Silent Whispers (Human Nightmarionne X Reader)

Chapter 4: The mask

The next day, you wake up once again at 4:30 AM. As soon as you open your eyes, you meet a creepy face staring into your soul.

The nightmarish appearance has big black eyes with unsettling white pupils. It seems to be crying black waterfalls of tears while giving you a wide toothless smile, only showing darkness inside its mouth. 

You jolt and scream at the top of your lungs, which makes the monstrosity disappear. Cold sweats run down your spine as you get up and dress up to go to the festival. Like yesterday, you have breakfast at your father's office, get to your assigned parking, without spending an hour trying to find it this time, carry the boxes to your slot and unpack everything. During the first hours, nothing really special happens. You take croissants and pains au chocolat as a snack. Soon you get tired of staying on your seat and go for a walk. 

It seems like your costumed friend isn't here today. Indeed, you don't see him anywhere, which makes you a bit disappointed because you promised your mother to take pictures of him. However, you meet another strange person.

He seems to be around 6'/180cm tall or maybe a bit more. He's lanky and you can see that he has white hair. He's wearing a tight black costume which makes him look even leaner than he already is. What surprises you the most about him is his long fingers that make him look like a witch and the way you can clearly see his ribs which makes him look like a skeleton. But the most terrifying part of his disguise is his mask: it's the one that was staring at you when you woke up this morning. 

As soon as you look up at him, he stares down at you without saying a word. You shyly wave at him, shaking a little, but he doesn't answer you. Instead of that, he just walks away. You sigh in relief and get back to your slot.

A few hours later, right before lunchtime, you wander into the streets once again when you suddenly see the orc in a distance talking with other people. You smile and try to scare him by standing behind him. A woman sees you and says something that you don't understand. Then, the man turns back and greets you with a grunt as soon as he sees you.

" - I was wondering if you could follow me so my father could take some pictures of us.

- Where is he?

- A few streets ahead.

- Oh, well, let me just warn my wife that I'm going with you and then I will come back."

The guy turns back and speaks with the woman who talked to you a few moments earlier. Afterwards, he comes closer to you.

"We can go now."

You nod and start leading him towards your slot.

" - Did I scare you?

- Uh?

- When I was behind you.

- Well, just so you know, I'm not that good at speaking English, so I'll need you to speak slowly so I can understand what you're saying.

- Oh, I'm sorry."

You repeat, paying attention to the way you speak:

" - Did I scare you when I was behind you?

- Nope, you didn't. If you want to frighten people, wear a costume like mine. It works easily.

- I can guess. So... what's your maternal language?

- Luxembourgish.

- Mine's [maternal language].

- Alright then! Besides English and Luxembourgish, I can also speak French and German.

- That's amazing! Um... I just wanted to know... because I'm curious... What's your name actually?

- Oh, my name's Jeff.

- Mine's [Y/n].

- What?

- [Spelled name].

- Oh, [Y/n]! Alright!

- Aren't you hot beneath this costume?

- I'm dying every 15 minutes, to be honest.

- I can guess."

As you head towards your arbor, you have to stop several times because other people want to take pictures of your companion. You finally arrive where your father is.

"I found him!" You proudly declare.

Your father takes a few photos of the two of you with your phone. Afterwards, Jeff leaves you to get back to his wife. This time you take hot dogs for lunch.

Later that day, you meet Jeff a few times while walking around. You now hug each other every time you see each other unless his wife is around. Once again, you meet the creepy tall boy with the nightmarish mask. This time, he waves at you slowly while staring down at you but doesn't say anything like the first time you encountered him.

When it's time to pack up everything, the orc comes back one last time to say goodbye. You shake hands as his wife is next to him.

" - I hope seeing you soon.

- Well, we should be around here in 3 months if everything goes well.

- That would be nice. Goodbye, [Y/n].

- Goodbye, Jeff."

When you get back home, you tell your mother what happened today without mentionning the scrawny person you met. You go to bed right after that small talk and see the same unsettling shadow in the corner of your room, glancing at you with bright white pupils. You step back and shut your eyes tightly, then reopen them only to find that the vision disappeared. You quickly get beneath the sheets and close your eyes.

Tomorrow is another day.