| Original Chap— Lookism ep. 31 |
Ep. 28   A stalker?

"Haha. You fucking little bitch" The guy laughs at you, "Ahh- now I'm pissed. Come here. Come here. I won't bite you."

He pulls down his sunglasses as he gestures you to come closer, "I said, I won't hit you. I won't..."

You watched him with an astounded look, wondering why he would even think you'd come even closer. Like, bro looked ready to rumble.

And you were right! He swings at your face, attempting to try and break your nose or something just like Yui. And just the thought of this made your eyes widened with murderous intent.

Like Jesus take the wheel because this man just cut your brakes and you're ready to run him over.

Nice analogy. Yes.

It was like the universe was telling you it was alright to just pulverize this man until he was a stain on the sidewalk.

You tilt your chin back, avoiding his uppercut swiftly.

The guy's mouth was slightly ajar as he pulls back a bit. Something about the way you were staring at him made him feel uneasy, it made him feel small. He swallowed a knot in his throat, wondering what the hell was making him so nervous over this high school girl.

But every move he made, your eyes were trained onto him, it followed him everywhere he swayed. And sometimes, it even predicted which way he'd move. But the weird thing was, you weren't even looking at him, it was like you were looking right through him.

"Fuck..." He mutters under his breath, how could he be so scared of a girl like this?

He sweats a bit, but he didn't want to go down like this, "Are you scared? I was just trying to scare you." He steps forwards before he swings again with his other fist, "But this time for real!"

You jerked back quickly, avoiding the swing like before. But this time you brought your own swing back, sucker punching his hard stomach, you felt him lurch over. The sound of him coughing violently over your shoulder wasn't enough.

So you quickly bounced back, swinging your leg over to the nape of his neck. But before you could land the devastating blow, you heard Zack's voice scream out in a desperate plea.

"Y/N Stop! You'll kill him!" Zack screams out, huffing as you felt arms around your waist. Zack wasn't worried the slightest about the man's well being, he was more concerned over the fact that being in a long distance relationship with you after you get deported would be extremely hard. How would he be able to check up on you physically? Know if you're flirting with other guys or even girls?

You looked down at the trembling chubby arms as you heard the brunette clip on the floor.

"P-Please." Daniel's small voice pipes up as you turned to see his short self. "D-Don't. I don't want to lose you."

You blinked, looking over your shoulder you saw Zack still holding Yui as she cries. His eyes were looking straight into you slumped your shoulders.

"Don't be dramatic." You dropped your tone as you moved away from Daniel's embrace. "I wasn't gonna..."

You wanted to say you knew you wouldn't kill him. That you knew your strength, and that murder was not at the back of your mind. Cue that one song.

But let's be honest. You were definitely trying to break his neck for a second there. It was evident you were, because you didn't hold back at all. And this man was extremely lucky that at the last possible moment, your friends had stopped you.

You turned away from the fainted man as you looked down at Danny, a faint smile on your lips as you crouched down to him. "Thanks buddy. It's nice to know you still cared enough to stop me."

And just like that, Daniel's heart thumped a mile a minute. He squeezed his chest, as he realized... How lonely he had been feeling. At first he thought all attention was good attention, especially from you. But... It wasn't the same. You were so distant, and he resented that, he missed the time he spent with you. Walking to and from school, eating lunch, or occasionally hanging out at the convenience store.

Damn. He really had messed up, huh?

You suddenly looked passed Daniel and at Yui who was tilting her head up a bit to stop the bleeding. Her eyes widens when her brown pupils made contact with your (eye color) ones.

"I-" Yui was for a lost of words, her blood soaked nose and bruising around it was evident as she tried her best not to cringe away from the pain. She break eye contact with you, especially when you didn't say nothing.

Even through the thought of you had pissed her off before, somehow... she wasn't mad at you now. In fact, she was glad you were here to stop him so quickly.

However, something inside her wanted to bark at you, lash out on you. A selfish feeling wanted to burst out of her chest as it crawled out of her mouth.

And so... it did.

"Y-You!" She screams out, "It would've been all alright if you were never here! Nobody would've ignored me, and everybody would've loved and worshipped me! Why'd you have to join our class huh!? Why you!"

'... Well excuuuuuussseeee me, Princess.' You thought in your head, watching her with a dull look.

"And, and! W-Why can't you just agree with me? Nothing, there was nothing you agreed with me with." Her bottom lip quivered, eyes tearing up even more as she still was holding her head up. "And you never even paid any attention to me either! I even tried to talk to you a couple of times and you totally ignored me!"

