Warnings: nothing... maybe feels but that's about it 0w0)

"Dream! Come on. Wake up!" Horror frantically shook Dream, trying to wake him up. What happened here? Why was Dream unconscious? What did they do to him? So many questions that he didn't receive an answer to. "Dream, please wake up!" Yet the golden skeleton remained silent. "Is there something wrong with his soul?" Horror knew that seeing someone's soul without their permission was a breach of privacy, but he didn't have any other choices. "Sorry about this..." Horror pulled the limp skeleton into an encounter, but nothing happened. That was odd. He tried again only to be met with failure. Dread slowly started to creep up on Horror as he tried to comprehend what was wrong.

"I don't understand... why can't..." You couldn't pull someone into an encounter when "That person is... dead ..." Horror's eye lights went dark as the entire situation unfolded before him. No... it couldn't be. Dream is... "Dream's dead ...?" It can't be. It just can't! Tears slipped from his eye sockets as he stared at the skeleton in his arms. He placed his hand on his friend's cheek, which did not hold the same warmness it had earlier. Cold. It was cold. "D-Dream... you... you can't be dead." Horror gently shook Dream as the tears streamed down his face, "You can't be dead... you just can't be..." Horror brought him into a hug, "Please... don't leave me... I-I promised that I would get you out of this hell. A-and I can't do that if you don't wake up." It's his fault. If he had gone and tried to find Dream earlier, then maybe this wouldn't have happened,

"I'm so sorry Dream. I'm truly sorry." All was silent until a soft voice was heard.

"Horror..."

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"Don't cry. It's not your fault. I chose this path." Horror looked up at the figure that stood before him. "D-Dream...?" They smiled at him with a warm look in their eyes. "I don't have much time, but... I want you to know that this is not your fault." Dream knelt down and touched Horror's face. Wiping away the tears that were in his friend's eyes, Dream smiled. "You have no idea how happy you made me, even if our time together was short. I was really happy, Horror." Dream paused before continuing, "I want you to be happy and safe, okay?" Dream gave Horror a small kiss on his forehead before pulling away.

"I'm really glad that I met you." The golden guardian giggled, and Horror saw the familiar goofy smile plastered on Dream's face. Horror smiled sadly at Dream, "I-I'm glad... that... that I met you too."