A little suspense and filler plot~
skip if you wanna get to the good stuff. Don't skip if you love me ;D
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"TETSUJI HONDA!" Tetsuji thought briefly about turning around and going back to school rather than face his raging mother. "A DETENTION?!"
"H-how do you know I wasn't at a book club… or something…," Tetsuji whimpered as he walked in the front door, his hands wringing the strap on his saddle bag. Super saiyan Goku stared up at him from the graphic design on the front, not even half as angry as Ms. Honda was. His mother held up the phone. "You called?!"
"I… got a call from the principal."
"Mom, you never answer the phone!" Tetsuji was suddenly ecstatic. His mother, who had terrible phone anxiety, had picked up and answered a call from an unknown number!
"Don't you change the subject mister! You dunked a student in cheese?! Tetsuji, that doesn't even sound like you!" She screeched.
"That's because it wasn't… it was Yuu, and he needed help, and I got framed by this other kid…"
"And you didn't fight it?"
"We did, but the vice principal didn't listen, she just wanted the fight and the attention to stop."
"Well then we're gonna march right back there and fix that mark on your record, I don't want my baby going on wrongly accu-"
"Mom, please don't… I just wanna forget today happened, okay? Please?"
"You don't care about your record?"
"It's one detention… it's not gonna keep me from college," Tetsuji sighed as he placed his bag on the table. "Besides, I already got all my work done."
"Suji… you're all wet…"
"Sprinklers were set off, something caught fire in the cafeteria," Tetsuji lied quickly.
"They should be more careful. The way that place is built, one little spark could turn the whole thing into ash," she mumbled, worried more about her son than the other students.
"Not like it would do anything to me…," Tetsuji replied, worried more about the other students than himself. "How about we finish up that movie?" He suggested to distract her.
"Ooh, I've already got it set up!" She said enthusiastically. Secretly, Tetsuji was worried sick. With Zac all over him like that, he'd been expecting Slenderman to slink out of the shadows the whole time, but he hadn't shown. He went back to his bedroom, checking every corner and shadow, but he wasn't there. Maybe this is just how it was. Blood, lust, and a week-long disappearance. At least it would be easier to keep a secret this way. And this way, he could enjoy a movie with his mother as if he were a normal, family-oriented teen.
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But on the other side of town, held up against a thin pine tree, was a badly beaten boy with thick round glasses who smelled faintly of nacho cheese.
"Kudasai… Yamate… [please stop]" Yuu begged as a line of red trailed down his lip from his nose. "I didn't mean to!" For the third time, Slenderman threw him down, releasing his tentacles, and splayed a long-fingered hand towards Yuu, who flinched in response. All of his wounds healed instantly, and he feared Slenderman would start the beating once more. Slenderman leaned down, knowing he couldn't 'speak' to this mortal now that he'd linked with Tetsuji's mind. He pulled a yellowed piece of paper from his jacket, along with an old nib fountain pen, and dipped it in the blood on the side walk. With Yuu's blood, he wrote on the paper with calligraphic skill-
"I can be nice. I can share." He lifted Yuu by his waist with a powerful tentacle and wrapped another around his mouth. Yuu just wanted this all to end.
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Tetsuji plopped onto his bed, ready for a good night's sleep before facing the next day, but sat back up when something crumpled under his back. He picked up the piece of paper and flinched like he was seeing a porn magazine for the first time. He dropped it and it floated under the bed. He didn't dare venture under there to get it. He scurried under his covers, curling up in a ball and pulling them over his head. He whimpered when he felt something moving on the bed… one pressure point, near his feet, which curled up even closer to his body in fetal position. Another one, just behind his back, very thin and soft, like his mother's hand coming to wake him, and another at his head… he couldn't breathe as thin fingertips curled around the edges of his blanket and tightened. His own fists gripped the sheets, not wanting to see the face he knew was currently hidden behind the blanket. With his eyes shut, the blanket was ripped back, giving Tetsuji a dreadful feeling of vulnerability and cold. Thirty seconds passed before he opened his eyes. There was nothing there. He sat up and scooted against his headboard, half holding his breath, half gasping in terror.
"Who's there!" He stage-whispered, afraid to use his full voice. "S-slender… d-don't s-scare me like this-s… show yourself!" He choked, staring at the blanket on the floor. He shrieked as it was suddenly pulled underneath the bed with a light shuffle, leaving only ruffled carpet behind. "God! Stop it! Why are you here!" Tetsuji asked, his voice hysterical as he gripped his hair on both sides of his head. Trembling, he leaned over to where the blanket had been, and two hands suddenly pushed him off the bed from behind. He screamed when a thin figure pinned him to the floor and the lights flipped on. His mother cackled and fell off him to the side, giggling uncontrollably. "MOM! THAT'S NOT COOL!"
"Hahahahaha! Ahh… baby… oh, no, Suji, don't crah-ry-hahahaha!" She grabbed his head and pulled him into her bosom as she laughed. His tears were from fear and anxiety, while hers were pure joy. "Oh, I was watching a scene in this scary movie, I couldn't help but try it," she explained.
"Did you have to pull the blanket off?! Rule number one in a scary movie- the blanket is the safe place!" Tetsuji ranted, standing up and shaking the jitters off.
"I didn't… your blanket was already off, silly… see, it's under your be- how did you manage that? You sleep funny," she teased, pulling it out and tossing it at him.
"Don't joke like that, I know it was you!"
"Alright," his mother put both hands up. "If that's what you wanna believe… can you sleep, you little scaredy bat?"
"I'll be fine," he snapped, snatching the blanket up and tossing it on the bed.
"Okay," she giggled, getting up and kissing his forehead. "I love you~"
"I know… Love you too… Don't do that!" He scolded again. She left with another giggle and closed his door, but as she did, Tetsuji's blanket came to life, hovering tall behind him. He turned around to get in bed, and was engulfed by his blankets. A thick, smooth black rope inside the blanket wrapped around his mouth, and another one wrapped around the corners to form a bag around Tetsuji. Yuu watched and writhed in horror as Slenderman climbed back out the window and took the boys with him, not lifting a finger as his tentacles subdued them both.
tralala! Off to Slendy-land we go :D