I was use to walking around the park near my house; sometimes people just sat there and watched the tress and leaves. When I went around the park near the ghetto I saw a child with long brown hair with brown eyes wearing rags. She was writing in her stuff I was curious and looked over her shoulder, she didn’t mind though when I noticed she had a back pack that had paper and notebooks in it. A writer what she doing here cosplay? I taped her shoulder and she looked up, her eyes dark like she haven’t slept in days.

                “What are you writing?” I asked.

                There was no response just a look in her eyes of fear then she spoke with a dull voice, “A poem about killers and blood,”

                “May I see?” I asked staying behind her.

                She just nod her head handing me the paper that was neatly clean I read the poem and it was deep very gory something I would read to my fans. I gave her back the paper while she tucks in her bag gently with care.

                “It’s getting late I should get going or they come again,” she said putting the bag around her shoulder.

                I couldn’t leave her maybe some of my friends could help her I called out for her, “Hey you can come with me for the night it is going to rain and you won’t like having your bag soak right?”

                She looked at the ground then nods her head and walked over to me, she only seem like 10. She looked up and with a smile.

                “My name is Jena,” she said.

                I smiled walking next to her. After a while I entered my home while my cat came up to us and meowed. She bends over and pet the cat with care the cat loved her in the second. I took out my phone and call up some my friends from YouTube. First it was Felix.

                “What’s up?” he asked.

                “You need a kid?” I asked looking at Jena.

                “Nope,” he said then hanged up.

                Almost an hour of calling each of my friends no one wanted the kid. I sighed shutting my phone off. She came up to me with a dull expression on her face.

                “Thanks for letting me stay,” she said forcing a smile.

                “No problem kiddo, I will go the store and buy you some clothes and there is food in the house just enjoy your time here okay?” I said grabbing my wallet and walked out of the house.

                The first thing I noticed I don’t know what size she wore but she looked ten so I asked for some help. They showed me the kid area and I just got some clothes. Then I remember she likes to write so I went to the supplies and bought some pens and pencils then paid. When I got home Jena was there on the table writing in her notebooks she looked up. She quickly stood up having a sorry look.

                “I am sorry for you buying things for me,” she said.

                I shook my head and giving her a change of clothes, “You change into these and the shower is around the hall,”

                She nodded her head and took the clothes with her. After an hour of so she came out with black jeans and some white blank tee shirt with a black hooding saying swag across from it. I didn’t even know I bought her that I guess I wasn’t paying much attention.

                “Thanks you and can I spend the night here?” she asked.

                I smiled and nodded she gave smile and went on the couch with me laid on my lap with her head.

                “Can I trust you mister?” she asked.

                “Sure you can I am no bad guy,” I said.

                She smiled and cuddle on my lap then my cat came up and cuddle near her. She fell asleep I sighed grabbing some of the covers and putting on her. The cat didn’t move well he was asleep too stupid cat.  I turned on my PC in my room and did one of those late nights with cry thing or live streaming with other you tubers. Sometime pass and it was getting late already. I went to check on Jena who wasn’t there but instead looking out of the window.

                “Jena,” I said.

                She looked at me with her eyes not moving a mussel, she was really dark and emo kind of girl but yet always have smile on her face.

                “Yes mister?” she asked.

                “You can call me Ryan okay?” I said.

                I still didn’t really trust her with my YouTube name so gave out my real. I didn't want to get any closer with this kid and anything. After a few hours she sat at the window then stood up grabbing some pen and paper and wrote. When I looked over the shoulder I couldn't believe what I saw.

                Darkness is around me, covered in fear and hate,

                Nothing can be done or seen just piles of blood

                It was the murder who killed my only friend

                I killed him without thought without a mind

                I am a cold blooded murder should I be killed?

                I stood in awe of the writing I never seen some kid write like this it was cruel, did she had a hard time in the past? I put my hand on her shoulder she didn't move and just kept on writing and read more. 

