Martyr | Ray

Chapter 7

"We first have to find some rope." Norman told Emma who was waiting for him out in the hallway, making sure to avoid mama at all cost. "And I know where to find some," he lead her to the storage closet down the hall.

Emma looked at the door, as Norman brought out a handkerchief to cover up his fingerprints before turning the door handle.

"Let's make this quick." Emma nods her head as they quietly walk in, closing the door behind them in case anyone walks by.

As they continue to look for some rope, they decided to go for the spare sheets that mama no longer uses.

"By the way," Emma said as she opened the door, making sure that no one was in the hallway. "What happened with Y/n at the library?" She asked the albino boy behind her.

"Ah, she ended up falling asleep." Norman said, thinking back to what occurred earlier.

"-I get to finally see what my mom looks like!" Norman read out loud the paragraph from the book in his hands but noticed weight on shoulder.

He stopped and looked to the side to see Y/n's head on his shoulder as soft snoring coming from her.

"She fell asleep."

"That does sound like Y/n...." Emma said as she sweatdropped, remembering their brief conversation from dinner.

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"Huh, so that's how it works..." I muttered to myself before noticing Ray getting from beside me.

"?"

He didn't say anything and just walked away towards the forest, probably to follow Emma and Norman. Shrugging this off, I continued reading my book before my mind wondered off.

Ray's POV

"Then why-"

Norman held his arms out, giving me a big smile. "Because I love her." I looked at him in disbelief.

"I want to do the things that make her happy, because I love her."

Letting go of his collar, he stumbles back, "Have you lost your mind? What if Emma...or Y/n dies because of this?"

"I won't allow it, I won't let Emma or Y/n die. If it's for their sakes, I'll do anything, I'll use even myself to do anything." He rumble on.

"You're being ridiculous! This isn't like you at all!"

"Maybe your right but you'll do the same thing for Y/n, wouldn't you?"

"Tch, she wouldn't act like you though. She'll be more realistic than you when it comes to this." I said back to this, a grin grew on his face as a sign.

"Hah, so I was right along, you really do love her. That's why you were glaring at me during dinner yesterday when I stopped your argument."

Norman paused a bit, before leaning towards me. "You don't plan on leaving us in this state do you? You wouldn't leave us or Y/n behind either."

'What does he take me for?'

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We all walked back to the house just a few minutes before the bell went off. But we froze at the sight of Mama kneeled down on front of Y/n who held an unreadable expression.

Emma looked a bit worried, "hey, do you think she'll be alright?"

Y/n and mama spoke a few words before standing up as the H/C haired girl nodded her head eagerly at the older woman as she smiled down at her.

We watched as Y/n rush to the house in a hurry, leaving her book with mama who made sure to take good care of it.

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Emma, Norman, Ray, Gilda and Don stood by the wall in the hallway since they were called in by mama.

"What is it, mama?" Don asked as everyone else stayed quiet.

Isabella, who stood in front of them while holding out her pocket watch, smile at them slightly, "could I ask you all to help me with a few chores?"

"Of course! What is it you need done?" Don said as Gilda nodded her head at this.

"Well..."

3 days later

We seemed to notice quickly that it was rather quiet around the house during the day. Mama has informed us that Y/n unfortunately injured her arm and had been staying at the infirmary the last three days and we just noticed.

"She'll get better in no time, you know how much she gets hurts so this is nothing to worry about." She reassures us on the third day we were cleaning the spare room.

"She sprained her hand trying to help me clean the room, so that's why I asked all of you to continue the work."

"You can go visit her later when you're done."

And we did, Emma, Norman and I went to go see her go find her asleep soundly before noticing the cast on her arm.

"She...broke her arm?" Emma said as Norman confirmed it. "It seems so. Maybe we can visit her later when she's awake."

We decided to leave, closing the door behind us.

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I sat up so quickly, my arm reaching out as I was breathing so rapidly and my eyes wide as I woke up from my sleep.

Sweat rolled down my cheek as I looked around, unaware of where I was until I remembered. Putting down my arm, I let out a shaky sigh as I tried to calm down my beating heart.

I felt a familiar sharp pain in my heart as tears started to build up in my eyes, closing them shut to prevent tears to leak out.

"...brother.....I miss you so much...."

The only light source of the dark room was the moonlight coming from a narrow opening on the curtains.

"...I feel so lonely without you."