Heartbreak | BEN Drowned X Reader

10| Unexpected arrival

It was stupid, really, but she couldn't just sit still. Amber stands up, slowly inching closer to the door…

But then it opened by itself.

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••» Slenderman «••

They shouldn't be here so soon.

The peacefulness in the mansion lasted shorter than Slenderman had previously anticipated. The quiet first floor is quickly filled with loud chatter, yelling, and some things getting knocked over by the reckless residences.

Slenderman can hear them clearly from all the way in his office. He abruptly got up from his desk chair, he wasn't expecting their arrival. The creepypastas were supposed to be staying at one of his brother's—Trenderman's—place for a week. It's only been 5 days since they left.

He teleports to the entrance, quickly spotting Masky—his most trusted proxy—walking in with Hoodie at his side. Slenderman teleports in front of him, towering over both Masky and Hoodie.

"What happened?" He asks, trying to stay as calm and levelheaded as possible.

"Something happened and Trender told us it was best we return. He never told us exactly why, though," The masked man explains, fixing his posture now that he was in front of his boss.

Wordlessly, Slenderman vanishes once again, leaving his two proxies slightly confused.

Now he's in front of the door to his room, shocked to see the little ghost girl known as Sally about to open the door herself. Slenderman is quick to pick her off her feet, vanishing with her in his arms and reappearing in her room.

"What is it that you wanted, child?" Slenderman asks, sitting the young girl on her bed.

"I was looking for you!" Sally beamed, pointing a tiny finger at Slenderman. "Trendy made me some new dresses and I wanted to show them to you!"

Slenderman sighed. Parenthood is hard, especially when you have moody and reckless serial killers to take care of.

"That's lovely, Sally, but right now I have to take care of something. I will come look for you to see your new dresses when I'm done, alright?"

Sally nodded, hopping off her bed and running off to who knows where.

Slenderman makes his way back to his bedroom after dealing with Sally. The creature was about to knock on his own door when he heard a pair of footsteps coming his way. It would look odd to anyone if he had to knock before entering his own bedroom, so to not rise any suspicions, he walked right in.

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Amber jumps and flinches back when the door opens suddenly and Slenderman comes into view, closing the door as soon as he was in.

Amber gulps, thinking she may get in trouble for trying to peek. Slenderman turns his head to her, she could see the way his chest was rising and falling faster than usual. He turns back to look at the door for a second before sighing and letting his body relax.

"You will need to be careful from now on. If someone that isn't me tries to come in, hide as fast as possible. I will knock five times and warn you telepathically when it's me entering."

"Who else lives here?"

"They're some... interesting people, let's leave it at that. Do not interact with any of them."

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Almost a week has passed since the creepypastas returned to the mansion. Amber was still not used to hearing the yelling and activity going on beyond that door, always getting a mixture of fear and curiosity. It seemed like arguments break down at least 5 times a day, followed by loud shattering and crashes as well as curse words being thrown left and right.