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samaellevampire · 3 months

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Some heroes have fur and a tail

Chapter 2: The first week

words: 4320 CW: self hurting as in hitting his head, panic, mean Dewdrop (he's having a hard time dealing). I think that's it but please let me know if i forgot something <3

Phantom’s first week was crazy. Where Aurora only needed a day or two, Phantom needed a week to not get too overwhelmed.

A/N: This week's chapter is posted a day early because of valentines day. I''m incredibly nervous to post this one because it took so much time and brain to write this. Big thank you to @sexy-sea-basss for Beta reading. Also a big thanks to @fruitsandcheese & @mac-and-thefox for helping me out when my words about Ghost were lost. @jazz-bazz thanks for letting me scream at you about ideas hehe. @hypnoneghoul, I enjoyed our rat name moment :3 @samaellevampire, here's your service dog chapter 2

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Phantom’s first week was crazy. Where Aurora only needed a day or two, Phantom needed a week to not get too overwhelmed.

On day 1 He wakes up in a dark room without Swiss. He doesn’t mind, he likes the time alone. His mind has a lot to process from the day before and he’s been alone for years so this felt safe, normal.

He starts going over everything that’s happened since he got summoned. Starts going over everything he heard, smelled and saw and soon he’s got so many questions in his head that he can’t push away. Who was the man with the painted face?Who were the other Ghouls? Would they like him?Why was there another new one like him?Why is he here? Why did they pick him?Who did all those different scents belong to?What was the familiar scent in the living room?

He gets scared out of his thoughts when the door to his room opens. Phantom shrinks away out of fear from whoever is entering, his hands trembling as he tries to make himself smaller in hopes of being invisible.

“Good morning,” Swiss says as he walks over. He could smell the fear rolling off of the quint. It made Swiss sad that the new quint is having such a hard time, but he knew it would only be a matter of time before Phantom would open up. “I thought I'd get you your breakfast to eat here today.. It’s crazy back there this morning.” He says with a chuckle as he places the tray with food on the nightstand before he turns the light on.

“Mountain made us all some pancakes this morning and Dew made coffee.. Cumulus added some of her fresh baked cookies. They’re the best cookies you’ll ever taste,” Swiss says with a small smile as he watches Phantom uncurl slowly.

Phantom looks over at the food once he’s sitting up. He’s hungry but too nervous to grab his plate even though Swiss told him it was for him. His stomach growls and his cheeks turn a dark purple when he hears Swiss chuckle.

“You can get it, it’s all for you” Swiss says softly and that’s all Phantom needs to grab the plate and start to eat. He sighs happily at how good the pancakes taste and starts flapping his hands lightly while chewing.

“Are they good?” He hears Swiss asking.

“Y-yes” Phantom smiles a little and looks over “T-thank you” He whispers before he takes a sip from the coffee.

It’s quiet for a moment. Phantom watches Swiss as he eats,his own food forgotten for now. He couldn’t stop wondering why the ghoul was staying with him. Nobody ever wanted to spend time with him because he’s weird, they said so themself back at the pit.

After a while he looks down at his plate “Why are you here?” Phantom whispers as he plays with his fingers nervously, his ears drooping as he waits for an answer that he knew would only hurt.

Swiss looks over at Phantom when he hears the sad whisper “I promised someone to look after you while they’re busy but they told me they’d try to be here as soon as they could”

Phantom nods, having no idea who would care about him. He knew someone but he hadn’t seen them in years.. ever since he was a kit.

Swiss watches Phantom for a moment “You know.. I was pretty nervous when I was first summoned, but the pack and Papa are really nice. They were there for me like we will all be for you. You’re part of the pack now and that means we all love you and will do anything to help you.”

The quint looks at Swiss and bites his lip as he takes in what he just heard “W-What if they don’t?” He whispers.

“They will.. Everyone’s been so excited to meet you” Swiss smiles “I have to hold them back from storming in” He chuckles.

