Chapter 13

Alex’s POV

 

 

 

            I stare at the beautiful boy in the drawing that Kurai drew. He looked like he was dead, I can’t tell exactly what happened to him but I know it wasn’t pleasant.

 

            I look up to see Kurai tearing up. What?

 

            I lunge towards him and lift his face up so he’s looking at me straight in the eye. My thumbs wipe away his tears and I wonder what’s going through his head.

 

            “What’s wrong?” I ask him.

 

            “I-I’m sorry it’s just…” More tears escape his eyes. “Many negative thoughts of what would happen came into my head and I couldn’t stop it.”

 

            I look him straight in the eye and I say, “Kurai. Calm down. I’m not going to abandon you; I’m not going to send you to nuthouse. I’m not going to do anything but try to heal you ok?” He quickly nods and hugs me tightly. He continues to cry into my shoulder and I hope the cries are muffled enough so we don’t wake my parents. “It’s ok Kurai.” I say while patting his back. When was the last time he was hugged like this though? His mom doesn’t seem like the type to do stuff like this. Which is sad cause this is what he needs. A nice caring hug to comfort him, help him.

 

            Finally after about a half hour he falls asleep in my arms. I sigh and gently lay him down under my covers and I just look at him. His face is tear-stained and his eyes red and puffy but he looks kinda peaceful. Maybe it’s because I’m here, I don’t know.

 

            I will never abandon him; I swore I was going to heal him. Therapy isn’t the answer; trust me I know. It just makes you crazier; the therapist doesn’t care about you. You’re just another one of their patients. The only way to heal is to have someone to love you, to care about you. It’s possible to get stable with therapy but that’s all it does.

 

            I sigh and run my fingers through my hair. Kurai shifts a little in his sleep and I smile. I truly love him and I would never abandon him. Finally I decide I should probably get back to sleep so I slip under the covers beside him and wrap my arms around his waist. Hopefully he doesn’t decide to push me away in the morning.

 

 

The next morning…

 

 

Kurai’s POV

 

 

            I wake up the next morning from a nice peaceful sleep. Then I realize that there was something warm wrapped around me. I crack open my eyes to see I wasn’t in my room. What?

 

            My head turns to see bright blue hair then I see Alex’s sleeping face. Suddenly the events from last night come back to me. The nightmare, the drawing, and then coming here to talk to Alex about it.

 

            I turn away from Alex as tears fill my eyes; my fingers twitch towards my wrist in need to bleed. No, I can’t do that. Alex promise he would heal me, I can’t upset him by cutting myself again.

 

            I look at my wrist and notice that the bandages are blood soaked; I hope the stitches aren’t torn, and then I would have to go back to the hospital.

 

            Alex decides at that moment to shift and groan. I turn my head and see his eyes open a crack.

 

            “Morning.” He says to me with a slight smile on his face. “You sleep well?”

 

            “I…guess….” I answer.

 

            He sits up but his eyes widen when he sees my wrist. Crap! I hurriedly pull my sleeves down and hope that he’ll pass it off as him seeing things.

 

            “Kurai, no, show me.” He asks.

 

            I shake my head but he pulls the sleeves up again.

 

            “Damn it Kurai, did this happen from climbing the tree?”

 

            I just bow my head in defeat and he drags me to the bathroom. He carefully takes off the bandages and winces at how they look. I just let him do whatever as he cleans off all the dried blood.

 

            “Crap!” He exclaims.

 

            “What?”

           

            “A couple of the stitches tore. Come one lets go get it fixed.”

 

            “W-wait.”

 

            “What?”

 

            “We can’t just go to the hospital without telling anyone.”

 

            “Sure we can.” He pulls me out of the bathroom and we head to the hospital.