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cielcreations · 3 months

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Accepting Perfection

Trigger Warning: Gore, blood, manipulation. If you are sensitive to these topics, please do not read.

Prequel to my pervious story which you can find here: Garnet's POV Pico's POV

Note: This is based off @rainbow-neko-artblog's FNF AU called FNF V-Mix. It's an AU with lots of manipulation, blood, and gore, soooooo yeah.

Also, Boyfriend's name is Aqua, Girlfriend's name is Cherry!

"This way, come on!" The redhead yelled, gun strapped to his hip as he carried his boyfriend on his back.

The raven groaned, his foot hurting from landing wrong, "I-I'm sorry, I-"

"Don't apologize, gem, not your fault."

The other two quickly slid down the ladders.

"There is a group close behind! I know a place we can hide out!" The black man exclaimed, running ahead as he put some headphones on.

"Here!" The woman offered the other two some ear plugs.

The raven took them, putting some ear plugs on himself before helping the redhead. The four stayed as a group, the redhead behind the other two. The woman would throw her knives when needed while the black man tried to hold back on lighting cans on fire. They didn't want to attract noise, especially since one of them was hurt.

The raven groaned, the redhead stopping, "Are you okay?"

"M-Mhmm..." The raven reassured, "I-I can run, it's not like-"

"No, you're not running with a sprained ankle." The redhead decided.

"But, babe, I'm slowing you down-"

"No, you're not, you barely weigh a thing."

The raven grumbled, "Why are you so stubborn?"

"Could say the same to you."

"Could you both have this lovers' quarrel later?" The woman asked as they continued moving.

They almost made it out of the town without running into anyone, nearing the surrounding woods. However, before they could run, they stopped. In front of them, stood two other people. There was a yellow speaker, where a demon woman sat, her wings and tail out, covered in blood. She had a feather boa on, wearing a simple purple dress that fell to her upper thighs. Beside her was a redheaded man, in bright pink and blue clothing, pink blood falling from their eyes, their noses, their mouths.

"Oh, shit, Aqua and Cherry." The redhead stepped back a bit.

The two turned, smiling brightly.

"PICO!" The man yelled, though the four couldn't hear him, only able to read his lips, "AND NENE AND DARNELL AND GARNET! WOOOOOOW! YOU GUYS CAME AT THE PERFECT TIME!"

Pico gently set Garnet down, the raven taking a gun out of his bag. Darnell held his arm out, protecting the other three.

"It's so awesome to see you guys again! Here, why don't we sing a song?! We all have such beautiful voices, it'll be perfect!"

Darnell lit a can on fire, tossing it towards the man. Aqua was quick to move out of the way before it could harm him, though Cherry stayed seated on the yellow speaker.

"Now, now, that's not very nice!" Cherry seemed to say.

Pico stood beside Darnell, tugging his arm. The man turned to the redhead, reading his lips. They didn't say a word, knowing they wouldn't hear each other anyways, just mouthed to each other as Nene and Garnet held their weapons. Aqua tried to step forward, but Nene readied a knife while Garnet cocked his gun.

Suddenly, Pico stood in front of the other three, lifting his gun and aiming at the two. Garnet went to step forward as well, but Darnell picked him up, throwing him over his shoulder. He was confused as Darnell grabbed Nene's hand and the two began to run. He blinked, staring at Pico, expecting him to follow.

But he didn't.

"Pico?" Garnet questioned, "Pico!" He called.

The redhead looked at him and smiled.

"...Pico! Pico, come on!"

The redhead read his lips and shook his head. Tears came to Garnet's eyes as he reached out, struggling in Darnell's hold. He watched as Pico looked away and fired his gun.

"PICO, PICO, COME ON! DARNELL, STOP PICO! LET ME GO, PICO, PLEASE, PLEASE, PICO!" The raven sobbed, shaking in the other's hold, "Please... don't leave me alone..."

***

Months passed with Darnell, Nene, and Garnet learning to survive with the new virus spreading throughout the world.

