Jeff and Liu hid behind a bush chuckling softly as their friend searched for them.
Hide-and-go-seek was one of their favorite games to play.
(Y/n) looked behind a rock and let out a frustrated sigh as she walked away in disappointment.
Jeff and Liu always made (y/n) the first seeker, because she was the youngest in the group.
It should have been he other way around of course, but (y/n) didn't complain about it.
"Jeff, Liu come out wherever you idiots are!" (Y/n) yelled as she walked slowly.
"Hey we're not idiots!" Jeff yelled as he stood up from the bush.
As soon as he did that Liu made a run for it as Jeff stood there yelling at the eight year old girl.
(Y/n) ran to Jeff and tagged him with a grin upon her innocent face.
"Your it!" (Y/n) called happily.
Jeff looked at the girl and then realized that he had been tagged and was now the seeker.
Liu came out of no where and laughed at his brother.
"You let yourself get caught Jeff, just like yesterday." Liu said when he finished laughing.
Jeff just smirked and looked at his brother and friend with a devious gleam in his blue eyes.
"Aren't you two suppose to be running and hiding?" Jeff said as he started walking towards the two.
(Y/n) and Liu looked at each other and ran as fast as they could.
The game of Hide-and-Seek soon turned into the game of Tag.
Screams of joy and laughter poured out from the calm forest as the children continued to play.
(Somewhere in the woods)
But somewhere in the darkness that the woods provided, lurked something or someone that watched the children intently.
Slender man watched the children staying within the shadows within the darkness of the trees blankly staring at them play.
Slenderman was pleased with the sight of the unaware children.
Something about the youngsters yelled potential, something of a greater force, especially the young girl.
The girl had this aura of wisdom and mystery that made Slender want to appear in front of her.
He fought off his urge and just stared at her as she ran out of the woods with the two boys.
If he had a face he would have smiled softly as they left the woods.
He would come for them when they were older, when the were in the stage of recklessness of being a teenager.
(Back to Reader-Chan ,Jeff and Liu.)
Out of precious life giving air (y/n) dramatically fell on the soft grass.
Jeff and Liu did the same as their friend laughing and breathing hard, from the lack of air.
They laid close together making a little triangle.
"Hey let's stay friends forever." Jeff randomly said as he caught his breath.
Liu and (y/n) turned to Jeff who was smiling brightly.
Liu chuckled and looked at (y/n) for an answer.
"Yes, let's stay best friends forever." (Y/n) said as she reached for the hands of both boys and held their hands.
From that day on the three met up every single day and played together.
As they got older every year the stronger their friendship grew, and soon Jeff and Liu started showing off and showered (y/n) with gifts and complements.
That was until Mr. Woods got a promotion and decided to move to a nicer neighborhood.
As Jeff and Liu were packing the rest their items in the moving van, (y/n) waited silently holding two little boxes wrapped in white wrapping paper with red ribbon.
Jeff was the first to walk up to (y/n), his usual happy and adventurous spirit was gone.
"So I guess this is good-bye (y/n)." Jeff said with a sad smile as he looked to the ground.
(Y/n) hugged him tightly and looked into his crystal blue eyes.
"No, this isn't goodbye, I will see you again." (Y/n) said as she held back her tears.
(Y/n) let go of Jeff and gave him his present that had his name written neatly in black Sharpie.
"(Y-y/n) you didn't need to get me a gift, I don't even have a gift for you!" Jeff said as his face grew hot.
(Y/n) just smiled and looked at Jeff happily.
"Just open it Jeffrey, it would be a shame if I didn't get to see your smile one last time." (Y/n) said in a soft voice to keep from showing her sadness to her beloved friend.
Jeff opened it care full and opened the box. His blue eyes grew wide with shock, inside the box was a leather bracelet with a sterling silver name plate connected to the leather cords.
His name was craved into the metal plate with black lettering.
"You must had spent tons of money on this (y/n), where the he'll did you even get the money to get this?!" Jeff said with shock as he stared at the girl.
(Y/n) chuckled softly and ran her hand through her (h/l) (h/c) hair.
"I just saved all my money up and did lots of jobs here and there around the neighborhood." (Y/n) said sheepishly.
Jeff hugged the girl once again and took in her scent, trying to hold on to his time with her for a little longer.
A idea popped into his head and he grabbed the girl's hand and ran to towards the woods to the tree where they first met.
Taking out a small pocket knife he began to crave his initials and (y/n)'s into the bark of the tree.
Once he was finished he looked at (y/n) once again with a emotion that he never showed her, love, it was love in his beautiful blue eyes.
"I-it isn't much but I want you to have something that is at least memorable." Jeff said as he blushed a bright red but he continued talking.
"(Y-y/n) I don't know how I got these feelings but I true my think I'm in live with you, I just want you to know that."
(Y/n) couldn't take it anymore and tears slipped from her (e/c) eyes.
She threw herself at him and kissed his cheek softly.
After staying there for a few moments they returned to the moving van where Liu waited patiently.
(Y/n) swore she saw jealously when he saw Jeff but it soon disappeared when his eyes met hers.
Jeff hugged her one last time and left Liu and (y/n) so he could say his goodbyes to her.
"I'm going to miss you (y/n)." Liu said with a teary smile.
"Me too, Liu." (Y/n) said as she wiped her tears away.
(Y/n) handed him his gift and smiled at him through her tears.
Luis opened it and was just as shocked as Jeff.
His gift was sterling silver dog tags with his name engraved into one and the other was engraved with the words Forever Best Friends.
Liu put them on and hugged her tightly, slightly tighter then Jeff.
"Thank you (y/n), I love it." Liu said as he buried his face into her soft hair.
Liu pulled away and reached into his pocket and pulled out a gold heart shaped locket.
It was engraved with tiny but readable words, Best Friend.
(Y/n) smiled and turned around so Liu could put the necklace on her.
"Oh, Liu thank you." (Y/n) said as she hugged him.
Liu smiled and ran a hand through her hair.
"No problem (y/n)." He said happily.
Tears slipped from his green eyes as he let go of her.
He could hear his mother and father calling for him, telling him they had to go now.
"Liu, promise me you and Jeff will write to me once your settled." (Y/n) said as a rush of fresh tears ran down her face.
"I promise that will be the first thing that we do when we get to our new house." Liu said as he let go of his friend.
Liu said goodbye once again and ran to his parents and brother who were waiting for him.
Within the next few weeks (y/n) received her promised letters and she wrote back.
Every letter was dear to her, way more important then her precious sleep, but then they just suddenly stopped coming...