This quite different from what i originally thought. This chapter was originally about going to see a horror movie but i favored this one more. Anyway, enjoy.

April's POV

I was lying on my bed with practically nothing to do. It had been two weeks after Dyson saved me from Brady's assault. Brady was consequently expelled from school and ended up in the hospital by Dyson's punch which somehow dislocated his lower jaw. My phone rang as I picked up to see Dyson calling me.

"Hi there Red, how's it going with you?" I forgot to mention how cute his nicknamed me 'Red' albeit being a little offensive but I liked it.

"Officially bored. What about you, Mr. Hoody?" It was kinda silly to call him 'Mr. Hoody' but he didn't mind it and seemed to enjoy it.

"Just checking at Horror Ills to buy new horror movies" Horror Ills? The only place I knew with the name like that was the clothing store for punk, gothic and emo types. Maybe he mistook that for RIP Inc., which was the only store to sell horror movies.

"What's it then?" I asked him anyway assuming he could be joking about it.

"The Peeking" He chuckled which made me slightly confused. Strangely enough, I heard that same chuckled around the room as I looked around to find the source of the sound. While I was looking for the sound, there was somebody reclined on the tree? I came up to the window and opened it to see it was just bunch of kids hanging out.

"What are you guys doing?" They quickly hid something as soon as I asked them.

"Oh just doing some kid stuffs" They looked at me innocently as I stared at them with a poker face.

"Fine, we are going to smoke anyway" They admitted defeat as they showed me the box of cigarettes.

"Are you too young to smoke at the age like that?" I asked as they honestly nodded.

"Now go back to your home and toss that thing away, okay?"

"Yes, Miss April" The other kid said as they began to climb down the tree and I closed the window.

"Funny that 'The Peeking' was an actual horror movie before it was panned by critics" Someone with all-too-familiar voice spoke up as I turned around to see Dyson lying on my bed, holding his phone.

"Hello Red, and by the way I used the back window of the bathroom to sneak in"

"Wait, isn't my mom showering in there?" I seriously asked him to make sure that he didn't do it just to spy on my mom.

"I'm just joking with you, Red. I actually used the backdoor" He said as I came up to my bed and lay next to him.

"So, how could you punch Brady that hard?"

"Three times boxing champion" He surprised me in amazement.

"I didn't know you were a boxer"

"Until now" He chuckled a bit as I joined in with him and then silence came in. After minutes of silence, I spoke up.

"So why did you take up boxing in the first place?" I asked him but there was no response from him as I turned around to see him sad?

"Let talk about that some other times… Anyway, I gotta go and buy some horror movies from RIP Inc." He said as he shot himself up and came up to the window.

"So you were mistaken it for Horror Ills, huh?" I jokingly asked as he chuckled and opened the window.

"If you are free on Friday, could you come to my house to watch some horror movies you buy?" I asked as he was nearly out of the window and raised his eyebrow at me.

"But I though your parent won't allow it" I winked at him as he smirked knowing what I meant. He waved goodbye at me and finally left as I lay down on my bed blushing.

"Wait, why I'm blushing right now?! We are just friend, nothing more… right?" I questioned myself about our relationship. The kiss we had from that night was more than just a friendly kiss, it was more like a passionate kiss. I wondered what he meant by 'it happened to me before'.

-Friday Night-

Dyson's POV

I arrived at April's house as soon as her parent left for work. Before I went to her house, I brought some horror movies she had asked me two weeks ago. I parked inside the garage as soon as she came out the front door and opened the garage door.

"So did you bring them?" She asked me as soon as I came in the living room and simply nodded at her.

"So what did you get?" She said as we sat down on her couch. I opened my bag and took out three horror films as she stunned in amazement.

"So, what do you want to watch first? Zombie Roadkill, Silent Depth or maybe Death Inc." She quickly shook her head and thought for a second before choosing.

"Wow, you always pick the most horrific one. Let see… Zombie Roadkill"

"Nice choice, Red" I handed her the disk as she loaded in the DVD Player as we relaxed and enjoyed our movie night.

-Couple of Hours Later-

"There's something out there… We didn't know of" As the character Captain Rahad said when he found out a mysterious creature lurking in the deep outside in "Silent Depth", April frightfully held onto my arm tightly. Zombie Roadkill was epic in turn of gore factor and of course Death Inc. was funny which perfect for black comedy slapstick humors. A clerk at the RIP Inc. told me to buy "Silent Depth" because of how scary it was, and I thanked for him that because it was scary as shit. Basically, the movie was kinda like Nightmare on Elm Street and Jaws mixed together into this. The movie somehow scared April halfway through the film.

"Are you scared?" I encouragingly asked her as she slightly nodded in fright.

"Don't be afraid. Let me hug you" I gently whispered to her ear so that she could feel less frightened. She suddenly moved her body, sat down on my lap and leaned on my chest as I wrapped around her shoulder and didn't mind about it.

