This takes places sometime after Kenzi is rescued from Inari, around Season 3 Episode 6. It doesn't really follow the Season storyline any further than that, though. Kenzi has developed an eating disorder after coming back from the cave and is trying to hide it from all of her friends, especially Bo.
Kenzi wasn't feeling like herself. She couldn't shake what had happened when she had been captured by Inari. She kept trying to push what had happened to the back of her mind but she just couldn't. Inari had taken her and for nearly a week Kenzi had been chained up in a cave, wondering if anyone knew she was even there. To make matters worse, Inari had pretended to be her and apparently had fooled Bo and the others for awhile before Bo finally realized that Kenzi wasn't Kenzi. The things that Inari had done to Kenzi during her capture kept Kenzi awake at night. She wanted to forget it all. She wanted some way to push it out of her head. That's when she had started to take up running.
Kenzi had started to run every morning, just a few days after she had gotten back from being rescued. She loved how her feet felt as they hit the pavement, how every muscle in her body screamed as she ran faster and faster. The more she ran the more she started to feel that it was like a drug for her. Still, the words that Inari had whispered to her every day that she was in that cave kept coming back to her.
"You will never be good enough to be Bo's friend. That's why she has been ignoring you for so long. Did you ever think that maybe you aren't pretty enough? Thin enough?"
Inari had also acted quite strange when Kenzi kept asking for food. She didn't understand why the human needed to eat so often and never bothered to hold back on her feelings in front of her prisoner.
"You always say you are hungry. How can you always be hungry? I fed you days ago! I don't know why you need to eat so often! I can survive on such a tiny amount of this stuff you call food for weeks! You are such a weak human!"
A week after she got back from the cave, Kenzi had started to pay more attention to what she was eating. She had always loved to eat and had always managed to stay fairly thin, but she was convinced that there must be something wrong with her. Maybe Bo really was ignoring her because she wasn't thin enough or pretty enough. Bo herself was one of the most beautiful people Kenzi had ever met. She would do anything to get Bo to love her, to notice her again. That's when Kenzi had started counting calories and lowering them every week. It was pretty easy to get away with because Bo was still busy, even after having rescued Kenzi. She always had something going on and while she had made an effort to spend more time with Kenzi in the evenings, she was usually gone during the day.
Kenzi had continued tagging along with Bo during the day to whatever Fae disturbance there happed to be, but after a few weeks she realized she was just too tired. She had been getting up at 4:30 am every morning to run. She usually ran for 2 hours before quietly slipping back into bed. That is if she could actually go back to sleep. Most mornings she just laid in bed thinking until she couldn't stand to stay still any longer. Often times she would end up doing sit-ups on her floor until it was a decent hour to pretend to get up.
It took Bo about a month to realize that something was off with Kenzi. She wasn't her usual witty self lately. It had been two months since the incident with Inari. She also noticed that Kenzi had been making a lot of excuse lately to get out of taking on cases with Bo, something that was very much not like Kenzi at all. At first she thought maybe Kenzi had a secret lover she was spending time with, until one night she found Kenzi curled up on the couch, her knees pulled up, staring off into space. She had told Bo that she was going to spend the afternoon with one of her friends who was in town, when Bo had asked her if she had wanted to tag along on a case late that afternoon. Bo had gotten done within a few hors and hadn't expected to find Kenzi on the couch like that.
"Kenz? Are you okay?" Bo said sitting down next to Kenzi on the couch.
Kenzi didn't answer.
"Kenz?" Bo said, louder this time.
Kenzi startled and looked over at Bo. It took her a second to realize it was Bo next to her.
"Oh hey, Bo. I didn't hear you come in."
"Your home awful early. Did you change your mind about going out?"
"Yeah, I just didn't feel like going after all. I've been really tired today."
"Are you feeling okay? Anything going on that you want to talk about?" Bo asked, hoping she could get Kenzi to open up to her. She really looked upset about something.
"I feel fine, and i'm good. Why?"Kenzi asked, not sure why her best friend was asking her these questions. She really hoped that Bo didn't know what was really going on with her. She had tried so hard to keep it hidden from everyone, especially her best friend over the past few months.
"You just don't seem like your usual self is all. And I miss you. I can't remember the last time you came on a case with me," Bo said.
