ANGST
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Y/n was climbing down a tree, their foot slipped off a branch making them tumble down. The only positive was that they wheren't that high up.
The fall was rough but nothing was broken.
Right??
"Did I seriously sprain my ankle, ughhh-"
They groaned, rubbing the sore spot. Now it would be longer before they got back home. Speaking of that they really needed to hurry as it was getting late.
Everyone warned you not to enter these woods.
And yet Y/n did, being a defiant lill shit that liked breaking the rules.
"And I'm lost... why am I like this?"
Y/n stared at the trees, everything looked the same. They leaned against one the identical things, trying to think of a new tactic to get back to the main path.
A butterfly appeared landing on their nose.
Oh.
OH.
It was a pretty one.
The butterfly was a dark red color, the top part of its wings looked like it contained eyes but it was just the pattern giving that illusion.
"Are you my new friend?" They asked the lill creature in a silly voice.
"They could be your friend, they seem to like you."
Y/n turned their neck around, a bit to quickly causing neck pain and the butterfly to flutter away. It didn't stray far, it flew towards the stranger that startled them.
They where to focused holding their own neck, trying to rub the pain away to notice he stepped closer.
"You can refer to me as Swarm." He spoke up, his eyes locked on them with a odd fixation.
Suddenly there where more butterflies, surrounding the two people.
Some attached themselves to the puppet and human and some just kept on flying in a swarm of their own.
"Oh they seem to like you~"
"Damn there are a lot... like A LOT."
It's a bit intimidating how many there are.
Swarm seemed to be communicating with all the flying insects, they where fluttering happily around his head.
Y/n saw the red butterfly from earlier approach them again, it seemed to want something from them.
It allowed you to pet it, buzzing in delight once you did so.
"Yes, I... we've decided. We like you to come with us. Our home."
"My mama taught me not to go with strangers to their houses or vans."
Y/n bluntly stated, they didn't get a good vibe from this forest... or him. Even if it sounded rude.
Swarm smiled at them, it wasn't a very nice or comforting one. He stared at them eerily, it felt menacing almost.
"I think I should take my leave..."
"Hmm you see I have a thing for collecting precious things, I'd like to add you to my collection."
AHEM WHAT??
"I KINDLY refuse."
Alright time to make a run for it... with your sprained ankle and non athletic build.
Y/n didn't even manage to run a few meters as the swarm of butterflies started to flock around them.
All out to get them, they attached themselves to their clothes, hair, skin. They where in clear distress as butterflies crawled into and onto their mouth, nose and ears.
They never had a fear of insects but this was making them violently trash around on the ground in a desperate attempt to get them off.
"Don't be like that precious, it would be better if you came willingly." He said, seemingly not bothered by the scene, worse even so amused.
"Get them off me! Get them off!" They panicked, every time they swatted away one of the tiny attackers two others took it's place.
They where everywhere!
Y/n couldn't breath as they had crawled into their mouth, they attempted to spit them out but it didn't work.
So they bit down on the butterflies, it left a bitter taste in their mouth.
"Don't be like that, my lovelies only want to be as close as possible to you, won't you let them?"
Swarm looked almost... disappointed that they where resisting so much, hurting his butterflies.
Y/n couldn't focus on his words or expression as they felt one of the butterflies crawl onto one of their eyes.
More specifically it was trying to go inside your eye.
Their pained and horrified shouts echoed through the forest.
He waited for them to faint, before picking them up in his arms.
"I'm gonna love and cherish you~ We all are."
Y/n awoke, gasping for air like a fish of the dry land gasped for water. Their throat was dry and raspy from the screaming.
Wait screaming...
No.
No.
NO.
Their vision was blurry, their body was bruised and hurting in many different places.
They remembered the traumatic event that took place earlier. When they recognized that familiar feeling of tiny little creatures climbing over them they started hyperventilating.
Your new ptsd was kicking in.
Lovely.
Before Y/n could swat any of them away, Swarm held them back.
Hé had placed them onto the couch in his cabin, his butterflies had nestled themselves into their hair and onto their body.
They where like a cozy blanket of living creatures. When he noticed they awoke he leaned over uncomfortably close.
"You looked so pretty when you where unconscious, it makes me wanna preserve your beautiful self."
"Wha-"
They looked at him if he was crazy.
They wanted to curse him out for involuntary bringing them here and letting his creatures attack them but pain made it difficult get out any sounds.
You felt something moving in your left eye.
"My~ It seems one of my lovelies wanted to make a nest in your eye. This one particularly attached to you." He said, almost adoringly.
Y/n felt close to fainting again as a red familiar butterfly crawled out of their eye.
Swarm pulled them close to his chest, starting to stroke their head like one would do to a favored pet.
You didn't like butterflies anymore was your last thought before blacking out.
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