On day 2 Phantom takes it slow. He spends time in his room, changing a few things the way he likes it and goes through all the drawers in his bed- and bathroom. An hour before lunch he feels a change. He whimpers as he realizes what it is.. but that couldn’t be right?

A few minutes later there’s a knock on the door and Phantom’s heart is beating in his throat from everything he’s feeling, all the memories playing in his head. Before he gets himself to say something the door opens and he meets the lavender eyes of his big brother.

“A-Aeth?” Phantom whispers, tears forming in his eyes as he starts pacing the room. “Aeth..A-” He can’t get his words out as his feelings overwhelm him.

He starts hitting his head when all the words and feelings get too much. His tears start to fall fast, blurring his vision. Phantom lets out a sob when he feels the tight, warm hug that he missed for all those years.

“I’m here Ant.. I’m so sorry” Aether says as he grabs Phantom’s arms to stop him from hurting himself and holds them between their bodies in the hug, using some of his quintessence to relieve some of the sadness.

“I wanted to come see you sooner” Aether sniffles “I couldn’t because there was an emergency at the infirmary, I’m sorry”

After a while Phantom calmed down enough to talk and pulled away a little from Aether “Will I always be with you now?” He asks quietly as he looks up at his brother.

Aether bites his lip “Not always... But I will always be just one phone call away if you need me okay? It won’t ever be like before, I promise you that okay?”

Phantom nods and for the rest of the day they catch up on all the years they missed together. Whenever Swiss walks past the room he can hear Phantom talking and laughing and that makes him happy. Swiss hoped that Phantom was slowly crawling out of his shell now that he has someone safe and familiar with him.

On day 3 he gets shown around the Abbey at night by Swiss to keep the stimuli low for now. Phantom had asked for Aether, but sadly he had to work a night shift. Swiss promised they would go say hi and that made it better.

They start safe in the empty den, Swiss had asked everyone to go to their room for a moment after Aether had explained to Swiss how it would be easier for Phantom to get used to everything around him with splitting things up.

Phantom walks around slowly, touching items and taking everything in. Every few steps Phantom either rolls his head tightly or presses his knuckles against his jaw to try and get rid of the weird feeling in his body and the tension did just that.

“Can… can you fix the light?” Phantom asks as he points at the light beside the tv before he turns towards the kitchen to look around, leaving no time for Swiss to answer. Phantom doesn’t do this on purpose. He is already overwhelmed with everything he hears, sees and smells making it harder to be polite.

For the next hour they slowly walk around the Abbey, Swiss tells Phantom about a few places with little words. At the Kit’s daycare he notices Phantom staring towards a bat plushie that is laying on the desk and he makes a mental note to come back to that.

When they walk in the rehearsal room Swiss turns to Phantom “Aether told me he explained why you’re here.. this is where we will be most of the time, practicing for the next tour” He smiles

“W-which guitar did Aether play?” Phantom asks as he runs his hand over the black Fantomen.

“That one...” Swiss smiles “You will get to play it now”

“I-i’ll make him proud...m-my brother” Phantom whispers “Can we go see him now?” He asks

“Yes, of course. Let’s go” Swiss heads towards the door and waits for Phantom to join him before they head towards the infirmary.

On day 4 Phantom meets the pack. When he wakes up in the morning he right away feels anxious. He knew he already saw them when he was summoned but that didn’t really count right? He’d meet them for real today..

He sits in his bed for what feels like hours, stimming, while his head takes off.

They’re never gonna like you. You will get sent back to the pit. You’re never gonna be good enough.. You’ll be a disappointment just like you al- Phantom jumps when there’s a loud knock on the door. He snaps his head over towards the door and whimpers.

Who could it be? What if it’s someone else from the pack?

“Phantom? It’s me and Aether, can we come in?” Swiss asks and Phantom feels his anxiety drop immediately when he hears his brother's name.

“Y-yes” Phantom says, and gets out of bed while Swiss and Aether walk in, closing the door behind them.

