Re:Zero doesn't belong to me.
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Rem had her morningstar in hand, holding it steady as she got ready to slam it down on Subaru's face. She stared at Subaru's sleeping, peaceful face, think about how he was unaware that his life was going to end.
However, Subaru was not yet dead. Rem remained motionless in her aggressive state, staring down at his sleeping face as she fought her own battle within her head.
"The smell of the Witch."
"He's one of them."
"But….he promised that he wouldn't lie to me."
"Lying is not so hard."
"He said that I'm all he has left."
"He smells like her. Is that not enough for you? Kill him."
"M-Maybe he doesn't know about the smell."
"only those touched by the Witch have her smell on them. He's hiding something."
"Then…..why have me so close?"
"He wants you dead. He knows of your horn."
"No, he said he wasn't interested in my horn. Subaru-sama said that he was interested in me."
"He lied!"
"I don't believe you."
"How can you be sure of that? I am you."
"I…."
"He has lied to us. He has been touched by the Witch and is looking to kill us."
"He….lied?"
"He lied."
"He… He..."
"He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! He lied! "
"HE LIED TO ME!"
Rem raised her morningstar even higher. Her final thoughts made her fixate on one final decision; SUbaru was evil, and Rem needed to get rid of him. She was just about to throw her weapon down at his defenseless face when a sudden whisper said her name.
"Rem….."
It was Subaru. Noticing this, Rem leaned forward to see if he could see her. However, his eyes were closed shut, "Is he awake?"
Again, Subaru whispered, "Rem….. please."
"Is he dreaming about me."
"Rem….why?"
Subaru's expression changed. Whatever he was dreaming about, it brought him to tears, "What did I do wrong?"
Rem looked onward at the sight before her in surprise. If Subaru was dreaming about her, then why was he saying such things?
"Why do you hate me so much…..Rem?…. Why?" Subaru started shaking and breathing more heavily.
"Not a dream."
"He must be having a nightmare about me," Rem lowered her morningstar, no longer having any intent on using it. She turned around and started walking towards the door. She was about to leave but then she heard a scream that stopped her.
"REM!….WHY?!"
Rem's first reaction was that of annoyance. She didn't like the whiny voice Subaru was using in his nightmare. But when she turned around, her annoyance turned to fear.
Subaru's entire body was convulsing. It wasn't violent, but it also wasn't a small shake. With his back rigid, Subaru started foaming from the mouth, as if indicating that he wasn't in control of his own movements. Also, it didn't seem like he was breathing properly either. Subaru was having a seizure in his sleep.
Rem was staring at the horror of whatever was happening to Subaru. All thoughts of hate and anger left Rem's mind and were replaced by ones of worry. She dropped her morningstar and rushed towards Subaru to try to calm him down. She put her hands on his chest.
"Subaru-sama! SUBARU-SAMA!" She tried to wake him up by pushing on his chest and shaking him.
Subaru's arms were starting to jerk. At some point, one almost hit Rem. Since Subaru was moving and shaking to much Rem had no other choice but to straddle him and hug him tightly till he stopped.
Rem wrapped her arms around Subaru and locked his own to his sides, preventing them from moving about. Scared, Rem had no idea what was happening, but hoped it would end soon because holding Subaru down like this while he shook was unsettling. In an attempt to help him calm down, Rem started doing what Ram would do with her if she had a nightmare.
Rem spoke softly to Subaru, cradling his head with her own, "Ssshhhhh..ssshhhh… It's okay, Subaru. You're not alone….. Ssshhhhh…sssshhh."
Slowly, Subaru started struggling less and less the more Rem whispered to him. Rem kept doing this until Subaru finally stopped shaking and started breathing more normally.
Rem got off of Subaru and sat next to him, watching now and then, Subaru would twitch as if he was in pain, so Rem chose not to leave. Rem took her shoes off and laid down next to him, observing in case of whatever just happened didn't happen again.
Rem was watching Subaru, waiting to see if something else would happen, but drowsiness soon got the best of her. And without realizing it, she felt asleep.
The next morning, sunlight was starting to come in through the window, hitting a certain blue haired maid in the face.
The harsh light started waking up Rem. Surprisingly, she was feeling good, and somewhat comfortable because of a warm feeling that was next to her. When she opened her eyes she noticed that she was hugging an arm.
"Whose arm is this?" She thought this while looking at the arm that she was hugging. Rem looked up and saw the side of the owner of the arm. Subaru was peacefully sleeping while not even noticing the maiden next to him hugging his arm.
Rem gasped at the sight of Subaru, but quickly covered her mouth, remembering why Subaru was next to her. She remembered that she was not in her room and what happened the night before.
Very carefully, Rem got off the bed, trying not to wake Subaru up. She put on her shoes and, very silently, started walking out of the room. But when she opened the door, fear went up her spine when she saw the person that was outside the room.
It was Ram.
Ram had a fist in the air as if she was about to knock on the door. Now that door was open both sisters stared at each other with their eyes wide open.
