CHAPTER SIX

                                    

                                          
Iron. The scent of blood, of rotting corpses. That's all she could smell as she stared down at the headless body below her.
She felt herself getting choked up, her throat closing on her as tears filled her eyes.
She let out heavy breaths as her shoulders and chest heaved up and down.
She felt bile rising in her throat at the sight of blue blood staining the burnt dirt ground.
The hands and legs of the body twitched every now and then because some of the nerves were still shutting down, and it made her want to throw up even more.
She fell to the ground as tears streamed down her face.
She was hyperventilating, it was a struggle to breathe.
Finally, she clutched at her head and knelt to the ground as a heart wrenching scream tore at her throat.
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Y/N snapped herself awake with a strangled gasp. She clutched at her throat as she tried to find her breathing.
Shooting up in bed, she ripped the blankets off of her body and coughed violently into her hand.
The Chimera Ant on the ground was woken up from the noise, and sat up from the blankets on the floor. They looked at Y/N with a look of concern and fear.
They stood up, grasping at her shoulders and holding them tightly.
"Hey, are you ok? What's going on?" They asked.
Y/N's coughing ceased after a moment or two and she sat there in her bed, not meeting Pitou's eyes.
'Even though they're alive, I still can't stop thinking about...' 
She let out a sigh, clutching the comforter tightly in her hands.
She narrowed her eyes a bit before closing them and inhaling a shaky breath. Exhaling, she looked up at Pitou in exhaustion.
"I'm fine, just a bad dream." She said.
Pitou's eyes narrowed at her in suspicion.
'Judging by her reaction, it wasn't a normal nightmare. Perhaps it was a memory?'
Pitou looked down at their hands, which was now intertwined with Y/N's, and slowly pulled away.
"Sorry..." They mumbled.
Y/N sniffed then shook her head, looking up at them.
"It's fine, you're just trying to help." She said.
Pitou looked off to the side, their ears pinned back against their head.
'I don't deserve this. I don't deserve the opportunity of helping you...' they thought to them self grimly.
Glancing at the clock on Y/N's nightstand, they sighed.
"You should probably go back to sleep, it's 5:00 in the morning." They said quietly.
Y/N nodded, though she didn't really want to fall back asleep after that nightmare of hers.
She sniffed again and reached for Pitou's hand, clutching it in her own.
"I know you don't sleep, or really have a need to, but..." She hesitated. "Could you... Maybe... Stay up here with me until I fall back asleep?"
Pitou felt themselves pause for a moment. Their chest felt heavy, and the thumping inside was faster. Their cheeks felt slightly warm, and they coughed into their free hand, overwhelmed.