Unlikely Bonds (Dsmp X Little Nightmares Crossover)

Chapter 7

As they trekked back Mono rambled, and personally he thought he was doing a good job of distracting Tommy. He only received vague hums back, but he figured Tommy was just tired. Even he could tell that he was struggling to keep his eyes open. He was pretty tired too.  It made sense since the sky had long since turned dark. Mono made sure to continue speaking since silence was just a little unnerving for him.

“I really like hats a lot! They’re really fun to wear.” He pointed to his bag, “And they’re pretty good masks sometimes too.”

Tommy tilted his head and curiously hummed.

“They got harder to find after everyone went weird, but I found this yellow hat that was cool.” He went to reach for his pocket before he paused and a conflicted look crossed his face. “ I..dunno where it went though.”

That’s not normal? He twisted his bag anxious about his thoughts.

He looked up towards Tommy with realization, “ Actually I’m missin’ a lot of things do you think thats normal?”

Tommy turned to him fully for the first time since they started walking, “ ..Depends...on what you're missing I guess?”

Mono went through his pockets with vigour, “Hmm ...I’m missing a lot of what I found there.”

“Where exactly were you?” Tommy asked curiously before yawning.

“Ah…” Where was he? He should start with what he remembers..”I was in a really dark forest, and there was a cabin, it was really creepy!”  Tommy nodded along so he continued, “The man who lived there was...really weird." He was a monster-

After a bit of hesitation Tommy asked curiously ,"...How bad of a bast-wrongun was he then?”

Mono hadn't been hurt personally. He'd seen dead kids who were unlucky when it came to the hunter. But he hadn't been hurt ever cause he hadn't been caught. Physically he was fine even if thinking about the man brought an odd pang to his head.

He hesitated throughout his answer, "I..don't think so? I never got hurt by him.” He added unsurely. Others did but he wasn’t them so it shouldn’t matter?

Tommy tugged on him when he began to head to the shack and instead lead him to the worn tent he’d seen earlier.

“You don’t sound so sure man.”

“Ah..it’s just I-don’t remember.” Mono continued somberly.

Tommy muttered something under his breath about having another person with memory problems. He couldn’t tell for sure since Tommy said it so quietly though.

Tommy looked towards him with a carefree grin, “ Got it- got it just focus on what's going on now. I know someone else with memory problems wondering over it won’t bring them back...probably.”  He waved his arms around, “Anyway you're here. Maybe they dumped you here.. They sound like assho-....yeah sound like assholes anyway. Does it sound like 'em?”

Mono thought back to the corpses and severed bodies. Before deciding that no it didn’t make sense. Not for a monster like the hunter. He could’ve answered truthfully, but he figured that wasn’t something to blurt out now. Not with how sleepy Tommy looked.

He gave an unsure hum back. Not really feeling better but appreciative of the attempt to comfort him. Since he wasn’t the one carrying the conversation Tommy quieted down, and curled up into his ratty blanket. Offering a section to Mono to which he declined. He had a feeling that the green man would come back in the morning, so he couldn’t afford to get comfortable and fall asleep. Tommy looked a bit disappointed, but quickly shook his head; he turned over after decently ignoring Mono for some reason. He just tilted his head at his friend's odd behavior.

He figured his friend would fall asleep soon, but he didn’t really know where he’d go after. Call him selfish but he didn’t want to get caught here by the green man. And Tommy wouldn’t leave so that was a problem. With his last friend they had both wanted to leave the cabin behind. So there hadn’t been any issues there. Until Tommy wanted to leave he’d have to stay around here too. That’d be a dangerous game of hide and seek. He sighed lightly, things were different here. While there was still a monster it was smarter, and acted more human like than any other ones he’d seen before.

A rustle from beside him caught his attention, and from what he could see it looked like Tommy had passed out. He was a bit disappointed but his friend needed sleep. He didn’t really want to leave Tommy yet. He sat there in the chilly breeze still slightly shivering even though they were sharing body heat. The quiet was eerie and uncomfortable. He was reminded of why he talked so much. It’d be mean to do it now though since Tommy wasn’t awake right? He didn’t want to wake him up, so he resorted to tapping the ground to distract himself.

When his eyes started to droop he knew he should've moved. Maybe find a place to sleep. He begrudgingly moved away from Tommy and started to move to somewhere safer. He felt a bit bad leaving his friend behind like this. It was unfair, really unfair but there was nothing he could do about it.

And that just made it worse. unfair

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Tommy woke up alone. In a shitty haze nonetheless. No matter how many times he blinked he still couldn't focus well. There was no one around to focus on. Not even Mono.

In the back of his mind he wondered if he'd be back. Even with all he's said Tommy still couldn't find it in himself to believe him. He had been a stranger just hours earlier after all. People just didn't become friends with him that fast. He grated people's nerves and even people he trusted never showed. So really what's some weird kid gonna do. He'll realize he's in over his head and leave just like the others.

Just then a rustle interrupts his thoughts. Tommy turns to it hopeful in a way that leaves him confused.

Neon green enters his vision and his blood goes cold.

I gotta say thank you for all the support over here! I've been writing another fic on A03 that's pretty much about a lot of dead characters getting therapy low-key after like more angst. So far Ghostbur, Mayu(corpse party), and Runaway kid have been mentioned. I was just wondering if any of you would be interested? Anyway either way hope you enjoyed this!