Tightrope.
Part 1, part 2 , part 3 (here)
Disclaimer : Poor attempt at humor, May include some trigger warnings, take my writing with a grain of salt, i'm not that good of a writer
Tw : Chocking, kind of self harm?
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'Okay, second goal being Jack Darby. that'll be simple. what do i know about him?' you thought as you opened your locker, grabbing the green chemistry book out of it 'he's weird, personable, and just an overall a normal teenage guy.' you thought as you close the locker door behind you, walking straight to chem class. 'raf is a different problem, but i have some time before lunch… dammit i need to get into their table now don't i?' you sigh to yourself as you turn back to the people in front of you across the hall, seeing a few guys wedge some guy's underwear between the locker doors. 'Ew. Wedgie freaks.' you roll your eyes, as they don't leave the sight across the hall. at this point you'll likely have to persuade—
"ahh!" you slam into the locker behind you as you slip onto the ground. "hey! what gives!" you yell, rubbing your hand to your bruised scalp, your vision blurred as you try to glare at the boy who hit you. "oh my gosh, i am so sorry!" he says as he leans down to look at you closer "are you okay? do you need to go to the nurse?" you shake your head as you try to get a proper look at him. "Look, all i care is that you—" your eyes widen as you finally get a good look on him. "jack?" you blurt out as he squints his eyes, backing away a bit. "uh— yeah. sorry— do i know you?" he tilts his head as you shake your head, staring at him once more 'wow he looks terrible up close' . "no— no—, sorry just— blurt it out of nowhere" you say, reaching your hand out to pick up your books
"here let me help" he says picking up your book first as he hands it to you "again, I'm really sorry I bumped into you" he says as you give a nod "it's fine" you say looking at his own green notebook "You have chemistry too?" you ask as he looked at your book "oh yeah— wait why are you heading that way then? the chemistry lab is that way" he says pointing at the hallway you passed before. You stare blankly as you take a deep breath in, closing and opening your eyes as you exasperate. "i got lost" you admit with your voice painfully low in volume. "right— do you want me to help you get to class?" . "yes, please"
"so uh— what's your name?" he raises the question as you both walk through the hallway. "oh, sorry. i forgot to introduce myself, I'm [name]" you respond as he halted his steps "wait— [name]?" his eyes looking at all of you, searching top to bottom. "well, who else would i be?" you say with a smile on your face with your hand tightening behind your back. "sorry it's just—" he then looks at your face, then hair, then— "okay, okay— it's just what?" you ask with perplexity in your eyes as he purse his lips "you look, very different. not that it isn't any good on you, it's just that i haven't actually seen you all— well— dressed up" he says rubbing behind his neck
"what do you mean? I've always looked like this" you say as you squint your eyes and furrowed your brows. "what? no— I mean—" his hands animatedly move around as he gave a defeated sigh "i meant it's just that it's unusual to see you like this— i mean just yesterday you wore your usual signature hoodie and jeans". "what are you talking about? i didn't—" your eyes widen as your throat stopped mid way. "i meant- you're right. it's just i wanted a new look today" you say as he turns to you with a confused expression. "you wanted a new look?" . "Yes" you quickly answered, as both of you stared boring into each others pupils. "right…" he furrowed his brows as he looks away from you. Walking back straight to class with you.
'right. Relax, nothing Significant has happened yet after all. Just. RELAX.' you thought to yourself as you then see a familiar blue light shining in front of you. "Jack Darby +100 Exp friendship achieved - acquaintance"
Name : Jack Darby
Relationship level 1 - Acquaintance : exp 0%
• Unlocked : Likes, Acquaintance Title
Well at least another good thing happened today. … and now you want answers "Hey jack" you turn to him at the front of the chemistry door "Can you hold my book and save a seat for me? I need to head to the bathroom." . "Uh yeah sure" he says as he takes your book and heads to class as you run head to the bathroom.
Getting into one of the stalls, you close the head of the toilet seat as you sit on it 'come on. Come on. OS-27 answer—!' . "Hi, [name], ꉂꉂ(ᵔᗜᵔ◍)! I'm assuming everything is going well? Did you need anything?" the blue screen shimmered in front of you, with your hands clamping together you open your mouth to speak. "whose body am i in right now—?" you say as the blue screen flickered "excuse me?" . "you heard me." your eyes targeting the flickering screen. "whose body am i in." the cold air was tense, noise bouncing off the silent white walls of the room. your own breath puffing out of you as the screen flickered with new messages.
"Yours, of course" . "Do you mean me and my physical body or Just me?" your question hung through the air as the screen glow dimmed in front of you. "Just you." …. you clench your fists as your eyes remained on the screen "where's my real body?" you say as th screen seemed to shimmer "Well, giving it up to you now seems meaningless now doesn't it?" . "You LITTLE—" your eyes widen as your hands hit your throat, clamping on it until your throat begins to burn. "We don't accept violence here, but seeing as you're a deep favorite. Consider this a warning." a voice rings in your ear as your hands stop themselves, releasing your throat as you gag, eyes brimming up with tears. your body leaning down with your knees hitting the toilet floor. crouching as you gasp for air, both hands on the ground.
The screen flickered watching your form lean against the ground. Pity. For a life that as small as yours became so pretty. So interesting. And just so eager. "Well, seeing how as eager as you are. I suppose I can make an exception." The voice flickered as you turn to look up. "Complete around 6 missions then I'll tell you what happened to your body as a reward. Do you accept?"
In front of you flickered the screen with a yes or no option. You grit your teeth as you pick your body up, sitting up straight leaning the toilet you clench the fabric of your (skirt/pants/shorts/jeans/etc). You sigh, wiping your tears as your eyes run the yes or no text option again, brimming brightly as it watches you mumble a "Yes".
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Word count on fic : 1.186 words
A/N : yeah I got— I got nothing 😀. Welp anyways, tell me if I should add more trigger warnings or if I need to fix anything
And have a good day!
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