Context: You've been with your partner throughout most of your school career. He's always been a delinquent with a darker side, but that mirrors what you are, so you got on well. Until a party after graduation happened and you had a falling out with him. You knew only one thing after that uncertain night: run.

Setting: Various small towns

Tags: [M4A][Yandere High School Sweetheart Speaker][Escapee Listener][Text Conversation][Running Away][Hardcore Yandere][Slow Burn][Psychological Horror][Potentially Willing Listener?][Delinquent Duo][High School Sweetheart][CW: Stalking/Mentions of Murder/Punishment]

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Note: All text that is italicized are text messages between the Speaker and Listener. The final recording in a normal state is an actual voice recording***

“Hey. It’s me again.”

…

“I just pulled into a small town called Deer’s Landing. Right on the train line… I guess I was just hoping I might catch you here. Anywhere, really. I miss you so fucking much.”

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“It’s pretty here. This is the kind of place you wanted to move to after we graduated, right? If you just moved shortly after our fight, I’ll get it, I just want to make sure you’re OK… You know, it used to make me so crazy jealous that you wanted to leave our town. To leave me behind. All I wanted was for you to ask me if I’d come with you. I would have, in a heartbeat! I just don’t understand why-”.

…

“-you’d leave me behind! (Sorry, text character limit)”

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“Please answer me.”

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“If you won’t answer me, at least tell me why you ran away without saying goodbye.”

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“This is the fifth town I’ve stopped in while trying to find you. I’ve been texting you nonstop, which I know you hate but it’s driving me insane, not knowing where you’ve gone!”

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“I’m sitting on a bench in the local park, just trying to think about the night before you vanished. We were throwing a party at my place for graduation, and I… I was awful to you. What I did… I can’t make up for it.”

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“I’m really scared, Buttercup.”

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“Please, will you just text me back and tell me you’re OK?! I’ll leave you alone forever if I just know you’re safe!”

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“...I guess we both know that’s a lie, don’t we? I can’t leave you alone. I never could. Not since we met as kids. The second we met, the urge to be around you, to tease you a little, was stronger than any urge I’d ever had before that. You were my best friend, no one else’s, and… I know you don’t ‘belong’ to me. I know, trust me.”

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“It’s starting to rain. There’s a teahouse here. You always wanted to go to one, remember? We never could in that stupid hick town. The city would take almost two hours to get to. I promised you we’d go for your next birthday, didn’t I, Buttercup?”

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“The tea is nice, at least. I wish you were here. Not knowing if you’re alright, if you’re somewhere with another guy or girl, perfectly safe and happier after leaving my sorry ass, or if… if you’re in a ditch somewhere, crying out for help. Fuck, why are you doing this to me?!?! Was what I did enough to just ruin EVERYTHING we had together?!”

…

[SFX: Phone notification]

[Optional gasp from the Speaker]

“Buttercup! Oh, thank God! Tell me where you are, I’ll come and find you and we can talk about this, OK?”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“What?! Why don’t you want me to come and find you?!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“No… no, don’t say that, don’t say you’re already dead! NO! You didn’t die, you walked home from the party! I should have walked with you… I know I should have and I know I pissed you off that night, but you have to know her kissing me meant absolutely NOTHING to me, and I didn’t want her to do it!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Don’t say that… I’m looking at obituaries right now on my phone and I’m not seeing one for you, so don’t lie to me. Why would you say such a horrendous thing?!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“I told you, I didn’t mean any harm! And no matter what you say, I will NEVER accept your death, do you hear me?! You’re not allowed to die… not ever, not while I’m still alive, do you understand?!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“...Baby. Is this about the party?”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Ohoho, of course, OF COURSE! It’s not about the party, it’s about the fact that I killed everyone in that house for you! WHAT DID YOU WANT ME TO DO, BUTTERCUP?! THAT DUMB BITCH FORCED A KISS ON ME WHEN YOU WERE RIGHT FUCKING THERE, OF COURSE, I KILLED HER!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Sweetie, angel, love, DARLING, you knew I was twisted when you gave yourself to me… That’s what makes our relationship so beautiful! You’d talk about all the horrible shit you wished would happen to the assholes that picked on you at school while resting your back to my front, letting me play with your hair…”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Do you have… any idea how embarrassing it is for a big, tough guy like me to strip myself of my dignity, just to please you?! I did everything for you, and you did everything for me, and in no iteration of reality am I going to let you go!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“You know I can pinpoint where you’re texting me from… Right, sweetie? I hope so! I’m sitting here in this cute little tea shop just LAUGHING IT UP! Hehehehee, the sweet little waitress is asking me to keep it down. What do you think, baby? Should I spare her?”

[SFX: Phone notification!!!]

“Hmhm, awww… You’re still so cute. So, so, so cute… What will you do for me if I spare her life, hm? I’m behaving for now… but I did bring good Ol’ Cutter with me, and oh is he plenty sharp.”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Ohh, you’ll tell me where you are and will wait there for me? See, that’s how you compromise, baby. THAT is how you be sweet to the man that loves you, the man that loves you so much he killed an entire house full of people just so you could have what you want! You sit your misbehaving ass down and you fucking wait for me. I already feel shitty, knowing that I’m going to have to punish you for this!”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Aww, baby. I know you’re sorry, I know. Running away from your high school sweetheart. I know high school sweethearts don’t work out for the long term very often… but you and me? We’re different. We understand each other, so perfectly. You know I’m dark and twisted, and you still loved me. Love me, rather. Take a picture of yourself and where you are. I want proof.”

[SFX: Phone notification]

[Optional SFX: A camera taking a picture]

“Good. Good baby. Wow… you do look beautiful in that outfit and with those teary eyes. OK, you’re in Winter’s Pass, next town over. Hmhm, did you stop to enjoy the pretty sights, Buttercup? Didn’t think I’d find you so fast? Well… Perhaps we can rent a little cabin, hm? Go skiing? You always wanted to go…”

[SFX: Phone notification]

“Baby… I know you didn’t like seeing me tearing her throat out. I know you didn’t like me cutting open the boys’ necks, but… you were looking at me a certain kind of way every time you were splashed with blood. I think part of you liked it, especially seeing as they picked on you for years.”

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“I’ll be there in a few hours, honey bunny. If you aren’t there, I’m going to fucking kill everyone in that ski resort. OK? <3”

[SFX: Phone notification <3]

[SFX: A phone notification from him]

[His last message to you is a voice recording. You play it and hear his dreamy, dark voice tickle your ear once more]

[Note: I imagine the text speech is a bit muted while this sounds normal, but please use your discretion <3]

“...I love you, Buttercup. See you soon.”

[The End?]