Chapter 6: Painful truth

"Stay away from this guy! He is acting sweet because he is trying to get you in bed!"

I stared surprisingly at the faceless man. I couldn't believe my ears anymore for the thing I just heard from him. "Trying to get me in what?!"

"Damn… Are you crazy?!" Davin said out loud while rubbing his head. "You suddenly popped out, ruined our moment together and then said that to her?! And stop pretending to be Slenderman to scare us!"

"You think that I'm fake, huh…?" Whenever he was fake or not, Slenderman growled at him in a very deep voice before releasing his tentacles toward Davin who was widening his eyes more. They snatched the collar of his shirt and pulled him up to the air. Davin choked out while holding his neck.

"Ah! What the- Put me down, asshole! What the hell are you doing?!"

"Well, you said that I'm fake, so I am showing that I'm the real and original Slenderman from the Internet you human created. Does this prove enough?"

"Ack…! Ah! AHH!" Davin chocked even more. Slenderman raised him up and was about to throw him down to the ground before I yelled uncontrollably.

"STOP!"

Slenderman stopped midway and looked at me for a while. Facing me fear, I looked at him forcefully and said as I put my hands on my chest. "Please, put him down! I don't want to see him getting hurt! I promise that I won't tell this to anyone or do anything you don't want! I swear! Just don't hurt him, please!"

He stared at me as the silence between us continued. The bright light of the moon shone down to us as I stayed brave and kept looking at the tall man. I didn't know if it was because of me or not, but his expression softened down as we looked at each other. After a while, he finally put Davin down to the ground safely. I was about to run up to him before Slenderman blocked me again. He knelt down a bit so our eyes level was the same.

"I don't want you to do anything beside keep yourself safe from this man."

And with that said, he vanished away within a blink of an eye. Did he just… teleport?

"Ugh…" The groan of Davin brought me back to reality. I ran up to him and knelt down.

"Davin! Are you feeling alright?! Does it hurt a lot?"

"Ow… Yeah, it does hurt, but not very much."

I helped him getting up. He dusted his clothes and sighed. "What did just happen…? This dude just suddenly popped out from nowhere and attacked me. And what was he thinking about saying that I was trying to get you knocked off?! What's wrong with him?"

"Forget about that Davin, I'm just glad that you're okay. Gosh, I was so worried when he was going to throw you down." I sighed as I held my hand on my forehead.

"Yes, my head could have been broken if you didn't say that. So… thanks a lot."

"No prob."

"But hey…about my question…"

Understanding what he was hinting, I started to think about that for a while. Davin seems to be a nice guy, but after what had happened a moment ago, I had to think back. Why did that man said that, and was he truly Slenderman or not? And what about that evil grin I saw on Davin's face before that happened? Was it because of me or did he really grin?

I inhaled and finally spoke up. "Davin, I need time to think about this. I hope you understand that I don't want to rush. Relationship things are… difficult, you know."

He nodded. "Hey, don't push yourself too hard. I'll give you time to consider about this. And don't worry, I'm not annoyed or angry and will wait patiently."

"Thanks a lot. I really need to hear that."

Phew, class had finally ended. I was walking toward the university gate alone without Delin because she was absence today. She sent me a text to tell me that she had a temperature, so I was thinking about heading to her house and checked her up. Maybe I'll help her with the assignments. She always has a problem with them, so the situation might get worse with the fever she was having.

As I was walking, I heard a familiar voice. I turned toward the direction of the voice and saw Davin with another guy that I didn't know.

"Hey, how's your thing with Konna going?" That guy asked.

Hearing my name, I quickly hid behind the tree and continued to hear their conversation. They were talking about me…

Davin answered with a calm look. "Well, she said that she needed time to think about it, so I gave her time. But I'm sure that she'll soon fall into my trap."

What?!

"Yo! You're talking about that plan you said to me a few days ago, aren't you?"

"Exactly. That night I acted like a gentleman, and she's a very soft girl so she'll definitely accept my… feelings. And when the time comes, I will get her onto the bed with me and then leave her for my next target. Well, she might get pregnant like some girls before though, but that doesn't matter. Heheheh…"

"Damn, that's fucking savage man."

"Hey, don't say that to me. I have done this to many ladies, you know. Oh, forget to tell you about this."

"About what, Davin?"

"When I was going to succeed in getting her to accept me confession, a strange guy popped out from nowhere and knocked the fuck out of me. He almost spoiled my plan too, but good thing that she didn't care about that." Davin said annoyingly.

"Welp, I guess that you got lucky." The other guy crossed his arm in front of his chest.

"Yeah, but I almost fell off the cliff because of him."

As they continued talking, all I could do was to stood there in silence while clutching my chest. Tears ran down my cheeks. Why…? Davin seems so nice and oddly shy, but I didn't expect him to be this kind of person.

Evil.

Lustful.

Dark.

Liar.

Why…? I thought I had found a right man to spend my life with. So he was toying with my feelings, huh?

I left in silence.

"Um… so why do you want me to meet you here?"

Davin asked as I was standing still in front of him. During break time, I asked him to meet at the field behind the university. He seemed to be a little anxious and nervous, but I wasn't going to fall for that again. I already knew that he was wearing his mask over his true self.

"Well…" I said nervously (acted nervous, actually). "I promised you that I'll give you the answer once I had thought about it. You remembered, right."

He scratched his head. "Oh, right! S… so, uh… you finally have the answer."

"Yes."

I walked toward him and close the distant between us. As we were a few inches away, I looked up at him and he looked at me as well. We stared at each other for a while. I spoke up again…

"Davin… I…"

… before slapping him. In a very painful way.

"…I can't believe you're that kind of person!"

He held one hand over the place where I slapped him and stared at me confusingly. "Konna, why did you slap me? And what are you talking about?"

"Don't act like you don't know anything anymore!" I pointed a finger at him as I said forcefully. "You had been playing with me all the time, so that you could get me into a relationship with you and then leave me after spending a 'night' with me! That's your plan, isn't it?!"

"Konna! I swear that I don't know anything about this! What plan? I truly love you Konna! I really do!"

"Just get out of your mask already! I heard your conversation between you and your friend, so there's nothing for you to resist anymore! Goodbye!"

And with that said, I turned my back and left with saying anything else.

Sorry for my late update. I was being busy with exams lately and didn't have time.

But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Leave a review and I'll see you again soon (not really).

Bye!