+Pines Home: Just before Nightshift+

Mabel checked on her sleeping brother in his room. A soft smile graced her face before it disappeared. She walked over to her sibling and did her usual routine to check him. He thoughts about the routine we're never in the like category as always. It reminded her of her mistakes and failures that had to with her brother; her twin.

She took out a thick book out from the nightstand drawer and opened it up. It was just a false book filled with tools. She picked up a pair of scissors, turned towards her brother and got to work. She kept reminding herself that if was to keep her brother alive and not dead.

Dipper, on the other hand, was in a deep sleep to not be disturbed by what his sister was doing, but he was well aware of what happens when he's asleep.

Next, Mabel pulled some red threads and a needle out of the false book. With quick hands it was over with the procedure she had done. Then came a few other things, until she just pulled out a small dainty flashlight.

She went close to her brother's face and opened one of his eyes to see it reacts to the light. It does and she lets out a relief sigh and that's when she smiles again. Mabel put the tools away in the false book and makes a mental reminder to clean them later.

As the drawer closed, Dipper finally started waking up. He groaned when he sat up after opening his eyes. Dipper looked around and spotted his twin and gave her a kind smile. "Was everything with me okay Mable?"

She nodded and gave her brother a hug. "Yeah Dipper. You're okay." Mable did her best to push out the negative thoughts, but it just didn't want to leave.

Dipper hugged her back, he wasn't the one needing comfort anyways, it was his twin that needed the affection more. "I'm sorry Mabel."

She shook her head slightly against the brunet's chest. "It's fine, really... I just wish everything was okay with you." She could start feeling some tears start to build up.

They stayed like that for a few more minutes before Mabel pulled away to let Dipper get ready for work. She closed the door behind her and let out a shaky breath out and let the tears fall from here eyes.

"I'm sorry I couldn't save you."

+Paranormia: Night+

Bill had himself a good time in his cage with his now brunet lover. The male's back leaning against his chest as his arms were wrapped around him. The animatronic nuzzled his face in the night guard's hair.

Dipper just let the yellow bot be, keeping his eyes closed, feeling relaxed. He hummed a tune that had Bill hugging him a bit more.

There was only silence in the room besides Dipper's occasional humming. It was peaceful for awhile.

"Hm?" Dipper brought his hand up to touch his cheek and his eyes widened at the realization. He quickly stood up from Bill's lap and faced him. "Bill, please let me out of here. I need to go to the bathroom." He said with a tone of panic that Bill heard.

The animatronic stared at Dipper holding his cheek like to hide something. "PineTree, what's wrong?" He stood up as well and tried to get closer to him, but the human backed away from him. "PineTree..."

"Bill, please I'm begging you now, open the door and let me out. I can't let you see them." Panic took the expression on Dipper's face. "I'm not ready to show you. You'll probably think I'm worthless... This is so bad timing." He was kinda starting to hyperventilate and looked around avoiding Bill's gaze. "I-I need M-Mabel!" Dipper exclaimed.

Bill took the human by surprise and held his head between his hands to make Dipper look at him. "PineTree." He says firmly, staring into the other's eyes. "I love you no matter what and I promised I'd always be here for you." He leaned down a bit and kissed him on the lips and slowly pulled back. "No matter what you hide from me, I'll always be there just for you." Bill smiled lovingly at him.

The hand that Dipper used to cover his cheek trembled a bit as he started to well up tears. His mind was fighting for the better decision, to show or not to. 'Bill promised, but what if he changed his mind?' Gnawed at the back of his head. He squeezed his eyes shut, deciding to show the animatronic his secret, his shame. He ever so slowly let his hand move away for his cheek, revealing a short stitch on his cheek and fake skin just falling off.

Bill's eyes widened as more skin, that was fake after seeing enough to know it was, peeled off revealing more stitches, even some that were long. They were mostly shown in the areas that weren't covered by clothes. He mind wondering if he also had more stitches on his body.

