Taking Off Your Mask

The Hospital

*Cry's POV*

Ebony fell asleep on the couch. She looks so adorable. I picked her up and took her and set her carefully on her bed. She stated to mumble in her sleep. I tried to leave but she grabbed my arm.

"Ryan? Don't leave me again. I missed you so much. Please stay."

"W-what? Do you remember?"

"Now I do. Please."

"Alright. I'll just sleep on the floor. I don't want your mother to get angry again."

"Thank you."

I grabbed a blanket and a pillow and fell asleep on the floor.

-Ebony's POV-

I was back in the dreamworld. This time there's something different. The mad mask was gone. There's pictures of me when I was a child with someone I don't quite recognize hanging on the wall. I heard footsteps coming towards the door as per usual. Cry walked in, but he seems different. He isn't his usual cheery self.

"Cry? What's wrong?"

"Well, I have something I need to tell you. You obviously don't remember, but when you were young you had a very close friend. You were with that friend everyday, hour, and second. You went on a trip with him, and something terrible happened. They were driving home after they dropped you off with your mother. There was a very stupid man driving while he was drunk. He crashed into our car, and almost killed the little boy. There was one thing that saved him. You made him a mask. It may sound like I am insane, but the dream version of your father helped you make it. Because of this, the mask was "infused" with a your happiness. It acted like magic. It made two alternate personalities. Mad and Virus. They kept the little boy alive no matter what. He tried to kill himself over and over.

Mad and Virus protected him and took him to the hospital every time he got hurt. The boy grew to hate them for this. He grew tired of the endless process and created a YouTube channel. He named his channel "Cryaotic". It was somewhat symbolic, but no one new what it meant. The boy, which is now a man, hid behind his mask until he found you again. He recognized your nickname he gave you. He knew it was you be cause of the two hyphens at the beginning and end. It was your name for everything.

He remembered everything about you. Especially how much he loved you. "

"Wait. So, your Ryan? That explains the 'crashed into our car', but why didn't you tell me this in the very beginning?"

"I was scared, and I still am." When he said that he turned and walked out of the room.

"Ryan?" I grabbed his wrist, "Don't leave me again. I missed you so much. Please stay." I started to remember everything we went through. He was even there when we went to my father's funeral.

"W-what? Do you remember?"

"Now I do. Please," He climbed into the bed with me, "Thanks." He snuggled me until I fell asleep once again.

"Oh, and whatever you do, don't tell Cry about this. He doesn't know about who I am. Don't worry I wont hurt him. "

-Normal world-

I woke up on my bed. That dream. It was so vivid. I stared at the ceiling for a minute and sat up on my bed. I saw Cry sleeping on the floor. Why would he be on the floor?

"Ry-Cry?" His eyes fluttered open,"Why are you sleeping on the floor?"

"Hmm? Oh, you were talking in your sleep and I got worried. What were you dreaming about?"

"Oh. Uhh. I don't quite remember. Anyways, do you want to go eat some breakfast?"

" Yeah. I'm starving."

I went downstairs and grabbed milk, eggs, flour, sugar, butter, and salt. I stirred everything up in a blender and let it chill for a couple of minutes. I grabbed a pot and started to melt some cream cheese and some butter together for a sauce. I poured some of the batter from the fridge into a pan and started to cook it.

"What'cha making?" Cry came up behind me and asked.

"Crepes. Try one." I gave Cry a sliver of the crepe that I finished making. He took it and shoved it in his mouth.

"Damn. This is good" He took another piece and ate it. Mother walked downstairs and filled her water bottle up.

" So, are you ready to see your sister?" She asked walking over to me.

" No. I don't think I'll ever be ready. I'm going to bring Rue to help cheer her up." Cry gave me a bear hug. I hugged back after a couple of seconds. I could feel my face get extremely red. My mother coughed as to clear the awkwardness.

"Oh, yeah, I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Ryan." Cry held his hand our to her.

"Ryan? I have a feeling I know who you are. Ebony might be a little fuzzy on the topic, but I have to say, I missed having you around." Mother hugged him instead of shaking his hand.

" Umm. What?" I understand what she's talking about but I don't see how she remembered so fast.

"You'll remember soon. I don't even know if he remembers."

"I do. I remember quite a lot."

"Well, breakfast is ready. Eat all you want, but save some for a Louise." I grabbed a couple of plates and forks, and loaded the plates with crepes. I gave everyone a plate and wrapped one in film for Louise.

After we all ate I went upstairs to get ready. I got ingot the shower and washed my hair. When I got out I blow dried and straightened my hair. I wrapped the towel around my body and walked into my room to get some clothes. I picked out a tank top, plaid over shirt, and some shorts. I got dressed and walked into our bonus room. Cry was watching Fairy Tail on Netflix once again. I sat beside him and rested my head on his shoulder. "You know, I'm starting to remember quite a bit."

"Do you remember who I really am?"

"Umm. Not quite yet... " Damn. I'm a terrible liar. He probably knows I'm lying. Wait. Why am I lying? Why should I trust that man? Whatever. I'll tell Cry tomorrow. Mother walked in and drug us into the car. I put some Of Mice and Men on and stared out the window until we got to the hospital.

We walked into the hospital and went you to her room. I opened the door and looked at her sleeping body. I walked in and put Rue on the bed. The kitten jumped around and started to play with Louise's hair. Louise started to open her eyes. "Hmm? Ebony?"

"Hey Louise. How are you doing?"

"Good. The man in the white coat says I can go home today. Who's the man in the mask?"

"This is my friend Cry. "

"Cry? That's a weird name. What's the kitty's name?"

"That's Rue. Be careful with her; she's really young."

"Okay. I will be. Mommy? How are you doing?"

"I'm doing well. Ebony made you your favorite." My mother stepped away from the door entrance and handed Louise the plate of crepes.

"Thank you sissy."

"I'm going to go fill out the papers to get her out of here. Have fun. I'll be right back. " Mother left all of us in the room together. We talked a little till mother came back.

-Time Skip-

We all went home together. I put some of Louise's favorite songs on. Cry and I talked for a little while and decided what we were going to do while we were in Colorado. I told Cry about the amusement park here, The Elitch Gardens. There's also Heritage Square where the alpine slide is. We continued to decide our plans until we arrived back at the house. Louise was extremely tired from the ride home and all the doctors checking up on her. She went straight up to bed and slept for hours. Cry and I decided that we would go shopping today and go to The Elitch Gardens tomorrow.