Phantom smiles nervously when he meets his brother’s eyes and walks over, hugging him tightly “Will you be with me when I meet them?” Phantom asks quietly as he grabs the back of Aether’s shirt tightly.

Aether bites his lip “I tried to get the day off.. but Sister wouldn’t let me. I can’t be there when you meet the pack, but I will be there for dinner okay?”

Phantom bites his lip hard to hold his tears back “Okay...” He whispers and pulls away. “Swiss will be with you and you can always come visit me after you meet everyone okay? You know where I work now” Aether smiles

Phantom nods and takes a deep breath “O-okay...” He says softly and hugs Aether one more time before he goes to get ready. Before long the three of them are on the way to the living room.

“You can do this.. I know they’re gonna love you” Aether smiles “I’m proud of you Ant” He adds, squeezing his little brother’s hand before heading to the infirmary.

After a deep breath Phantom follows Swiss out towards the dinning table where everyone was waiting for the new ghoul.

Aurora looks over when she hears footsteps and grins “Phantom!” She calls and hurries over before she hugs him tightly “Isn’t this so exciting?!” She grins.

Phantom tenses and tries to have her let go “N-no hugs” He says and steps behind Swiss once she lets go.

Dew shakes his head “Great... he’s gonna take over Aeth?”

Swiss growls lightly, already feeling protective over the new ghoul “Dew, don’t... Phantom is perfectly fine being in the band.”

Dewdrop gets up and looks at Swiss “Just because all of you are accepting him with open arms doesn’t mean I have to… I can’t believe Aether would stay behind and let him take over. Can’t you see he doesn’t fit in?! He will never be good enough never be a part of us like Aether is”

Phantom whimpers lightly as Dewdrop’s words hit him. He doesn’t stop to think and runs out while all eyes are on Swiss and Dew.

He doesn’t stop running as his tears fall and soon he finds himself in the infirmary. He tries to look for Aether as he breathes hard but he’s too panicked to see faces. He hits his fists against his head as he calls for Aether, his voice getting louder every time he needs to call again.

When Aether hears Phantom’s distressed calls he drops what he’s doing and hurries to find his brother. Deep inside he already knows what happened but he hopes he’s terribly wrong.

When he finds Phantom he grabs his fists and presses it against his chest “Phantom... Phantom I’m here” He says as Aether pulls Phantom in a hug, using his quintessence to calm him down.

Aether’s head snaps up when he sees a worried Swiss run in, Dewdrop walking in not long after “What the hell did you do to him Dew?” Aether asks, his voice calm to not scare Phantom but he was livid.

“I just told them the way I feel” Dewdrop shrugs. Aether shakes his head “I told you he was the right fit for the band, he’s talented. Always has been ever since he was a kit” Aether says as he softly rubs Phantom’s back.

“Right.. you’re making up shit now to make me feel bad?” Dew asks irritated “Can nobody see that he doesn’t fit in?”.

Aether growls “No, I'm not making up shit. I know this because he’s my little brother” He says, showing his anger now as he holds Phantom closer to him.

“Y-your brother?” Dew stutters, face going pale as he takes in the serious and angry look of Aether.

“Get out Dew, I can’t believe you..You promised to be nice” Aether mumbles and looks over at Omega who has come to check what was going on “I’m taking the rest of the day off..” he says before he starts leading Phantom out.

It takes Phantom until lunch to calm down, and after a lot of talking and promises that Dewdrop wouldn’t be out there, he walks to the living room together with Aether and spends the rest of the day watching movies with the pack.

When it was just before bedtime, Swiss heads to his room for a moment before coming back out “Phantom? I’ve got you something..” He says softly.

Phantom looks over at Swiss “W-what is it?” He asks nervously as he stays close to Aether.

“Remember when we were at the daycare? You kept looking over at something” Swiss says softly as he stands in front of Phantom with his hands behind his back.

“Y-yes..” Phantom whispers and gasps when Swiss holds the bat stuffie in front of him “Y-you stole him?” He asks.

