- Macabre - König vs Ghost x Male Reader

11 - Affliction

     The next couple of days were stressful, you couldn't get a moment alone with Ghost, König was always near you, coddling you. Ghost and König would start arguing over petty things, with you in the middle. The whole time your feelings were conflicted, on one hand, König was the first man you didn't just use and toss away but you were scared that now karma would catch up to you and it was his turn to use and toss you away, and on the other hand you always had feelings for Ghost but were too in deep with König to just be with Ghost. You spent most of your time in the training room, trying to get away from Ghost's snd König's bickering. 

     You had your headphones on, along with your mask, black cargo pants and a gray compression shirt. You were punching a punching bag. releasing steam, you knuckles battered from not using any boxing gloves of tape. The world around you was drowned out by you blasting music, listening to Insane Clown Posse. As you kept punching, blood starting tinting the worn down punching bag, your adrenaline was too high to notice the pain of layers of skin and muscle being torn, shredded and batted in. 

     Just then your wrist was grabbed by a skeleton gloved hand, you looked to your side, up at Ghost and slid your headphones off. "I called your name five times.. you and these damn headphones.. you're going to go deaf one day if you keep listening to music at this volume...and you should've wrapped your knuckles..." He said, his dark amber eyes boring into yours. You sighed and the adrenaline slowly faded, "It must've slipped my mind..." you said lowly, not looking into his eyes. Ghost grabbed your chin, running his finger over your cheek, "you could break your knuckles love... come on, that's enough for today. I'll patch you up in the common room." he said lowly, the name of endearment coming out almost naturally. Your cheeks tinted red and you nodded. 

~Ghost's POV~

    We walked down the halls, he trailed close behind me. We made our way to the common room and he sat on the couch, I grabbed a nearby med kit and sat next to him, he put his hand on my thigh. I cleared my throat slightly and took his hands, pouring hydrogen peroxide over his knuckles, causing a hiss of pain from him as the shredded skin bubbled. I dabbed a cloth over his knuckles, wiping away the dried blood gently. His hands were in bad shape, if I wouldn't have got there when I did, he could've run the wound down to the bone, or broke his knuckles. I was so focused on tending to him that I didn't notice the way he was looking at me, his eyes were softened as they bored into mine, his expression, at least from what I could see, was completely relaxed. I wrapped the bandage around his knuckles before staring into his eyes, his hand resting on my thigh as he gently squeezed and ran it further up near my crotch and back down to my knee. I put my hand on his cheek, my thumb caressing his cheek bone slowly. I leaned closer slowly before Soap and Gaz walked in, König behind them, I swiftly pulled away from him, his hand coming off my thigh as he lied back down against the couch, putting his arm over his eyes, letting out a sigh. It was clear he still liked König but I also knew he was struggling within, I would help, but if I did that I'd just try to win him over and not actually help him choose between me and König. 

     I sat at the edge of the couch up right in the middle near Macabre's laying form, his chest rising and falling steadily, he always looked flawless, I wish I could have him all to myself but that damned...Behemoth....always ruins everything for me. König came over to us and looked down at Macabre like.....like he was his prized possession...it infuriated me. I glared up at him in aggravation, he must've noticed. ~End of POV~ 

      You moved your arm from your eyes, looking at König towering over you. "Hey.." you said lowly, König's ice blue eyes boring down into yours. "Mein Maus... what happened to your hands..?" he asked softly. I looked down at the blood stained bandages wrapped around my knuckles. "Nothing, it just slipped my mind to put protective wear on my hands when I went to hit the punching bag.." You said, trying to downplay the extremity to the wound. "Maus.. you can't be forgetful like that..." He said as he brought his large hand up to your masked cheek, caressing it with his thumb gently. You started into his eyes, trying to look for the genuinity in his words, which his words sounded nothing but genuine. 

     You glanced at Ghost, his words coming back into play throughout your head. Was König really using you? Was he just going to toss you away when he was finished with you? Was everything a lie? Part of his game? Was he manipulating you? You slowly overwhelmed yourself, your breathing became unsteady, your ears started ringing and your body started trembling. König's eyes widened and he put his hands on your shoulders shaking you slightly. "Maus...Macabre? Are you okay? What's wrong?" he asked, his worry evident in his voice as he shook you more. Ghost turned toward you and König "Don't shake him you idiot!" he yelled and pushed König back. "Hey! Don't push me i'm trying to help him!" he yelled back at Ghost. "You think shaking him will help?! He's already trembling just let me handle it." Ghost said firmly as he turned back toward you but König grabbed his shoulder and turned him back around "Don't try to push me around! I'm Macabre's partner, I should help him, he's more comfortable with me!" König argued. "You. Has he ever confirmed you and him were partners. How do you know he's more comfortable with you! I've known him longer. You just want to corrupt his mind and train him like a dog for your team like you did NightShade!" Ghost yelled. König was seething with anger now, "Don't you dare bring him up! I never asked or commanded him to go on that mission! I-" Ghost cut König off. "You didn't have to! He was so in love with you that he did it willingly so you wouldn't get hurt! It should've been you that died on that mission not him! You....you-.....you took one of my best friends away from me...." Ghost yelled before his voice faltered. Soap took you to another room as the current point of the two men's argument got deep and painful for the both of them.

    ~Your POV~ 

     Soap stayed with me in my room, the lamp in the far corner was the only light on, I was curled on my side, Soap laying next to me, his head and back flush against the headboard as he rubbed my back. "...You okay lad...." he asked gently. I nodded, "Soap....who is NightShade...?" I asked, the name rang in my head from earlier when Ghost and König were arguing. Soap sighed and rested his hand on my back, "NightShade was someone Ghost was friends with a few years back... NightShade was also friends with König and also madly in love with him so ultimately he transferred to KorTac.... Ghost still says that König was the reason NightShade died....but he was just always the selfless type...the type of guy to sacrifice himself for anyone he loved....and he was a picky one that boy haha....but Ghost was...very close to him....might've been in love with him....so can you understand why...you joining KorTac hit a little too close to home for Ghost.... You remind him of NightShade, yet you're still uniquely you...that's what Ghost likes about you..but you still love König....and you're struggling, dealing with these feelings, huh?" Soap said, his voice stayed in a soft tone. I looked up at him and sighed, "I don't know what to do Soap....König was someone who reciprocated my feelings...you know in the past I never really...got....romantic and well, I had feelings for Ghost..for  long time but I always thought he hated me and it's just.....I don't know how I can choose....I don't want to be hurt.. i've been hurt my whole life...and I don't want to be hurt by someone I love..but if I choose either one then i'd be the one hurting them...I love both of them..." I said, my voice breaking as I tried not to cry, Soap started rubbing my back again. "Just sleep it off Macabre...we can talk about it in the morning..you've had a rough one." I sighed and nodded after sniffling and closed my eyes to sleep.