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Chapter 8:

(Masky's pov)

A few days later, we made it back to the Mansion. By this time, Hoodie had managed to calm down. I hoped next time we had to do this, that he wouldn't freeze up like that, we could have gotten caught, and I was scared for him, because if he was ever paired with another creepypasta and they had him kill, they would not hesitate to leave him to be caught. Hopefully though, that wouldn't happen.

Usually Hoodie slept in my bed with me, he's had nightmares ever since then, he was afraid that the girl's spirit would come back to haunt him or something like that. I was afraid that if Slender saw us sleeping with one another, that he would separate us… But… That didn't stop us, I… I couldn't separate from him…

It would have been cruel to not sleep with him and keep him safe in this time of fear. I had to keep him safe... I had to comfort him and make sure he wasn't scared on our next mission.

At the moment, we were resting for the first time in hours in my bed, I was reading a book I had stolen from EJ. Thankfully, the blue masked cannibal hadn't noticed or my kidneys would be gone. Well, at least I hoped he didn't notice.

'Masky Hoodie, come to my office...' Slenders voice called. We looked at each other and stood, quickly pulling on our masks before going to Slender's office.

When we got through the hallways, managing to not be murdered by the killers on the way. I knocked on the door to Slender's office.

"Enter." his voice said.

We entered the room. "Yes master?" We spoke in unison.

"I just wanted to remind you that any 'feelings' for each other that you may or may not have had in the past when you are humans, are in the past, and that you have no time for them now. I am not saying that you do. I'm just making that more clear." Slender said.

"Yes master..." I said softly, though Hoodie remained silent.

"Am I clear?" He asked. We both nodded. "Alright, you may return to what you were doing" he said, going back to the files on his desk and checking them over and reading them. We both left, Hoodie clenching his fists.

When we left the room and were out of earshot I looked over at him, "what's wrong?" I asked, my voice a whisper.

"I hate him..." Hoodie muttered. I was shocked, he had never said anything against our master before, it was usually just me…

"I know…" I murmured, leading him back to our room. Hoodie hugged my waist tightly. I opened the door to our room and closed it behind me before I hugged him back.

"I wish he'd let us be together... I don't think I could take it if we have to hide it..." He sniffed.

"I know but… That doesn't mean we don't love each other, we can still date in secret…" I purred, nuzzling my nose against his, once I removed our masks. He nodded slightly, nuzzling against my chest. I guided him to our bed and set him down.

I hugged him gently and kissed the top of his head, muttering words of reassurance, I was surprised at how upset he was, though I had to admit, I was upset too, after all Slender was trying to keep us from loving each other. Why couldn't proxies have love? We were still people God dammit!

How come the creepypastas like Jeff and Ben drowned were allowed to love? It wasn't fair. I hugged Hoodie tighter, kissing his forehead. It really wasn't fair...

"T-Tim…. I-I h-hate it h-h-here…" Brian cried softly.

"I know Brian.. I do too..." I murmured.

"C-can't w-we l-leave?" Brian whispered.

"I-I don't know..." I said softly. "Slender… He'd kill us if we tried…" I whispered, stroking his hair, feeling his soft raven hair against my skin. I wished we could leave too... but I didn't want anything to happen to Brian… If anything happened to him… I don't know what I'd do. I looked at the clock. "shit..."

"What?" Hoodie asked. "What's wrong?"

"It's dinner soon..." I muttered. "And we CANNOT be late again."

"Dammit, you're right…" Hoodie muttered. Now that we've both been cooking supper for so long, we've actually been getting better, though Hoodie was the best at cooking now, I could only make grilled cheese and macaroni and cheese, bowls of ice cream… Toast…. Uh… Not much else… I might think of some later... We both pulled on our masks, dashing out of the room.

We both skidded into the kitchen and began getting everything prepared, since we were proxies, not only were we Slender's servants, but the servants of the entire household...

"You two better not burn my damn kidneys again." We turned to the voice, seeing Eyeless Jack in the doorway along with Jeff and Laughing Jack.