"Aww, I miss you too, Bo-Bo. Sorry I haven't been going with you very often. I've had things on my mind and tonight...well, I really am just very tired, but I don't feel like going to bed yet," Kenzi said.
"How about I make us a giant bowl of butter popcorn, open some wine, and we put on a movie?" Bo suggested, hoping she could pull her best friend out of whatever was bothering her.
Kenzi stiffened at the mention of popcorn and wine. Both contained so many calories. She had managed to get through the entire day without eating a single thing. If she allowed herself to indulge now, the day would be wasted. But how was she going to keep Bo from getting suspicious? Maybe if she played along she could fake eating and just not have any wine at all.
"Sounds good, but I think i'll stick to water tonight. I just don't feel in the mood to drink," Kenzi said.
"Not a problem, girlfriend. I'll be back in a few minutes. Why don't you find us a movie to watch?" Bo asked, hopping up from the couch and heading towards the kitchen.
Kenzi shuffled through a box of Blu-Rays before choosing one that sounded good. She popped it into the Blue-Ray player and grabbed the remote off of the TV stand before heading back to the couch. She wasn't too surprised when a wave of dizziness swept over her. She hadn't eaten since the day before at breakfast when she had made herself a very low-calorie smoothie. Stopping for a second and holding onto a chair, she waited for the feeling to pass before continuing to the couch. She would have to remind herself to move slower next time, as the dizziness would likely come again. Its something that she had been dealing with for the past few weeks. It had started when she had first starting cutting calories by 200 every day, until she was only eating 500 calories a day. It had been happening much more frequently, as she ate less and less. Right now she was trying to see how long she could go without eating before she caved and ate something.
Bo returned with a bowl of buttery popcorn and water for Kenzi, wine for herself. Kenzi was wearing a sweatshirt with pockets that night. She decided to hide some popcorn in her pockets after pretending to eat some of it.
The two friends snuggled up on the couch and settled in to watching the movie. Kenzi was pretty distracted, as she tried to pretend to eat the popcorn then snuck some into her pocket, a task that wasn't easy with Bo sitting so close to her. Luckily Bo was pretty into the movie and didn't seem to notice what Kenzi was doing. The movie ended a couple of hours later and Kenzi told Bo goodnight before heading to the bathroom to get rid of the popcorn in her pockets. She managed to leave the room without acting suspicious or dropping any popcorn out of her pockets. She flushed the contents of her pockets before heading to her room. She undressed and got into a pair of stretchy black pants followed by a flannel pair of pajama pants, a flannel shirt, another sweatshirt, and pair of heavy socks. She was always so cold these days yet couldn't seem to get very warm, despite all the layers she always put on. She brushed her hair and just happened to glance in the mirror before quickly looking away. She had no desire to look at herself right now, thinking she would only see a disgusting fat person staring back at her. Kenzi slipped under the heavy covers, setting her alarm for 4:30 am before dozing off. She slept soundly for once and startled when her alarm went off so early the next morning. She didn't want to get out of bed as the bed was so comfy, and for once she actually felt warm enough. A voice deep inside of her began to scream at her to get up, to stop being so lazy, because if she didn't she would never look good enough.
She quickly pulled on a pair of workout pants and a shirt followed by a sweatshirt with pockets and her headphones and quietly slipped out the door of her room and down the stairs. She knew Bo would likely still be asleep at this hour but she was extra quiet anyway just in case. She slipped out the front door and into the cool early morning and began to jog. She was listening to Taylor Swifts' song 'Bad Blood' and let the loud music carry her away as her feet hit the pavement.
She began to job back towards the house 2 hours later and did a few stretched before quietly slipping inside the door and turning off the music on her phone. She tiptoed upstairs and headed to her room, gathering up some fresh clothes before heading to the bathroom for a shower. She put the water on as hot as she could stand and stepped into the shower, loving the feeling of the hot water as it poured down her back.
