✓ Midnight Phantoms ✓

chapter 5

Tyler took notice to Aiden scrubbing his hands, he felt bad for yelling but what else was he supposed to do..it caught him off guard.

Once Aiden was done scrubbing his hands he went up to his bedroom, shutting and locking the door behind him before he hopped into bed and curled up into the blankets. Aiden fiddled with a few puzzles and played random games before he was dead asleep.

After about an hour of no response from Aiden or no noises from his room, everyone got worried. Like, really worried. Ben was having a silent outrage, Logan and Tyler had to hold him back from knocking down the door.

Everyone tried to convince Ben to calm down and to explain what's.wrong, but he only got angrier. Finally calming down whenever Logan asked him to.

Ben sat down, a scowl on his face before he looked down, his face going neutral "fine." He signed. Thank fuck everyone knew ASL, cause this was gonna be long. Ben signed all of this in ASL at a very fast pace in attempt to hurry up and let him knock down the door faster.

"So Aiden's always had multiple mental illnesses and disorders, so he's always hyperactive. Aiden has ADHD, he's been tested for autism, depression, and a few more that I don't wanna explain. Anyways, before he met you guys he went through a rough patch. After being neglected by his parents so much and basically learning to raise himself, after he found me, let alone you guys, he became attached like really fast. Aiden hates being alone so whenever his parents left on trips it was a problem, like a big one. He'd constantly have panic attacks, he'd be too afraid to mess up, so he often didn't eat besides a few scattered snacks. All of that lead to him being in sheer panic most of the time and eventually he began to cut himself or try to overdose. So right now, he does have access to blades and pulls in his room so if you don't fucking let me open that goddamn door I'm gonna make you guys."

Ben said as he dropped his hands and cracked his knuckles after they cramped a bit from doing that so fast. Ben stood up, looking up at Aiden's room before he went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife to unlock his door. It wasn't until Ben heard the door creek open, revealing a sleepy Aiden. Aiden had some shorts on, along with a t-shirt and unsurprisingly, one of Tyler's hoodies that he'd let Aiden borrow before then. Aiden walked back into his room and grabbed the box of macarons that tyler gave him, beginning to slowly eat them as he walked down the stairs, not noticing anyone else.

Aiden walked towards the kitchen, looking everything up and down. His first thoughts where "fridge or microwave..?" For the macarons. Ultimately he put them in the fridge and grabbed himself some milk.

Ben snuck up behind Aiden, his hands hooking under Aiden's underarms and lifting him up before he swung Aiden over his shoulder. For the first time, ever, everyone else besides Aiden heard bens voice. It was raspy, but not bad. It was actually a bit pretty.

"Don't do that again."

Ben said before he set Aiden down on the couch, to which Aiden replied with a thumbs up, trying to finish chewing the macarons.

Four hours later and everyone started to get sleepy. It was almost midnight so they decided to rest before then.

611 words
(Shorter chapter because the next two chapters are gonna be in the phantom realm/world :3)