M/n opened his eyes slightly before realizing he accidentally slept. He quickly sat up and realized that he's inside the room he slept with Tyler. He looked at Tyler who was walking because of the sudden movement.

"Was I just dreaming?.." he thought until Tyler said something

"That was a crazy nightmare.." Tyler said, hand still on M/n's waist, he pulled away before blushing

"You mean the one where we were chased by a tall dark humanoid figure?" He stated, Tyler's eyes widened

"So you're telling me that..that wasn't just a dream?" Tyler asked with a horrified look before he covered his mouth and ran into the bathroom where he saw Aiden puking in the toilet

"You t-too BLURGHHH.." Aiden puked once more, Ben was sat against a wall with drool on his mouth, probably puked too

Tyler quickly pushed Aiden away and puked too.

"Hey man I know you're in a hurry but i got here first." Aiden said with an irk mark on his face

M/n watched them with sweat dropping from his forehead, I mean he did feel dizzy..atleast he isn't alone. He already prepared a trash bag for Logan who ran to the bathroom before giving him the trash bag

"Here, you'll need this." M/n said and as if on cue, Logan puked in the trash bag...okay the sight also made him puke too-

"Okay I'm not f-BLURGHH.." He puked in the sink, he did not want to puke everytime he'll get a dream like that, was it even a dream of the others were technically in his dream too?..

PRESENT TIME

"I still think we should go back to Savannah." Tyler said, taylor looked at him with a worried look

M/n looked at Ashlyn before she sighed "..alright, let's take some time to think on it again and have a group vote later tonight."

"Why not after school?" Tyler asked

"Because I have ballet class today." Ashlyn answered

"So what? Skip it." Tyler said with an annoyed tone

M/n watched as the group as they try and discuss about Savannah and the voting, honestly he doesn't know which to decide. Yes he thinks they might find some clues about what they're experiencing in Savannah but there's a chance that something bad will happen when they go there, or worse they'll die.

"We aren't going to have a 'future' if were dead!" Tyler yelled

"It's not just our future. If we drop everything to focus on fantasy-like events we can't prove, we're going to end up in a psyche ward." Ashlyn explained, he agreed with her. Many people would think they're just hallucinating or going crazy if they actually explain what they're experiencing. Just like how the other students reacted with Tyler's outburst is a perfect example.

"She's got a point, y'know. Generally we're what people would call 'crazy'." Aiden stated while spinning his finger on the side of his head

"Whatever." Tyler stood up and stomped away before stopping to go back and get Taylor.

M/n watched them as they walk away before sighing. Every single part of body felt sore and throbbing, maybe it was a bad idea being a shield for them. He has to deal with Aiden playing with his life with death. Logan getting caught by the phantoms. Taylor having her flight mode and Tyler saving her by getting almost killed. He felt like a mother Hen trying to lead her chicks out of a landmine field. Basically every step they take has a chance there's a landmine, the landmine being the phantom.

Ben having to patch him up every night, Ashlyn scolding him for playing hero with everybody..he liked thrills but damn he gets tired too.

M/n yawned a bit before following Ashlyn out of the house, he didn't notice Ben and Aiden following them until Ashlyn pointed it out.

"What are you doing?" Ashlyn asked them

"Coming over. I figured it'd just be faster to get off here." Aiden answered

"You know I have to leave in an hour right?" Ashlyn said, M/n decided to lead them out of the bus so that the school bus can move to the next house

"I thought I'd tag along this time. If there's an emergency, I'll know how to get there, right?" Aiden stated

"You came over before when we first met you guys, I'm sure you already know where we live..ohhh he meant the studio.." M/n thought with a dumbfounded face, he's getting mental block everyday..

Ashlyn scowled before grabbing M/n's hand to drag him infront of the door, Aiden hands twitched before following them.

"I'm home." Ashlyn called out to her parent

"How was school?" Her mom asked, giving M/n a smile before noticing Aiden and Ben

"Aiden and Ben are over? I thought you had ballet today?" Emma(her mom) asked, not saying anything about M/n. She's already used to him coming over after school, actually she'd be more suprised if he didn't come over just for a day.

"Yeah, about that, Aiden and Ben want to see where the studio is located. Do you mind if they come along?" Ashlyn asked grabbing a handful of popcorn from the bowl

"Come along?" Both of her parents seemed shocked and confused before giving eachother a look and nodding. She grabbed Ashlyn and dragged her over the couch.

"Give us a second." Emma said holding Ashlyn down

"Sure." Aiden gave a thumbs up, M/n was leaning on Ben's chest slowly drifting off to sleep world once more, Ben held his waist in case he actually falls asleep.

