Asylum [Dust X Horror] (Collab with me and BlueTechLunatic34)

Chapter 17

Recap

"Red! We have company. I brought Dust here!" Sci gently calmed, letting go of Dust's hand.

Recap Done

Dust wrapped his arms around himself loosely, tracing his fingertip over his side lightly to try and distract his mind from Horror. He glanced around the room, slightly nervous, but calming down, gazing curiously at the other skeleton. 

The sans turned to look at the skeleton pair before him. Red wore a lab coat, just like Sci. However, Red had a slightly red tinted skull. He had pointed teeth, and a golden tooth, and he wore red eye shadow. Luckily, though his eye lights were threatening, they reminded Dust slightly of Horror.

"Hey. Sci, I got you coffee. And hello Dust, how can I help ya?" Red held a calm, nonchalant voice to match with his apparel.

Dust relaxed slightly more, smiling fleetingly in greeting.

"Heya," he responded softly.

Red didn't move to examine Dust, the way Sci had done. Instead, he held a coffee as a sort of offering, and stretched out his hand. "Let's get comfy, then we'll talk."

Dust nodded slightly, giving another small smile, then taking the coffee hesitantly, letting the warmth from the cup seep into his hands.

Red walked over to a comfy looking setup of sofas. Each one was colorful and different. Red Sat on an orange antique sofa, and nodded to Dust.

"Ok. So as far as I can tell, you have some problems with a doctor. And a patient?"

Dust gave a small nod, following Red's lead, sitting on the edge of a sofa.

"Yeah, I guess..." he said quietly, gazing down at his drink, his grip on the cup tightening slightly, almost unnoticably.

"Please tell me about this doctor first." Red calmly asked, taking a small sip of his drink.

Dust nodded reluctantly, not drinking from his cup, just kinda staring at it absently.

"... He... Deussbag... Um... He hurt Horror. Badly. He was... He snapped off his ribs, scraped at his face, he..." Dust went on in hushed, shaky tones, telling the other what happened, both mentally and physically to both him and Horror. It was pretty clear that Dust only cared about Horror's wellbeing, and not much about his own, gripping tighter onto his cup all the while.

Sci gasped in horror at what had happened to Dust and Horror, trying not to cry. Red, on the other hand, calmly listened and nodded his head.

"Ok Dust. Is Horror the patient I mentioned earlier?"

Dust nodded shakily, digging his fingertips into the cup slightly.

"Yeah, he is," he said quietly.

Red nodded.

"How do you feel about Horror? What does he look like? What relations does he have to the doctor, and why?"

Dust's grip only tightened on the cup, his eye sockets turning sad.

"I love him," he said quietly, his voice showing how broken he was. "He's a skeleton, too. He has a red eye light, and a cracked skull."

'He's beautiful. His smile is the single most gorgeous thing ever. Everything about him is amazing.'

"The doctor... Is attatched to him... Badly... Possessive, and..." Dust gave a small sigh. "I don't know why... I don't... I don't know."

Red gently placed his hands on Dust's shoulders, quietly whispering reassurance into Dust's "ears".

"Shh. C'mon Dust. You'll be ok. Me and Sci are going to help you get back Horror. No matter what, ok? Tell me, what brought you here. To this asylum?"

Dust whispered an apology, shaking lightly, internally reprimanding himself for being weak.

"I... Okay... Okay, thank you," he whispered, broken. "And... I...It was because I'd killed people... A... A lot of people"

He seemed hesitant about saying that, mostly because he didn't know how the information would be reacted to.

Red nodded, seeming untethered by Dust's answer.

"Ok. Dust, Sci will go talk to Dr. Duessbag. If things go wrong there, than we'll sneak Horror here. We won't let you down." Red lowly explained, smiling warmly.

Dust hesitated, his eyes scared.

"I don't want either of you to get hurt, though," he said brokenly, wanting so much to be with Horror again, but hating the idea of either Sci or Red getting hurt because of it.

'He's strong. I don't know how he'd react to this. And I don't think he's above hurting his colleagues to keep what he wants. I don't want them to get hurt...' he thought fearfully.

Sci shook his head in unison with Red.

"Well do whatever we have to. Red...has a story alot like yours. But hey, I'll go get ready. You two can talk."

And with that, Sci was out of the room, and Red smiled.

Dust hesitated, but smiled back softly, the first genuine smile he had given in a while.

'I'm... Going to see Horror again... He'll... He's going to be okay...' he thought to himself, the smile lingering on his mouth as his gaze returned to the cup in his hands.

Looking at it, he tried to think back to the last time he had had a coffee.

He came up empty.

Then, he realised that he hadn't drunk nor eaten anything for... Quite a while.

'That... Huh... That's not healthy, is it?' he thought inwardly, his eye lights glazing over slightly as he thought.

Red gazed curiously at Dust, smiling his sharp grin.

"Soo, whatcha think about?" He asked, twirling his now-empty coffee mug in his hands.

Dust drummed his fingers against his still full coffee cup, still mostly absent in mind.

"Just trying to remember the last time I ate," he mumbled distractedly.

Red widened his eyes slightly, and stood up.

"Not in awhile huh? I'll make you a sandwich or somethin. I can't cook for the love of me, but sandwich-making is simple."

Dust shook his head dismissively, smiling softly.

"Nah, don't worry about it, the coffee'll be enough," he said easily, taking a small sip, not minding that it was almost cold. "Thank you, though."

Red shook his head, gently taking Dust's hand.

"No no no Dust. We're both starved. C'mon, we need food."

Dust shook his head in response.

"No, it's okay. I don't want to cause any more trouble than I have already..." he said quietly, looking away.

Red chuckled, pulling Dust into a cream-colored kitchen.

"I insist Dust! C'mon, we can watch some toons and eat, if you're good!" Red playfully teased, quickly making either skeleton a sandwich.

Dust laughed quietly, a smile tugging at his mouth.

"Hah, okay, okay," he said laughingly.

(Note)

A cute chapter. And yes, Scifell. Ps, another chapter or two will be posted today.