The Dead Won't Die! |GuP Yukari x Male Reader|

Chapter XVIII - (Y/N) (L/N) Gets it Together

Fritz spent most of the night starring at the ceiling, he would toss and turn and sometimes sit at the foot of his bed. All of this as he pondered this feeling he had in his chest. It was a feeling hadn't felt in a very long time. No matter what he thought about his mind always circled back to her. Fritz could feel his face warm up as he left his room and dragged himself to the bathroom.

The light above the sink blinded him as he flicked it on. He looked down at his reflection before letting out a long exhale.

"Crap..." Fritz muttered as his head dropped down towards the sink.

As he sulked a voice from behind him calmly ask, "what's the matter?"

Fritz looked up at the mirror and saw Tommy leaning against the door frame.

"Hey Tommy," Fritz continued to stare at the mirror as he greeted his friend.

"Well? What's the matter, Fritz? Haven't seen you do one of your late-night breakdowns in a while." Tommy replied, he seemed to be genuinely concerned for his friend.

"Ask me that again."

"What's the matter?"

"No, say it the way you did." Fritz continued to not break eye contact with himself in the mirror as Tommy looked at him puzzled by what he meant.

"What's the matter, Fritz?"

Fritz let out a sudden inhale as Tommy spoke.

"Who am I, Tommy?" Fritz asked in a deadpan tone.

"You're you, why are you asking?"

"Am I!?" Fritz shouted as he turned to face Tommy. "How long am I gonna do this shit to myself! I can't do this anymore!"

Fritz collapsed against the wall as he slowly slid to the ground.

"I want... I want..." Fritz tried to put the words together in his head but to no avail.

Tommy walked over to him and took a knee by his side.

"What do you want?" Tommy asked placing a hand on Fritz's shoulder.

Fritz looked up at Tommy as tears formed in his eyes, "I wanna be me."

Tommy looked down at his friend as he nodded. He didn't need to say anything, he knew what Fritz meant. Tommy stood back up and extended his hand down to Fritz.

"Come on (Y/N), we got a busy day tomorrow."

(Y/N) looked up at Tommy as tears ran down his cheeks. He nodded as he took Tommy's hand.

The following morning, (Y/N) slowly pulled himself out of bed. He was able to achieve a little sleep, but the bags under his eyes weighed heavy as he tried to keep them open.

He made his way into the kitchen where he began to prepare himself breakfast, as he did a pair of footsteps came up from behind him.

"Sleep alright?" Paul asked as he opened the fridge.

"I've had better nights." (Y/N) spoke softly.

Paul walked over to the other end of the island before taking a seat across from (Y/N). He remained silent for a moment before finally opening his mouth, "you alright? Tommy told me about last night."

(Y/N) let out a small sigh before turning to his friend, "yeah, I'm gonna be alright." (Y/N) said as he leaned onto the island, "just had a lot going on in my head I suppose."

Paul gave (Y/N) a smile as he raised his arm and patted him on the back, "well don't get lost in there too often, besides we got a practice today."