The Monsters Inside and Out (Scott Howl x Depressed Reader)

66. The Orgy

February 14th. Valentine's day. It has finally arrived. About 2 weeks ago, some of your closest friends started changing into selfish, scary, horny people. And today is the day that you finally end it. Hopefully. You get out of bed and go into your bathroom to brush your teeth and wash your face and hair. You go back to your room, and put on an outfit that shows that you care, but is still comfortable. You step out into the kitchen where your mom is making breakfast. You reach into the fridge to grab a bottle of water, but before you are able to exit the room, your mother stops you. "Hi sweetie, Happy Valentine's Day!" She smiles widely at you. You slightly smile and say to her, "Happy Valentine's Day, mom." You turn to leave, but she stops you again. "Wait honey, eat your breakfast." She sets down a plate of heart shaped pancakes with whipped cream and syrup. She continues, "So what are we doing today, hun?" You awkwardly take a seat and begin slowly eating your food. You reply, "I'm going out with my friends. We're hanging out together, to celebrate.. Being single." The cheerful look on your mother's face slowly turns sullen. She says, "I never gave you permission to go out tonight." "You said I can hang out with my friends once a week, and I haven't done that for almost 2 weeks. I'm also old enough to take care if myself and make adult decisions." "Well honey, I'm just warning you that monsters will break your heart, and I wouldn't wish that upon anyone." Your phone buzzes and you look to see it's a text from Vera. She's waiting outside. You wipe of your face and tell your mother, "Alright mom, I'm going out. See you later." You throw away your half-eaten breakfast and head out the door.

You walk out and enter the front seat of Vera's car. As you buckle yourself in, she checks her mirror to see if her makeup looks good. She asks, "How's it going?" "It's going good. So what's the plan?" She turns the car on and begins driving. She says, "We're all meeting up at this motel, and we're all going to wait in the room we told them to rendezvous at. It's scheduled for noon, but we'll all be showing up early, and the 4 of them will walk in with all of us there." About 10 minutes go by in almost complete silence. You twiddle your thumbs, trying to think of a conversation topic, when luckily Vera gets bored of the silence and starts the talking for you. She asks, "So what are your plans for after?" "Huh?" "With Scott. I assume you're doing something after this, right?" "I guess I don't really know. We haven't talked about it, so maybe he's surprising me?" Vera just shrugs her shoulders as she pulls into a cheap looking parking lot. Vera expresses her disgust with an "ugh", and gets out of the car, with you following her.

You follow Vera into the building as she takes a sharp left and enters a room at the end of the hall. Stepping inside, you see Liam on one bed and Polly on the other, and they are watching something on the TV. Polly sits straight up and nearly shouts, "Vera! (Y/N)! You made it!" Vera rolls her eyes, "Yes, Polina. This was the plan," she looks suspiciously at the bed, "did you check for bed bugs?" Polly slumps back into her lazy position and says, "Yeah, we're safe." Vera walks over and sits down next to Polly on the bed, and you stand awkwardly in the corner. A small amount of time passes, and soon, Damien, Zoe, and Calculester enter the room. Zoe sidles up next to Vera and Polly, Damien stands in another corner of the room, and Calculester just stands in between the two beds. Looking at everyone's outfits, you see that everyone seems to be wearing something nice. You begin to get a little excited thinking about what Scott could be wearing, and you can't wait to see him.. But you do. Liam takes out his phone to check the time and he says, "It's almost time, where is Miranda and-" He gets interrupted by Miranda bursting through the door and announcing, "Friends! I have found another companion to assist us with the intervention!" One by one, everyone's face lights up happily, and Polly exclaims, "Blobert!" A massive blob of orange slime with a cute face and hat enters the room. He says, "Hello everyone! It's great to see you! Happy Valentine's Day!" Everyone excitedly starts chatting with Blobert as you check your phone. It's 11:48, almost time to meet up with Vicky, Amira, Brian and Oz. Scott still hasn't shown up, and you're starting to get worried. You double check your messages to see if he's texted you, but nothing. Everyone continues talking to Blobert and you can't help but feel.. Wrong. Liam gets closer to you and whispers, "Hey, where's Scott?" You just shrug your shoulders and say, "I don't know." He decides to leave you alone after you reply.

