°Yandere Zhongli x Fem! Reader°

- Chapter 18 ➥ Choice A -

'I... I'll go with you.' Y/N looked at Master.

'Oh? Interesting. I'm... quite surprised.' Master began getting up from his chair. Everyone else stayed silent as Y/N and Master left the room. The screaming continued. It was raw and painful to listen to, but Y/N pushed away her thoughts and began walking to where they were coming from.

'Um, I think it's coming from this way...' Y/N muttered as she turned a corner.

'No.' Master's face turned cold as he grabbed Y/N's wrist.

'It's - '

'Shut up. Follow me.'

Y/N sighed.

I guess I shouldn't provoke him, besides, where would I go - 

Y/N kept following Master. The screaming had stopped by now, so there was no way of finding where they were coming from now. As they walked, Y/N took a moment to analyse Master's features.

His hair was pretty short compared to Kaeya's, for example, but his bangs almost covered his eyes. He wore gloves and jewellery, similar to the other two, but he seemed a lot more important and almost powerful.

'Here.'

He led Y/N to a room near the end of a corridor. Y/N looked inside. It was an ordinary room, similar to the one she'd been locked up in previously.

'There's no one here - '

'Just go in.'

'But - '

'Don't make me repeat myself.' He took Y/N's wrist again and practically tossed her into the room. Master then slowly locked the door.

'What are we - '

'You. You really thought you could... You have no idea.'

Y/N didn't know what to say. She began walking away from the man, slowly going into a corner.

'You have no idea why you're here, do you? I wouldn't be surprised. Even if anyone revealed any sort of information, it's not like you can go anywhere.'

It was silent. Y/N could hear her heart pounding in her chest, as she tried to make a run for it.

Why did I choose him again?

Y/N ran to the door. It rattled, yet it didn't budge. The screams began again. Piercing shrieks echoed around the room and the pair was pretty sure everyone else could hear them. As if the person was having their heart ripped out.

Y/N pressed herself against the door and tried to aim a punch at him. He dodged it. Again. But the third time, she managed to hit a blow on his cheek. Master stood up to his full height and, smiling slightly, he grabbed Y/n's throat, cutting off the oxygen from her lungs. The girl choked and screamed yet he wouldn't let go.

Her cries mingled with the previous ones and soon Y/N could feel herself losing consciousness.

Nononononono - 

Y/N began kicking at his legs, his ankles, anywhere, just to escape. To live.

When that didn't work, Y/N pressed her fingers into the man's eyes, attempting to temporarily blind him. His grip loosened. Y/N gave him a final kick, then began analysing the area as fast as she could to leave.

There were no windows. The door was locked. She had seconds. Y/N tried slamming into the door. She pushed her full body weight into shoving through it.

 It moved. 

It moved barely several centimetres, but it moved. Y/N continued. She didn't know what she was thinking. Where she would go after. She just had to leave.

A few more kicks. I can do this. I won't die here. I can't die now. I have to - 

'Did you think I'd give up that easily?'

Arms around her waist pulled her backwards. A hand over her mouth.

The gloves are leather. I can't use my mouth -

Panic began building up inside her stomach. 

Don't give up. I can still - 

And that's when she felt it.

'Two inches.'

It pressed into her deeper.

'Five inches.'

I can't... do anything...

Y/N collapsed onto the floor. He pulled out the blade, smiling over her body. Blood poured from the wound from her back, where he had stabbed her. 

Master wiped the blade on the girl's clothes, grinning psychotically. 

No. No. Please. Give me some more strength. I have to keep going...

Y/N couldn't do anything. She had well and truly been defeated.

'You don't seem as determined anymore. What's wrong? You don't look so good.' The man stood over her, laughing lightly. He then took a single hand and ripped the mask from his face.

'You're - '

'It's a pity. It really is.'

'I... I'm sorry...'

'Hm? You're sorry? That's ironic.'

He stepped over her body and left the room.

The room was silent. And as Y/N closed her eyes, she took her final breath.

!!! Game over !!!