'...' You squinted your eyes, trying to remember what she was talking about. She tried to talk to you? When? (Y/N is an unreliable narrator).

You just grabbed a tissue pack from a random shelf, ripping it open you gently pushed it against Yui's nose.

"H-Huh?" She looked down for a bit as you just pushed her head up again, using the tissue to soak up the blood.

"Keep looking up." You muttered.

"Should I call the police Y/N?" Zack asks as Yui immediately cried out.

"Do not!" Yui shouts, her eyes trying to look back but you just held her nose in place.

"Why? Still feel bad for that fucking jerk?" Zack scowls, "He hit you for godsake, and tried to beat up Y/N!"

"It's not like that! I couldn't give a flying fuck about him!" Yui scowls, angered at what low perception Zack had of her. "It's just that... If the police came, it'll be public news. And since I have an online fanbase, it'll be a stain on my reputation and then everybody would just know me as 'That girl who got beat by her scumbag boyfriend'."

"B-But Yui, don't you think he deserves to go to jail through?" Daniel asks, he was against the idea of a woman abuser like Yui's ex boyfriend could be wandering the streets the next day like nothing happened. It would just be dangerous.

"Yeah I agree, is your online reputation more important than having somebody like him walking around? What if he does it to another girl, huh?" Zack scowls, he wouldn't voice it now especially of the timing, but the thought just made him see Yui as more selfish.

"You don't understand at all!" Yui shouts, "Do you think I'm being a streamer because I like it? No! I need the money, my parents don't even help raise my siblings. I'm the only one who makes decent money! I only wanted Jiwoo (Her ex abusive boyfriend) because he could protect me from obsessive stalker fans and I wanted Daniel so I could stream with him using his pretty face!"

Daniel stays quiet, his face falling "Oh..." He mutters quietly, holding onto his arms.

"Please, I don't want to lose any sponsorships or fans if they saw me in this type of light..." Yui holds onto your arm, bawling her eyes out. "Y/N please, help them listen."

...

Dammit, now all eyes were on you now. God, you hate making final decisions, you were a very indecisive person. Whatever, you had an idea anyways.

You sighed, "Don't call the police."

"Thank you! Thank you Y/N!" Yui smiled, crying tears of happiness now.

"But Y/N!" Zack shouts, trying to detere you.

"The police is such a nuisance. And he'll probably only be charged with domestic violence and possibly assault. And Yui could get a restraining order, but he'll most likely only serve a year in prison and then he's free again." You said before stretching your arms.

"But we could at least postpone it, right? It should be worth a try." Zack pipes up.

"Yeah, but jail time isn't rehabilitating. If anything, he'll end up as a statistic of a repeated offender anyways."

"Then what? We're gonna just let him walk?!" Zack questions you, getting irritated. Why can't you see that jail time is better than nothing? The piece of shit should rot in jail for all that mattered.

"..." You stayed silent, closing your eyes. You knew where he was coming from, but one year in jail was probably the max time he'll be there. More likely then not he would get released way earlier. "Daniel..."

"Yes?!" Daniel quickly straightens his back, surprised that his name was dragged back in the conversation.

"Help me drag him back to the house." You place a palm against your forehead.

"Y/N? What? What're you thinking about doing?" Daniel asks, confused and worried.

"Teaching him a lesson about equal rights." You said, standing up as you waved your arm before tapping Zack's shoulder. "Zack, take care of Yui."

Daniel only looks back and fourth at the guy's unconscious body as he sighs. Grabbing his arms, Daniel starts hauling away. The convenience store door just ringing as you stepped out into the cold air with Daniel following behind you. Surprisingly he was strong enough to drag the body out.

As the both of you walk away, Zack and Yui were left.

"..."

"So... Hospital?" Zack looks down at Yui as she rolls her eyes, pushing him away.

"First, stop holding me, it's gross. And second, I don't need your help you complete sell out." Yui seethes as she stands up on her own, holding the tissues that you had ripped open for her. "Also, pay for the tissues, it's the least you can do after causing all this with your big mouth."

And with a final spin of her head, she walks out casually, and with a sassy "hmph!" At the end too. The door opens as he was left alone in the empty store.

Zack sits there on the floor, stunned.

...

"WELL FUCK YOU TOO!" He shouts at the top of his lungs before he pulls out his wallet angrily.

