Broken Emotions

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I was sleeping, seeing the darkness growing around me. I thought about that thing, and wondering if it was still there, feeding off of my heart. Does it even care that it's gonna kill an innocent soul? Then again, it's a demon, so no... no it doesn't. I slowly started to open my eyes, and saw my room again. Thank goodness!

I sat up, feeling no change in my movements. Am I... okay now? I got off of the bed and stretched, not feeling any pain. I thanked the Lord and decided to go eat, because I was starving! I headed to the kitchen, and went to get the bread, until I felt someone grab me, and this scared me so much I screamed. I looked and saw Stephan there, looking very worried. I frowned, and signed with relief.

"Steph! You can't scare me like that!" I told him.

"Why are you out of bed? I still need--" he cut himself off before he spoke again. "To make sure you aren't gonna pass out again." he finished. I can tell he was anxious for me.

I frowned, and looked down. "S-sorry, Steph. I-I got hungry..." I admitted, feeling shameful.

Stephan frowned, then slowly lifted my head up, which made me grow hot. He then frowned. "I care about you, Ffionn. I-I care so much!" he admitted, which made me feel... odd... like as if there were a bunch of butterflies in my stomach.

Me and Stephan stared at each other for the little while, but we didn't say anything else. But, before I knew it, our faces got closer, and closer, and closer, until--

"Hey, guys! I'm home!" the familiar voice of Frederick came from the front door. Frederick's back from his trip! I instantly ran over, leaving Stephan confused as I went to greet Frederick, who was wearing something like a surgery mask. He was taking it off until he got surprise hugged by me!

"Frederick! Your home!!" I squealed, while Frederick chuckled nervously.

"Y-yup... stop touching me..." Frederick sounded worried, which made me pull back.

"Wh-what's wrong?" I asked, feeling a bit heart broken.

He then put his surgeon mask back on, and pulled out some disinfectant wipes, and started wiping me, which made me confused.

"Hey hey!" I argued, as he wiped my arms and face.

"I was told to stay out of contact of other dolls until I take a shower, and take my medication. I have a virus on me that could kill you, Ffionn." Frederick said while finishing up on wiping me. He then started heading upstairs, which made me wonder what his job was. I knew he was in the war, and he had survived the Spanish Flu, but what is he new job?

Stephan started coming up to me, frowning. "You left me for Lysol?" he growled.

I looked at him, worried. "Frederick was gone for a LONG time, and I-I was just excited to see him again!" I stuttered, frowning.

Stephan frowned, shaking his head. "Right..." he headed upstairs, which left me alone. I held back tears as Stephan walked off. I looked down at my paws, thinking. Am I making him sad? Mad? I was so confused, but as I stood there, I didn't realize that I was starting to have trouble breathing. I panted, and tried to gain my composure, but even that was hard. I kept in trying to breath, but it was getting harder. I coughed, and I trembled. I took all the air I still had left, and screamed out his name.

"STEPH!" I cried, as I was suddenly taken out of that weird imaginary scene. I looked as he looked at me, him being at the top of the stairs. He seemed concerned, but then he walked off to his room. I started crying, wiping away my tears as I tried to shake away this feeling. It felt so... sad. I looked down again, but not at my paws, but at my feet. I wish I didn't make Stephan upset. I just wanted to see Frederick.

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I sat on my bed, trying to shake off my sadness. I wanted to show Stephan I cared, but how can I? It was hard... real hard. He's one of those "hard to impress" types, but I wanna be the one to impress him, so I stood up, clutched my fist in confidence, and went to go out of the manor. I needed to impress him, show him I cared a lot. I headed to my room door and opened it, and left my room, heading to the stairs. But before I reached them I saw something move from the corner of my eye, but when I looked, it was gone. I frowned. It was just my imagination again.

Once I was out of the house I headed to the gates, not noticing someone watching me. I kept on going, coming up to the gates and opened them. I looked back at the manor, and a confident smile appeared on my face.

"I will show you that I care, Steph." I told him, and left the manor gardens.

I was walking down the streets, but as I walked, I heard something much like soft footsteps. I slowly got faster, the dolls staring at me as I started picking up the pace. I was then running towards a shop, one like a workshop, and shut the door, panting as what I thought I had lost the thing following me, only to find that when I turned around, I saw a weird, yellow cat doll staring at me, his black bowtie standing out compared to his purple suit.

"Oh! Howdy! It's so lovely to see customers like you here!" the cat admitted, smiling.

I was taken by surprise, as this doll's eyes were a deeper white, and had purple iris'. I gulped, and l looked at the counter, as something much like the cat's twin leaning on the counter, playing with a metal ball, rolling it back and forth, back and forth, like a metronome. I looked at the one with the bowtie, as he seemed trustworthy.

"I-I wanna know: is there anything you can do to help me impress my best friend?" I asked the cat, who grew a big smile.

"Oh, yes yes! There is!! We can help, right One?" the cat looked at his twin.

His twin stood up straight, and blinked before growing a smile. "Oh! Two, when did our customer come in?" the twin, which I suppose was One, asked calmly.

"Just recently! He needs to impress his best friend!" the first cat, which I assumed was Two, giggled.

One then smiled. "We have just the thing, fox..." he smiled wickedly.