Dipper wiped the tears away and sniffed a bit. "Ugly isn't it... I hate seeing everyone of them, so I have to get Mable to fix me every time so I don't have to see them." He rubs his arm and avoided looking up at Bill. "I'm nothing more than a broken doll that has been fix every so often. I'll die again and again when my heart can't take anymore betrayals." He cries to Bill. "It hurts Bill, it hurts so much every time. If you want o leave me too, I'll be fine with it... After all, I'm just a doll, once done they're thrown away and forgotten."

"Oh PineTree... this doesn't change anything of how I feel about you at all." He takes on of Dipper's hands and brings it up to kiss on a long stitch on the back of his hand. Then he wipes away the doll's tears away gently.

"You should have seen what others had done when they found out about my stitches. They called me a monster, a freak, some messed up voodoo doll." Dipper told his love somewhat weak in tone. He blushed when he felt Bill kiss his stitches on his cheeks. "All they remind me of are scars that are more prominent to look at. Like I'm some messed up being."

Bill shushed him softly and embraced the brunet with a laugh. "If anything PineTree, I'd say you're a survivor and they are your badges. You're strong enough to be here right as of now. You may be a living doll, but you've got a heart of a human." He chuckled, "You Pines are amazing, never let what those meat sacks say to you down. They fail to see your worth, like your strong will." Bill kissed him on the lips again before saying, "Maybe I should call you Puppet now instead of PineTree?"

That got Dipper to smile again and bury his face into Bill's clothes chest. "Please no, I rather be called PineTree than Puppet." He laughed.

The both of them kept hugging each other and occasionally, Bill would whisper 'I love you' into Dipper's ear. The blond led Dipper over to his swing and they both sat down together. "How about you sing me a song again my dear? Get something off your heart, hm?"

Dipper started to hum again as Bill slipped his hand to hold on to his own. Opening his mouth to sing for him.

Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before~
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no one else to blame~

Bill kissed him lightly again, but on the back of his opposite hand. The bot kept in mind to shower the doll with affection more often.

Be my friend~
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small and needy~
Warm me up
And breathe me~

Ouch, I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah, I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe~

Dipper closed his eyes slowly and relaxed in Bill's embrace. He leaned his head back to look up at Bill, who gave him a usually grinning smile.

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up~
Unfold me
I am small and needy~
Warm me up
And breathe me~

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up~
Unfold me
I am small and needy~
Warm me up
And breathe me~

"PineTree," Bill says gently, "you're human."

Dipper let out a tired chuckle. "I'm merely a living doll born from brokenness Bill."

The animatronic put a over Dipper's chest where his heart was. "You're more human than I'll ever be PineTree." He told him as he kissed the back of his neck. "You have many emotions, feelings, so much more..." He turned Dipper around and pressed his ear close to hear the doll's heartbeat.

Bu-bump Bu-bump

"No matter what PineTree, I'll protect and be here for you. I'll rid you of your worries and problems." He tightly gave doll's hand a squeeze. "You'll be the human and I'll be your monster. That way we'll still believe in what we use to be. After all you were once human right? I was a full demon, a monster, but got trapped him this metal scrap."

Dipper opened his eyes and looked into Bill's now mismatch colored eyes. He cupped both of Bill's face and stroked one thumb over the bot's cheek. "I don't think it's healthy if we play it that way Bill."

"But we won't feel sad about what we are PineTree." Bill says back with concerned eyes.

"There's no turning back." Dipper warned him.

Bill grinned, "Then lets make a deal."

Dipper expression turned curious. "What do you propose then?"

"We continue to keep the human and monster a secret only between us. This is our behind closed doors deal that no one will know about, but us." Bill smiled petting Dipper's hair. "The rest of the world will just be mindless to what we really are, we will put on a act, a routine if I must say."

"This will solve everything then?"

"Oh PineTree, this will just make us go insane that no one will ever notice." Bill say making the brunet shiver, but in a good feeling kind of way. "So what do you say?" The bot- no monster, says to Dipper.

The doll- human, stared at it and they both ended up shaking hands.

Both of them look at each other with a unreadable expression. Bill grinned once again and kissed Dipper.

"I'll be the monster that protects its treasurable human."

Dipper laughed a bit and kiss the monster back lightly on it's cold lips.

"Then I'm the human that hides it's monster."