/ Hi!! Welcome to "Don't Breathe"! This will be horror-based and a little au that I came up with. Please enjoy!! Updates will be Monday and Saturday.
Jay let his bags drop onto the aged porch with a thump. He looked up at the ancient house upon him.
His friends - Nya (well, girlfriend), Kai, Cole, Zane, and Lloyd decided to purchase a house together after they completed college - and of course pay off their debt.
And since Jay has his Engineering degree, Nya with her Mechanics, Kai in Business, Cole in Criminal Justice, Zane in Culinary Arts, and alas, Lloyd in Sociology. But they vowed to begin at part time so they can have some free time to themselves.
Sure, they had to go for the cheapest house, and sure, they were broke, but they were happy and together. And some fixing up can go a long way!
Jay wasn't so sure that living in a town Southeast of Kansas City was their best idea.
What was there to even do out here?
"Hey Zaptrap, I'm not exactly used to you being all quiet and moody," Cole came up beside him and chuckled. "Put your things inside, Kai and Nya said they'll be here any second."
Jay nodded and walked inside the home, the familiar smell of dust and rotting wood meeting his sinuses. He grouched, "Jeez, has anyone ever dusted in this place?"
Cole rolled his eyes and cracked his back after setting his belongings down. "You know what, you're actually on to something, ya know that? The previous owners abandoned this house a year ago and they had a lot of nerve to not come back and dust upon our arrival!"
Jay offered a playful glare and lightly shoved Cole. "Shuddup, it's not like you're the one with allergies!" the shorter male rubbed at his nose as if to prove a point.
This caused another roll of the eyes from Cole and smug smirk, "Suuuure, it's totally not you searching for something to complain about, right motor mouth?"
"Actually, yes, it's not my fault that you chose to pick this place! I didn't even have a say! So I have the right away to complain." Jay concluded, huffing.
With that, he turned around and sat upon the dirty floor to open up the four air mattresses for them to sleep on.
Cole snorted and then proceeded to do the same, "Yes you did! I called you weeks ago and asked you and quote on quote you said: "Urk yeah, yeah, whatever! Goodnight, Cole." Cole laughed and tossed a directions booklet without casting a single glance inside. "This place is great, the people left a table, dressers, a T.V, fridge, and even junk in the basement!"
Jay chortled and jabbed an accusing finger towards the other, "Exactly!! You took advantage of my un-sober self! And this place is great? They just left the things that they didn't want!"
Cole raised a thick eyebrow at Jay's dramatic excuse, "You were drunk?," Cole mockingly-gasped, putting a hand to his mouth. "I'm so telling Nya that you got wasted!"
Jay choked on his breath and glared flippantly, "Don't you dare! I will end you!"
Cole cackled and tossed the now four empty boxes to the side.
"End me? You mean 'biting at my ankles'? But sure, I guess saying end me is another way to put it." Cole mused to himself, laughing as Jay flung an unused directions booklet at Cole.
They both stopped as they heard the aged groan of a pick-up truck pulling into the driveway.
Cole dragged Jay up by the arm, "Alright, that's Kai and Nya - what're you doing?"
Jay laid limp in Cole's arms, "I'm dead."
Cole cocked an eyebrow and shrugged, "Okay." He proceeded out the door, dragging Jay in tow.
"Hey!! Quit it! I'm not dead, I'm not dead!" Jay whined, jerking around. Cole tugged him onto the dying grass of their lawn.
"Dead people don't talk or move, Jay. Be dead." Cole stated, going up to the truck.
Kai hopped out of the ancient pick-up as Nya unbuckled her seatbelt.
Kai sniggered at the sight, "Hey Cole, what kind of creature did ya catch there?"
Cole shrugged, tilting his head and feigning bemusement, "I'm not so sure myself," he mused., "But he's definetly foreign to this planet.," Cole confirmed as Jay tried to slap Cole and even bite at one point. "He's also a squirmy fella, 'probably'll make a good source of protein."
