JTHM Fanfic: Dove's Cry Murder
Chapter 4 Dying Alone

-Nny hurried to Squee's window. When Nny arrived in Squee's room it was empty. He hurried down the stairs and looked around for him in the kitchen. Squee was on the counter again and losing his balance. Nny picked Squee up and put him on the ground.

Squee- Eeeeee…!!!

Nny got the bowls down for Squee. Squee had the cereal and everything already on the table, so they both sat down at opposite ends of the tale to eat. There was an awkward silence for a few moments when Nny attempted to break the ice.

Nny- Um… So, where's Shmee?

Squee- Uh…I left him up in my room…Neither of you seem to like one another…

-Squee felt kind of uncomfortable and could tell Nny felt likewise, but Squee was glad to be around someone instead of being all alone in this house.

Squee- ! …Scary neighbor man?…Does anyone live with you in your house?

Nny- Aside from Nail Bunny and the Doughboys… no.

Squee- Do you have any friends?

Nny- Just you and Nail Bunny.

Squee- Family?

Nny- None that I can recall.

Squee stared at his half full cereal bowl and thought of how lonely he had been the last week and magnified it to a life time. Nny had been all alone this entire time. No one to talk to or laugh with. Maybe that's why he became the way he is now. Maybe he's lonely, too.

-Nny saw how sad and deep in thought Squee was and thought that maybe he'd said something wrong. He felt he should try to change the subject, without any references to killing.

Nny- Uh…So-

Squee- Why do you kill people?

The plan of staying away from the topic of killing was down the toilet and it wasn't Nny's fault this time. The whole thing threw Nny of guard.

Squee- If, not for enjoyment then what?

Nny- Uh… To keep an evil monster from getting loose and destroying everything?

Squee- Will you ever stop killing people?

Nny- No?

-Squee sighed and looked back down at his cereal. He'd finally worked up the courage to ask what he had wanted to:

Squee- Scary neighbor man? Are you lonely, like I am?

Squee thought of his parents and tears welled up in his eyes.

-Nny nervously looked around for what to do. He saw a napkin and grabbed it. He moved his chair closer to Squee. Nny sat there for a moment watching Squee cry before handing over the napkin. Squee looked up at the highly uncomfortable Nny. Nny set the napkin down on the table. Then Nny quickly turned away and moved his chair back to where it was before.

Nny- … Don't worry Squee. You aren't alone. You've got Shmee. You've got that friend of yours at school. And I'll be here for you. I won't let anyone hurt anyone you care about. That way you won't be lonely any more…and if I hang around you and your friends…I won't be lonely either.

That did the trick. Squee looked up at Nny with a smile and thanked him as Squee picked up the napkin to dry his eyes. Throughout what was left of the breakfast Nny and Squee were having a good time. Nny may have told more than a few jokes that scared Squee and said one too may things that involved killing, but Squee didn't mind. As long as Squee wasn't alone, he was happy. Once they finished Squee asked Nny to wait at the table to walk with Squee to school. Nny felt that this was a good start. Nny sat there for a while before Squee returned.

Squee- Okay. I'm ready to go.

Squee smiled happily at Nny.

Nny- Then, let's go.

Nny and Squee headed out the door. They had barely reached the front of Nny's house when they had come across a problem. A group of four men were standing in front of them and had pipes and one had a gun, how was Nny supposed to protect Squee without killing these people in front of him and scaring Squee away?

-End of Chapter Four-