I think this is the first Halloween based fic I've posted on this profile, so yay! I missed it last year, but I've been working on this for a while now. This is just a collection of short, spooky stories, and most of them are just AU's that don't have anything to do with the actual show plot. Anyways, hope you all enjoy!
Yu had been lying in his bed just staring at the ceiling for what felt like hours. Despite spending a good chunk of the night trick or treating with kenta and Tithi, Yu just couldn't get himself to fall asleep. He was reluctant to admit it, but he was scared. Earlier that night he'd had a little run in with Kyoya, who at the time wasn't in the mood for any games. So, once Yu began to pester the Leone wielder he retaliated rather quickly. Taking advantage of it being Halloween night Kyoya had snapped one simple phrase to get the boys to settle down.
"If you don't settle down and start behaving then the Boogeyman's gonna visit you tonight, and he won't be happy!"
Of course, at the time Yu had just rolled his eyes and listened to Kyoya's stories of the legend that was the Boogeyman. Stories of how he'd hide under your bed and await the right moment to reveal himself. He'd look like your definition of fear and terror and he'd watch you, he'd watch you to see if you were misbehaving. And if you were, he'd make sure you wouldn't again. He'd bite off your toes or fingers if they happened to hang off the bed. Of course Yu didn't believe that! At least, at the time he didn't. He'd gone about the rest of his day forgetting those ridiculous tales, but the moment he turned his lights out for bed they seemed to flood back into him, and his mind helped to embellish the already spooky stories.
And now, there he was, wide awake after being sent up to bed over an hour ago. He sighed, looking up at the ceiling at the glowing stars stuck up on it. They glow pale green and didn't really do anything terms of lighting. Yu had tossed his blue comforter so that it hung half way off the bed. The blond rolled onto his stomach and looked over his floor. It was messy, as expected from a child's room. His Halloween costume had been thrown onto the floor, destined to wait to be picked up for days. He also had a fair share of toys strewn about the room. The most prominent being the large setup or plastic dinosaurs recreating Jurassic Park, something that had been sitting out for over a week.
The room had been dead silent until a slow scratching on the wooden floor's could be heard. The young male almost fell out of bed as he'd jumped at the unexpected sound. Yu rolled a pair of emerald eyes and jumped up to throw his door open to reveal the culprit. Confusion washed over his being, there was nothing there? He could hear Tsubasa downstairs cleaning up for the night, but nothing that was making the scratching sound was in sight. This lead to more confusion as the noise hadn't stopped either. In fact, the noise was getting louder. Yu tried flickering the light on, but nothing happened. Was the power out? No, it couldn't be, he could see lights from where Tsubasa was working. Yu jumped back into bed, leaving the door open, and sliding under his covers to grip them tightly. He hoped he'd just fall asleep and forget about the childish fear creeping into his head, but he couldn't.
Yu squeezed his eyes shut as he hear the squeak of his door as it was slowly pushed closed. He was too scared to open this eyes. He could sense a shadow looming over him and he yelped, rolling off his bed to crawl under it. He closed his eyes, a slight weight climbed onto his bed, causing him to go wide eyed. He spotted the flashlight by his side and took it, flickering it on with a deep breath. He had to face this! It was just a figment of his imagination, and once he proved to himself this was all silly nonsense then he could just go to bed. But just as he'd bubbled up all his courage he felt something on his back. A claw like hand slowly trace down his back and caused him to shiver with a set of goosebumps forming. Yu shrunk in his spot, taking a few deep breaths before rolling from under his bed and directing the flashlight towards his bed. He scratched at the sight, dropping the light.
It was stick thin with long, spider like limbs. Long arms and legs and thin body. He wasn't sure what it was, man or animal? Both? It's legs were like twigs perched on the headboard of the bed, knees bent slightly and an clawed arm resting on one knee. Yu's eyes trailed up the creature, looking where it's head should be. Instead there was a simple burlap sack. Through the sack Yu could see a pair of ugly, dull horn poking form it, curving at the ends. He could also see a grinning mouth full of pointed teeth like triangles. And it's eye's were on him. Red, beady eyes that watched him from the holes badly cut from the sack.
Yu opened his mouth to scream, but nothing came out. Slowly Yu forced himself to back away, but his leg hesitated as long as the monster's "eyes" were on him. "Wh-what are you…" He spoke in what barely passed for a whisper.
It tilted its head, leaning forward to come face to face with Yu, then it spoke one simple sentence. It was short, and it's voice was gravely and lowly, almost distorted in Yu's ears. "Me? Isn't it obvious?" Yu's heart pounded against his chest as he felt a new set or tears filling his eyes. "No? What a shame, I guess I'm not as well known anymore." Yu almost felt sick. "Well, Yu, I'm the Boogeyman!"
Almost on cue Yu screamed. He mustered out a scream that seemed to go unheard by Tsubasa downstairs, and fallen on closed ears outside. His screamed only seemed to echo off the walls of the bedroom, leaving him completely locked and trapped with the self proclaimed Boogeyman.
The research and stories I read about this will keep me up tonight a three AM, but that's okay. Anyways, this is the first short chapter to this very mini series I'm posting for Halloween. Of course, i;ve procrastinated and didn't post this last week like I wanted too, but that just means chapters are going to posted pretty quickly starting tomorrow, as I just a few rough drafts to polish up and post for this fic.
Anyways, I'll see you all tomorrow with a few new chapters. Hope you enjoyed.