                I should kill the people with the cold blood gun

                So they could hear my horrid scream

                Do they really care about me?

                The blood on my hands and face is me

                I am killer who should die right?

                Like everyone in the world of killers.

                Then it ended and she hand me the paper she didn't really say anything just looked at me with a blank stare.

                “Do you want it Ryan?” she asked.

                I took the paper and fold it she made a little huff and continued to look out of the window. I guess she didn't like me folding the paper.

                “Who taught you to write like that?” I asked.

                She didn't reply at first but then did, “Myself,”

                I was surprised with the answer how long she been alone is she a killer? I took a gulp until she looked at me with sadness behind her dull eyes. Then she did a smile having her tears fall.

                “What is wrong?” I asked.

                “I am going to die Mister Ryan because no one loves me?” she asked with a rusty voice.

                I pulled her in a hug, “No you won't die and hey guess what you can live here with me and the stupid cat”

                She made a small giggle having her eyes light up her are easily amused, “Thank you Ryan! Maybe my grandfather was right there are nice people out here,”

                I seemed so surprised a few minutes ago she complained about dying and loved then this. What the hell.

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                After a few days pass I told her I work on YouTube gaming she nodded her head.

                “Jena I am going to be filming about 3 to 4 hours so do something in the meantime,” I yelled.

                There was no reply just a soft cry I heard the door slam from the back yard where she always goes too when I am filming I always put my work first but she is crying. I sighed going up to here she wore a long sup jacket I gave her she had her hood over her with and hugging her knees. When I went up to her bending down she looked so cute but yet sad. I sighed I don't do this most of the time but it doesn't hurt to try right?

                I sighed, “You want to play video games with me?” I asked.

                Her face looked up to me with a smile forming, “May I Mister Ryan? I never played video games before! I only have this flash drive that holds all of my writing!”

                I was shock she never played video games? What happen in the past?

                “Okay you’re okay with horror?” I asked. What the hell she is a child!

                She nodded her head, “You will be there right?”

                I smiled, “Of course,”

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                When I was setting up I noticed I can't use her real name during filming so I went up to her who spun around in the jacket the sleeves overlapping and the end going down to her knees.

                “We need to make you fake names have any ideas?” I asked sitting down watching her spinning around.

                “Little cry!” she said with a wide smile.           

                “Fine Little Cry and your icon everybody has an icon for some odd reason,” I laughed.

                She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled, “What is your icon?”

                I laid back on my bed, “A poker face mask apparently,”

                She smiled, “Then I will have a poker mask with wolf ears!”

                I laughed she is my Little Cry, after that short talk we started up Slender. I started the intro while she looked at me. She holds onto my arms and smile.

                “HI everybody I am Little Cry,” she said so softly.

                After some time of recording I screamed while she cried over my screams and then we laughed it out. We played and then stopped when I upload it to YouTube already comments about Little Cry. I hugged her close to me seeing the comments come in, we both read some then she pointed at a thumb nail of Pewdiepie.

                “Who is that Mister Ryan?” she asked.

                “That is my best friend channel,” I continued.

                She looked at me with a smirk seeing me turn red, “Hmm is daddy blushing?”

                Did she call me daddy? I shook at my head was I turning red? “What no! And did you call me daddy?”

                She blush a little and moved to her side, “I am sorry mister Ryan I just wanted to know how you reacted and because I feel like I shouldn't call you by your first name,”

                She is so adorable. I smiled rubbing her hair, “If you want to call me daddy okay? I am fine with it,”

                Her eyes lit up like I never seen before, “Really? I am going to have a daddy?”

                She was crying what does she mean by 'going to have a daddy'? 

                “Can I ask you something?” I asked and she nodded her head, “What happen to your parents?”

                Her smiled faded into the dull look face again, “My mother was killed front of my eyes by bad men. My daddy was part of the bad men but he treated us like we didn't know us.”

