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

Silence In Despair (Ch. 9)

Your POV

I opened the door to my room and hurried inside, slamming the door. No way in hell did I want to be down there right now. Did I love my mom to bits? Absolutely. But John? Hell. NO.

I sighed and dropped my bag onto the floor before sitting on my bed. I liked this. The quiet. It's great while the sun sets, like right now. No thoughts, no worries. I can just thrive in it. Or at least, right now I enjoy it. I closed my eyes and listened to my breathing, trying to stop myself from thinking. In. Out. In. Out. In. Out. In. Ou- I shot up with a ringing in my ears and my head pounding. I gritted my teeth and held my head in my eyes.

I could feel the panic rising through me, my breathing getting faster, harder. I looked up and around for water. No, this wasn't scientifically supposed to help, but then again my head shouldn't be randomly hurting like this. Or maybe it was? I did just sprint a couple blocks, basically had a few breakdowns, and ate before getting bothered. I spotted a bottle of water on my window sill. Probably from a time when I regularly drank water.

I ran to the bottle and chugged some down. Nothing. The pain and ringing was still there. I groaned and looked up through the window. I couldn't stop panicking and my eyes couldn't find a place to focus on. Then I saw something lurking in the trees. I froze, and for the first time, the pain and ringing stopped as my eyes made contact with the thing. Its was him. From before.

I gulped down air. How long had he been watching my room? The ringing was slowly getting louder and the pain was slowly returning. I could feel the fear making me plead for mercy. I frowned and felt tears in my eyes as the pain and ringing came back in full force. Somehow I got one word out of my shaking body.

"Please..."

His head suddenly shot up and made... eye contact? With me. I felt a tear trickling down my face, "Please..."

He stared back me for a few seconds. Then retreated into the dark. The ringing and pain slowly came to a stop. I closed my eyes and breathed heavily, leaning on the wall. I don't know why it was watching or why it left me alone and kinda safe... But one thing I know for sure, is that I sure as hell will be enjoying the silence more now.