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The sun shines down on the field without mercy as you make your way through it. Of course your latest victims had to hide in the middle of tall sunflowers. You grab your hunting knife tighter while trying to be silent to not scare your prey. Usually your brother Thomas would have joined you but Mae had already given him another task. That leaves you to deal with the runaway that somehow escaped the slaughter basement. You blame the build of the new home Hoyt had chosen in the middle of nowhere Texas for the casualties. Stupid..
Just as you're about to give up and make your way back to your pickup truck, you hear a bloody scream from not too far away. Bingo!
Quickly you run towards the direction of the yell. This time they won't escape your wrath.
Only a few meters away from where you wanted to give up, you find the girl who had caused all the trouble in the first place. She had cut the restraints and freed her lover before trying to hit you with a sledge hammer. Now look at her. She's sitting on the ground, desperately pulling at her leg while whimpering like a wounded puppy. Somehow she walked into a.. bear trap? Well that's odd. This wasn't part of the family's hunting grounds so that trap can't be yours. Oh well. Caught is caught.
As soon as the victim spots you she panics even more, trying to even rip her leg free without any success. What would one leg be used for anyway? She can't jump away with it.
With the calmness of a lion stalking towards a wounded prey you come closer. The girl tries negotiating one last time but her speech is cut short by your knife cutting her throat. You watch her struggle on the ground until her last breath leaves her lungs and the light behind her eyes dies with her. That was almost too easy. Now you just have to find her boyfriend, kill him, drag the bodies back to the truck and-
The roar of a chainsaw rips you out of your thoughts. Between the majestic sunflowers stands a man in a dirty apron wielding a chainsaw menacingly. Or what he thinks is menacingly.
You slowly stand back up, gripping your knife tighter. You can't win against a chainsaw but with a bit of dodging you could harm him fast enough to get the upper hand. But it's risky..
The man stands there, eyes flickering from you to the dead girl on the ground. Weird. What is he waiting for? His face looks really off. Is that a mask? But it looks like skin. A skin mask? How awesome is that!
Your time admiring the strangers mask is cut short as you spot someone running up behind him. The boyfriend. And he has the hammer!
Without thinking your feet carry you forward straight at the man. He sure didn't expect that, stumbling backwards a few steps but you didn't care for him. Your eyes are on the new target.
Before the hammer can destroy the back of the chainsaw man, you jump at the boyfriend, stabbing like crazy into his chest as the both of you fall to the ground. Blood splashes everywhere until he stops moving at all. You haven't even noticed the man behind you stopping the chainsaw to watch you in awe. This is the first time he saw someone so brutal outside of his brothers.
You remove the knife out of the guys chest, getting up to check your clothes. Yup, they're ruined. It happens. Then you feel a presence behind you. You look up only to be met with the giant of a man staring down at you. This lasts for what feels for forever before he shyly offers you a hand.
Of course you expect his offer, pulling you up with his help. "Thanks pal. Sorry for the mess. Guess that's your field here?"
The man nods, drawing a name into the ground with the blade of the chainsaw. Bubba.
"Is that your name?" You ask after deciphering his bad writing which gets another nod in return. "That's cool. I'm Y/n. Guess we're some kind of neighbors huh"
He doesn't seem to understand that, tilting his head to the side so you elaborate, "My family moved here a month or so ago. Just a few miles from here. I guess you live around here which technically makes us neighbors!"
Bubba nods again as if he suddenly remembered something important. Then he grabs the two bodies off the ground, carrying them through the field without any problems. Damn, he's strong.
"Wait where are you going? That's my food!" You run after him, trying to pry one of the bodies free to no use. Where is he even going all of a sudden.
Stuck, with no way to get what should be your dinner you decide to follow him. You can't return home without the corpses or you would get yelled at again. Maybe you can get one once he stops wherever he's going?
Bubba stomps through the field for a bit until it stops. You spot a farmhouse in a clearing where the giant seems to be headed to. Is that his home? Hopefully he doesn't mind you sticking around because you really need the damn bodies back..
Your masked fellow finally comes to a halt at the door, putting the big chainsaw down to open the door. He looks down at you then the door before stepping to the side. Holding the door open with one hand he lets you pass into the house.
"What a gentleman" you chuckle, drawing a flustered squeak sound from the man.
The insides look like a normal old home in the south would look like. Creaking floorboards, run down wallpapers and yellowed pictures of what looks like four brothers on the wall. One of them is Bubba but who are the other three?
The question gets answered faster than you expected as two guys round the corner, cackling like crazy. They jump around you, checking you out from all sides. One, seemingly wearing some kind of wig, looks between Bubba and you. "Dog hunt heh. Looks like you found fresh meat Leatherface. Heh. Triple flesh for dinner"
Bubba shakes his head rapidly at that, pulling you behind him before you can process what's even happening. He points to the dead bodies over his shoulder then to a random big freezer. The second guy goes over, opening it so Leatherface, like the wig guy called Bubba, can put the bodies in. Hold up. Are they cannibals too? Would explain the blood stains on Bubba's apron. This is only getting better every second.
You don't notice the other guy sneaking closer until he's right behind you, twirling you around like a doll. Luckily Bubba catches you before you fall over. "She's pretty.. is she yours?" The guy basically beams with malicious glee while Bubba helps you stand straight. The two guys share a quick look. Suddenly they are both snickering.
Before Bubba can react, the one without the wig takes off to another room, chanting "Drayton!! Bubba's got a crush! Bubba's got a crush!" Poor dude...
