Misunderstandings // A BEN Drowned x Reader Story

Chapter 1

I reference a lot of stuff outside the book. I'll give you a count at each chapter.

References: 0

THE JANE MENTIONED IN THIS CHAPTER IS NOT JANE THE KILLER

I swear if any of my irl friends are reading this DM me and I'll explain XD okay anyway on with the story

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(Y/N)'s POV:

It had been a long week. First, my Nintendo 64 malfunctioned and I didn't have the money to fix it. Then, my best friend, Jane, and I got into a big fight which basically ended with her telling me to get the fuck out of her life. Then, to top it all off  my mom tells me we're moving... next week.

I'm not very good at handling my emotions, especially since my normal coping method is playing video games until I collapse. But since my favorite console was broke, I had no choice but to do what I hated most: going outside.

I slipped on my headphones and walked out the door, shutting it just hard enough so it'd upset my mom. I walked down our steps and onto the sidewalk. I didn't really have a specific location in mind, but that didn't matter to me. I walked for about thirty minutes before I found a worn down bench underneath a large tree. I sat down and just thought.

I had a pretty normal life. I wasn't bullied and my grades weren't terrible. I pretty much just kept to the shadows. I preferred observing people rather than being observed. I didn't have many friends thanks to that, but it didn't really matter. I had Jane, who i had known since I was 3. She was the only friend I needed... well more like the only one I had.

Our fight was stupid actually. Some guy named Tony came up to me and was talking to me about some assignment we had in Math class. I guess he figured since I wasn't as bad at math as him, I could help him. I'm the most awkward person I know though, so I basically just stuttered and came up with an excuse to walk away. Jane apparently saw all this and got super mad at me. She said stuff like how Tony was hers and I should have ever talked to him. I got mad because it wasn't like I flirted with him and I didn't even know she liked him! You'd think if I was her best friend she'd tell me something like that!

I hadn't even noticed until now that tears were falling down my cheeks. A stinging reminder of how much I cared. I replayed some of our best times in my head and before I knew it, it was dark out. "I guess I better head home now" I thought to myself.

The dark never really scared me. Most people had this deep fear of it, like something bad would happen to them if they were in the dark. But I took comfort in it, because if everyone was scared of it, that meant no one else would be in it. I could be alone and at peace.

I walked down the cracked sidewalk, listening to whatever music was playing and enjoyed the sky. There was a full moon tonight and the stars shined brightly. All too soon, I was back at my house.

—A few days later—

Most of my stuff was packed. I still had some clothes left, along with my furniture, but not much else. My mom was downstairs in the kitchen, packing who knows what. I decided to take a break from my own packing and read some creepypasta. I've basically read most of the stories. Jeff the Killer, Eyeless Jack, Ticci Toby, and BEN Drowned were a few of my favorites.

Sometimes I wondered what it'd be like to live in their world. Would I kill or be killed? What would it be like to live amongst them? Who would be my friend? Of course, I knew these thoughts were a bit crazy. Creepypasta didn't actually exist.

I sat in bed, scrolling through countless fanfics, until I fell asleep. In just a few days, I'd be in a completely new place, and sleep was the only way I could stop my anxious thoughts.

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