The Witch in the Woods (Bill Cipher x reader)

Chapter 26

Your head is pounding and your body is covered in sweat as you roll under the blankets. You groan and throw your arm over your face, taking deep breaths as sweat rolls off your skin. You feel so gross, yet too exhausted to even think about getting up and taking a shower. You're still mentally and emotionally exhausted from yesterday.

After a couple of minutes with your eyes shut, you can’t stand the feeling of sweat anymore and figure you should get up. You squint open your eyes to stare at the ceiling then slowly roll to the left so you can get out of bed. Instead of the open space of your bedroom like you expect, you hit the wall. You jolt in surprise and open your eyes all the way, staring at the peeling paint of the wall under your window. You blink several times, confused and bewildered. Slowly, you turn your head to the right only to find the rest of your bedroom. Your clock reads 6am which can’t possibly be right considering you don’t see the sun shining outside the window. That’s the least of your worries though.

You’re pretty sure for as long as you can remember, your bed has been on the right corner of your bedroom, not the left. And the door should be on the wall you just rammed into, not the opposite one you’re facing. You’re too tired to think through any of this. You decide to forgo the whole ‘thinking’ thing and simply roll back over to get out of bed. You stand and stretch, not finding the energy to do anything for the day despite your normal amount of chores.

You step out of your bedroom and glance to the right only to find the rest of your little cottage. You scowl and look to the left, finding the bathroom and the end of your short hallway. You shake your head and shuffle into the bathroom, stripping down and hopping into the shower. You take a long shower, letting the hot water cleanse your body and your thoughts. You feel mildly refreshed afterwards. You throw some comfy clothes on since you plan on staying in the house all day.

You step out of the bathroom and take a deep breath, entering your living room to take full stock of your home. Everything still seems in place, at least to your eyes, but it’s all been flipped somehow. “What the fuck…?” You whisper to yourself. Your kitchen has switched from right to left, your front door the same, your bedroom the same, your herb table the very same. It’s almost like it’s all been mirrored.

You shake your head and try to think back to yesterday, as much as it pains you. You ran from the shack all the way back home, cried at your door, then what? You can’t remember. You shut your eyes and try to focus, wondering if you could will the memory to come to you, but then your head sings with pain. You hiss and scrunch your eyes closed tighter as a pounding migraine hits you. You suspect your memory will have to wait. The migraine fades after a minute or so, though it leaves you feeling a dull ache in your brain. You decide it’s best to get on with your daily chores then figure this out when you’re done.

You slowly go out to your back garden, to the South instead of North, to tend to your plants. At the very least, it doesn’t seem this whole flip has caused any harm to them thankfully. You sigh in relief and grab your tools to start. Nothing is ripe today, so you simply tend to the soil, make sure everyone is watered, and get rid of any pests.

Suddenly, your head pangs again while you’re in the middle of watering some of your tomatoes. You nearly crumple to your knees at the pain, dropping your watering can in the process as you try to keep your balance. You feel sick to your stomach and you distantly realize that you might just pass out in your own garden. You slowly lower yourself to the ground, sitting on your ankles to give your body a rest.

After a couple of minutes, the pain does not cease. Tears involuntarily fall from your eyes, building onto your eyelashes and slipping from them onto your lap. You can hardly think past the pain that is pounding in your head, though distantly you think you might need to get a potion for yourself. You try to avoid doing that since your remedies are for others, but this is clearly a problem.