***

The walk home was a bit too quiet for your liking. But you didn't know what to say to Daniel, it felt like it's been such a long time since Daniel and you had talked. Even through it's probably only been a few days, but either way, it felt awkward.

"Y/N!" Zack shouts out, seeing him run down the street towards the both of you.

Daniel clicks his tongue, annoyed as he just continues walking towards your house.

You, paused for a second as he catches up, "So, what's the plan?" He pipes up, looking down at you.

"You good at gaslighting?" You asked him, hands in your pockets.

"Huh?"

***

"Urgh..." A groan slipped through his lips as he felt completely miserable. His eyes opened one at a time, he blinked for a little, still feel groggy as the pain hits him.

"Fuck..." He moans, his head tilting up before a bright light was shined in his eyes. "Shit!"

His pupils dilated, blinded for a moment as all he can see was a figure of a woman. And just when his fight or flight instincts kicked in, he tried standing up but he fell over. Crashing down to the floor as he realized his hands and legs were tied to a measly wooden chair.

"What the hell! Who the fuck are you!?" He shouts angrily, but all he got in response was a kick to the stomach. This made him lurch over, eyes wide as the figure squats down in front of him.

He coughs violently. Hacking up something as he tears up, eyes cautiously looking at his capture as he recognizes your face.

"Y-You—!" The floodgates opened as all his memories just came back to him, you had punched him in his stomach before! And then... wait what happened? Did he pass out? Wait where was Yui? "Yui? Yui! You bitch! Come here and untie me!"

A steel pipe stabbed into the ground next to him, effectively shutting him up as his eyes grew wide. His breath shaky as he watched as the pipe slowly lifted from the dented ground, debris falling it as he saw another pair of shoes walk to your side slowly.

Zack lifted the pole, holding it over his shoulder as he smirks.

"That's gonna be your first and last warning." You said slowly, eyes glossing over as you just watched him while squatting down.

He only breathes heavily, trying to compose himself as you smiled at him.

"Don't worry, if you just listen. You won't get hurt." You thought for a second, "I mean besides that kick from before."

"You try anything funny. I'll fuck up your ugly mug, got that?" Zack also throws in a threatening comment as Daniel's pretty boy bod approaches from behind the light.

He only glares down at the poor bastard intimidatingly. His eye bags still evident as he had switched bodies quickly over at his house.

"L-Listen! Do you want money? What do you want from me?" He gulps, "I don't have any on me! But call Yui please, she'll pay you off! Please, she's a popular streamer who whores herself out! She has loads—"

You grabbed his ear, pulling him up straight along with the chair he was strapped too. He felt pain shooting through his body like a shotgun, he screams as he felt like his ear was about to rip off. But his chair finally settled upright, but any more he was sure that his ear would've torn off.

"Didn't you hear her? All you had to do was listen." Daniel steps towards, eyes dark as he crouched next to your side. "Can't you even do that you bastard?"

He whimpers, tears streaming down his face as he sniffles. He was trying so hard to suppress his tears but it just couldn't stop. The pain and the situation was starting to get a little too real.

"Hey, hey man." Zack cooed as he got up in his face, "This probably isn't even half the pain you inflicted onto Yui. You broke her nose like it was nothing. Who knows what else you did to her. You're lucky we haven't even broken any of your bones."

"Hey Zack, Daniel." You looked back at them, crossing your arms.

They both glanced at you.

"Stand guard outside a bit. I'll handle everything else." You grinned at them as they both looked at each other.

"You sure? I was having fun playing good cop bad cop." Zack moans annoyingly.

"What if he tries to attack you?" Daniel asks worryingly, hands out as he restrained himself from holding your shoulders.

"Just head out." You tilt your head towards your front door. This time, your voice was strict, and the two boys just stiffened before nodding solemnly.

They both stood out the door, closing it slowly as Daniel peeks through the closing door crack. Concerned eyes watching you as the door finally clicks.

As the two of them stand watch outside, with Zack dropping the steel pipe on the ground with his arms folded. As Daniel stands professionally, as if he was a real security guard, holding his hands behind his back.

"Damn, what do you think Y/N has planned for that poor guy?" Zack asks Daniel, "Also, where'd you come from?"

"Next door, I'm Y/N's neighbor, remember?" Daniel grits his teeth, feeling annoyed by Zack's questions.

"No I'm just asking, where the little Daniel?"

"Working. What do you think?"

