Memory Smash (Wrench x Reader)

Prolog

I hated it here since I can think, nothing to do and always the same shit. The other kids didn't like me really so I always acted as it never bothered me at all but deep down it was hurtful. To be honest, maybe I was a little bit weird and never knew how to really act around others but how should I learn it when they distant them from me, it was a circle without an exit for a really long time. So it came around that I enjoyed books and video games more than other people, my parents were worried but they were the same socially awkward than I was, fucking genetic.

In school, I felt like a ghost but that was better then been seen and getting ignored, I was only waiting for hours to pass so that I could go home. Even when it sounds like that I was unhappy, let me tell you, that's not true because I was satisfied after a time of getting used to everything. Of course, it isn't the same as being happy but it was always enough for me.

On a beautiful Saturday, there was a silver lining and a change in that whole circle when my parents took me to the local animal shelter, I didn't even know about that whole thing but had the feeling for a few days that they were planning something. Who would have thought that we would get a pet, I expected an ice cream or something like that but hell was I wrong.

The shelter got some puppies which were found without a mother and they were now ready to be adopted, they were a mix between a great Dane and a Siberian husky. For some reasons I was confused how this mix worked but after the whole paper stuff and so on the puppy was next to us. My parents lectured me about what I had to do and that I should choose a name, I agreed and promised everything because this little fur baby made me happier than everything else. I sat next to him and was already greeted with a lot of kisses from him and so my days got so much better.

A few weeks had past and Specter grows a lot and was getting more wild and playful also he was a really stubborn dog. How many times I sat in front him, arms crossed and unsure what I could do to make him listen. Maybe I should go for a walk with him, I thought to myself and called him. Specter got totally excited and jumped around me, even when I would be angry I could never help me to stop smiling.

„Sit down"

I almost begged him, before he got bored and decided to hold still. Now or never, I leashed him and called to my parents that we would go outside. Even when I wasn't that young anymore but it wasn't an easy task to keep him under control, especially since he was quite strong. The most logical thing happened and the leash slipped through my tired fingers and with a blink of an eye he was gone like he was The Flash. Fuck, fuck, Fuck what should I do? My thoughts were racing when I started to run, I screamed his name and was full in panic but Specter didn't respond. Tears were flowing down my face, I was sweating and felt dizzy. I had to find him and bring him home, I can't be happy without him... The darkest thought and scariest images whirled through my mind and I was so close to a break down when I suddenly heard a weird high pitched scream. I stopped for a moment thinking if I should run that way while worried that my lung was going to burst. The scream came again and this time I heard the most wonderful sound, a barking. Not thinking about it again I sprinted there and stopped one moment in disbelieve. There was Specter, jumping around a tree waging his tail happily while barking at it. Slowly I tilted my head and thought he would have spotted a small animal but there was a boy. My head tilted a little bit more when I came close to it, first I thought he did had a really weird face but on the second look I was more confused, he was wearing a mask. Specter suddenly realized that I came and barked in my direction before his focus shifted again to the weird looking tree boy.

„Are you okay?", I asked in a confused voice.

His head shot in my direction and a shiver went down my spine.

„Well yeah, sure. I was just enjoying that beautiful...hell no. How could I be okay when this hellish breed of a monster was jumping around me!" First, his voice was shy and shaky but grow louder but never lost it shakiness. I was taking back by his answer and tried to catch the leash.

„He isn't a monster, he is lovely"

„Yeah sure, I can admire his pearly white teeth while he is ripping me apart!"

„Now you sound silly....Specter sit", my voice was louder and even my stubborn pup listen to a little bit, he came closer to me.

„Come down, I have him" Somehow he was fascinating for me and I would have loved to know why he was wearing a mask.

„Fuck it, that monster will come right away. Maybe you have a plan with this dog!" He didn't sound really angry more like he wouldn't trust me. That was weird, I had never seen him before but something in me didn't want to go.

„How about an ice cream?"

„Yeah sure, should I share it with this...this...animal?"

„I will go buy one and I will tie Specter to the tree back there. Come on, I am really sorry that he scared you" I would have loved to see his face because then I would have known what a face he was making. The boy stayed quiet before he nodded a little bit.

„I want to have blueberry with vanilla and whipped cream!" He demanded with a full voice and still seemed a little bit unsure what to be thinking about me.

That was the first meeting of many with this strange boy, I never learned his real name but we felt comfortable with each other even when he was really shy. At least both understood that it was difficult for the other one. It took some time and there were many hours when we didn't talk at all but didn't felt uncomfortable. Also, I didn't know why he was wearing a mask but at least he could take the mouthpiece off to eat something. Deep down I had the hope to learn a lot more about him and that he would maybe trust me one day enough to share his story, I always had the feeling that his life wasn't easy at all. He flinched when I suddenly moved, never talked about his home or parents adding that he didn't want me to see his face or know his name. It was a weird friendship but it felt so much closer than everything other, beside Specter I trusted only the masked boy.

I never thought that it would suddenly change so much, never in my life, I expected what would happen. My parents and Specter were on our way to my aunt, I wasn't overly excited because I would miss many days with the mask and I wasn't particularly fond of my aunt too. „(name)! Stop sulking like you are a little child we will be back in" .... A loud crash and the sentenced never got finished and was the last thing my mum said to me. Some asshole ramed us and the car flipped over many times. From us four I was the only one that kept on living, many memories got lost with the head trauma but the one I wanted to forget the most never even got the slightest blurry and haunted me every single fucking day.

(Hey there ^^

thank you for reading my first story ever and that even in English (not my first language). Hopefully, the Prolog was enjoyable and that I can finish the next chapters soon)