                Wow she had it hard almost like me I guess that why we get along very well. We checked the message over again seeing people wanted more Little Cry and claiming that was my niece. She didn't mind though she understands many things of her age. The night came and I set her up for bed across the hall from me. I tucked her in while she curled up a cry doll she found roaming in my room and that stupid cat curled up next her staring right at me. I didn't touch her because of the cat, he hisses at me when I touch her. That over protective cat is pissing me off. I went to my own room and fell asleep.

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                The next morning Jena was still asleep in the guest room, I didn't bother to wake her up. Around 10 she woke up rubbing her eyes holding on to the doll. She yawned and smiled.

                “Good morning papa,” she said with that word.

                I smiled seeing how cute she was I made some pancakes. She set up the table and waited writing more in her notebooks she had like 5 of them out writing them like it was homework or something. I put the plate on the table and she ate it putting her notebooks away. Papers inside notebooks were all over the place then I noticed a school application.

                “You want to go to school?” I asked.

                She nodded her head and smiled, “I want to go to an online school for a long time,”

                I smiled after breakfast I made video again she didn't bother me like always.

                “Okay my friends, you all know Little Cry right? Well to be honest she is not my niece I found her on the street writing and I loved her writing and right now she want to go to school an online school to be specific. I would be putting a donation so I could help her get a computer and supplies for long year around it would be up about for a month okay. See you later my friends,” I ended the video.

                When I walked over to her with headphones around my neck I could see she was still writing her notebooks. I sat next to her and read what she wrote this time it wasn't bloodily.

                I been happy since I came to heaven

                I never seen the light for past years

                Someone hold out a hand for me

                I thought I was stuck in the darkness

                He saved me from the burning fire

                What was this?  I rub her shoulder and smiled while she giggles.  Some days past and I saw the numbers going up it was allot and then when I checked the comments there was allot of smiling faces and good hardly even bad. I was glad that my friends are there. Jena came up to me jumping onto my back while I caught her on time before she did any more damage to herself.

                “Daddy! Guess what I made this poem for you!” she smiled holding the poem.

                “Mind reading it to me?” I asked.

                She nodded her head and begins to read.

                “I been happy since I came to heaven

                I never seen the light for past years

                Someone hold out a hand for me

                I thought I was stuck in the darkness

                He saved me from the burning fire

                He is my hero and my god my father.

                He would be there for me always

                I can trust him with my heart

                I am glad that my grandfather was right

                Telling me that everything is great

                I believe him so and so this man,” She said. I was touched. I put her down bending down to her level.

“Guess what I am having a raise money thing and it is going to you so you can go to school!” I said.             

                She smiled and hugged me once more I felt tears soaking my shirt. “Thank you,”

                I am doing something right, right? I got a phone call from someone I told her to stay here while I went outside.

                “Hello?” I asked.

                There was a pause, “Hey Felix here just wandering do you still have the child?”

                My heart pressed against my chest, “Yea,”

                I heard his girlfriend giggling in the background, “We decide to have her! We are going to pick her up in Christmas!”

                I wanted to yell at the man when I looked at my Little Cry she was smiling happily reading comments on my computer and giggling. I sighed.

                “Okay, you better take care of her if you hurt her or treat her wrong I will personally kill you” I said watching Jena.

                “Wow you grown attach to this girl, it may ruin your channel,” he teased.

                I had fist to my side I didn't want to give her away she is my Little Cry, my little Jena. I nod my head as tears come down. “Okay next week wants to do a video together?” I manage to say.

                “Sure bro,” he said.

                I hung up the phone punching the wall what the fuck! I am giving her away like a toy this is madness! Jena came out to me holding a poker face mask with ears taped on I smiled. She holds out a poker face mask out for me, I tied the string and titled my head she did the same thing. I smiled behind the mask. The next day I framed the two masks up in our rooms while we went out shopping I let her stand on the car. Sometimes people insulted her for having a dull face with a happy impression, as protective I am I argued to them. After sometime she sat down in the cart having her knees covered by the jacket. I let her play on my phone in the meantime.

