child abuse and some swearing.
"No!" Oscar sat straight up in his bed, panting for breath.
Oh my... the voice of Ozpin echoed in his head. Of course. His nightmares and memories were also now Ozpin's. He had no privacy.
"Oscar?" Juane's voice made him look over to the bed beside him. "Are you ok?"
"Y-yeah... just a bad dream..." Oscar answered shakily.
That was more than a bad dream... Ozpin echoed. Oscar mentally told the old man to shut up.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Juane asked.
"N-no..."
"Are you sure?" Ren asked from the top bunk.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine, really," Oscar answered.
"You can always come to us and wake us up when you need to," Juane said.
"I'm not a little kid, I'm ok," Oscar chuckled.
"Jaune wakes me up from time to time," Ren remarked. "He gets nightmares about his previous partner."
That's Pyrrha. She was killed the same night I was, Ozpin explained. She was supposed to be the next fall maiden. Jaune and Pyrrha were very close and were barely a couple before her untimely death.
"What Ren means," Jaune interrupted. "Is that there's no shame in needing the comfort of a friend. We're here for you."
"Thanks... I'll remember that," Oscar replied.
"Ok, goodnight." The older two laid back down.
Are you certain that you don't want to talk?Ozpin pressed.
No. I wish you'd keep to yourself! Besides, I thought you were in hiatus, pouting in the back of my brain.Not quite. I was stepping back to let you all see what it's like being under my pressure. What point has it lead? That you make the same mistakes as I, but if you feel the need to continue making those choices on your own then be my guest.Oscar mentally groaned. My life is a damn nightmare.Language! But I have to agree on that. You've hidden this part of your life from me pretty well. It's impressive to say the least.I wasn't trying to impress anyone, Oscar retorted telepathically.
Yes, well, I never meant to be a part of a never ending pattern, taking one life after another. Especially from one so young. People do crazy things when they're in love. Whether or not that love is pure, one sided or healthy. Ozpin sighed.I suppose that you have listed some fair points. You're right about a lot of things, I'm sure. But right now, I'm going to go back to sleep and you're gonna go back and pretend that you didn't see anything.I believe that would be a fair request, Ozpin replied.
Finally, Oscar's head went silent. The boy closed his eyes, despite knowing that going back to sleep would be pointless. Hiding it any longer would be pointless, but yet... he didn't have the guts to let it out. So he guessed that it would remain a secret. At least until it would come out in some unnatural event. And honestly, Oscar felt like he would be beyond surprised.