"I made breakfast. You need to eat." The creature demands as the woman finally opens her eyes. She looked at the creature confused, her eyes unfocused.

"Wha...?"

"Get out of bed." He restates, continuing to blankly glower down at her. She simply nodded and carefully rose to her feet, aided by one of his tendrils to gain her balance.

"Thank you." She states, followed by a yawn. She holds onto the tendril as if he had offered his arm and followed him to the dining table.

"While I would normally allow you to rest once more, I'm afraid you'll have to join me on a walk. If you continue lazing around your health will become compromised." Slender explains, helping her into her seat before placing her food in front of her. "It will use less of my magic if I keep you in proper health."

"It seems this deal has become more work than it's worth for you." She answers with a soft laugh, a tear coming to her eye without realizing. "I'm already so weak, I can barely carry a child, let alone stay in proper health. My body is over used and my better years have already left me. I don't understand what you're getting from this deal."

The Slenderman sighs as he sits across from her with frustration clear on his blank face as she eats. She wasn't wrong in the fact that he didn't know what he was actually getting from this, but she is wrong by all other means.

"The worth of a woman does not fall to how many times she's been abused by others who don't care and especially does not fall with age. And whether you believe it or not, you are more than capable to carry a child, you are just simply not able to right now from how injured your body is." Slender answers, meeting her stare of astonishment as she blushed a dark shade of red. "I'm certain in a years time, and maybe a month or so after that, you'll be able to carry a child fine on your own."

"A-are..." she begins, glancing away from him in embarrassment. "Are you suggesting you want me to carry your child?"

The Slenderman scoffs, he'd have rolled his eyes if he had any. Though, he also wanted to laugh. Not only was the concept amusing, the fact that this was her third time hinting at it was ridiculous.

"No, but at this point, I'm beginning to believe you want to." He answers, watching her face turn a new shade. "What is this? The 3rd time you've made such a comment?"

"I- I—!"

"Yes. I understand you don't mean that. I will refrain from joking about your insistence." He interrupts, pausing as she sighs and moves to eat once more. "At least until you're no longer pregnant."

He internally grins as she squeals in embarrassed, dropping her fork as she covers her cheeks. He couldn't help the chuckle that left him as her hair fell in front of her face.

"You should eat. Understand that I have no interest in your human fornication." He states, rising from his seat. "Knock on my door when you finish eating. Then, we will walk."

(Y/n) nods and watches as he leaves down the hall. She continues to eat her food, face still flushed from the suggestion. Whether it was her thoughts or his intent, she was happy he had the confidence she could carry another baby after this one. Even if she'd never be able to when he kills her.

"Thank you." She thanks as one of his tendrils lifts the branch so she wouldn't hit her head. He simply tsks and continues forward. A small twinge of guilt sent a pain through her chest. Was he bothered by her company? "Am I bothering you...?"

"Hm? No, I just think it's funny." The creature answers, scooping her up with his tendrils and setting her back down over a giant log he simply stepped over.

"What's funny?" She asks, subconsciously holding his tendril til it moved away from her.

"You're nothing like your father or mother." He replies. "I mean, you share similar features, but you're continuously polite, even if I'm the one being rude."

"I-I mean... I gave my life to you, I'd hate to spend what's left of it fighting you over a decision I made." She responds, brushing her hair behind her ear and lifting her skirt while stepping over a puddle. She hears him chuckle and raises her head to look at him once more.

"Why do you believe I'm going to kill you?" Slender asks, sounding amused.

"W-well, you kind of ate my husband? A-and you don't seem to like my father that much. Since you hate him and haven't done anything to him, I-I assumed you'd project that anger onto me because I'm his daughter." She explains, lowering her gaze and looking off to the side with a frown. The slender sighs and pauses, leaning against a tree, now looking annoyed.

"You may be his daughter by blood, but you are completely innocent. And while it'd be easy to do something of that sort, I have different plans for you." He huffs, waving a hand as he continues forward. "I should make a list of your continuous assumptions. You keep insisting you carry my child, and that I'm going to kill you as soon as these nine months are over. What's next, my dear? I'd love to know what else you believe I have planned for you."

(Y/n)'s face flushes as her eyes widen in embarrassment, she covers her face with her hands and whines, upset by his constant reminders.

"I-I'm sorry..." she sighs, feeling tears prick her eyes. "I-it's the only thing that's ever been expected of me. C-carry or die."