“No.. of course not” He says “I asked nicely and they said yes. This is yours now,” Swiss grins as Phantom carefully takes it.

“T-Thank you Swissy” Phantom says, using the nickname without thinking as he hugs the stuffie to his chest tightly.

That night Phantom heads to bed with a big smile even though the day was a really tough one.

On day 5 Phantom feels safer with Swiss and after spending the day before with the rest of the pack he feels okay to come out of his room. When he sees Dewdrop sitting on the couch with Rain he stops and lets out a whimper. But when he hears Swiss in the kitchen he hurries over and stays by his side the entire morning. At one point, Phantom sees Aurora with a weird device and he gets curious.

“What’s that?” Phantom asks softly as he points over towards Aurora.

“That.. is a phone. There’s one for you as well, would you like to see it?” Swiss asks and when Phantom nods he asks Dewdrop to get it.

Swiss spends the rest of the morning explaining the phone to Phantom, showing him everything he can do with it and answers all questions.

After lunch, Swiss turns to Phantom “How about we head out for a walk?” He asks with a smile and gets up when Phantom nods. They get their masks before they head out.

The first half of the walk is spent mostly silent. Swiss tells Phantom about a few things they’re seeing. On the way back to the Abby Phantom sighs “Swiss?” he bites his lip “Who is Papa? Aether told me Papa wants to meet me, but I don't know who he is..” Phantom says softly as he looks up at Swiss.

Swiss looks at Phantom with a smile “Papa is the head of the church. He leads services, does all the boring paperwork and he spreads the message of the Church. Which you are gonna help us with now” He explains.

Phantom bites his lip “Do you really think I fit in?” He asks quietly as he looks down at the ground. He couldn’t stop hearing Dew’s words and together with his own thoughts..he was terrified that it would be true because throughout his life he was always left out, never fitting in no matter how hard he tried.

“I don’t want to be sent back if I’m not go-” Phantom covers his ears when a few kids close to them scream loudly, scaring the quint.

Swiss sees it happening, but it’s all too fast for him to react before it’s too late. One moment, Phantom is glamoured and the next he’s unglamoured on his knees, body trembling and breathing fast.

Without thinking Swiss pulls Phantom’s hood over his head to hide him from the public before he pulls the ghoul into him tightly. Pressing his ear against his chest and covering the other with his hand while also trying to hide Phantom’s face. He started purring, in the hope to calm the quint down.

After 10 minutes of Swiss holding Phantom tight, he has finally calmed down enough to glamour himself again. Phantom cries softly and he covers his ears after he pulls away from Swiss. He wants to ask Swiss if they can head back, but he can’t find the words so instead he stands up and starts walking the direction they came from. Swiss quickly catches up and places his hand on Phantom’s back to lead him. They stay quiet during the walk home and when they arrive at the Abbey Swiss leads Phantom inside to the den, trying to avoid as many of the siblings as possible.

As soon as they walk in the ghoul’s den everything goes silent when the others see the tear stained cheeks and the panicked eyes from Phantom. Swiss sadly shakes his head before he takes Phantom to his room where the ghoul stays the rest of the afternoon and evening, needing the silence to process and calm down.

On day 6 Phantom meets Copia even though he really didn’t have the energy. Mountain leads Phantom to Copia’s office “Are you nervous to meet Papa?” he asks.

Phantom nods slowly and looks up at Mountain. He opens his mouth to say something, but his words won’t come out.

Mountain places his hand on Phantom’s shoulder “It’s okay, Papa is really nice” He smiles “One time one of the sisters ruined a rose bush and Papa went out to buy a new one for me..” Mountain says softly just before they get to the office.

“You know you can call us when you need one of us to walk you back right?” Mountain asks and as Phantom nods he knocks on the door.

“Have fun Ant..” He says softly before he walks off just as the office door opens.

“Ah.. Phantom, my ghoul” Copia smiles “Come on in” He says and steps aside, closing the door behind Phantom.

