Ghost Band Fluffy Oneshots/Headcannons

Runt - Quintessence Ghouls

Phantom, Aether, and Omega

uhhmm... So Phantom almost fucking dies so yw <3

Light Angst to Fluff

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    Ghouls are pack creatures and need a pack to survive.  If they don't have one they could die, and Phantom felt he had no right to be in the new pack of ghouls he was met with when summoned.   When Phantom and Aurora were summoned Aurora was welcomed with warm arms since the ghoulettes gladly accepted the new ghoulette so the ghouls did too.  But Phantom wasn't, the ghoulettes, Mountain, and Rain barely tolerated him, while Sodo and Swiss hated him, the only ghoul that welcomed him was Aurora because she was summoned with him.

    Phantom felt out of place for so long in the pits and when he was summoned he hoped they would accept him but none of them did.  During the first month, when they had cuddle piles or dinner he always tried to join in but Swiss or Sodo bared their teeth and growled at him, eventually, he gave up on trying to be included.  He was practically starving as he ate the scraps of food they had, most of them raw or barely anything there, some nights he didn't even eat.

    Most days he stayed in his room crying unless there was practice.  He still barely understood stuff while Aurora knew so much from the others.  Phantom tried fitting in but he felt like he couldn't so he resorted to helping the siblings and Copia to be praised for something, anything.  They always would scratch his head when he helped and he always wanted to cry when they did, but he saved that for being in his room.

    He always thought the ghouls would warm up to him at some point but they didn't, he just kinda guessed none of them took the replacement of Aether well.

    At this point Phantom was tiny and weak from being starved of food and attention from his pack, he took so much energy up by just picking up his guitar that he could barely play in rituals which made him feel more hated as he was watched by the angry eyes of other ghouls.  He always felt like fainting or vomiting after, and none of them seemed to notice or even care.  He still got teethed bared at him, claws to his face and body, and excluded out of stuff.

    He couldn't take it anymore.

    He was walking down the halls of the ministry sobbing.  His scent was sour and everyone could smell him, they thought that was his natural scent but it wasn't.  Normally Phantom smelled like when you walk into a bakery but now his scent was sour.

    He didn't know where he was anymore, he knew he would get into trouble for wandering to the other side of the ministry.  The other side looked, felt, and smelled like a ghoul den with different scents of what he could presume were other ghouls, it terrified him.

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    Aether was normally up late and thought today was gonna be a normal night until he scented another ghoul, their emotions were everywhere and he immediately was put on high alert and went to find them.  Then he found Phantom.

    Phantom looked ill, his eyes were puffy and red, he was gasping for breath, his body looked so small and weak and he was shaking.  Aether's heart shattered at the state of the ghoul and he tried touching the smaller ghoul making Phantom heavily flinch.

    "Who did this to you....?"

    Phantom let out a shaky sob, he wanted to fold from just Aether's calm and concerned voice filled with love.  He cried even more and hugged Aether, Aether hugged him back taking his time with Phantom and letting him initiate things first.

  "Wanna go to my room?"

    Phantom nodded and Aether picked him up, knowing Phantom's legs were about to give up.  While walking down the hallway to his room, Phantom felt lots of eyes of the past ghouls on him making him nervous.  Aether could feel Phantom's nervousness and glared at some of the ghouls that were peaking through their doors and staring.