A/N : Same as the last chapter, mention of suicide and self harm, if you are sensitive to such things I'd advise not reading this

~Some Time After~

It's been getting worse, they've resorted to physically hurting Nightmare and now he's been harming himself, Dream doesn't know, while (y/n) knows, she hates keeping a secrets from Dream but Nightmare begged her not to so she hasn't said a thing, Lu and Des found a way back home they told (y/n) how to go home but she refused she wasn't about to leave Dream and Nightmare, they were her friends, she couldn't leave with one of them hurting.

   "Hey (y/n) you want to go get nice-cream?" Dream asked.
   "Sure, you want to come Nightmare?" He simply shook his head. "Okay then we'll bring some back for you." (y/n) was doing her best to act cheery around Dream, mostly so he wouldn't worry about her or Nightmare, it seamed to be working fairly well.

Nightmare's POV

   I've been thinking about killing myself, I know I have (y/n) and Dream but it's so hard to keep living, they all hate me, if I don't kill myself I'm sure one of them will.
"Tsk, tsk, look who we have here." A male voice said. "All alone, who'll protect you now?"
"Leave!" I said, standing up to face my 'attacker.' It was that man that (y/n) threatened, he had short brown hair and wore a light brown trench coat.
"Oh but you think you deserve to live?" He asked.
"Leave..."
"Not till you're dead." He smirked advancing towards me, I had nothing to defend myself, this isn't far...

Third Person POV

Dream and (y/n) chatted while they walked, problem is she can't shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen.
"Hey you should try the peach flavor." Dream said breaking her from her thoughts.
"Yeah sure." She didn't know what she just said yes to whatever he said, though she knew Dream had no bad intent he was a innocent little cinnamon roll.

   "I hope Nightmare likes his." (y/n) slightly muttered.
   "I'm sure he will." Dream replied. "And if he doesn't as lest we tried."
   "Yeah..."
   "Come on you filthy creature! Not even fighting back!? Pathetic!" A voice shouted as they got closer they got closer to the tree.
   "Nightmare!" (y/n) shouted dropped her nice-cream and racing towards the tree, she saw a horrid scene, Nightmare was blacked against the tree, he had a crack in his skull along with blood splotches here and there.
"You miserable creature!" She shouted making a (f/c) dagger appear in her hand, she knocked away the attacker with minimal effort, he fell backward into his knife which stabbed him in the arm, he howled in pain trying to pull the blade out. "S T A R T•R U N N I N G." He booked it away from there, she turned her attention back to Nightmare who just stared at her, she quickly started inspecting his wounds and trying to stop the bleeding.

It's been a month, Nightmare's...better though he has been more distant, he hasn't been talking to Dream or (y/n) very much, everything feels wrong, like at any moment the balance could be shattered.

"I'll show them, I can be good too!"