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The night was cold, not that you minded. You preferred nights like these where you could cozy up next to Doppio under heavy blankets, not worrying about being overheated under the weight. It was comfortable and easy for you to sleep on these nights, which is why you were so confused to have woken up so suddenly in the midst of your deep sleep.
Your blankets were still secure around you, you didn’t have to use the bathroom, and it was still dark. You sighed softly, resigning to just close 6your eyes and let yourself drift back to sleep, but the moment you let your eyes shut there was a noise.
It was soft, carrying through the room, and followed by movement next to you, slowly you opened your eyes back up to look to Doppio who laid next to you. It was barely noticeable to your sleepy eyes until now, but he was shaking. Carefully, you sat up noticing his covers had been thrown askew off his body,
“Oh Doppio,” you said under your breath, a small smile gliding over your lips, you slowly reached over to pull the blankets back over him, but gasped when your hand was swatted away from him. You quickly turned to look at him only to find him still asleep, perfectly still say for the tremors.
You swallowed thickly, before leaning over,
“Doppio,” you softly whispered, his whole body seemed to flinch at the soft sound, another whimper crawling up his throat. You paused, but then continued, brushing loose hair from his face. Some of it had clung to his forehead in a thin sheen of sweat. As your eyed adjusted his expression became clearer, he looked scared almost, his face twisted as if pained somehow.
You recalled previous nights, similar to this where you would wake because of Doppio. He seemed to be an avid dreamer, often having nightmares and waking up, feeling too nervous to go back to sleep without you. Normally he would be conscious when he woke you up though, you never saw him like this…
He murmured something, his voice cracking, and you tried to coax him out of his slumber with another call of his name, pressing your hand to his cheek to hold his face, but the touch only seemed to make things worse, his hair stood on end as he curled in on himself more, choking down a sob that sounded like a plea. His face contorted once again, his teeth now bearing as he let out a growl. His hand flexed, digging into the sheets under him as his body flinched,
“Doppio,” you tried once again, more sternly, “you need to wake up, you’re having a bad dream.” You moved your hand to his shoulder, shaking him a bit.
His free hand grasped your own that touched him, digging into the flesh with blunt nails, you winced a bit, trying to pull away,
“Doppio, wake up!” you said, voice wavering a bit, you could see tears fall from his eyes, wetting his lashes and starting to drip down his face. You tried to grab his wrist to free your hand from his claws but the moment you touched his hand you suddenly found yourself pinned to the bed with Doppio atop you, his grip on your wrists making your bones ache. You tried to keep still, feeling another pair of hands around your throat as well and recognizing them as King Crimson. You knew of Doppio's stand, but never had it been used against you.
Doppio’s eyes were open now- but they weren’t his eyes, of course, you recognized the eyes of Diavolo, Doppio trying to call him to protect him from nothing. They were practically glowing green in the dim light, he looked unhinged and scared, and you could feel his tears dripping from his eyes onto your face.
Slowly his ragged breathing began to calm down as his gaze bore into your own, flickering around your face. Eventually, recognition flooded his face, then fear- remorse, slowly you tugged your arms from his hands and he let you, forcing his tense muscles to relax almost painfully,
“Doppio?” you didn’t mean to let your voice crack but it did anyways. Slowly your brought your hands up to cup his face, and the moment your fingertips met his skin he let his eyes close, slowly letting himself melt into your hands. When he opened his eyes again all you saw was remorse.
“I-” his voice shattered, and he winced, turning his face into your palm, swallowing nothing to try and clear his throat. He gently lowered himself into your shoulder, pressing his forehead into the crook of your neck,
“I-I’m sorry… I’m sorry...“his body shook with small sobs as he repeated the words against your neck until they were incoherent. Your hands immediately found themselves entangled in his hair, gently massaging against his scalp as you let him snake his arms around you to both hold you and hide from you. He let his sobs die down into sniveling before speaking again,
“Please don’t leave me,” his words made your heart hurt as if he was ripping it apart, begging you as if the thought alone of you leaving was killing him,
“No, no, no, Doppio,” you hushed, tearing up yourself at the thought of losing him, “Doppio, I would never leave you. Please stop crying,” you yourself begged, “I would never leave you,” you repeated.
Slowly you coaxed him into letting you see his face holding it between your hands and wiping tears away from his eyes with your thumbs. His eyes, cheeks, and nose were red, and you could feel where tears had already dried, but it was him, it was your sweet Doppio.
Gently you start to get up, “I’m going to get us some water,” you explain, you don’t see Doppio’s eyes widen, the flash of green as panic sets in once more. You place your foot in the ground, letting go of Doppios hand, but before you can take another step you feel a hand grip your wrist tightly, you quickly look back to see Doppio reaching for you, King Crimsons ghostly hand wrapped around your arm in a desperate attempt to keep you close,
“Please-” Doppio starts, “Please, don’t go,” Your turn around at the sound of his voice and smile softly, crawling back into bed next to him,
“Okay, I won’t go anywhere,” you say softly and he relaxes once more, intertwining his fingers with yours and giving both your hands a tender squeeze before smiling back at you shyly.
You feel your face heat up and your eyes well with tears and suddenly you’re silently crying. You can’t stop yourself from letting tears fall, smile wavering. Immediately Doppio lets go of your hands in favor of wiping tears, his voice sounding so familiar, though worried,
“(Y/n)!” his hands moving to your shoulders, then your hands again as if they’re not sure what to do, “ah! Why are you crying? Did I hurt you?” he was so genuinely worried, it made you start to laugh a bit between sniffling,
“No,”
“Did- did I scare you? I didn’t mean to-”
“No, Doppio” you repeat, taking a deep breath and smiling at him, he looked so confused and worried. He was so cute, “It’s because I love you so much”
He blinked for a few moments before the redness in his cheeks darkened, seeming to scramble for words, but you only laughed lightly again before abandoning his hold on your hands and cupping his face and leaning forward, pressing your forehead against his. You just sit there for a moment, taking a deep breath before pressing a chaste kiss to his lips.
You don’t stop there, of course, another kiss to the corner of his mouth, another to each of his eyes, his cheeks, then your littering kisses all over his face. He grabs your hands once more pulling them away from his face,
“What are you doing?” he asks,
“Hmm, trying to kiss all your freckles,” you say dreamily, you feel tired so you let yourself fall into Doppio’s chest before dragging him to lay down with you. Doppio lets out a soft snort,
“That’s... silly,” you don’t see his face but you can hear the faint smile in his voice. You hum against his chest, the gentle thrumming of Doppio’s heart is soothing.
You both lay like that and let time pass it could have been hours of minutes but you couldn’t tell. He’s warm, his legs easily finding their way tangled around yours; his arms holding you close to his body. Slowly you feel his body go lax, though still holding you subconsciously, his breathing evens with his face pressed into your hair.
“Everything will be okay, my sweet Doppio,” you murmur sleepily, voice muffled by his shirt, smiling as you let your eyes drift closed.