|Silent whispers| SleepyBoisInc. Ghost Au

- Chapter 8 -

The man in the grey shirt and sunglasses gave the boy a look of surprise. He stood there, still, almost speechless.

''Hey! I asked a question'' the blond-haired teen yelled, snapping him out of his daze. He continued to wave his hand in front of his face until Eret took a step back.

Eret was lost for words, the house had been empty for a long time, furthermore, He hadn't heard any news about another group staying here. This was an unexpected meeting, if she knew there would be new residents, he wouldn't have dropped by. The boy continued to stare at him, arms crossed until another one with a green flannel shirt burst out of the front door. ''Tommy, Are you okay? Who's He?'' He asked, pointing towards his direction.

Sensing some hostility directed towards him, Eret, raised both his hands in defense before speaking, ''Are you the new owners?'' guessing this was the safest route to go down. His assumptions were confirmed when the boys gave her a swift nod."What are you doing here? There isn't anyone else here"

''Oh, Wilbur was a good friend of mine...he was one of the previous owners. I just visit time to time'' Eret said, gesturing towards the pile of wilting blue flowers on the front porch. ''Wilbur's favorites'' He added before pausing, letting out a loud sigh before giving the bouquet in his hands a sidelong glance. The boys gave him a look of suspicion, looking him up and down before the brown-haired teen gave the blond a nod. "My name's Toby and this is Tommy," Toby said, poking Tommy before letting out a small laugh the furious blond sent him an annoyed glare.

"Eret" She answered, giving the house a squint when she thought she saw a curtain move. Must be her imagination. Looking around the area in surprise when she swore she saw something in the second bedroom window. ''So...How come you're the only one who has come by?'' said Tommy raising an eyebrow as he gestured at the dull shades of blue that littered around the front porch, interrupting her train of thoughts. ''It seems like you were the only one coming here in a long time''

''I- Well, everyone is trying to move on but well, I can't'' Eret muttered, her grip on the flowers tightening. Guilt wrecked him, this was his fault... She shouldn't have said anything, it was a selfish move on her part and it cost the life of another. Why had she agreed? Was she too tired to notice how suspicious the guy was? Or was it out of pure selfishness? Either way, she couldn't remember much, just that deep feeling of guilt.

Feeling even worse than she did before she turned around, pointing towards the woods, ''Yeah, I should be going, things to do you know?'' She said before starting to walk off hurriedly, the flowers in his hands long forgotten. ''Bye Eret! It was nice meeting you'' Toby exclaimed as Eret started to back away, oblivious to Toby's remark. Before anyone could say anything else, she broke out into a sprint, running through the forest.

Running through the greenery and trees, Eret made her way towards a small cliff ledge she liked to sit on from time to time whenever she needed a place to think. Sitting down, she let out a small sob, she wanted to move on but how could she? This was all her fault, if any of her friends knew, will they ever talk to her again? Knowing that she was the cause of it all?

Even the sight of fresh flowers in her hands made her feel bad.

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''He didn't leave the flowers'' Tubbo muttered, voicing his concerns over the whole encounter.

Tommy on the other hand was suspicious of the mystery man that suddenly appeared."Toby... What if he was lying? We can't exactly trust whatever he just said" Tommy muttered, slightly frustrated that they hadn't learned anything new from the meeting. Maybe he could ask Wilbur if he knew anyone named Eret.

Heading back into the house, Chaos ensued. "Tommy are we doing this or not?" Confused, He looked around the living area to see a tripod and camera set up. It hit him like a truck, right... Tommy had made a big announcement to the whole house that they were going to try to film something with the ghost family for their new paranormal youtube channel. It wasn't supposed to be super complex but getting them to agree to it was an absolute pain.

Techno voiced his concerns about the risk of so-called ghost hunters looking for them. They didn't know whether their expensive and fancy equipment actually worked but he didn't want to find out personally. Sadly all three of them agreed. It took a lot of convincing to finally get them to agree to take part in the little skit.

Plus, What could possibly happen?

The filming part was not any easier. It did not occur to Tommy that Ghosts could not be seen on camera and honestly, he was mad that he didn't think about it before the filming.

Originally, Wilbur was supposed to appear behind Tommy and then sink into the floorboards to disappear, But after one or two shots Toby realised that it wasn't going to work. Wilbur wasn't showing up on camera and Nothing actually visibly moving. And so they started abusing the furniture. They soon figured something out but the whole filming just became a huge mess.

"Wilbur, that's your cue!"

"No I'm supposed to go after Tommy says his whole subscribe thing"

"Wilbur he already did that"

"What? When?"

"Techno...Flip the table or something!"

"What? No..."

"You're supposed to 'scare' them"

"Just do something!"

"It's just going to make a mess..."

"PHILLLLLL"

And apparently, much to Tommy's disappointment, they could be heard by cameras. Tommy was absolutely defeated when they went over the footage and heard loud whispering. It wasn't fair, what kind of logic was that? You cant be seen in recordings but can be heard? Furthermore, Toby couldn't just mute the entire portion of the video as the silence would be out of place, and voicing over it was not an option.

"Ughhhhhh" Tommy yelled again in frustration before flopping back down on the sofa pillows. Crossing his arms like a child throwing a tantrum. "Come on Tommy, it wasn't super bad..." The wispy translucent figure said floating above the sofa's arms. "What do you mean? It was horrible!" Tommy yelled out exasperated, his arm gesturing around wildly as if to prove a point. "I'm sure we got something that you could use, "Wilbur said running his hand through Tommy's blond mess of hair.

"Actually we got nothing out of that two hours" Toby chirped in, and Phil wasn't sure whether the kid was trying to help by stating facts or make it worse by ruining Tommy's mood. "Seeee? Nothing " Tommy grumbled, crossing his arms in frustration.

"So, we didn't get anything but it's not going to help if you keep sitting there with your dramatic hysterics " Techno lectured. When Tommy wouldn't budge, Techno let out a tired groan, "Gosh, you're stubborn" before heading upstairs to do his own things.

Toby walked over before sitting right on Tommy, causing the boy to let out a yelp," Toby!" Tommy immediately stood up, slouching in annoyance, placing his arms on his hips. Glaring at the brunette, Tommy started to make his way up the stairs.

"What? You're hogging the sofa" Toby called out, shrugging his shoulders, completely indifferent of the situation as Tommy continued his way to Techno's Room. "I'm going to stream! Don't come in... " Tommy declared, stomping away before closing the door behind him.

"At least he isn't lying down doing nothing anymore..." Toby muttered before stretching on the sofa. "Oh hey, he left his laptop here"

As soon as Toby opened his mouth, the door to Techno's room swung open again. Tommy this time, at a much faster pace made his way down the stairs almost stumbling, and grabbed the laptop." I- Forgot this.." he pointed out, his face flushing slightly pink from embarrassment as he backed away and rushed up the all so familiar staircase again. "Still, don't come into the room!"

After a few silent pauses, Toby called out once more, "Uh, Tommy... You left the mic downstairs"

"OH FOR GOD'S SAKE"

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AYYYYYYYYY NEW CHAPTER

And this time I wrote more than 1000 words, I'm so proud of this

Let me know what you think, I'm going to attempt on making more updates.

Thanks for reading so far :DD