"Feel comfortable?" I asked as she nuzzled up against my chest to say yes. We looked back at the TV to continue watching.

April's POV

"There's nothing out there" As the character Michael denied the existence of the sea monsters, I could sense something was going to happen as the suspense began building up, the sound getting more and more intense. Everything the movie was holding back by this one moment that would make us scared in delight and expectation. As Michael and Captain Rahad came out to see the sea monster first hand. But lightning struck made the whole house blackout as I screamed in sudden fear while holding Dyson tightly. He eventually made me stop by shining his flashlight at me.

"Are you okay?" He asked me as I slightly nodded and looked through the window to see the whole neighborhood was blackout and the sky was raining outside.

"Huh, rainstorm comes early this month… Do you have a lantern?" He asked me about the lantern as I tilted my head upstairs.

"It's in the attic" I panicky said as he patted my shoulder to comfort me. He took out another flashlight from his bag, turned it on and placed it upwards the ceiling to illuminate the room, he then took out a baseball bat and handed to me.

"I'm going to the attic. Whatever you do, just stay put and defend yourself. Got it?" I quickly nodded as he kissed my forehead and went upstairs to the attic to retrieve the lantern. I stood up and held the bat tightly to defend myself but I felt myself shaking uncontrollably from fear and anxiety because I was all alone down here. I grabbed the flashlight and decided to check around which against what Dyson had said to me. I went to check the backdoor to make sure it was fully locked. After checking the backdoor, I checked around the kitchen and then suddenly lightning struck again. It frightened me as I dropped my bat on the floor. I was about to pick it up but someone's footsteps made my skin crawl and sent chill down my spine as I immediately stood up and held flashlight tightly. I couldn't turn around because of the fear overwhelming me and not knowing who could behind me, but eventually I turned around and shined at the person. To my fear and horror, it was a shadowy figure with demonic red eyes staring into my eyes. I froze in fear and dropped the flashlight as I rolled down the floor and kept on shining at him. Even the sound of the falling flashlight didn't make him move as he just stood there and stared at me with those eyes. I took the opportunity by picking up the bat slowly but he spoke up.

"April… April…" He chanted my name in deep demonic voice as I held the bat tightly.

"What do you want?" I yelled at him as he just laughed evilly.

"You will soon reunite with your friend after I kill you" I tore up by the thought of him having killed my best friend. But I shook the thought out of my head and glared at him.

"Through my dead body, you son of the bitch!" I threatened him as he let out a loud shriek and lunged at me. I swung the bat but he managed to grab hold of it, yanked it from my hand and threw it away. He shrieked at me and attacked me as I screamed in fear.

Dyson's POV

After I advised her to stay put and defend herself, I went upstairs to the attic to retrieve the lantern. I shined round the hallway to find the attic and finally found it when I shined at the ceiling which had an access door on it. Unfortunately, it was way too high for me to reach it and so I found a step ladder which conveniently found inside the bathroom. I climbed on it and opened the access door as I peeked over the attic and again conveniently found the lantern as it rested on the trunk. I climbed up and held the lantern up.

"Piece of cake" I proudly said myself but then lightning struck again as the sound of falling baseball bat?!

"April!" I worriedly said as I quickly climbed down and headed downstairs. Once downstairs, I checked the living room to see April wasn't there and so I checked the kitchen as I sighed in relief.

"You got me worried there, April" I relievedly said as I waited for her response but all I got was fear in her face. I could sense the fear overwhelming her as if she was afraid of something. She dropped her flashlight down as it rolled on the floor shining at me.

"April… April…" I tried to call her name as she slowly picked up her bat.

"What do you want?" She yelled at me as I fearfully confused but it took me whole minute to realize one thing: she was hallucinated.

"April, it's me. Dyson, your best friend" I talked to try to snap her from her hallucination but all I got was tears from her.

"Through my dead body, you son of the bitch" She suddenly threatened me as if I was a monster.

"April, it's me Dyson. Snap out of it. It's just your imagination" I tried to talk to make some sense as I slowly approached her. Then all sudden, she swung her bat at me trying to attack me but I managed to grab hold of it, yanked it of her hand and threw it away.

"Snap out of it, April. Snap out of it" I tried to shout at her so that I might snap her back to reality but I only made her screamed in pain and agony. I tried to grab hold so that she could calm down but she kept on screaming. I had no other ways to stop her from screaming and hallucinating. But she gave me no choices for me to do this.

"I'm sorry" I pleadingly said as I raised my hand and slapped hard on her face made her fell on the floor. I knelt down beside her to check if she was back to normal. I waited and waited for her to response but nothing came up.

"Please April, wake up. I don't lose you just like what happened to Lola" I begged her but all I heard was nothing. I hung my head down and tore a droplet of my tear on the floor knowing the outcome.

