emilia loved Subaru, that's the conclusion she had come to halfway through watching Subaru's adventures. It's not that she didn't know what love was or how it felt. She did. Emilia knew. Emilia understood. Emilia felt, what love was. She loved Fortuna Mama, she loved Geuse, she loved Archi nii-san, she loved Puck. But it was different, what she felt for Subaru was so different, it was alien. The foreign feeling, which was never, never recognised before, but was present in her, grew steadily in her and at some point grew so strong, so big that it overshadowed everything else she felt for anyone else. Her hatred for Pandora, her hatred for Witch's cult, her desire to liberate the Elves in the Elior forest, it eclipsed everything else. It was only now, that she realised, what she felt was love, the romantic love, truest form of it.
Emilia wanted that loved to be shared. Emilia wanted that love to be given to her Knight. Who fought for her. Who died for her. Who lost for her. So many times. Because, after all this suffering, Subaru was the person who needed to know this most, that he is loved. That, the ones he loves, love him back.
Emilia took a deep breath, and opened her eyes, filled with determination, she looked up at Al
"I want to express my love to Subaru, to show my Knight that he's not just been trying his best for nothing, to tell him that he's not going to suffer alone ever again. I want to tell Subaru that I love him, and I want to marry him. So, please tell me more about Subaru's world Al-san, how they speak, how they address each other, how should I call him when I marry him. If you won't mind then please help me Al-san".
Al felt somewhat happy for his bro, that finally, the girl he's tried so hard for, is now going to give him what he's always wanted, needed and deserved, for a moment he felt a little jealous at the thought of being the Knight of such a nice lady, who loves you, but threw it in the bottom of his mind the next moment, because he was happy serving his prideful tsundere lady, as long as she doesn't take his other arm.
He nodded and began β
to be continued in the next part
Authors Note:
The second chapter contains scenes not appropriate for curious 14-17 y/o. If you want, then I'll write a special, fluff only version for you guys.
This not the first thing I've written, but, first Re:Zero thing I've written. So please β
Comment your thoughts, and Criticize without death threats.
~me out, bye~
