Yandere Canada x Reader Pt. 3
The third and final part of this series.
Trigger Warning: Stalking, Murder, Sexism
It had been about three days since Ivan had been arrested. Now that any threat was passed, you told your sister about what had been happening. How he had come by pretty regularly, always seemed a little off, left letters for you to find, MAILING them to your house. Sam was pretty upset that you hadnât told her sooner about what was going on.
âYou literally could have died,â she said, âIf you were going to have him at your house, you should have told the authorities or at least me and Bill first. What the fuck were you thinking?â
âOk, well I was under a lot of stress, so obviously I wasnât thinking clearly,â you protested, âI still am really on edge. I still make a co-worker walk me to my car after work, and I donât even think anything is going to be there.â
The two of you were walking out of her car to the police station. Apparently they wanted to ask a few more questions, as well as give you some information. It sounded like after everything there was a pretty serious case being built up. When you walked into the building, two officers stood there, wearing the slick black uniforms of all Toronto police officers. One was a blonde older woman, the other a young man with slicked back black hair. After taking you aside and thanking the two of you for coming, they got right into the business of why you were here.
âThank you for coming here today, F/N,â the male officer said, âWe hate to have to bother you, but there are some things we are going to need to discuss before we move forward with the law.â
âDonât you have enough evidence to charge this pervert?â Sam asked.
âActually, itâs quite the opposite,â said the male officer, âWe have reason to believe that this is going to be more than just a criminal harassment level stalking case.â
âWell, he was being very aggressive me,â you said, âSo would that make it attempted assault?â
âWell, that is something we could also add to the charges, but that actually wasnât why we brought you here. We actually might need you as a witness in a major criminal case. The biggest Canada has seen in decades,â the other officer said, finally speaking.
âWait, what do you mean?â you asked, stomach turning.
âHow much do you know about the Toronto Eraser?â she asked.
âI-I mean, it does sound a little familiar,â you said, thinking back to all the episodes of Deadly Intent you had listened to.
âHeâs a serial killer,â the blonde officer said, her head cocked, âAs far as we know has murdered three women in the last decade. No particular type of victim other than that they were all professional young women in their twenties. We honestly donât know even the identity of any of the victims except for one, and thatâs why we suspect itâs the same person. That and there were some interesting items found in his home. All the victimâs bodies had a similar carving to the one that you had in your letter, and the one eventually identified victim had similar letters in her- Maâam, are you ok?â
You had slumped over a little, head in your hands. You felt so sick, you couldnât even swallow. Your vision was starting to blur over, but it wasnât from tears. Your eyes were spotting black.
âIâm sorry, I think I just need a minute,â you murmured, wanting to rise but finding your legs heavy as steel bars.
âSis?â Sam asked, âDo you need some water? I think she needs something to- Oh, God, sheâs falling over.â
After a bit more interviewing and a not too in-depth explanation of what being called on for trial might look like, Sam was permitted to take you back home. The two of you drove home in shell-shocked silence. Gone was your earlier joking tone about the situation, though you had never really found it funny. You just didnât want to trouble people with a problem that couldnât have been fixed. The seriousness of what had almost happened to you though seemed to have fully dawned on the two of you though.
âDo you think it would be ok if I came over tomorrow?â you asked as Sam pulled into your driveway.
âSis, you know you can come over anytime,â said Sam, âAnd I hope you know now that you can tell me anything. ANYTHING. No matter what.â
She gripped your hand so hard that her knuckles looked like an old ladyâs, white and veined.
âCan⊠can you stay for a little bit before you go see the kids?â you asked, âMaybe have some coffee? We donât have to talk about things, I just want to be with someone.â
âWe have an hour before Bill needs to head to work,â she said, âI can absolutely stay for a little bit.â
The two of you got out of the car. After you unlocked the front door, she walked in to make some coffee while you picked up the newspaper on your front step and absently grabbed the mail in your mailbox. You locked the door behind you as you flipped through credit card advertisements until you saw the most awful sight in the world, made worse only by confirmation after being ripped open.
