Into the Shadows

~Chapter four - Chest Binders and Lost Souls~

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-𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎-

𝙷𝚎𝚢𝚘... 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛..𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑. 𝚂𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢? (╥╯^╰╥) 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚊.. 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚜<33

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We tip-toe through Scarlett's dark house before she suddenly stops us in a hallway. She puts a hand in front of us telling us to stop before knocking on the door with a special pattern. The door opens to reveal a tall guy with dark hair and deep eye bags. "Hey-" He starts but the words die in his mouth when he sees all of us hiding behind her. "Why the fuck are all of you here?" He then looks us up and down quickly before saying "and why the fuck are you guys soaked?" He looks grumpily at Scarlett before speaking. "Scarlett, ¿qué diablos? ¿Por qué diablos trajiste a extraños a nuestra casa en-" He looks at his watch and me, Kyle, and Jamie all look at each other confused. "¿Las cinco de la maldita mañana?" He gives angry hand gestures as he speaks to her. She frowns and answers him. "Escucha, te explicaré todo en un momento, ¿de acuerdo? Pero Johnny necesitamos tu ayuda. ¿Por favor? ¿Dejar que se queden?" She seems to be pleading with him. He rolls his eye before responding to her. "Whatever." He turns to us. "My name is Johnathan. And no. you can't call me Johnny. That's just for the little shit I call my sister. Scarlett, go get Jamie some clothes from your room. You boys can borrow things from me okay?" He looks at me and Kyle as he finishes talking. She smiles and nods pulling Jamie down the hall to what I assume is her room. "Okay." Jonathan starts speaking as he opens the door to his room. "Alright... C'mon into my room now." His room is dark and has only LED lights around the ceiling. Kyle goes to walk in but I hesitate. I take a step back and rock from heel to toe uncomfortably. "Uh..I think I'll just wait till my stuff dries." I stammer out. Kyle tilts his head and gives me a confused look. Johnathan almost looks like he knows why. "I- I need to go to the bathroom." Jonathan just points down the hall to a slightly open door and I nod quickly before making my way down to that door and then swiftly shutting it behind me.

I click the lock and sigh. Fuck. What am I supposed to do? Not only do I not wanna be outed, but I also don't wanna have anyone see my ribs. Speaking of, my left ribs burn right now. I look in the mirror over the sink and pull my shirt up. Fuck. My whole side is bruised and in the middle of the bruise is an angry red scrape. "Shit. That can't be good can it.." I muttered to myself. I let my damp shirt fall back over my torso and then lean with my back against the door. I sigh when I hear a knock at the door. "Yeah?" I answered begrudgingly. "It's me. Uh... Can I come in? ..Please?" It's Kyle and part of me wants to let him in right away. The other part of me wants to tell him to fuck off. I go with neither. "I'd prefer you didn't." I mumble out. Silence for a second. "Can I ask why?" He's being so sweet and I can feel myself blushing. "You promise you won't tell anyone else? Scarlett is the only one who knows. And...you won't hate me?" My voice sounded broken when I said it and my eyes are welling up with tears. "Dude I could never hate you... You're my best friend. And I swear on my life I won't tell anyone. Please tell me?" He reasons with me. I sigh and hesitate before deciding on just spilling my guts. "Okay listen, I'm Trans. As in... I was born a girl. But I'm not a girl! I'm a guy. However, that means I have, uhm, the wrong parts. I just- I know you're gay and I- I didn't wanna ruin my fucking chances with you!" Tears are streaming down my face now as I'm met with silence. "Spencer-" He starts. "Why would you ever think I'd out you? I would never do that. I know that can ruin people's lives depending on the situation- And even more importantly. Why would that 'Ruin you're chances with me'? Spencer, you're a guy and that's all that matters...and.. A cute guy at that." I can hear him chuckle a little. "And, for what it's worth, I'd be happy to date you. You're an amazing guy and I'm not gonna lie, I've had a crush on you for almost three years now." Wow, I don't even know how to respond. My heart is beating out of my fucking chest. HE LIKES ME?? "Kyle I- are you being serious? Like, I swear if you're joking with me-" He interrupts my response. "Spence I promise. I'm not messing with you. I'm serious." We're both quiet for a second before he speaks again. "How about this... Will you, Spencer Johnson, be my boyfriend?" Jesus fucking christ this is actually happening. "Fucking shit man, I thought I'd never hear those words come outta your mouth- of course I will. Officially boyfriends." I sniffle and chuckle. Kyle speaks up through the door again. "Yessss! I have an adorable boyfriend now!" I can hear the smile in his voice. "Does that mean I can come in then?... Please?" I sigh before responding. "Yeah, here." I open the door and Kyle has the biggest smile. He also has dry clothes on now. He must've changed before coming to check on me. He comes in the bathroom and closes the door behind him before giving me a look up and down. He starts rambling and talking with his hands. He's so fucking cute. "Okay, how can I help? I know you're probably wearing a binder right? So you'll need a sports bra till your binder is done in the dryer- Oh! Speaking of binders, how long have you been wearing yours?" He tilts his head inquisitively. I can't look him in the eye as I answer truthfully. "I'm not super sure, but somewhere around three days?" I fidget as I wait for him to yell, though he doesn't. He just sounds concerned. "Oh, baby... We gotta get you outta that thing right now. I'll go grab some clothes for you." He finishes his sentence with a quick kiss on my forehead before opening the bathroom door and trotting down the hall. As I sit on the closed toilet lid and wait for him I blush as I think about what the fuck just happened. I have a fucking boyfriend?! AND it's Kyle?! AND he just called me baby!? I've been blessed. Just then he comes back in and tosses me clothes. I catch them and then look up at him from my seat. He grins at me sweetly as he speaks. "Get changed okay? And then I'll take your wet clothes to the dryer." I nod and mumble a quick "Okay." before he steps out and shuts the door.

