Worship - Ethan Landry x male oc [2]

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"Just for the record, I don't think you're the killer." Richie said, following after Romeo and Sam with Adrian behind him.

"Thanks?" Sam said with a question, watching as Romeo walked away while still wiping his eyes with his sleeve. Chad walked out of the door soon after and chased after Romeo.

"I just meant--"

"I'm just gonna take a drive. Can you Uber back to the hotel?" Sam said.

"Yeah, I'm sorry, I just--" Richie said.

"It's fine. I'm fine." Sam said, getting inside the car. "Make sure you keep the hotel room door locked." She starts the car and pulls out as Richie shouts after her.

"That's not reassuring!" Richie shouted, jumping when he heard a voice behind him, turning around and looking at Adrian.

"It never is." Adrian said.

"Are you not going after him?" Richie asked, looking at Adrian with the eyes Adrian is familiar with.

"Chad's got it." Adrian said, walking back inside the house.

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Romeo glared his eyes at the tree in front of him, hands on his hips. He gritted his teeth, taking a deep breath to calm himself down. He took out his phone and looked at the message they had sent to him, telling him what to do with Wes and his mother.

What he wasn't expecting was for Chad to follow him into the forest, wrapping his arms around Romeo who jumped in his arms, caging Romeo's arms with his arms.

"Chad... now's not the time." Romeo said, wriggling his body and Chad let his arms fall down to his sides, looking at Romeo with a guilty expression.

"Why? Are you going to kill someone?" Chad asked, watching Romeo type something on his phone before placing it in his back pocket.

Romeo stayed quiet, but looked up to look at him.

"Romeo talk to me..." Chad said, attempting to move closer to Romeo but stopped when Romeo moved back. "Rome..."

"You can't-- you shouldn't trust me..." Romeo said, looking over Chad's shoulder to see if someone had followed Chad and found no one.

"I don't believe you wanted to do this." Chad said, about to move closer to Romeo but stopped himself. "They're threatening to kill someone in your life aren't they? Just tell them."

Romeo shakes his head, walking back to the tree he was glaring before and takes the backpack leaning against the tree, walking back to Chad who looked at him nervously.

"Rome?" Chad asked, looking at Romeo then the backpack, then back to Romeo again.

Romeo unzips the bag and takes out the Ghostface mask, ignoring Chad's hitched breath at the sight of the mask, and takes the robes out of the backpack and everything else before throwing the backpack behind the tree.

"Romeo, don't put it on, you can still stop this." Chad begged, unshed tears in his eyes as he looked at his friend. "Whatever he's threatening you with, we could help you." He said, heartbeat getting louder each second as Romeo slipped on the robes without a word.

"Rome!" Chad exclaimed, getting Romeo's full attention as he slipped on the gloves, face blank of any emotions. "Answer me, please..."

"How can you stop them from killing me?" Romeo asked, taking the Ghostface mask off of the ground.