They called it the "Valentine Virus", or V-Virus for short. It was unclear where it originated or when it started spreading, but the thing was dangerous. It spreads through Love Language and, if a healthy person accepts that love, then they also become affected. Once infected, the person is basically a walking zombie, as it seems to convince its host that everything is "perfect". And because they are living "a perfect life", they wish to pull others into the perfect life. Because it's so recent and new, there's no cure, so survivors have to hide until someone hopefully finds a cure or to wait until all the infected die off.

However, surviving is hard.

The three would sneak around the city when they need food or drinks, trying their best to avoid the dead bodies surrounding the place and the infected that still lingered around. They figured out it was easier to blend in if they wore bright colored clothes, as that's what the infected seemed to wear, and they made sure to always wear earplugs to avoid words of affirmation.

One day, Garnet was by himself, wearing a white jacket with bunny ears, a pink mask to cover his nose and mouth, purple pants, and a purple backpack, all of which were stolen and washed. He looked down and avoiding eye contact with everyone, not knowing who was or wasn't infected and not wanting to find out. He went into a grocery store and saw most of the shelves were cleaned off. He sped-walked to the canned food aisle, shoving as much as he could into his bag before turning around. In and out. He thought, walking out of the store quickly.

A little too quick as, when he did, he ran into someone and both of them fell back. He made sure his hood was still up and-

Oh no.

"Oh, you dropped something!" The person said, picking up the earplug with a bloodied hand, "Here you go, handsome!"

"I'm not handsome." Garnet quickly said to avoid accepting the virus, scooting back.

"Aww, are you shy?" The man grabbed Garnet's ankles, "Coooome oooon, you can take it-"

"L-Let go of me-!"

The man grabbed Garnet's face, his eyes, nose, and mouth, dripping pink blood. A sign of the infected.

"Take it." The man spat out blood.

Garnet moved his legs from under the guy and kicked him over his head. He grabbed his bag and ran, ducking into an alleyway. He heard people behind him, running and yelling for him. He covered his ear with one hand, using his other to dig into his bag. He found his gun and turned, shooting at the infected people, slowing them down. He knew it wouldn't stop them, this virus was strong and manipulated its victims' until it was basically a rotting corpse, and then some. He faced forward and continued running, ducking into multiple alleyways, trying his best to run as far away as possible.

When he ran out of breath, he stopped and hid behind a dumpster, panting and gasping for breath, using the alley and dumpster as cover. He groaned, taking out his other ear plug and tossing it in frustration. He pulled his knees up and hugged them to his chest. Why... Why is this happening? Why is this stupid virus taking over?! I thought living with a transphobic and homophobic dad was hell... That's a dream compared to this! Garnet thought.

"There you are!"

Garnet widened his eyes, "Pico...?" He whispered to himself.

"I've been looking for you!"

Garnet slowly looked up, ready to smile and run into the redhead's arms.

However, he stopped himself.

Tears flooded his eyes, waterfalling down his cheeks almost instantly as he stared at his boyfriend. Pico's wardrobe had completely changed. He wore a bright yellow sweater vest over a black shirt, the sweater having white hearts all over it, light pinkish-gray pants, a white cape tied around his neck with a winged design, and bright orange shoes. He had his gun strapped to his hip with pink and red blood splattered all over him, both from infected and uninfected people.

However, the reason Garnet was crying was seeing the hearts in Pico's eyes, literal hearts, and pink blood falling from his eyes, nose, and mouth. It seemed he tried to shoot himself to stop everything, as his one ear was blown off, pink blood staining the hair around it.

"My gem! Where have you been?!" Pico walked towards him, "Awww, you got a little bunny hood, is that what you wanted to surprise me with?"

Garnet shakily got up and aimed his gun at Pico, shaking the whole time, tears falling down his cheeks. He bit it bottom lip, trying to take deep breaths, but he was just shaking.

"That's so cute, you have a bow, too!" Pico held up his gun, "I love how yours is a pastel pink, it suits you!" He stepped forward.

"N-Not another s-step!" Garnet tried to stand firm, "D-Don't!"

The redhead did so, confused, "Babe, is something wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost!"

