A Different Master (BoyxBoy)

Nightmare (6)

~Pic of Shadow's mom~

(Please don't kill me!!!! I know it took me forever to update!!!!)

"Are you going to be okay, mommy?" A small boy asked his mother as he sat on a chair next to her  bed.

"Of course sweetie. I'm just a little sick that's all. I'll be better in no time." Her sentence ended with a series of harsh coughs and she shakily lifted her upper half to try and end it sooner so once they did, she fell back to the bed breathing heavily.

She gave her son a weak smile, "I'm okay. You should get some rest, you've been taking care of me all day." He seemed hesitant, but nodded anyway and laid his head down on the bed.

It was a few hours later that he woke up and slowly looked up at his mother who was still laying there, eyes closed and skin paler than it was before.

"Mommy?" He reached out and softly shook her shoulder, but she still just lied there. He began to panic when he noticed her chest wasn't moving and started to shake her harder. "Mommy?! Mommy, Wake Up!" But she remained the same.

"It's okay, mommy. I'll go get help and you'll be fine." He said before running out of the house.

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An 11 year old boy slowly opened the door to a study, a tray of food in hand, "Master, I brought your lun-" He dropped the tray as he looked up and saw his masters head face down on his desk.

"Master!" He ran up to him and was about to place a hand on his shoulder when his eyes caught a horrible sight. A bullet hole was in the back of his head with blood still flowing out and onto his work.

He backed away in shock, tears coming to his eyes. He ran out of the room only to hit a hard wall. Looking up he realized it was a very big man. Before he could say anything, said man held a rag over his mouth and nose. He instantly became dizzy, but tried to struggle even as he fell to the floor. The last thing he saw was a man standing behind him giving the order, "Take him to the car."

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Shadow's POV

Pieces of my life flashed before my eyes; my mother dying, the only person who cared about me being killed, and the cruelest of my masters doing unspeakable things to me. I know I'm asleep....I know its all a dream....but I can't wake up. I want to wake up. I don't want to relive any of this again.

Suddenly, I hear a voice; "adow! Wake up! Come on! SHADOW!!" My eyes open with a gasp. My throat hurts, I must have been screaming. The light to the room is now on. How did it turn on? I look over to see master kneeling next to me, a look of worry on his face.

Oh my God! I must have woken him up! Even with tears still falling down my face and my body shaking harshly from the nightmare, I quickly sit up and bow my head as to not look at him. "I'm so sorry master! I didn't mean to wake you, I promise. Please don't punish me, I swear it will never happen again. I'm sorr-" I was cut off by master pulling me into a tight hug.

"Shhhh, its okay Shadow. I'm not mad at you. Calm down, its alright." I slowly lift my head and see no amount of anger hidden in his words. I quickly throw my arms around his neck and cry harder as the after mass of the nightmare hits me. He holds me and whispers calming things in my ear to try and get me to stop.

"I-I'm sorry master. I didn't m-mean to disobey you. Please don't leave me alone in here again."

"No. No Shadow. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have chained you up alone in here in the dark. That will never happen again. Its okay now. I'm here." He gets up with me still in his arms and walks out of the room. I still have my face buried in his shoulder so I'm not sure where he's going, but I don't care as long as its not back in that room.

Master sets me down and I see that we're in the kitchen. He goes over to get something and I wrap my arms around myself, trying to stop the tremors running through my body. He comes back over with a glass of milk and sets it down in front of me. I look up at him confused and he gives a small smile.

"Its warm milk. It'll help you calm down." He pulls one of the stools closer to me and sits down, softly petting the back of my head. I hesitantly pick up the glass and bring it to my lips however letting my cat side take over, I end up licking it out of the glass instead of regularly drinking it.

"Ummmm....Shadow? Why are you drinking it like that?" Master asks amused.

"W-Well, when I'm nervous or scared or just feel a lot of emotions, my cat side comes out more." I look down embarrassed and I can practically feel the heat radiating from my face. I had already finished my milk so I set the cup down and put my hands in my lap.

Master chuckled lightly and kissed the top of my head before picking me up again causing me to snuggle up into his chest. "Your so adorable kitten. Come on lets go to bed. We can talk about this in the morning."

Master walks upstairs and to his room. He gently closes the door and takes me to the bed, setting me down. Walking over to the other side, he slides under the covers and carefully pulls me into him and I drift to sleep with him stroking my ears delicately.