Nightly Conversations - Marenight

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~Passive!Nightmare's POV~

As usual, the villagers had hurt me. Here I was now, curled up against the tree, a peaceful and sleeping Dream on the other side. ..I couldn't possibly disturb him. I took in a deep breath, closing my eyes as I slowly drifted off to sleep.

I awoke, but not back at the tree- It was like a recreation of one of the villager's homes- Sort of. It was more towards my interests. The room was colored in different shades of purple, a few bookshelves full of books of my favorite authors, not to mention the bed- It was so soft! But where was I? I jumped as a sort of goopy and black figure had appeared in front of me, but from where? It almost looked like a skeleton..- I shook as I frantically looked around for some sort of hiding place, but was stopped as they spoke. "Don't be afraid. I'm not here to hurt you. Welcome to the Dreamscape, this place has been modeled after your own tastes. A place for you to relax from reality. You can call me Corrupted. I'll be around if you ever need me. You could even tell me what's going on, how you feel- I won't tell anyone. I can't leave this place anyways, I answer to your command." I blinked, hesitant almost. "..Okay- U-Uhm, Corrupted? You can call me Night. And uhm- When would I uh-  Wake up? From this place, I mean." I asked, tilting my head slightly in curiosity. I couldn't help it, this place was so interesting, I had so many questions. "Well, you can 'wake up' back to the real world whenever. When you decide you truly want to leave, or if you'd rather leave when you actually wake up. But so, there is another thing I'd like to mention. Anything you want will appear here. It won't leave unless you want it to. I could also bring you food and you'll feel it there even back in the real world." He explained, and I had nodded as I listened. How unique- 
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It had been some time now, and I had trusted Corrupted- a lot. It'd come to where I'd talk about my day, rant about things- It'd just help to have told someone instead of keeping it inside. Besides, Corrupted wouldn't do anything. He kept his promises- Mostly cause he couldn't leave, but it still helped. Not to mention it did wonders for my mood. I started looking forward to meeting him everyday when I had fallen asleep. I did wonder every now and then if he was even real, or if I had gotten attached to someone who didn't exist, but I was still happy he was there. 

My smile was bright as I 'awoke' in the soft yet firm bed that was in the dreamscape, sitting up and stretching my arms, my eye lights gazing around the room in hopes of finding Corrupted. "You're here early." A deep voice had spoke from beside me, causing me to jump in surprise, before my cheeks had heated up a soft purple. He was in the bed as well, just to my right. His amused expression soon turned to one of concern, gently grabbing hold of one of my arms and holding it out to him, the sleeve pushed up as he looked over it carefully, my blush fading as worry soon started to build up in my chest. "..You're more injured then you were yesterday." He said softly, though I knew him well enough to know that he was angry. Not at me, but at them. I brought my hand back, pulling down the sleeve as I nervously smiled. "Corrupted, it's fine. They do this everyday. Today isn't any different." I tried to assure him, but he only seemed to get more enraged as I reminded him of the fact it happened everyday- He brushed it off though, sighing as his cyan glowing eye light seemed to bore through me. 

"Well anyways, I was in the middle of preparation for something, but, is there anything you would like to do? Or do you wish to discuss what had happened? Either is fine with me." He questioned formally. To be fair, sometimes I would speak like that, but I fear my non-existent brain gets confused easily trying to use large words into proper sentences. I thought over what he had asked me carefully, trying to figure it out- Though, I bet he could tell what I felt. I mean he was here, in my dreams, he must have some form of access to my mind or something like that. 

I had settled for books, except it seemed I was much more tired then I previously had thought I was, so Corrupted had decided I could lay my head against the pillows while he'd be reading it to me. I could remember the times I'd do that, except I'd be reading it to Dream. My mind slowly wandered as I listened to the musical sounds that were his deep and comforting voice, reading the words on the page of the leather book, my eyes starting to rebel as they were closing. I guess I could understand why Dream had seemed to fall asleep every now and then I had read a book to him. I suppose it was relaxing. ..very relaxing. I yawned- Or well I yawned in my thoughts. That was possible? But soon I drifted off to sleep, the last thing I hear being the words 'Good night.' Assumedly from Corrupted, I mean he was the only one there after all. 

And there I lay against the tree, slowly blinking awake as my eye lights scanned over my surroundings, hearing the comforting little soft snores Dream had. It seemed I was once again, early. Probably due to how I couldn't contain my own excitement and had visited Corrupted again. Heh- Well, at least I had some time to read. Ooor- I could go back and visit Corrupted again? I doubt he'd be happy with me visiting him so soon after the last, after all he did say something about how he was busy. Oh well. 

I had heard some shifting from the other side of the tree, and blinked, staring at it's direction. "Mm..- Nighty? You're up early.." Dream sleepily spoke, stretching as he sat up straighter, looking in my direction. "Heh- I guess I am." I smiled happily towards him, my shoulders relaxing. "You seem more happier than usual. Did something happen?" He asked, tilting his head with some sort of childlike innocence. I brushed it off. "No, nothing of importance." In return Dream had pouted, having moved to be staring directly in front of me. "Don't lie to me- Something happened and it's making you really happy!" I blinked, giggling softly. "Oh c'mon Dreamy. You haven't forgotten that the villagers had invited you to breakfast, did you?" I asked, changing the topic. "Hey! Don't change the topic!" He started, before blinking. "Oh my stars! I almost forgot! What would I do without you Nighty? We're gonna continue this topic later- I gotta go!" And then he disappeared. Or well he ran to one of the villager's houses- I didn't pay enough attention to tell which, but my smile had disappeared. 

