Re:zero doesn't belong to me.

"THE TRUTH IS THAT I…!"

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"What happened?"

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"Did someone cut my throat?"

Subaru's sight was getting hazy. His body started getting cold. Bit by bit, he could feel his blood leaving his body. The hot liquid ran down his neck and soaked the front of his shirt and then the grass he laid upon. He could still faintly hear the muffled sounds of a chain. Unfocused, his eyes went looking for the source. The last thing he saw was Rem, her morningstar in hand and some of his blood on her face. She was giving him a cold look, seemingly with one sole emotion; hatred.

Like before, his past lives or even his own existences couldn't mean any less to her. He was just someone she hated for a reason he didn't know.

Without changing her expression, Rem uttered the last words Subaru heard that life.

"I don't know what your talking about."

A suffocating haze consumed Subaru's senses, numbing him. And just like before with his previous death, everything faded to darkness. A black void so thick that the best word to described it would be to say that it was "nothing". And just like before with his previous death, the next moment there was light.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH...! GAAAAAHH...! AJAAAAAAA...!"

Screaming, Subaru, again, shot up and looked at the same sheets of the same bed where he kept waking up in following his death. With one hand on his throat and the other one on his chest, Subaru slowly began catching his breath.

"I'm back again?"

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"Guest-sama, are you okay?"

Subaru moved his gaze up and slowly focused on the two maidens that always wait for him every time he died. He froze at the sight of the two maids, but specially froze when he saw the blue-haired one. The one that, from his perspective, had just tortured and killed him.

The two maids saw the surprised look on their guest, but couldn't help but notice the slight bit of fear in his eyes. They slowly approached Subaru, worrying for him.

"Is everything alright, Guest-sama?" said the pink-haired maid, while putting her hand on Subaru's left hand.

Subaru didn't blink once when they approached him. He didn't take his eyes off of the blue-haired maid who was approaching his right side.

"Can we help you with anything Guest-sa…?"

Right before the blue maid could grasp his right hand, Subaru flinched and withdraw it, preventing her from holding it.

The pink maid saw Subaru's reaction at her sister's approach towards touching him, and didn't miss that his body language spelled out fear. Fear of being touched. Fear of being touched by her sister. No... Fear OF her sister.

"Is everything okay, Guest-sama? Did my sister do something wrong?"

Subaru turned towards the pink maid's worried look, then returned his gaze to the blue maid and saw that she looked hurt because of his actions.

Subaru then withdraw his other hand that was being held by the pink maid and said, "No, your sister didn't do anything wrong… Sorry, but can you guys please leave me alone. I need time to think"

Both of the maids looked at each other, confused, but then turned to Subaru as they said simultaneously, "As you wish, Guest-sama."

The maids started to leave the room, bowing to Subaru before exiting. Subaru watched as they left. Right before the blue maid left, she turned to look at Subaru. Subaru locked gazes with her. Subaru had a serious look while the maid looked at him with worry.

She left, closing the door behind her.

Ram left out a sigh, "That was weird. What was his problem?"

She turned to her sister when asking this and found her smelling herself. Confused that she was behaving oddly, she asked, "Rem, what are you doing?"

Rem was smelling her hands, forearms, armpits, and even inside her uniform. Huffing, she held her arm out to Ram, "Nee-sama, does Rem smell weird to you?"

Ram pushed Rem's forearm down, "Don't worry, Rem, you smell as good as always. Why? What's the problem?"

"If Rem doesn't smell bad then why didn't Guest allow me to touch him?"

"Um, maybe he has a problem with people touching him?"

"But he let you touch him."

"I don't know! Maybe he's disoriented. He did almost lose his life saving Lady Emilia. Either way, don't worry, Rem, nothing is wrong with you."

Rem looked sad, "Are you sure Rem didn't do anything wrong?"

"If you don't believe me, then believe him, he said it too."

"…..Ok, Nee-sama."

The maids kept walking to fulfill another part of their daily job quota. But while they were walking, something was still bothering Rem.

"Rem still thinks that she did something wrong… The way he looked at Rem. It was of fear….. Like Rem did something bad to him."

Subaru, on the other hand, was sitting in the middle of his bed. Thinking.

"So the mysterious killer is her. She's the reason I can't get past the fourth night. I've got do something to make her stop. Apparently, she thinks I'm part of some kind of cult…..because of my smell."

He smelled his forearm, "Hm, I don't smell anything weird. It must be a magical smell or something. Maybe the smell that's on me is connected to whoever gave me the power of Return by Death. It most likely might be the smell of the cult that worships the Witch of Jealousy."

Subaru's face got really serious for a moment, "Maybe the Witch herself didn't give it to me."

He got out of bed and started changing, "Anyway, whatever it is now I know that what I need to do. I've got to figure out a way to somehow convince Rem that I'm not part of such a cult or that I don't have any relation with the Witch. I, myself, don't even remember meeting her or how I received this power." He finished changing and went out into the hall, "Whatever I do now I must spend time with Rem so I can gain her trust so she'll see that even with this….smell on me I don't have anything to do with the Witch or her cult. Hopefully I can break out of this loop this time."

Subaru kept walking around until he saw Emilia in the garden, she was looking for something. Subaru smiled, thinking that she must be looking for him. He approached her and started cracking a few jokes to make her and Puck laugh. They were having a good time until the twins showed up to inform them that Roswaal, their Master, had just arrived.

Rem gave Subaru a curious look, still wondering if he feared her or if he felt disgusted by her for some reason. She stared a him for a moment to see what kind of reaction he gave, fear or rejection. However, to Rem's surprise, it wasn't either of them. When Subaru and Rem's eyes met, Subaru flashed a genuine smile for a moment before turning back to Emilia.

Confusion started to fill Rem's head, "Wait! He looks at me with fear and doesn't even let me touch him at first, but now he's smiling at me?….. What does he want from me?"

Together, they made their way to the dining room. Were they had the same meal that only Subaru knew about, and could predict what would happen next. Roswaal started explaining how important it was that he save Emilia, then Subaru complemented Rem's food as usual, but while Roswaal was saying the same speech that he had heard three times now Subaru was thinking about something else.

"What can I do to be closer with Rem? To spend time with her and gain her trust?"

At the end of his thought, Roswaal's little congratulatory speech came to the end.

"And soooooo my dear Subaru-kun, as thanks for saving my important Emilia-sama, I'm obligated to grant you aaaaaanything you want. Whether it be money, housing, land, you can ask for anything. Say it, and I shaaaaaaall make it happen."

"Anything hmm?…" Subaru kept thinking of how to get closer to Rem, but didn't know how. Getting distracted, Subaru stared at the plate of delicious food made by Rem, thinking of how delicious it was. He hadn't eaten much since he had stressed over gaining Rem's trust so much during breakfast. His stomach grumbled as he stared at the food wondering if he could eat that delicious food more often. Then it hit him.

Quickly standing up from his chair, he proudly proclaimed, "I GOT IT!" He turned to Roswaal, "You said anything, right, Ros-chi?"

Roswaal looked confused for a second, "Chi?" Then, he quickly threw that small bit of befuddlement to the side and said, "Of course that's what I said. So what wiiiiiill it be, Subaru-kun?"

Subaru turned to look at Rem, smiling as he says, "Ros-chi, I want Rem as my personal assistant!"

This is a work in progress I really don't know if I really going to go through it. Let me know if you like the first chapter and if you think it got potential to keep going and I will see what I do about it