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only for you {ticci toby}

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Warnings: death, depression



[Name] jolted up from the comfort of her novel when she heard a familiar crashing down the stairway. She bolted up from her seat and ran towards the body that lay at the threshold of the stairs.

“Toby! Are you all right? Is anything broken?”

The brunette looked up at her with a cheeky grin, his bright laugh filling the entire room despite the calamity he had just caused. “Yeah! I’m perfectly fine, [Name]! Just tripped over the carpet, hehe...”

Said girl grimaced, feeling the familiar aches soaring through her body. She helped her best friend up, scolding him.

“What did I tel--- Toby! Your forehead is bleeding!”

[Name]'s heart raced as she ran to the bathroom and got the first aid kit. Rushing back, she started bandaging the confused boy. A familiar migraine throbbed violently in her forehead.

“Really?” Toby asked, taking off his gloves and placing a bare hand on his forehead. He felt a familiar substance stick to his fingers, yet it didn't faze him in the slightest.

“Huh…guess I am! Oh well!” Toby chirped, brushing it off.

“'Oh well'? Toby god damn Rogers that is not ‘oh well’!” Tears streamed down her face, her vision blurring. Shocked, Toby’s eyes darkened and his voice lowered. “Why are you crying, [Name]…?”

“Because you’re hurt, Toby…” [Name] mumbled, hugging him. “Please… please promise me you’ll stop recklessly getting hurt! I just can’t stand to watch it. You may not be able to feel pain, but please take care of yourself.”

Toby’s eyes softened and he hugged his best friend back. [Name] had a rare condition in where she could feel the pain of others…and being around Toby never did her any good in that sense. Despite this, she refused to leave his side. They had never been apart since they were kids.

It pained Toby to see her in pain because of him.

“I promise, [Name]. Only for you.”

‘Only for you.’




Toby fell to his knees as he clutched his best friend’s cold body. Tears covered his distraught face and he couldn't think straight anymore. [Name] lay in his arms, clutching her abdomen. Toby gently stroked her hair, and watched as her once vibrant eyes slowly lost their cheerful color.

She was dying.

“[Name]… please don’t leave me too… please…”

“T-Toby…” [Name] muttered. Her eyes fluttered open, and reached up to touch his cheek. “Everything w-will be okay, I promise.” She reassured, but Toby only sobbed more. He clutched his heart, seemingly in pain.

“It hurts so much, [Name].”

[Name] looked surprised, but a genuine smile slowly danced across her lips. That’s the Toby she once knew, full of emotions and empathy. Ever since he had become a proxy, he seemed to have lost that kind nature. She was the only reason he was hanging on to his last bit of sanity. She was the thread that held him between life and death.

“I know…”

[Name] rest her own hand above her heart, it's slow beating reflecting in her dying eyes. Her time was up.

“Toby?”

“Y-yes?”

“I love you.”

[Name] leaned up to kiss him before her eyes slowly closed and her pulse slowly died. Toby sat in shock, his heart engulfed in a pain he hadn't felt for years. He pulled her body closer, and buried his face in her collarbone.

“[N-name]… I love you too.”

And just like that, the thread snapped.

“My heart beats only for you.”
note: idk what reader's condition is actually called, but i got the idea from myself as i tend to be very empathetic, sometimes to the point of experiencing the pain of another.

Ticci Toby belongs to kastoway
preview image belongs to kamik91
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icyfirefox123's avatar

nooooooooooooooooo!😭