Kai nodded in agreement, chortling as Cole studied Jay, evaluating if he would make a good meal - Nya rolled her eyes.
"Knock it off, no one's going to be eating my boyfriend, thank you very much," Nya gave Cole a lighthearted glare, snatching away Jay to give the pouting male a hug and a light peck against his now reddening, freckled cheeks.
Kai gagged in mock-disgust as Cole snorted.
"Hey, Nya- I, I missed you!" Jay stuttered on his words a bit, as Nya chortled softly and kissed Jay lightly on the lips finally.
"I missed you too, okay? But right now we need to unpack."
With a few mutters of "Thank God" from Cole and Kai as they begun a long day worth of work.
~O~
"I'm beat," Cole groaned as he flopped on the air mattress next to Jay. The male adjacent to him groaned and yawned, kicking Cole slightly in the shin with a soft "shuddup" and "I'm tryna sleep, stupid."
Cole rolled his eyes at the sleeping beauty. "Good night to you too then, motor mouth."
Nya was already sound asleep and Cole could also hear the water running upstairs. Cole sighed and glanced over at Jay's tranquil form, chest slowly rising and falling. Cole smiled softly at the sight, staring back up at the cracked ceiling, falling into a dreamless sleep.
~O~
Jay woke up with a start, scrunching his nose in disgust. What was that disgusting smell? Jay got up, blearily rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
Jay stepped over Cole, trudging up the stairs that creaked under his wait.
He pushed open the door and turned on the squeaky faucet, throwing some water onto his face.
thump thump thump. Fast footsteps thudded down the hallway in his direction.
Jay flinched as his heart rate began to spike in fear. It was suddenly silent.
Jay found himself reciting every prayer that he ever knew in his life. All he could hear was his heartbeat. Silence. Jay turned back around and looked at his tired form.
"What are you doing up?"
Jay yelped and swung around, holding a toothbrush in a threatening manner towards Kai.
Kai smirked. "Adorable." Jay noticeably relaxed as he put the black toothbrush back.
"Sorry Kai... I was just-"
Kai snorted and looked Jay up and down. "Yeah, I get it. You look like a train wreck - you should try and get some rest at least."
Jay smiled shakily and nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Night Kai." He trotted past Kai, going back downstairs to continue his sudden desired sleep.
~O~
The next morning, Jay peeled open his eyelids to the smell of breakfast - He slowly leaned up, blinking the black spots out of his eyes. The male yawned and stretched stopping when his spine cracked.
Who was cooking? None of them knew how to cook, except Nya and she was outside tuning up her and Kai's truck. Curiousity finally eating at him, Jay stood up and walked into the kitchen, eyes brightening up.
"Lloyd, Zane!! You're here!" Zane beamed at Jay, flipping a blueberry pancake - lucky for Jay, his favorite.
"Yes, we arrived precisely a half hour ago. You were surprisingly still sleeping, Lloyd frightened Cole. Which he reacted to... loudly.
Cole rolled his eyes, putting his feet on the table, "Yeah, yeah, but don't think I'm not planning on payback." He shot back at Zane, albeit; it was more or less directed at Lloyd.
Lloyd held back laughter and attempted to look remorseful, "Sorry Cole, I didn't mean to," Lloyd said 'apologetically'. "But you guys didn't lock the door-"
Jay gawked at Cole in horror, "You didn't lock the door?! Cole, I specifically told you and gave you the keys! What if someone broke in!? What if-!!"
Cole rolled his eyes so hard it was slightly painful. "Relax, Zaptrap. No one's going to break into a house in the middle of nowhere. Besides, I didn't see you care that much to check if it was actually locked!"
Jay groaned and pressed his head against the table. "I thought you were trusted to do such a simple task, huh, looks like Cole's stupidity reaches high levels-"
Cole put Jay in a head lock and placed a fist in the brunett's hair, ruffling it agressively. "High levels, eh?"
Jay whined and tried to tug away, "Stop, you're messing up my hair!" Cole snorted at that comment. "Mess it up? You already had bedhead, so at the least I'm making it look better!"
