Mystery x Sick!reader

Chapter 5: Getting to know Mystery

JUST A HEADS UP: TRIGGER WARNING FOR A BRIEF EATING DISORDER MENTION. DON'T READ FURTHER IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THIS SUBJECT.
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Y/N'S POV:
I woke up screaming the next morning. I had a terrible nightmare of some sort and I had tears streaming down my face like a baby.
"Y/N?" a familiar voice squeaked, making me jump slightly.
"W-whoa Mystery! You almost gave me another heart attack!" I stammered, trying to wipe my tears away vigorously so he wouldn't get worried.
"Mystery wants to know why you were crying, was it a bad dream?" he asked in a rather soothing voice.

"N-no everything is a-okay!" I lied.
"Mystery thinks you're lying, but whatever Y/N says I guess." he answered.
"Well that was slightly rude, but I'm not gonna argue with him." I thought.
"Mystery is going to make breakfast! Call me if you need me!" he chirped.
Mystery left the room to go make breakfast and I was left in bed. I sat there wondering about how he ended up here and what his backstory was. I knew he clearly wasn't right and obviously unhealthy, but I just needed to know more about him. I was scared to ask though because despite being an absolute sweetheart, he hurt me yesterday.

I decided to risk it and ask him. I walked up to Mystery, who was making something with a stove I didn't even know was in the hospital. Oh well that's not important.
"Hey Mystery!" I called out.
He turned around to look at me.
"Oh hi Y/N! What's wrong?" he asked.
"Well, I was wondering...where did you come from?" I said calmly, knowing this was a mistake.
Mystery stopped what he was doing and he started shaking.
"Oh god please don't attack me again haven't I had enough?" I thought anxiously.
"Did I say or do something?" I stammered anxiously.
"Please don't ask that ever again. Go back to bed." he mumbled in a cold voice.
"Wh-"
"I SAID GO BACK TO BED!" he hissed.
I didn't dare to stick around so I ran as fast I could upstairs and dived onto my bed. I started to cry because of how badly shocked I was.

MYSTERY'S POV:
After Y/N ran upstairs, I had only one thing in mind and that was to go to Mago. He could help me with my frustrations. I went to my room and as soon I found him I picked Mago up.
"Mago, I need your help!" I whispered in my head.
"What do you want now?!" He snapped.
"Well, it's about the new friend I have...just a minute ago they asked me about where I came from. I don't want them to know anything about my past or they'll think I'm nuts!" I explained desperately.
"Jeremy, don't you think it's time to open up about this with someone? You can't just keep it inside forever, it isn't healthy!" Mago advised.
I pondered for a bit and finally agreed.
"Oh alright!" I conceded.
"I'm sure Y/N would understand you more." he commented.
"Thank you Mago, I'll try to explain to Y/N." I concluded.

I put Mago back on his chair and continued to make breakfast.
"OH Y/N! BREAKFAST IS READY!" I called out.
A few seconds later, I could hear the footsteps of Y/N as they walked down the stairs. When they appeared, they looked awful. Their eyes were slightly red from crying and they didn't look too happy. They said nothing as they sat down, neither did I. It was extremely awkward.

After eating, we both stared at each other for an uncomfortable amount of time.
"Mystery wants to explain why he's here." I sighed.
Y/N glared at me, giving me the 'was there any need to yell at me earlier' look.
"So, Mystery isn't actually called Mystery, his real name is Jeremy. He used to live with his parents. My dad was very mean to mommy and me and this caused mommy to starve herself and she became so thin that she died. After mommy died, dad was strict towards Mystery and he made him very very unhappy! He locked Mystery in his room for dropping tomatoes on accident and dressing Mago as a girl. He hated Mystery a lot." I explained.

Y/N'S POV:
When Mystery had finished telling me his story, I was no longer angry, in fact, I was in tears. I couldn't imagine how awful his family was to him. I had a shitty father too as he left me and my mother when I was only eighteen months old. All of this overwhelmed me so I pulled Mystery into a hug and started sobbing my heart out.
"I'm so sorry Mystery. Now I know why you didn't want to talk about it...you didn't deserve any of this!" I sobbed.
"Mystery is sorry for not telling you sooner..." he sighed.

After we both calmed down, we fell silent again. I wanted to distract me and Mystery from the events that just happened.
"Mystery, what do you like to do?" I asked
"Well, Mystery likes to draw and he also loves singing!" Mystery babbled.
"How about we do some drawing then?" I suggested.
"Hoo! Good choice friend Y/N! Mystery will go get the crayons!" he quickly replied, running to another room.

-Time skip-
After hours and hours of endless drawing, me and Mystery decided to call it a day. It was the evening but I wasn't quite tired yet so I wanted to do something else.
"I'm bored! What else is there to do?" I groaned.
"Mystery wants to watch the sunset! Mystery used to watch the sunset with Mago aaaaall the time! But Mago is a meanie grumpy pants so sometimes I watch it by myself!" Mystery rambled.
"Well I can't argue with tha-"
Before I could finish my sentence, Mystery picked me up and dashed up the stairs like a greyhound and onto the hospital roof.

I felt a gust of wind blow in my face, which prompted me to wrap my arms around myself to keep as much heat as possible. I sat down and watched the orangey-blue sky all around me. Mystery sat down with me too and wrapped his long tail around me. I started getting that feeling in my stomach again. The same feeling I had yesterday when Mystery picked me up and tucked me into bed.

I mentally slapped myself.
"Y/N! YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND!" a voice in my head yelled.
"But what if he is a nice person after all? Maybe it was just one instance he was like that?" another voice said.
I was in a mental war with myself until Mystery started humming. It sounded like the lullaby my mother used to sing when I was little.
"You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine,
You make me happy,
When skies are grey,
You'll never know dear,
How much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away."

I was enticed by such a beautiful singing voice that I blushed and this time it was visible.
"Mystery can see you blushing~" he purred.
I instantly snapped out of it to defend myself.
"No no! It's just that it's cold out!" I lied, but it was blatantly obvious it was a lie.
Mystery knew I was lying, but decided to not argue back. He continued to sing and after awhile I fell asleep.

A/N: I put this up a day early because this chapter was both exciting and a pain to write! I feel like this was the chapter with the most plot because there's at least 1300 words in this chapter. Anyways, updates might be slightly slow because of school but I might post chapter 6 on Friday/Saturday. Well, see ya then!