Creepypasta x Reader

Chapter Five

"Who's he?" you asked only to be met with silence as Zach pulled back and faced forward. You stared at him, as he stood there and faced forward before the sound of the bell above the door reached your ears. Looking you watched as a woman with long chestnut brown hair that covered her left eye, while her right eye was a bright green. Around her neck she wore a black scarf that covered her mouth while wearing a white tank top with a blue jacket that had fuzz around the hood, skinny black jeans and black boots as well. She was holding hands with a young child.

The little girl wore a faded pink dress and no shoes, she also had long brown hair in a darker shade then the woman's, her eyes were green as well as she clutched a worn out teddy bear close to her chest. Her skin was awfully pale and it looked like she was wearing make-up on every inch of skin that was exposed, but you brushed that little detail aside. They walked past the counter and towards the back of the store, not even casting a glance towards you or your coworker. Once they were out of sight you turned back to the raven haired boy and watched as his body shook while his sweaty palms clenched and un-clenched. "Zach, please head home and get some rest" you whispered.

"I can't" Zach croaked out.

"Please" you begged, clasping your hands together and sticking out your lower lip in a pouting motion. He looked at you, raising an eyebrow before shaking his head and continued staring forward. You just sighed before looking forward as well. Soon the child and woman came back to the front of the store; the woman's hands were buried in her pockets this time while the little girl carried three books in her arms. "Find everything?" you asked, suddenly feeling uncomfortable as the woman stared at you and the child smiled.

Now usually there's nothing wrong with a child smiling, but this little girl's smile just seemed off. Zach took the three books and stared to scan them while your eyes traveled to the window and looked at the woods. Once again you caught sight of the faceless man as he stood there. That sound of static from last time came back, louder than before causing you to wince and your head to pound. You flinched and blinked your eyes when you heard the bell above the door ring as the woman and child left and started to walk across the street.

Looking towards the area where the faceless man was, he was once again gone, looking to Zach you saw he was zoned out as his head was tilting downwards and his eyelids were drooping. "You see that?" you asked, watching as he shook he head and looked towards you with tired eyes.

"See what?" he asked, his tired green eyes staring down at you as you switched your gaze from him to the window and back.

"Nothing" you said, shaking your head.

-???-

The woman and child walked across the street and into the woods, were hidden in the trees a tall slender man stood. Dressed in a black suit, as he looked down at the two girls with his faceless face. "Daddy, daddy; look at the books I got!" the little girl exclaimed as she ran ahead of the woman while pulling one of the books out of the plastic bag and holding it up.

"That's good dear; I assume nothing happened, Clockwork?" the man asked, his voice sounding neither male nor female but more like a million voices speaking at once with a hint of static behind it.

"You tell me, you were watching" Clockwork said, pulling her jacket close to her body. "I don't see why you didn't just make one of your proxies come and buy the books for Sally" she said, tilting her head towards the child that was rubbing at her skin and trying to remove the make-up she was wearing. Whatever she had gotten off now showed bruised skin, caked with dried blood and scars on her skin. Rubbing hard around her forehead, she dug her fingers into the stitches and slowly ripped them out, causing blood to flow forth down her face.

"If they weren't busy with their mission, I would have. Now come along Sally, we must head back to the manor" the faceless man said, as Sally ran over to him and wrapped her arms tightly around his leg. He rested a pale hand on top of her head before teleporting away with the child and leaving Clockwork by herself.

"What's so important about that girl that you have the others watching her?" Clockwork mumbled as she started to tread deeper into the woods while moving her hair out of her face and showing a ticking clock where her left eye should have been.

-You-

The sun had long since set as Zach leaned over the counter, his cheek pressed against it as his eyes were closed and drool was leaking out of his mouth. You were in the back, standing on an old stepping stool that wobbled as you tried to keep your balance. Holding a box full of books in one arm while you placed them on the top shelf, sweating nervously as your heart pounded in your ears. Then you heard it, the sound of the bell above the door going off. You stopped all movement as you waited to hear the sound of footsteps, but was met with nothing but silence.

Then you heard something, it was faint but still present. It was that same ticking sound you had heard before. It sounded like it was coming from the front of the store while gradually getting louder as the sound of something being dragged across the wooden floor could be heard as well. "Hello" you said, as everything suddenly went quiet before you jumped as a loud scream was heard from the front of the store. Dropping the box full of books, the contents inside were now sprawled out on the floor as you ran to the front of the store.

You found nothing as you looked at the door and then to the counter. Walking slowly over to the counter, you walked around it before you found Zach curled up on the floor. His arms were tightly wrapped around himself as his skin was even more deathly pale. Eyes wide and lips quivering, he shook while lowly mumbling to himself. "Zach?" you questioned softly, taking slow steps towards him before reeling back as he flinched and screamed once again.

"Stay back! Stay back!" Zach cried out loudly as he sat up and started to scoot himself backwards on the wooden floor. Soon he had himself pressed against the wall while covering his head with his hands and shaking widely like a leaf. You bit your lip, not knowing what to do with the older male. Soon you bent down, forcefully lowering his arms before smacking him across the face, causing his head to turn to the right. It grew silent as the palm of your hand stung badly from the sharp contact, you watched as Zach shakily brought up a hand and rested it against his now stinging cheek.

He winced when his finger tips brushed against the now red skin, before he looked to you. His eyes wide as he swallowed thickly, before you could react he pushed you away and stood, briskly walking around the counter and towards the glass door after grabbing his coat. Quickly you stood up and followed after him, walking outside into the cold air, causing you to shiver as you had left your coat inside. You watched how the raven haired boy mumbled to himself as he walked quickly towards his car before stopping. Turning to you, you shivered as his eyes seemed to glow almost under the street lamp as he dug his hand into his pocket.

Pulling out the store keys, he threw them at you, but you made no movement as you heard the metal keys hit the ground in front of you. All you did was stare at your coworker. He didn't look away, what felt like an eternity but was only a few minutes, he just stood there and looked at you with furrowed brows and tired eyes. Without another word he pulled his car door open, getting in and started the car up before speeding down the road, leaving you alone outside in the cold. For a while you stood there, questions swirling around your mind before you slowly bent down and grabbed the keys. Already they were cold, causing you to retract your hand away from them for a minute before quickly snatching them up.

Turning back to the store you stop and complicated if you should close early. Not many people came into the small book store at night, most of the reasons being because of the killings. You clenched your hands, ignoring the feeling of the keys digging into your palm. 'It doesn't matter what I do, but...I don't think I want to spend any time alone in the store tonight' you thought. Quickly you headed in and gathered your stuff, turning everything off and locking up the shop tightly.

You made your way over to your car and got in, this time nothing happened. No ticking sounds, no shadowy figures darting towards the alleyways, it was just a plain old normal night. Sighing, you started up your car and took off down the road towards the apartments. Though your eyes were focused on the road, you thoughts were elsewhere as you worried about your coworker and wonder if he had made it home alright. 'I'm sure he's fine, I'll see him tomorrow' you thought, lightly nodding your head as you listen to the song that was lowly playing on the radio.