Domesticated (Ticci Toby x Neko! Reader)

ლ Seventeen ლ

You could tell by this point Mommy was in tears. "Jackson..." her voice was quivering, "why don't you love us?"

Those were the words that set Daddy off. 

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An eerily loud slapping sound wormed into your ears, even through the thick walls of the house. Your breath picked up and you stumbled out there as fast as you could on your little toddler feet. When you finally made it out there, though, it was too late. 

You hadn't even heard the scream.

Your mother lay dead in a pool of her own blood, pure horror etched onto her frozen face. A jagged piece of wood was stabbed right through her, and Daddy was panting from the exertion of killing his wife.

A scream ripped through your throat and out into the open, and once Daddy's beady eyes trained on you, regret immediately filled your whole body. 

You took a clumsy step back, but he was already walking towards you in a rushed way. He grabbed you and picked you up, although you were screaming and sobbing, wriggling in his arms. He narrowed his eyes and walked to his bedroom, grabbing something from an old shoe box he kept under the bed. When he pulled it out, he instantly clipped it around your neck, then attached a leash to it. It was a collar. You were nothing to him but an animal.

He practically dragged you all the way to Rogue's house. Except, Rouge wasn't there, he was out with some of his friends and his Mommy. Only his Daddy was currently there, and that chilled you to the bone.

You'd never met Rogue's Daddy. Mommy had always said he was a bad man. Mommy...just thinking about her made a new waterfall of tears cascade down your face. Daddy continued to pull you across the rough ground until you made it to the house. 

It was bigger than you expected, you hadn't ever been to Rouge's house because of his Daddy, and you had never planned on going there either. He forced you inside and a man clad in blackness came down the stairs. You tried to stand, but Daddy just pushed you back down to your knees like nothing but a stray mutt. 

Nothing but silence filled the room, but you were almost positive that they were exchanging glances. A single sentence was given before your leash went slack and the door shut. That was the last you ever saw of Daddy. And the sentence, the sentence was: "I don't care what you do, as long as she's out of my way."

x Your P.O.V x

A shiver runs down your spine and you launch to your feet, newfound adrenaline pumping through your veins. "Come on Toby, you too Ash." you order in a chillingly calm voice. They nod and follow you quickly back to the mansion. The very first thing you do is run up to Slender's office, avoiding Ironic and Leean making out on the couch. 

You fling the door open to see the faceless entity randomly looking through papers and busying his tendrils with things, obviously trying to deal with the stress. "Hey...Slends...calm down, we'll find her." you reassure the being.

"You don't understand...I let her slip right through my tendrils. Gah! I should've been paying closer attention!" he murmurs swears and curses against unknown beings and plops down in his office chair once he runs out of steam. You put your hands on his desk and lean forward, shifting your weight to be at a better angle in front of him.

"Slender, we're going to find her." you cringe at how unsure you sound, but keep going. "She's going to be fine. But, we won't get anywhere with you stressing out like this." you say.

He sighs deeply and rubs his head thoughtfully. "Do you have any leads?" he asks.

"Yes. Do you have an files on Jackson (Last Name)?" you inquire.

He turns and sifts through the papers, pulling out a specifically yellowed one. "Actually...I do." he says, handing it to you.

You don't even want to look at it, knowing it probably has a picture. And in that picture, you'll see the same cold eyes that stared you down the night of your mother's murder.