.Ruby Columbine. • Butterfly Reign AU •

Lemon balm

Theseus didn't hug back, he didn't respond to Wilbur's hushed apologies and only half-listened to his inaudible mumbling. Every now and then he'd make out a word or two and those words usually consisted of; Theseus, Hate, Hurt, and Mine. Theseus continued his conversation with Dream and the two ignored Wilbur entirely.

He was cleared for work when he went until dusk without another ringing episode and could recall almost everything in his life accuretly. Once he was cleared he began work immediately and soon everyone had left, seeing that Theseus couldn't keep a conversation and file paperwork at the same time. Each of them were respectfully excused and they each left for their own chambers, all except for Wisp who stood outside the study quietly eavesdropping on the room.

The candle flickered as he passed another paper onto the "deliver later" pile and brought another assignment from the "do immediately" stack to the clear space in front of him. The candle, which when he first lit it was brand new, was now almost half the size it started with. Although he hadn't paid much attention to it, the ringing had slowly and gradually grown until it was as loud as his own voice and had started to drown out his thoughts.

He clutched his head and groaned, "I don't wanna go crazy again, it hurt a lot last time." His ears let off a low warble of pain as he recalled trying to itch them off. "What was I even thinking? Trying to itch my ears off? How stupid!" He blurted, then covered his mouth and looked around. Thank gods no one other than Tubbo was around to hear him say that, he'd sworn off insults and cursing after Prince Wilbur left but every now and then he still slips up, old habits die hard right?

drip.

The low whine in his ears suddenly spiked once he insulted himself and he cringed in rejection, but didn't try to make it go away. This must be karma, but what did I do? He dipped his head to the desk and started to pull his hair, MAKE IT STOP His thoughts screamed so loudly that he covered his ears again and the pain of his bloody ears was nothing compaired to the pain the ringing invited.

The pain he felt in his ears was like static, the longer you touch the more it hurts, and it came in little spirts but the ringing felt like a THWACK- throbbing, warm, and fuzzy, it made him fling his eyes open, even though they were closed, it made him stand up and scream, even though he was sat and silent, it was as if he was floating an inch away from his skin, like his soul had "left his body" and covered all his sences until all he could understand was the ringing.

drip.

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