~A week later~
"Aye, D, wha's been goin' on with 'ya two lae'ly (lately)?" Bue asked groggily as she barely managed to sit up from the bed and rubbed her eyes repeatedly. D was sitting by one of the bean bags with a concentrating stare glued to his face though the face he was making made him look more like a steamed monkey, holding a new-looking teddy bear with a tight grip...it's head, in his hand. Mal had his knees in his chest, arms wrapped around himself, holding a teddy bear of his own but for some reason, it looked like it was much heavier than it should be. He was using more strength in the one arm holding the toy, the rest of it was holding his knees in place as he looked away from her and at the wall. Bue tilted her head in confusion and continued rubbing her eyes until a large red irritated ring formed all around her eyes like a mask then tried to get their attention by speaking a little louder. "AYE! DID 'YA HEAR MA'?!" D's head popped up slowly, a look of shock mixed with happiness quickly changed to a furious glare as he shot up, letting go of the headless bear, bue was confused and a little frightened. "How could you let bueno take control of you so easily like that?!" It was in a smooth, calm, but also had a sarcastically pissed off ring toward the end of the sentence. Bue's hair was messy from her sleeping as she moved a weave of stray hairs other than her left hair flap to behind her ear, her face, scared and worried and still a little confused as she tried to reason with him, afraid of what he might do. "I-I-I dunno, ok? I-I d-dunno, the memory's all fuzzy. Wha-whadd'e (what did he or what he) do?" D squinted his eyes, which started to glow with obvious impatience as though he was ordering her to remember. Bue was getting cold as goosebumps occurred along her arms and scooted farther away from him, deeper into the bed and about to just pull the covers over her to keep her safe from any harm. "I want YOU to tell ME what the jackass did. Something that traumatizing would normally stick with you."
"I-I jus' 'member bein' on the ground, 'fore tha' I was in the hallway on mike's side when I pulled up a mirror then...I-I-I th-thin' I hit m-ma' head." Bue looked down at her left hand, the right one was clutching her forehead, fingers through part of the flap, D headed toward bue, she didn't notice until he was just a few feet away from her. He got down beside her on one knee with the same glare, bue just had to turn her head a little to the right to see him by the bed. "Am I gonna be punished er so'm(something)? I'm too tired to care...and ma' eyes er itchy." "Quit rubbin' 'em!" D's face had changed to sincere. "I dunno how to ge' rid o' bueno! An' I can't 'elp it if ma' eyes er itchin'!" Pro'ly from the sun. D thought, bue heard. "S'that wha' tha' was?" She asked with curiosity, D sighed and mal, watching from across the room, holding another teddy bear and worried of what he'd say next, knowing he was about to tell her everything. Mal didn't want to hear it all again, the image of it would come back and it made him sick to his stomach, he just knew D must've felt the same which is why he's probably asking for her to remember it so that he won't have to explain it all. After a little while of silence, D decided to just keep it a secret but also wanted to hug her and not just for her comfort as he simply walked back over to the bean bag. Both boys were afraid to fall asleep, whenever they closed their eyes, all they saw was bue shaking wildly on the ground while her face looked as though it were wide awake and her pale twitching face, the fact that she hadn't blinked during the whole experience made her incredibly creepy. Bue looked over to mal who still had yet to gaze upon her with his paranoia of whether she'd suffered many injuries or if there was some drool stream down her face or bruises or blood or…-. He was actually in truth in fear of what D would do if bue saw his face and other bruises he'd gotten, D wouldn't have an excuse and who knows what would happen next; Violence, anger, disappointment, sadness, frustration? Which all could fly back at mal, the picture of D with his glowing crimson eyes and pure hatred over himself and blinding him from everything else.
Our emotions, our reactions, our reflexes are all based on D's. However he feels, we have to feel, if he's mad, we can't fight back. We're both just pawns in his stupid, sadistic little game that he had made up along the way. And none of us have a say in it. It pisses me off, feeling so powerless, so he was lonely ONCE, and now he's just mad. I wonder if he'd even care if I disappeared, then all he'd have left would be bue and no matter how much he's 'supposedly' in love, he'd hit her. Then the thought comes to me every time I think of these things…, can a former personality...kill itself?
D had begun getting into mal's habit of destroying teddy bears though it wasn't out of any kind of jealousy but more frustration, of a lot of things. How could I make such a mistake, letting her leave and worst of all...to the sun…. I won't let that happen again...never.
"Guys...I'm not letting any of you leave this room again...got it?" Mal was too afraid to say no and nodded slowly, but bue's face was of horror and sadness as her eyes grew wide with shock. "Wha' I did couldn't o' been tha' bad! Could it? C'mon D, loosen up, I'm fine after all."
"No…-" D's awful glare returned.
"D PLEASE! IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, I SWEAR!" She put her hand over her heart, his patience was breaking like fragile glass.
"I SAID NO! NOW SHUT UP AND DO AS I SAY!" His voice boomed threateningly, bue nearly shrieked, it looked like her blood had sank to her feet, leaving the rest of her, now, goosebump coated body white as a ghost. She was frozen with intimidation and fright then dove for the blankets, got into a tiny heavily compacted ball as she cocooned herself in the covers, shaking. Mal was scared too but also felt pity toward bue, D's never yelled at her like that. It figures she'd be cowering under the blankets, no matter how huge her pride is which is now dwindling. I think you two are quite on par when it comes to D's authority, don't 'ya think? The puppet told mal, he couldn't respond knowing D might be able to hear, mal knew D was beginning to get suspicious of him and so, put his training on hold. While in the bed and in a tight little ball of 'safety', bue began to fall asleep.
