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You sat in your room, curled up in a pathetic ball of emotions. Emotions suck, they make you sick. Anyways. .you tried to ignore the sound of someone knocking at your door, you knew it was Nightmare, he had been there for the past half an hour, trying to get you to let him in. You refused, ignoring him as you swam In the painful memory's of your past.
Eventually Nightmare had picked the lock on your door, which had led you to where you were now, him trying to convince you that people did love you, that he loved you.
"Angel, stop this.." Nightmare whispered to you, trying to hug you once again by grabbing you by the shoulders and pulling you towards him. Only for you to promptly push him away and scuttle away from him, making a direct bee line for the other side of your room "No you stop!" You retaliated, pointing an accusing finger at him. "Stop pretending that people love me! That you love me!" You spat, tears welling in your eyes once more, falling down your cheeks and dripping off your chin. Nightmare sighed and walked over to you, tentacles splitting from his back, making an annoying cracking sound as his bones broke painfully to make way for them.
He made a quick move to grab you, dragging you towards him where his tentacled wrapped around you to hold you close to him. "Shh..No, stop struggling" Nightmare soothed, his grip on you tightening as you thrashed around, pleading for him to let you go. "No let me go! Let me go! Let me go.." You sobbed, your voice getting quieter with each plead as you slowly gave up resting limp against his chest. "There we go, relax, angel" Nightmare smiled, moving his hand from your shoulder in favor to stroke your hair, carding his fingers through it and working out the knots that got In his way.
"Tell me, angel, do you really think nobody loves you? That there's nobody out there who will care for you..?" He asked, looking down at you sadly. You glared at him, more tears welling in your eyes falling down your cheeks. "Yes, all my life all everyone has done was hurt me! Use me!" You yelled, flailing once more only to find that it didn't work. "Angel..." Nightmare muttered, his free hand stroking your cheek. "That's not true..I love you, I care about you and I've never used you. I'll love you forever, no matter how much you deny it!" Nightmare sighed, cradling you close to his chest and for a moment you almost gave in, only for the warning voice to scream at you that he was lying.
"You don't love me, nobody does, there's no such thing as love, its just a cruel trick your mind plays on you to think that you actually care for someone, because you know what?" You pause to look him in the eye. "Love wears off. One day, you'll stop loving me, just like everybody else.." You sobbed, more tears rolling down your cheeks like a river. Nightmares 'brows' furrowed at your words and he tilted your head to look at him. "Angel, thats not true, love does exist and it not just a cruel trick. I really do love you..love is unconditional, love is whole, love means that if you can love my nerdy little liking for books that I'd rather hide then I can love you for who you are, I can love everything you hate about yourself, especially those parts!" (STOP, WAIT A MINUTE— sorry, I'd just like I give credit to METALMISTRESS for this quote!) Nightmare said softly, cupping your cheek and rubbing the squishy flesh tenderly. Your eyes widened and you utterly sobbed, giving in and scooting close to him, trying to latch onto any sort of comfort you could get.
"So, let me show you how love truly is.." Nightmare whispered to you, cradling you close to him, where you soon fell asleep in his arms, utterly exhausted.