Copia takes Phantom in and smiles a bit “It looks like you’ve had a rough week..” He says “How about we keep it short, no?”

Phantom nods as he tries to thank Copia but no words come out. He feels the embarrassment rising and he turns around to leave with tears in his eyes, not wanting to see the disappointment in his papa’s eyes but he doesn’t get the chance as Copia grabs his hand.

“You don’t have to go, my ghoul.. come, how about I make us some tea? Would you like to meet my rats?” Copia smiles at Phantom when he sees his ghoul relaxing.

“Take a seat, I’ll get Julius Cheesar and Rat Damon” Copia says and walks off.

Phantom giggles lightly at the name and goes to take a seat on the couch, already feeling a little better being around his papa. He looks around as he waits for Copia.

In the distance he hears Copia talking softly “No Ratatattat, you have to wait your turn with Ratunzel..Now be nice, si?”.

A minute later Copia walks over with two of his rats “This..” He places a white rat with a brown head in Phantom’s hands “Is Julius Cheesar, he’s the nicest of the four, but please don’t tell Ratatattat, or he’ll get angry with me..” Copia says before he walks to his kitchenette to boil some water for the tea.

When Julius starts waking up his arm Phantom tenses lightly and leans back against the backrest. He whimpers lightly as he gets scared “P-papa” He calls quietly, holding his hands up as he tries his best to stay calm.

Copia turns to look over at Phantom from the little kitchenette when he hears the scared call “He means no harm, just likes to cuddle” He says just as Julius cuddles up against Phantom’s throat.

Copia turns his attention back to the tea he was making with Rat Damon on his shoulder and takes out a few cookies. When he walks back to Phantom he finds the ghoul asleep. With a smile he places everything on the table before he carefully moves Phantom so the ghoul is laying on the couch. He pulls a blanket over to keep him warm and lays Rat Damon to join Julius. After cleaning up the tea Copia heads back to his desk and continues doing his paperwork. Around lunch time he sends a text in the band’s groupchat to tell them Phantom is still with him and that he’s fine.

It’s around dinner when Phantom finally wakes up. He looks around the room and quickly jumps up when he doesn’t remember where he is. Just then Copia walks out of his bedroom “Ah, you’re awake” He smiles “Are you ready to get dinner?”

Phantom rubs the back of his head as he nods slowly “I-I’m sorry for falling asleep papa” He looks at Copia ashamed, cheeks a dark purple.

“No need to apologize my ghoul, I’m glad you got some sleep. You look more rested” Copia smiles “Come on, let’s get some dinner in you.. you skipped lunch.”

Together they head to the ghoul’s den and Copia ends up staying for dinner.

On day 7 Phantom wakes up well rested, excited but nervous. Today is his first band practice and he’s so excited to play guitar. He hasn’t touched one in years. Not after some bullies took it away. He’s in the living room, dressed and ready before anyone else. He thinks about heading to the rehearsal room on his own, but he’s not sure if he’s allowed so instead he just walks around the room.

By the time the others walked in Phantom had fallen asleep on the floor, curled around his bat stuffie that he named Count Flapula.

He gets woken up 15 minutes before they need to head out and quickly eats his cereal. This morning he chooses to sit with Rain and quietly talks about Aether’s guitar. He talks about how excited he is to play it and how beautiful the guitar is.

When it is finally time to leave he hurries to grab his mask before following the group to the rehearsal room. The closer he gets the more the nerves start to take over, the louder Dew’s words start playing in his mind.

As soon as he enters the room he hurries to grab his guitar and stands on a spot he thinks is free. That is until Dewdrop walks over.

“That’s my spot Quint” Dewdrop says and points over to Phantom’s spot in front of a platform “That’s yours.”

Phantom nods “S-sorry” He mumbles, ears drooping as he feels like he’s already showing Dew that he’s right.

After everyone is on their spot Copia looks around “I think we’re gonna start the day with Call Me Little Sunshine” He says and looks over at Phantom with a smile.

