TRIGGER WARNING (abuse): keep caution when reading please!

-That was way too close- Toby thought to himself, ducking bellow the window frame. (Y/N) must have nearly seen him, but he was glad Harry had distracted her; there would be a lot of problems if she found him. Dogs really are man's best friend, especially when they help you. The ticking boy stayed down for a little while longer, before the sound of thumping came from the girl's room and curiosity got the best of him.

Carefully, the boy glanced back through the window, eyes widening at the tall man that stood in the doorway. For a split second, Toby could have sworn he saw his own father towering over the girl, glaring down at her. He hid once again, feeling his chest heaving as he leant his hooded head against the wall.

-Your father is dead- Slender's voice rang through his head, and the boy took a deep breath as he calmed his nerves.

"R-Right... Tha-anks boss..." Toby said, once again looking into the room. That's when he saw (Y/N) standing, blood dripping down her arm as she pushed past her father. When had she wounded herself?

Actually, the boy realised the laptop was missing now, had the girl hidden it from her father? Toby scratched at his masked cheek, why would she be hiding it from him? He tilted his head when he saw the tall man step into the room and crouch next to Harry; the golden retriever's tail wagging as the man whispered into his ear.

The dog let out a chuff, before crawling under the bed and back out. The man then got on his hands and knees, pulling out the very broken laptop. His eyes scanned the carnage, before a look of rage crossed his features and he stood tall.

"(Y/N)! Get here now!" He yelled, crossing his arms over his chest as he kicked the broken appliance lightly. It took a moment, but the girl walked into the room, holding her arm self-consciously with her head lowered. Her eyes landed on the broken laptop on the ground and widened.

Her father let out an animalistic growl, before picking up the busted piece of tech and shoving it in her face; Toby got a sense of threat from the movement, and (Y/N) flinched back into the doorframe, her face was pale. Even Harry cowered away, his tail tucking as he crawled under the girl's bed.

"Why did you break it?" Her father asked darkly, "Do you know how much I spent on this?!"

"Y-Yes..." She said, closing her eyes as he threw the laptop back onto the ground.

"Then why did you break it?!" He asked, leaning over her menacingly. Toby growled to himself, feeling his ticking start to grow frantic. He's seen this sort of behaviour before. The boy turned his back to the wall, holding his head as nausea took over him.

-Return at once- Slender ordered, -This is none of our business-

"B-But it... It... I-Is my busssi-iness." Toby ticked, glaring at nothing, "I-I can't... Can't sit-t here..."

"Answer me!" The man's voice boomed from inside the room.

"I-I didn't break it..." (Y/N)'s voice carried out to Toby's ears, it sounded shaky, like she was upset.

"Then who did?" The question was spat like venom. The twitching boy turned his gaze back into the room, the dizziness slowly fading.

"I-I don't know..." The girl said, still pressing against the doorframe, her body cowering below her father, "I went to wash up a-and I came back and it was broken."

"And why should I believe such a stupid lie? You have no proof." The man said, his voice was dripping with disgust now, "You don't understand how good you have it, do you? I wouldn't have bought you that laptop, but your mother insisted it was for school."

"B-But it isn't a lie!" The girl swung to look at him.

"Don't talk back to me!" The man snapped, "What makes you think you can talk back to me? I'm the parent, and I know you did this."

"But I didn't! I swear!" The girl pushed off the wall now, tears clearly making her eyes shine, "It wasn't me!"

"Stop raising your voice!" The man hit the wall, making the girl jump and shrink back, his shoulders started to shake, and Toby wished he could see his face, to know what the man was thinking, "I wasted my money on you, a no good liar, useless scum... And you go ahead and smash my money to pieces."

"D-Dad... Please..." The girl was crying now, it was obvious his small outburst had startled her, "It wasn't me... I-I'm sorry..."

The man stood still for a moment, before raising his head towards his daughter. There was a split second of nothing, and then Toby saw the man raise his hand. Within the blink of an eye, his hand flew down towards the girl, backhanding her across the cheek.

Like a slow-motion animation, the girl stumbled back, completely stunned. Her eyes were wide as she leant against the wall, her hand moving to her cheek as if on its own accord. Tears fell harder as her father walked past her, and Toby felt the rage return in his stomach as the human muttered words of hate towards his supposed daughter,

"You're a useless waste of space." He said, before disappearing down the hall, "I need to go for a drive and cool off. Clean up that mess before I get back or else..."

Now that the threat was gone, Toby saw Harry crawl out from under the bed, running over to (Y/N) and licking her cheek. The girl jumped, before sobbing louder and pulling the dog close in a hug. The dog let out a whine and nuzzled her, before glancing over towards the window. The golden puppy made contact with Toby, staring at him with big button brown eyes. Was he trying to tell Toby something? Ask him something?

The boy wasn't sure, but he couldn't shake the sound of the slap from his ears. And the rage in his stomach only grew the more he pictured the look of horror on (Y/N)'s face. Hearing her crying was definitely not helping, and he started to feel dizzy once again.

"I-I need to do so-omething..." Toby said, holding his head, knowing his boss was listening, "P-Please..."

Slenderman had been quiet since Toby first disobeyed him, and the boy wondered if he had gone off to do other things or if he was choosing to ignore him. He knew Slender could hear his thoughts, it was a constant thing between their boss and his proxies. He could hear everything that ran through their minds. So where was he now?

"Alright." Slender's voice finally ran through, it sounded... Annoyed... "But make it quick."