Stay With Me // [Red Guy x Reader]

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I'm sorry if the chapters are too short, I'm suffering from writer's block at the moment on how to progress this forward, so I'm sorry for the wait 😔 chapter may be boring due to this

bonus: you get instructions on how to make an omelet 😘 (I haven't eaten one in 2 years) [...some of the instructions may be off and I'm sorry, I don't have much access to research at the moment ;( ]

"Do you think it's alive?" One voice asked, its words sounded raspy and old.
"Well, they're obviously breathing so, of course, they're alive," Another one with a monotone voice asked.
"Do you think they'll be okay..?" A third one spoke, his voice soft and deep-ish sounding that had the sound of innocents behind it.
"Yes, they're going to be okay. They should be waking up any time by now," The monotone voice replied, his voice sounded...unsure at that last statement.

Despite all of this, Y/N couldn't see them.
They tried to open their eyes to look at who the voices belonged to, but they couldn't from the feeling that their eyes were glued shut. It was still obvious that they were Red, Robin, and Manny. Y/N tried to move some part of their body until they got their fingers to twitch, it was the only thing their body felt like moving. And just from that movement, it was like the whole room fell silent at that same moment, although the three others weren't talking before. But it was an anxious silence since even the clock they owned fell silent as it quit ticking like before.
Y/N's slowly started to shift their body as they stirred awake, getting out of whatever spell they were under as they glanced up at whoever was there. They felt their heart skip a beat as it looked like the three towering over Y/N shifted to different colors before going back to their original colors. Jeez, this place really is weird.

"What's going on?" Y/N asked, feeling groggy from just waking up. There was no immediate answer as the three others just stared at the confused one.
Red seemed to shift uncomfortably, seeming like he was ready to approach Y/N until he held himself back. "You- uh, fell asleep in the tub and haven't woken up for a while," Red said a little hesitantly, his eyes flickering to the floor and to Y/N's face. Odd...
"For how long?" Y/N asked.
"A day or two," Robin replied, "but it's not that much of a deal since you're awake now."
Y/N tilted their head to the side, confusion plastered on their face. They couldn't think of what happened before any of this, it was instead a fuzzy vision of them curled up in the tub before dozing off, nothing else came into mind. They'd simply nod and stare at the ground, their mind fogged with other memories as they struggled to find an answer to what happened before this.
"Here, let's get you some water," Red offered, breaking Y/N from their trance as he gestured for them to follow him.

Y/N let out a satisfied sigh as they downed the cup, leaving not even a single drop behind. During their (what is assumed to be) coma, they never got access to any sort of drinks, so it was obvious that they were going to be dehydrated. The both of them sat on the other side of the table where they faced each other but avoided any sort of eye contact. It took a bit of pondering to one's self till someone finally spoke.

"So...why were you in the tub?" Red asked, causing Y/N to perk up.
"Uhm..." — Y/N fumbled with the sides of their striped mug — "I had a bad dream is all."
"About what?" Red's monotone voice had a bit of concern mixed with it, Y/N was probably not going to get out of this one without things being awkward. Y/N took a breath as they continued.
"Well— I'm not sure. I was inside this attic room, which looked a little like a museum of some sort. A woman approached me and told me..." they'd pause as they tried to piece their thoughts together, but nothing was fitting, "I can't remember what exactly she told me, but it seemed important. But I'll remember it eventually."
"Okay," was all Red mumbled out as he tried thinking himself, remembering that Manny has mentioned something like that a while back. They both were left in silence to just think.
Y/N spoke up from their thoughts which cut some of the awkward tension, "Hey, I'm kind of hungry."
"...Yeah, me too," Red replied softly.
"I'll go make us something, alright?" There was some silence before Red nodded and Y/N took that as their signal to get up and start. They'd walk to where the small countertop, stove, and fridge were; pulling out some ingredients for an omelet. Since it still seemed to be a bit early, it wasn't so bad to eat an omelet at this time, right?
The stove flicked alive by the single click of Y/N cranking the nob on the stove to one of the spots. They'd set a skillet down on the burner with the heat set very low to let it heat up and Y/N went ahead to work on everything else. Y/N took a small bowl and cracked 4 eggs into the bowl (enough for both of them), mixing it up inside with some light salt and pepper with some (oil). They'd take 1/2 a slice of butter and melt it inside the skillet, slowly notching the heat up as the butter melted. Y/N poured half of the mixed eggs into the skillet and let it sit to cook, eyeing it down and not recognizing the figure behind them.
     Red had gotten two plates and sat them on the countertop for Y/N, soon taking his place closely behind them. Blush reached Y/N's face at the feeling of Red lingering so close behind them, but they brushed it off as they continued. Despite their nervousness, they managed to keep it cool.
     They failed to keep it for long.
     His hands would snake their way around Y/N's shoulders as he rested his head atop theirs. Y/N felt their body bush slightly as they tensed, their nervousness rising back once more as they felt their face flush. They matched Red at this point! Y/N tried to keep a calm attitude as they continued with their work.
     They slightly burnt the eggs on one side but managed to get the other side to look decent before throwing some cheese, bacon, and some other nice flavoring on one side of the egg before folding it over onto itself, flipping it a few times to melt the cheese before setting it off to the side on one of the plates. Y/N repeated the same steps for the last one, making sure it was perfected before placing it onto the last plate. Immediately after the stove was shut off, the skillet moved to the side to not melt on the burner, and any utensils were tossed in the sink as well as the trash tossed into the bin.