I get changed and look at myself in the mirror with just the sports bra on. Originally it was just to look at my side and make sure it hasn't gotten worse, but I'm met with a sinking feeling and a pit in my stomach at the sight of myself in a sports bra. I can't tear my eyes away from my reflection and thinking about how much I hate it. God, sometimes I'm so jealous of Kyle. I love him but christ. It's not fucking fair. He has a flat chest. He doesn't have to worry about binding. He- I'm pulled from my train of thought when Kyle opens the door with a hoodie in hand. His eyes immediately zone in on my ribs. "Oh my god, what the fuck happened?" He questioned. Shit. Now I have to explain. "Listen, it's- it's not THAT bad... I just-" I retorted. "Not that bad?! Spencer your entire side is bruised and red!" He closes the door behind him and crouches down to look at my side closer. My eyes water just a little as he plants a gentle kiss in the center, where it's angry red. He looks up at me with a soft worried expression as he asks. "Can I fix up your side for you?" A slight pause. "Please?" He adds at the end. I exhale before answering. "Alright. Go ahead. Just... be gentle." He grins and nods. "Yessir!"

After Kyle cleaned my side and put some ointment on the scrape I took some Tylenol. Kyle and I then sat in the bathroom together to wait for my binder to dry. Thankfully Scarlett kept her brother and Jamie from questioning us too much while my binder was in the dryer. Now that that's done and over with, I have my binder back on and we're in Jonathan's room. "So, what did we miss?" I inquire as me and Kyle sit down on the beanbags by Jonathan's desk. Scarlett is the first to answer. "Okay! So, we found out that these aren't the only instances where things were weird at Freddy Fazbear's. Apparently, people reported weird, rotting smells coming from the animatronics, and there was an incident where some kid got their frontal lobe bitten off by an old Fredbear animatronic! People have speculated the robots are haunted by the 'Souls of dead children' since then." She finishes with a smile. I'm assuming it's because we're a little closer to figuring out what the fuck is going on. Kyle tilts his head and gives a confused look. God, he's adorable. "Okay that's cool and all but how do you know about this?" He questions. Scarlett motions to Jonathan as she answers Kyle's question. "Johnny is a tech Wizard! He found old reports and files and things." She looks so proud of him. Jamie pipes up. "And we're going to invite his friend Nine over here! He said that they're really into murder mysteries and hauntings. So he probably already knows stuff about it." Jonathan is sitting at his desk chair and he spins in to face us, rather than his computer. "Yeah, Nine will be here soon. They should be able to help us." Just as he says that the bedroom door opens. We all turn to look at who entered. "Hey bitches! I heard you needed my expertise on all things spooky." He shuts the door behind him and walks right up to Jonathan to hug him. They then turn to the rest of us and bow with the most theatric grin I've ever seen. "The name's Nine. Pleasure to meetcha~" He then fistbumps Scarlett before shaking hands with me, Kyle, and Jamie. "Don't bother with tellin' me your names m'kay? I'll give you nicknames at some point." They finish talking to us and turn to face Jonathan again. "So-" He draws out the 'oh' in a singsongy way. "What did you need my plentiful knowledge on schnookums?" I assume that's his nickname for Jonathan. Though, Jonathan doesn't seem to like it much because he rolls his eyes before speaking. "First off, don't call me that. Second, we need your knowledge of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Do you know anything about it?" Nine just scoffs like Jonathan insulted their mother or something. "Do I know anything about it- Babes you wound me. I could tell you literally anything you need to know about it." Jonathan sighs and rolls his eyes again before responding. "Perfect then. Start at the beginning." Before Nine can even open his mouth Jamie asks the question I'm sure we've all been thinking. "Wait are you and Jonathan dating?" She blurts. Both Jonathan and Nine look at her, at each other, and then back at her. "Ew-" They both say it simultaneously. Nine continues. "Why would you ever think that.?" Jonathan pipes up. "I mean... none of them have met you before and you did just call me 'Schnookums' and 'Babes'. I can see why, but yeah... ew." Jamie just smiles sweetly and nods. "Oh! Okay. I was just wondering." She's so nice.

With all of that out of the way, Nine goes into a whole spiel on what he calls the 'lore' of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.