Rem saw how her sister was looking at her without blinking and how her eyes were going through all over her body as if she was scanning her.
Ram was looking at her little sister, surprised that she opened the door where she wasn't supposed to be coming out of. She saw how Rem's hair was a mess, like she 'd just woken up and had had a rough night. Rem's eyes had signs that she didn't get much sleep, her uniform wasn't even put on properly. And apparently, it didn't look like Rem had slept in her own room but someone else's.
Ram slowly turned her gaze toward the bed where she saw Subaru sleeping peacefully in a messy bed.
Rem eyes opened even wider when she saw her sister's face contort in anger.
"YOU PIECE OF-!… MMMMMM!" Right before Ram could finish her screaming, Rem used all of her oni strength to push her sister out of the room.
Rem looked at her sister in the eye, "Nee-sama, please calm down. It's not what it looks like."
"MMM GGGRHH…..MMGGRRHHHH…." Ram tried to release herself from Rem, clearly trying to get into the room to most likely kill Subaru.
"Mee-sama, calm down. Rem will explain everything, but right now you need to calm down or you will wake up Subaru."
Ram stopped struggling, surprised that Rem has said Subaru's name without any sort of honorific.
Rem asked, "Are you going to listen now?"
Ram just looked at her sister gravely, Rem slowly removed her hand from Ram's mouth and turned to see Subaru was still asleep. She closed the door quietly and turned to her sister who was staring at her with anger on her face.
"You have a lot to explain."
"And I will, but just not here because I know you will be screaming."
Ram didn't respond. She just stared at Rem and began to follow her towards her room. On the way there they didn't exchange any words, but the moment they arrived Ram slammed the door closed.
"ONE DAY! ONE FUCKING DAY IS ALL IT TOOK FOR HIM TO HAVE YOU SLEEPING WITH HIM?"
"Nee-sama, it's not like that. I didn't 'sleep' with him"
"Oh yeah?... Rem look at your hair, look at your face. Are you seriously telling me that you didn't sleep with him when it looks like he violated you all over!"
"Nee-sama, let me explain what happened because it's nothing like that."
"You better give me a good explanation if you want to prevent me from killing that son of a bitch."
"Okay, but first calm down."
Ram took a deep breath then looked at Rem seriously. Rem didn't want to tell her sister about the Witch's smell because she didn't want her to know about it. The reason why Ram didn't notice the smell was fur to the fact that her lack of a horn had depleted her oni abilities. Plus, it didn't help that the smell itself was very faint.
Rem sighed internally, "Last night, Rem went to Subaru-kun's bedroom to ask him something."
"And ask him what? And since when have you been referring to him as kun?"
"Ever since he asked me not to call him sama when we're alone," she said this a little defensively, "And what Rem wanted to ask him was what would he like for breakfast." Rem had lied.
"What he would like for breakfast!?" Ram made a face that gave the impression that she didn't believe her. "And what happened that made you stay all night in his room when you went to 'ask him' about breakfast?"
"Well, I went to his door and knocked but no one answered. So I went in on my own accord."
"You entered to his room without his permission?"
"I'm his personal maid, I needed to know if he was okay."
"Alright, I guess that makes sense. What happened next?"
"When I entered I saw him sleeping, but when I got close enough to see if he was alright I noticed something strange."
Ram looked angry, "What? Was he was actually awake and made you stay?"
"No, he was talking in his sleep and it sounded like he was having a nightmare."
"So what? That's no reason for you to stay in his room, even if it is your master."
"I know, and I was about to leave but then something really scary happened."
"What?"
"He started screaming, shaking, and breathing abnormally. I was worried of what was happening to him so I stayed to calm him down."
"And that took you all night?"
"No, more like almost an hour, but when he calmed down I decide to stay so I could made sure it didn't happened again. So I ended up falling asleep next to him."
"So why was he like that?"
"I think he suffers from night terrors."
"Mmmm. I see now….." Ram looked a Rem with suspicion, "So nothing happened between you two?"
Rem shook her head, "No. As far as he knows, I wasn't even there."
Ram looked at her for a moment, then let out a sigh, "I see that I over reacted now. Now I see that you were just doing your job. I'm sorry."
"It's okay, Nee-sama, you just care about me that's all."
"I just don't want him taking advantage of you."
"Don't worry, Nee-sama, I'll let him know how strong I am so he knows better than to try something stupid like that."
"If he ever put his hands on you break his hands, just a little so that he knows not to try it again."
Rem smiled, "By that way, Nee-sama, why were about to knock on his door so early in the morning?"
"It's just that I went to your room and I didn't find you there so I wanted to ask him if he knew where you were. Can you imagine my surprise when I saw you coming out of his room looking like that?"
Rem looked at herself and blushed, "I think I better get ready for work," she said before going to the bathroom.
Ram laughed when she saw her sister's embarrassment.