Stars I could practically tell Dream was having so much fun with the villagers. ..He'd be better off without me. I jumped at the sound of faint footsteps, slowly getting closer. Before I knew it I had been grabbed by the collar of my shirt, being dragged far enough away from Mom to where Dream wouldn't be able to see me through the windows. I coughed up blood as I was slammed against the dirt floor, my strength failing me as I panted, wiping the blood off as I stared at the villager who had done such a thing. 
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I looked shamefully at the ground, my eye lights dull as I sat, leaning a little bit against the tree. There were the slightest hint of red underneath my sockets, showing of the fact I had been crying. There were blood-soaked bandages all over my body, shivering from the cold air, and the pain. "..Nighty-" Dream had started, before I cut him off. "..Don't. I'm fine." I spoke the words with a little more aggression then I had hoped, but thankfully Dream didn't try to push the topic further. ..He was worried, and I only sighed. 
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My cheeks were a soft purple as Corrupted pulled me close against his chest, his warmth heating me up, but I knew what he was thinking. ..About my injuries, the villagers- "What happened?" He asked, his voice soft yet firm. "You know, the usual-" I started, before he had cut me off. "I want you to tell me in detail what happened." He said. It didn't seem like he was going to let me off the hook. He wanted to know what had happened and he wasn't going to let it go. 

I hesitated for a moment, before I spoke about what happened, my feelings, and my wishes. It didn't go unnoticed how he tensed up, or held me slightly tighter whenever I described how the villagers had hurt me. But after I finished, there was just one more thought I had.

"..I wish the villagers would just die or something. They always hurt me and it's not fair. But I'm too weak to do anything- I can't even tell Dream. I hate it so much. I hate them." 

I had been looking down at his chest, lost in my thoughts, before I blinked, quickly shaking my head. "O-Oh stars- I-I didn't mean that! ..What am I thinking?" I didn't understand why I had thought that. Even if the villagers did what they did, it wasn't their fault. They thought I was bad and that was okay, they didn't deserve to die. My nervous eye lights slowly gazed up at Corrupted, to find a small smile on his face. His look unsettled me, it made me almost scared. ..What was he thinking? My breathing started to quicken, slowly starting to feel unsafe in his arms, before the smile had disappeared. ..Had I just imagined it? "What's wrong?" He asked softly, pulling me closer as he gently kissed the top of my forehead. I started to relax in his arms, brushing what I thought I had saw away. I smiled softy, "It's nothing. I just thought I saw something is all." 
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Ever since that day Corrupted had started acting more odd. I'd find him more possessive, maybe obsessed with me-      Not like I minded of course, it just seemed kind of sudden. It also seemed like he was planning something. Every now and then he'd slip the apples into the conversation. Well mostly the negativity apples- The black ones. I didn't understand. But every time I'd start to get suspicious, he'd change the topic and fluster me. 

I huffed softly, leaning against the tree, lost in thought. Sometimes I didn't understand him.  But I- ..I may or may not have fallen in love. 
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I was frozen in fear. All the villagers were crowded around the tree, my shaky hands having once held a positivity apple, before it transforming into a negativity one, an suddenly all the apples on the tree had became negative. The villagers were enraged, and tears were dripping down like waterfalls against my shaky frame. 

'Eat the apple.' 

A voice spoke, and I went quiet, hesitant. ..It almost seemed familiar- Where was it coming from? I didn't know. My eye lights were as small as pinpricks as the villagers started to get closer. Surely they were going to kill me- With no other options, I bit into the apple, immediately regretting it as I screamed, dropping the apple as tentacles had shot through my back, cracking it. At this point my voice had been drowning out all the other noise- I'm sure there was blood everywhere, but my vision started blurring as this sort of thing started covering me. The last thing I saw was a moving yellow blur, saying something- "-ighty! Nighty!" Dream yelled from behind the crowd, trying to push through desperately, though everything went black before I could register it, and I was pushed out of the control seat.

I was in some sort of black space, but I could- I could see what my eyes were seeing, but I also wasn't there? I wasn't controlling me- ..Huh? I froze up as something had wrapped it's arms around me, before I relaxed at the familiar warmth. "..Corrupted?" I asked softly, turning my skull to meet the familiar glowing cyan eyelight that was his. "Hello, Night." He greeted, a soft smile on his face. "..Where am I?" I questioned, but he turned me around, gently holding my chin up with his skeletal fingers to stare directly at him. He ignored me, starting to speak about something else. "You know how you said you wanted the villagers to die?" I was hesitant, nodding. "..Yeah? But I didn't mean-" I continued but something had cut me off. I froze as I heard a scream of someone- ..Who? I turned around to look through the sort of screen, seeing me- Or well my body brutally murdering one of the villagers. My knees felt weak as my legs wobbled, feeling sick to my non-existent stomach, closing my eyes as I shook my head desperately. "No- No no no no-" I repeated over and over again, burying my head against Corrupted's hoodie, shaking. "Don't you see? I love you. I'm doing this all for you." He spoke. I always fantasized of the day Corrupted would confess his love for me. ..but not like this. Never like this. I didn't want it to be like this. This was all my fault

"It's okay Nighty, you won't be alone anymore. You'll be here with me, forever. I'll shower you in all the love and affection you could ever wish for." He said, smiling towards me. My soul ached. Stars, how I had loved to hear him say those things to me, but not like this. It hurt and yet I couldn't help but crave for more. Our lips met, and I desperately pushed back against him, the only thought left on my mind being him. 

I loved him. 

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