Another chapter for this fanfiction. Sorry it took so long, but I have been busy with school and travel. Better late than never at least so here you go.
Disclaimer: Still don't own Homestuck
Trigger warnings thanks to Kankri: menti9ns 9f cutting, 6ullying, transph96ia, 69y x 69y. If 9ne 9f m9re 9f these are triggers t9 y9u it is rec9mmended y9u d9n't read this fanficti9n. y9u have 6een warned.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I turn on my light to see blood on my pillow case. One of my bandages came off during the night, causing the cuts to bleed onto it. It was a good thing all my sheets were a crimson colour, the colour of my blood. I took the pillow case off and replaced it with a new one. I hide to blood stain sheet away in my closet, so I can clean it when I get home. I wouldn't want Bro to worry, not that he's here. I grabbed a set of clothes and had to the washroom.
Before I put on my new outfit, I check my cuts from yesterday. They still hurt a lot, which is normal, the pain tends to go unnoticed after about a full day. I don't take off the bandages for a day or two, unless they start to come off. I check the unbandaged cuts, and put some cream on them, after I wash them. I never put cream on until the next day when the wounds are no longer open, as it's not for internal use. Once I finished my usual routine of cleaning cuts, I get dressed. I have a fairly standard outfit, mostly red. The red makes it easier to hide my blood. I flinch putting on my binder, as the tight fabric rubs my scars. Once I fix my hair I leave, making sure to leave no evidence they I had to clean some cuts.
I grabbed some breakfast, and turn on pesterchum. John is at school, and Rose probably is too, since time zones. I decided to pester Jade for a bit to see what she's doing.
TG: Hey Jade you around?
GG: Oh, hi Dave! Shouldn't you be at school?
TG: Haha. Yeah, I'm heading out soon, school doesn't start for an hour.
GG: Oh! I thought you and John were in the same time zone. He's already gone.
TG: Yeah, he's one over. I'm almost ready for school anyways.
GG: Speaking of John, it's his birthday soon, you get his present?
TG: Yeah, it's in my room, I hope he likes it.
GG: I'm sure he will, but it won't top seeing his boyfriend!
TG: I'm guessing he told you? It's a present to both of us.
GG: I hope you to have fun! Remember not to wear your binder at night when he's over.
TG: John would kill me if I did. He's an overprotective boyfriend to me.
GG: Finish getting ready, I'll bug you during lunch.
TG: Okay, bye Jade.
I finished eating, large breakfasts are a key part of diet. The girls always take my lunch, and money so I
stopped bringing it. I just eat more in the morning so I don't get hungry. I didn't want to face them again, but I can't miss school. That means dealing with a mad Bro, which can be worst, then kids sometimes. Before leaving the house, I did one last check of my cuts. Wouldn't want to cause a problem at school.
"Let's see if I can survive today." I said heading out, and locking the door.
School was boring as usual, thankfully I didn't have gym until the end of the day. Unfortunately that didn't stop the bullying. At lunch they forced me into the girls restroom, (they have one gender neutral one at this school). It was terrible, I got dunked in the toilet. They didn't get in trouble, and someone yelled at me. A younger girl, maybe 6th grade, I felt bad about it, but at least she seen me as a boy.
I hate gym class. Thankfully Bro spoke to the school, (that didn't end super well, but it worked) so I can go change in the gender neutral restroom. I don't want to be in either the boys or girls, I would get hurt in both of those cases. Plus it's easier to hide my scars, since they are under my sweatshirt. The class itself isn't fun either, for starters I can't play sports. I'm not very good, and the whole transgender thing makes it impossible to play on teams since they're all based on gender. Then we have boys against girls, they let me be with the boys. I'm always a target, for both teams. I can never wait for class to be over, it is the best feeling in the world. okay, second to being with John.
Gym ended the day, which I liked. I was in a different part of the school, from my bullies. I was gathering my stuff, when my phone went off. It was from Bro.
Bro: Head to front of school. Got a surprise there
Oh great, what could he want. Bro never comes to my school, like ever. He's rarely home as is. I decided to actually do what he said. That meant running into some annoying bullies.
"Oh hey Lizzie, why didn't you come change in the girls' locker room like the rest of us? You just want to be special?" The leader called out.
"My name is Dave Strider, I'm not a girl. Leave me alone." I said pulling at my sleeve.
"Actually you are a girl. Grab her!" Immediately two of them pinned me down on the frigid tile. two more grabbed my legs, after nearly kicking them. Their leader, Brooke Wilton, I will never forget her name, the source of all my pain. She took out a black sharpie, and wrote something on my forehead, on my neck too.
"That should teach you Lizzie" They all started to laugh. Then I got kicked, and punched. They finally left me alone.
I looked in the mirror, they wrote, "I'm a girl, loser, mutant, nothing." Hot tears poured down my cheeks. Why was I born like this. Why couldn't I have been born normal? I remembered my message from Bro, and hurried. He'd be mad about the writing, but I can say it was all for fun. I headed out the front, and looked around for him. Suddenly I felt someone run into me from behind. I was about to yell at whoever it was when I felt I was being pulled into a hug.
I felt a lot of emotions, as I turned around to face the love of my life, John Egbert. I hugged him tightly, everything negative from the day dissolved into nothing with his embrace.
"I missed you cutie." John said, hugging back.
"You're early, Dude!" I was so happy to see him. He pulled away for me, and that's when I was reminded of the marker incident that happened.
"Dave, what happened? Who did this to you?" John seemed mad, but I tried to not cry.
"It's fine. Promise." I tried to keep my voice steady.
"Come on, sweetheart. Let's get you cleaned up."
We headed to my place, holding hands the entire time. I was so glad to have my boyfriend early, nothing that happened today mattered anymore. He was the only thing that mattered to me.
