𝙴𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 {𝙴𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛}

𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎|| ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟠

-Y/N POV-

I had woken up to see I was in dark room, it was pretty empty aside from a dark oak dresser in the corner, a black chair in another corner and a smallish light brown bedside table, light shone in through a small window beside the bed above the bedside table. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, I recognized the room as Jack's and remembered he'd brought me here just yesterday

I yawned and stretched before dangling my feet off the side of the bed, I heard shuffling and looked over my shoulder to see Jack was finally awake. He stood up and stretched, I imagined it couldn't be too comfortable sleeping on the floor, "Let's switch places tonight, I'll take the floor." I smiled at him and he turned to me with a hum before shaking his head "Not happening."

I sighed and stood up, I was about to say something but was interrupted by my stomach growling, Jack scoffed "Are you ever not hungry?" He grinned at me before holding his hand out. I noticed he was no longer wearing the outfit I'd always seen him in, instead he was wearing a white tank top and grey sweatpants, I could see his grey skin more clearly now, not to mention his nails were black and claw-like

Everything about this man amazed me, from his abnormal appearance to his always so laid-back attitude, and even his strange appetite. I carefully placed my hand in his, it was surprisingly warm and soft to the touch. "Just stick with me and you'll be alright." I nodded and we made our way through the mansion halls to the kitchen

Jack pulled my closer to him, a few other people, a scruffy brown haired boy with a mouth guard and goggles, a man with a smile cut into his face and the elf boy from yesterday. They stopped their conversation when they noticed me and Jack, their attention mostly on me

The man with the carved smile grinned making his slits curve upwards even more, the boy with the mouth guard and goggles twitched a couple times before waving and the elf floated over wrapping their arm around my shoulder. "Soo, who's your friend, EJ?" The elf's voice was very static like yet robotic and their tone was teasing

Jack swatted the elf away before wrapping his arm around my shoulder and pulling me closer "Back off, they're off limits..." His tone was sharp and he sounded agitated, the boy with the mouth guard twitched again "Ca-can we a-at l-l-least be *twitch* be fr-friends?" Jack groaned "Maybe." Satisfied with that response the boy pumped his fist with a quiet cheer

The man with the slit mouth rolled his eyes "Yeah, whatever.. Greedy bastard..." He sighed before exiting the kitchen. They were definitely an odd bunch but seemed like good friends, at least sort of. I sat down and the boy with the mouth guard held his hand out to me "Na-name's T-t-ticci *twitch* To-Toby! B-but you ca-can *twitch* c-call me T-toby!" He pulled his mouth guard down to show that a chunk was missing out of his left cheek exposing his teeth and gums

I couldn't help but think it looked awesome as I shook his hand and smiled "Y/N, it's nice to meet you Toby!" He seemed nice, a lot nicer than the other two at least. Toby and I talked for a long time and he explained to me that he has Tourette Syndrome which is why he twitches, it made sense but it only made me feel bad for him

He said there was a lot more too but he'd rather not get into it just yet, first he wanted to get to know me. He may be mentally unstable but I had a feeling that almost everyone in the mansion was at least a little unstable. Jack sat down beside me with a kidney in hand, he stayed close beside me and watched Toby closely

"Sh-shit, I'm s-s-supposed to pl-play w-with *twitch* Sal-Sally s-soon!" Toby stood up quickly and rushed out of the kitchen with a quick wave goodbye to me, I was happy to have made a friend already considering how awful I was with people. Jack groaned "I wish they weren't so nosy..." I couldn't help but laugh at his annoyed tone

"Toby's cool. Not so sure about elf boy and slit mouth dude but, Toby's cool!" I looked up at him with a big smile making him sigh "I guess..." He bit into the kidney ripping it apart and eating it, his appetite was questionable and definitely made me want to puke. Jack looked down at me again "Hey... Toby may be cool, but not everyone is.. Don't be so trusting so easily." His tone was serious, I had figured as much so I simply nodded

We finished eating and Jack grabbed my hand holding it tightly, we made our way back to his room and plopped down on the bed together with a sigh. I turned to face him "Are you sure I ca-" before I could even finish my question I was cut off by him "No, not happening." I sighed making him smile

He turned his head to face me "Why don't you want to go home?" I tensed up a bit, I didn't want to talk about it just yet "Oh, well..." I curled up a bit "I just.. I don't wanna talk about it just yet..." I laughed nervously and he nodded sitting up "You're strange, I hope you know that." I scoffed before crossing my arms and sitting up "And you're rude." He grinned at that making me sigh

'This man...' I looked up at him, he seemed to be lost in thought as usual. I laid back down still keeping my eyes on him. He was always lost in thought about something, I wish I knew what it was, but it's probably best I didn't