Can We Learn To Love? (Slender Man x reader) [UPDATED]

I See (Ch. 6)

Your POV

I sat up and wiped the tears away and sighed. I reached into my bag and plugged in my headphones clicking a song to listen, maybe sing to.

I laid down on the couch, listening to the song start up. Balloons by MandoPony. Good song. Sad. Great. I closed my eyes and listened to the sad lyrics. Slowly, I started mouthing the words until I joined in on the upcoming verse.

Just little children,Not at all strange.Until the lights went out,And everything changed.
Alone and afraid,For oh so long.Wondering what did we do wrong?
'Cause now the party's over.And everyone is red.I feel sick to my stomach.Or am I sick in the head?
Just like balloons,We soar on our own!Finally freeFrom the pain of our home!And just like balloons,That no one will hold.Free from the truth,That no one will know.
All of the pain,Far in the past.Yet echoes of screams,Forever will last.
Just like balloons,We soar on our own!Finally freeFrom the pain of our home!And just like balloons,That no one will hold.Free from the truth,That no one knows.No one knows...

The song ended and was followed by an advertisement. I stared at the ceiling before I went to find my happy playlist...

I miss my Dad.

???'s POV

I had followed this human to their shelter when they had ran off... Away from me. Not that I was surprised, I am quite used to that reaction. There was nothing new in it's reaction.

But this human, it had a sense of difference. This human was somehow different from the others. When it met me, it didn't leave immediately, it hesitated. Only a few ever did that. So, I decided to figure out why.

The only way to find out, was to figure out who this human was. So here I am. Looking through a window of the human's shelter, watching it. All of a sudden, it made a movement. It moved its hand to its face... And wipe a tear away.

Because I had just arrived, I had no clue as to why the creature was 'crying', as humans call this action. The human then pulled out a device of some sort, did something with it, and put it down. 'What are you doing?...' I thought to myself, prying into the thoughts of the human. It wants to listen to music. But why? I continued prying into their thoughts as the human's device played music which flowed into their thoughts. 'Piano.' I mentally confirmed. The human then took a deep breath,... And sang.

The words that came out of the humans mouth, had so much passion and feeling. I have heard many humans 'sing', and only a handful of them had sang as though they had made the song to relieve themselves of the pain they felt. 'This human is far too interesting to not observe later on.' I thought, continuing to pry into the mind, trying to find why. When I did, I couldn't help but crack a grin. It holds so much pain in it's head, so much anger, so many secret thoughts and feelings. 'It has far too many secrets to hold all to itself.'