A/N- Why is it so much harder for me to write fluff than it is for me to write angst? *grumbles* Oh, and I wrote a little ministory featuring young Slendy and young Totheark at Christmas time. It's called No Room at the Inn. Now, on with the story and on with stopping of story advertising. *laughs*

Totheark was healed and had decided to go home to change out of his bloodied clothing. Anne had decided that she just had to go with him-"to make sure you're alright" she had said. Despite Slendy insisting that Totheark was fine and was a big boy who didn't need someone to hold his hand in order to get home safely, the short woman had went along anyway. She didn't care what Slendy had to say. She was going to go with Totheark whether he liked it or not-and he most certainly did not like it. It had taken Ellaina yelling at the two to get Slendy to relent and let Anne go along with Totheark, who had been laughing throughout the entire exchange.

Ellaina had changed into something she was more accustomed to-jeans and a baggy t-shirt. She was now sitting at her computer, the program for her Slenderman game open. The problem was that she had no idea what to make the note say. It had been so long since she had played the part of der Ritter. She could just ask the One this game was created after to write up a note, but she had no idea where he had gone. He had been in the family room when she went to go change her clothing-not something she particularly enjoyed considering that there was a dead body in her room. Now, though, she had no idea where he could have gone.

It was therefore a surprise when the object of her thoughts appeared behind her with a simple greeting of hello. She jumped, not expecting him to do that. It had been quite some time since he had given her a good scare. He only laughed as she tried to get her breathing back under control. She glared at him, crossing her arms over her chest, and stuck her tongue out. This only earned her an amused look from him.

"You are such a jerk," Ellaina commented, turning back to focus on the computer game. She really did need to update this game. The last time it had been updated was before she had "died" in Slendy's arms. That was something she did not like to think about. The pain she had heard in his voice had nearly killed her. Shaking those thoughts away, she decided to pull up the last note that had been posted to the game.

Leave me alone, Humans. I am in no mood to play now. Collect the notes and leave me. I will not disturb you. Just leave me to myself. There are no notes in the house.

Ellaina did not remember this note. It was so vastly different from all the others. It made der Ritter seem almost weak. She knew that she had never made anything like this-Slendy would have deleted it in a heartbeat. Her brow furrowed as she tried to recall ever making this note. It was after a few moments that she saw the date this was posted-sometime after Christmas. That wasn't possible, though. By that time she had been in the hands of Slenderman's father. She looked to the man standing behind her. Maybe he could remember.

I was keeping the game updated…as a way to preserve your memory, Slenderman provided, his voice tight as he recalled that time when he thought her dead. That was the truth of it. He had thought her dead, by his own hand. The game was the only thing, beside her presents, that he had had left of her. Keeping the game updated was like keeping a part of her alive. The last note he had posted certainly wasn't up to the level the normal notes were, but it had been something. He continued, And then Anne showed up saying you weren't gone and, well, I stopped with the updates. I thought finding you was more important. He looked away from her, rather embarrassed by the emotion he could hear in his voice. He wasn't supposed to act like this. He was supposed to be some sort of emotionless monster, wasn't he? So, how was it that Ellaina was making him feel like he was human again? He knew that there was no hope that he could ever be human again, so it would be better for him to act like he did when he first met her, wouldn't it? But, he liked feeling human again, and he loved the way Ellaina was able to accept him so easily. She managed to see what little humanity that he had left inside of himself, something that even he wasn't able to see all of the time. She even knew how inhuman he could be, and she still somehow managed to care about him. It wasn't right for him to stay as a part of her life, but that's the way he wanted his life to be. If he could just make his plan work, perhaps he would get the chance to stay with her.

Ellaina sighed. She could tell that Slenderman was deep in thought once again. This wasn't what she wanted. They had had hardly any time alone with one another since he had saved her from his father. What little time they had had together had been interrupted by Anne, nightmares, or forces trying to kill them. It wouldn't be long until Anne came back with Totheark, so she wanted to make the most of what time they had.

Ellaina, things have been…well, stressful lately, wouldn't you agree? he asked, interrupting her thoughts. He picked at some dried blood on his tie, unable to look at her. He should really go home and change. She needed to agree to this next part in order for his plan to work.

She nodded. It was clear that he was up to something.

So far so good, he thought. Well, don't humans usually go away from home when they are stressed? You know, go to a place they have never been to in order to relax.

"It's called a vacation, Slendy," Ellaina replied, smiling at the fact that he still didn't know some common things of the world around him. It was honestly quite cute when she thought about it. Seeing him cross his arms over his chest, she guessed that he had picked up on her thoughts. Ellaina merely smiled sweetly.

Yes, a vacation, or whatever you want to call it. Well, why don't we go on one? I suppose that we could take Anne and Totheark along. I don't trust those two being left on their own. There's no telling what trouble they will get themselves into. They should already be back by now. Slenderman replied. He really did not like the idea of Anne being with Totheark. The girl was not good enough for his boy-well, the boy he raised. He really needed to stop considering the boy his son. Biologically, the boy was not related to him in the least. Still, he liked playing the part of father. Totheark insisted that he had done a good job at it.