"Y-yes E-EJ," Hoodie murmured. Jeff walked up to us, making us back away slightly. We stayed silent and backed up a bit. We knew how much Jeff and LJ loved to torment us...

"W-what do y-you want?" I gulped, fear pounding through my chest, wait, no that was my heart, fear was that lump in my throat, I was glad I had a mask on, I was sure fear was painted across my face as if it was a canvas. My breath caught in my throat when a knife was placed at my throat.

"Just reminding you how a mistake could easily cause my knife to slip." he grinned sadistically. I couldn't move my head to even so much as nod to let him know I understood.

"L-Leave him alone." Hoodie said suddenly. Jeff turned his gaze to Hoodie.

"What'd ya say pipsqueak?" He challenged, standing up straighter.

"Leave him a-alone." Hoodie repeated.

Jeff released my throat and went to Hoodie, "why don't you shut your trap before I shut it for you," he growled. Hoodie stood up straight..

"N-no." Before the blink of an eye, Jeff's fist had clashed with Hoodie's face and had knocked the smaller boy off his feet. He hit the counter and fell to the floor.

I felt rage fill me to the brim, he hurt Brian! Before I knew what I was doing I had taken him by the throat and began thrashing him furiously, I could feel his thin body flail, trying to escape, my grasp. Suddenly, tentacles wrapped around me, forcing me away from Jeff. I struggled against them, barely feeling them restrain me, I wanted to kill him! He hurt my Hoodie! They tightened around my body, threatening to tear my limbs off.

"Let me go!" I snarled, blind from fury.

"MASKY!" A voice shouted angrily. Then I paused. I realized who had been restraining me…. Fuck…. The tentacles tightened again.

"M-master S-Slender," I said, trying to swallow the lump of fear in my throat.

"What do you think you're doing?" Slender growled furiously.

"J-Jeff w-was b-bullying us…" I whispered softly.

"I was just giving them some advice." Jeff said innocently. I cursed mentally, knowing that Slender would sooner believe him than me and Hoodie.

"He's lying!" I cried angrily "he had a knife to my throat! And then he punched Hoodie when he stood up for me!" My voice must have sounded pretty desperate because I could see some savage amusement in Jeff's blue eyes. Slender looked at me and Jeff. I prayed he'd take my side just this once... not Jeff's. But it seemed luck wasn't in my favor.

"Go to your room, no supper for you or Hoodie for a week, and you both are to get to work an hour earlier tomorrow morning" Slender growled.

"Y-Yes Master..." We both said softly. Slender's tentacles dropped me to the floor. I walked over to Hoodie and helped him stand, then I lead him to our walked into our room, Hoodie sitting on the bed. I took his mask off seeing a big bruise on his cheek. He lowered his head slightly.

"This is my fault..." He murmured.

"No… It's not," I whispered, getting some cream for his bruise from the nightstand drawer, we usually kept some there because of how often we were tormented by the pasta's.

"If I kept my mouth shut... this wouldn't have happened..." He sniffed.

"It's their fault, not yours…" I murmured, taking two fingers and sticking it into the cream and taking out a glob before gently smearing it on Hoodie's bruise. He winced slightly. I paused and removed my mask, then I kissed his forehead gently. "You know…" I started, a small smile playing on my lips, he needed to be cheered up. "You're still beautiful, even with this bruise," I chuckled, rubbing more cream onto the bruise. He sniffled, a small smiling playing on his lips. "There's that smile I love to see," I purred, kissing his full lips gently. He smiled wider. "Smile more often Angel," I chuckled, stroking his other cheek with my fingertips gently.

"Okay." He smiled. "But only if you do,"

"Then I will," I chuckled, putting the cap back onto the cream and stuffing it back into the nightstand drawer. I sat beside him, holding him close to my chest. "I love you…" I whispered to him, laying down on our bed and turning off the light of the lamp (which was the only source of light we had in this room).

"I love you too..." He murmured. I pulled the warm blankets around us and held him.

"We'll get through this together…" I murmured. He nodded, nuzzling against my chest. I smiled, and together, we drifted off to sleep.