I'LL SING YOU A LULLABY

originally, this was gonna have a poem I found with it. I said screw it cuz it didn't work. Enjoy!

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Ichigo sat next to the window, staring out into the night. He bit his lip. That thing was drawing closer. Ever closer.

"I'll sing ya a lullaby, if ya close yer eyes."

He didn't close his eyes anymore. He didn't sleep. Constant words, right beside him, whispered in his ear. And sometimes it was beside him, sometimes inside of him, sometimes everywhere he looked.

Staring out his window in the middle of the night was his only form of rest. He felt it right beside him. Smiling at him.

"I'll sing ya the sweetest lullaby, just close yer eyes"

he knew what it meant when it said close your eyes. He knew the meaning. And in that way, he was afraid of sleeping. He was afraid of closing his eyes, for the fear that they would never open again. And how could he put it past that creature not to kill him in his sleep?

He was at a standstill. He didn't know what to do. He couldn't control it, he couldn't stop it and he couldn't shut it up. That voice was infiltrating his mind. When he laid down his head on his pillow, he felt like he was resting in someone's lap.

No. it's lap. And it was playing in his hair, still smiling at him.

"I'll keep singing, if ya close yer eyes"

this wasn't just a fight for dominace. It was waiting to see when he broke from the mental torment. It told him he was already cracked.

He was cold, and he knew it. He didn't want it to win. He didn't want to close his eyes, afraid it would be for the last time.

And he knew, just because of that, the creature was winning. It was winning, swallowing him. Because he didn't want to dream of it. He didn't want to think about it. He wanted to push it away into a corner of his mind and never let it out.

"You'll never dream if I sing to you, king."

But he knew that was a lie. It was still playing in his hair, drawing circles and runes along his face, his bare chest. This was torment that he had to put up with every night. Because it wanted him to sleep. And it knew he grew sleepy with those touches.

It leaned down close to his ear, bit it gently.

"Sleep and I'll sing ya a lullaby."

He didn't want to sleep. He was afraid of sleeping. Because he might never open his eyes again. Was it death he was afraid of? no, it was that thing.

What had he to be afraid of. He wouldn't put it past that thing, not to kill him in his sleep. But he was losing anyway. It was swallowing him. He closed his eyes slowly, wondering if he would ever open them again before he forced those thoughts from his mind.

"Alright. Sing to me." he reached up and brought it's head down, connecting their lips. "And make sure I don't wake till morning."

It looked shocked for a moment before smiling again.

"Just close yer eyes and listen."

OWARI

um? I found this today. It only had about..two sentances written, so I had no idea what it was about. But this is what I got out of it. RXR ONEGAI!