"Don't worry about them. I'm sure that Anne will be able to take good care of Totheark. But, let's go back to that first part of what you said. You want to take me on a vacation?" Ellaina asked. He most certainly was up to something. He never did things for fun, well as far as she knew. He had only once played around with her in the snow. That was a memory she certainly liked. When she saw Slendy merely nod, it only confirmed her suspicions. He was indefinitely up to something, though she had no idea what. He always had a purpose for things, so she doubted it that he only wanted to take her somewhere for fun. "Well, where would we go?"

Paris? came the reply. It was supposed to be really nice there, and it was supposed to be a city for young love. In business they said that location was everything, or so he had heard. He didn't want to treat his plan as a business deal, but that's what it seemed to be turning into.

Ellaina shook her head, standing up to face him. "Paris sounds great, but you, my good sir, are so up to something." She put her hands on her hips, trying to look intimidating, despite how much taller he was than her. "What are you planning, my Slenderman? You better tell me, or I'll never tell you how much I love you again."

Slendy pulled her close to him, tendrils keeping her held against him. His hands trailed odd paths up her back, making her tremble. Hmm, I think that is a lie, my Little One. He lightly kissed her forehead, her nose, and then her lips. He felt her relax into him; she pulled herself closer to him if that was even possible. He liked this feeling. It was far better than nightmares or torture. He pulled away from her, looking her in the eyes. Do you love me now, my Ellaina?

"Tell me what you have planned and I will," she replied, trying to break away from the hold he had on her. She knew that if he kept this up, he would win. She would forget her thoughts.

He pulled her to him again, meeting his nonexistent lips to her perfectly human ones. The tendrils began to trail over her back, finding small sensitive areas. Her body trembled against his as he continued this action. Oh, he quite enjoyed the way she was reacting to him. He would be able to kill two birds with one stone. He would be able to distract her and get his revenge for what she had done to him in the hotel room. Again, he pulled away from her and allowed the tendrils to drop from her body. Hmm, don't you love your Slenderman? He loves you very much.

"If-if my Slendy loves me, he would tell me his plans," she replied, her resolve weakening. He had never touched her like this. Even at the hotel, he had not done this. She had been the one finding his sensitive spots. No one had ever made her feel this way. She did love him, of that she had no doubt in her mind. Her thoughts were interrupted when he suddenly pulled her to him again.

He could feel her resolve dropping away. If he kept this up, she would completely forget what she wanted to know. Ellaina couldn't very well know what he had planned. It would ruin everything. So, he would need to distract her completely. He certainly hadn't done anything like this before, and was only following the example Ellaina had set back in the hotel room. Slowly, he moved his lips from hers to her neck, like she had done. There was one area that his lips brushed over that made her shudder. He moved back to that area, kissing it. Clearly, he found the right spot as she suddenly pushed herself against him and her hands gripped at his shoulders.

Slendy stopped, pulling away from her completely leaving no part of him in contact with her flesh. She looked at him with wide eyes. He had her right where he wanted her. Oh, he knew it was bad of him to treat her like this, but it was easy and he loved the feeling of it. Don't you love me, my dear?

"Yes. Yes, I love you more than anything, more than life. Now, don't stop what you started." Ellaina replied, wanting more than anything to feel him so close to her again.

He internally smiled. This was so perfect. Hmm, I'm sorry my dear, but we will need to finish this later. I must use the restroom. And, you do need your sleep after what you've been through.

Ellaina openly stared at him for a long moment before she realized what he was doing. Her mouth dropped open. He couldn't do this. He-he wasn't a tease! She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, keeping up with the show. "You expect me to sleep now?"

Slendy couldn't help but laugh as he continued, "Yes, I do, Ms. Ellaina." He internally chided himself for emphasizing the ms in her name.

"Well, well, well," came a voice from behind Slenderman. He knew that voice all too well. He turned to find Totheark and Anne standing there, both red in the face and trying not to laugh. Totheark looked to Anne, "Looks like Slendy has some talents I didn't know about."

Ellaina's eyes grew wide and her face turned red upon realizing that her friend and Totheark had been watching them. She didn't know how long they had been there, and she really didn't want to know. She never acted like this in front of people, and she doubted that anyone had ever seen Slendy act this way. Her eyes turned to him.

Well, I have to go. I'm a bit messy, Slendy stated before simply teleporting away. He was not about to deal with the comments Totheark or Anne would come up with. He had thought that they were alone. He should have been able to sense those two, but no, he had been too focused on his Little One. She could prove to be so incredibly distracting. Still, he was not about to complain. He would certain let her "distract" him again-so long as Totheark and Anne stayed out of the room!

Ellaina glared at the empty spot that was once the Slenderman. He could be such a jerk sometimes. He should have stayed here to deal with the embarrassment.

"So, Ellaina, it seems like Slendy was having a good time, eh?" Anne asked.

The taller of the two women glared at her friend. "Maybe I should just let Slendy kill you. Anyway, he decided to take us to Paris, so you both better go pack. And stop laughing at me!"

Neither did stop laughing as they left her home to go and do as she told them. She walked to her room to pack as well, fully intending to kick Slendy in the shin as soon as he came back. He was so evil!