𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 ☹︎ 𝐑𝐀𝐘 × 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑

☹︎ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 ☹︎

All was silent as I walked through the forest of the orphanage nearly eight minutes later. The only sound I could hear was the sound of my breathing and the sounds of my footsteps.

This game of tag was going to be taken seriously by everyone, to the point you could barely hear a thing in the forest.

𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦?

This was the main thought I had in my head. The only way I was going to win this game of tag against Norman, is to think like Norman.

As I walked through the forest, I couldn't help but growl quietly in annoyance due to my oversized pants slipping off me a bit, causing me to pull them up every few seconds.

𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸...

Oversized clothes that weren't yours were definitely bad for running conditions. Lack of sleep is also very bad for running conditions, but we're just going to ignore that.

I freeze suddenly when I hear the sound of sudden footsteps, causing me to turn quickly in the direction I heard them, only for me to quickly regret it when I felt myself begin to feel dizzy from how quickly I turned due to my lack of sleep.

"Y/n!" Phil said happily as he quickly walked over to me with a cheerful smile to which I sighed in relief.

"Hi Phil....you scared me for a second there, I thought you were Norman" I say quietly in reply to Phil as he walked over, to which Phil giggled quietly.

Once Phil now stood by me, he now stared at me curiously for a few seconds before an expression of concern began to grow on his face.

"Y/n...you don't look well...." Phil then said quietly with a frown of concern to which I looked over at him.

"What do you mean? I'm fine-" I tried to shrug it off with a smile, only for Phil to quickly interrupt me suddenly.

"Don't lie"

I was now frozen in place and only stared at Phil silently with my eyes slightly wide in surprise. I never heard little Phil use that tone before, he sounded so serious, I didn't know how to respond, this was new to me.

"If you don't feel well Y/n, get some rest, you might need it" Phil then said quietly to me after a few seconds, to which I didn't respond to Phil, only stared at him.

I never saw this side of Phil before, it was so weird, so different compared to the usual Phil.

After a few seconds, I then nod my head in reply to Phil as I spoke, "I will, but after this game of tag, I want to be able to play with Conny before she's adopted" I say quietly.

I then walked past Phil, giving him a smile and a wave as I walked away to continue on trying to find Norman. I could feel Phil's stare on me as I walked away, but Phil didn't argue or follow.

As I walked through the forest and further and further away from Phil, I couldn't help but suddenly feel a disturbed feeling, a sense of dread as I think back on the words Phil had said to me.

𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭...𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵...

My thoughts were quickly broken when I ran into someone, making me quickly grab their arm so neither of us would fall as I looked to see who it was.