[OK so this another side-chapter where basically you go grocery shopping w/the Proxies. Apparently, a place called the Slender-Mart is REAL I found out; its located in the Maldives. So, I thought it would be a funny idea to use the Slender-Mart in this chapter, as seen above. Thank you, as always, for reading.]

Another day had gone by of (Y/N) living with the Creepypastas. (Y/N) was beginning to get a bit stronger day by day, and she started to get along and even make friends with the other pastas; including Zero.

This day, (Y/N) had recently just finished some training with the other proxies, and was now relaxing on the couch, watching TV with Homicidal Liu and Clockwork.

(Y/N) was the only one really paying attention to the TV however. Liu was quietly reading a book and Clockwork was half-asleep next to her.

She wanted to wake up Clockwork, or perhaps pull Liu away from his book, but at the same time she didn't want to bother them. She laid back on the couch getting comfortable and continued watching the TV.

While she was in the midst of watching however, the screen suddenly shut off, and she sat up, giving a grunt of confusion as Masky walked up right in front of the TV and turned to her with his arms crossed.

"What was that for Mask? I was watching that!" She exclaimed. She was beginning to get more comfortable around them, and she even pulled away from calling the pastas "sir" or whatever formal terms she used to use.

"We've got a task to do. Slender wants us to get some more groceries from the store. You've gotta come with us," Masky said. "But why...?"

"Because we the proxies are usually the ones to do the shopping for the mansion, and you are a proxy, so this is your responsibility now too."

Damn you Masky, I was trying to relax...

"Alright," (Y/N) sighed, slowly pulling herself off the couch and dragging herself behind Masky as he head off towards the kitchen.

"Cya later, (Y/N)!" Liu called out before she left, looking up from his book. Clockwork gave a loud snore.

In the kitchen, Hoodie was leaning against the fridge, waiting, and Toby was making a sandwich. "We're ready to go and...Toby?? Why are you making a sandwich now??" Masky growled, frowning as he watched the killer shuffling around, gathering things for his sandwich. His mask was currently off so (Y/N) could see he was frowning.

"I'm hungry dear lord, don't get angry over something as small as this!" Toby groaned, flipping a knife into his mouth and grabbing some mayo out of the fridge. "I tried to stop him," Hoodie sighed, shrugging, "but you can't necessarily stop a hungry Toby."

(Y/N) snickered and walked over to Toby, deciding to help him make his sandwich. "You two just...hurry up. I have other things I want to get done today besides shopping for groceries," Masky grumbled, heading to walk out of the kitchen. "Okay Tim-Lord!" Toby replied mockingly, glaring as he along with Hoodie left.

Toby then turned back to his task and smiled a bit, as (Y/N) helped him out. "Thanks (Y/N). Sorry I'm keeping you and the others back by eating-I was really hungry," he apologized, finishing the sandwich by topping it off with the last piece of bread and taking a bite. "No problem Toby, I don't even want to go, anyways," (Y/N) sighed, leaning against the counter beside him as he ate.

"Why not? You've never been 'Proxy Shopping' before...that's what I like to call it since it's usually me, Masky, and Hoodie-sometimes Kate too, who is another of Slender's proxies. Anyways, all I can say is, it's super fun. I always bug Masky to buy me whatever I want, and when he doesn't, Hoodie usually gets it for me. I love Proxy Shopping."

"Only because you get what you want out of it," (Y/N) chuckled, rolling her eyes. "Also...do you guys really go to the store...? Like where there are other people who could see you in your clothing and masks?"

"Well yeah, but we usually wear disguises. Plus, the store tends to be pretty deserted. We go to the Slender-Mart; you ever heard of it?"

"Yes Toby, of course I heard of the Slender-Mart before." *sarcastically*

Toby shrugs and takes another bite of his sandwich, "Slender-Mart's the store me and the other proxies go to get our groceries. It's not too far outside the woods, but it's a bit of a distance from the outside town, which is good for us."