                “Daddy? Why people are mean on YouTube?” she asked almost crying.

                I went up to her seeing her read some comments from my channel there were mean comments and I really did care but knowing Jena she been so happy around me.

                “Because they are jealous,” I said.

                She smiles sticking out her tongue at the screen I smiled. After we were done shopping and all we came home while I carried her around my shoulder. She smiles when I am around but have a dull face when I am not. Sometime past and finally the fundraiser stop and got more money than I do! When the money came in I bought her a computer and some pair of customized that came in the next day. I bought her some of YouTube things so when we could play we could have our separate computers. I also helped her to get into that school she wanted to be in. For the past few days and weeks we bond together like a father a daughter thing we watched movies in my room every Fridays and have pizza. I loved the kid so much she still writes and soon enough she wrote on the computer showing her work to her teachers on Skype but she wears the mask to stay hidden. She became so smart over the months and we done everything together but one day Felix called me.

                “Hey what’s up?” I asked getting out of bed so Jena can't hear me.

                I heard Felix coughed, “Well we couldn't wait so we are deciding to pick her up next week it been three months,” he mentioned.

                I almost had heart attack right there I was scared.

                “What! You can't just take her like that! No I won't let you take my Little Jena!” I yelled.

                I could hear him chuckling, “You promised so yea we can't wait!”

                Right there I froze in shock having my tears fall from my face.  I don't want her to leave no! I hanged up the phone sitting at the table drinking something from the fridge I never bought liquor front of Jena and I never did. Jena came down holding the cry doll in her arms I looked at her with a smile.

                “Yes my little Cry?” I said while I went up to her.

                “I had a night mare and it won't go away,” she said holding the doll in her arms.

                I smiled picking her up in her arms holding her tight, “Well I am going to kill the bad monsters yea?”

                She nodded her head sleeping on my arms while I lay next to her while she sleeps holding onto me. My Little Cry I smiled remembering the first day we went. She changed these past few months and I am glad straight A's on her online reports she is such an angel my little angel. I smiled holding her close to me I don't want to lose her so quickly. Why did I make that stupid promise in the first place? The next morning I woke up Jena so she could get ready for her classes. She is always so happy about school she went straight to her room and turned on the PC while she got ready for class. I put my hand behind my head looking at the celling she is leaving me too soon I can’t stand it really I can’t. She came out with a scarf around her neck with some black shorts that went up to her knees and a happy shirt that was blue. I smiled going to up to the kid.

                “You be a good girl okay?” I said bending down to her level.

                She giggled with a smile, “I am always dad,”

                She is such an angel I hugged her tight thinking about when she is gone. Days passed and I did everything with her made YouTube for the past week and went to parks or even to the library whenever there is an author there. On the last day when she was asleep I looked in her room seeing her sleeping, she is a good kid I love her. I grabbed my keys picking up Felix and his girlfriend. When I got to the airport I waited near the station getting myself some soda to calm down myself. I am losing her tomorrow I touched my face I didn’t had a mask on how selfish of me. I couldn’t cry front of him then someone tap my shoulder. I looked who it was and I saw them both there with smiled. I just gave them glares.

                “Where is she?” his girlfriend asked excitedly.

                Felix put his arm around her and smiled, “She is at his house we are spending a week there,”

                Damn it, “Humph she has school until next week then she is in summer,”

                I could keep her a little longer maybe, my heart begin to sink I didn’t like the feeling. When I got there stuff I just tossed them in the car while I started the car while Felix chattered the whole way. I ignored him gripping on the wheel.  When I got home I quickly put their stuff down near the door going to Jena room she was still asleep holding onto a cry doll. I smiled closing the door silently.

                Felix came up to me putting his arm over my shoulder, my face straighten, “So Cry can we see the little girl?”

                I shook my head, “She is asleep wait until tomorrow you could sleep in my room I sleep on the couch,” I said heading towards the couch. 

