[[HEY THERE! Yeah yeah, I know I haven't uploaded in a forever, don't need to yell!
So this is my new story and I KNOW it's a sensitive topic! If you don't likey, I sowwy. I'll write something less heavy later. I do plan on making more than one chapter for this one. So follow and stay updated, kayy?
BTW this idea for this was from a roleplay I was in before I got disconnected TTATT. PLEASE ENJOY AND REVIEW AND ALL THAT JAZZ! Tell me how I can be better]]

Matthew Williams was running through the mostly empty school hallway to get to a bathroom. He was itching to cut again. He knew it was bad and all, but he found it relaxing in certain situations. He reached in his back pocket for the harmful tool when someone, random and nameless, carelessly bumped into his arm, causing a gash in his hand.

"Shit…" He clenched his fist to conceal the blood and continued to speed walk through the hallway towards the restroom. Someone else bumped into him and he started getting frustrated, but held his composure enough to mumble out a "S-sorry…" He hid his hand behind his back and looked up to see his crush, none other than the adorable Lili Zwingli, standing there. She was pretty cute. She was wearing a light green dress with a sky blue ribbon tied into her hair. Matthew never knew why she wore a ribbon in her hair every day, but decided never to question it.

She looked up at the blonde boy with wide, worried eyes and immediately started apologizing. "O-oh, my goodness, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" She looked at his eyes and noticed the pained look in them. "Hey, are you alright?" she asked sympathetically.

Matthew let out a nervous laugh. "Yeah, it's fine, Lili."

Lili bowed to show courtesy, like her brother taught her. "I'm so sor-" she started her apology but was cut off when she looked at the hand hidden behind his back and noticed his red sweatshirt sleeve riding up on his arm, revealing a few healing cuts. She straightened up, her eyebrows knitted together in concern as she looked back up at him. "Matthew…your arm…"

Matthew instinctively pushed down his sleeve, looking at the floor of the school hallway. His eyes started to brim with frustrated tears. "W-what about it…?" He didn't want this to happen. He didn't want anyone to know, much less the girl he had the biggest crush on.

Lili reached out carefully—almost like she was reaching out to a stray cat to see if it was dangerous—and took his hand. She slowly lifted up the sleeve to reveal multiple cuts and scars in various stages of healing. Matthew started to get defensive and yanked back his arm. "Why do you even care?! No one else has! So what now? Are you going to go off and tell the whole school? Tell everyone that the weird, quiet kid in the back of the class is 'emo' or whatever you call it?"

Lili was slightly hurt at his harsh words, but did her best to appear unphased. She took a deep, calming breath. "No. I know I wouldn't want anyone to know if this situation was reversed." She lifted up a small, petite arm and pulled her own sleeve back, showing fading scars from her past. "You're not alone. No one is." She pushed the sleeve back down and looked up at the quiet, blonde boy.

He was utterly shocked. Lili always looked so happy. He didn't think a single bad thing had ever happened to this sweet, kind girl. And yet here she was, revealing her scars so openly. All he could think to do was stare. Tears started to fill his eyes and he glued his them to the floor. Lili saw the glistening, sorrow filled tears and grabbed Matthew's hand again, pulling him into a comforting hug. Matthew could only cry. He wanted to be able to say something, but all that came out was heavy, choking sobs. Lili buried her face in his surprisingly muscly chest and started to rub his back soothingly. She whispered soft, comforting words in an attempt to comfort him as much as possible. She couldn't help but notice how nice he smelled…

She stood there comforting the normally reserved boy—who was pouring out his feeling right there in front of her—until his crying started to die off. She pulled back a little and looked up at him with wide, caring eyes. "Are you okay?" she asked. It may have been a stupid question, but it was the right thing to ask to a person who had just been sobbing in your arms for ten minutes.

Matthew wiped at his eyes and nodded. "I…I think so…thank you." When he looked at her, she suddenly appeared to be ten times more beautiful than he thought before and his heart jumped in his chest, almost wanting to get out.

"Of course! I'm glad I could at least help a little bit." She smiled as bright and warm as the sun. "So are you busy after school today?"

Matthew was shocked for a moment. "N-No…why?"

"Would you like to come over?"

….WHAT?