Chapter 8: Night Terrors

I-I think I'm starting to get used to this… Well for the most part at least. We're about a whole two weeks into our relationship and not much has changed. I'm still completely awkward about it, but hey I do accept Dawn's 'surprise cuddles'...

Arceus I must sound like such a pansy.

Anyways, it was dark out we were in my den. Dawn was already knocked out cold while I just stood up staring at the moon's light and how its light reflected off a nearby lake. The crickets were chirping quietly, it gave off a peaceful atmosphere perfect for sleeping. But I wasn't really tired at the moment.

Averting my gaze to Dawn's sleeping form I began to ponder. "I can't believe you threw away your dream just for some girl, what about all your hard work?" A part of me lashed out. "Well it isn't the first time my dreams have been crushed and I don't think my work will go to waste I could probably get a new den. Besides we're already a full two weeks in and nothing bad happened." I tried to reason.

"For starters are you even listening to yourself?! You nearly broke your leg because of this girl, she is bad news. And what the hell is wrong with the den?"

"But she did heal me, she's my friend, I already made up my mind I'm not leaving her… And this den is completely run down I mean look at it! The only space I have is my spot for sleeping which is currently being shared at the moment."

"You don't even love her for arceus' sake, you're just wasting your time."

"..."

I'd be lying if I'd say "I do love her". Usually when I hear about love it's not just about attraction but trust and… Well, I keep forgetting what that second thing is. All I know about it is that you have to trust your gut on it, maybe it's supernatural.

I guess I just don't feel that 'connection' as of now.

It would be an understatement saying I enjoy having her around. These past two weeks have been the best of my life, but I can't say the same about the relationship part. Don't get me wrong it's not all bad it just feels a little too soon, I mean we're practically living with each other now. We sleep together, eat together at this rate we might as get married without my consent.

But how the hell am I supposed to tell her that, she'd probably be devastated and think I don't like her. I noticed Dawn shift in her sleep but I didn't think of it much. I mean she did nurse me back to health for crying out loud, but that doesn't sound like love from a mate but from a close friend or family.

Am I seriously friendzoning her?

"I'm putting way too much thought into this maybe I should just call it a day"

I just hope I can make up my mind soon. Clenching my eyes shut I tried to go to sleep. But my left ear then twitched interrupting me from my attempted slumber. Hearing whimpering I opened my eyes only to gaze at Dawn, it looked like she was having a nightmare or something.

"That's odd her ribbons are slightly moving…"

I quietly approached Dawn about to call her name when her ribbons lashed out wrapping around my neck tightly.

"What the-" I couldn't even finish my sentence because I was slammed against the wall. Her ribbons were acting as a way of self defence. They then pulled me in the opposite direction bashing my face against another wall over and over causing my nose to bleed.

You know I'd probably laughing my ass off if I wasn't the one being painfully flung around like a soft ball.

There weren't many options to choose. I couldn't really speak I was gritting my teeth in pain. Well I could've tried shocking her… But I didn't want to hurt her.

"Speaking it is then."

"D-Dawn-ACK! it's j-just a dream WAKE UP!." I barely managed to yell. Her ribbons froze only for a moment dropping me flat on the ground with an audible 'thud'. "O-ow." I groaned out in pain. Everything was fuzzy after that all I know for sure is Dawn ran out. "shouldn't I go after her?" I mentally contemplated while struggling to get up on my paws.

"F-feeling, shleepy…" muttered as I collapsed on the ground to rest a little.

Later…

It didn't take very long to find Dawn surprisingly enough. She was at a nearby oak tree crying her eyes out. I walked towards her careful not to get flung around again only to bring her into a hug. Dawn made a gasp almost inaudible with a flinch only to turn around and stare at me wide eyed as if she's seen a ghost. "H-hey everything alright?" I asked quietly.

"I-I'm fine, just had a nightmare... a pretty bad one." She barely managed to whisper. "Do you want to talk about it?" I offered only to receive a soft sigh as a response

Im guessing that's a no then.

"You shouldn't be worried about me, y-you were the one who got hurt." She responded trying to stray away from the subject.

"I'm fine." I reassured.

"Spike you're bleeding." She stated.

"Huh?"

I ended the hug only to notice my snout felt damp, my nose was still bleeding, not alot though it was already starting to dry. "Eh, well you didn't hurt me that bad, besides it'll pass." I replied dryly. Dawn looked down at the grass only for a moment.

"Spike, h-have you ever had the fear… the fear of dying?" She asked suddenly.

The question caught me off guard but then again, maybe her dream was about dying "Well, yes and no." I answered not completely sure how to put it into words. Dawn looked at me with a questioning gaze. "Look, death is inevitable as much as I hate to admit it. My only fear is if I were to die without a cause or some sort of legacy. I'm not talking about being some sort of celebrity or any of that stuff, I just mean casually you know? Put it this way, when my time comes and no one and I literally mean no one even cared, it would feel as if I wasted my whole life." I clarified.

Dawn gave me a look of understanding as she scooted closer to me. "I would care." she murmured in a low tone.

"I know."

We stood quiet for a couple minutes until suddenly Dawn moved her face closer to my own. I knew what she wanted but I spoke up instead. "Look we should head back to the den, it's really late."

"Oh, um okay." She replied sounding disappointed as we both headed back to the den.

"Why do I have the feeling that this dream of her's is going to bite me in the ass in the future?"

To be continued

Geez it's been a while I haven't updated this story (officialy) since last year I think. Ive been busy with school and watching Civil war like a billion times, sorry if the chapter seems half-assed. Okay moving on Im updating LFAAH next.

-The Ultimate Spiderman