An hour later, Ram and Rem finished preparing breakfast. So Rem went to look for Subaru, but when she got to his room he wasn't in it and everything was tidy and in order.
"Did he go somewhere?"
Rem kept looking for Subaru until she found him while looking through his room's window. Subaru was laying down in the garden. When Rem saw him she went to let him know that breakfast was ready.
Subaru was enjoying the cool breeze, the singing of the birds, and the beautiful sky when he saw a blue figure approaching him.
"Good morning my little blue devil."
Rem blushed after hearing that, "Go-Good morning, Subaru-sama."
"Nah,nah,nah. You're not supposed to call me that when we're alone."
Rem turned even redder, "Go-Go-Good morning, Subaru-kun."
Subaru smiled "Good morning, Rem."
"Rem came to let you know that breakfast was ready."
"Awesome," he said while standing up. "I'm really going to get addicted to your food. Your cooking is incredible."
Rem's face turned a whole new shade of red while Subaru walked by her and towards the mansion. But when Subaru took another step Rem grabbed his hand, making him stop.
"Huh? What is it, Rem?"
Rem asked nervously, "Su-Subaru-kun, can Rem ask you a question?"
"Yeah, anything."
"You really don't care what I am?… You don't mind that I'm a demon?"
Subaru stared at her with a curious look on his face then he smiled, "Rem, I don't care what you are. What I really care about is who you are," he grabbed her other hand, "The fact the you are a demon has nothing to do with that." Subaru blushed, "Even though I think it is incredible that you are one."
Rem surprised by his words and heldhis hands even tighter, "So you accept me for what I am?"
Smiling widely, Subaru simply said, "Yes."
Rem opened her eyes wide, then smiled at him.
Blushing, Subaru held her hands tighter too, "I know that we just started to get to know each other, but I'm liking the person that I'm getting to know. And I'm more than happy to wait for you to open up to me."
Rem looked longingly at Subaru, happily taking in each and every comforting word he sent her way. Slowly, her expression saddened.
Worried, Subaru asked if it was something he had said.
"No…" Rem let go of Subaru's hands and puts hers together, "Thank you very much, Subaru…." Then, she started walking towards the mansion.
"Rem?... " Despite his call, Rem kept walking.
When Rem entered the mansion her sad expression never left.
"He accepted me for what and who I am…..and he's still willing to wait until I accept him." Small tears appeared in the corner of her eyes, "He likes me, I know he does….." Tears started to drop off her face, tears that Subaru never saw.
"If that's the case, I hope he never finds out I wanted to kill him."
For the rest of the day Rem was kind of distant towards Subaru, and every time he looked at her she would flinch out of surprise or embarrassment. Subaru noticed her behavior so he tried to change it. It took him sometime, but at the end of the day he got her to smile at least once.
Rem started to help Subaru with his studies, varying from the languages and economics of the Lugnica society. And at the end of every session they would sit down, drink tea, and talk to each other to know more about the other. And every night, Rem would go and check on Subaru for two reasons. One, she still didn't fully trust him. And second, she was worried that what happened to him the first night would have happened again.
Four days passed, Rem was now friendlier towards Subaru. She even started making her own jokes during their tea time.
Currently, Rem was telling Subaru about the time Ram's sleep deprived mind led her to make a mistake in the morning, "So she tried to serve the coffee to our Master, but it wasn't until after she gave it to him that she realized that all she was serving was hot water because she had forgotten to put the coffee in the pot. Hehehehehehe!"
"Hahahahahaha! That's a good one!"
"Hehe, yeah. It was really funny when it happened because of the face she made," she said while taking a sip of her tea.
"Rem, I really don't know why you think your sister is better than you when you clearly are a better maid than her."
"Nee-sama is the greatest."
"If that's true then why did I pick you over her?"
"Because….." She paused, not knowing how to respond, "Because you didn't know her when she had a horn."
"You keep saying that," he put his cup down and looked at Rem, "What happened back then? Why do you think you are so inferior to your sister?"
Rem looked at him with surprise, then she looked down to her cup with a sad expression on her face.
Subaru saw her reaction and felt bad for asking again "I'm sorry for asking again, Rem. We can talk about something else if you want"
Rem was looking at her cup before looking at Subaru, "Subaru-kun, why do you want to know about Rem's past?"
"Because….I want to know everything there is to know about you. I want to know what makes you laugh, what makes you cry, what you like, what you hate. I want to know your past so I can understand you more and know what I must do to make you like me even more so you don't end up hating me."
"That's what you think? You think Rem is going to hate you in the future? Why?"
"I don't know. I do stupid stuff sometimes. And one day, who knows, I might say a joke that I think is funny but that you find offensive and then hate me for it. I really wouldn't like that to happened."
Rem was surprised by how much Subaru really wanted to make their relationship work, "Do you really want to know why Nee-sama is so much better than Rem?"
"Yes, Rem. I want to know why do you think that."
"….Because if it wasn't for Nee-sama, I would have been killed the same day I was born."
