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"Do you feel better now?"

"Much better, thank you."

Jack stood up, holding his hand out to me. I lightly touched his hand, then soon clenched it.

His hands were warm and soft.

Jack grabbed my hand and pulled me up, "Whoaa—!"

Jack chuckled, "What are you laughing at?!" I yelled laughingly, "You're so clumsy today," Jack replied.

"It's cute," he whispered as his hand cupped his mouth.

...cute?

His hand drifted off his lips while a smile appeared beneath it, "Alright then, do you need something? It's almost 2 AM, haha."

"Well..."

What do I say? What do I say?!

"I couldn't sleep because I was hungry," I lied. I could sleep but I couldn't help my curiosity over the sound of the television.

"Oh..."

"You can sit with me then until you feel sleepy," Jack's mouth slanted, giving an anxious expression.

I felt flustered, not knowing what to say or do. I gulped, "Sure."

"I'll get some snacks for you then," Jack turned back to me, giving a thumbs up.

As Jack rushed into the room next door, I slowly made my way to the sofa. My foot still stung from the incident earlier.

I sat down into the sofa, pulling my knees up to my chin. I rested my head against them.

The television shed light on the couch, I only casted a single shadow. The TV was also muted, silence filled the room.

I scanned around the room, jacksepticeye...huh?

I giggled.

...

Wait.

I turned to my right to see a variety of pictures. Some were dusty, old but...

There was a particular picture frame that caught my attention. It had a little girl and a little boy; they were smiling and holding hands.

What was creepy was the girl looked exactly like me as a kid. I narrowed my eyes, scanning the picture.

I stood up and waddled towards it.

I was now in front of it, slowly wrapping my fingers around the frame; picking it up. My eyes widened.

What's going on...

"Y/N? What are you doing?" Jack snatched the picture from my fingertips.

"I-I, uh.. I'm sorry."

Jack's clench on the picture made it crinkle. Then crinkled more.

Jack was still holding a bowl of popcorn in his other hand. I couldn't help but smile.

Jack's expression of anger slowly changed into confusion. He arched an eyebrow and blankly stared.

"Sorry, I couldn't help but laugh at the situation you're in."

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