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summary: while on an investigation with sam and colby, you decide to play a harmless prank on them
requested by anonymous. imagine this taking place during the video snc did at celina's home.
"alright, that was the main house. i'm gonna take you guess to the guest house now." celina said. kris followed closely behind her, then sam, and you and colby were bringing up the rear.
"you doing okay?" colby asked you, draping his arm over your shoulder.
"yeah! i think being with such a big group has settled my nerves." you said, leaning into his side. this was your first investigation trip you'd taken with sam and colby in a good while, so you'd been a bit nervous.
"good. i don't want to put you you in anything that may make you uncomfortable." he said, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.
you arrived at celina's guest house, after a bit of a trek through the woods.
"alright, one of us has to explore the woods alone tonight." sam blurred out, camera flipping towards the dark expanse of woods. silently, everyone placed their fingers on the tips of their nose. unfortunately, you didn't realize what was happening until it was too late.
"aw, dammit." you sighed, stomping your food. "i need to just start leaving my hand on my face for times like this." you joked.
you walked around celina's guest house for a bit while she showed you around, and telling you about experiences she'd heard her friends tell her about. you had a bit of an uneasy feeling while you walked around, but it subsided.
once you were done in the house, the five of your stepped out onto the porch. you all stared silently out into the woods.
"you don't actually have to go, if you don't want to." sam said, putting down the camera.
"no, it's okay. i came on this trip to have the experience, and this is part of it." you said, taking the extra camera from colby. you turned it on, along with the light, and made your way into the forest.
as you walked deeper and deeper into the trees, your group getting smaller and quieter the more you walked. you were scared at first, mainly due to you being alone in the woods. but after a while, you started to feel a bit more comfortable. there was really no paranormal reasons for you to be scared, and you were felling a bit of comfort being able to talk to the camera in front of you. you were no longer vulnerable, and actually feeling quite good.
so good, in fact, you decided you were going to play a little prank on your friends. by this time, you were already far enough out of ear shot that they wouldn't hear you talking to the camera.
"yeah, like i said. i don't really think anything is out here. or, at least not anything that wants to talk to me." you said to the camera. "that being said, im in a silly goofy mood, and i want to get everyone back for making me do this." you laughed into the lens. you took a few more steps before stopping you took a deep breath, entirely filling your lungs before letting out the loudest scream you could muster up. you stood there for a bit before you started to make your way out of the woods. the closer you got to the clearing where the guest house was, you heard your name being called. you put on your best "scared" expression before you were met with colby's face. his face was pale white, and his eyes were as wide as golf balls.
"oh no, now i fell bad." you thought to yourself as he pulled you into his arms.
"oh, im so glad you're okay! we heard this scream, and we didn't know if that was you." he said, peppering kisses along your cheeks and forehead. "did you hear it?" he asked, hands still flush against your cheeks. you swallowed hard before answering.
"no? it was dead silent the whole time i was out there." you lied through your teeth.
"seriously? you didn't hear anything? it was the loudest scream ever." sam said to you, the camera pointing in your direction. you just shook your head, committing to your lie.
the rest of the night everyone was on edge. you for a different reason from the rest of the group, but still.
a few weeks passed, and you were sitting in the living room of sam and colby's house, a book in your lap while the boys were editing. they were editing the video you filmed at celina's home. you were startled out of the chapter you were reading when you heard colby calling out for you upstairs.
"down here!" you called back, setting your book down. "what's up?" you asked as he sat on the couch with you. he handed you his phone, pressing play on the video that was on his screen. you stared down at your face smiling back at you, the clip of your scream beginning to play. colby looked at you without saying anything, swiping to the next video on his phone. it was a clip from sam's camera, footage taken at the same time as yours. he pressed play, the same scream heard in the background. you avoided his gaze, knowing that you would fold as soon as you opened your mouth.
"you wanna tell me what this is?" he asked, and you just shook your head.
"i think you already know." you said quietly, suppressing a laugh.
"why would you do this to me? i've been worried about you the whole time since we been back, thinking that something happened to you that you've been avoiding talking about."
"i'm sorry." you spilled. "i felt guilty as soon as you came up to me that night, but i didn't want to admit to it at the time." you laughed uncomfortably. "but that's what you get when you play nose goes without calling nose goes!"
colby just laughed and rolled it eyes. "you've been with me long enough to expect that from us."
"yeah, but it's still not fair when you don't actually call nose goes."
"okay, but we told you that you didn't have to do it if you didn't want to."
"but then i wouldn't have been able to plan my devious prank." you laughed.
"oh, okay." he said sarcastically.
"i didn't mean to worry you." you said, taking his hand in yours. "i really just meant for it to be a harmless little jokey joke."
"it's okay. i just felt like i need to protect you. i know you don't need my protection, but i always want to be there for you. especially when you may have been going through something that happened while i was around, or during an investigation. i'd feel responsible, and so guilty." he said.
"i know, and i hear you. i will always appreciate that you're always quick to want to protect me."
"i love you." he said, lifting your hand to his lips, pressing a kiss to the back of it.
"i love you." you repeated, flashing him a smile. he leaned over and pressing a few kisses to your lips before getting up from the couch and leaving you back to your book.