With shaky hands Phantom starts playing, accidentally making a tiny mistake but he keeps going. At the beginning of the song he keeps his eyes on his hands, but near the end of it he’s so into it that he is watching Copia closely with a grin on his face.

For the next hour Phantom plays as if he never stopped, enjoying every second and not once worrying about not fitting in. Everyone watches him proudly, seeing a side of Phantom they have not yet seen.

When they finish rehearsing Phantom puts his guitar away. He’s about to walk out when he hears Dewdrop calling his name. Slowly he turns around to face the fire ghoul “I-i’m sor-” “You were great, I'm sorry for the things I've said. Aeth is right, you really do fit in” He sighs

Phantom tears up, he really thought he was about to hear how bad he is. He was not expecting this at all and he didn't know how to react so all he did was nod before he ran out only to run into Mountain.

“Everything okay?” The earth ghoul asks worriedly and looks up when Dew walks out of the room.

“What did you do?” Mountain asks Dew and the fire ghoul just shrugs.

“I told him I was wrong and apologized..” Dew says before he walks away.

Mountain sighs and looks down at Phantom “Would you like to join me in the greenhouse?” He asks the quint “I could really use a hand..”

Phantom nods slowly as he grabs Mountain’s hand and walks out with him. He stays quiet for a while before he looks up “W-what do I need to do?” Phantom asks.

“I need help putting seeds in the ground and water some plants” Mountain smiles “I think you’re the right ghoul to help me with that”

The young ghoul smiles and looks around the garden as they walk. He ended up helping Mountain all day, asking a few questions throughout the day but mostly he just stayed silent.

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samaellevampire · 3 months

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Some heroes have fur and a tail

Chapter 1: Summoning day

words: 1223

CW: panic (i think that's it? Please feel free to let me know if there's something i missed)

He flinches when he hears the man who’s still holding his hands ask for his name. Phantom opens his mouth to try and say his name but nothing comes out, instead he whines lightly.

A/N: This service dog & ghoul idea has been on my mind for a long time but because of @samaellevampire i actually started writing. This will be a multiple chapter fic, How many i can not say. My goal is to post every wednesday if my words let me :)

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Phantom sits there in the middle of the bright, far too smelly and warm summoning room. He covers his ears as he looks around, trying to take in everything he sees. Every tiny detail from the cracks in the floor to the lines in the ceiling. He jumps as he feels something soft and light being wrapped around him, not liking the feeling at all he shrugs it off. He whimpers when he hears someone talking, pressing his hands to his ears even tighter. Phantom closes his eyes tightly as he shivers, not realising he’s almost digging his claws in his head. He let’s out a cry when he feels hands on his wrists and tries to fight them off, tries to tell them ‘no’ but no words come out.

His hands are carefully being removed from his ears “You’re alright my ghoul..You’re safe” He hears a voice gently “Swiss get another kind of blanket please” the voice says next and it’s silent for a while before he hears a raspy voice “I’m gonna wrap this around you okay?”. Moments later he feels a different kind of soft being wrapped around him, more fluffy..safe.

He slowly opens his eyes and notices it’s darker, looking around he realises the big lights are off. He lets out a sigh and looks around some more. That’s when he notices 9 ghouls standing to the side, one of them also wrapped in a blanket while being held by 2 ghoulettes. Phantom tries to read their faces, tries to understand the way they look at him but he has no idea if they’re happy or angry.

He flinches when he hears the man who’s still holding his hands ask for his name. Phantom opens his mouth to try and say his name but nothing comes out, instead he whines lightly.

“It’s alright my ghoul, it will come with time..How about Swiss takes you to your room? I’m sure you’d like some time to process and rest, no?” He hears and looks over at one of the larger ghouls when he sees movement in the corner of his eye. “I’ll watch over him papa, make sure he’s okay” Phantom watches the ghoul’s lips move as at the same time he hears the same raspy voice from before and realises that must be Swiss, the ghoul who wrapped the safe blanket around him.