âWoah, what was that? Is everything ok?â you heard your sister yelling from the kitchen. It took you a good minute to even process the words though.
No! But they arrested him!
How many more are in our justice system suffering while criminals face no consequences?â
But there it was. On the floor, opened clumsily was another letter, and on the bottom was that cursed, abstract marking that had been on all the previous ones.
âH-h-heâs s-still out there,â you told your sister, voice hoarse and shaking, âH-heâs going t-t-to k-kill me!â
As you spoke, she sat beside you, talking in a steady, soft voice.
âOk, Sis,â she said, âI know. Itâs been a really stressful week. I could never, ever come close to even imagining what youâre going through, but you have to relax. Ok? Letâs think logically. He was just locked away. Itâs very possible he sent this before he was arrested, and itâs just arrived now.â
She picked it up with an air of level-headed confidence that you could tell was manufactured. Her hand was trembling just barley as she brought it into another room, and you heard her turning on your home office paper shredder.
âDonât you think the police might need that?â you asked.
âThey already have so many I donât think one more is going to matter. And Iâm not having them come all the way out here and stress you out again for a tiny smidge of evidence. Or risking you reading that thing,â
It took a few minutes for your breathing to still back to normal and your heart to stop pounding. As it slowed, the logic of what Sam said earlier registered. Obviously, Ivan must have sent this in the mail right before the arrest happened. Thatâs why it had shown up a few days after his arrest. That was the only explanation that made any sense. There was no way that they had caught the wrong man. You couldnât believe anything else.
According to the analog alarm it was 3:04 the morning on a Saturday.
It sounded like someone whispering your name, and while at first you thought it was insanity from being half awake after 2:00 AM, when you heard it again, you knew it wasnât just you. Suddenly, you werenât half awake anymore, you were full awake.
âHello?â you called out nervously.
âWho the hell is in my house?â you yelled.
On second thought, you didnât want to know when you saw someone shuffling from behind the large curtains covering your bedroom door, a large shadow stepped out. You shot up in your bed, backing away into the wall. This was bad. You shouldâve asked Sam to stay the night. She would have said yes, she would have- Wait.
ââŠâŠ MATTHEW?!â you asked.
You said it like you had just been told a piece of juicy Southern church gossip, and you couldnât believe who had just committed the latest, scandalous sin.
âIâm not going to hurt you,â you heard him saying, voice nervous, rushed to placate and comfort you.
âWhy else would you be in my bedroom at three in the morning if not to hurt me in some way?â you asked.
He paused for a second, as if trying to communicate this as well as possible.
âYou remember me,â he finally said.
âMatthew, we have talked like, multiple times. Of course I remember you,â you said, âIf you had wanted to make an impression this was not the way to do it.â
âNo, I mean-, ugh,â he said, looking awkward.
He looked ready to sit next to you before pausing. Rather than getting so close to you, he sits on a desk chair, crossing his legs.
âI know you canât possibly understand, but you remember me. You SEE me. Look, I know this was meant to be,â he murmured, âAnd the way everything was so neatly taken care of with your that friend of yours.â
âYou mean, Ivan wasnât-?â you gasped.
âOh no, he was. Heâs a creep,â Matthew said, âAnd heâs a little too blatant with his intentions. Believe me, if I hadnât intervened something really bad could have happened to you. I didnât even have to try, all I mentioned was the idea of leaving letters on your car for you, and he jumped on it like he was in fucking heat or something. Donât look at me like that! Itâs true. And it worked out really well for us, with how trusting he was, seeing as his house is practically wrapped in yellow tape.â
Every possible negative human emotion in existence must have been coursing through you at that moment, and you couldnât give voice to a single one of them. You opened your mouth and couldnât manage to make any sound other than something resembling your back gate when it got a little stuck in the humid weather.
