[Rem x Reader] Re:Reader - REDUX

Volume 2: A Most Fateful Meeting

Subaru: I think we're both okay. YN?

YN lifted his head back up, shaking off his momentary embarrassment to answer.

YN: My head hurt a little still when I woke up, but the pain is gone now. But uhh—

Giving Subaru a side-glance as he recalled their first time waking up, it prompted Subaru to voice that too.

Subaru: We uhh, came across this little girl with drill-hair. She got mad at us for going into her study or whatever, and took our mana from us.

At this mention, Emilia gave a surprised look.

Emilia: D-Did you actually manage to run across Beatrice?! She should know to be more kind to guests...

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Emilia turned her attention to YN from Subaru, and spoke with a worried concern.

Emilia: W-Wait, if you both got your mana drained, yours got drained too?! —I-In such a short time too! A-Are you okay? She didn't hit your Od, did she?

Confused on the new terminology, YN answered as vaguely, but honestly as he could.

YN: Uhh, yeah I guess I feel fine. I-I'm feeling a little lethargic from it, that's all. —Well, it's either that or just that I slept for what must have been an eternity.

The twins, standing idly by the door, looked at each other from the corner of their eyes, with suspicious expressions on their faces.

YN couldn't help but notice this, as he tried to keep the blue-haired girl in his peripheral vision just so he could. While he noticed their exchanged look, he disregarded what was maybe meant by it, instead choosing to ask Emilia a question about she had just said, truly curious about it.

YN: Hey but what's an Od—

Rem: —Pardon, Emilia-sama. Guest-sama?

Interrupting the conversation and speaking over YN, he silenced his own voice to prioritize hers, not wishing to leave a bad impression on the least.

YN: Y-Yes?

Rem: Between last night and this morning, how was it that Guest-sama was able to regain his previously expent mana so soon?

Definitely detecting suspicion of somekind, YN couldn't bring himself to look the blue-haired girl in the eye while trying to dodge her question out of uncertainty, and could only scratch his head and stare just off onto the edge of the bed.

YN: Well uhh, ya know... It's like, those kinds of things reset after a good long nap. Right?

The twins stole suspicious looks from another like they had before at his reply.

Rem: Hmm. Please, forgive Rem's intrusiveness.

Rem apologized, bowing, trying her best to hide her insincere face.

YN: Oh! It's nothing, I just—

Somehow, the way she replied with a disappointed or dissatisfied tone caused YN to panic-reply like he had before, the situation entirely getting the better of him. Yet, before he could try and voice it, Emilia stepped forward and cut him off in an almost scolding like sound to her voice.

Emilia: —Hey, it's reeeeeally not good to trash your Gate like that. Doing so might really affect your health, okay?

Emilia's expression softened as she went on.

Emilia: Just take it easy, okay?

YN nodded his head to her words as in the midst of her criticism, the twin maids had left.