Cheerleader Bows and Chimera Foes

Day 2

It was in the middle of the night. I was awoken by a fast pace thumping noise. I slowly opened my eyes to see Claus was sitting on his bed with a paddle ball.

"Claus, what the heck are you doing?"

He looked towards me surprised by my voice, "What are YOU doing?"

I sighed at his sarcasm. "Claus, it is 4 in the morning. Why are you possibly awake at this hour?"

"I am always up at 4 am."

"Claus! That means you only got like 4 hours of sleep!"

"Ohh. You think I slept? Nah. I have been up for years."

"Huh?!" I then lowered my voice realizing that others where asleep, "How is that even possible?"

"(Your name), I am a chimera. I just amp up the power of my machines to make up for my weak body."

"Claus, it isn't good for you to do that." I then hugged him sensing something must be wrong, "Why don't you sleep?"

Claus, accepting my hug, leaned his head against mine and putting an arm around my waist, "I have nightmares. Very vivid and violent ones."

"What do they show?" I asked worrying for him.

"They remind me of the horrid things I saw, caused, and experienced as the masked man. (Your name), I'll put it at this, they are so bad that I would do literally anything to not sleep. Anything to not be reminded of those things that I did."

"Bae, I want you to sleep. I will be right here if it gets real bad. I promise, Claus."

He then smiled as he tightened the embrace, "Okay. I will be brave, for you. I am going to have to sleep eventually anyways."

I smiled as I laid down my head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around me, holding me like a little stuffed animal and cuddling me.

I stayed awake, waiting for him to drift off into sleep. Eventually he laid there silent and breathing softly into my (wavy/straightened) (your hair color) hair. So that was what triggered me into sleep mode.

He did not sleep this peacefully long though, he started to mumble in his sleep and tighten his grip on my waist.

I then held his hand and began to sing (your favorite slow song) softly in attempt to calm him down.

He started to snuggle into me with a smile and calm down.

I smiled as I decided to grab my phone. I had some texts from my (guardian title) asking if my sleepover with (your close friend's name) is going. I quietly sighed at the sight and decided to just go on Instagram, just to see photos of me. "What in the world?" I thought aloud to myself quietly as I dug deeper in the feed. I then decided to read the captions. A small tear slipped down my cheek, illuminated by only the low light of my phone. "Stupid", "Ugly", and "Annoying" consumed the words on the photos.

"I hate it when people lie." Claus whispered in my ear.

As I turned around he wiped away my tears and smiled, "They are not true (your name). You are more like smart, beautiful, fun, and utterly perfect in my eyes."

I could feel my heart melt as I sniffled and rested on his chest as he ran his fingers through my (hair length) (hair color) hair.