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“AURGH FUCK- STAY OUT OF MY FUCKING HEAD GOD DAMN IT!”
Ze screamed in frustration as the laughter only mocked and tormented him further. He made his way back to his house but stopped to cover his actual ears. It was inside his head, laughing and laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. He gritted his teeth as tears started to well in the corner of his eyes as a migraine formed in the back of his head and pain hammered into the back of his skull. Finally, the laughter quieted, dissipating into a series of joyful, almost childlike giggles before finally ceasing. He held his head as the pain slowly subsided, running his fingers through his hair and breathing heavily.
“What the fuck…?”
After a few moments, he slowly approached his computer, gingerly placing his hands on the keys and his mouse before moving to the house once more. He opened the door to be greeted with nothing, silence making itself known in their empty home. He mindlessly paced around their home, dozing off. He didn’t even feel like he was there.
“YO ZE! WHERE ARE YOU?”
He was snapped out of his near trance-like state by his friend yelling his name.
“I'M OVER HERE!”
Ze yelled back, looking towards where Regect’s voice came from.
“Oh phew, haha, we got worried there for a sec, couldn’t find you anywhere!”
Regect approached Ze, and Moe appeared behind Regect, honking a relieved greeting to Ze. Regect studied Ze’s face through his webcam, getting increasingly nervous. He observed Ze’s face, it was eerily still, eyes glassy and darting across the screen. Regect’s body tensed slightly.
“Hey, uh… Ze? You okay?”
Ze moved away from his laptop.
“Yeah, I’m okay. I… I think I’m just going to hop off for tonight. See you guys.”
Before Regect could respond, Ze shut his laptop. He made his way to his bed and plopped himself down into his bed, laying down and pulling the sheets over his head. He needed to be alone right now. He needed some time to think about that. Questions swarmed in his mind like a hive. What did it want anyways? What did it gain after showing him that? The hospital, the notes, the flowers.. What did they mean?
…
Was it trying to tell him something?