Mine (Unedited) (Discontinued?)

Chapter 13

Kendra slid into her usual seat at the kitchen table, biting her lip in thought while she watched Slender make lunch. She wanted to phrase her question in a way that didn’t seem totally creepy, though she doubted the tall monster would care about her choice of words given the situation. Still, that didn’t stop her from caring about how her inquiries sounded.

    “Kendra, you’ve been staring at me for ten minutes now, is there something you wish to speak to me about?” Slender asked, pulling her out of her reverie.

    Kendra gave a nervous chuckle and nodded. “Well, yeah actually. I was wondering how long you would have Jeff be my servant for?” she asked, deciding to throw all embarrassment out the window and just ask what she wanted to know.

    Slender chuckled, wiping his hands off on the apron wrapped around him before turning to fully face her and lean against the counter in thought. “I suppose perhaps a month would be suitable, what do you think?”

    Kendra’s eyes widened at the lengthy time period. “Isn’t that a bit extensive?” she asked, not wanting Jeff to get into more of a punishment than he deserved.

    “Wasn’t him throwing that necklace BEN got you into the fire a bit extensive?”

    “Okay, I see your point. Then what would BEN’s punishment be?” she asked, tilting her head to the side in curiosity.

    “Ah, I’m afraid you won’t like that one much as I’ve already put it into effect. He is to live in a cabin about a mile from here for the same length of time that Jeffrey is to remain under your command.”

    Kendra frowned at that, looking down at the table with a slight pang of disappointment worming its way into her heart. She wouldn’t get to see her boyfriend for an entire month? She guessed it couldn’t be helped since BEN had been ready to kill Jeff which was pretty drastic considering.

    Kendra sighed, resting her forehead on the cool wood of the table, trying to think. She didn’t want to be stuck in the mansion for the entire month, she’s already been here without contact with the rest of the world for several and she didn’t know how much longer she could last without a little bit of adventure away from the home.

    “Slender can I leave the mansion?”

    Slender stopped what he had been doing at the question, turning towards Kendra with an air of concern and curiosity.

“You know very well that I can't allow that, Kendra,” he answered, watching as she picked up her head.

“Well yeah, but if Jeff is going to be with me wouldn't he be able to protect me? I mean, he'd even be able to make sure that I come back.”

Slender paused, giving her reasoning thought as he considered what she wanted. A few minutes passed before he gave a relenting sigh.

“Alright, I'll allow it. However you are not to make contact with anyone from your past, I do not want to risk you fighting to leave here or trying to bring someone unwelcome.”

Kendra beamed, her mood lifting almost instantly. On the downside she couldn't see her friends, but she got to leave.

“Thank you Slendy!” she shouted gleefully, hopping up from her seat to wrap the man in a tight hug before running back to her room so she could begin packing.

***

A few hours later, Kendra and Jeff were walking through the forest, Jeff in a better mood than he's been since Kendra started dating BEN. Kendra, however; could feel better.

“Jeff how much longer?” she whined, the duffel bag she was carrying starting to make her shoulder ache.

“We won't be in the city until tomorrow afternoon,” Jeff said, smirking slightly in amusement when the girl groaned in response.

“Oh my god, we better not end up walking all night,” Kendra complained, wiping away the sweat beading on her forehead.

“Awww, afraid you'll wilt in the moonlight, little rose?” he teased, laughing delightedly at the glare he got in return.

“I thought I told you to stop calling me that,” she snapped, crossing her arms in a pout. Of course she regretted the action almost instantly when the duffel bag slipped off her shoulders and slid painfully into the crook of her elbow. Kendra hissed in pain, forcing the duffel bag back onto her shoulder and looking at her arm to see a bright red stripe.

“Great,” she grumbled, rubbing the spot gingerly in hopes that her cold hands would ease the sting.

Jeff glanced over at her, amused by her clumsiness and enjoying her adorable scowl. He didn't know what was wrong with him, or with Kendra for that matter, but lately he's been finding everything she does adorable. On some level it aggravated him, but at the present moment, he couldn't bring himself to care.

“Stupid bag,” Kendra grumbled, pausing when she realized something. “Wait, where are we sleeping? Cause I am not walking all night and I can't sleep on the ground very well.”

Jeff rolled his eyes, patting the tent he was carrying. “Pay attention, little rose. I don't sleep but I'm very well aware that you do.”

“Wait, you don't sleep?” Kendra asked, shocked.

“Not often, no. It's too much of a pain to,” he answered with a shrug, pausing to look around. It was starting to grow dark and neither of them had night vision so he needed to pitch the tent now if Kendra was going to get some rest.

“Alright, we'll stop here for the night, you rest, I'll set up the tent for you.”

Kendra groaned in relief, letting go of the bag and dropped to the ground. She laid on her back, closing her eyes in hopes of easing the headache that had grown once the excitement of leaving the trip for a month wore off.

By the time Jeff had finished, Kendra was asleep. He chuckled, shaking his head.

“Can't sleep on the ground my ass,” he said to himself, picking the redhead up easily and carefully navigating her into the tent. As soon as he pulled the blanket over her body, Jeff left the tent to keep watch over the night.