"D-Don't call me that! Y-You're a dead man walking!"

Pico tilted his head, confused, "Garnet? What's wrong?"

Garnet put his second hand on the gun, shaking still, trying to steady himself.

"Garnet? What's wrong?" He repeated, "Why... Why are you being so weird?"

The raven took shaky breaths through his nose, trying his best to pull himself together. Come on, Garnet, he's not the real Pico! He's infected, you need- He swallowed the lump in his throat, You need to shoot him and get away!

"Garnet?" Pico questioned, tilting his head, blood dripping from his mouth, "Garnet, what's wrong? Please, tell me-"

The raven felt like he was going to have a panic attack, maybe he was already in the mist of one. He stepped back, tears waterfalling down his face, barely able to breathe as he stared at his boyfriend- was that still the right word? His boyfriend was infected with this virus so it wasn't really him and he just... didn't know.

Pico tried to step forward, "Babe-"

"D-DON'T!" Garnet yelled, stopping the redhead in his track. The raven looked down, sobbing, "D-Don't c-call me t-that..."

"...Gar, I just don't understand what's going on? You're crying so much and you won't let me hug you or help you... You know I'll protect you, right? I'll take care of you, you know that, right?"

"N-No, no, no y-you won't..." Garnet tried to stop shaking as he looked back up, trying to aim, just like Pico taught him, "Y-You're infected... You're... You're not okay..."

"'Infected?' What're you talking about? I'm fine, perfect, even! But... I've missed you. I've been looking for you."

The raven was silent, if you didn't count his sobs and hiccups.

"You know, it's not perfect without you." The redhead looked down solemnly, "I see Aqua and Cherry and they're... so happy together and I remember us being like that. Granted, we didn't do as much PDA, it was more private, but still. I... I've really missed you and was worried about if you were mad at me or something... Did I do something? Is that why you're acting weird?"

You sacrificed yourself. You had to be the damn hero. You- Garnet sobbed as he lowered his gun, "You left me..."

"I what? No, I-"

"You left me alone..." The raven whimpered, "Y-You... You left me... despite knowing my past and..." He couldn't finish.

"...I'm sorry, Garnet. I'm sorry." The redhead cooed, "I... I didn't mean to make you feel so alone. You... You know I love you, right?"

Garnet didn't say anything, but he knew the answer.

"I love you so much, G. You know I can, and will, take care of you. I want to protect you, to cherish you, you're my gem, remember?"

Garnet was silent.

"Come on, Garnet!" Pico opened his arms, smiling softly, "I promise, I'll take care of you for the rest of your life!"

That...

"I'll protect you, get you whatever you want, spoil you, you won't want for anything, I promise!"

That sounds...

"I love you, Garnet! So much!"

The raven dropped his gun and bag, running over to Pico. He sobbed as he ran over, practically jumping into Pico's arms as the redhead hugged him tightly, soothing him.

That sounds perfect.

Garnet felt sick almost immediately after he fell into Pico's arms. He coughed up reddish-pink blood, his legs becoming jello. Pico helped set them down as Garnet coughed and gagged, feeling lightheaded, nauseous. He felt blood trickle down his nose, felt blood mix with his tears, coughing up more pink blood.

Until, finally, Pico helped him to the dumpster as he vomited pure bright pink blood.

"Well?"

Garnet looked at Pico and... everything looked... brighter? It was happier, there was no broken buildings- wait, why would there be? There was no scariness of needing to survive- wait, survive from what? And Pico's injuries seemed healed and- wait, was he ever hurt? No, he couldn't have been, no one would hurt an angel with a bow and love-filled arrows!

"Feeling better? Feeling okay?" Pico asked, cupping his cheeks.

Garnet blinked before he smiled, nodding. Why was he so upset before? Pico was here, he was here, everything was fine, everything was perfect!

"Here." Pico picked Garnet up, smiling, "I'll carry you home. You had an eventful day! Time for you to relax!" The redhead kissed his cheek as he began walking home, "I love you!"

"I love you too." Garnet smiled.

Everything was perfect.

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