Lloyd sniggered, watching in amusement. Jay pleaded, "Lloyd, help meeee!! Cole's killing me!" Zane swiftly looked at Cole and Jay, relieved to see that Cole wasn't actually killing Jay.
Lloyd latched himself onto Cole's arm to attempt at saving Jay. Cole however, lifted up his arm and in one move, he had the blond in his grasp. Cole laughed, shouting over at Zane, "Zane, look!! A two in one deal!"
Zane chortled, icy blue eyes lightening up, "That's a hard catch," Zane chuckled once before putting the pancakes smothered in butter on the dish, "But let them eat their food now."
Cole pouted and released the two. "Aww, Zane, you're no fun." Jay and Lloyd looked at each other mischievously, thinking the same thing - How they were going to plot an attack against Cole.
Zane cut Jay out of his thoughts, "Can you please go get Kai and Nya?"
Jay nodded and turned around on his heel, touching the door knob before holding his head in agony.
He stood frozen, knuckles turning white from grasping the brass knob too tight.
"Jay, you good?" Lloyd asked, looking concerned.
Jay nodded, clearing his throat as his headache ended with a slight ringing in his ears. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine, just a slight headache, no big deal! I'm going to get those two," He pushed open the door finally and called. "Hey!! Come in, Zane made breakfast!"
After eating, Lloyd washed the dishes and Kai dried, the others volunteering the two for the job. (Well, mostly Jay and Cole).
While they did that, Jay and Cole decided to explore the basement, curious on what they may find.
"Look at all this stuff!!" Jay beamed as Cole rolled his eyes, following Jay with the light of his phone.
"More like junk," Cole retorted. "Look at this place, what're we going to do with all of this?"
Jay shrugged, "Who knows, maybe there's something valuable! Or-" Cole cut him off.
"I doubt that, it's probably stuff that no one else wanted..." He shrugged. "Besides, I thought you said that this place was-" Jay broke him off in return.
"Change of heart, besides, I was mad because you woke me up in the car!" Jay tossed his eyes, opening up a box, coughing. "Woah..."
Cole raised a thick eyebrow. "'Woah' what?"
Jay pulled out a mech. "It's a manipulator! Man, these things are so cool!" Cole frowned.
"What the heck is that? - you know what, nevermind, more of your nerd stuff."
Jay grinned cheekily, "What? Is this too smart for you?" Jay asked, smirking.
Cole rolled his eyes, "Totally. The day Jay Walker becomes smarter than me is the day I marry a rock."
Jay started humming Marry Me as the other male flung a red ball at him. "Shut up, I'm not in the mood for your wisecracks."
Jay mocked-gasped. "Whattttt? Cole in a bad mood? Oh no, this is horrible!! What a surprise!" Cole groaned and pressed a hand to his temple.
This is what he has to live with now.
~O~
Running, Running. Why can't he run any faster? What's wrong with him? It's growls are getting closer.
He tripped and fell, the pebbles scattering away from his body.
Crimson blood dripped from his hands and knees, wait, was he naked!?
Jay breathed in heavily, legs feeling like chalk. Stiff. He was immobilized.
The brunett turned around at a low pitched growl, frozen.
The black huddled form stayed put, staring. Jay gazed back, knowing it was useless to run. He couldn't win.
The being slowly walked forward, cracking its gnarled neck. He tried his hardest to get up.
The beast opened up its maw unnaturally wide and released a shriek, knocking Jay into the murky lake.
He awoke in a cold sweat.
Slowly leaning up, he brought a hand to his head. All Jay could hear was his racing heart.
Stepping over Cole, he went into the kitchen, shakily holding a Solo cup under water.
He immediately gulped down the luke warm water, nose scrunching up at the musty taste.
Tossing the glass in the sink, he sat down at the wooden table, placing his head in his own lanky arms.
Did he really want to go back asleep?
Going against his word, he slowly fell into a dreamless sleep.