A/N: Due to popular demand, I have decided to continue this fic. Also, I have been informed, that Benny's condition is actually bulimia and anorexia combined. Sorry for that error! Ehe. I might be going over to Lake Ontario on Thursday, too! I'm so excited..Okay, so continuing now.
I watched as Benny's trembling hand lifted the fork with chicken on it up to his mouth, and he shivered as he chewed it. I could tell he was really trying to swallow it. His face was scrunched up with effort, and every chew seemed to take a lifetime. The poor thing..I patted him on the back, trying to comfort him in some way. I whispered tiny words of encouragement to him as he struggled to consume the dinner, and then he was able to keep it down with no problems, though he kept commenting on the strange feeling of food in his stomach and on his teeth. The taste was great, he said, but he was having so much trouble holding it down. 15 minutes later, I watched as he ran to the bathroom in utter defeat, coughing and throwing up everything he had worked so hard to swallow. And I thought about how unfair it was that something like this would happen to such a sweet person. Benny was a bit oblivious sometimes, he spent most of his time playing video games and making jokes or hitting on girls. He didn't deserve to be told he was ugly and fat or anything that Jesse and everyone else who'd ever made of him had said.
He was crying tears of effort and disspointment. In himself. He wiped his mouth and ran out toward me. He fell to his knees, tears pouring down from his eyes. His voice was broken when he spoke, in a sort of forced whisper.
"I..I'm so sorry, Ethan, so sorry. I just- I can't- I tried so hard, Ethan, I swear, but I just couldn't-" I took him in my arms, hushing him. I spoke in a comforting voice.
"Shhh. It's okay. I know you tried..It's alright. We'll keep trying, okay? We'll overcome this together." I ran my fingers through his hair, hoping to console him. I wrapped my arms around him, startled at just how skinny he was. I ran my hand over his stomach and felt the bone. It was frightening to know that he was this skeletal, that I hadn't noticed. I was ashamed.
Yes, quite short. REALLY short, actually, but it's 4:50 AM so I should get some sleep and I just wanted to post this. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and favorited and subscribed!