[Rem x Reader] Re:Reader - REDUX

Volume 2: A Most Fateful Meeting

And in that bed, laid Subaru, who was also rustling awake.

Subaru: I don't recognize this ceiling.

As he said this identical phrase, as if repeating YN's own thoughts, he moved his hand up to where he and YN had bonked heads, also feeling the same pain as YN.

YN: Hey, Subaru. How's your head?

Somewhat startled at first by his name being called so quickly upon waking up, the black-haired boy sat up to see where the voice had come. In a more weary tone, he replied.

Subaru: Painful, but better than it was, no thanks to you.

YN shrugged and closed his eyes, replying in a boastful manner.

YN: You shouldn't have been in the way. I bet I could have finished the fight with Elsa right then and there if you hadn't— Hmph!

He was cut off abruptly by a pillow thrown by Subaru, feathers going all over YN's much smaller bed and floor.

They both gave each other a guilty look over this though, and got up to clean the small mess the retaliatory action had made.

Without having to say it between each other, they each knew they had to be somewhere as right now as guests. Given they were both redressed in new clothes, in nice, neatly made beds, someone clearly had been considerate with them after they both passed out.

Going about the actual clean-up though, YN tried stuffing the loose feathers back into the pillow case that had been flung at him, while Subaru used his foot to push the ones on the floor under the bed.

As they both finished, Subaru posed the question that was the elephant in the room.

Subaru: So uhh, do you have any clue where it is we're at? Some kind of hotel, or a resort or..?

Assuming it had to be somewhere fancy, his speculation was met by another shrug of YN's.

YN: Ya know, I haven't a clue.

Subaru: What?! Really?!

Astonished to hear that, given he had definitely assumed YN would be informed, to Subaru's reaction, YN crossed his arms, and nodded while he closed his eyes.

YN: I have to admit you know, I passed out maybe not even a half-hour after you did.

Giving YN a look of disbelief, Subaru replied in a hushed tone, contemplating what this meant.

Subaru: So you have no clue where we are either.

YN: Well, I did talk to Emilia till my adrenaline ran out. If I had to guess, we're at her residence, or she handed us off to someone she trusts.

Thinking YN's speculation had to be close to the mark, Subaru walked over to the nearby window of this guest room.

Subaru: I wonder what the view of that huge city we were in is like from here—

As Subaru moved the curtain just enough to see the view himself, YN poked his head in from the opposite side of the sill, and to what they saw, they shared a moment of speechlessness before their simultaneously delayed reaction.

YN & Subaru: Holy crap.

Looking all about from the vantage point this window offered, they took it all in.

A massive garden, centered with water features and fountain in the middle, and beyond those well manicured hedges and laws that went on and on, was a dense, almost boreal looking forest of dark green trees that continued on into the hills and mountains beyond their gaze.