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                The next morning I could feel someone lying next to me when I woke up I saw Jena there holding onto me with the Cry doll. I didn’t move her just sighed she wears the mask maybe she saw them during the night. I smiled trying to wake her up she looked up at me getting up rubbing her eyes.

                “Dad there is people in your room,” she said softly.

                I sighed holding the mask rubbing it with my thumb with a smile, “There is something I need to tell you and you have to get ready for school,”

                She nodded and cuddle next to me, “What is it?”

                I sighed, “You are going with them you’re … not staying with me anymore,”

                I cried a tear she wipe a tear and then cried with me, “You don’t love me anymore?”

                The questioned hurt it really did I gave her a hug and we both cried, “I do kid but then he called saying he wanted you and I said okay I wasn’t thinking Jena,”

                I could feel her sobs on my chest she looked up at me with the mask on still, “it’s okay daddy made a mistake,”

                I nodded my head giving her a kiss on her mask, “I did Jena, my Little Cry I really did,”

                After that Felix and his girlfriend woke up and I dismissed her so she could get ready for school. She nodded her head and left while I set up breakfast for them.

                “She calls you dad?” Felix asked.

                I made a soft growl, “Yea? What about it?”

                Felix waved his hands in the air, “Sorry man I didn’t mean to get on your nerves,”

                I rolled my eyes he already did to me. I looked at the time she should be starting now. I sighed fixing a plate for her and how she likes it. First I served the two then Jena I knocked on her door. She sung it open she wore that overlapping jacket that I gave her. I smiled.

                “That is too big for you,” I said.

                She shrugged, “I’ll grow into it,”

                She grab the plate out of my hands and went inside some hours later I could hear her talking to her teachers she is always happy when it comes to classes. I walked down seeing Felix and his girlfriend cuddling on the couch watching some shows. I didn’t really let Jena watch movies without my permission because I didn’t really trust what they show on TV for kids. I mean Regular Show is 23 years old dudes doing stupid stuff showing them to kids please.  I sighed looking through YouTube of boredom I should make an excuse of being sick so I made a video of me making me sound sick and won’t be uploading a couple days. When I was done with editing trying to entertain myself without thinking of anything, not even Jena or Felix just focused on my stuff like I do every day. It became a habit for me to take problems out of my mind make a random video and mess with it there was really nothing to do. Jena came in with papers in her hands having a pencil on her ear.

                “Hey dad sorry to disturb you but I need help,” she asked taking the pencil tapping on the paper. I sighed and smiled having my hand out.

                “Let me see,” I asked. She handed me a paper it was neatly written saying three questions that I had to answer of course I did and gave them back. She thanked me and left closing the door behind her. I sighed going back what I was doing then I uploaded, standing up shutting my computer. Walking out brushing my hair with my hand feeling stressed. I saw Felix and his girlfriend making a video I quickly went the other way I didn’t really like people knowing. I stayed hidden until I heard the camera closed then I came out.

                “Oh you scared us Cry!” his girlfriend smiled.

                I folded my arms, “Do not upload that video that was film in my house I don’t want anyone knowing what it looks like got it?”

                They nodded their head and sighed, “Sorry Cry,”

                I just nodded my head walking up to them, “How about this deleted right now,”

                I stood over them and I saw they also filmed Jena when she was writing.

                They looked at me, “Her too?”

                I nodded my head she didn’t like people seeing her face, “Yea her too,”

                They did what they were told and I nodded my head as satisfaction Jena came out of room when she saw them she turned around and out on her mask. She grown attached to the mask I went up to her patting her head behind her mask she smiled.

                “What is for dinner?” I asked.

                Jena stood quiet for a while, “Let’s go out to eat! We haven’t done that for a while!”

                I smiled and looked at the two, “You’re up for it? I am kind a tired of cooking,”

                They both nodded their heads for an answer I smiled, “Okay Jena go and change also switch your jacket,”

                She nodded her head and ran off I looked at them while they got ready.

