hollowknight x reader

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Hk stood out at the edge of the small cliff, gripping his nail, silently. He sighed and looked out over all that he could see from where he was. Bugs, orange with infection and others, who were not yet overtaken by the sickness, but who were slowly succumbing to it and fighting for their lives from the ones who already where. Yet, he felt nothing.

That was the way he was supposed to be after all. Born without thought, a mind, emotions... he didn't get the privilege and loss of having those. The Pale King needed him to stay like this. Nothing. Just a literal walking shell. His only job was to protect HallowNest from the dangers that threatened it.

But there was one thing.

One thing that might cause him to fail his entire life purpose, the reason why he was here. In training. His father had trained him for this. He remembered that, but he was forgetting everything he had known. He had too. But during that one training session. A bug, beautiful as ever walked in. She bowed to the king and served them both beverages and food so they could continue their training. But in that one moment, the Hk had felt something arise in him.

However he did not tell his dad. He did not tell the White Lady. He did not tell anyone that he had feelings for this certain bug. He just stayed silent. He saw the bug multiple times afterwards, usually bringing the Pale King letters or other trinkets, he needed, seeing that she was one of his servants. Hk had learned her name was Y/N and she was pretty new to the palace. And each time, the Hk felt the little seed of a feeling grow into more of a sprout.

But he stayed silent.

And as he thought about her, on that cliff, the sprout grew a bit more. The Hk didn't say anything though. He just sighed and continued staring at the chaos beneath him. A few minutes of this had passed, when he heard a noise behind him. He turned his head slightly and saw some of his fathers guards. They looked at him and nodded.

Hk then just turned around without a word and walked towards the black temple, the guards following behind him. A crowd of his fathers servants gathered around the entrance to the temple as he walked in, silently watching him. The Pale King nodded at him and began to walk alongside him. The two never said a word to each other.

When the entrance to the cave where he would be sealed inside, the Pale King stopped walking with him and simply looked up at him. The Hk glanced down at him, but didn't stop walking and continued into the cave. There was 1 bug in the cave. Y/N. She was standing there, with the blue-glowing chains. Hk looked at her and came up to her.

All of a sudden however, she hugged him, mostly his legs because he was so tall, but it was still a hug. He felt the sprout grow larger, and didn't risk looking down at her. This feeling he had was already dangerous. He had to prevent fueling it. She broke of the hug and looked at him longingly before staring to wrap the chains around him.

He was soon hoisted into the air, hanging there. As he did so, his memory started to fade even more. Soon his vision was foggy and he could barely keep consciousness. The last thing he saw was Y/N, whispering 'Thank you' a single tear slipping out of her eyes. And then everything went black.

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