𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭&𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞『 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 』

『 Ch. 04 』

"AGH!"

I flung upwards and grabbed my chest. I was covered in sweat, and I felt tears running down my face.

Not again...

I took a deep breath and took my covers off. I walked over to my mirror and stared at myself. My hair was disheveled, and my eyes were large and puffy. I could also see the scars running down my chest from...
Nevermind.

"Great."

I decided to take a shower and clean myself up. I needed it anyway. I went to the bathroom and turned on the water. While I waited, I grabbed my phone and turned on a music playlist to listen to. I took my clothes off and felt the water, it was hot to the touch, but I needed it.

I stepped in and felt the water fall onto my chest and face. My god, it felt amazing. I turned around and grabbed some shampoo. I scrubbed it into my scalp as good as I could. I stood there a second before washing it out, It felt nice to clean my hair. I grabbed the bodywash bottle and squeezed it into my loofah. I scrubbed my body down and hummed along to the song playing...

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I stepped out of the shower and put a towel around myself. I dried my hair off with another towel then left the bathroom. I pulled out some shorts and a (f/c) hoodie out of my dresser and sat them down on my bed. I changed into them after drying myself off fully with my towel. I put it into the dirty clothes bin and grabbed my phone. I headed out to the kitchen and found a note laying on the table.

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Heya (y/n).
I went out to grab some groceries with Crimmson. I'm pretty sure Jen and Abi went out too.

Love ya
-Leroy

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I sat the note back down before going over the cabinet. I grabbed some cereal and made myself breakfast. Then I slowly made my way into the livingroom and turned on the TV. I wanted to look for that boy. He looked so familiar, I had to know him from somewhere. Maybe school, or a neighbor? Maybe an old friend. Nah, I didn't... have friends...

I scroll through my phone, checking old social media accounts and looking at old blogs I liked. I thought surely he had to be from my past. I had such a weird sense of deja vu...

Then I tuned into the broadcast on tv.

"Apparently, the internet is going crazy over a witnesses account of a murder that happened last night at a club last night."

"Many people have seen the interview and compared the witness to one of many infamous murderers on the internet. He's said to have a striking similarity to a 'Tobias Rogers,' or 'Ticci Toby' on the internet,  who burned down his neighborhood before mysteriously disappearing."

"He was supposedly dead, but with this recent discovery, who knows? The local police department haven't made a statement yet, but many are awaiting what they have to say on the matter."

CLICK

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"Tobias Rogers. That's where I know him from." I felt my chest tighten up a bit, and I took a deep breath, "He's the reason I got out." I focused on my phone and typed in his name.

News article after news article detailing everything. I kept scrolling, completely ditching my food. I couldn't help but read everything. Eventually, I got to a chat forum and scrolled through it.

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PrinceDarkness: Do you think they actually live in the mansion together?

Anonymous: Eeh maybe, I feel like they don't ALL live together yk :p

Bob: ye, I feel like they live in some smaller groups

QwertyBirdy: Totes, Slender would probably kill them if they all lived together XD

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Huh... Slender... Why does that sound familiar?

I sat on the couch, looking through different searches to try and find anything about this 'Slender'. Apparently, his name was Slender Man? He would lure people away to either make them one of his henchmen or eat them... I think? I let out a sigh and fell back on the couch. I kept looking at images of the so-called Tici Toby, I couldn't help but think about what happened. And him...

But then, finally, an idea came to my mind.

Maybe there was something I could do to figure all this mess... I grinned and sat up; I was a genius. I threw away the rest of my cereal and put the bowl in the sink, I knew I'd clean it later. I hurried over to my room and began to get ready.

I went into the bathroom and took my extra clothes out of the closet area. We all had extra clothes in a style we would never wear, for safety purposes, of course. My chosen style was really cutesy and had lots of pink. I thought they were cute clothes, it just didn't really suit my whole vibe. But putting it all on was the biggest hassle. I sighed and pulled out a few items to wear.

I smiled at how well I could pull it off if I tried. I looked Hella cute. I grabbed some money, my phone, and some fruit snacks for extra measure. I made my way out of the cabin and hurried through the woods. I didn't want to ruin my clothes in here.

When I eventually got out of the woods and into the outskirts of town, I let out a sigh. Then, I began my way into the shopping district and hoped my plan would work.

Please...