After her shower, Kenzi went back to her room and began to do her hair and makeup. Once that was done she got out her notebook and began to log her exercise for the day along with what she planned to eat. Today, she planned to do the exact same thing she had done the day before. Eat nothing. Under Breakfast she wrote the word NONE and placed a box next to it. If she succeeded in getting through the morning without eating she would put a check mark in the box, otherwise, it would remain empty and she would have to log exactly what she had eaten below that. Breakfast was usually easy to get away with skipping because Bo usually slept until 11/11:30 am on the weekends. Today was no exception, being as it was Sunday. Kenzi finished writing in her notebook before tucking it away under her bed. She had 4 hours to burn as it was only 7:30 am, and she wasn't sure what to do with them. She decided to do a load of laundry and then maybe read a book.
Kenzi was definitely starting to feel the effects of not having eaten since Friday morning. After coming back from her run, she was feeling dizzy with every little movement and standing or walking was definitely making it worse. She told herself that once she had a load of laundry in the washer she could sit down and fold the load that she had just taken out of the dryer. Maybe sitting down would help her not feel so dizzy. After folding and putting away the load of laundry and getting the other load in the dryer, Kenzi sat down on the couch and picked up the book she was reading. She opened it up to the page she had left off at but when she tried to read the words she couldn't concentrate long enough to comprehend what they meant and her eyes kept going out of focus. Deciding that maybe she was just tired she put the book down and laid on the couch, snuggling up with a pillow and blanket.
When Kenzi woke up again it was to see Bo standing in front of her, staring at her oddly.
"You okay, Kenzi? I didn't expect to find you asleep on the couch. Rough night?"
"Actually, I was awake at 7:30 and did some laundry but was feeling really tired again so I decided to lay on the couch. How long was I out?"
"Its 11:45 now. You feel asleep doing laundry? That must have been one tough load of laundry," Bo joked, trying to cheer Kenzi up. She still looked like something was bothering her.
"Ha ha. No, I think I just didn't sleep well last night," Kenzi said.
"Are you sure that's all it is?" Bo asked, feeling like Kenzi was keeping something from her.
"Yeah, i'm sure, really. Look, I should probably get up again I'm suppose to meet someone in a little bit," Kenzi said as she started to stand up. She must have stood up a little too quickly because she felt dizziness try to encase her. She put her hand up to her forehead to try and hide the dizzy look on her face but Bo had noticed.
"Kenz, are you dizzy? Maybe you should sit back down, Bo said, grabbing her friend gently by the elbow and trying to help her sit.
"No, i'm fine," Kenzi said, hoping that if she could remain standing that Bo would stop worrying about her. Her body wasn't having it though and she started to falter again as, this time into Bo's arms.
"Whoa, hon, you need to sit down," Bo said, guiding Kenzi to the couch. She helped Kenzi sit down on the couch and sat next to her. Kenzi leaned her head back on the couch, closing her eyes and willing the dizziness to pass.
"Sorry, Bo, I guess I'm just not feeling great. Maybe I'm coming down with something," Kenzi said after a minute, hoping that she could still save this and not cause Bo to be suspicious.
"It's okay, Kenz, i'm not upset, just concerned. Why don't you lay back down and ill make you some soup. I don't have any plans today so I can take care of you if your sick. Its what friends do," Bo said, smiling over at Kenzi.
"No, i'm fine, really. You should get out and go do something. Maybe go meet Lauren for lunch. I don't want you to stay here with me and have to cater to my every whim," Kenzi said.
"I really don't mind, Kenzi."
"I know you don't Bo, but please, I should probably just rest, okay? I'll be fine. I'll stay right here on this couch and i'll put my phone next to me so I can call you if I need you," Kenzi said, trying to convince Bo that she really didn't have to stay.
"Alright, if you insist. But if you need anything..."
"I'll call you, promise," Kenzi finished, smiling up at Bo.
Bo smiled back at her best friend and went to get dressed. Kenzi sighed when Bo had left, realizing she had gotten away with it. She hated lying to her best friend but Bo couldn't know what she was doing. She would make her stop and Kenzi didn't want to stop. She had to keep going, she just had to.
I know that I just finished a story about Bo having an eating disorder but eating disorder story lines are kind of a passion of mine and i've been wanting to write this one for awhile. If you follow me you will likely notice in the future that most of my story lines are about characters from tv shows mainly, who are suffering from an eating disorder.
I would love to take requests for stories as well if you like the way I write. Feel free to give me any input that you have whether it be positive or negative.
Happy reading!