The adorable waffles POV
I sat against the headboard of my bed (that's what its called right? XD). I sigh and stand up. I go over to the window (I almost spelled waffle XDD) and look outside. All I see below is some of the grass then the entrance to the woods. I sigh once again and move away from the window and go to my hatchets that were leaning against my wall. I grab them and attach them to my belt and go out of my room. I go downstairs quietly and see Masky had fallen asleep. I pass by him and look at him. I shake my head with a small smile and go outside. I'm met with a cold breeze outside. I go to where I had practiced throwing my hatchets when I first got here. I grab my sharper hatchet from my belt and throw it at the tree, remembering to flick my wrist, and watch as it quickly hits the tree. I go up to the tree and try and get the hatchet out. No luck.
"God damn it." I growl to myself. I grab the handle of it and try to yank it out. It moved a little. I move the handle back and forth a bit until the hatchet finally comes out of the tree. I go back and throw it the same way, grab it again, and repeat this process until it started to get dark. I grab my hatchet again and go back inside. I shut the door and see Masky emerge from the kitchen.
"Toby! There you are! Where the hell were you?!"
"Uhh... O-Outside..?" I answer confusedly.
"Oh.." Was all Masky said and we stood quiet again for a minute or two before Masky speaks up once again.
"Why did you apologize earlier?" He asks.
"Huh?"
"You said sorry earlier." He says. I remember I did say sorry and I look down.
"I-I just kinda g-guessed you.. Were kinda t-t-touchy about the v-video project when I b-brought it up..." I mutter. Masky chuckles.
"Well, you're not wrong about that. I am kinda touchy about it. But.. Whenever I or someone else mentions Jay.. I.. Just.. Break down, I guess. Sooo sorry for making you worry..?" He says.
"Are the o-others not back yet?"
"No. But they should be coming back tonight." I nod and go upstairs into my room.
MAGICAL TIMESKIP BROUGHT TO YOU BY PAPAYAS!!!
Toby's POV <3
I hear Masky yell something. Being the curious teenager I am, which I'm 19 (idk if that's even a teenager age XD), got up and went out of my room and go downstairs.
"Fucking hell!!! Are you fucking kidding me?!?!" He yells.
"Masky..?" I ask quietly and he jumps. He turns around to look at me.
"Toby! What did I say about scaring me!" He scolds. I look down and he sighs.
"Sorry. I'm pissy right now." He apologizes.
"Er.. Did ya need something?" He asks. I silently nod.
"W-What's wrong..?" I ask. He looks taken aback from my question, like nobody's ever asked him that. Masky looks at me and smiles, as he had his mask off.
"Pft. Thanks for caring Toby. And nothing's wrong. Slenderman just said they'd be gone longer than planned so I'm basically just stuck with you." He grins. I smile a little bit.
"Buut since you asked me a question, I guess it'd be fair if I asked you one, right?" Masky asks. I nod.
"Why do you have that thing over your mouth?"
"Y-You mean m-my mouth g-guard?" Masky nods.
"I-I wear it to cover the g-gash on my left cheek..." I mumble.
"Gash?" I sigh and pull down the mouth guard to show the huge gash on my cheek. Masky stares at me.
"What....?" I ask, my voice being clearer and not muffled by the mouth guard.
"How the fuck did you even get that?" Masky asks.
"When I-I burned down my n-neighborhood..?" I answer. Masky continued to stare at me.
"YOU BURNED DOWN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?!" He exclaims and I flinch.
"Y-Yeaaaaah.....?" I say confused as to why he was so surprised.
"Jesus christ...." Masky mutters. I only shrug in response.
"You don't even regret it?" He asks. I shake my head.
"N-No.." I answer. I pull my mouth guard back up while Masky just stands there. I go upstairs, leaving Masky to whatever, and go in my room. I put my hatchets back against my wall and change into pajamas. I yawn and take my goggles off, and set them on my nightstand, leaving my mouth guard on. I lie on my bed and fall asleep.
I woke up with a screech and fall off my bed. I hear footsteps and my door open.
"Toby? What's wrong?" I hear. I stand up and use my nightstand for balance.
"N-Nothing," I say, my voice shaky.
"Just had a n-nightmare......" I stutter out. Masky looks at me with a concerned look.