On their walk to the den Phantom keeps his eyes on the floor, absentmindedly running his fingers over the grucifix embroided on the blanket, feeling every bump and change of fabric. The moment they enter the den Phantom’s shoulders go rigid as all the different scents hit his nose, he knows right away that this is the home of the pack.

Why is he here? What’s gonna happen? He can’t be here..He wo-he jumps and stops walking when he feels a hand on his shoulder and snaps his eyes up “I..I’m sorry” Swiss says softly and removes his hand.

“This is your new home” Swiss smiles and to that Phantom frowns and slowly looks around the room.

He takes in the huge U-shaped grey couch with all the pillows on it, the lighted fireplace that has flowers and pictures on the mantel, the huge mess of blankets and pillows on the floor. He notices the cracks in the wall and the broken light next to the tv. He hears the ticking of the clock on the wall, the buzzing of the lights and the fridge and the crackling of the fire. It’s all too much to process and Phantom’s head twitches as he pulls his hands to his jaw, pressing his knuckles into it hard as he closes his eyes tightly.

Swiss frowns as he watches Phantom press his knuckles against his jaw, watches his knuckles go white. He’s about to ask Phantom what he needs when the quint moved into him, getting the wind knocked out of him from the force. The multi looks down at Phantom to try and figure out what’s going on, when he sees him trying to cover his ears Swiss doesn’t think about it twice and covers the quints ear that’s not against his chest.

Phantom tries to tell Swiss he wants ‘out’ but all that comes out is a mumbling. He starts breathing harder as he starts to panic. He tries to move his hands to cover his ears but he can’t, his hands are stuck in it’s place. Without thinking much about it he slams himself into Swiss, trying to get his ear covered.

Swiss was watching Phantom closely. He felt like something more was going on than just getting used to this life on earth but what he did not know yet.

A few minutes later when Phantom is more calmed down Swiss removes his hand “Can you walk with me to your room? I can cover your ears still” he says softly to which Phantom nods.

Swiss moves Phantom so he’s in front of him and points towards the hallway “We have to go there.. it’s the 3rd door on the left but I’ll help you” He says softly before he covers Phantom’s ears again.

Once they get to the room Swiss opens the door and turns on the big light, only to turn it off again when Phantom flinches and hides his face in Swiss’ chest.

“I’m sorry.. Can you wait here for a moment? I will turn the bedside light on” Swiss says and pulls the blanket up a bit to cover Phantom’s eyes before he hurries to the bed where he turns on the light before he goes to turn the big light off.

Before Swiss tells Phantom it’s darker he quickly grabs a pair of clothes for the younger ghoul to change into. After placing it on the bed he walks back to Phantom “It’s darker now.. I laid some clothes for you on the bed to change into” Swiss says softly “I’ll be right across the hall if you need something to- oww” Swiss looks down at his arm where Phantom is gripping him tightly.

“You want me to stay?” He asks to which Phantom nods and noticeably relaxes.

“Alright, I’m gonna go change and then I’ll be back” He says softly and leaves the room once Phantom lets him go.

While Swiss is gone Phantom changes, putting his clothes on inside out. Once dressed he looks around his room and sighs softly when he sees there’s almost nothing in the room and everything is silent.

He jumps when the door opens a few minutes later and looks over “Ready for bed?” he hears Swiss ask and smiles a bit as he nods.

Soon they’re both in bed with enough space between them. Phantom squeezes his hands tightly as he stares up at the wall, feeling safe with Swiss close to him. He felt safe enough to finally say something “Phantom..” He whispers before he moves closer to Swiss “Hold?”.

Swiss looks over at him and smiles softly, choosing to not react too big on hearing the quint speaking “Of course Phantom..” He whispers and wraps his arms around the ghoul, feeling his shirt being grabbed tightly.

After at least an hour Swiss feels the grip on his shirt loosening and as he looks down he sees a more relaxed Phantom sleeping.

#awww #It's gonna be all right Phantom #wait to see more #very good job!

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