In her dream, bue found herself standing atop a meter-by-meter chunk of a floor that had been knocked off from a house. She was just standing on a floating rock in a black abyss and scared. Upon getting on her knees then curling into a ball, heard a voice and she knew exactly who it was. "All you do is hide, you know that?" A masculine no accented voice spoke. "Bueno. I'm beginnin' to undastan wha's goin' on hea! Ever since 'ya came along, 'ya been stealing ma' normal properties, you're the one who ruin' everythin! AN' YER THE REASON D AND ME ARE IN FALSE ROMANCE!" Bueno appeared on his own floating slab of flat rock, he was bue's twin only with a ponytail and shorts like mal and D wore, hair was in his face but one eye was barely visible and his smirk could be seen for miles with his menacing sharp teeth visible, he looked just as threatening as D. "I merely started it but it was YOU who finished it." "Everything tha' has been ushered by tha' sly tongue o' yours has been all a lie, ma' love fer D...IT WAS YOU WHO CAUSED ME TO BLUSH, I HAD NO CONTROL, how did 'ya do it, control facial features, 'ya brought me into the sun an' now NONE OF US'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE AGAIN! ARE 'YA HAPPY NOW?!" "But you do in fact love him, don't you, I simply sped up the process, you should thank me!" "NO WAY WOULD I EVER THANK YOU! D'LL STOP 'YA!" "Because you can't...and neither can he, since he's got a soft spot for you, he can't hurt me. have fun with that in mind, buena." At this point, on her knees, she was crying into her hands. Then felt a hand on her shoulder, when she turned around nervously she found herself back in the bed looking over her shoulder and up to see D and mal who was about 6 feet away from him and it was also the first time bue had seen his face since the outside trip and he had some gauze around his face with a few blood stains. She was shocked and knew it must of been D who did it and gave him a glare after she slapped away his hand then sat up and got cold the minute she did, D patted her on the back to try and comfort her. "Bue, what's wrong?" "Why do 'ya sound so sincere all of a sudden?"" D looked down and seemed to be thinking hard about something, bue was getting a little paranoid then he lifted his head back up. "I know I shouldn't yell at a little girl." He told her with his usual cocky sneer. She picked up a pillow and threw it at his face with an annoyed glare then started coughing and hacking while the goosebumps spread. "She's gonna be bedridden for at least a few more days." "But I don't wanna stay in bed fer a few more days, I wanna do stuff." "Like what?" "...Walk, run, jump,...somethin'! Somethin' otha' than stayin' in bed, I'm fine!" Bue lifted the covers and got up after slapping away D's hand which was stopping her, when she finally stood up on both legs she laughed with a smirk. "HA told ya s-" Before bue could finish her sentence she fell. Upon landing on the ground a grumpy face got glued to her skin as D and mal lifted her up and back onto the bed, both exchanging worried glances. "An' I swear to God, if 'ya actually baby feed me, I'll strangle 'ya both an' I-" She threw herself into a coughing fit as her face went pale again, "Bucket...bucket!" She yelled urgently, D snapped his fingers and a bucket appeared on the bed, she grabbed it fast then after a cough or two, she shoved her head init and hurled. D and mal stood by each other in worry, it was 10 long minutes before she finally managed to stop. "Uuuuuugh...wata' an' no food fer 'bout a month, got it?" She started coughing again just as mal was about to object saying she needs the nutrients but then turned to D. "Hey, I can't remember...what'd we do when YOU were sick anyway?" Bue rolled her eyes with her arms crossed and a pout. "Like it matta's! It's jus' somethin' to ge' ova'. Meanwhile I'm hea pukin' like I'm possessed…(I had to do it.)..." The two boys couldn't help but chuckle. "Alright, what about this- you wanna watch a horror?" D asked then mal snickered. "How about a doll movie?" Bue threw more pillows at them since she wasn't allowed to get out of the bed they just kept laughing then D snapped his fingers and a mirror came out of the wall and floated over by the bed. The two boys ran over to bue and hopped on the bed while she just clung to her bucket so it wouldn't spill. D layed back and mal crossed his legs, bue crossed her arms around the pail, with her head above it, the scent went right to her nose immediately and sneezed. She turned to her right and saw D looking back at her with a cocky grin. "So just what might we have learned from this experience? hmmm?" He asked her as his eyelids fluttered to purposely annoy her and she pouted. "Alright, alright, I know wha' 'ya wanna hea, 'I was wrong, you were right and yes, I hate the sun now. HAPPY?!" Bue shot him daggers and he just chuckled, she was peeved then shoved him off the bed. She was in shock at how calm and patient he was being.;
"Guys...I'm not letting any of you leave this room again...got it?"
"Wha' I did couldn't o' been tha' bad! Could it? C'mon D, loosen up, I'm fine after all."
"No…-".
"D PLEASE! IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, I SWEAR!"
"I SAID NO! NOW SHUT UP AND DO AS I SAY!"
The remembrance of that scary moment made bue shudder and the fact that she was in such a weak state made her even more scared and paranoid, the minute the movie started, it showed a plain old fashioned looking doll in a dark room, staring at the screen with a small light on her that looked to be coming from a window near was too creepy for bue since she quickly dived under the blankets, the minute she did, D got up from the floor, mal saw and the two just glared at each other.