Michael Afton x Reader (Stay By My Side) {Completed}

Chapter 11

Y/n's POV:

Poor Michael. I felt so bad for him. For the rest of the day, he mostly just sat there in silence. By this point we were watching a movie, but he had barely said anything. I couldn't blame him.

I was starting to wonder if I shouldn't have told him about his dad at all. It was just so overwhelming and upsetting for him. But then again, he deserved to know the truth.

Eventually, the credits for the movie started rolling in as the movie came to an end. Honestly, I hadn't been able to pay much attention to it. I looked over at Michael and saw that he was staring at the floor. He probably hadn't been able to focus on it much either.

"Michael?"

Michael looked up at me once I caught his attention.

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

Michael thought for a moment then shrugged. "No..." he was quiet for a moment then sighed and muttered quietly, "just some emotional support."

I put my arm around his shoulders and pulled him closer to me. At first he didn't do anything in response. After a little while he sighed again.

"It's just... why? Why would he do that? There's no point in murder. There's nothing good to get out of it," he sighed.

"I don't know, Michael..."

"I know that ever since the rest of my family died he's just been a jerk to me, but I seriously thought he still had some good in him. I can't believe I was stupid enough not to realize that."

"Don't talk that way about yourself, Michael..."

"I just... I miss them. If Eli, Chris, and my mom hadn't died, everything would be okay. My dad would be normal, and I'd just have... them. I want them back. I want things to be the way they used to be. If I could just take it all back... I could've been watching over Eli better when she died. I could've simply just listened to you on Chris' birthday and not killed my own brother. And even though my dad is still alive... I've practically lost him too." I could see a couple tears forming in Michael's eyes as he spoke. I put a hand on his cheek and turned his head so that he was looking at me. Once his bright blue eyes met with mine, I wiped his tears away.

"Michael... don't keep beating yourself up for Chris' death. You had no idea what would happen," .

"It's still my fault. And everything with Elizabeth is my fault too."

I didn't respond after that. I actually didn't know how Elizabeth had died. He had never actually gone into detail about it with me.

"Michael... I don't know how she died, but... I know you didn't mean for it to happen."

"I've never told you?" he questioned. I shook my head.

"You don't need to tell me. I can tell it's a sensitive topic."

"It's okay. You deserve to know," he sighed. With that, he took a deep breath then went on to continue his story.

"It was about two years ago. My dad and Henry had just finished building Circus Baby's Pizza World. Elizabeth was just... so excited. He had told us about all the animatronics that he was making, but as cool as all the other kids might've thought they all were, only one of them actually stood out to Eli: Baby.

"Dad always told her not to go near Baby. He never told us why. I don't even think he told my mom. But she was just so devastated about it, since she had seen all of his ideas for her. My dad told Eli all about Circus Baby. He said he made Circus Baby just for her; probably to make her feel better for how upset she was after Chris died. He told her about how she could make balloons... she could make ice cream... she could sing... Elizabeth loved her so much.