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Dust

Killer pays Dust a visit, it does not go well with Dust crying and then Horror and Nightmare having to comfort the skele
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With Cross convinced Dust is next.

As he walks to Dusts room he can see phantom Papyrus whispering to him, loud and sinister it's overwhelming even for him so without a second thought Killer picks up the ghost and yeets him as far away as he can, phantom disappears the moment he hits the wall and turns into smoke. Killer is disappointed. He finally got to see what bothered his mate so much and yet he can't do anything about it. If everything goes as planned he will have to inform Nightmare that whatever Dust is seeing is not a hallucination.

"Killer..?" Dust looks at him and his eye lights widen in surprise, joy and other emotion that he can't really name, he is bad at naming them anyway. His mate reaches for him and as his hand goes through Killer, Dust makes a small sad laugh and his eye sockets fill with tears. "You're just another hallucination aren't you..?"

Something in Killer wants to scream no but he doesn't. Screaming right now would not help at all. Instead he focuses and hugs Dust lightly. "Would a hallucination do something like this Dustbunny?"

Dust shakes slightly as he hugs him back and this time his hands actually touch familiar but at the same time unfamiliar material of Killer's jacket, he clings to him as the realization that this is really happening hits him, he allows his tears to fall. "Killer.. how? I.. we saw you die.."

"I don't know.. I'm sorry but I have to go, I'll come back, I don't know when but I promise that I will come back."  As much as he would like to stay with his mate and just hug him all day he has few more monsters to convince. He teleports away and cringes as he hears Dust calling for him from his room, screaming before it turns into a choked cry and begs for him to come back. He feels horrible, even more horrible than the first day when he almost made Horror have a break down.

He stays there a bit longer than he should and watches quietly as Horror runs into the room and comforts the skeleton, he follows the big skeleton quietly as he carries Dust to Nightmares room. Careful to not be seen, he peeks inside and watches the situation unfold.

"What happened?" Nightmare takes the sniffling skeleton from the other, Dust only cuddles into him offering no replay. Horror shrugs as he gives the smaller a concerned look. "I found him screaming and couldn't.. calm him down.."

Nightmare hums before adjusting his hold on his lover and looking up at Horror. "Alright. You are dismissed" The bigger skeleton does not leave, he stands there awkwardly and fidgets with his fingers "will he.. be alright..?"

The lord of negativity nods quietly. Horror pats Dust's head before he leaves the room, looking back at the two before he closes the door and walks away hesitantly. Killer peeks inside, he blinks upon discovering that he can walk through the wall but uses the ability to look at what's happening.

Nightmare sighs as he sits down on the bed and kisses Dust's forehead. "It will be alright. Just sleep." Immediately the smaller skeleton goes limp and the lord of negativity lays him down before covering him with the blanket. If Killer didn't know better he would be confused about what had happened but he knows. Nightmare had used sleeping magic, he does that plenty of times nowadays.

The lord leaves the bed and sits down on a chair before he starts doing some paperwork. Seeing as Dust is taken care of, Killer takes it as a clue to leave.