Ignite My Heart (Ignis X Reader)

Chapter 17

Wh-where am I?

What's going on?

I can't... I can't remember anything.

What was I doing?

How did I end up here?

"Y/N!"

Oh... Right.

"Y/N!!"

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I suddenly feel overwhelmed as the pain in my body flows over me again. It's not as bad as it was before, but it was enough to make me sigh in pain before I could even open my eyes.

"Y/N?" A weight shifted on whatever I was laying on as I heard Ignis' voice. I feel him place a gentle hand on my face. I manage the strength to flutter my eyes open, and the light of the bedside lamp burns my eyes. My vision is blurry at first, but I soon see a very worried bespectacled man merely inches away from my face.

"Ignis?" I responded weakly. He lowers his face, his forehead resting on my chest, and brings his hand down to my shoulder. He sighs in relief.

"Thank goodness," he lifts his head back up and moves back slightly.

I look around to find that I am in my room, back at Talcott's cabin. I notice his voice sounds strained. His gloves and coat are gone and his shirt is untucked. His hair is a mess and it looks like he hasn't slept in days. I try to sit up, but a jolt of pain runs up my body and stops me. Ignis carefully helps lower myself back down.

"Don't strain yourself. You're still recovering."

I feel as though I'm about to panic, "What do you mean? What's going on?" I ask quickly.

He runs one hand up and down my arm to calm me, "It's alright, Y/N. Everything is just fine." I try to stay calm as I wait for him to answer my questions.

He begins by gesturing to different parts of my body and letting me know what my injuries are, "Your chest and abdomen are scrapped. Your lungs took in a lot of water. And nearly every muscle in your ankle has been torn."

I freeze. I didn't expect my injuries to be so bad, "Does... Does that mean I can't..." I trail off.

He shakes his head, "Don't worry. It will be a long time, but you'll be able to journey with us again, eventually." I sigh in relief.

I stare up at the roof, thinking if I had anything else to ask. One thing did come to mind, "What happened? After you threw that polearm?" He had a strange look on his face. I couldn't tell if he was dreading telling me, or if he simply didn't want to recall the memory.

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Ignis P.O.V

After my Javelin pierces the beasts head I watch in frustration as she is pulled even further out to sea. More Sahagins surround the four of us, and I am left with just my daggers.

"Enough of this!" I yell. I give the order for everyone to give it their all. We attack relentlessly, finally crushing the opposition. Without thinking I sprint into the water, almost tearing my jacket off on the way. I can hear the others calling out to me, but I push their voices out of my mind. Once the water becomes deeper I turn on my belt light and dive to the ocean floor. I look around desperately and just as I'm losing air I find her. Still trapped within the monster's jaws and floating in her own bloody water. She is no longer moving. I quickly swim back up and look back at the shoreline. The others are just standing there.

"Over here! Quickly!" I dive back down and pull my Javelin from the Sahagin's head. I then try my best to lift Y/N out of the water, but the corpse just won't let her go. I try to pull open it's jaws, but I've lost all composure, and with it my strength. A small light inches it's way from above us. I see Gladio swimming toward us. He breaks the Sahagin's jaws open causing the water to quickly fill with more of her blood. I quickly lift Y/N above the water.

Prompto and Noctis help me carry her to shore where we lay her on her back. I bring my ear closer to her face and try to listen for the sound of her breath. All I hear is silence.

I quickly pinch her nose and open her mouth slightly. I place my lips over hers and breathe into her. Then I begin pressing down on her chest with the palm of my hand. I look towards her leg and see she has lost a lot of blood.

"Prompto! Use the cloth around your arm to stop the bleeding!" He quickly does as I ask, and I hear him gasp as he reveals her wound. I continue to give CPR and soon feel a hand on my shoulder.

"Iggy. You need to calm down," I push his hand away roughly.

"You expect me to be calm at a time like this!" I yell and continue.

"From you? Yea I do! You're always composed, Ignis. What's going on?" He yells back. I ignore him and continue. He sighs and tries to push me aside, "Iggy, let me. You can't do it right if you don't calm down." I push away harder and send him a look to back off. All of them look a bit shocked. I continue the chest compression's and she finally begins coughing up water and starts breathing again. We then quickly carry her to the car and call a doctor to come out to Cape Caem.

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Reader P.O.V

Ignis never looks at me as he recalls the story. "You've been unconscious for days. Cid has already finished fixing the boat, but obviously we can't leave until you are fully healed."

"How long?" I ask. He doesn't answer. "I can't make you guys wait for me. You need to find Luna and Leviathan."

He shook his head, "Lady Lunafreya will not awaken the Hydrean until Noct arrives in Altissia, and we don't want to leave you,"

"Why?" I whisper. There is a lot of tension in the air now. I can just barely hear that Ignis' breath is very unsteady.

He finally turns his body to face me once again, "Before I answer, I must know something," he pauses for a long time, making me nervous, "Y/N, what do you think of me?" He speaks in a soft voice. Its both scared and sweet.

My mind turns blank. I don't understand what's happening, "What do you mean?" I question nervously.

"Do you have strong feelings for me?" He explains. Now my breath is unsteady as well. I choke on my words, unsure of how to answer. I can see he's trying to study my face again.

"Gladio told me you did. I wanted to confirm that myself,"

I made a mental note to punch that giant later for breaking his promise. I just stare into his green eyes, "W-why-" My voice is so quiet that I'm not sure he can hear me.

He takes my hand and intertwines his fingers with mine. "He pointed out to me that I would have been a bit calmer if it had been one of them instead of you. Both him and that experience made me realize I've been hiding something from myself." He tightened the grip on my hand, "I... I have feelings for you as well, Y/N. I believe I've had them for a while, but because I kept putting my job first I never realized how I felt."

My eyes widened as he spoke those words. Was this a dream? Did I actually die? Or is this really real? Tears begin streaming from my eyes. The feeling of his hand in mine, it feels too real to be just a dream. This is really happening.

Worry fills his face as he sees my tears. He whips them away with his other hand, "What's wrong, love? I didn't mean to upset you,"

The nickname makes my heart pound. I quickly shake my head, "I'm just... so happy to hear you say that," I sob. He wraps his arms around me, pressing my head to his chest. I can hear his heart beating rapidly.

"It's alright, Y/N." He grabs my face him his hands and looks at me, "We won't leave until you've healed, so please take your time,"

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FINALLYYYYYYYYY!!!!