This Drayton guy, summoned from what looks like the kitchen, pops up out of nowhere in the doorframe just to stare at Bubba then you. Oh boy.. You know that look when you're in trouble even though you don't even live here. "Bubba, what's that huh? Got yaself a crush instead of doing ya job?"
Bubba frantically tries denying it with squeaks and shaking his head but no luck. He's stuck having to explain himself while you stand there confused. What is even happening? This escalated from hunting victims to some kind of family drama of a random family you never met before..
"I'm just here to grab one of the bodies Bubba brought back here and I'll leave again" you chimp in, hoping to somehow escape this really awkward conversation. Drayton turns to you, staring right at your soul. "Why should we give ya those? What would ya even do with them?"
"Technically they are my prey which I personally hunted down and killed. Get your own, old man" the sassy response falls from your lips faster than lightning. A united gasp comes from the two others you met before followed by wild snickering.
"Listen here ya little-" Drayton starts, walking towards you like an angry honey badger but Bubba steps before you to protect you. He's so sweet..
The two argue for a bit, Bubba frantically waving his hands around and making squeak sounds while Drayton, fuming with anger, talks down on him.
Oh hell no. No one talks shit to Bubba! He's been nothing but nice the whole time and doesn't deserve this treatment.
"Leave him alone!" You protest, stepping before the giant. "He doesn't deserve to get yelled at for nothing"
"And what are you gonna do about it?" Drayton fires back, crossing his arms before his chest like an angry parent would.
"How about I beat your ass?"
"Uhhh" the wig guy cackles, basically waiting for the brawl to take place. The way he's holding the clothing hanger he might actually stab you with it once you turn your back to him.
"Listen I'm just here to get at least one body and go home. My family is waiting for the meat and I'm not in the mood to get scolded for taking way too long so hand it over" you explain calmly. A fight is the last thing you need. Especially if it's a three vs one in which case you might end up on the loosing end very fast.
"Your family are cannibals too?" Drayton asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, why?"
"Those Hewitts are your family?" He asks again as if to be really sure.
"Heh. All crazy. Crazy people in that house" the wig guy chuckles more to himself while scratching his head with the clothing hanger. And he's calling you the crazy one..
Innerly you roll your eyes at that question. Of course the random cannibals in deep Texas already know who their neighbors are before you even knew you had neighbors. "Yeah, that's us"
"Huh... Always wondered who would be crazy enough to move up 'ere" the last part is more mumbled to himself but you hear it crystal clear. Rude.. But you have other problems. Like getting that bloody corpse back!
"So... Do I get one of the bodies or..?" You try again while putting on your best fake polite smile you can muster while holding down the urge to jump and stab them.
"Eh whatever. Nubbins, get them one of them. See it as a welcome gift" the cook waves it off. You want to tell him it was actually your kill in the first place but he doesn't even let you talk. "and tell ya family to stay off our land or we got a problem, got it?"
"I'll tell them" You nod, biting your tongue. Well that's going to be a great relationship under neighbors, especially when Hoyt starts being himself around here.
"Good. Leatherface, get that corpse to their truck"
"How did you know-"
"Nubbins already found it an hour ago. ChopTop over there reported it straight to me" Drayton points at the other two males. Nubbins and ChopTop. Yeah they look straight up crazy.
"Snitches.." you mutter, throwing them a death stare, "I'll tell my family you said hi" With that, you turn around and leave after making sure Bubba follows after with one of the bodies in tow. That sure was a catastrophe of a first meeting. At least you never have to deal with them ever again, right?
--- a few months later
Well about that..
Over the last few weeks and months you and Bubba occasionally bumped into each other while out catching victims. First it was on accident but soon the two of you sneaked out every so often to spend time outside in the fields. Thomas found out about when the two giants met while he was dragging a victim back but you managed to get him to not kill the poor boy. He didn't quite like Bubba but their very similar motives and roles helped them at least stand each other. Maybe you get them to be friends one day, who knows. As long as he doesn't tell the rest of the family about the two of you, you're fine with it.
Eventually, you decided to invite Bubba for a picnic. Nothing fancy, just a few sandwiches and watching the stars. Mae was very skeptical after catching you sneak out with a basket full of food but didn't press to much on it. But she definitely knows.
You meet up with Bubba in the sunflower field where you first stumbled into each other. After putting down an old blanket and sitting down, you enjoy the sandwiches together while "talking" about things. The different farms, family, different types of meat cuts.. stuff like that. Neither of you knows how to come to the most important topic: the undeniable romantic tension that has been building up for a month now.
After eating you lay down, watching the stars as they slowly sparkle up in the night sky. Someone has to do the first step. And Bubba seems way too nervous to do it. He has been fidgeting with his hands the whole evening while not looking you in the eyes for longer than a second.
"Look. A shooting star" you point at the small light flying across the sky, "does that mean I get a wish?"
Bubba shrugs, looking to the side. You could swear he's blushing under his mask.
You sit up, moving closer to the giant. Gently turning his head towards you, you finally get him to look you into the eyes. "You know.. I really only have one wish"
The cannibal tilts his head slightly in confusion but before he can pull away, you close the final gap and kiss him. To no one's he freezes instantly. His mind must be going 200 miles an hour right now. You pull again, gauging his reaction before asking the question which had been on your mind the whole day. "Will you be my boyfriend?"
For a second the world stands still, seemingly holding its breath. Then.. a nod. First slow but then quicker as Bubba pulls you into a tight hug. He looks down at you hesitating for a moment before putting his lips on yours for another kiss which you gladly accept. Guess that was a yes :)