"You sure your oka-"
"Yeah! I-I said I'm f-fine Masky!" I say with a forced grin. Masky seems to buy it because he said okay and shut my door. My grin drops and I sigh. Jesus lying was hard. At least he bought it. I look at my clock and see it was 7 in the morning. At least I slept longer than usual... I sigh and get dressed. I go downstairs, not even bothering to do anything about my hair. I go into the kitchen and get a glass of water and quickly drink it. I set the cup in the sink and go into the living room. I hear small and quiet whimpers from the couch. I look over and see Masky lying there shaking badly, quietly whimpering, and mumbling words like, 'no', or 'stop'. I go up to him and gently tap his shoulder.
"M-Masky?" I ask. His eyes open and he shoots up with a whimper. Masky looks over at me.
"Toby..? W-What're you d-d-doing up?" He asks, his voice shaky and breathing ragged.
"It's..." I look at the clock then back at Masky.
"7:30 i-in the morning." I answer. Masky sighs.
"Oh.." He mutters.
"A-Are you okay M-Masky? When I w-was about to go in m-my room I saw you h-having what I assume was a n-nightmare." I say. Masky keeps quiet and hangs his head slightly.
"You can t-tell me, Masky.." I say and sit next to him. I give him a smile and Masky looks at me. Masky nods.
"Yeah... I d-did have a nightmare..." He mumbles. He continued to hang his head and I'm guessing he was embarrassed for admitting that. I get up from the couch and Masky looks up at me.
"Huh? Where are you going?" He asks.
"My room?" I answer. Masky looks down.
"O-Oh..."
"W-Why? Do you w-want me to s-stay out here w-with you?" I ask. Masky silently nods. I sigh.
"Fiiiiiiine." I say and sit next to him again.
"You don't have to stay out here with me.." He mumbles.
"B-But I want to." I answer happily. Masky gives me a shocked look.
"Really...? Usually people don't really like to even be near me.." He says.
"Huh? W-Why not?" I ask.
"Cuz I'm usually an ass to people." He answers simply and I snicker.
"Well, I l-like to be around y-you." I say. He looks at me and chuckles.
"Thanks Toby." He says and yawns.
"If you go b-back to sleep I'll s-stay right here." I offer. Masky nods and falls asleep almost instantly. I move him so his head is on my lap. I gently, and carefully, take his mask off and set it on the arm of the couch.
It was about an hour later when Masky started whimpering again. I gently pet his hair. He continues to whimper but I gently sit him up and hug him close to me. He clings to my hoody while whimpering, and shaking as well. I continue to gently pet his hair.
Poor Masky. I think. Masky stops whimpering but continues shaking. I sigh and keep petting Masky's hair.
Again, poor Masky. I thought again. Masky's breathing starts getting ragged and uneven. He starts mumbling, 'no' and 'stop' again.
Shit. C'mon Masky, calm down... I think.
"Masky, calm down.." I mumble. Masky keeps shaking, mumbling, and is now starting to whimper again. I sigh and continue to pet his hair, not knowing any other ways to calm Masky down. I hear Masky let out a noise. I look at him and see a couple tears going down his cheeks. I wipe away the tears and hold Masky as close as I can to me. It seems to calm him down a bit, as he had finally stopped whimpering and mumbling. I look at the clock and see it's 8 in the morning now. Masky's phone buzzes but Masky doesn't move. I grab his phone from his pocket and look at it. A text from Hoodie? I tap it and it opens. The text read: Heeeey Tim! How you holdin up with Toby? I reply to him back.
Masky's asleep right now..
He hasn't woke up yet?
No. He did a first time but now he's lying against me, asleep.
.... I ship it.
Hoodie I will kill you.
Chill out! I'm only kidding.
-_-
Sorry, sorry. Anyways, Masky's really lying against you?
Yeah...
Strange...
Huh? How so?
Masky never let's anyone touch him...
Really?
Yeah.. Huh. Maybe he thinks your special XDD.
Hoodie shut the hell up.
Alright, alright. I still regret nothing tho.
I will murder you when you get back.
Okay! Okay! I'll quit it! Aaaanyways I gotta go. Cya Toby.
Bye jackass.
I turn the phone off again and set it next to Masky's mask. I look at Masky and see he was sleeping peacefully. I smile. I hear Masky groan.
Oh shi-
"Toby?" I hear a sleepy Masky ask. I chuckle nervously and look down at Masky.
"Er.. Y-Yes....?" I answer.
"Why am I lying against you..?"
"Uhh... I-I... Uh..." I stutter.
