ikea love story | denny x reader

CHAPTER 10: feelings

"Denny...?" you watch nervously as Denny walks up to Linlin, with her arm still stretched out to him. "finally... I knew you'd understand." Linlin says, smiling. "that i did all of this... because of my love for you." "Denny...? what are you doing?" you can hear your own voice slightly breaking, as you watch Denny stand in front of Linlin, his head still low. "don't you get it, (y/n)!? he's always been the only one to ever understand me," Linlin looks at you over Denny's shoulder, with a twisted smile. "i knew he'd come around, eventually... and even now, knowing the truth, he still comes back to me!" she starts cackling, then pulls out an iron beam from behind. "Denny... please. show me that you really care..." Linlin hands the iron beam to Denny, who holds it in both of his hands. "...finish them." Denny then turns around, still hanging his head low, gripping the iron beam tightly. "D... Denny? what are you doing!? can you hear me??" you try to call out to him, but he only starts to walk closer to you. you then stand up from the picnic table, and strafe to the left. Denny follows your movement, turning towards you, still approaching. you feel your heart starting to beat faster and faster, as you back away from him. there's no way... he'd truly listen to her, right!? your mind suddenly becomes cluttered with thoughts. "just give it up, (y/n), and accept your fate!!" Linlin says, with a satisfied look upon her face. you continue backing away from Denny, who is still approaching you, until you back into a wall. "Denny... don't do this..." you say, desperately looking for a way to escape the situation. "don't you understand the magnitude of the things she's done!? she's... she's killed people...!" you desperately plead out to him, as the distance between you and Denny continues to close slowly. he doesn't show any signs of stopping. Denny... you then stop thinking of ways to escape the situation... and try to accept the situation, instead. i don't want to hurt him... after all that we've been through together in this Ikea... at least, of all people to go down to, it's not Linlin... Denny then raises the iron bar and pierces it into the wall right near your head, as you flinch very hard. you then slowly open your tightly closed eyes, and see that his face is very close to yours, his head still hung low. then, he raises it up to face you. "NOW!!" he suddenly yells, and you hear a bonk from right behind Linlin. you look over past Denny's shoulder and watch Linlin collapse as your best friend is revealed to be standing right behind her, a metal pipe in hand.

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????? you fall to your knees in utter shock and relief. "that's what you get for emotionally manipulating people!!!" your bestie yells, looking down at Linlin's motionless body. "is she...!?" you suddenly feel the panic in your voice return. "oh, don't worry. she's only knocked out," Denny says, looking back at your best friend and knocked-out Linlin, then back at you, still on the floor. "get up," Denny says, offering his hand out to you. you slowly reach out to grab it. "hey, c'mon! i'm not actually going to hurt you." Denny says, as you flinch and recoil your hand a bit. Denny then sighs, and puts his outstretched arm back at his side. "who am I kidding... I was the one who scared you that badly..." he then rubs the back of his neck again. "it's okay, bestie!! i'll come save you!!- by reaching out my hand instead!!" your best friend says, as they start walking on over to you. "no, it's okay..." you say, as you grab Denny's hand, and he pulls you back up onto your feet. you wobble a bit, but regain your footing once more. "but, how- no, WHEN did you two devise this...!?" you spurt out. "look, i understand your confusion, but... we've just went through about, like... a thousand words of lore and backstory? i think i'm about done with all that for now..." Denny says, with a nervous smile on his face. "understandable..." you reply back, sharing a smile with him. "besides, we can have the readers figure out things for themselves for once, right?" then everyone turns to face the camera for a moment. "err... i know you guys are like, talking about lore and all, but what are we going to do about this!?" your bestie says, pointing down at Linlin's body. "uh... right. I guess we should ought to do something about that." Denny says, as if he hadn't thought about what to do afterwards. "we've got to put her somewhere where she can't bother us... but i don't know any place like that." "how about we tie her up!? old-fashioned style!!" your bestie says, excitedly. "why do you sound so enthusiastic about that...!?" you reply, concerned. "i mean... it isn't the worst idea." Denny says, thinking about it for a moment. what the heck...