BEN shook his head slowly "Nothing. I just... have no where to go. I know I can go back into electric devices but I'd hate to.." he murmured desperately. You tilted your head "So you're still capable of being in devices?" you asked a bit surprised. He nodded "I tested it with your stuff. But I didn't entered your data. I just went in and out" he smiled and tilted his head.
You sighed "But you don't know where to go?" he shook his head "I can't go home, I'm dead, my mom would get a heart attack" he chuckled dryly. "And I can't change my eyes for long, so pretending to be normal isn't an option." He looked down, more of the black substance running down his cheek "BEN? are you crying?" you asked a bit confused. He winced and slightly nodded.
You moved closer to him and gently rubbed his shoulder "please don't cry" He nodded and took a few shaky breaths before smiling at you "Why do you comfort me? You barely know me, not to mention I kind of forced you to free me, a corrupted soul" he chuckled. You chuckled too "Well... even tho you're creepy, you seem pretty friendly and more hurt than hostile" He chuckled with a light echo "Thank you. You're the first friendly person I met since I died"
You smiled and moved next to him. "You can stay with me for a while. its summer holidays and I'm alone anyways..." his head snapped up and some parts of his outline blurred for a split second. He turned to you and hugged you "thank you (y/n)" he practically purred and let go of you.
You looked up at the blonde boy "wow... what was that for?" you chuckled. He chuckled and blushed lightly "for being to friendly to me, despite me being a undead, Link-looking game failure"
You chucked "for me, you're just an annoying glitch who can't help himself" he pouted and folded his arms "Said the girl who googled how to make waffles" your eyes widened "how do you know?" you folded your arms. He blushed a bit more and looked away "I could see your view history" he murmured. You huffed and turned away "stalker"
He chuckled "Hey, I had to so you'd listen to me! If you had discontinued the game or tried to destroy it, it had been worse for you" He had a sorrowful look in his eyes. You curiously turned to him and offered him a bit of your blanket. He chuckled and wrapped it around himself "What do you mean with worse? you wrote you'd >Maybe< force me to help you. But how if you were bounded to the devices?"
He flinched and cursed under his breath "I was... I am perfectly able to affect the holder of these devices. mess with their heads, manipulate them, playing foul games and mess with their devices." he sighed and took a deep breath "my last holder thought it to be a good Idea to make me suffer over and over again and make videos over it... I warned him. He didn't listened... and well..." BEN looked away "as he tried to destroy my files and later the cartridge I got angry and... drove him insane until he discontinued, even though I think something happened to him and its my fault... I regret it. I really really do, but he let me suffer for five days and he knew it." BEN lightly trembled and took a few shaky breaths.
You trembled hard and backed away a bit. "(y/n)... I know i'm manipulative, that's why I told you." he sighed and looked at you "I wont mess with you, I can't, that's why i'm honest with you" You gulped and nodded "is BEN your real name?" you asked with a sigh "My real name is Benjamin, but I like being called Ben" he murmured with a small smile. "And well... I want to be honest with you, If you had tried to destroy the cartridge I wouldn't have stopped you. I'd had accepted my fate... destroying it would have meant for me to die one last time as my data would have been destroyed" He rubbed his eyes and sighed.
"You still want me to stay?" he murmured as he unwrapped the blanket. You nodded "Yea. I feel bad for you. Drowning must be horrifying, not to mention drowning several times" he gulped and nodded "It is... it really is" he whimpered and shivered.
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You want to play a game? (BEN drowned x reader)
FanfictionYou were a normal college student with a passion for video games. One day at the beginning of summer holidays you decided to buy a game for your old Nintendo 64... but you never thought a game can escalate on this scale... BEN drowned x reader (po...