The Boot Shiner (Destiny OCs x Male Reader)

Chapter 17: It Keeps Getting Worse

Seri: Shhhhh-shhhh... I'm here for you, Y/N... I'm not going anywhere, no matter how much they demand it. I am staying by your side.

Y/N: Seri... S-Seri...

Seri: I'm here...

The world around me is... different, no longer the same as what it was. I'm no longer in my dream, but I feel horrible, sicker, violated even thanks to the trip in my head. I hear no voices, thankfully, but I was worried I'd be coming close to that level. On top of that, my body still refuses to act normal.

I can feel my tumor worsening, just judging based on my breathing issues that I had this morning. My lightheadedness is still around, and I'm worried it's just going to get worse from here on out. Each time I had movement in my legs, I tried to kick, but nothing worked. I am a mess, a wreck, and I need-...

-to cry... to scream... to...

I need to do... nothing... nothing at all... I need to stop; stop working, stop spending "time off". I need to accept that I don't have long in this reality. I need to do anything I can, everything I want... before I die. What I originally wanted was just to work and continue to help other guardians, but I'm afraid I can no longer do that.

Seri: W-what's going on in that head of yours?

Y/N: I'm done...

Seri: Done with what?

Y/N: I'm closing Guardian Apparel and I'm gonna let Tess take over as soon as she can. I'm even willing to sign the space away to her in front of Zavala; I don't care.

Seri: Y/N-

Y/N: Seri, I have less than six months left to live, and who knows if I even have that long with how my body acts each day... I-I want... to do everything I haven't done...

Seri: Oh, Y/N...

Y/N: I-I know... I know... it sounds-

Seri: I'll be right by your side through the whole... f-f-f-fucking... thing... I want to help you, do anything I can to make you live the dreams you never got to live. I love you, Y/N.

Y/N: I love you too, Serenity... W-where'd you put my communicator?

Seri: It's on the night table.

I look behind me, rolling over to reach the night table. I grab the communicator and start scrolling and typing into it. She watches me in curiosity, just rubbing my back as she holds me against her.

Y/N: I'm going to tell the doc what happened...

Seri: Doctor Ira?

Y/N: Yeah, they might have a clue as to what's going on. I was warned of... hypoxia, but... a total shutdown isn't normal. Also, I was delirious... like my head was... I dreamed... t-the-... Riven...

Seri: Y-you saw Riven? What did she have to say to... a mortal?

Y/N: I don't know. She was testing me, and worse, she was talking to me. I've been starting to get these dreams where I wake up in someone else's shoes... l-like... a different version of me. One looked like a titan, one built like a warlock, but always half-naked, living the life with multiple girls around him... I-I'm sorry if it makes you feel insecure about us when I say it but... I-I trust you more than anyone with this, same with Kovik, who I know is around somewhere.

She holds my hand, kissing me again. I can tell that she's trying very hard to smirk, but she can't. Her gaze is unwavering and starting to creep me out as she tilts her head at me.

Seri: Y-you know what that implies from those girls, right? Some people dream... of what they really want, what Mox would say as their... "Deepest, darkest desires, mortal..."