The Demons Within (Female Yandere x Male Reader)

C27 - Confliction

Darkness slithered onto the steel blade, matting the once gleaming metal and repainting her reflection.

The image of a crying girl on the brink of ending her own life had become replaced with a different picture; a monstrous grin bloomed upon her countenance, an orange swirl replacing her eye, seemingly hypnotising Chloe as she stared into their seemingly infinite depth.

A sharp whisper breached her ears, a deceivingly silky-smooth voice dancing its way through her mental barriers.

"You'll be free. Like you've always wanted to be," It sang, two ashened hands slowly gripping onto the handle of the knife, ever so slightly tightening by the second, as if it were an anaconda carefully entrapping its long-awaited prey.

A warm mass consumed her body, freeing her tensed muscles from their unruly prison, allowing for the figure to take total control of the disfigured girl's body without her knowledge.

Chloe's orbs bore into her grinning reflection, finding the task of keeping her eyelids open to have become more taxing by the second.

"Ssssshhhh... Relax... It's all over now."

Welcoming the darkness that took over her mind as she closed her tired eyes, Chloe wondered what came after death. After all, that was all that was in store for the small orange-haired girl now.

"Well... It can't be... worse than-"

"Chloe?"

Chloe's eyes burst open, the warmth that had previously encumbered her body nowhere to be felt.

Orange orbs darting over to the noise's origin, her pupils widened at the sight of the person standing in front of her.

A bouquet of marigolds lay upon the floor that was haphazardly covered in sharp shards of glass, rays of light flooding into the small girl's apartment, revealing small amounts of red stains dotted upon the dirty carpet.

But the figure paid them no mind, their crimson contacts gleaming with beads of tears, one of their slender hands covering their mouth, countenance electrified by the sight before her.

"Chlo...e? What are you doing?" Lea worriedly enquired, stumbling over her words as she quickly approached the girl who was holding a knife up to their throat, the blade end pointed towards her vital point, both hands tightly holding the handle.

The door slammed shut behind her, causing both of them to flinch slightly, darkness once again consuming the apartment.

Unperturbed by the newfound lack of light, Lea stormed over to the small girl, causing Chloe to panic, fear consuming her entire being as her orange orb darted between her best friend and the blackened knife that she held before her.

"This would be the perfect opportu.." Stopping herself before she could finish the thought, Chloe attempted to speak, only managing a few mangled words.

"Wh...y? Why are... are you... here?" She blurted out, her countenance petrified as if the worst possible outcome had arisen.

Lea seemed to become a bit confused by such a question, her speedy approach unfaltering as she spoke, "Why? Weren't you the one who invited me here? You know? When me and Y/n went to visit you."

Stunned by the words that had just left her mouth, Chloe's mind blanked as she attempted to search for any memories of such an event occurring.

A rejuvenated black figure quickly grasped upon the knife's handle, tugging it towards the small girl's throat as if in a hurry to end it all.

"She's lying to you. Do it! DO IT NOW!" Nathanial hurriedly commanded, the other shadow cooperating with him by blocking her view of the black-haired girl whilst covering her ears to shield her from such treachery.