♥【ｃａｎｄｙ－ｒｏｔｔｅｎ ｈｅａｒｔ】♥ (rotmntx reader)

♥【ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ １】♥

as quickly as you had entered the cool light realm, you had left it to be hit with chilly air. seriously it caused you have some goosebumps because of it-

but one question is swimming in your head, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘄? you turned to the shadow, well no-longer shadow. Who had the moonlight reflection practically glistening off of them punctuating their eyes. they were a deep beautiful f/c, which just made them cooler to you. during this time the shadow seem to have taken notice to your curiosity. "i̶s̸ ̴t̴h̵e̴r̸e̸ ̸s̷o̶m̴e̴t̵h̴i̸n̸g̶ ̵y̵o̴u̶ ̴n̶e̴e̴d̸?̸ ̷o̴r̴ ̴a̵r̴e̵ ̵y̵o̶u̵ ̴j̶u̷s̵t̷ ̴s̷u̷r̵p̶r̶i̵s̷e̵d̷ ̵b̶y̷ ̵m̶y̴ ̶a̴p̸p̴e̶a̵r̸a̶n̶c̴e̷?̷"

 that snapped you out of your trance and you awkwardly chuckled and stared away. they seemed genuinely concerned and curios. so, to calm your nerves you asked a question to divert from the question. "I have to ask... what's your name? I can't just call you, YOU all the time or shadow-" the shadow seems genuinely surprised you asked the question, a̶l̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ . they scrambled to answer, seemingly trying to recover.

"i̶.̵.̵.̴i̴ ̴d̴o̸n̶'̸t̴ ̵h̸a̴v̶e̴ ̸a̵ ̸n̷a̶m̶e̷" that caused a quite gasp to escape you, and a pang of guilt for asking the question.

"I- how about I give you a name then?" you proposed.

the shadow stayed contemplative for a second, that felt like hours. Until they responded with a curt nod."i̸ ̶t̵h̴i̴n̴k̸ ̸t̶h̴a̷t̶ ̷w̶o̸u̶l̴d̶ ̴b̶e̴ ̴o̶k̶a̵y̷"they said with a hint of uncertainty still.

"hmm" you paced around searching your brain for a good idea of a name. Suggesting names while walking out of the alley.

"Alec"

"n̶o̴ t̷h̷a̸n̸k̶ ̸y̷o̵u̶"

"Nightmare?"

"i̴ ̴d̶o̵n̵'̴t̵ ̶w̷a̶n̴t̵ ̸t̶o̸ ̵b̵e̸ ̵s̴e̵e̴n̷ ̸a̷s̵ ̸a̴ ̸m̸o̴n̵s̴t̴e̸r̶ ̸w̷h̴o̷ ̸d̶w̴e̸l̷l̷s̵ ̸i̷n̴ ̶c̴h̸i̵l̴d̴r̶e̴n̶'̶s̴ ̶f̵e̸a̵r̵s̶ ̸s̸o̸ ̵n̴o̸ ̵t̶h̴a̸n̶k̶ ̵y̵o̸u̷.̴"

"Macaque?"

"w̶h̷e̵r̶e̴ ̴d̷i̴d̵ ̶t̷h̴a̴t̸ ̷c̴o̶m̴e̵ ̷f̷r̸o̸m̵?̸"

"Uh a show I think-"you coughed. you don't think they knows about Lmk, since they seem to have been in the betwixt for a while.

"w̵e̸ ̶d̵o̶n̷'̶t̷ ̸s̷e̴e̷m̷ ̷t̶o̴ ̷b̴e̷ ̷g̸e̶t̴t̶i̴n̴g̸ ̸a̴n̸y̷w̷h̵e̸r̸e̵ ̷s̸o̷ ̵f̴a̴r̶,̷ ̷i̶ ̴p̸r̴o̵p̵o̵s̸e̶ ̴w̴e̵ ̷w̶a̵i̸t̷ ̷a̷ ̴b̵i̵t̶.̶" he said stopping in the 'shadow's. You laughed silently in your head at the pun. it was actually quite calming to be able to talk with someone while walking in the night. even if that someone is a green creature.

"Oh, hey look there's an apartment complex not too far from here, maybe we can stay there for a bit." You pointed out it seemed relatively pretty, but not too extravagant or expensive."y̷e̴s̵ ̴b̷u̵t̶ ̴d̷o̸ ̸y̸o̴u̸ ̶h̸a̵v̴e̴ ̶a̶n̷y̵ ̵o̵f̸ ̶t̸h̴e̸i̸r̶ ̵t̵y̶p̵e̷ ̵o̶f̵ ̸c̷u̷r̴r̶e̴n̵c̸y̷?̴" the shadow brought up.

"I don't know let me check "you rummaged through your pockets, to inconclusively find nothing. You chuckled nervously, but your hand hit something hard, and rectangle shaped. You brought it out to find a phone.

"huh" that wasn't what you were looking for, but it was nice to have it with you.

"I uh- don't have any-"you said sweating bullets. with an embarrassed face