"I won't be mad..." Masky says.
"I was t-trying to c-calm you down from your n-nightmares....." I answer sheepishly. Masky smiles.
"Aw. Thanks Toby.." Masky says. Masky yawns.
"S-Still tired?" I ask.
"Kinda... But I think I can stay awake for a couple hours.. Sorry I kept you awake though..." Masky apologizes and looks down.
"I-I don't mind. It's b-better than waking up f-from my damn n-nightmares." I whisper the last part but apparently Masky heard me.
"How often do you have nightmares?" He asks.
"Uhhh n-not that often......" I lie. Masky raises an eyebrow and looks at me.
"Uh-huh. Tell me the truth Toby." Masky says. I look down and stay silent. Masky moves so his sitting next to me.
"Toby, please..?" Masky says. Just then my phone starts playing Killer by The Ready Sets. I quickly stand up and take my phone out to see Hoodie was calling me. I answer it and put the phone up to my ear.
"W-What Hoodie?"
"TOBY!!!!!" He yells and I wince.
"Calm down.."
"We can't find fucking Sally!!!" He yells.
"... You're a f-fucking dumbass."
"Shut up! Jeff was supposed to be watching her!"
"Not my fault! I looked away for like, two god damn seconds!!" I hear Jeff yell in the background.
I sigh.
"Where t-the hell are y-you guys?"
"Remember where you killed those teenagers?"
"Yeaaaah?"
"We're near that spot."
"I'm c-coming...." I sigh again and hang up.
"Why was Hoodie calling you?"
"Sally got l-lost and H-Hoodie wants my h-help." I answer and go upstairs and grab my hatchets. I attach them to my belt and go back downstairs.
"Wait! I'm coming with you!" Masky says and gets up from where he's sitting.
"W-Why? So your n-not here alone?" I ask.
"N-No! Of course not..." He mumbles.
"Hey, it's o-okay. I g-get scared when I'm a-alone too." I say and go up to him. I look up at him, seeing as I was shorter than him, damn it Masky, and smile. He sighs and nods.
"Yeah... I hate being alone..." He mumbles. I grab his mask and give it to him. He smiles and puts it on.
"L-Lets go!"
"Alright, alright calm down Toby I'm coming." He says and we leave. We go to the spot where I killed the teenagers and I heard Jeff yelling and Jane bitching back. Masky and I go over to the voices and see the others.
"CAN YOU TWO SHUT THE FUCK UP?!" Clockwork yells. It seems they didn't hear her because they kept bitching at each other. Masky goes up to Hoodie and asks for his pistol. Hoodie complies and gives it to Masky. Masky raises the pistol into the air and pulls the trigger. The gunshot was heard and Jeff and Jane quit bitching.
"BOTH OF YOU, SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP!!!" Masky yells, clearly pissed off.
"But- She started it!!" Jeff says.
"Shut up! I did not!" I hear a twig snap and I look over. I let out a screech. Masky looks at me. There was The Rake. HOW THE HELL?! Yknow what- Wonder later, panic now. I stay frozen in my spot, too terrified to move. I quickly fumble to get one of my hatchets as Rake pounces at me. I hit it with the hatchet just in time. The other pastas were looking at Rake as it got up. Rake growls at me and I slowly back up.
"U-Uhh... Sorry?" I say. It pounces at me again and I prepare to get hit, but nothing came. I look and see a creature in front of me. I back away. EJ perks up.
"SEED EATER!" He yells happily. The creature growls at Rake and Rake runs. Masky gives Hoodie his pistol back. The creature sees my hatchet I dropped and picked it up. Before I could say anything the creature came up to me. It sets the hatchet down in front of me. It then trots over to EJ and sits next to him.
"Good Seed Eater." EJ praises and pats it's head. I grab my hatchet and attach it to my belt.
"Now, w-where the hell d-did you last see Sally d-dumbass?" I ask Jeff. He rolls his eyes.
"By some stupid treehouse." He answers.
"A-And that w-was where?" I ask. Jeff points behind him.
"Somewhere over there."
"I-It'd be a l-lot more help if you w-were more fucking d-descriptive."
"I-"
"Okay both of you quit fighting.." Ben says and goes in between us.
"Whatever shorty."
"I'm not that god damn short!" Ben says. I growl and shove past the two, going the direction where Jeff pointed.
"Sally! W-Where are yooou!!" I call out. I hear a twig snap. I look in the direction of where it came.
