Dying Positivity

Chapter 6

Art cover by: @sashimou on Twitter (I am not certain of this, but the art styles seem the exact same and Pinterest said they're the artist?)

-Dream POV-

"Next time, tell me when you're going to do that. Please?" I say before closing the portal, walking into the living room of our AU. 'Agh, I'm exhausted..' I think before collapsing onto the couch stomach first. 'No sh^t sherlock, you barely got any sleep last night and then you proceed to search around the entire multiverse to search for Ink!' Shattered yelled at me mentally.

"Awe, come on Shat. I got enough sleep last night, and I was just worried!" I say out loud, knowing no one was home. 'Yeah, right. Not like I care, but you need to start taking care of your body. Seeing as you're not the only one in it! If you die, I die too dumb^ss!'. Shattered states.

"Alright, alright. I'll do my best, okay?" I say innocently. 'Whatever, Dream.' Shattered ends. I lay down closing my eyes before my consciousness begins to fade to black. 

'Dream...'

'Dream!...'

'DREAM'

I shoot up from the couch, half awake but ready to attack from the startle I had received. I look around to realize nothing was there. 'DREAM! You have to go see Sci in like 5 minutes idiot. You fell asleep.' Shattered reminds me. Crap. I completely forgot about that. 

"Oh, crap! Thanks Shattered!" I say before creating a portal to Sciencetale and running through it. I accidentally run into Sci's door and rub my forehead, Sci opens the door to check what the noise was to be met with me.

"Oh, Dream! It's so great to see you, I assume Ink told you i would like to see you? Also, are you alright?" Science says, chucking in the last part.

"I'm fine, thank you Sci." 

He welcomes me in and almost immediately begins asking questions.

"How long have you been having these 'extreme nightmares'?" He says with a serious tone.

"Well... I think it started a couple weeks ago. I've always had some pretty frightening nightmares, however it started to get quite extreme recently. Maybe its because of Shattered?" I end, trying to answer my own question

'Hey! Dont blame me.' Shattered says in a whiny tone.

"Hm. How did these dreams begin to change?" He says beginning to write some information down in my book.

"Oh. Uh, I'm not quite sure..? Sorry, that's not really helpful." I say anxiously

"No, dont worry about it. It's really not too important. Are these nightmares connected to Nightmare in any type of way?"

"Well, I he is in every one of these nightmares. He usually tells me things like it was my fault that I didnt save him, i couldve saved him." I say, memories replaying in my head making me negative.

"Hey, hey calm down. It's okay, deep breaths." He shows me his normal breathing pattern and I begin to calm down. "There we go. Thank you for this information, It seems to me like you're having PTSD during your sleep." He says confidently. I would say I'm shocked, I kind of expected it.

"I'm going to give you these new pills, try to take them right before bed. They help calm your mind to make sure it focuses less on the past." He says handing me a new prescribed bottle.

"Thanks, Sci." I say after a large sigh, smiling widely.

"Not a problem, Dream. Thank you for coming." He says smiling back. I open a portal to the star sans base.

'I betcha they wont work.' Shattered says confidently.

"We'll see." Dream replies.

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SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING.
Depression has me in a grip. I'll try to update more.