ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ || il dottore

|chapter 11|

-they left the restaurant and started walking back to the base-

the sun was setting and y/n didn't know where they would stay the night, so she asked.

"where do you sleep? that factory we walked through doesn't seem like it had a bedroom.."

"it does have a bedroom, but there's only one bed. it would be improper to sleep in the same bed.. so we should stay at wangshu inn. i heard they had comfortable beds."

"alright. do you need to get anything from your base before we head for fontaine?"

"not that i can think of.."

with that, they changed their course for wangshu inn. when they got to the inn, they went to talk to the lady at the front desk.

"hello, how can i help?" she immediately noticed the fatui mark on the mans mask

"we just need two rooms." dottore said.

the woman looked at some kind of book for a second, then looked up. "oh- i'm sorry we only have one room left."

"then does that room have two beds?" y/n asked.

"it doesn't, but we could put a portable cot in your room for you. if you would like" she offered

"yes please. how much will that be?" the man asked.

"hmm.. it will be 8 thousand mora."

-dottore paid and they walked up to their room-

"this room is.. a bit small." y/n sighed

"well it will work for the night. would you like the cot or the bed?"

"i'm fine with any, they both look fine."

"then i'll give you the bed. i can deal with the cot for tonight."

"a-are you sure? the bed looks too big for me. you can take it if you want."

the man rolled his eyes. "you said you were fine with anything. trust me, i'll be fine. just take the bed. i don't need you complaining that your back hurts while we walk to fontaine tomorrow."

"wow, you're really underestimating how far i can walk."

".. just get some rest. it's getting late."

"alright, if you wish." she yawned and laid down.

-later in the night-

both of them were sleeping, the same dream that y/n had every night was playing on loop. her boyfriend used to be in the fatui. he was an agent until one day he disappeared without a trace. the dream was him getting killed on loop. this time something was different. the person turned around after a couple of loops. as soon as they turned around, she saw the persons face clearly. it was covered in blood, so she couldn't tell exactly who it was. it was so unsettling that she woke up screaming. she was loud enough for the man sleeping in the cot next to her to wake up in a panic.

"h-huh? what's wrong??" the man quickly got up and walked over to her.

"n-nothing it was just a dream.. hey you're not wearing your mask-"

"i'm not?" he reached up to touch his face and sighed. the man had a scar going down most of the left side of his face.

y/n stared at him for a while then finally spoke

"how did you get that scar?"

"it was just from a failed experiment.." he quickly laughed

he was obviously lying and she knew it. she crossed her arms and stared at him sternly.

"...alright fine. i don't really want to talk about it.."

her gaze softened. the look in his eyes was so sad it made her pity him. even if he was fatui. she was reluctant, wondering if this was the right thing to do.
she got up and sat down next to him. the next thing she knew, she was holding him in a gentle embrace.

dottore was incredibly surprised. how did they go from trying to kill each other to this? wasn't she scared? she saw what he could do, and she wasn't scared. she was definitely an interesting person..

"i'm sorry..." she quietly muttered

"sorry for what-?"

"i'm sorry for everything that has happened to you.. your past seems quite sad. i'm sorry that you had to deal with everything. it must be emotionally draining.. i'm sorry.."

"....."

the man quietly hugged her back. he didn't know what to say. he was left speechless. how could she feel any sadness for him. he had killed many people, including children. he was surprised she hadn't called him a monster as well. hell, even some of the other harbingers were disgusted by him. why would she take pity on him? why was she so nice? did she know that people might take advantage of her? did she know any of this?

after a while of him stuck in his thoughts, he finally realized she had fallen asleep while resting on him. he quietly got up and set her down on her previous resting place, then pulled the blankets over her.

he didn't get much sleep that night.

(oh my god that was a lot of writing. anyways have this y'all. vel gave me recommendations for some of it)