Anomalous (Yanderes x reader)

[53] Goodbye

"You have a deal."

Despite being unable to view Eve's expression, the image of their smile widening was all too clear. An expression you merely thought of as a distinctive way they expressed their emotions now became something that stirred uneasiness within you

"Alright~ Oh, how exciting! I wonder what I should do––don't worry! I'll be sure to take very good care of you. I don't like breaking my experiments, especially since I like you so much!"

Eve spoke rapidly, their words fired faster than bullets. By the time you manage to comprehend what they said, they had already moved on.

"Anyways! I'll be letting the apparition go now. I can't fathom why you wanted to save the apparition, but to each their own."

The call ended. For a moment, you could only wallow in your thoughts.

Hey. I won't let anything bad happen to us. Don't stress.

Alastor's words were simple, but they calmed you down. It was a reminder that you weren't alone. Alright. No point overthinking. Besides, this could be a good chance to get closer to Eve and learn more about them. And James... You just hoped he was alright.

There wasn't much you could do about it without causing an unnecessary scene. James was capable. Your little intervention should be more than enough to help him. Casting the thought aside, you turned your attention back to Rose. She was wrapping up her presentation. Cecil had taken a couple of steps away from you, you assumed he wanted to give you some privacy. When you walked back to him, he silently gave you a 'is everything okay?' look. You mouthed to him 'talk about it later'.

Glancing around, you examined the reaction of the crowd. As expected, there were a handful of people who looked like they wanted to exorcise Rose right then and there. You missed the moment since you were talking to Eve, but in the original game a good amount of people protested and some even attacked Rose. Of course, she wiped the floor with them. Her actions were enough to make everyone compliant for the time being.

Let's see...

We have some people enamoured by Rose. Fair. She's Hot. Majority were uneasy and confused, listening in with a critical mind. However, people seemed far more willing to listen compared to the game.

"If anyone has any questions, ask the chairman yourself." She did a theatrical bow. "And with that, I bid everyone a temporary goodbye. I hope to bring in new actors to the stage next time."

A flurry of petals covered Rose. When they dispersed with a flourish, she had disappeared.

You listened to the crowd.

"What the heck was that..."

"The weapons—is that all true?"

"Didn't James come back? He helped defend against the silver apparition."

"I think we can trust past SF members... So we can trust Rose, right?"

"Doubting the chairman?"

"I... I'm not sure what to believe anymore."

"Things won't be the same from now on. I wonder what will happen to the city now?" Cecil hummed, an amused smile on his face. "By the way, what happened?"

An instinctive part of you planned to tell Cecil vague details. However, you reminded yourself that it was fine to tell him things. After all, you told him to let you in on his ambition.

"We could be getting even more information. Eve wants to experiment on me."

"Oh? And here I was hoping I'd get to be the first to have such an intimate time with you."