âH-how can you say that?â you finally manage to gasp out, âI-I⊠doesnât this mean youâre-?â
You canât even say it. But you donât have to. For all his shyness, all his meek demeanor, for the briefest moment on his face, you saw the shadow of a smirk on his lips. Itâs so subtle that you wondered if you just full on imagined it.
âI donât think you should worry about that,â he said.
âOh my gosh,â you said, âY-you killed three other women!â
Before you could wake your neighbors he came over and knelt over, pressing a hand to your jaw and another over your mouth. He didnât cut off your breath, but he did silence you.
âWoah, woah, letâs calm down!â he said, âItâs like three in the morning, ok? It would be rude to wake up everyone in the building. I donât want to have to gag you. I mean the people right next door are, what, like eighty? That would just be rude. Look, we will have plenty of time to talk here about⊠stuff. Right now though, I think you should just calm down and let me take care of things.â
He rose as he finished that, eyeing you carefully to make sure you didnât start screaming. Eyes still on you, he goes into the hallway and drags in what looks like a plastic container of gasoline. He pours it onto your carpeted floor in a trail.
âYouâre going to burn me alive?â you choke out. The scientifically believed worst way to go.
His surprise catches you just as off guard.
âWhat? God, no! What kind of monster do you think I am?â he said, âOh did you-⊠Iâm not killing you.â
âIâm sorry?â you said.
âWhy would I kill you?â he said, âYouâre the only woman Iâve ever met and liked that actually remembers be. Hell, the only one who remembers me period. Iâm not killing you. That would be insane.â
He throws the plastic container over to the side, letting it bang against the floor.
As he finished his words, he came over and gagged you. So much for what he said earlier. You could sense he was still a little irritated, as the cloth was so tight on your mouth, it felt like it was crowding your teeth. Clearly heâs dipped it in something, as already youâre feeling lightheaded, though it was also likely the gas in the room was doing a number on you.
âJust need to light the gas stove,â he said as he dragged you downstairs to the front door, âAnd we will be out of here. Should burn up your ring cameras too, so we donât have to worry about anyone hunting you down and dragging you away, though I did smash them too.â
Those fading, spinning words were the last thing you heard before it all went dark.
You had awoken in room with no windows and only one door locked from the outside. You had no idea if you were in a finished basement, attic, or just a random closed off room in the house, but either way you had freaked out. There was some light furniture like a bed, small table, and chairs. Over the next day or two or three, you werenât entirely sure on the time to be completely honest, he had been attentive to some extent. Delicious food was always delivered regularly as well as clean clothes to change into. He seemed busy for a while until he finally took the time to sit down and try to have an evening with you. Talk, play chess, read, something, anything hinting of an almost romantic normalcy.
âYou know, I noticed you didnât really ever take out board games from the library, but I saw you had a few in your house-â he said.
âYou really think Clue would be appropriate after what youâve done?â you asked, âThe police told me what you did, you know? The extent of how you âerasedâ your victims.â
âYou shouldnât worry about that,â he said, the only answer heâd given to any probing questions.
âIâd like to know if I am also going to have my face cut off-â you started.
âItâs not what youâre making it sound like,â he interrupted.
âAnd what am I making it sound like?â you asked.
âThat I just tortured a bunch of innocent women!â he said, hurt bleeding into his tone, âThat I-I killed in cold blood. Look, anyone I ever did away with was practically begging to be put out of their misery.â
The look of shock on your face must have gotten to him, because his voice only got more desperate as he went on.
âThey werenât like you. They were hardly even women, just a bunch of shallow sluts,â he said, âJust because Iâm not the most handsome or exciting or extroverted, they brushed over me. I was a non-entity, not worth remembering. Not even a name or a face. I might as well have been, the sidewalk to them. Well, they got to know what itâs like to be erased.â
It was silent for a while after he said that, the words resting between you, like a badly cooked meal. Disgusting, prepared with real thought and effort but despicable and inedible nonetheless. Perhaps a real friend would eat it and say how good it was. Lucky that you werenât Matthewâs friend.
