" 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗 " [𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝]

【２ － Ｓｔａｌｋｅｒ】

Your eyes fluttered open slowly as you woke again. From your current blurry vision, all you could see was that same dumbass bird thing standing at the end of your bed. 

"Uuuugh, leave me alone for fucks sake," You groan, rolling over. Your eyes focus a bit better, and you suddenly realize that there was someone standing next to the bird guy this time, and that someone was.. 

"...Steven?" You say, a lot more awake now. Steven had a stern expression on his face now, and for a moment you thought you did something wrong. 

"How long have you been watching me?" You say, backing up to your bed frame in case they tried anything. "Do you want my money or something? Because, I have some money in my bag-" You were cut off when you saw your vanity out of the corner of your eye, and Steven was moving around through the reflection. The Steven in front of you wasn't. 

You flip your head from the vanity to the man in front of your bed and back over and over again in confusion. 

"How- you reflection doesn't even match-" you manage to slip out, and stop looking back and forth to get up from your bed and look in the mirror. The guy in the mirror smiled and waved, but when you turned around, he was only turning his head towards you. "What the hell is going on?.. explain. Please." You point to what you were kind of sure was Steven, but at the same time, you didn't even know anymore. 

"Alright, sit down." You sighed and hesitantly did as he asked, sitting down on your bed. "Great. So...."

- One explanation later - 

"The hell...?" You say now, cupping your eyes with your hands. "What does this even have to do with me, anyways?.." 

"Well, clearly you matter if you can see Khonshu and the whole reflection thing." He now pointed to the large bird thing.

"...God, I think I really am crazy. Am I dreaming? Hold on-" you pinch at your skin multiple times, your arm starting to go a bit red.

"It's all real, kid. Here, punch Khonshu." He nods toward khonshu, who seemed a bit distracted. An urge to punch him grew, especially because he kept scaring the living shit out of you. You tighten your hand into a fist and punch the side of his beak with all your might.

"SHIT- OW" You yell, as his beak was made of bone, and therefore very hard. He turns to you now, noticing what you did- or tried to do. 

"..Aggressive. I like them. Can we keep it?" He poked your forehead with his staff as you shook your hand vigorously while Marc glared at him.

"Y/n is not an item, but if by "keep it" you mean befriend them, then I guess that's their option." Khonshu looked at you for a second, picking you up and holding you. 

"BECOME MY FRIEND OR DIE," he yelled which made you flinch from the sudden yelling. 

"Okay, sure...?" 

"HURRAH!" He threw his arms up in the air, which he couldn't do too much because he'd break the roof, and he dropped you on your bed again. 

"You're going to break their bed, careful," Marc warned. 

"I think we should go, Marc. They're most likely scared out of their mind.."

"Hold on." Marc cuts Steven off as he takes your sleeve and pulls it up. Nodding to himself, they got up and they both left.

"....ok. What a hell of a day. Shit, I haven't eaten breakfast. Or lunch." You turn to your alarm clock that read 2:36 pm. Your stomach growled at the thought of a nice meal and decided to yourself to at least make something. Your plans were foiled, though when you walked up to the counter and saw Khonshu open the door to your apartment and hand you a plate with a sandwich. He gives you a thumbs up before phasing through the wall to stevens apartment room. 

"Thanks...?" You mumble, staring down at the sandwich. You noticed it had vegan stuff on it, but you didn't mind since you'd take anything and it still tasted delicious. Satisfied, you leaned against your counter and finished your food.

"I wonder who made that.." you said to yourself, setting the plate down. 

"It was me." You jump and turn to your door, seeing Steven in the doorway. 

"Ah, sorry. Didn't mean to scare you there. It's just that Khonshu forgot to close your door when he left, and I was making sure that no one tried breaking in or anything. It was still good, though, yeah?"

"Mhm. Delicious." You smiled at him, giving him his plate back and he smiled back at you, taking it. 

"Well, I'll see you around, y/n." 

"Mk. Bye." You waved, watching him leave and close the door behind him. You sighed, thinking about what to do now.

"Holy shit, I forgot to do my homework." You realize, standing straight now. You dart to your little luggage bag, pulling out your backpack and shuffling through it. It was a mess, and you still had some papers left from even 7th grade. You didn't ever feel like even changing backpacks, so you've just had the same one for years. You probably couldn't afford it, anyways. You pulled out a large piece of construction paper, sat down on your couch, and went to work. 

- Time skip : one hour later - 

You were finally done, after what felt like forever. It was now 6:39 pm, and you decided to go to some restaurants to go eat. Maybe a fast food place. You set the paper on your backpack, knowing you'd be able to put it inside your backpack once you got back home. You changed into some casual clothing, and locked your door behind you before heading out. 

You were walking down the sidewalk when you heard someone walking at the same pace behind you. You sped up a bit, now speed walking, and heard their footsteps speed up, as well. Was someone... stalking you? The footsteps stopped, and you heard someone yell and their screams faded. You turned around and no one was behind you. Not a single person. You shrugged it off and kept walking, but after thinking about it to yourself for some time, what if someone stopped the stalker from, well, stalking you? And.. how? You, again, brushed it off, thinking that it was none of your business, until after some consideration realized that it was, technically, your business. 

Just forget about it, dumbass. You thought to yourself and made it to the fast fast food place. 

- Time skip - 

Walking inside your apartment room, you put your leftovers in the refrigerator and put your poster fully in your backpack before zipping it up. You sat down on your couch and started thinking aloud over the entire situation that went down before you were at the fast food restaurant. 

"Who in the hell would want to stalk the likes of me, anyway? And who the fuck defended me?-" you yawned while saying the last part, and sighed.

"I'll just sleep on it." And you did, still questioning it in the middle of your dreams and swearing when you couldn't think of any answers. 

"I should just leave it alone, I guess." You said over the commotion of people calling out your name. "Maybe I'll get answers soon."

(End of chapter 2)

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