"I see," (Y/N) replied, nodding her head. "And how come Slendy asks us proxies to do his shopping?"

"To this day, I still don't know. I think even our old faceless stick-man can be lazy himself, so he sends us to do his stuff."

(Y/N) giggled a bit at this and tried hard to imagine Slenderman being lazy. It seemed to her that he was always busy doing something, so laziness didn't necessarily fit him.

"Okay then (Y/N)! I'm done with my sandwich, so let's meet up with the others and head out of here," Toby said, tossing his plate in the sink and walking out of the kitchen. (Y/N) quickly followed him and they head to where Masky and Hoodie were waiting by the front door.

(Y/N) noticed Masky and Hoodie were wearing different attire. Instead of his usual brown colored jacket, Masky was wearing a brown leather jacket along with gray pants and his same brown boots. Hoodie wore a light gray hoodie and blue jeans along with his same sneakers. Neither of them wore their facial gear, which was fine by you because now you got to see Masky's glorious sideburns

"And of course Toby forgets to change," Masky sighed as they walked up to him and Hoodie, "You're wasting time, Rogers."

"Sorry for upsetting the great lord, I'll go get changed right away for your pleasing," Toby scoffed, glaring at Masky and then turning, stalking off to the stairs.

"Are you okay Mask? You look kind of irritated," (Y/N) asked, smirking a bit at the impatient man. "I just want to quickly get this shopping over with. And I want BEN and KageKao to quit eating out all the food in the mansion so we don't have to frequently buy the groceries!"

(Y/N) laughed a bit at this and pat Masky on he back as he began grumbling to himself.

...

The four proxies were walking together in the woods, heading for the Slender-Mart. Hoodie had taken the lead, and Masky followed close behind. Toby was complaining about things while (Y/N) poked obnoxiously at Masky's sideburns.

"(Y/N), please stop. You're acting like Toby," Masky pleaded, repeatedly pushing her hand away only for her to return to poking not long after. "Why couldn't we have taken the van? Walking is taking way too long," Toby sneered, keeping pace with Hoodie. "I told you already Toby, that van needs to get fixed before anyone can use it."

"Then whose going to fix it?? If no one else will, then I'll do it because I'm tired of having to walk this far all the time,"

"I am too, but I'm actually doing my best to repair it myself. Sometimes, I get some help from Painter, so that's good."

"Not good enough, Hoodieeee,"

"Just quit complaining, Toby!" Masky sneered, giving (Y/N)'s hand one last irritated slap that was quite hard. (Y/N) glared at Masky and huffed, pulling her hand away. Masky turned her and quickly apologized.

"I did tell you to stop though, didn't I?" Masky sighed, shaking his head at her. "But they're so cool," (Y/N) replied, giving him an innocent smile, and he sighed again.

A while later after what seemed like hours of walking, (Y/N) noticed that up ahead there were less trees and she could see a few cars and buildings. They must have reached the area where the Slender-Mart was located.

"Yes, finally!" Toby exclaimed, running forwards towards the building ahead. "Wait up, wait for the rest of us!" Hoodie shouted and began running after him. (Y/N) snickered and began running after the two, leaving poor Masky behind.

They run all the rest of the way out of the woods and onto a concrete parking lot, leading up to the entrance of the store. (Y/N) came to a stop between Hoodie and Toby and looked up at the sign.

Slender-Mart.

(Y/N) didn't know why, but she almost burst out laughing at the name. She imagined the store as having one of these set outside:

"Slender-Mart. I'm surprised the place doesn't belong to Slender himself," (Y/N) chuckled, following as Hoodie and Toby began to head for the entrance.

"You can say it does, in a way. Slender tends to keep track of the business and all; I guess he likes the fact it's sorta named after him," Toby said.

(Y/N) looked around as they walked inside the store, and Hoodie went to get a cart. "I call riding in the cart!" Toby exclaimed, jumping in the basket as soon as Hoodie rolled over.

