Nightmares ~N.Italy X Reader~

A.N. There is swearing. Don't like? Don't read. It's that simple.


~Nightmares~


"GAAAH!"

You bolted up in your bed. "Not again..." you whined to yourself. Your <hair length> <hair color> hair was a mess and tangled every which way. You'd had another nightmare. The same nightmare you've been having for the past week. And thanks to this little 'bad dream', there were dark circles under your eyes due to lack of sleep. You took a quick glance the alarm clock radio sitting on the nightstand beside you. The bright red numbers read 2:17 a.m. You decided to side with your better judgement and try to go back to sleep. It felt like less than an hour, but you shrieked once more, and your eyes flew open. 'Why? Damn it, why?' you thought to yourself. Curling up in a little ball, you buried your face in your knees, but didn't cry. Because crying wouldn't change the fact that she'd never come back. You hadn't had a good cry in a while though. Suddenly, you heard a soft knock on the door to your apartment.

"_______? Are you okay bella? It's-a Feliciano."

You felt a huge wave of guilt wash over you. 'You woke him up you idiot!' You mentally punched yourself as you climbed out of bed. You sauntered to the door, unlocked it, and opened it slowly, feeling a blast of cold air on your face. Outside stood your neighbor and best friend, Feliciano Vargas. He had a worried expression plastered to his face. It pained you deep inside to see him worried. Whenever you weren't working or trying to sleep, you were with him and his brother, Lovino. And in all honesty, you had developed a huge crush on the bubbly Italian.

"Hey Feli!" You pretended to sound tired and rubbed your eyes for effect. "Come in! It's so cold out."

"Grazie bella!" Feli said as he walked inside. Sitting down on the couch in your living room, he asked, "________, do you know-a what time it is? You-a look awful!" He must have notice the dark circles under your eyes.

Shit. You really had no idea. You slowly glanced at the wall clock, eyes widening in shock. But you reminded yourself that you were pretending to be tired. "Uh, it's 2:53 Feli. Why do you ask? Does your clock not work? I can fix it for you tomorrow if you want."

"Grazie, but that's not why I'm-a here. I just heard-a you screaming and I thought you had-a hurt yourself." Feli said, a hint of worry in his voice. 'You're supposed to be tired. You're supposed to be tired!' You brain reminded you again. "Are you sure it was me Feli?" You asked. You hoped he would be confused and think it wasn't you screaming, but, to your disappointment, he nodded.

"Are-a you having nightmares ________?" He asked with a soft tone. You could no longer keep up the 'I'm tired' charade. You plopped down on the couch next to Feli and brought your knees to your chest, hugging them tightly. Slowly, you nodded. "Do you want-a to tell me what it was?" He scooted closer to you now, wanting to hear what you had to say. You felt your heart get heavy as you thought of the pros and cons of telling him your nightmare.

"How about-a this," Feli started, "if you tell-a me what your nightmare was, I'll-a tell you about a nightmare I had-a once." You looked up at him, and gazed into his shining amber eyes before burying yourself in your knees again. You decided to tell him.

"I was reliving the day my mother had died." You started softly. After that, it all started to pour out. You told him everything, your nightmare, the insomnia because of it, and the mixed feelings that resulted. Once you had finished, you'd half expected Feli to start giggling, or burst out laughing. But instead, you felt a pair of warm arms embrace you and a hand stroking your hair.

"________ why didn't you-a tell me bella? I had no idea you'd been-a hurting for so long." Feli said with concern. You couldn't hold it in anymore. You felt hot tears swell in your <eye color> orbs.

And you cried.

You wrapped your arms around Feli's neck and sobbed into his shoulder. He held you tighter as you did so, not caring about his tear-stained T-shirt. After a while, your sobs became whimpers, your whimpers to sniffles, and your sniffles to heavy breathing. It felt good to cry, especially when someone was there to hold you. Your mother had always done that when you were little, and now, you had Feli here to do it.

After you had calmed down a bit, Feli whispered softly, "Now, why don't-a we take care of that nightmare, hm?" You didn't want to talk, afraid the floodgates would open again, so you simply nodded. He picked you up bridal style and carried you to your room, setting you gently on your bed and covering you with the blanket. Pulling up your desk chair, he sat beside the bed and gazed at the ceiling, as if he was thinking.

"Let's-a see, one time I had a bad dream about-a the time my grandfather disappeared." And, true to his word, Feli told you all about his nightmare. It amazed you how he could stay so positive after all that had happened to him. Once he had finished, he got up to leave. But for some reason, your hand felt like being a spazz and shot out to grab Feli's wrist. You felt your face get hot as you quick thought of a way out of this one. Nothing came to mind, so you just told him the truth.

"Wait, Feli?" You said softly.

"Si? What is it bella?" He said turning back to you.

"Can you stay for a little bit? Please? What if I have another nightmare?"

Feli smiled and crawled into bed next to you. "I won't let-a anything get you ________. Because..." You remained silent and waited for him to finish. After what seems like forever (it was really only 5 seconds), he wrapped his arms around you again and whispered softly in your ear, "Ti amo. Ti amo ________."

You rolled over so you could see his face, and softly planted a kiss on his lips. "I love you too Feli."

Soon after, you had drifted off to sleep in his embrace.

And you slept peacefully without anymore nightmares.