On the flip side~ Strictly Professional Sequel~ Onceler x Reader

~CHPTR 9 used to be my girl~

Onceler woke up the same way he did every day, exhausted. The repetition of his days had really got to him, no excitement, no hope. He didn't have anything to look forward to, he stopped keeping track a while back.

No one cared to see him, not even you. He had accepted his life now, he would die the same way he was born: uncared for.

He got up, sighing deeply. Bill gave him a look, opening his mouth to talk.

"Morning Lers, how's the eye?" Onceler just looked at him, shaking his head.

"Okay then" Bill walked off, leaving Onceler alone.

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"Onceler, ya got a visitor" A guard grabbed his arm, pulling him off the chair he was sitting on. Onceler shot an angry glare at the guard before absorbing what he had just said.

"A visitor?" His voice was hoarse since he didn't speak much nowadays.

"Mhm, get up" Onceler practically jumped up, following the guard.

"Can you tell me who it is?" He asked the guard, who wasn't paying attention to Onceler.

"No. Have some patience" He sighed. Onceler felt the nerves and excitement building up.

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Fuck, he looked terrible. His hair was longer than before, his body frail. A large bruise adorned his face, which looked sunken. Though his eyes seemed to light up at the sight of you.

"Hello Onceler" You said quietly. You refused to cry at the sight of him.

"Y/N? Oh my god" He broke down immediately, letting out all of the tears he had. You grabbed Pippas hand and squeezed it tightly.

"Why does dude look so bad?" She asked you, he looked up immediately.

"Dude? What, Oh my- Pippa?" You nodded slowly. He looked angry, sad, happy and excited all at the same time.

"Oh, Pippa honey, this isn't Oliver. This is-"

"Who is it then? Why does he look so weird?" She stared at him, she looked at you startled.

"I'm your dad Pippa, don't you remember?"

"Onceler, she was a newborn last time she saw you." You reminded him, he looked angry at your words.

"Why haven't you come to see me?" He asked. Fuck, he looked so hurt.

"It was too much Onceler I-"

"Too much? How do you think I feel?" He seethed, you squeezed Pippas hand even tighter.

"You know what, this was a mistake. I can't see you like this." You got up, picking Pippa up and walking away. You heard Onceler shout from behind you.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH HOW COULD YOU?" He shouted, you turned to see Onceler standing up. Guards started towards him as he tried to approach you. You cringed as he was tazed and fell to the floor.

You left before Pippa could see anything. You got in the car and drove, suppressing the tears.

"Why was he angry mommy?"

"I don't know honey, it doesn't matter now" You sighed, focusing on the road.

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"YOU FUCKING BITCH HOW COULD YOU?" Onceler got up and walked towards you. Guards held him back as he yelled at you.

"Calm down or I'm going to taze you" The guard said, Onceler wouldn't listen. He was dragged out of the room and taken to solitary.

He sat in the corner, hugging his knees. He didn't mean to get that angry, he just couldn't control it. Seeing you like that, it truly pissed him off. You hadn't come to see him in four years, and you showed up out of nowhere.

Pippa had grown so much, over the years. He had imagined what she would look like, a little you. But she looked like him. He hadn't imagined her to look like him. She had such blue eyes, full of hope. It reminded him of when he had such hope.

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"Oliver? Ya there?" You spoke through the phone.

"Yeah, how did it go?" He asked

"How do you think?" You sighed. You weren't expecting it to go too well, but it went worse than you thought it would.

"Hm, I'm sorry I suggested it"

"No no. It's my fault. Pip looked so confused" You turned to Pippa, who was eating lunch.

"Well, he's been in there a long time. Maybe I should visit him" Oliver said.

"Well, he's gonna be in solitary for a while after his outburst. Even so, I don't think it's a good idea"

"Maybe I could cheer him up a bit. He must be lonely" Hmm. You didn't really feel like visiting him again but maybe Oliver could help.

"Okay, I guess it's worth a try." You sighed.

"It's definitely worth a try! He's not a lost cause after all" He said cheerfully. Not only did you feel bad about taking Pippa to see him, you felt horrible for keeping him from her for so long. Yes, you were no longer together. But you had a child together, it was a mess.

"I'm gonna go now, I'll see ya soon Oliver" You said goodbye, hanging up the phone. You had taken a day off from work to see Onceler, but your visit was cut short. You thought of what you could do with the rest of your day.

"Hey Pip, wanna go visit the Lorax?" Her eyes lit up in excitement, she nodded quickly.

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"Is that Pippa I see?" Lorax used his hands as binoculars to notice a quickly approaching Pippa running towards him.

"Uncle Lorax!" She ran up to him, hugging him tightly. You chuckled at their interaction.

"Well hello beanie! Pipsqueak! Come 'ere!" You saw Pipsqueak jump down from a tree, leaping towards you. He jumped up at you, trying to hug you.

"He hasn't grown at all huh?" Unbeknownst to you, Pipsqueak had some sort of deficiency, meaning he couldn't grow any bigger than a cub.

"Ah yeah. The people at the sanctuary says he's got some type of deficiency. Poor guys never gonna grow up properly" Pipsqueak jumper down, running towards Pippa. They ran off to the other forest animals.

"So, what's up?" Lorax asked you, snapping you out of your trance.

"Oh, uhm. I went to see Onceler today" You sighed, sitting against a tree.

"Hm. Not good?" Lorax asked, you shook your head.

"He's gonna have to decide on what he wants to do" Lorax sighed, you sent him a confused glance.

"What do you mean?"

"He can either let himself fall into a hole of self-hatred and anger, or he can perservere through this"

"It might be too late, he was so angry." You reminded yourself what he was like earlier. It seemed hopeless.

"That's the thing Y/N, he still loves you. He just doesn't think you do. If someone feels no love, they stop trying completely. He hasn't stopped trying"

"How do you know?" Lorax hadn't seen or spoken with Onceler since the wedding.

"You forget that I am magic" He chuckled.

"Oh, right. Can you do some magic on him?" Maybe Lorax could reach Onceler and show him you still loved him.

"It doesn't work like that Y/N. I'm sorry" Of course, this wasn't something a little magic could fix. Onceler needed to pick the pieces up himself.

You saw Pippa running towards you, you decided to call it a day.

"Thankyou Lorax, for everything" You hugged him tightly.

"You know what you need to do Y/N, so do it" He said quietly, you nodded. You needed to show Onceler you loved him. But how?