"Fuck it Toby, I'm not pushing you around the whole store like last time, get out," Hoodie growled, and stopped pushing the cart. "Please Hoodie! I promise I won't cause a scene like last time...."

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"......Fine."

Toby unwilling pulled himself out of the cart, and Hoodie began to push it again, heading for one of the aisles. Masky eventually walked into the store and caught up to them, holding up a list of the items they needed to get.

"First, we should get the bread," Masky suggested, pointing Hoodie to a certain path. Hoodie nodded and followed Masky's orders, wheeling the cart in said direction.

"Ehh, me and (Y/N) are gonna check out some other things, catch up with you two later!" Toby said, grabbing (Y/N)'s arm and pulling her aside. "We're not buying anything you want this time Toby!" Masky yelled out before he and Hoodie disappeared around a corner.

"Hah, that's what he says now, but soon we'll be walking out with all the goods we want," Toby snickered, giving (Y/N) a mischievous smirk. (Y/N) smirked back and together they head off to the frozen foods aisle.

"So first, you already know me and what I'd go for. The waffles, of course. I love stocking up on those," Toby said, opening one of the fridges and pulling out a few boxes of waffles. "Toby, we don't have the cart-I don't think we can hold all of this..." (Y/N) said, holding out her arms as Toby thrusted some boxes into her hands. "Don't worry about it (Y/N), we'll be good," he replied, dropping one more box in her hands before shutting the fridge door. "Now, for the ice cream!"

"Is all you want junk foods?"

"Ok, first of all, waffles aren't junk food, they're a breakfast food and they are very good for your health. A waffle a day keeps bitchy Toby away."

Toby made a goofy grin and walked off to the ice cream section, and all (Y/N) could do was roll her eyes and follow him.

"What kind of ice cream are we getting?" (Y/N) asked as they came up to fridges with ice cream.

"Lots, of course!"

"I said what kind??"

"A variety of flavors."

Toby then opened the fridge and began pulling out all different types of the frozen desert from the shelves. "There's no way Tim-Lord is gonna let us buy all of this," (Y/N) muttered, narrowing her eyes at Toby. "Hey! Calling him Tim-Lord is my thing! And besides... I know that he won't already- that's why I have a plan..."

"And what plan is that?"

"You'll see."

(Y/N) was beginning to regret coming along with Toby, rather than follow Hoodie and Masky. She was now trying to hold five boxes of frozen waffles and three tubs of ice cream at the same time. Although she loved both as much as Toby-she found it a bit ridiculous that he actually thought he would be able to leave the store with all of this-under Masky and Hoodie's approval.

"Where to next, Toby," She sighed, as he began waking off again towards another direction. "D'ya know this store has a small collection of video games? I'd like the check out what they've got; perhaps get a game for BEN, I know he'd love that." "Okay."

Masky is going to kill the both of us...

(Y/N) followed Toby as he made his way to the front of the store where they had a shelf that contained a small collection of video games.

She stayed back and watched as he took his time browsing through the games, occasionally picking up one and examining it, then putting it back.

"Hmmm....think I'll getttt.....this one," Toby announced after a while, holding up a game. "Silent Hill? What's that?" (Y/N) asked, tilting her head. "It's a really awesome game that you need to play with me and BEN some time," Toby replied, "I think you'll like it."

(Y/N) shrugged and followed Toby as he began to wander off again. This time, he went to the area where the shopping carts were kept, and threw the waffles and ice cream he carried, along with the game, in the basket. "Put your items in there too," He ordered, pointing (Y/N) to the basket.

"But Mask and Hood already have a-"

"Just do it, it's a part of the 'plan'."

Hesitantly, she threw the items she held into the cart and Toby began to steer it away, towards the aisles again. It's not too long before the two of them run into Hoodie and Masky-their cart was half full from the things they had gathered from the list Slender had given them.

"Oh no, absolutely not!" Masky exclaimed when he saw Toby and (Y/N)'s cart, and he covered his forehead in aggravation. "What the hell is all of this for?"

