Ignite My Heart (Ignis X Reader)

Chapter 9

*Warning* Extremely minor spoiler from Brotherhood anime. If you absolutely HATE spoilers at all check it out on YouTube. The whole things is 1 hour long.

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Before Ignis and I can get inside the hotel the other three boys are walking outside. I guess we were the last ones to get back.

"There you are," Noct said, "Talcott just told us about a royal tomb behind a nearby waterfall."

Ignis nods his head slightly and turns back around. I stand there silently staring down at the floor with my shoulders slumped as Noct, Prompto, and Ignis leave.

Gladio kneels down to look at my face, "Did somethin' bad happen?" He asked.

I could feel my eyes burn but refused to show my pain, "I just want to get rid of these feelings..." I whispered. "No more of this Gladio. Being with him hurts too much."

He sighed and came in for a hug. My face was buried in his chest. I didn't hug back though, "I'm sorry. I shoulda stayed out of it," He quickly pulled away to keep things from being too awkward and put a hand on my back, "Let's go,"

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We looked behind the waterfall to find a small cave entrance. When we entered it was pitch black and everything was encased in ice.

Lestallum is a hot place, so when I had a left with Ignis I didn't take the jacket of my uniform. And I couldn't grab it before we left. I hugged myself to keep warm as we crept inside.

"Well, maybe the cold keeps the daemons at bay," Prompto said in an attempt to brighten the mood.

"Yea. Cause daemons like warmth," Gladio responded sarcastically.

"Maybe they're frozen," I suggested.

"They're waiting for something warm to pass by," Gladio spoke in a spooky voice. After he finished his sentence a group of Flan began oozing out of the ground.

"Aaaaaaaand there's our warm welcome," Prompto said.

Luckily, fighting helped me warm up slightly, but I knew after a while I'd probably freeze over. We continued walking and fighting through the cavern. Suddenly, the ground disappeared at my feet and I fell on a slide of ice. I screamed as I quickly slid down and could hear the others screaming my name. Soon I hit the ground hard and began gasping for air. As I tried hard to pull myself up I could hear the others land steadily on their feet next to me. I felt two strong hands grab me and lift me up and when I looked up it was Ignis.

"Are you alright?" He asked. I nodded and wrapped my arms around myself again. I was a lot colder now.

"Sh-sh-sh-should of g-g-grabbed my jacket," I said through chattering teeth. They all surrounded me to see if I was alright.

"Whoa, your starting to turn purple," Prompto gasped.

"Where's your jacket?" Noct asked. I tried to speak but was too cold to. I then felt someone wrap something around me, followed by arms being wrapped around me. I looked down to see Ignis had given me his jacket.

"N-n-n-n...." I tried to take the jacket off but he held me tighter.

"You can use my jacket until we get out of here. Let me warm you up a bit before we continue." He moved his hands up and down my arms to thaw me out. We waited bellow the slide for a while until I was warm enough to go on.

When Ignis let go of me I had to resist the urge to grab him and pull him back. As we walked I buried my face into his coat, enjoying the smell of leather mixed with his cologne.