A light in the darkness |Nightmare x reader|

low energy

Looking over the notes and report over these past four months made Nightmare realize how few times he had actually spread negativity through through the multiverse. All the notes and logs were spread over the table as he went thru them and sorted thing out. The human girl he held so dear sat up on a table in front of him. head in a book and the excuse of being here was to keep him company while he was working. *cute' he thought before averting his gaze back to his work. a blush was present noticeable on his face. but it wasn't because of the thought of the girl in front of him, well ... mostly. He had not felt so good for a while. getting worse each day that past. he hadn't paid mind to it when he first noticed.

it was just and after mat of a stupid crush, he was just getting lazy hanging around the castle with Y/n, he was just getting rusty and had to just train a bit. all the excuses just to throw the rug over the problem. "are you okay there Nightmare?" his gaze and attention snapped up to the girl. her worry seemed to only grow as she saw who fuzzy his eye looked mixed together with the nearly unnoticeable blush on his skull. his movement was slower and he seemed to just trip over nothing sometimes. it was worrying to say the least. "I'm fine" he said unconvincing. her brows knitted together as she closed her book. "Are you sure?" she pressed on, worrying that her best friend was over working himself. "I said I'm-" Nightmare were not capable to finish the sentence before everything went dark for him. the panic scream for his friend was the last thing he heard before he hit the could floor

Everything was a blur. voices, surrounding, thoughts just blurred together. thing slowly got put together and Nightmare realized he was in his room. he was alone, lying in his bed instead of the cold floor he fell on. he felt exhausted. He had pressed himself more out on mission and recently taken up on some things the other never god done. maybe he actually headed to have a day lazing around. he hadn't been this active since Y/n had dragged him out on all those exploring trips back in Dreamtale. rolling over on his side and trying to fall asleep only to get disturbed by his bedroom door being open. "Thank god your awake" his good friend said when she saw his eye opening to see who entered. "You really scared me back there. are you getting sick... can you even get sick?" sitting down on the edge of the bed and handing him a cup of tea, black tea if you want to be exact.

"Never gotten sick before. Think I just overworked" the tea was hot and burned his mouth, he still continued to drink it. "Don't do that, that's incredibly hot!" she protested on his behalf. "Me or the tea?" ... he didn't actually think that through before speaking. intending for it to be a thought instead. that mistake left both of them blushing. quickly hiding his by gulping down the rest of the tea, instead of taking small sips and enjoying it. "I feel no pain" he ended with placing the mug down next to him. silently cursing his headache and burned mouth. "Whatever you say" she answer, clearly seeing through him with who her voice had an amused tone to it.

"Well, I believe I have rested long enough. Time to get back to work." stretching out his tired bones before getting of the bed. only for there to be a hand stopping him. "oh, no you don't" lightly pushing him so he would sit down on the bed again. "Excuse me?" Nightmare asked. He still had to be used for others to tell him what to do, even if she had been living there for a while. Usually there was only Error that would order him to go a place,thanks for him being second in command. neither Cross, Killer nor Dust ordered him around."your excused" she started with a playful tone."If you are passion out from just standing around, a quick nap will not fix the issue. that is why you're in room arrest for today." The playfulness and joking tone made him just roll his eyes. "Grounding me now?" his unimpressed face got her only to giggle lightly. "But seriously, you need rest."

the seriousness was back and Nightmare knew he couldn't escape or convince her to let him get back to worth. seeing his downfall in this fight made him fall backwards. his back softly making contact with all the pillows. propping him up in a half sitting, half lying position."Guess you are not going to leave either?" he asked to keep a conversation going. "nope. but I do know what we can do." She said. taking a book form one of his bookcases before laying down next to him. "Remember when one of us would forget out book so we would share reading one?" she asked. it took some time until he remembered. they would cuddle up next to each other and read the same book. Blushing at both the memory and her snuggling closer to him and holding the book up. he was in his own world and hadn't even read the first page when she asked if she could turn to the next one. his arm slowly being placed at her back to draw her closer. not actually begin to read until the fifth chapter and having no idea where the story was going. but he didn't care.