     Y/N let out a satisfied sigh as they gazed at the masterpiece of food they just made, they'd try to reach out to the first plate they made only for their hand to come into contact with Red's hand, which quickly retracted.
     "Uhm—sorry.." Red mumbled nervously, grabbing the other plate.
     "It's okay," Y/N mumbled back, slightly louder than him. Red pulled himself away from Y/N and settled himself into his original spot. Y/N followed with a fork, sitting across from him.
     Silence filled between the two as they shoved the food inside their mouth with random questions that quieted after like; "How's the food?", "What've you been up to?", "Feel like doing something today?", and so on. It would only be answered with a nod, a muffled "nothing much", shoulders shrugging, and so on. Despite all of this silence, it was surprisingly comforting.
     Eventually, the food was finished. Y/N got up to take the dishes but it was quickly swept from their hands.

     "Let me," Red spoke.
     "Oh, thanks..." Y/N sat on the counter and watched as Red walked to the sink and placed the dishes down, rinsing them off before grabbing a sponge. He'd hum and nod his head as response to Y/N before starting to rinse off the plates and wipe them off with some soap. Distant music in the back of Y/N's head replaced some of the silence as they intently watched Red clean off the plates, there weren't many dishes in the sink so the show didn't last for long.
     With the last splash of water and rinsing off the sponge, Red was finished with the dishes. He'd glance over at Y/N, who was now at somewhat eye-level with him, before quickly glancing away.

     "Thanks...for the food. It was pretty good," he'd mumble, looking back at Y/N once again from the corner of his eyes. Yet, was there a corner? Now Y/N was wondering if Red's eyes circled all the way around and almost forgot to reply.
     "Oh— uhm, you're welcome!" They prevented from stumbling on their own words, which was a big win on Y/N's behalf. But now that question was bugging them. "Can you look all around the room?"
     "Huh?" Red hummed confusingly.
     "You're eyes! Like— can you look around the room? Y'know," Y/N's finger would go around in circles as they tried to look for the word while Red stared confusingly.
     "What?"
     "360 vision!" They'd snap their fingers when they got the words out.
     "Oh, uhm...no," he'd turn his head and point at some kind of red skin that suctioned the back of his eyes, "It does sound pretty alright though...like, a cool power of some sort."
     "Huh," Y/N flatly said, "I can't believe that I never noticed that. Most of it was because I haven't been able to see that."
     "To be honest, I didn't know about this part of me before until...I don't know how long ago, but I turned my head when looking at myself and noticed it. When I think of it now, it was sorta dumb that I thought my eyes were being held back by some sort of magical force to prevent me from looking around so much."
     Y/N couldn't help but giggle a little, and so did Red. But the laughing only lasted for a second before it cut to silence again. They'd both glance away from each other before looking back.

     "Uh..." Red muttered out, hanging onto the word before it faded into a sentence, "Do you want- maybe to- perhaps... Go on a- uh- walk?... Alone?" he'd avoid eye contact and look at different locations beside Y/N except directly at them.
     "Sure, when?" Y/N flushed a bit when Red's eyes met theirs.
     "I was thinking of doing it in about a few minutes... But it's up to you."
     "Alright, well, might as well get ready to go do that!" although it wasn't noticeable, Red was smiling under all that yarn. He muttered some words of agreement before going to wander off, until a noise caught the both of their attention.
     Who's singing?

Y'all sorry for cliffhangers but I'm tired as hell and loosing motivation to do anything at the moment, so sorry for the inconvenience :(