"Do not fret over it, just know for now I expect you to learn and keep up with your manners. I also expect you to tell me if you think anything's wrong." He reassured despite sounding irritated, perhaps because she became upset so easily. "Out of curiosity, how long were you married to your husband?"

"Well... we were engaged when I was 18. He uh... d-did something and to avoid humiliation my father made him engaged to me. That's when the heir stuff became more of a popular topic. He made us marry quite quickly so... 4 years?" She rambles in a mumble till she knew her answer.

"I understand you were unhappy in your relationship." He replies, seeming to inquire more of the twos relationship.

"Why would I be happy in a relationship with someone who hurt me? After the first time and the engagement, even though I didn't want him to touch me, he refused to have anything to do with me. He called me used and dirty. Then when we got married something seemed to have changed." She explains. "His perspective of me seemed to change in an instant. He needed to be around me at all times, he'd compliment me and touch me. Then his attitude would change and it was back to the insults. It was confusing."

"Did you ever learn why?" Slender asks, the two now stopped at the lake as he watched her eyes water. He could hear her heart beat and sense just how much pain she was in.

"According to my mother it had something to do with the talk of an heir. When an heir went without being a topic he'd get possessive over me, but when it was a topic he acted disgusted with me." She answers, wiping her eyes to stop her tears. "Eventually, I don't know why, but he changed his mind about the heir stuff. H-he'd say things about being happy that his child would rule. B-but then when I was actually pregnant, I was probably along 4 months when he changed his mind again."

"He caused your first miscarriage?" Slender asks, earning a nod from the woman. "Then there was a gap between tries, in which he continued to beat you then when he tried again, your body was too busy trying to heal to properly conceive."

"Could I be allowed to make a request of you?" She asks, barely meeting his gaze as she looks up at him with innocent, sorrowful eyes.

"Depending on the request, I suppose I may allow it." He answers, leaning forward to meet eye level with the woman, who only took a single step back but kept his gaze.

"When I die, will you stay with me?" She asks, her voice quiet, barely louder than a birds tweet. Slender felt shock strike his chest as confusion quickly took over.

"Why do you want me with you?" He asks, his blank stare glaring.

"You have shown me more kindness than any other individual, even if your kindness isn't for free. When I die, I'd hate to be alone." She explains with a small smile that made his chest tighten. "I just hope you'll still have some kindness left for me then."

"You truly are naive." He answers, watching out of the corner of his view as a single tear leaves her eye and a broken smile clings to her lips.

"Yes..." she simply answers, looking up at the sky. "Naive."

"We're almost there." The Doctor states, reassuring his assistant as they arrive at the meeting place.

"This is exhausting." He complains, setting down the box of equipment once more. "Why couldn't that thing just teleport us there?"

"Because we need to know how to get here on our own. He won't always be able to teleport us." The doctor answers, holding back a branch and helping his assistant across a large root. "Besides, we're almost there."

"Good. So this thing now owns the princess?" The assistant asks, looking around the woods.

"Yeah, according to the servants the princess was believed to have offered herself to him—"

"Huh. Guess even royalty can be whores."

"I don't believe that was the deal she had in mind, Nathan. The princess has been heavily abused since her childhood. She was given an out and she took it. I'm sure she was hoping he'd kill her." The doctor explains to his assistant who simply scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"I know you've known her for a while, but geez, don't need to defend her. You know the king sucks, not to mention the queen's—"

"I suggest you do not speak of the queen or speak ill of the princess if you wish to keep your tongue." The creature warns, abruptly appearing behind them.

"You must forgive my assistant, he's still young." The doctor answers, nodding his head toward the creature. His assistant immediately tensed up, uttering apologies that Slender quickly silenced.

"I require at least one of you to be with (Y/n) twice a week. Doesn't quite matter when, I simply ask you make sure she's healthy and that you assist her with any difficulties she may be facing." Slender informs, leading them toward the cabin. The doctor and assistant examine the area, surprised by the scenery the violent creature surrounded himself with.

The two enter the cabin, which was somehow bigger on the inside than the outside. The two were both surprised on how the creature was able to stand at full height.

"(Y/n), come here please." The creature commands. Out from the kitchen walks (Y/n), dressed in her new norm: light dress, hair down, and flat shoes. The doctor's assistant's heart seemed to skip a beat as the woman stepped closer.

"(Y/n), a pleasure to see you again."

"Nice to see you as well, Doctor Hayne." (Y/n) greets, a warm, polite smile on her lips. The assistant seemed to stare as the creature began to speak once more. She looks to him and smiles.

"U-uh, hi."