DHMIS Who Are We? Fanfiction (Includes Red × Duck)

Chapter 3, PT 3, yoR si gniemoc. . . ❤️‍🔥👿

(A/N + TW: Hello everyone! I hope you all have a good day! This Part contains angst, and of course lots and lots of plot!!
TW: this chapter contains mentions of death, and car accidents. )

3rd POV

Red lays with Doi and Duck that night, hugging them close to him. Doi clutches Reds fur, snooring softly into Reds chest. Duck sleeps with his back against the other two, but his head lays on top of Reds hand.

The night passes slowly, Red staying half awake to make sure nothing happenes. Around seven AM he gets up and starts to make breakfast, waffles and chicken strips with boiled eggs. Red walks back to their room and wakes Doi up.

"Hey bud, time to take up, it's your day to take a bath, then I made some chicken and waffles," Red whispers to wake Doi.

Doi rolls over, yawning. "Nooooo," he mumbles sleepily.

"Yes bubs, gotta take a bath, you know our agreement," Red stated.

"Mmmmm," Doi groans.

Red pulls his blanket back and picks Doi up, walking to the bathroom. Red sets Doi down on the toilet lid. "Hands up, bud," Red says. Doi lifts his arms up, sleepily. Red pulls his shirt off and turns to turn the water on. Doi puts his hand under the water to make sure its the right temperature. Red plugs the tub and puts some soup in the bottom of the tub, swishing it around and the bubbles slowly rise.

Red turns around as Doi gets in and submerges himself into the water and bubbles. Doi finally fully wakes up and starts playing with the bubbles.

Red leans against the sink and watches Doi play for a minute then he hears whispers behind him. He turns around and looks into the mirror.

Iod sits in the bathtub where Doi was on the over here on this side of the mirror. Iod picks up the soup bubbles in his hands and blows them at the other him. The other Red turns around and goes to Iod, sitting on the ground next to the tub.

"Hctaw tuo. . ." the Red guy in the mirror whispers to Red.

Red backs away from the mirror and grabs Dois towel of the tolet lid, drapeing it over the mirror.

"Harry, what are you doing?"  Doi asks confused

"I'm just-- " Red turns around to Doi. "Protecting us."

"From what?"

"Nothing for you to worry about, bud," Red smiles.

Doi turns back to the bubbles in the bath and plays with the rubber duck. Red looks back to the mirror and moves the towel so he can see himself. "What did you. . ."

"yoR si gniemoc. . ." He hears the other Red says.

"I- I dont know what your saying," Red stutters.

"yoR. sI. gniemoC."

"Yor. . .si. . ." Red mumbles confused.

"uoy deen ot hctaw tuo. YOR. SI. GNIEMOC."

The water behind Red splashes up quickly. Red drops the towel, snapping around to see Doi standing up, his back pressed against the tile wall. "No--no-no,no,no,no!" Doi whispers over and over again.

"What's wrong, bud?" Red asks, walking to the tub.

"No! No! Please!"

Red reaches out to Doi. Doi flinches back and throws his hands up to protect his face. "Doi, buddy, It's okay, I'm right here. Sit back down."

Doi slides his body down the wall and sits back in the water. He starts Whispering to himself, tears running down his face.

Red sits on his knees and pours water from a cup on Dois hair. "What's wrong bud?"

"I heard what the mirror said. . ." Doi whispers. Red clenches his teeth and then squirts shampoo into his hand to clean Dois long hair.

"Did you. . . Understand what it. . . I mean the other me said?" Red asks, rubbing the shampoo into Dois hair gently.

"Mmhmm. . ." Doi mumbles. He pulls his legs up to his chest, hugging his arms around them.

"Wh- what did he say. . .?" Red whispers.

"He says we need to watch out. . . Because my dad is coming. . ." Doi whispers, his voice shaking slightly.

Red freezes for a moment, but then he goes back to rinsing the shampoo out of Dois hair, trying not to alert Doi. "Well. . . Duck and I will take care of it, Doi, there's no need for you to worry."

"B-but what if you get hurt again? Or something happens to Duck or-or someone dies again and--" Doi babbles, looking up at Red.

"Doi. . . Do you know when one of us dies?" Red asks slowly.

"It. . . hasn't always been this way. . . When my dad first gave me to Duck and you. . . You guys didn't really like me. You ignored me sometimes and didn't really like me all that much. B-but them Dad started getting mad and started doing things to Duck. . . And that made the olds you really mad. So olds you tired to fight back and when that didn't work. . . You died. . . Then Dad replaced him doing the work with the Teachers. . . And slowly, they wore Duck and you down. . . Made Duck die over and over again, and you kept finding out and being replaced. . . Finally Dad and. . . her. . . fixed the problems in your head enough for you and Duck to be nicer to me. . . Be more blind to what they do to you guys. . . And I just sit here. . . Every day. . . Letting it happen. . ." Doi lays his head down in his knees, pulling his wet hair. "Before mommy made this reality with everyone. . . I was so alone. . . Even my death was lonely. . . I never had friends because of the way I was. . . But neither did you or Duck. . ." Doi turns his head, laying it on his knee. He looks at the tile wall in front of him blankly. "Mommy brought me back. . . And when Dad helped her, he put the two of you in here to let you watch me." Doi takes a shakey breath. "Mommy watches us. . . And makes sure I learn to be safe in this world. . . So when I join the real world again, I will be safe. Away from dad, away from bad people and bad things. So I can know better. . . So I can be better."

Red continues to stare at Doi in shock, his eyes wide. He can see his eyes shaking, looking back and forth to Doi and his hands. His hands that had a layer of tight fur over his fingers so he couldn't pull them apart all the way. What was he? Is he fake? Apart of someone's imagination? All that he went through here in this place wasn't real? Duck wasn't real? Doi wasn't real? No, Doi and his parents were the only real ones here. . . It's Duck and I that are fake, fitments of their imagination.

Red inhales sharply, closing his eyes. "I-Im. . . Not real?" Red whispers more to himself that asking a question to Doi.

"In the real world. . . Your a close friend of Dad's. You and Duck both are. . . He trusts you guys. . . But after you found out what he was doing to me. . . You and Duck got angry. . . Called some people and Dad went away. Mommy didn't know what to do. . . So she left me unattended hours on in. . . Me alone in the house, until one day. . . I was playing outside by myself and I just. . . Lost my toy in the road and. . ." Doi falls quiet and takes a deep breath. "The people that found me called Mommy and she went to the hospital. . . But I was already gone. Mommy blamed herself and started doing weird things. She started talking to bad people that weren't in our world and they told her to go to dad. Dad was really mad when he found out that I was gone and blamed Duck and you,  saying if he had just stayed in the house that I would still be alive. He did some bad things with mommy and then suddenly I was here with them. In this bright and happy world. But I was differnt. I was dumber. . . I was more nieve. It wasn't really me. I was from the mirror. I was from the other world. I'm not the real Doi. . . I just have his memory's. I'm not real either. The you that knows everything, the you that remembers everything, is in the mirror. But he can't communicate right with us. . . I dont know how long we'll be here. I don't know how many times Mommy and Dad are gonna keep this going. But. . . It's been years since this first started. . . And I doubt that it's gonna end anytime soon."

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