Rough around the edges

CH. 3

Ej POV:

My eyelids fluttered open, regaining consciousness and remembering the events of the previous day, when I heard faint music playing a few feet away from me.
"Oh, you're up, finally. Lazy fuck you are-" I heard a familiar voice. They said as they removed their headphones, right.. 'void', the kid I met yesterday, I thought to myself. Shuffling into a sitting position, causing my joints to let out cracks as I did so, "Mm, how long have you been up for?" I asked lazily, I was relieved to know he had only woken up about 15 minutes before I had, I usually feel.. vulnerable, when I'm asleep around somebody that I'm unfamiliar with. "Well while you were getting your beauty rest, I've just been sorting out all the shit in my backpack, figured I'd make some more room in it." Void said proudly, not pausing his task as he spoke. I hummed in response, before making sure I still had all my things on me, which I did thankfully, I wouldn't put it past a stranger to steal from somebody else, not that I didn't trust this kid enough but it was just a precaution.

He let out a sigh as he hoisted the backpack onto his shoulder, "where are we going now?" He asked with genuine curiosity. "We?" I replied flatly, silently regretting how rude it sounded. "I just figured we should stick together, since we both hate zalgo's place, right? Safety in numbers!" He said matter-of-factly, I nodded before thinking of where we could go. "Oh, I think I know someone who could hook us up with a place for a while." He seemed hesitant but slowly nodded.

It had only been about 5 minutes since we started walking through the path, if you could even call it that, it was pretty much just a part of the woods with less obstacles. I could hear him humming a song to himself as we walked,  skipping childishly at the same time, making his humming slightly off with the movement. "So, where are we going- uh.. what's your name? I don't think I ever asked." He said, seeming questionable of himself for not asking beforehand. "It's Ej." I replied to the purple haired kid, "Ej? Cool, does that stand for anything?" He said curiously as we continued walking. Shoving my gloved hands into my pockets while replying, "It stands for Eyeless Jack, it's my.. code name? Not sure what to call it." He seemed pleased with my answer before replying "Eyeless, because you have no eyes right? Is your actual name Jack, then?" I nodded at his question, "should I call you Ej or Jack? Which do you prefer?" This kid sure asks a lot of questions, I mentally told myself. "Either is fine, I don't care. As long as it's not just "Eyeless", because that's like calling an amputee armless as a name." He chuckled and nodded.

Another 5-7 minutes passed, before he asked yet again, another question, not that I mind too much, kids usually ask a lot of questions. "Who is this 'someone' we're going to see anyway?" He asked, not skipping anymore as he complained it was tiring him out. "My boyfriend." I replied, he stopped in his tracks before SCREECHING.. "BOYFRIEND!? YOU'RE GAY?" The sudden outburst made my ears fall back slightly, he seemed to have noticed my reaction to the noise, apologizing while smiling. I nodded, "Yeah, he's called Toby, he works for the uh, slenderman." I stated, slightly cringing at the thought of him. "Damn.. guess my giving head comment really does apply to you huh? He said with a smirk, I just sighed and shook my head, He seemed very happy about this new information, a wide grin plastering his face. "I didn't know you were gay, I mean, now that I think of it, you do seem kinda fruity.." I wasn't sure what to make of the word "fruity" but i assumed it means gay or something.. I laughed slightly before responding "Really? Huh, i never knew my relationship would be so intriguing for you." He laughed slightly, "so, is he like you? I mean, like.. does he look like what you are?" I shook my head, "No, he's human." He nodded before asking "Does he not freak out knowing you.. eat his kind, or?" "No, he doesn't care, he kills people regularly for his 'job' as a proxy so, it doesn't bother him at all." He smiled at me, "That's sweet of him, in a.. twisted kind of way.." he mumbled mostly to himself out loud.

15 minutes later

"Well we're here, this is slendermans place, pass me a pebble real quick." I instructed. He looked around for a moment, and picked up a relatively small pebble, "is this good?" He asked, while handing me the small rock. "Yeah it's fine, as long as it won't smash the window we're good." I extended my arm over my head and threw the pebble at one of the windows, knowing it was Toby's. A brunette boy looked out the window, waving before shouting down "GIVE ME A MI-MINUTE!" I nodded before gesturing to the window "That's Toby." The purple haired nodded, looking excited about meeting a new person.

END of CH.3