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Jack Stauber
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[Warning: Angst, Death]

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"...Rodger?"

You said as you glanced in through the door at the hunched form of a certain magnifying glass toon over his desk. He seemed to be sleeping, actually now that you looked at him.

You sighed. Your love, Rodger hasn't been doing good since Toodles...y'know. He cared about that little ball of cuteness after all. You could say that their relationship was like a father-daughter relationship.

Silently closing the door, you walked down the hallway before coming to a stop at a certain door and lightly hitting the moon knocker a few times on the door before a toon opened it.

"Y/N...?"

The toon asked. He had never seen you knock on his door late at night to ask for good dreams before. What could be the reason now?

"Hey, Astro."

You replied, putting your hand in the pockets of your white coat and messing with the stethoscope with your free one (The type of toon reader is, is a sorta doctor type one so they have a doctor theme n' stuff).

"So um...did you...need good dreams this time?"

You shook your head.

"No. It's quite a different request than what you normally see. Is it possible to let me see someone's dreams?"

Astro displayed a surprised look. To do that, they'd be entering the same place he used to view people's dreams.

"Hm. I've...never actually tried that before but I'll try to."

Astro smiled. He sorta had an idea to which toon you wanted to view the dream of already since you were always hanging out with him and Dazzle during Brightney's bookclub and talking about how much they worried you. (Natural doctor instincts lol-)

"Thanks."

You smiled back at the moon as he closed the door softly and lead you to a mat in the middle of the room with a few beanbags on it.

"Alright. This isn't all my first time doing this since Dandy asked to see Pebble's dreams before but I'm still pretty inexperienced in this." (I didn't want to put Dandy viewing anyone else's because y'know he's sorta the bad person and he's most likely use someone's bad dreams-which usually comprise of someone's fear-against them.)

You nodded and watched as Astro took a seat on his beanbag, closed his eyes, and took off his blanket to reveal his 2nd pair of arms to start the process. (He's more comfortable showing them to you and Dandy because he trusts you both.)

Slowly but surely, the scene started to change into a nice dreamy blue atmosphere with white lights (dreams) dancing around you both. Breathing a sigh of relief, Astro opened his eyes to the same scene you were currently looking at.

"So...was it Rodger that you wanted to see the dreams of?"

Astro's eyes trailed back to you as you were looking at the moon in the sky. He sighed and tapped your shoulder, startling you from your trance. Looking back at him, he realized that you were crying.

"...Y/N...uh...I know it's been hard since Toodles...died, but you've gotta help Rodger too. He uh...he's had not so good dreams since then."

Astro looked at you. You sighed and nodded your head to the previous question as Astro proceeded to bring a black colored ball that you hadn't seen before.

"This is..."

"Yeah. Toodles. He keeps reliving the d@mn memory. He told me it was all fine...why is this happening..."

You clenched your fists. Maybe you truly were bad luck. Maybe that's why most people avoided you.

"I feel like it's my fault that Toodles died. If I hadn't missed that skillcheck, she would've been alive. Why was she even with me...I could've died in her place and it's just be you guys again, like the old times. What did I do to deserve Rodger's forgiveness?!"

Astro looked at you in shock and concern. He  thought Toodles accidentally ran into a Twisted. That was what Rodger said.

Quickly shaking his head, he quickly took the ball and turned the dream into a good one before exiting the dreamscape with you.

"C'mon, Y/N...d-don't blame yourself for her death...it wasn't entirely your fault?"

Astro's last words sounded more like a question to himself more than comfort to you. Still, that didn't change the fact that your beloved was suffering the consequences of your actions. (Trying not to cry while writing this section lmao-)

[Rodger POV, third person]

That horrid dream happened again. But this time, from what he saw, he deduced that Astro must've interfered with it. At least he didn't have to relive that memory. He might as well go see how you were doing in your room.

Slowly opening his door, he walked out into the hallway.

The walk felt like forever, to be honest, with his footsteps echoing and with it being eerily silent. Well...not the dangerous type of silence. Just...normal silence.

Eventually, he reached your room. Reaching for your door handle, he realized that you hadn't locked your door and you weren't inside. Of course, his first instinct was to panic and look for any signs of you being around. After a little while of running around (quietly ofc) and panicking, Rodger noticed a blue light coming from Astro's room. Now normally, the blue light wouldn't be this strong if Astro himself was awake, which is what caught his attention. So, being the detective he is, he examined it and finally decided to take a peak inside.

The door had actually been left a bit open, probably by accident because normally, it would be closed. It's a wonder he didn't hear the loud crying in there. (Ahem anyways-) Approaching the crack in the door, sounds of muffled crying and two voices entered his ears. (What ears? ✨FANFIC LOGIC✨ YA'LL)

[Y/N POV, 2nd Person]

"No, no, no...you don't get is Astro! I-I- she would've been alive if I hadn't failed that darned skillcheck!"

You yelled in tears. Astro looked to the side and noticed Rodger at the door.

"...excuse me, Y/N. I've...got to go talk to someone."

Astro said as he stood up, walking to the door. Once making sure he closed the door this time, he glanced to the petrified magnifying glass opposite of his door.

"...I-I didn't think..."

*SLAP*

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ANYTHING?! WE CARED ABOUT TOODLES THE SAME AS YOU DID! YOU LEFT Y/N TO SUFFER GUILT, KNOWING NONE OF US KNEW IT WAS THEIR FAULT! WE COULD'VE FORGIVEN THEM!" (Except Shrimpo ofc <3)

Rodger was shocked. This was the first time Astro had yelled, got angry, or slapped someone.

"ANSWER ME, WILL YOU?!"

Rodger couldn't answer. His normally active mind drew a complete blank at the whole situation. The reality hit him like a truck as a single tear rolled down his eye. He had hurt Y/N. His lover.

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Dayummm I wrote a whole-ass angst chapter 💀

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