APHMAU ONE-SHOTS

Sleepwalking (AARMAU)

After rewatching the last couple of episodes of Emerald Secret and Aphmau's Year, I got some good aNgSt! and then there's fluff tHougH

(also, this is an intermission from requests uwu)
(Happy Early Valentine's Day!)

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Aphmau and Aaron have reunited after a year of pain and patience. Now that they're in Starlight, hidden pain and torture comes... at night.
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Aaron's Pain

He was so used to having the same nightmare. It was like a routine. He would finally fall asleep, after tossing and turning for quite a time, before his body would finally give in.

He wished so badly to have no dreams. He wished so badly to find some peace and tranquility instead of pain and regret when he slept.

His wishes never came true.

It was like a cycle, even when he was stuck unconscious for two months. He would find himself on the cliff, snow falling all around him as he backed away from her. No, it wasn't her. That's not her voice. That murderous and taunting tone was not hers. It was Ein's.

Sometimes, he decided to focus on the words she said. He delved too deep into her words and tried to counter them with his own. That strategy never worked. She always cornered him. She always brought him to the edge of the cliff. She always stabbed his chest. She always hurt him.

He eventually lost hope of escaping this nightmare after he noticed that she'd always plunge a knife into his heart, physically and figuratively.

Sometimes, he was too scared and confused to even listen to her. He just wanted this to end. He just wanted to forget. He just wanted it to stop.

And suddenly, it did.

He didn't find himself on the cliff or in the lodge. This time, he found himself holding Aphmau. It was his last memory of her before he went unconscious.

The knife eventually fell from her grip and her eyes kept shifting colors. It made him hopeful. She stopped struggling and relaxed in his embrace, her eyes finally shifting back to their amber color. He remembered her crying over him before Lucinda healed him, which induced his coma.

But this time, she didn't.

She laughed. She didn't cry over him. She.. laughed?

She pushed him back into the snow and picked up her knife, smiling and watching his shocked expression with a murderous gaze.

"You should've died falling off of that cliff, Aaron."

Her words dripped with malice as she pulled her arm back. Garroth and Zane moved towards her, but it was too late.

He fell into darkness after that. Did she finally kill him? Did she finally get what she wanted so badly? He didn't care. As long as she was happy.

He enjoyed being alone for some time until he realized she was there too. This time, though, she wasn't alone.

"This is my fiancé, Ein!"

The whole neighborhood embraced him with open arms. Even Kawaii~Chan was happy for them. He shuddered at the sight and turned away. In the distance, he could hear her laughing. But this time, he was laughing too.

Ein was holding her in his arms. He was kissing her. He was loving her. And she loved him back.

This isn't real. It can't be. Make it stop.

He blinked and another scene showed up in its place. They were getting married.

Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop.