Ticking with Love (Ticci-Toby x reader)

Ch. 45

I opened my eyes to see Smiley hovering over me, his eyes glued to mine.
I jump and get out of bed, making it quickly and rubbing my eyes tiredly.
"Mr. Smiley! Do you need something?" I ask, worried about him a little. "No dear, I just wanted to say good morning!" He smiles, clapping his hands and walking into the kitchen,"Breakfast will be ready in a snap!"
I smile, getting my clothes to change in and walk to the bathroom.

Some way to greet people in the morning.

After I changed into a pair of black jeans and a (f/c) t-shirt, I opened the door and walked out, tossing my pjs into my suitcase perfectly.
I smiled to myself and headed into the kitchen, smelling eggs and toast.
"Hello Smiley!" I chirp, helping him get the eggs off the pan and onto the two plates.
"Hi y/n! Thank you so much." He says, patting my head as I walk to the wobbly table with two plates in hand.
After I set down the plates, I hear a toaster beep and see Mr. Smiley open it, appearing with two pieces of toast in his gloved hands.
He tosses them onto our plates and sits down, looking at me.
"Could you get the milk dear? It's in the fridge and the cups are right above the toaster."
I nod my head, a smile creeping across my face, and walk to the cabinet.

"Here you go Mr. Smiley!" I exclaim, sitting down in my seat and taking a bite of toast.
"Thank you y/n!" He chuckles, drinking the milk before eating an egg. "So, did the liquid work?" He asks, after he finished swallowing his egg.
"Yes but I woke up." My smile disappears and turns into a frown.
He gives me a concerned look,"Oh really? Do you know why?"
Thinking about the situation over again, I shake my head as if to say 'no'.
"I know this is a little sudden but...when I woke up, I saw the Rake..." I look down, avoiding to even glance at Smiley's face.
"Huh...That's very strange." Smiley says, rubbing his chin and looking down.
"I decided to look at his tracks but they lead to the window, so I assume he was watching me." I gaze at Mr. Smiley, rubbing my arm before finishing both of my eggs.
"Well I ran out of a certain liquid so I need to get more ingredients for it. Mind if you stay alone here for a little while? I'm leaving at noon." He gives me a troubled look, sadness washing over his face,"I'm sorry I can't protect you if anyone comes but feel free to take a nap while I'm gone. I just want to make sure your all safe."
I nod, smiling to reassure him I understand and would be safe. "I'll protect myself and your work with my life. I won't let you down!" I laugh, finishing my breakfast and carrying my plate to the sink.
"I'll take care of that! You don't need to wash it." Smiley says, raising a hand gently.
"Ok." I wave and head outside, putting on my converse and opening the door.
After closing the door, I scan the area again, making sure I was safe before I walked a few feet away from the shack.
Looking where the tracks where last time, I was surprised to see that they weren't there anymore.
Huh?
I kicked at the earth, a grasshopper whizzing past me and landing on a flower.
Hmm I'm ganna build a tiny house.
I look around and pick up some little sticks and blades of strong grass. Sitting down on a rock, I begin to tie the sticks into a platform, using the grass like string.
After I was done with that, I rest the little platform on the rock and look for bark and leaves.
After finding some dead bark beneath a tree, I pick it up and snatch some healthy leaves that fell onto the ground.
I go back to my seat, picking up some more grass on the way and sit down, breaking the bark into three little squares.
I set the bark up and tie it onto the platform so it looked like walls. Then I placed the leaves on top of the walls so it made a roof.
Hey that's prreetty good.
I chuckle to myself, finding an acorn shell and placing some dead petals in it, setting it in a corner of the little makeshift house.
I then set the house by the shack and stand by it, admiring my work. I look around and find some dead grass and put it in front of the doorway.
"I don't think anyone would live in this but if I could shrink, I would." I mutter to myself, sitting on the stairs that lead into the shack.
I look and see a tree I could climb easily, and walk towards it.
Grabbing the branches, I start to walk upwards, putting a leg on top of the branch and pull myself up. I start to climb up more, curiosity burning in my mind.
I wanted to see how far away I was from the mansion, I missed Toby. After reaching the top of the tree, I look over the woods, amazed.
I could see the roof of Slender Mansion from here but it about a three mile walk. No wonder Slender teleported me over to the shack.
After taking a moment to let the scenery in, I climb down and run back into the shack.
I gather my toiletries and jump into the bathroom, getting out a toothbrush and squirting toothpaste on it. Then I run cold water over it and start to brush my teeth.

Time skip

"Ok y/n! I'm leaving now! Please, take this to defend yourself!" Mr. Smiley says before taking out a machete from behind him and thrusting it towards me.
"O-ok thanks Smiley!" I start to sweat and smile at him sweetly and nervously, rubbing the back of my neck.
"I'm very sure I'll need that."
"Good! Bye-bye darling!" He says before opening the door and closing it behind him, running off into the woods.
Now it was just me and the machete. I sat down on the couch and picked up the weapon, spinning it in my hands.

"Geez."