Unexpected | Baldi x Reader (Fluff/Lemon)

Part 23: Answer Me

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"I came to school like every other day. Except more afraid. I saw you kill the Principal. Everyone asked why he wasn't here, so I told them. And we saw that you weren't here either. Or you."

Reese looked at me and then closed her eyes.

"Everyone knows what you two are up to. Everyone knows that you killed him, they know that you're insane too."

I gritted my teeth in frustration. He must've heard. He gripped the ruler tighter and tapped it on his leg as a warning.

"Classes were cut short. We all just sat in the cafeteria the whole day basically. Then we went home. But we stayed afterwards to find out more. We didn't see anything, but we stayed hoping you two would come. And you did."

She worriedly looked at both of us. "That's it. I swear."

I shifted my weight to one leg and shrugged. "Good enough of an answer for me."

"I thought we were friends, (Y/N). I thought we-"

I cleared my throat as a warning. "Did I ask you to speak?"

The power I had over her felt twistingly amazing. I could make her do whatever I wanted and she'd have to listen to me. The thought of that ran through my head on repeat. Why was I enjoying this?...

Reese choked up and shook her head. She told me everything that I wanted to know.

Baldi laughed, a distorted and sinister one. "She isn't lying, so she's off the hook." He looked at me and then back at her. "For now."

"Also, I figured I'd let you know..." I reached down to hold Playtime's tiny hand. "School is back in session tomorrow. And I'll see you there. You better have a good excuse if you aren't."

"How?" She whispered. "The Principal is dead. We can't have school without-"

"We do have a Principal." Baldi said with a smile. "I̸͔͙͕͓̿͐̒́͊͆ͅt̷͚̗̹̟͕̪̣̱̒̌̅̄̊̒͐̽̕̚͜͝'̶̩̺̩̦̈̌͒s̷̨̜̖̥͚͖͇̠͍͋̄̾͜ ̵̢̥̳̦͎͈̥̘͙̀̉̊̍̓̀̒͋̍̇̚m̵̛̲̏ȩ̷̢̜̺͍̱̘̯͚̲̗̍͌̈́́̅̚̕!̸̡̹̹͚͈̘͊̿̃͗̀̕͝"

All of their faces dropped. Collective mumbling erupted from the group of huddled kids. Alice began to cry. Others pushed her and told her to be quiet.

Seeing them in such despair caused my energy to crack. My mouth twisted to the side and I growled. "You can't do anything about it. Just accept it. This is better for you."

"It isn't!" Reese shouted. "He has complete control now! He can kill us if he wanted to! He could kill you!" Her voice shook as she spoke. "Look, (Y/N)! Just take a second to think about this!"

My nails dug into my palms. "You have no idea what you're talking about."

Silence filled the room for a painfully long minute.

Playtime took a step into the middle of the fight and raised her tiny voice. "Princie will be back. He doesn't die."

Everyone in the room darted their eyes to her.

No way. He's dead for sure. He is not coming back. Baldi stabbed him through the heart. You can't come back from that.

"What do you mean?" Alice's voice chimed in from the crowd. "We saw him spear his heart. Then the body disappeared. Along with the blood."