I'm Happy For Your Sorrow ~ Yandere Clemens Averink x Reader (Owlverse: Wardens)

~ Chapter 4 ~ The Confrontation

~ Later That Night ~

Bernard walks around, determined yet clueless on how to find Clemens. Thankfully for him, he wouldn't have to walk much farther. His eyes scan the area in front of the basement entrance, where they keep all the prisoners. He never liked this place. Far too much negativity for him. The door is wide open, revealing the dark descent down the stairway into the endless hallways of prison cells.

Clemens took no risks with your meeting with Bernard. He eavesdropped on your whole conversation. While he was happy that he had managed to weasel his way into your head so much, he couldn't say he was happy with Bernard.

'That big oaf has no clue who he is messing with.'

If there's one thing Clemens has other than his knowledge, it's conviction. The German took no shit when it came to what he considers serious business, and you are a very serious matter. The one thing that could keep you from being completely and utterly his...is Bernard. With how close the friendship is between the two of you, it's as if the two of you are welded together, even more so now that you're losing your sanity. Bernard is your last pillar of stability, and he is determined to knock it over. He may even feel some joy watching your last bridge be burned to ashes.

"Bernard"

The warden dressed in brown attire turned around and .came face to face with the very man he wanted to see.

"Clemens, there you are! I have been searching for you"

Clemens felt another emotion creeping its way into his heart. While he had been indulging himself in the multitude of emotions you bring, he started to feel the first emotion you brought upon him; anger. Bernard was the final obstacle he needed to be rid of. This is the man who has the best chance of sabotaging the happiness he desires so desperately, and may he be damned once again if he ever lets that happen.

"Have you now?" Clemens speaks, a twinge of passive-aggressive sarcasm poking through his words. Bernard doesn't even notice it.

"Yes, it's about (Y/N). As you know they have been seeing strange visions recently which has been the cause of their unease, and they say the visions resemble you. I know it sounds silly, but they are my best friend, and all I want is for them to be happy. I wanted to ask you if you have been seeing them more often as well. Perhaps you two have been crossing paths unexpectedly and this is all a mere misunderstanding"

It was very hard not to snicker out loud at that statement. Bernard had never been the brightest flame on the candelabra, and this just solidifies that belief into a fact.

"Yes yes, happiness. What more could a man want?"

This was a tone unheard of by Clemens. He never jokes, not even if the joke is cruel. Bernard's eyes squint a bit with confusion. What's going on with his friend?

"Yes...we all care a great deal for (Y/N), and I know you two have not gotten along in the past, but don't you wish to help them in their stressful time? I'm sure they would greatly appreciate it"

Clemens rolls his eyes. Good lord, he doesn't know how much of Bernard's 'positivity' he could take. It's nothing like yours. Clemens knows the heavy weight Bernard carries on his shoulders, the man doesn't exactly make it a secret. Bernard's positivity stems from a place of shallow guilt. He wants to repent for his past by hastily placing others before himself, but it isn't truly selfless when it's coming from such a self-centered place of wanting personal redemption. Meanwhile, your positivity is birthed from wisdom and patience. An ideology that harmonizes the mind and soul. Your kindness reaches deeper than the surface of the heart, it lightens the soul. Such radiant positivity is a rarity, especially with how genuine it is.