Carnophobia || Natepat fanfiction

Carnophobia || Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen
-The morning after-

Broken bottles scattered the floor as the scot gently got to her feet rubbing her head letting out a small groan of pain, desperately trying to recall the events from the night before seeing Matt passed out cold on the floor with a bottle of vodka in his hands made Kayla remember.

Avoiding the shattered glass she tiptoed over to the theorist nudging him with her foot making him stir uncomfortably then jump up,
❝NATE!❞
The blond looked up to see Kayla, she didn't say anything to him.
❝I mean... um...❞

The redhead leaned down and hugged him close to her chest stroking his hair completely silent. Tears flowed from his eyes but he tried to stay quiet afraid of waking the others who passed out from the previous nights events.

Mark stirred from his sleeping position, Jack cuddled into his chest, the bluenette was starting to wake up and when he did he was greeted with the sad sight of his two friends.

The theorist for once didn't attempt to avoid eye contact with the male and looked straight at him tears glittering in his eyes. Mark slowly pushed Jack off his chest trying not to wake him and tiptoed over.

Shannon was the next to wake up running a hand through her dark hair she saw the three all huddled close together as if the slightest movement could break them and slowly pass the raging hangover she began to remember the night before,
❝Matt how are you doing?❞ she asked making no effort to lower her voice causing her to wake up the sleeping Irish man.

❝He's nae doing good but looking at it, Nate didna attempt to harm us, the wee bastart.❞ A glimmer of hope was laced in her voice, part of her still wanted to believe Nate wouldn't hurt them for Matt's sake more than her own.

Stephanie and Jason appeared almost magically from the kitchen where they'd blacked out, they immediately jumped at Matt with seeing him.

❝Kayla's right, he may come from a cannibal background but he never tried to hurt us,❞ Mark stated wording it as carefully as he could.

The blond theorist shot his hands up in the air hitting the Scot whom was hugging him and his two best friends.
❝He's the reason my family are dead, he tricked us!❞ Matt hissed,
❝I fell victim to his tricks but I really thought he was something special guess he was just a good actor, don't you say he wasn't a monster! He eats flesh for goodness sake!❞

Jack almost jumped up with a sudden realisation,
❝But remember chemistry, he was terrified by even just the sight of blood and meat, I just don't believe he could eat someone.❞

❝He could just be a good actor,❞ Matt mumbled, deep down he didn't want to believe that Nate was responsible for his family especially after he poured out all of his feelings to him, that wasn't the face of a liar only everything had a side that added up to make him a cannibal, an actor, someone willing to betray them and slaughter them.

Kayla put a hand on her friend's shoulder and made sure he was close to her, almost acting like her mother.

❝Ah don't believe Nate could de that, he may ave been strange and a div but Matt ya ken he was nae a killer, he canna be responsible for yer parents death and deep down ah ken ya dunna want it ta be true either.❞

Stephanie nodded agreeing with Kayla and Jason stood close to his girlfriend nodding also, Shannon had her back lent against the wall seeming to be deep in thought. 

❝IT WAS ALL STAGED HE'S JUST A MONSTER! A FLESH EATING MONSTER! I WANT HIM DEAD! I WANT HIM TO FACE THE SAME FATE AS MY PARENTS!❞ The theorist yelled out anger laced in his voice he could only see red and could see no reason, he shoved Stephanie and then picked up the short scot by the neck of her t-shirt away to hit her before dropping Kayla quickly guilt obvious.

❝Yer angry ah get it ya bloody wanker! But for Christ sake we canna just sit here! If yer right we all could be dead next!❞

Shannon pushed herself off the wall hopping up onto Mark's shoulders standing up, careful not to fall and started speaking,
❝Kay's right! We can't just sit around here like idiots personally I don't believe Nate's a cannibal he's too much of an idiot he's too sweet and kind! If we don't do something we could lose him and Matt if he truly is a monster like you say I'll slit his damn throat myself,❞ She traced a finger across her throat in a beheading motion.

The Irish man helped balance the dark haired female on his boyfriend's shoulders, hanging off her words and agreed she was right.

❝I'll go up the hill, if he's truly our friend he'll make sure we won't get eaten right?❞

The bluenette looked at the green haired male as if he was insane but saw his seriousness and determination,
❝If you're going I'm going.❞

Matt looked at the two, he may not like them a lot but he didn't want them to die nobody deserved to die the way his family did, nobody deserves that not even the cannibals themselves, he was away to speak up and say he'd go too when the short female jumped down from Mark's shoulders not shaking as she hut the ground.

❝I'll go too, can't have the two of you getting into trouble can I?❞ She smirked.

The theorist gathered himself and got to his feet hugging the bluenette something that took them all by surprise,
❝I may not forgive you but for the love of god don't get yourselves killed please, I-I don't know if I can face Nate myself yet, I still believe he's a monster and if he tries to eat you, kill him.❞

❝Aye, it may just stop da cannibals tae if we kill him but only if ya have tae because ah dunna want unneeded blood on our hands.❞

The blond theorist felt his heart snapping as he thought of the ebony getting his throat slit of him dying of his last words, slowly he raised a hand and put a single finger to his lips, he could still feel Nate's lips on his if he focused hard enough. 

❝Why did he have to be a cannibal? Why did he have to be the one that killed my family? Why is my life like a stupid story or at the very least a fanfiction?❞

❝Eyy if it's a fanfic couldn't it have buttsecks and not all this,❞ Shannon attempted to joke nudging the male.

❝Aye, ya and Nate would be doin' the do nae all this bullshit.❞

Matt couldn't help but laugh slightly, smiling as they'd managed to cheer him up a bit for now.

❝Are you guys ready to go?❞ Jack asked the two planning to join him.

Mark nodded and Shannon pulled her hoodie off the sofa and put it on lacing up her trainers.

❝As ready as I'll ever be.❞

They left and as they did so the remaining three hugged Matt as if he might drop dead any second.

❝Please... don't be a liar Nate...❞ he whispered silently and the others pretended not to hear him.

Trust your inside brain Matthew Patrick
Nathan Sharp isn't the person you thought he was

You know that?

I'm still your friend after all these years of absence

Allow me back into your thoughts.

I'm still your friend
Do you still believe that?