"Uhh h-h-hello?" I ask. I see a little girl and I see it's Sally.
"Ah! S-Sally!!" I say happily. She runs up to me and hugs me.
"Thank god you're s-safe." Sally let's go and we go back to the others. Hoodie ran up to us and picked Sally up.
"Phew. Thank god your safe..." Hoodie says. He sets her down and turns to Jeff.
"And I'm gonna kick your ass later, Woods." Hoodie growls. Jeff rolls his eyes.
"Whatever." I quietly sneak back and explore more of the woods. Wow. I look around before spotting something. I go up to it and pick it up. A.. Machete? Oh fuck. I drop it and back up.
"Ah. We meet again Rogers." I hear. I screech and turn around. I look and see Angel.
Shit, shit, shit, SHIT!!! I cuss repeatedly in my mind. Angel grins, showing her sharp teeth and suddenly pounces at me. She bites my shoulder and tears my hoody with her claws (she was in her wolf form). I finally manage to shove her off and I run. I run back to the others and skid to a stop and pant, as I was out of breath. I held my bleeding arm, trying to make the blood stop but it kept gushing out. Masky noticed my presence and ran up to me.
"Toby! What the fuck happened?!" He exclaims. I make no answer and Masky grabs my wrist. He starts to drag me, not literally, back to the mansion. We get there and Masky makes me sit on the couch.
"M-Masky, I'm fine. I c-can't even feel it!" I try to reason.
"Just shut up." Masky mutters. I look down and just let Masky finish whatever he's doing.
Once he's finished I silently get up and go upstairs. I sigh. I go inside my bedroom and shut the door.
"Why d-does M-Masky even care anyways?" I mumble to myself.
"I am just a s-stupid twitch anyways.."
Now you admit it?
"S-Shut the fuck up."
Oooh and what're you gonna do twitch?
"Look, just f-fuck off alright? I-I'm not in the g-god damn mood."
Hmmmm... Nope.
"Ugghhhhhh. J-Just. Fuck. Off." I growl.
Hmph. Fine. But I'm gonna come back later.
"Sure, g-go ahead. I h-honestly don't give a f-fuck." The voice shuts up and I sit on my bed. I fiddle with my hatchets for about a couple minutes before I sigh and take off my goggles. I look at them with a sigh. I set the goggles on my nightstand. I reach into my pocket to find nothing in there.
"Huh?! W-What?! Where's the p-picture?!!" I start hyperventallating and freaking out.
"No, no, no, NO!! W-WHERE IS IT?!" I'm now in complete panic. I jump up from my bed and run out of my room, not even bothering to shut my door. I run downstairs, nearly tripping about 7 times in the process, and out the door. I run out into the woods and look everywhere for it.
"... W-W-Where is it...?" I mumble. Then suddenly.. It hit me.
"Angel..." I mumble. I run back to where I found the machete.
"Where t-the fuck is s-she?" I growl. I hear a twig snap and I turn around.
Nothing...
"What're you doing here you little twitch?" I hear from behind me. I turn around.
"W-Where is my p-picture of me and m-my sister?!" I yell.
"What picture?" She asks.
"You k-know exactly what I-I'm talking about!!!" She honestly looks confused.
"Uhhh no, I don't.." I let out a frustrated groan.
"G-God damn it!!!" I yell. Angel puts her ears to the sides.
"Okay, okay! Chill the fuck out!"
"Look, I don't know what picture you're talking about, but maybe your racoon friend can help." Angel says.
"How?" I ask, it coming out more harsh than I intended but I don't care. Angel rolls her eyes in response and whistles. The racoon I was with when I met Angel came over. The racoon looks at me and trots over to me. I pick it up.
"Alright girl, I need you to find a picture of him and another girl, alright?" Angel says and the racoon nods. I set her down and she sniffs around like a dog would before her full ear perks up and she runs off.
"Quick, lets follow her!" Angel says and runs off. I follow her, hoping this isn't a trick. We find the racoon and she has something in her mouth. She trots to me and drops it. I grab it and see its the picture of me and Lyra. I put it in my pocket and pick the racoon up again and hug her.
"Ah. Since I helped you, you gotta do something for me in return...." Angel says.
Oh shiz. What do you think will happen to Toby??? Cuuuz I need at least one idea XDD. Welp anyways thanks so much for reading this chapter!!!!! Bye me mates!
-Foxy :3