Second Lead Syndrome || Diluc R. x Reader

Coincidences

Y/N, Diluc, and Igor stop in front of the vault door at the end of the hall leading outside the vault. Igor grabs ahold of the emergency release lever next to the door before turning to the other two.

"An alarm is going to sound if I pull this." He explains.

"Then we'll have to be quick." Diluc responds and Igor nods before pulling down the metal rod.

An ear-splitting ringing sounds throughout the whole building as the vault door creaks and groans as it opens. Shouting and panic can be heard from up above as the three run out of the vault and up the flight of stairs in front of them.

The sounds of their footsteps are drowned out by the ringing of the alarm as they hear people beginning to drop down into the vault where they were previously. Between the railings, they can see the main area of the bank  crowded with Millelith as they quickly run past. The Millelith seem to be too occupied with heading down into the exploded pit to look up at the stairs.

Y/N pants heavily after five flights of stairs. "Gods, I'm getting a workout!" She groans as Igor finally stops and they make a beeline down the hallway towards the window. Diluc and Y/N follow close behind as they stop at the floor-length pane of glass.

Y/N peers down and her eyes widen. "If we fall from here, we'll die."

"We won't fall then." Diluc says before smashing the glass with his elbow. He then gets up onto the windowsill and jumps down.

Y/N and Igor stick their heads out of the window with worry to see that Diluc has landed safely on a roof a few feet below. "Igor, jump." Diluc states and the man gulps before falling down onto the roof.

"Careful of the glass." Diluc says to Y/N as she gets up on the windowsill. Diluc outstreches his hand and Y/N takes it, leaping down.

"Now where?" Igor asks as they look around.

"I hope you're in good physical shape." Y/N takes a running start and jumps over to a lower roof quite a ways away. She rolls as she lands on the shingles to distribute the force.

Diluc waits for Igor to go, not wanting him to be left behind and escape. Igor gulps before jumping down. Y/N catches him before he lands and ends up breaking something.

"You're surprisingly strong." Igor states and Y/N scowls.

"You're surprisingly light." Y/N mutters before dropping Igor. He lands on the roof with a painful thud and a groan. Diluc quickly joins them. "We can just get down from here." Y/N says before hopping off the roof and landing on the ground between this building and the next.

"Now, we run." Diluc states and the three of them start sprinting through the alleyways.

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"I don't want to go up another flight of stairs for the rest of my life!" Y/N groans as she shakily walks with her arm around Diluc, using his body to support her. Igor trails behind, his hands tied up with one end of a rope and Y/N dragging him along with the other end. They finally make it out of the city after sneaking through alleyways and empty streets. "And I'm hungry now too."

Diluc sighs. "You'd be less hungry if you didn't waste so much energy talking."

"Rude!" Y/N huffs before her eyes light up. "Horse!" She suddenly exclaims in excitement, pointing to the stables in front of them. "No more walking! Yay!"

"We can't ride the horse." Diluc states they near the stables.

"What?!" Y/N shouts. "Why not?"

The red-haired man points to Igor. "There's only space for two people."