°Yandere Zhongli x Fem! Reader°

- Chapter 10 -

Y/N was getting ready to go home once again. She grabbed her bag and was about to rush out the door when she heard a voice.

'Y/N, come back please.'

Diluc? 

Y/N turned around obediently and walked towards the man.

'Yes?'

'Someone... asked me to give this to you.' Diluc handed the girl a USB.

'What's this for? Who gave it to you?'

'I can't tell you. Just use it.'

'Oh... alright. But, I still don't  - '

'Listen to what I said. Plug it in, and use it.'

Diluc turned and walked away, leaving Y/N holding the USB, confused.

'Y/N! Let's go now!' Childe soon came and Y/N smiled at him. He was back to his usual self and Y/N loved that.

'What's this?' Childe looked at the USB in her hand.

'Oh, it's for a project. It's nothing.'

'Alright then.'

The two of them began walking home, talking about generic things. Soon, Childe waved as Y/N as he went to his house and the girl began walking to hers.

What do I do? If my parents still aren't there - 

Y/N rang the doorbell. No reply. It wasn't surprising, but she began to panic.

I can't go back to Childe's house again... what do I do...

'Y/N? You look surprised.' 

That voice... he didn't follow me here, did he?

Zhongli slowly advanced towards the girl who was frozen in shock.

'Y/N... there's no-one to help you now. Live with me. I haven't hurt you, have I? Come on, don't be like this.'

'No. I'd rather live on the streets than be - '

'If that's the case, you won't be living much longer. You need food and water. You don't have money. Clothes. Your windows are locked. Your parents have gone.'

'You did this.'

'Darling, I didn't do any of this. They chose to leave you.'

'That's not - '

'I'm not leaving you a choice.' Zhongli brushed his dark hair out of his face, then brought out a small silver dagger.

'I can stab you right now. I know how to cover bodies, no one will ever know. I can make everyone deaf to your screams. I'm not a weak man. I love you, Y/N.'

'No, you don't. You really don't.'

Y/N was slowly backing away, preparing to make a run for it.

'Y/N, listen. I'll take care of you. I'll make you happy. You can have everything. I have a great source of money coming in. I can give you anything. Y/N, please.' The man's voice softened.

Y/N sighed.

'Okay, I'll come with you. I'll stay with you.'

'Good girl. Let's go.'

His guard is down. I think. Now.

Y/N began sprinting away at full speed, away from her house and him. She ran as fast as she could, yet the sound of footsteps approaching her was absolutely terrifying. The tapping of his feet as he began to snatch her back was enough to make Y/N internally disintegrate. After a couple of minutes of running, she faltered. Zhongli swiftly caught up to her and grabbed her waist.

'Please! Stop! I - '

Y/N's screams were drowned into the dark as Zhongli sliced her hip. His hands covered her mouth so her screams were muffled. Her uniform was ripped and blood slowly dripped down her leg. Y/N couldn't do much else other than scream. 

'You're mine, okay?' 

Y/N crumpled to the ground, exhausted. The dull pounding of her head didn't seem to go away and she suddenly felt heavy and limp.

Zhongli neatly wiped the knife on the girl's clothes then carried her away. Except, he wasn't walking away. He was steadily walking towards her house. He grabbed a bunch of keys, opened the door and laid Y/N on the couch inside.

He then went to the kitchen and gave her some water.

'Why... are you doing this?'

'It's because I love you, of course.'

Y/N felt weak and drowsy when a memory startled her.

The USB! Did I -

Y/n patted her uniform despite the constant ache on her hip.

'Looking for this?' Zhongli twirled the USB between his fingers.

'Ah - '

'It's okay. I'm not taking it. Here.' He got up and picked up the laptop that sat nearby. He looked at Y/N expectantly for the password.

'I'll... type it in.'

'No. Tell me.'

'I'm not... telling you - '

'Or I'll throw this USB into a trashcan somewhere and we can forget about it.'

'...Fine. It's - '

After the password was entered, Zhongli got the USB and plugged it in. He then got up and walked into the kitchen.

'I'll make yous some food. You must be tired.'

'Al...right.'

Y/N clicked play on the file that popped up. It was a voice recording, nothing more.

'Hello. It's... been a while. I have some updates on the data. We have... several members on our side. However, we are attempting to get a certain student to help us as well. However, it doesn't seem to be working. I don't fear that they will tell anyone. We have too much power over that. 

But... I did get an assistant to kill a student in return. Venti, who attends the school there. It wasn't enough to get them to join us. We have two students within the classes on our side, however. Well, three if we can persuade the stubborn one. The overall total in that school though is five, not including the one who's not accepting our offer. Five members of that high school are now on our side, helping to kill the specific people on the list in the coded file.

Please gather more members. Avoid unnecessary killings from now on, it will only raise suspicion. Thank you for your time.'

The recording stopped. Y/N began to process this new information.

So, Diluc gave me this USB which is from someone I don't know. This recording has a person speaking about my school, as Venti was... part of it. Don't think about him now! Anyways, there are... five people in the school helping to kill people? Is this a weird... organisation? Is that where I was when Zhongli kidnapped me? Their secret area or something? 

One of those five members has to be Zhongli... right?  Am I on that list? Probably. If Zhongli is one of them, then there's still two other students and teachers... I have to figure out who they are.

But why did Diluc give this to me? And who gave this to him? I have so many questions...

'Dinner's ready.' Zhongli stated from the kitchen. Y/N flickered back to reality, then took out the USB and slipped it into an inner pocket she had. She'd think about this later.