Disclaimer: Creepypasta characters belong to their rightful owners, aka not me. Nick and Vivian belong to me. Any and all depictions are headcannons so I apologize if they aren't correct.

The way he looked at her, one could swear he loved her. Nick was just as certain of it, but he enjoyed their friendship too much to risk jeopardizing it with such feelings. He glanced over to one of their house guests; Masky, he believed. Masky was staring at Vivian and he couldn't read his expression because of the mask. That's what bothered him the most about these people. He liked to see people's eyes and expressions, and he couldn't with them. The way the white 'faced' suited man talked, made it sound like there were more to come. He hoped they weren't all masked.

"Nick, here's your breakfast," Vivian said, worried about the look on his face.

He practically cheered as he immediately dug in. Vivian chuckled and started to clean up. At least the house guests didn't have to eat, as far as she could tell. Masky moved so she could get by. Toby had joined them at some point and ever so often he twitched and giggled almost every time her eyes darted when he twitched. It wasn't something she couldn't control, she saw something move so she wanted to see what it was. She was annoyed with them and that only seemed to amuse them more.

"Smells great. Where is my plate?"

Her eyes widened as the owner to this new voice came into view. Nick cursed then coughed when the food in his mouth went down the wrong pipe. They both stopped and stared at the newcomer. He had a white hoodie on and messy black hair and no eyelids by the looks of it. There were also slits on either side of his mouth giving him a permanent smile. It was sickening to look at and they didn't have to be told that he was part of their house guests' group.

"Well...that's a great welcome..."

He didn't look upset, rather, he looked more amused than anything. He walked to one of the stools at their bar area and sat down, leaning his cheek onto his hand as he slowly looked over Vivian. Masky cleared his throat, bringing her out of her trance and back to cooking. One part of the deal they made was that they would clean up after themselves as long as her or Nick cooked. Something about arsenic and a mishap and they left it at that. Last thing they needed was to put too much trust in these murderers. Slenderman made it clear that they wouldn't be killed as long as they were useful to them.

"Thanks, babe,"Jeff said in a sarcastic tone when she put a plate of food in front of him. He promptly started to eat.

"It's Vivian," She mumbled softly, but she was sure that he brushed it off anyways.

After a few minutes of silent staring on the normal humans' part, Nick decided to speak what was on his mind, like the curious idiot he was.

"Dude...you look fucked up..."

Vivian hit on the side of his head.

"Ouch! What," he exclaimed, "You're thinking it too! He doesn't have eyelids! How do you sleep?"

"Not without complication," he said, annoyed now, "You get used to it after a while. I'm Jeff by the way."

"I told you my name, Vivian," she started, "And the idiot is Nick."

Nick pouted at her but then shrugged, knowing that she was right. He knew he was an idiot at times, if not all the time.

"I see..."

"Kind of hard not to...do you need some eye drops? I have some upstairs."

Vivian sighed and gave up, going to let him learn by his own mistake now as she moved to make her own breakfast as she cleaned as she went. If he was stupid enough to keep annoying the guy with a knife sticking out of his hoodie's pocket, then he would have to deal with the consequences. She made a plate of herbal grains and fruit from her own garden. She moved past Masky and Toby moved so she could sit, looking like he was fawning over her like a new toy, leaning over the table to stare either at her food or at her. She ignored him and started to eat.

Nick, on the other hand, decided that he was stupid enough to die today. Jeff had already gripped the knife and had even stuck it into the counter, earning an annoyed sound from the female behind him.

"Look kid..."

"Kid? What are you? 14?"

"...You're really getting on my nerves..."

"I can see your nerves. I was serious about those eye drops."

"Ok, that's it."

Nick grinned and hopped up as Jeff did as well, moving around with his knife barred in the air.

"It's time for you to go...to...sleep," he cackled as he kept swinging as he talked.

Suddenly a black tentacle separated the two, slamming Jeff against the wall and pushing Nick onto his back. Another made it's way into Hoodie and Slenderman's booming and annoyed voice sounded out. Vivian had to cover her ears, having highly sensitive hearing. She hit the floor on her knees and hid under the table, making Toby twitch and giggle at her.

"Stop it," Slenderman exclaimed, "Jeff I told you to watch your anger! Nick...I don't know how much more protection to give than to not be an idiot!"

Jeff scoffed and stabbed the tentacle until he was dropped. "I'm going upstairs. Hey toots, show me to my room."

She looked up and slowly nodded as she got out from under the table and walked over to him. She straightened out her skirt and she jumped slightly when Toby appeared at her side.

"Slendy told me to go with you," he explained at her questioning look and Jeff's annoyed one. She appreciated this. With a soft 'follow me' she led the two up the stairs. Anything to get away from the scary man downstairs. She still wasn't used to all of this, whereas Nick just seemed to treat it like normal house guests. Maybe she should do that.

She looked back at them and smiled. She had their attention, but she couldn't think of anything to say. They stopped and she cleared her throat, blushing.

Jeff chuckled, "You're a cutie. Too bad I can't stick my knife in you." With that he went into the room, leaving her to process how he meant that to come off. She pushed it off and chuckled it off.

Downstairs Nick had started to clean up the mess, Slenderman having left once he was sure Jeff was away safely. Surprisingly, the two other proxies were helping him. When Vivian and Toby joined them, the job was done rather fast. Vivian left for her job, leaving Nick alone with the murderers...for the first time...