Sweet Dreams, Beautiful Nightmare (Bill Cipher x Reader)

Chapter 10

A/N: Bill is such a little perv, but we love him so...

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Chapter 10.

You heard the front door opening downstairs, and you hurried out of the tub, drying yourself off and throwing on your clothes as quickly as possible. You had no idea how long you were out for. Everything felt like a blur. Time had slipped past, and you weren't sure if it was day or night. You sat down on your bed, taking a deep breath. There was something about this town and the ability it gave you to have some of the most vivid dreams ever.

"If you can call them that," a voice said.

Startled, you looked around to see who was talking to you when a now-familiar yellow triangle appeared out of nowhere. "What?" you asked, feeling like the universe was playing a joke on you and this was just the start of a horrible punchline at your expense. The triangle smiled, or at least that's what you thought it did, given you had few facial features to work with.

"Are—are you gonna kill me or something?"

The triangle—Bill—actually seemed somewhat surprised at your statement. His eyebrow lifted as though taken aback. "I may be a demon, but I would never harm a hair on your beautiful head." He bent in an almost bow, reaching for your hand to kiss it.

You swallowed hard, unsure whether to believe him or not. "What do you want?" you asked, pulling your hand away.

"To see you, my love."

You blinked, surprised by his antics again. "So... how do you know me, exactly?" you asked.

"You still don't know?" He seemed almost disappointed. Saddened.

"You already said that to me before!" You didn't mean to be so cross, but if this was a joke at your expense, then you missed the punchline. And you were getting tired of it.

"Maybe if I showed myself in the van?"

Your heart stopped as an icy chill ran down your spine. "That—that was you?" Your voice began to rise as panic and another emotion you weren't sure of began to fill you. An invisible triangular demon groped and edged you in a van. If it weren't for the fact that it felt so strangely good, you would have almost been completely disgusted.

"Or maybe in the bathroom? That show you put on was brilliant. Beautiful. The moans you made—" He gave a chef's kiss before he wriggled his eyebrow and made an obscene gesture with his hand as though pumping himself.

You stopped, locked eyes with it as his words registered in your head, and your voice rose with each word until you practically yelled. "You fucking, perverted, little freak—"

You hadn't realized how loud you had gotten or that Ford threw the bedroom door open, with Stan and the twins behind him looking bewildered.

"What on earth? Are you okay?" Ford asked, eyes wide as he took in the sight before him. Bill was hovering close, maybe a little too close to you, his tiny hands raised placatingly.

"Whoa, no need for the cavalry," he laughed, snapping a finger as the door shut again. "We'll need a little privacy if you don't mind."

"No," you said, stomping your foot like a petulant child. "You're going to tell me what the fuck is going on. Right. Now."

You could hear Ford on the other side of the door, telling the others to start touching up the Bill-proofing of the Shack as Bill rolled his eye. He seemed unfazed as he sat next to you on the bed.

"Maybe I went about this the wrong way," he said thoughtfully, with no hint of emotion in his voice.

"You think?" you replied, eyebrows raised. "It's not every day someone gets felt up by a geometry problem."

It was Bill's turn to shoot you a look. You returned an equally blank expression to him as the demon sighed. "I was hoping you'd remember. You'll have to forgive my wandering hands; I haven't seen you in a very long time, and a demon has needs, you know."

"No, I don't know," you sighed. You couldn't help but notice that his very being seemed to light up every time he spoke. It was almost... cute. In a strange way. "But you seem to know me, so why don't I know you?"

Bill sighed. "It would be easier to show you than to explain it."

"So show me then."

"It's—not that easy. The quickest way for me to show you, I—I have to do something I swore I would never do to you."

"What's that?"

"Possess you."

You watched the tiny being beside you, eyebrow furrowed as though the thought caused him turmoil.

"Possess me?"

"Take over your body to liberate your memories, if you will. But for me to do that, you have to make a deal with me."

"A deal?"

"Yes, a deal. Red tape, it'll drive you nuts, believe me. So whaddya say you let me get reacquainted with that bod—uh, mind of yours, huh?"

You opened your mouth to reply but stopped and listened, the unmistakable sound of a drill whirling to life. Ford and Stan were preparing to dismantle the door to get inside. The demon looked up at you, all cockiness aside, and you could have sworn his eye was almost pleading with you.

"We don't have much time. If you want to learn what exactly is going on, you'll have to trust me." Bill floated in front of you, hand extended. Bright blue flame engulfed it, and you looked at it warily.

"It won't cost me my soul, will it?" you asked with some trepidation. "And you'll leave my body afterward?"

"No, it won't cost you your soul," Bill said softly, as though he were talking to a lover. "I just need permission to enter your mind. That's it. I'll leave right afterward."

You could hear the sounds of a drill making contact with the screws holding it in place. It wouldn't be much longer before they would be in here, and you didn't know what would happen afterward. Especially to Bill. Biting your lip, you mulled it over. You wanted to discover why and how you were connected to this, with the bizarre dreams and all that. If Bill had the answers, could it really be all that bad to make a deal with him?

Bill looked anxious as the voice of Stan and Ford grew louder. You had maybe seconds left...

"Okay!" you said, taking his hand as the flames engulfed yours. Right then and there, the bedroom door tilted to the side, enough for Ford and Stan to fit through as Bill laughed.

"Too late, suckers!"

You felt a painful burst in your head as Bill took over your body while his turned to stone and fell to the ground in front of you with a loud thump. At that moment, the two men rushed over. Their looks of complete horror were the last thing you saw before you passed out on the bed.