                “Thank you for having us here! We will pay for dinner how about Cry?” they ask.

                I sighed not wanting to fight with anyone I really didn’t like to cause trouble but I already did for god sake. When Jena got ready I saw she was tightening the string. We all headed out side Felix sat up with me while she was his girlfriend she manages to get some words out of her but it sounded dull.  When we parked I opened the door for Jena while Felix does the same to his girlfriend. When we entered they just stared at Jena hen shrugged, well if they said something I would have killed them. We sat down at a table while I told Jena to sit with his girlfriend. She just nodded her head and sat next to her. I got out of my phone and texted Felix I didn’t want Jena to hear.

                Felix: Why are texting me even though I am next to you?

                Me: I didn’t want Jena to hear.

                Felix: Well what is it?

                Me: … She thinks I hate her so if you could do me a favor make her contact me every once in a while?

                The text ended there he looked up at me and nodded his head then our food came of course I sat across Jena witch I shared with her. The food they serve here has big portions. After an hour or so Jena fell asleep on Felix girlfriend witch I got a little jealous because she does that to me. I rolled my eyes while I went up to her carrying her in my arms.

                “We should get going,” I said.

                I paid at the front then walked out we went home in the car ride it was silent no one really spoke. When we got inside the house I woke up Jena from her sleep she got out of the car rubbing her eyes holding onto my shirt with her free hand. The days passed and Jena never taken off her mask but when the two leaves to do something in the meantime she takes it off.  It was the last day I hugged her while they put her stuff in the car.

                She looked up at me with her mask, “Where the mask for me?”

                I nodded my head giving her a kiss on her mask, “I will kid I promise,”

                She nodded her head looking at the two walking pass her, “Please visit me one day please?”

                I nodded my head giving her a last hug then I never saw her again. That night I didn’t film it was too much I couldn’t handle so I went her room I would never change it.

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                Six years pass and I still wear the mask I tried to save up money to go see her but it always ended up spend I am almost there until the phone rang. I picked it up.

                “Hello?” I said.

                “Cry it’s Jena she is in the hospital and she might not make it so we were thinking if you could pull the plug,” it was Felix voice.

                Tears came down my face, she is dying, “But!”

                “Well will pay come on your name would be cry I am booking it right now so hurry!” he yelled then he hung up.

                I quickly  packed up all of my stuff then went it took about six hours to get there and I was tired but my mind wasn’t I wanted to see her. I dropped my suit case front of Felix house he quickly dragged me to his car and we were off. When we got into the hospital they let us straight in and when I got in I saw her with her mask on tubes connected to her and beeping. I walked over to her slowly but then rushed. I cried hugging my little Cry. Then she woke up and I saw a smile she looked at me.

                “Dad?” she said. Her long hair was shining and she wears my Cry jacket that I gave her and jeans.

                “Jena! My little Cry!” I cried into her hands.

                She leaned towards me untying my mask I felt weird without it now, then she did hers, “We haven’t changed but before I go I want to ask you something,”

                I looked up at her, “What is it?”

                She smiled, “First I was forced to make a YouTube account so I want you change it and use it whenever you like Felix agreed. Also when I am gone never take the mask off,”

                She tied her mask back on then fell asleep then died, that was it I didn’t need to pull the plug or anything. I stood there crying while I put on my mask I am not taking it off. For days I sat in there and soon enough I went to the funeral. I stood over her lifeless body she seemed at peace. Some days past some more and more slowly than before, I got her ashes and took her home with me when I entered the house smelled rotten and dead bodies. I looked in Jena room and saw that stupid car lying on her bed dead. The cat was pretty old I have to admit that same day I burned him and but it another ashes box. I changed her account to Little Cry RIP. Her poems and stories read from YouTubers if wasn’t a story it would be deleted by me. Millions of people subscribe Channel and there wasn’t a lot of bad comments even if they were it would delete right on the second. I read her poem that she made me called Hero.