"Damn, I've been meaning to ask you for a while. But did a snake crawl up your ass or something?" Zack snaps, getting annoyed back at Daniel. "You've been so fucking moody, it's goddamn pissing me off."

"Then how about you piss off somewhere else where I can't see you?"

Zack snaps, hands reaching Daniel's collar as he quickly reeled the man in. Foreheads colliding as Zack bares his teeth at him.

"You fucking punk!" Zack scowls loudly before your door slams open. They looked back as they saw You walking out quite refreshed. Zack let's loose of Daniel's collar. "Y/N?"

Before another word slips out, they both saw Yui's ex boyfriend follow you out solemnly.

"Huh?!"

"You understand what I said right?"

"Yes m'am." He nods his head meekly, holding his hands together.

"Don't pull another stunt like that in the future."

"Yes m'am. I won't."

"Good." You nodded, before pushing him down the road. "Well, see ya."

He only bows his head towards your area before limping down the road. Hands on his stomach as both Daniel and Zack watched in complete awe and confusion at what's happening.

In the silence, you simply just pulled out your iPhone before swiping up to remove a tab from your Google search that read "How to gaslight somebody into becoming a better person? Wikihow."

"I- what? What did you do?" Zack gulps as Daniel only stares at you with the same questioning look in his eyes.

You just shrugged before shoving something in Zack's chest.

He flinched back a bit before holding out his arms and seeing a couple of snacks.

"Payment for stacking my food in alphabetical order. It's pretty nifty." You nodded, "Also the gel in your hair is starting to break off."

"W-Wait! Seriously!?" Zack shouts before hurriedly hugging the snacks and running off. "I-I'll see you tomorrow, t-thanks! I got something to do!"

You watched him run down the road in full speed as Daniel and you just watched him Looney Tooned off.

Now that he's out of the way...

You turned back at Daniel, who flinched the second your gaze fell onto him. He immediately turns his head, trying to avoid the guilty feeling that was crawling from the pits of his stomach.

His thoughts were racing a mile a minute, and different ways on how to run off was flashing in his mind. All he wanted to do was disappear from you.

He bit his bottom lip, looking down at his feet. 'I-I'm— not a good person.'

He felt a hand on the top of his head, as he stopped breathing for one second. The familiar warmth of your hands spread throughout his scalp as he felt you ruffling up his hair.

"Hey buddy, how's the last few days been for y'a?" You smirked charmingly at him.

Daniel started to feel an overwhelming emotion as his eyes started to water.

"I-I'm, Y/N I- I'm so, so sorry." Daniel sobs as he grips onto his shirt, pulling his other arm to his eyes as he sobs. "Y-You don't need to accept my apology. I- I just— I didn't know—"

"I know. It's fine." You gave him a soft smile. "But Daniel, there is one thing I want to do before I can forgive you."

"Anything! Anything Y/N, what is it that you— OOF!" Daniel explains as you sucker punched him in his forearm.

He flown back a couple feet as he rolled on the ground, his arm numb as you stood with your fist out.

"Yeah, that was for being a complete wad for a week or so." You said, fist raised as you looked at him. "Really did piss me off when you snubbed me intentionally."

Daniel lays on the ground, groaning a bit as he held onto his arm. "Urgh..."

You strolled over to him before getting down on one knee to raise him up through. "But I forgive you pal."

"You're a complete psycho." Daniel groans out as you grinned wider.

"Yeah, and this complete psycho won't hold back if you turned into a green eyed monster again." You glared at him playful, raising your fist into the air. "Remember that. I'll beat you worst then the Americans did to the Russians in the Space Race."

Even through Daniel was in excruciating pain from the sucker punch, and lowkey feels like he should've fallen for literally any other woman who wasn't as violent as you. (Aka he regrets being so in love with your crazy ass sometimes)

He still felt like he was at the end of the tunnel. It felt so dark and lonely when he was by himself. Feeling how it mirrored his middle school years as an angry little kid who was angry at the world for putting him down for years. It felt almost as worst as when he had almost let out his anger on his mom.

He could only curl up into your arms for a minute as he removed his foggy glasses and cried softly, whimpering as he promised to himself that this was gonna be the last time he would ever become a monster again.

"I-I'm so sorry Y/N!" He begins crying more and more.

You only cringed back a bit as his years were completely ruining your sleeve, but you just kneeled there. Watching the little chubby Daniel cry and sob his heart out.

Tiny tears were dangerously trying to leak out as you sniffed them back up like a true badass.