"Stuff I want to get," Toby replied, "and it seems you and Hoodie got all the necessities, so we must be good to go now, am I right?"

"No we're not good to go. We're not buying all that junk you've got."

"It's not junk goddammit!"

"Just so you know Masky, it was him who got all this stuff, not me," (Y/N) confessed pointing at Toby with a smirk, and Toby gawked at (Y/N) with a betrayed look. "That doesn't really help me out here, (Y/N)!" "Oh well."

"Look, just take all that stuff and put it back-Toby, you can keep ONE box of waffles and that's it," Masky said, removing his hand from his head. "Sorry Tim, but I can't do that; it'll go against my special plan," Toby chuckled with grin spreading on his face.

"...Special plan? What plan?"

"This plan!"

Toby quickly spun his cart around and began speeding away from Hoodie, Masky, and (Y/N) with the items. "Err, Masky? I think he's stealing the stuff again...like last time," Hoodie mumbled, watching as Toby headed for the front of the store. "That idiot is going to get us all in trouble!" Masky growled, suddenly taking over the cart from Hoodie and quickly pushing it to the front.

(Y/N) and Hoodie followed Masky with haste. Toby was already near the front door when one of the persons of the store started shouting at him. He threw a box of waffles at them and quickly ran out of the store with the cart. The alarms immediately went off.

"Shit!" Masky sneered, "we'll just have to follow him, come on!"

(Y/N) was shocked yet at the same not really surprised that they were going to steal the groceries instead of pay for them. She hurried behind Hoodie and Masky as the store security began running for them at the sides.

"Slender's going to kill us," Hoodie muttered, suddenly taking out his gun and stopping in front of the doors just as Masky and (Y/N) ran through. "You two go ahead, I'll hold them up!"

As (Y/N) and Masky ran off with the stuff, they heard gunshots ringing out from the store, and the sounds of a struggle. They didn't look back to the commotion, but continued on running until they reached the woods.

"So this is what it's like, shopping with killers?" (Y/N) asked, glancing at Masky once they were hidden in the safety of the trees. "This usually doesn't happen-it's only when Toby pulls off a stunt like that which gives us no choice but to follow."

She nodded and chuckled, beginning to help Masky push the cart through the woods for the mansion. From behind them, footsteps could be heard and then eventually Hoodie appeared beside them, panting and his clothes spotted with blood.

"I'm not getting in trouble for this," he growled, "we'd better make sure Toby gets blamed for this."

▪︎TIMESKIP▪︎

"YOU WHAT???"

Ticci-Toby flinched at the Slenderman's outburst when he found out about the 'incident' at the store. "I told you idiots not to blow your covers by stealing! I gave you all the money you needed to buy what was on the list!"

"Yes Slender, but Toby decided to grab a bunch of extra crap we didn't need and run off with it before we even got a chance to stop him," Masky sighed, glaring at Toby then looking back at his boss. "Yeah, we're innocent here," Hoodie added.

"Hoodie's no innocent! I heard he shot some of the security so Masky and (Y/N) could get away," Toby mumbled, crossing his arms. "All of you shut up! Because of your stupid stunt TOBY, we now have to find another store for you four to do the grocery shopping!" Slenderman hissed, "and if this happens again, all four of you are going to get it!"

"Get what Boss?"

"Shut up, Toby."

Before any of them could say anything else, Slender abruptly turned and quickly head out of his office room. "You're a real headache, Rogers," Masky groaned, rubbing his head as he looked at the younger male. "I know I know, but it's all worth it in the end right? After all, I got us a whole bunch of ice cream and waffles, and that's great."

"Great for you and you only," Masky spat. "No! I'm sure there are others in the mansion who would be thrilled with me!"

(Y/N) snickered as she watched her two fellow proxies begin bickering and Hoodie facepalming at the side in frustration. Even though all four of them managed to get in trouble with the Slender for Toby's deed, she still enjoyed her time going 'Proxy Shopping' with them.