A bit more time passes, and the door swings open once again. Everyone turns to see who it is, and it's Vicky, Amira, Brian, and Oz. Vicky and Amira have wide smiles on their face, and Brian and Oz look somewhat pleased. Before they realize what is happening, Damien shuts the door. They frantically look from person to person, immediately suspicious of what's happening. Vicky asks, "What's.. Going on?" Vera stands up and says, "Hello you four. Take a seat." They look around the room, and slowly sit down. Vera adds, "Who wants to start?" Polly clears her throat and floats to the center of the room. She sighs happily and says, "The four of you are awesome. Amazing. 10/10 people. You're all so daring, and smart, and there's never a dull moment with you guys around.. Except during this time of the year, and prom season." The four of your friends sitting down each widen their eyes as they realize what's happening right now. Polly continues, "Every year during this time, you change, and become monsters. Like, bad monsters. From ancient times. The fun from you guys becomes less special when it seems like you're just after us for your body count. Like that one year Brian, when we became those party scientists. Or Oz, that one year we did the Reverse Romanian Wilkinson together. Those are amazing times I will never forget, but they have also been tainted with the idea that you just did it like it was some game, like I don't really matter to you. That is all I have to say." Polly falls onto the bed, and reaches for a bottle of liquor under the pillow. You knew this was serious, but the fact that Polly seemed to be sober made it much more of a big deal. Liam then stands up and walks to the center of the room to say his piece, "Polina is correct. You four are nice people, but the way you treat us is unacceptable. Like Amira, you got me into drawing yaoi just to see your own fetishes come to life in paper form. And Victoria.." Liam takes off his glasses directs his attention to Vicky. She immediately looks down at the floor and folds her arms, holding on to them. Liam finishes, "When you got me to be prom king, it was nice, and I truly believed we had something. But after prom was over, you ghosted me and I suddenly saw you post a pic of you and Miranda in the tunnel of love on your Instagram." Vicky's head lowers more in shame.

Everyone continues to say what they need to say. Vera talks about the time Brian helped her perform a ritual to become prom queen, Miranda speaks of when Oz helped her throw a serf party, Calculester reminds them of how they helped him become a student, and Zoe reminds them of how they helped her discover herself, and even Damien recalls the times Oz helped him punch the sun, and Vicky helped become more comfortable with his makeup dreams. After everyone goes, even Blobert makes a speech about how everyone's feelings matter, and how you've all gone to school together for a very long time, so your friendships should matter. After his speech, everyone awes, and hugs Blobert. Everyone except you. He turns to you and says, "(Y/N), would you like to say what's on your mind?" Damien smirks and says, "Heh, I forgot this one was even here. Well go on, what do you have to say? How have you been directly affected by all this?" You scan each person's face. "I.. Um.." You grab on to your shirt and squeeze on it. You feel the room get colder, when it suddenly hits you. You haven't been affected by it. You're just intruding on this emotional ride because you made it your business, just because you cried when Vicky raised her voice at you. You say, "I-I haven't b-been af-fected by it. I-I just.. Thought th-that.." Your vision blurs from the tears welling in your eyes. Through the blurry vision, you see someone approaching you, to which you run away, exiting the room. As you run down the hall, you bump into someone, falling down on your ass. You wipe the tears to see Scott now crouching down, holding a hand out to you. You take it and he pulls you up. You go to give him a hug, but he puts a hand out, stopping you. "I'm sorry (Y/N), but I gotta do this first. Go wait in the van please, and you turn on the radio if you want." He hands you his keys and walks down the hall, entering the room you just left. You swallow, go outside, and wait for him to return.