𝙴𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 {𝙴𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛}

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛|| ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚

Today was my 23rd birthday and I was already dreading the day, I knew F/N was going to make a big deal out of it as they always do. I groaned as I looked at my watch, it was only 10 am and the minutes felt like hours. I laid my head down on the table with another groan, I had stayed up all night grading papers that the actual teacher "didn't have time for" and I'd gotten maybe an hour of sleep

I had dark circles under my eyes and my voice was failing me, my limbs felt like noodles and my back ached horribly and I could barely move. I groaned loudly when I heard a knock on the door, I raised my head slowly and stood up making my way to the door. I opened the door to see F/N, they looked me up and down with a sigh before grabbing my hand and pulling me inside

"I refuse to let my best friend look like this on their birthday, go take a shower and I'll do your hair!" They ordered, I glared at them before sighing and making my way to the bathroom

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Finally they'd finished messing with my hair, my poor scalp felt like it was on fire. They placed their hands on their hips, a proud expression was on their face making me snort. We just talked for about an hour, making jokes and laughing together. They decided to invite some people over, but not before begging me to stop being so anti-social and talk to people more

They left to get cake which meant I finally had some time to myself before I had to talk to people. I laid down on the couch and rested my head on the arm, I looked up at the ceiling and smiled, I honestly adored F/N, they were so kind and got along with everyone, not that I didn't, I just had a hard time talking to people

I sighed as I stretched, I was dreading the party but at the same time I was excited, maybe I'd stick with F/N or maybe Jamie. I sat up and looked out the window to see F/N was back, my excitement only grew and was becoming hard to contain. They stepped inside giggling like a maniac as they rushed to the kitchen, they were an absolute dork but that only added to their charm

They poked their head around the doorway and smiled at me "The guests should be here soon, we should get ready!" I nodded and stood up, apparently while they were out they also got booze and party decorations, I looked at them with a slightly annoyed expression and sighed, they just giggled and started putting the decorations up

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Finally everything was set up and just in time as there was a knock on the door. F/N squeeled and rushed to the door, I made my way to the couch and sat down hoping no one would try to talk to me. As the guests entered they wished me happy birthday and mingled with one another, thankfully leaving me alone

Jamie walked in and sat beside me "I see you're not much of a people person." He seemed to always have a smile, I guess that's what made him so approachable "Yeah no, contrary to popular belief I'm extremely awkward with people." I laughed nervously "That's alright, we can just chat if you want?" I nodded and we talked for what felt like hours about nothing in particular

He was so easy to talk to and his smile was comforting, eventually we made our way to the kitchen and grabbed a couple beers. A couple beers turned into a lot and eventually I was wasted. Everyone was on their way out except for Jamie and F/N who were already passed out on the floor of the living room

I carefully made my way to my room and fell face first onto my bed with a loud groan, my head was spinning and my stomach was churning, I was trying my hardest not to puke. Eventually I couldn't hold it and rushed to the bathroom, my throat hurt like hell and my head was pounding

I slowly made my way back to bed and laid down, I covered myself up and curled up into the fetal position groaning quietly, 'hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow' I thought as I closed my eyes, I knew I would only feel worse but oh well. My eyelids became heavy as sleep slowly took over, slowly I closed my eyes and drifted off

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I woke up to something heavy on my body, only once I felt something cold and sharp against my skin did I open my eyes. I came face to face with a strange royal blue mask that had holes where the eyes would be, black goop ran down from the holes like tears.  The mask was attached to a figure wearing a black hoodie. Once whatever it was noticed I was awake it tilted it's head slightly to the side

I didn't dare move after I noticed the scalpel pressed against the skin of my side. It seemed to notice my unease and straightened it's body keeping the scalpel carefully pressed against my skin. My gaze constantly shifted from it to the scalpel and back to it. It tilted it's head once again with a quiet hum

It removed the scalpel from my side and pressed a finger to the mask in a "hush" motion, that's when I heard the footsteps, instead of putting whoever it was in danger I simply nodded. It placed the scalpel in its hoodie pocket and shifted until it was no longer on top of me

It tilted it's head again and slowly made it's way to my bedroom window, it quickly jumped out of the window disappearing. A shakey sigh left my lips and I sat up rushing to my bedroom door and out to the living room, I decided I was just going to rest on the couch and tell F/N what happened in the morning