Pity for the Insane

Just a Nightmare

Trigger warning: In middle of chapter, there is gore.

When Anti raced downstairs, he couldn't believe it.

Flesh and bone, there they were!

"G-guys?"

Of course they looked at him like he was crazy.

"What is it, bro?" Chase asked him, "We weren't gone that long. Didn't you see the note?"

"N-note?" He didn't understand.

Jameson left to the kitchen and came back with a piece of paper, 'It was on the fridge. How didn't you see it?'

Anti took it from him.

Sure enough it said they'd be gone . . . but for a WEEK!

"B-but you guys were gone for . . . for THREE M̴O̷N̸T̶H̸S̷!̵"̴

Chase blinked, "Three months? Bro, no . . . it was just a week. You feeling okay?"

Anti flinched, "Shut up! Stop! No! N-no . . . I th-thought you all . . .. l-left me"

They all seemed surprised with Anti's words but didn't respond.

Anti twitched a little, "You left me! It's been MONTHS! L̴I̴A̷R̴S̴!̶ ̷Y̷O̷U̷ ̸L̵I̴E̴D̸!̸ ̸F̶O̴O̶K̴I̵N̸G̶ ̵L̵I̴A̷R̸S̷!̸ ̶Y̸O̵U̸ ̸L̶E̸F̸T̵ ̸M̵E̶!̶ ̶Y̷O̸U̷ ̶L̵E̵F̷T̴ ̶M̶E̴!̶"̵

Marvin came up to try and settle him down, "Look, we're sorry! I guess . . . well maybe time went differently here then outside Sean's head. . . We really thought it was only a week, Anti"

"There's never been a time change before" he mumbled.

Henrik shrugged, "Vell maybe Sean didn't realize what he had done. Ve were all pretty busy"

"B-busy . . ." it was all kind of hard to believe but at the moment, Anti was willing to go along with it, "O-okay"

"Three months, huh?" Jackie chuckled, "Must have sucked"

"It was . . . . so quiet" Anti's throat started to bleed and he didn't even notice Henrik dabbing at it with a small cloth, "So quiet and . . . ."

He wanted to throw all his feelings out at once. Seeing them all back and in front of him stirred up so much. He wanted to cry.

But for them it was only a week and they thought he saw the note?

He had to act strong. He couldn't show weakness to them. He didn't want them to poke fun at him for 'over-reacting' or being dramatic.

So without another word, Anti left. He just walked away and went up to his room to gather his thoughts.

'No way was it just one week . . . . that's impossible' Anti thought to himself.

'It was so coincidental, too . . . . I think I was just about to lose it all up in the attic when they arrived. Was it all a big prank to them? To punish me to the max before returning and playing it all off like none of it even happened?!'

Anti started to hyperventilate a little but he caught himself and tried to take deep breathes.

'Doesn't matter anymore . . . does it? They're back! They came back finally. I'm no longer-'

But suddenly Anti realized something as he was just up in his room.

It was so quiet again.

Usually they'd be bustling around going back to their rooms. Maybe making sure that he hadn't broken in and messed with anyone's stuff.