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Warning: This fic contains vore, slash, emotional distress, physical injury, mentions of rape, lots and lots of crying, and is generally for a mature audience. Read at your own discretion.

Additional Warning: The gross doth returneth this chapter!

...I must be insane...

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The runes imprinting the page glowed for several seconds. "It is sealed..." Dimentio said.

Luigi stared down at the contract. What had he just done?

Dimentio looked at him expectantly. "We should decide upon a date and time. I would prefer that you not put it off, as I now have no other way of leaving this existence."

"I-I can't do this!" Luigi cried. "You tricked me!"

"You didn't have to sign it. You cannot back out now."

"W-What if I try to..."

Dimentio only shook his head. "As far as I'm aware, it's impossible to, one way or another." He sank further into his chair, fingers crinkling the paper. "I don't understand why this is difficult for you. You have said many times that you'd prefer me dead."

Luigi backed away. "Y-Yes, but-"

"Look." He stood suddenly and approached. "I am giving you the opportunity to do whatever you want to me. You can do away with me as I'm sure you've wished."

Luigi could see how afraid he was. "Why...Why do you... Why me? Isn't...isn't death what scares you the most?"

"Because... You are the person I've hurt the most. Love has been called the strongest force in the universe, the greatest thing. But it is also called the ruiner of lives, the undoing of many. I tried to avoid it, but alas, it got me in the end. You deserve to do this."

"You still think you love me?"

"Oh, Luigi..." The jester cupped Luigi's cheek with a hand, staring into his eyes. "You make me question everything I know, and I cannot bear it." The hand slipped away, and he looked down. "Please... My mind is dangerously close to snapping, and I don't think either of us wants to see what I would become then. ...Of course, I am afraid, but if I care for you at all, then the best thing I can do for you is to go away...permanently. Then, you might find some freedom from the scars I've left you."

Luigi felt the urge to hug him. A thousand words begged for release. All that escaped was, "I-... Thank you..." He took a step closer, unsure what to do. He didn't doubt it anymore. Dimentio had fallen for him, hard. He was falling right to his death.

And now every time Luigi thought of the possibilities, so much as considered backing out, his sentiments were immediately turned back around. He was reminded of all the nightmares, the lies, the things that had made his body and soul scream in agony. If Dimentio could change, he could also change right back. He was an abusive person, clearly. It was too dangerous to ever give him a chance.

Dimentio had enough love in him to do this. Luigi could go through with his end of it, too. He hoped that Dimentio would at least be free from his own torments, though he doubted he would escape punishment.

Something had to give. They were only destroying each other, and they needed release.

There was no point to waiting. His conviction would fade. "O-Ok..." Luigi said, taking a deep breath. "I-I need to do this n-now, while I'm strong enough to. And if..." He left it unspoken. "Mario won't be back for a while."