However you did give a quiet sniffle, "Daniel stop crying dammit, you're reminding me of Vasco"

And so, Yandere Daniel has successfully been cleansed from Daniel's heart.

Or at least— 99.5% of it has.
*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

WITH VASCO
As Vasco lifted weights he felt a itch on his earlobe.

'Somebody's talking about me'

A small tear slid down his cheek as his arms got wobbly under the weight of the large barbell.
*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

GANGNAM LORD
'I've blown it all, the disability pension is gone! I can't buy any more balloons for my lovely wife!' Gangnam Lord bites his nails.

'Now how am I gonna support her the next time she airs!?' He thinks before an idea pops in his head 'Wait I'm gonna meet her! I'm gonna meet her and make love to her!' (A/N: IM DISGUSTED)

He looks through his files on his computer? He had recorded most of your livestream as he screen captured a part of your video. He looks at the picture as he zooms in to see the outside the your window.

'A street lamp, old fences, and garbage... I can see the rooftop of the house behind her's, I think I know that place!' He looks through the photo as he zooms in even more.

'Now let's street view the place. So she must live in the area in slight poverty due to all the pollution. She also lives near XXX Apartments! You can also see the sun setting behind her so she must have the back of her house face South! Lets exclude all the wrong places and scout out all possible locations!'

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

NEXT DAY; WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL

You walked home alone today, Daniel felt like he needed one more day off from school after everything that happened yesterday. And honestly, you also wanted to take a day off, everything that happened was completely confusing and sad that it had thrown you off course for a while.

And it wasn't surprising that Yui also took a day off, you had to admit, you were worried about her. After she spilled out her filling and traumatic back story to you, you couldn't help but not sympathize with her. Yeah she's a shit person, but she was a shit person with issues. And you felt that.

Respect.

But you did hope both Yui and Daniel could feel better even after everything— maybe carry on and not be too hung over anymore.

- Inner Y/N #1: So wait, does Y/N like him or not?

- Inner Y/N #2: I honestly don't know man, shit the brain Y/N's never really give me direct signals when it comes to that.

- Inner Y/N #1: Damn, and we really thought the Brain Y/N were simpletons. Guess they are complex too.

- Inner Y/N #2: But we do know the heart Y/N's really are trying to work it out for them, they be working overtime for the last few days. We should treat them to a beer party.

- Inner Y/N #1: So what are the heart Y/N's telling us? Does Y/N like Daniel or not? Who does she like?! This is killing me! Just spoil it dammit.

- Inner Y/N #2: Well the heart Y/N's are saying... she loves—

- Stomach Y/N #1: SHE LOVES BREAD!

- Inner Y/N #1: Oh goddammit who let them loose again?!

- Inner Y/N #2: It's almost dinner time so they're running more and more rapid, we need to get food!

- Inner Y/N #1: No I wanna know who she loves!

- Inner Y/N #2: The Heart and Brain Y/N's are getting overtaken by stomach Y/N's! They've stopped responding!

- Inner Y/N #1: Not again! Fuck!

Your stomach growls as you were getting hungry, you scratched your belly.

But besides that, everything was normal... however, there was still one thing off that weighed in your mind.

You felt a presence whenever you went home, and frankly you were pissed off and annoyed by whoever it was. Because whoever it was seemed to be hiding and skilled at slipping away when needed. You haven't seen them once, but you could just feel someone was following you.

But you can't go to the police or anything quite yet, they haven't made their move yet.

You furrow your brows, wondering how you were gonna catch them. You really did hope they would sneak in your house, then you could really do a number on them.

'Whatever, whenever it happens I'll be prepared. But I should start another live stream soon, I wanna get bank' You think 'Through I wonder if (Zack/Daniel/Vasco/Jace/Mira/Jay/Zoey/Favorite Lookism Character) likes sweets...'

As you closed your eyes and exhaled, your head snaps towards a different direction- behind you as you felt the presence getting too close to you. Your eyes looked at the alleyway you were passing as you scanned the area, trash was littered everywhere as garbage bags were thrown and slouching on the ground.

"You're making a mistake!" You shouted out into the empty alleyway, "Don't say I ain't warn y'a!"

You waited for a moment, shrugging your shoulders as you expected it when nobody responded.

You turned on your heel before casually walking away, hands shoved into your pants as you felt around your pocket.

However, you were indeed close to him, a certain frog like eye peeked out behind one of the garbage bags as he smiled eerily.