The struggles of silence ( Ticci Jack)

Chapter 2 : Safety

Toby woke up after an uneasy sleep. His high white walls enclosed a rather large room. He quickly got out of bed and got changed before walking out of his room. The smell of food seeped in as he made his way down to the kitchen. Jane was making toast as Jeff scanned the fridge for food. He quickly walked next to Jeff and grabbed some frozen waffles, quickly making himself breakfast.

After almost an hour everyone was downstairs eating or gaming. Everyone except Ej. It's not unusual for newbies to hide but they still usually showed up after awhile. An hour or so later Ej had still not appeared. Toby sighed and walked upstairs to Ejs room. A few people watched as Toby walked up and knocked on the door.

"Looks like little Toby has a crush" Jeff laughed and continued gaming before falling silent and focusing on the game. Toby sighed and knocked louder. Silence hung between him as he sighed and opened the door. Ej was laying in bed with his hood pulled over his head hiding his face from view. His mask sat on his bedside table along with his few belongings. He was curled up in a ball with a scalpel under his hand. "E-Ej?" Toby stood at the doorway and watched down at the sleeping boy. I wonder what his face looks like. Before he could stop himself his legs were carrying him to the sleeping boy. He reached his hand out to shift the boys hood only to hear a growl as a hand reached out and pushed his hand away before he felt a cool scalpel blade against his neck.

The young boy growled and kept his hood down and his face hidden. The scalpel started to draw blood as Toby stared wide eyed. "I-I'm sorry." The boy used his free hand to reach for his mask as Toby swallowed and watched him not daring to move. "C-can I g-go?" Ej just growled again and as Toby tried to step back. "I-I won't do it a-again." Ej stayed where he was and grabbed his mask sliding it on.

He looked up at Toby and kept his scalpel in a tight grip. "I-I just c-came here t-to t-tell you. It's b-breakfast." he twitched and stepped back again touching his neck feeling the blood from his neck. "Y-you really d-didn't need to attack m-me, w-we can't kill o-others in the house." Toby half joked trying to lighten the mood.

Ej just looked up at Toby and pointed at the door. "A-are you g-gonna come get food?" Ej shook his head and pushed Toby towards the door. Toby frowned and walked to the door giving a slight wave as he walked towards the house. Ej coughed gaining Toby's attention before writing out. 'Whats in the house? Room wise' Toby paused and sighed standing in the doorway.

"Well this house has a library for people and a restricted library for Slender and people he allows, it has a room for each resident and an attic. A laundry downstairs although its unnecessary, the kitchen two bathrooms a lounge room and a few spare rooms." Toby sighed and turned around to walk out only to have Ej stop him and write out. 'Where's the library and could I use a spare room?'

Toby paused and laughed slightly. "Why do you n-need a spare room?" Ej started to scribble out an answer when Toby laughed again "Write on the way, come on." Ej sighed and followed Toby down the hall still clutching his scalpel. They walked for awhile before coming across a pair of large wooden doors more detailed than the bedroom doors. Toby glanced back at Ej before pushing open a door and stepping aside.

Ej looked around the large library in awe. There was bookshelves lining the walls that reached up to the ceiling. The room was filled with hundreds -no thousands- of books. He looked around and walked over to the nonfiction section running his hands over it until he paused over some biology books. "You like science?" Toby smiled and walked over. Ej tensed up and didn't respond he just grabbed a book and sat down beginning to read.