EJ had spent a lot of time sitting there, chatting with the two girls while you sat there and shivered uncontrollably, waiting. You were too hesitant to speak up about it.
After the two had gone into the forest, with a light layer of snow crunching under their shoes did EJ turn and notice you shivering, to which he scoffed in annoyance.
"Why didn't you get my attention? I would have brought you inside sooner."
You only shrugged in response, rubbing your arms as he directed you inside.
Once inside you wrapped your arms over your chest and tried to walk faster, feeling gazes looking you up and down like predator to prey. It made you feel vulnerable, reminding you of that night with b/f/n...
You were beginning to hyperventilate when you remembered that night, remembering getting the same feeling and just wanting it to go away.
EJ could see you begin to hyperventilate, and not knowing what else to do, turned you around and handed you something. It was a hoodie, which seemed to be his seeing as he was now only in a black shirt. "Here. I can tell you're uncomfortable. Don't mind them, I'll ask Elise and Elli to get you some clothes. Also, for everyone else's sake, the guys I mean, don't tell Elise. I know she would do something stupid and get in trouble with Slendy to make you feel better and teach the boys out there a lesson."
You didn't respond, still getting that feeling as you put the hoodie on, up until you pulled the hood over your face. EJ turned you back around and lightly pushed you forward, still sensing your discomfort.
EJ thought of the moment Elli had been at her weakest moments before the war had happened when she would wake up from nightmares of Zalgo torturing her.
Ej stepped a bit closer and did the same thing he had done to soothe her, by tracing letters, words, and shapes into your back lightly. (if you hate how i spell your or you're, suffer. idgaf)
You tensed up at first before you finally began to settle down again, walking up the stairs without shaking now.
After what felt like forever, EJ led you to a room that was covered in dust. It had old, rusty medical tools and jars that gave a disgusting smell, which EJ promptly grabbed, opened the window, and threw out into the woods as far as he could. He knew Rake would enjoy them, at least.
"I'll try to do my best to clean up in here, but stay in here until I get back. I need to talk to my 'boss.' Also, lock the door when I leave from the inside. If someone comes in, go into my closet. There's a small door hidden by some boxes. Go in there but cover the door back up. I'll look for you in there if I come back to the door unlocked. But whatever you do, don't come out until I give you the safe word. Our safe word will be uhh... Marionette. Don't come out if I say anything else. Okay?"
You only nodded as you sat down on the bed, which creaked with its rusty springs as you pulled up the thin, dust-covered blanket and fell asleep, clutching one of the pillows.
When you awoke, the thin curtains covering the window let in a whistling wind. You huffed in annoyance, getting up and closing them before laying back down. Then you faintly heard the doorknob jiggling, which was followed by a clicking sound.
"Hey, do you think she's awake?"
You opened your eyes in fear and slowly sat up, making sure the bed didn't creak as you tried to think of what to do.
"Let's see if the doors unlocked."
Then you realized you didn't lock the door.
You frantically tried to think of something before you remembered that EJ had told you about the door in his closet. You opened it, moving the boxes slowly so they wouldn't make a lot of noise before crouching down and crawling inside. You turned, still inside and piled the boxes back up to cover it up before closing the door again, backing up slowly.
You heard the door creak open as multiple footsteps got inside.
"Where is she? I know she's in here."
"Check under the bed, I'll check the closet."
You could hear the sound of EJ's bathroom door being opened, along with his drawers to see if there were any other signs where you were. The closet door creaked open as you heard the light flick on.
"Nothing in here but boxes and some of EJ's old untouched clothes. I doubt she'd be able to hide here, seeing as I'm hardly holding myself back from sneezing."
"Let's move some of these boxes."
Your breathe picked up, clamping a hand over your mother as tears fell down your face.
"What the hell is going on in here?" You heard a girl yell. It sounded like a girl from before.
"Uh, nothing!" The boys seemed to panic, which there seemed to be two of.
After hearing the boys flee in panic, you heard the girl say the safeword.
"Marionette. It's okay, y/n. EJ sent me back here to check up on you."
You crawled forward, opening the door and moving a few boxes out of the way. The girl who had last minute helped you, was...
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Taken (EJ x Reader)
Fanfiction(this is my first EJ x reader story so please bare with me here) Y/N was in her last few days of high school when she started to feel watched. She brushed off these feelings as just her imagination until she started finding notes dictating if she sh...
