From the Start, to the End (Madeleine x Espresso)

Traumatised

"You are a mistake, Madeleine." He said as he punched the wall, "A overconfident and cocky weirdo who only cares about himself." Another punch to the wall, "A useless brat who is only liked by his people because he was born in the Royal family." He punched the wall harder.

Espresso heard the punching and started whimpering. He crawled into the corner and started having a panic attack. He was reminded of them, his parents.

Madeleine punched the wall again, his hands were already bleeding. He wanted to go until the wall was cracked. Madeleine was about to punch the wall again when he heard crying and sobbing.

Madeleine recognised the voice. He unlocked the door and ran over to Espresso, hugging him.

"I-I'm so sorry, Espresso! I didn't mean to make you u-upset, I really didn't mean too!" Espresso was crying and shaking. Madeleine teared up at the sight of Espresso, he comforted Espresso more.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know that I-I would scare you, I'm so sorry.." Madeleine started crying with Espresso. He didn't notice the throbbing pain in his palm since he was so focused on Espresso.

"I'm such an idiot, I'm so sorry, I can't even keep you happy, I-I..." Madeleine's voice was shaky. Tears rolled down his face as he continued to comfort Espresso.

"I-If you can't...make me happy, why..did you stay...with me?.." Espresso looked at Madeleine, "I love you, and I thought I c-could make you feel happy and loved but I-I.." Madeleine continued to cry.

Espresso suddenly felt his heart drop to his stomach, he felt lightheaded. Madeleine looked at him, "Are you a-alright? Was it something I said, I-I'm sorry..." Espresso held his head, his tears were starting to dry up now.

Madeleine looked confused. Espresso suddenly collapsed. He started panicking, "HELP! ESPRESSO HAS FAINTED!"

A few hours later...

Madeleine was curled up into a ball in the corner of the room, hugging his Espresso plushie tightly. He was crying, whimpering and shaking.

Espresso sat up, he rubbed his head and looked over at Madeleine. Espresso gasped, he quickly got up and ran over to Madeleine.

"Madeleine! What's wrong?" Espresso hugged Madeleine, but he pushed him away.

"S-Stay away! I'll h-hurt you again if you don't.." Madeleine stuttered out, still crying. Espresso's heart broke, he didn't want to see Madeleine like this.

Madeleine backed up into the wall, hugging his Espresso plushie tighter. Espresso sighed, he stood up and left the room, wanting to give Madeleine some space.

He walked over to the living room downstairs and sat in the couch. A few minutes later, Madeleine walked up to him. Espresso moved further away from Madeleine, making Madeleine sadder.

"D-do you hate me, Espresso?.." Madeleine asked, tears rolling down his cheek. Espresso shook his head, "I wanted to give you space like you asked me to." Madeleine sighed in relief, "O-oh."

He wanted to sit next to Espresso, but didn't when he remembered what he did. Madeleine felt guilty, "I-I'm sorry.. for scaring...you...." Espresso shook his head, "No, it's my fault, if I didn't have my childhood trauma that my parents gave me, none of this would've happened."

Espresso patted the spot next to him, signalling Madeleine to come sit next to him. Madeleine walked over and sat down, still trying to distance himself from Espresso.

Espresso looked at him, "My parents, they would often scream and shout at me, sometimes they would even hit me." Madeleine looked over at Espresso, signalling that he was listening to him.

"And, I guess I never got over it. It was so long ago, and yet, I'm still crying about it." Madeleine looked down, "Even if it w-was your parents fault, I still m-made you cry.. I feel g-guilty.." Espresso placed his hand on Madeleine's shoulder, "It isn't your fault, its my fault for being so sensitive."

Madeleine moved closer to Espresso, leaning his head on his shoulder. Espresso wiped away some of Madeleine's tears, "I'm sorry for making you feel guilty about this."

Madeleine sat up, he rubbed his eyes, "N-no need to apologise.." Madeleine looked away, "I kinda had the same p-problem, except that it was just my d-dad." Espresso listened, "H-he would insult me and c-call me names, and if I a-annoyed him too much, he would hit me.."

Espresso noticed that Madeleine was starting to cry again, he hugged Madeleine and comforted him, "Shh, it's alright.." Madeleine hugged Espresso tightly, crying into his shirt.

"Is that why you're so insecure about yourself?" Espresso asked, looking down at Madeleine. He nodded slightly, Espresso scoffed, "I'll kill him, if it's the last thing I do.." He wiped away Madeleine's tears.

Espresso cupped Madeleine's face with his hand, Madeleine held Espresso's hand with his injured one, it was bandaged up but there was still a bit of blood bleeding through it.

"Madeleine, you idiot. Why did you hurt yourself?" Espresso took Madeleine's injured hand, "I-I made you mad at me, and I-I annoyed you.." Espresso smacked Madeleine's head gently.

"Idiot, that isn't a proper excuse to hurt yourself. Yes, I was slightly annoyed but not because of you, alright?" Madeleine flinched when Espresso kissed his injured hand.

"I didn't get annoyed at you, and I never will. I love you a lot, and I forever will, alright? So don't go hurting yourself because of me." Madeleine stayed silent.

Espresso lifted Madeleine's chin up and kissed him. Madeleine closed his eyes, kissing back. When Espresso pulled away, he petted Madeleine's head.

"It's late already, dork. Let's get some rest, alright?" Madeleine nodded. He was too tired from all the crying to say anything. Espresso carried Madeleine bridal style and walked back upstairs.

By the time they had reached their room, Madeleine had fallen asleep with the Espresso plushie in his arms. Espresso chuckled, he placed Madeleine down on the bed and layed down next to him, cuddling him.

"Goodnight, dork. I love you." He whispered in Madeleine's ear, making him smile slightly. Espresso closed his eyes and fell asleep, not realising that it had started snowing outside.

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Uhh, I, uhhh, last chapter of the dayy