V & V - Rageous Rageon Rise

The One Boy Who Loved Me

Dom POV:

I wake up to the sound of Mateo screaming and crying. I sit up, my heart racing as I see him sobbing in his sleep. I shake him, trying to wake him up. He gasps as his eyes open. He backs away from me, his hands shaking as he holds them over his chest and mouth.

Dom: "Mateo! Mateo, what happened!"

He shakes his head and makes a heartbreaking noise of fear as he crawls off the bed. He races away from me, crying loudly as he runs.

What the hell? Did he have a nightmare? I suspiciously was having no dreams before waking up.

Shit... I really hope that means he didn't see anything on my behalf.

I get up and run after him. I reach the stairs, not sure which way he went. I look around until I notice the gate to leave the patio open. I hurry down the stairs and run to the gate. I look around the vast pasture and open fields, feeling more worried.

He could be anywhere! I search for him until my eyes land on the barn. Hmm. Maybe I can use the horses to help me find him. I jog over to the barn, stopping to catch my breath once I'm outside of it.

Dom: "Mateo? Are you in here? Mateo, please."

My voice breaks from stress. I open the barn doors and spy Mateo curled up against some hay, crying his eyes out. I hurry over to him... stopping as I see the state his body is in. He... looks like Veneer at his worst.

Why's he covered in snowflakes? The frostbite? The... the fucking handprints around his neck. My heart drops as I back away from him. Mateo looks up at me, his eyes white with snowflakes in them. My hands shake as they fly to my mouth in horror. I shake my head no at the sight of him so... so.

Mateo: "I saw... everything! I saw everything... you did! It all happened... in my dreams!"

He cries out his words in between sobs. I can't stop the tears flowing down my cheeks as I take in the horror of him in this state.

Mateo: "Dom... you killed... so terribly! Why were... your parents... so bad? Why didn't you... process the deaths! Why was Drew... horrible to you? Why was your childhood... so awful!"

I can't say anything, disgusted over the idea of him having seen what I did. He must have somehow seen into my mind.

He must have replayed those death scenes.

Mateo: "I saw what you did to everyone! I saw Roman y Brandon die! I saw the gross bodies of Sammy, y Jaye, y Johnny! I saw Midori y Velvet on the floor, shaking! Why did I see everything you've done? Why did... I see... what you did to Veneer! Why was Veneer... so destroyed!"

Mateo cries harder into his hands.

I can't say anything as I feel a horrendously cold chill freeze over my body.

The love of my life... has seen me for what I truly am. He's seen me for the despicable monster I really am.

*CREAK*

The barn doors creak open... revealing me standing in the distance.

My doppelgänger stares at me... my eyes glowing horrifically bright. That smile... my smile. It's so disgusting. I look disgusting.

My counterpart laughs, no soul behind the laughter. I look at Mateo, then back at my evil counterpart. I force myself to stand... and slowly walk over to the doors. The tears freeze and shatter off the ground as they roll off my cheeks.

Dom: "What... will it take for you to go away? He doesn't deserve this. He did nothing to deserve seeing my horrible actions."

Evil Dom: "You... deserve... nothing. What does it make him... to love you?"