âYouâre an idiot,â you said.
âI-what?â he said, eyes widening in surprise, clearly not expecting this input.
You were going to die. You were signing your death warrant here, and he would get rid of you and when they found you youâd be as shriveled and discarded as the dried up remnants of fruit found in compost. But you couldnât stop yourself from saying it, showing your own rage.
âYouâre wrong,â you continued, âYou think you, that you, somehow erased them, but you havenât. Youâve done the opposite. Youâve done something that will keep them living as a memory forever for the people who cared about them. Theyâll be far more loved and remembered at their worst than you ever have been at your best.â
He stared in silence before gripping the front of your shirt and yanking you close, so close you can practically feel the sweat on him. Damn it. Youâd done it. You had a chance to work this in your favor and now because of your big mouth and needing to prove a point he was finally going to kill you too. When he speaks, itâs calm. He doesnât yell, which honestly, you donât think heâs even physically capable of doing if he had wanted to, but you still detect an undercurrent of anger in his tone.
âThose womenâs âmemoriesâ live on as an extension of myself,â he said, âYou know exactly how this works. Come on, I know youâre smarter than this. Youâve listened to every true crime podcast and seen every documentary out there. Do you think anyone cares about who Jack the Ripper killed? Honestly? Did you ever watch a serial killer documentary series because you gave a shit about who they murdered other than to see what it told you about the killer? Can name even a single person who was killed in any major serial killer case? And I know those other cases didnât do as bang up a job as I did at hiding their victimâs identities. Face it, those people donât give a shit about those women. I cared more about them than you ever did.â
âNo-thatâs not, thatâs not true!â you said, âI-IâŠâ
âAnd you think Iâm sick? I know youâre just eating this up. I mean by your standards, youâve been given a golden opportunity, living in your own true crime fantasy,â he said, his words soft but fast and burning you, âHaving the undivided attention of what to you would be a celebrity.â
You blanched, looking down in what you told yourself was anger, but you wondered if it was shame. Was it true? Was that all it had been to you, entertainment? And now thatâs all you would be. Entertainment. A footnote.
âAnd Iâm going to do you a real favor,â he said, âUnlike those other women, I know you care, you feel. And Iâm going to make sure every person in Canada remembers your name. Youâll be in every paper as âjust the sweetest librarian, loved by all. A real shame she lost her senses and burned her own house down!ââ
He came over to you, too close, too in your face. You can see his eyes, the soft madness lurking. They lean forward until his nose is almost touching yours.
âYou might not understand now, and thatâs fine,â he said, âI have all the time in the world to convince you to see things from my point of view.â
To your horror, he moved his face even closer until his lips start pressing lightly onto yours, which was the last thing in the world you ever would have wanted. You could feel his nose lightly brush your cheek, the heat of his breath grazing your skin. It was tender and soft, much more than you ever would have fathomed from someone so deranged and cruel. After a few seconds you jerked away and went behind the wooden chair, as if to shield yourself. He let you pull away without a struggle, though he looked a bit disappointed.
âYou act like Iâve hurt you or something,â he muttered, âYouâre⊠youâre just surprised is all. Iâm sure itâs all a shock, but youâll come to your senses. Itâs so obvious we were meant to be. From the moment we started talking, I knew. And you will too, eventually. You canât fight fate.â
After he said that, he turned around, as if to ignore you, and he went back to looking through his board game options. Despite the overwhelming urge to start beating him with something, you sunk into the wooden chair instead. This guy was clearly a pro. It was going to take some foresight if you ever wanted to get out of here. Because despite what he said, you did want to.
There was no way you didnât.
A/N: I don't know how I feel about this. Please ream me if it's too OOC, which is not something I feel I've ever struggled with in my writing. I feel like my vision for this story is conflicting with canon characterization though a little, though I tried my best. It kind of turned into an AU version? Anyway, whoever originally requested this, I hope you are happy with it! Thanks for all of your patience.