"Dyson…" I was thought all were lost but she spoke up making me feel relief and hope that she was still alive. I looked at her with relief as she looked at me tearing from fear and sorrow. She quickly pulled me in to hug her as she began sobbing from what happened.

"I'm afraid, Dyson" She fearfully said as she buried her head into my chest and sobbed her heart out.

"Don't worry. I'm here to protect you" I calmly said to her as I patted her shoulder to comfort her while outside was still raining. I picked her fragile and vulnerable body and carried her to the living room where she could feel free from fear and anxiety.

April's POV

Dyson carried me to the living room and put me down on the couch. He turned on the lantern and sat down next to me as I curled up and sobbed.

"It's okay April. You are safe now" He calmly said to relieve me but I was still crying from that nightmarish encounter with the 'Shadow Man'. I wanted to erase it away but I just couldn't as if it had haunted me ever since 'it' happened.

"I figured that you needed something to warm yourself off. And so I grabbed this blanket with your name on it while I was in the attic" He handed me the blanket as I instantly recognized it.

"There you are, Blanky. Where have you been?" I took it from him and covered myself with it as Dyson looked at me with relieved smile on his face.

"It's your old blanket, right?" I nodded as he sighed in relief and looked up to the ceiling. I slowly crawled in his lap and leaned on his chest. It felt warm and safe whenever he was around to protect and accompanied me.

"Why did you scream at me when I approached you?" He worriedly asked as I tried to pull back the tears and finally told him about 'it'.

"When I was five years old, my mom gave birth to my little baby brother named Vincent"

"Why you had a little brother?" He surprised as he looked down at me.

"Well, not anymore. Because of 'Shadow Man'"

"'Shadow Man'?" He curiously asked about him. I almost forgot that he just recently moved here, so I guessed I had to tell him about it.

"He was a serial killer murdering innocent people and kidnapping children. He always wore a tuxedo and a mask so that nobody could recognized him"

"So what it had to do with your little brother then?" He asked regarding to Vincent, my little brother.

"When my mom took us to the supermarket to do her shopping, she left us to find something just as 'he' showed up…" I paused as I tried to pull the tears back in, but it was too painful for me to do it. Dyson noticed my tears and kissed on my forehead as I wiped the tears and regained my confidence and continued my story.

"…Me and my little brother just played around in the shopping cart as 'he' came up to us and took us to somewhere"

"What happened next?"

"At first, I confused 'him' for my mom but I spotted my mom at another aisle as I called her out loud… She eventually heard my call and turned as she dropped the food item with fear. 'He' noticed my mom and ran taking us with him as my mom screamed out…" I paused again as I wiped the tears off my face and continued on.

"As the other people heard my mom's scream and noticed him, they began surrounding and blocked the exit where 'he' could escape and by that moment I felt afraid and hugged my little brother as he began to cry… And then…" My voice cracked as I sobbed my heart out because… I just couldn't do it.

"Little brother,
I remember when you first came home
Then came another
Little brother of our own.

Even when you break my toys,
You will always be my
Little brothers
'Cause you're younger, we're related, and you're boys

Even when you're making too much noise
You will always be my
Little brothers
'Cause you're younger, we're related, and you're boys

Little brothers
Little brothers
Little brothers..."

He suddenly sang to me as I stopped sobbing and him nuzzling my hair. I began to feel confident once again and wiped the tears off my face.

"And then 'he' yanked my little brother of me and threatened to shoot him if they didn't let 'him' escape"

"They did, didn't they?" Dyson asked as I began to tear a droplet of sorrow.

"Yes, they did. They were afraid and worried about the baby and so they including my mom let him escape and that was the last time I saw my little brother Vincent"

"Did the police find 'him'?" He worriedly asked me if they had found 'him' yet.

"For almost thirteen years, they haven't found him ever since what happened at the supermarket"

"I'm sorry about what happened to your brother and you" He sympathized with me as I finally could smile as if the fear and the pain from the memory had been erased forever.

"It's okay Dyson. I just hope that my little brother is still out there somewhere" Dyson relievedly smiled as he yawned which got me join in yawning with him and afterwards we both drifted to sleep as outside still raining heavily.

-Saturday Morning-

"Honey, we are home" I woke up and slowly opened my eyes to see my mom and dad were finally home.

"Hi Mom and Dad" I greeted them as they raised their eyebrow at me.

"Why are you sleeping in the living room instead of your room?" My dad asked as I got up the couch and yawned.

"Me and my friend were having a movie night. And then rainstorm came and ruined the night" I said as my mom's eyes widened.

"Don't worry mom. We had flashlights and I told my friend to get the lantern" I quickly said as she sighed in relief.

"What a relief! Anyway, go clean yourself and then eat your breakfast" My mom ordered me as I happily nodded and went upstairs to the bathroom. Halfway through the stairs, I slapped my forehead for being an idiot. I forgot to ask him about 'it happened to me before' and him taking up boxing. Oh well, might as well.

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