Ignite My Heart (Ignis X Reader)

Chapter 6

There is a legend that a magic Crystal was brought down to the Lucian family by a star. One day our star would be shrouded in darkness and the one True King, anointed by the Crystal, would need to obtain the power of king's past, the stone of the Six, and the Ring of the Lucii in order to banish the darkness. The King would be more powerful than any god and he would have the power to bring peace to Eos. Noctis was anointed as the one True King when he was young. Now Niflheim wanted to steal and use the power of the Crystal themselves, and that's exactly what they did. However, the ring had yet to be found.

It had been a long day. We met some of the Crownsguard who survived the attack, found out Gladio's sister was alive and headed to safety, and we searched two royal tombs so that Noctis could obtain the power of his forebearers. Afterwards, Cor informed us that Niflheim blockaded the only way to Duscae, which would keep us from finding the rest of the royal tombs. It was too late in the night to deal with it now, so we found a haven and set up camp. Three of the boys sat around the fire in silence, sorrow, and anger while Ignis read is notebook. As he began taking out ingredients I decided to finally speak for the first time since this morning.

"Don't make any for me. I'm not hungry." He said nothing, only looked at me. His expression was hard to read.

I walked to the farthest edge of the haven and sat down, watching a group of Sabertusks playing in the far distance. Maybe if I went in completely unprepared this would all be over. I wonder, would the others even come save me if I did that right now? Or would they leave me to die. I had nothing left. No family. No King. No home. No nothing. I didn't have the power of Kings to help me fight anymore. I sat there limply, now just staring into empty space. My eyes burned with tears. I couldn't hold it back anymore. I held in a breath to keep quiet as tears rolled down my cheeks. I didn't want the others to hear me. The salty water streaming down my face being dried by the cold breeze caused my face to feel like it was on fire. Every so often a quiet sob escaped my lips and my shoulders would shake violently.

"Y/N," I heard Ignis walking towards me. Normally I would have instantly hid my tears, but after crying and feeling hopeless for what felt like hours, I didn't care anymore, "It's time for bed, let's-" he stopped.

I waited for a moment before taking in a deep breath, "Just go without me," I choked, "I'm not tired." I could feel my lips trembling.

Ignis sighed and sat next to me, "What's troubling you, Y/N" for a moment I considered telling him, but I just shook my head, "You wouldn't be crying if it were nothing." I looked into the distance to find that the Sabertusks had gone to sleep. We were silent for a long time. I had hoped that maybe he'd give up and leave, but he stayed by my side.

Finally, I gave in, "I have nothing left. Nothing left to fight for."

He seemed a bit awkward now. It was clear he wasn't sure how to comfort anyone, "Well, we've all lost a lot today, but that's no reason to give up. We'll make them pay for what they've done." I continued to stare at the pack of animals, contemplating if I should sprint over to them and let them tear my apart.

"I don't know about you, but the others clearly don't want me around."

"They just need time to cool off is all." There was a small pause, then suddenly I felt Ignis reach for my hand that I was resting in my lap. I looked down to see him intertwine his fingers with mine. I looked up at him and saw that he had tracked my gaze. It felt nice, but he must of done it to keep me from getting myself killed.

"Why..." I whimpered.

He looked at me, "Hmm?"

"Why are you being so nice to me?" My eyes felt like a dam that was about to burst.