"Aiden.." M/n gave a warning, still half asleep

Aiden felt his heart beat faster founding it adorable how M/n was still watching him despite being half asleep, unfortunately he didn't listen and grabbed them to sit down infront of the family discussion.

"What are we talking about?" Aiden asked, Ben and M/n crouched beside him. M/n gave Ashlyn a an "I tried."

"Sorry, got bored of waiting." Aiden said

"I'm ready mom. Can you do my hair?" Ashlyn called out for her mom while walking downstairs with her hair down. She looked at them to see all five of them playing cards with Aiden and Ben..

"They're worried about them bullying me, yet here they are playing cards with them." Ashlyn gave an are you kidding me look to them.

"Alright we're here." Emma looked at the back

"So, this is the place? Cool." Aiden said with an amazed look, M/n was at the backseat. Before they got in the car, Ashlyn and Aiden glared at eachother on who gets to sit beside M/n when they didn't notice him taking a seat in the back.

Ashlyn took the seatbelt off before getting out of the car "Satisfied?"

"Yep!" Aiden smiled pausing a bit "actually can I come in-"

Ashlyn slammed the door before he can even finish his sentence "No."

Aiden paused before looking at her parents who looked away quickly.

"Don't worry she doesn't mean it in a go away way!" Emma tried reassuring him

"Oh it's fine I already knew she was gonna decline." Aiden said before looking at the backseat to tell M/n to seat beside only to realize he fell asleep "He looks adorable when he's asleep.."

"Hey M-" Aiden was about to wake him up only to see him already awake in the backseat while rubbing his eyes

"Thanks for the ride Mr and Mrs. Banner." M/n said while getting out of the car

"Champ I already told you don't have to call us that, you can call me Mike and her Emma." Mike reassured

"You're not coming with us M/n?" Emma asked, M/n shook his head

"I promised these two I was gonna hang out with them today." M/n said before smiling at the drive that drove away

Aiden quickly lead him to the front door of the house, seemingly happy about the hangout, even Ben looked happy..he thinks?

"You guys seemed happy about me accepting your invite?" M/n teased

"Well mom is particularly happy to know she can get to talk to you more!" Aiden said

"Really, I'm glad I made a good impression on her then." M/n smiled while going inside

"We're home, I brought M/n with me!" Aiden called out

"Really, oh it's so nice to see you again M/n!" Aiden's mom greeted him

"You too Mrs. Clark, did you get a haircut? You look great!" M/n complimented, Aiden seemed shock to notice the slight change

"Finally someone noticed, I thought I'll go on my day without anyone noticing my hair!" She seemed very happy about his statement

"I'll go prepare some snacks, you three have fun!" She said before heading to the kitchen

"You have a very nice mother." M/n said looking at Aiden who seemed a bit shock by the interaction

"I expected my mom to like you but I guess you have already caught her heart when you mentioned the slight change about her hair.." Aiden said (platonically towards the mother obvi..)

The three of them went upstairs to Aiden's room and welcomed M/n inside "Welcome to my room! It's not much but meh."

"No it's fine really, I'm a bit suprised by how organized it is." He joked

"Hey I may be chaotic but that doesn't mean my room will look like one!" Aiden punched him slightly while chuckling

"Say M/n, it's almost 12 am. Do your parents not worry about you being out late at night or did you already tell them about you staying over for the night." Currently the three were laying the floor, getting ready for the clock to hit 12.

"My parents are practically absent throughout my life, even when I was a child and until now so no one really wiats for me at home unless the Banner's know I'm staying over for my usual sleepover." M/n explained, Aiden felt a bit sad and angry for M/n because he basically told them that he mostly didn't have a parental figure throughout his life

A bit angry by how close you are with the Banner family. He silently wished that you hanged out with them more instead of the Banner's.

"That sucks, sorry for that." Aiden tried comforting

It was silent for a moment until Ben and Aiden heard chuckling from M/n, Aiden raised a brow and looked at M/n who was silently giggling now

"S-sorry for laughing, it was just a bit funny how I told you that I basically didn't have a parent and you just said 'That sucks' no offense though." M/n explained, Aiden started laughing too

"It's fine, I feel better knowing I made you laugh." Aiden stated before laying down

"Aiden before the click hits 12..stay out for trouble because I'm sure Ben is sick of patching me up." M/n said sternly, however what he didn't know is that Ben actually liked the times he spend time with him. The lingering touches and the way he looked so focus on what he was doing always gave him butterflies. He loves every single second of it.

"I can't promise that sorry." Aiden said before the clock hit twelve.