Meet me at Dawn (Dottore/Zandik x f! Reader)

Chapter 8: Why does my heart ache?

Y/n pov:

I watch Zandik's and Sohreh's interaction quietly hearing how she called his name and how he responded. After she left I looked over at Zandik before I continued chatting with him quietly. I spoke good words about Sohreh... so why do I feel a pit in my stomach when I see her with Zandik?.. There's nothing between them. He's told me multiple times that he doesn't feel anything romantic towards her.

I'm not jealous..am I?... No that couldn't be. I shouldn't be jealous of Sohreh she's a really nice girl after all. Just because I don't get my way doesn't mean I should pout about it. Although I do tell myself this I can't help but feel anguish when Zandik agrees with my request. Was he really going to go on a picnic with her? Alone? This is truly trouble some for me I don't want to think about it any longer! I sigh quietly as I sit down in a chair at the small kitchen table.

"What's got you so down?"

I hear a familiar voice behind me say I glance up and see my roommate, Cozbi who had come back from her expedition the other night. "Nothing..." I say quietly looking down at the kitchen table until I heard a chuckle come from her. "I've dated enough women to know nothing mean something..so tell me what's going on hm?..." I glance up at her and watch her sit down in front of me her hair a bit scuffled from sleeping. "Well..I don't even know where to start..." I say as I glance down at my lap

"Oh come on lay it on me! I'm here for you y/n..You know that..." I listen to her trail off slightly as she looked at me her words making me smile slightly. "Alright well..I'm starting to..feel a bit jealous..of someone..." I say lowering my head a bit feeling embarrassed from the words coming out of my mouth before I hear Cozbi chuckle once more. "Well that's not a big deal everyone gets a little jealous from time to time..." I glance up at her before looking back down and sighing "I suppose you're right..." "I know" I hear her respond without stuttering making me look up at her and smile as she smiled back.

"So..Are you doing anything tomorrow?..." Cozbi asks making me fully lift up my head to look at her and shake my head. "Oh well it depends..Zandik might be preparing for his on coming expedition so I'm thinking I'll go and help him..." I say with a slight tint of pink on my cheeks. "Oh I see..." I hear Cozbi say a bit quieter. I smile at her before standing up from my seat as I look at her "Well I'm heading to bed..Thanks for making me feel better Cozbi..." I say sincerely with a gentle smile noticing how she looked up at me.

"Yea..You're welcome y/n..You can talk to me whenever you want..." I hear Cozbi say her words making me smile "Thank you..." I say before leaning over and hugging her wrapping my arms around her neck as I felt her hands pat my back her touch tender and affectionate. "See you tomorrow Cozbi..." I say as I stand back up and head toward my bedroom hearing Cozbi tell me good night making me look back at her and give her a small wave before continuing down the hallway.

I open my bedroom door and close it behind me before hurrying to my bed and falling onto it. I sigh as I get comfortable under the bedsheets and glance out the window seeing the moonlight. I smile feeling better with Cozbi's reassurance.

The next day I helped Zandik pack for his expedition and trying to distract myself from thinking about how he would take Sohreh on a picnic later on. Later on in the day I hugged Zandik goodbye and wished him luck on his expedition knowing I wouldn't see him for a week or two. I sat in the library quietly thinking about how Zandik was on his expedition at the moment. I grumbled a bit under my breath feeling bored without Zandik here by my side to talk with me. After a bit I shut my book in my hands and stood up before making my way out the library to go get something to eat.

Walking around Sumeru city quietly I glanced around wondering where I should eat today my stomach grumbling a bit with each couple steps. Eventually I set my eyes on a local street vendor the scent of the food he was selling making my mouth water. I quickly hurried over to him and bought the tasty looking food I wasn't exactly sure what he was selling but it looked absolutely  okdelicious. I smiled at the vendor and payed him in full for the food he gave me before thanking him and walking away making my way back to my dorm wanting to be quick so I can eat the food while it's still warm.

I continued to walk but with each step I felt a strange feeling. As if someone was..watching me..I glanced around quietly until I suddenly felt a cold hand on my shoulder making me jump slightly and look behind me from where the hand came from. I looked up before my eyes widened a bit from surprise seeing a well respected scribe from the akedeymia.

"O-Oh! Hello! Is there something you need?..." I look up at him seeing his stone cold expression as he looked down at me. "Yes..I would like to ask you a question..." He responded coldly his words making me nod "Of course..What would you like to know?..." I noticed how he stared at me for a second with a cold expression "Do you..know a student named Zandik?..." His words make my eyes widen a bit wondering why he would ask me about Zandik..Was something wrong? Was he hurt while out on his expedition?..Was he..lost?... "Yes I do! Is something wrong? Did something happen to him?!..." I say a bit concerned before I saw the scribe shake his head.

"No..He's perfectly fine out on his expedition from what I know of.." His words make me sigh in relief slightly but my relief was short lived when I heard the scribes cold voice once more. "But I would like to know if you know about any..experiments he may be doing.." Experiments?..No?..Zandik has told me he hasn't been working on anything lately.. "No sir..I don't..he's told me he hasn't been doing anything as of recently..." I say shaking my head as I look up at the scribe my words only earning a hum from him.

"I see..I apologize for taking your time..I'll make my leave now..." I hear him say and before I could say goodbye he was already turning and walking off quickly. I stared at the scribe as he walked the whole interaction making me confused and wondering why he would ask me about Zandik. I stood quietly for a couple more moments before turning and walking away myself back to my dorm the whole interaction staying in my mind making my thoughts wonder.

Why would a scribe ask me personally about Zandik?...

‼️Authors note‼️:This one's a short one and a bit rushed sorry if there's grammar errors please point them out if you find any so I can fix them! I also apologize if the story is going a bit slow but I promise the next chapters will be interesting to the story I'm creating! Thank you for my few readers for being patient with me and my extreme writers block....Also don't ask why I made the roommate lesbian I thought it would be a nice add on to the story ╰(*'︶'*)╯♡