Little Nightmares || After Story || Book Three

Eighteen

A/N: The time has come to make the ship shead out of it's shell. Just by a little bit because I am not a fan of rushing things.

A week later, Brogan lied on his bed playing a piano game on his phone while listening to Steve Aoki through his ear phones. Xioyu was on the floor, sleeping on Bro's feet and snoring his tail off, while slightly drooling on the wood floor. It was a normal Saturday evening, his parents where downstairs watching some show he wasn't interested in, and Ano just seemed to be in her room all day, that was new.

He sighed and turned off his phone, placing his head in his pillow. Under his eyes where dark bags, he didn't sleep last night, since last week he has been having trouble sleeping. He'd close hs eyes and the most creepiest stuff will pop up in his mind, and when he tried to change the dream he would just startle himself awake.

Placing his face into the pillow he felt his self fall into a deep sleep, he was releifed, but he was also afraid. He never really felt afraid, this is the first time in a while. Brogan was tired of nightmares and staying awake. Seconds later he couldn't help but jump at the sound of his phone going off.

He looked down to see Issac's picture and name. He remembered he took this picture on her fourteenth birthday, which was on Valentines day. She looks pretty much the same other than growing an inch or two taller and growth around her waist and bust.

"What now?" he asked putting the phone to his ear.

"Can I just get a 'hello', love?" she said, tapping her fingers loud enough that he could hear.

"Hello," he said sarcastically.

Even though he couldn't see it, he knew she was smiling,"thats better. So how is your Saturday?"

"I'm tired," was the only thing that came out of his mouth,"very tired."

It was quiet for a moment,"have you been sleeping, love?"

He sighed,"not for about a week. Why do you want to know?"

"Hold on, can I call you back," she said.

"Uh...sure I guess," he said,"bye."

"Bye," she said. He sighed and lied on his back closing his eyes, just to hear his bedroom door open,"I'm back."

He quickly sat up to see the albino girl close the door behind her,"what the hell?"

"Calm down," she said.

"I am calm," he said.

"You sure?" she said,"you don't sound calm. Whats bothering you now?"

Issac sat next to him with a normal facial expression,"nightmares..."

"Really? Welp I got the thing for you," she said digging in her pockets, pulling out a few pills,"I know how you come from a place based off of nightmares so I found these."

"What are these for?" Brogan said taking them from her.

"Nightmares," she said,"I used to be like you in many ways. When I was younger I didn't like to dream, I kept seeing how my mom was murdered in my sleep. And one day I started taking these, they make you sleep but your dream lasts about three seconds."

"Your mom was murdered?" he asked and she frowned.

"Don't ask..." she mumbled getting on her knees and petting Xioyu,"but yeah, those are for you."

"Uh...thanks?" he said placing the pills in his drawer, the same one with his hidden pocket knife.

She smiled a small smile, Brogan knew it was forced,"now...I am going to leave you now. And head back home before my dad starts bitching that I left the house without permision."

Issac turned to leave but Bro couldn't help but to grab her wrist,"I have a question...that I should of asked a LONG time ago. Are we friends?"

The two locked eyes for a good moment. Issac stood there just staring right through him, he knew she was thinking of an answer. Her faceless expression turned cold,"you want to be 'friends'? Really?"

She snactched her arm back,"I never counted you as a friend."

"Why?" he said,"out of every-"

"Don't start with the bullshit phrase,'you talk to me and no one else,' thing,"she said coldly, she sighed and looked away from his face,"I guess I like you enough..."

Brogan raised a brow,"was it that hard to say?"

She shook her head,"kind of," her brows knitted while her cheeks where colored with purple, red, and blue.

He squinted, when did that get there. Bro raised his hand and lightly brushed his fingers over the colors,"what is this? Is this paint?"

Issac backed up, pushing his hands off of her face,"paint?" she held her cheek realizing how hot it was,"oh, I'm blushing. It's pretty right?"

"Is that what you want me to think?" he asked.

She shrugged and smiled,"I dunno. You have your own thoughts, and I have mine. So tell me, what do you think."

"Eh," he said,"I guess it's okay."

"Your answers suck,"she said turning around,"see you Monday. Oh and don't take those pills now, just wait 'til it's like eight or nine."

"Oh uh...thanks," he said.

She walked towards the door and quickly turned around,"oh wait."

"What?" Bro asked.

"Why am I headed for the door?" she laughed at herself,"bye, love." She snapped her fingers and she teleported.

Brogan couldn't help but shake his head. Why does he hang out with Issac so much? To be honest he didn't consider her as a friend either, until he thought of how much she helped him in the past. She didn't judge him for being suicidal, or anything else for that matter.

He opened up his drawer and looked at the sleeping pills, he checked his phone clock to see that it was about ten minutes after seven.  Brogan sighed and swallowed one of the pills whole and he lied down on his bed, feeling the world get darker, but when his lids started to droop he noticed a black figure standing next to his bed. It stared down at him, but he fell asleep before he could react to it.

Great, he didn't want to react to it.

Word count: 1080
Holy crap, I rewrote this chapter like a billion times and I decided to stick with this.
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