Keeping Him Sane (An Add x Reader Story)

Chapter 21

Hey guys! Wolf-chan here with the next chapter! I have nothing more to say so enjoy!
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(Y/n) didn't know why she did it but Mari just seemed like she needed a hug. The entity's good side, however scarce it was, must have suffered the entire time she took lives to become powerful enough to take Mitsu's life.

"It's okay Mari. I forgive you but that doesn't mean that you won't pay for what you did," (y/n) said. And with that, (y/n) summoned her double sided spear and stabbed her. Because of the command word spell that (y/n) had used, Mari didn't fall immediately but when (y/n) backed up and released her from the command word, Mari fell on her face. Then Mitsu appeared from a smoke that came from nowhere.

"You did it, nya! You saved our lives!" Mitsu said. Mari had trapped her sister in a portable cage that was completely invisible to the human eye until broken. Now that the cat was free in more ways than one, she was overly excited, but (y/n) was not happy. She only snapped out of her dazed state when Add came up to her and hugged her all of a sudden.

"You scared me, you know that," he whispered. He had been acting differently toward her ever since her return to the library. It wasn't necessarily a bad change though. "What's wrong with you? I thought you'd gone crazy for a second and now your making that face again," he said when he let her go. She knew what face he meant. She would always look a little sick and her eyes would be glazed over a little whenever she felt something was extremely wrong.

"Oh I know what's wrong with her! She's so happy that she doesn't know how to express it! No more Mari! No more death! Nya!" Mitsu exclaimed. Add ignored the cat and focused on (y/n) instead.

"You probably just need some sleep. Who knows how long it's been since you've actually had any," Add said as he grabbed her wrist and led her back to the library and away from Mari and Mitsu. Something wasn't right though. It shouldn't have been so easy to fight and kill Mari. From what (y/n) could tell, Mitsu had fought her for hours and so had Add and they both lost so why had she prevailed. Surely a simple command word couldn't have made that much of a difference.

(Y/n) had been upset that all of Mari's bloodguilt had been passed over to her, but (y/n) didn't exactly feel it. Her heart was as light as ever. Mitsu rushed ahead of them and went right into the library. Despite the cat's still apparent bruises and cuts, Mitsu was in too good of a mood for (y/n) to call her back.

Instead, she just looked back at where Mari was and stopped to watch her body dispers into particles of light and disappear. Add had stopped as well, but he still kept his hand firmly around her wrist. "Add, that fight with Mari...it was too easy," she said when she faced him.

"Don't worry about it right now. I'm sure that she won't bother us anymore. If she had to take as many lives as she said, it will be a long time before she bothers to try anything. Now come on," he said reassuringly.

They started to walk again but (y/n) stopped once more. "Add...if I had actually gone crazy and gotten myself killed, would you have been sad?" she asked. (Y/n) wanted to know the truth. She wanted to know if he actually cared, if he was actually changing. He let her wrist go and pulled her towards himself as if to give her another hug but stopped himself.

"Like I said before, you scared me. It takes a lot to scare me," he said. (Y/n) knew this to be true so she believed him.

"Thank you, Add," she said. He let her go and continued to walk without her this time. When she started to follow, he said, "You're welcome...Reaper Angel." He then disappeared down into the library before she could say anything. It was the first time he acknowledged the nickname that she was given by their enemies. She had always wanted him to call her that, but he never would until now.