When they got to the park, they sat down on one of the benches. Jasmine yawned slightly.
Gamer asked, "Jasmine, do you need to lie down?"
Jasmine replied, "A little."
Gamer smiled as he said, "Okay. Just lay down on my lap." She did so, then gave him a hug. But when she did, the spot where she hugged him on his front made him wince slightly.
She asked in concern, "Gamer, are you hiding another scar?"
Gamer looked wide-eyed and he quickly replied, "No."
Jasmine sat back up and glared at him as she said, "Are you?"
Gamer sighed, "All right, all right. I am hiding another scar. Here, you can see it." He lifted his shirt up to reveal a slash mark on his right side, just above his bellybutton that ran up about an inch.
Jasmine asked, "How'd you get that one?"
Ganer sighed again, "This one I actually gave myself." Jasmine gasped when she heard this. Gamer said, "I know. Why would I do this to myself? Well..." He told her about that night.
(Flashback; 4 years ago today)
12 year-old Gamer was still getting used to going Dark every other day from 8:00 to midnight.
He wondered, "If I try to fall asleep while in my Dark form, would my rage take over? Or would I simply have a nightmare?" Since that day was one of his transforming days, he would be able to find out that night.
A few hours later, he was in the desert. When it was 8:00, the transformation hit.
When it was complete, Dark Gamer said to himself, "All right, time to find out." So he laid down on the sand, closed his eyes, and tried to fall asleep. A few minutes later, he did fall asleep. But the result was not his rage taking over, or a "true" nightmare. Instead, he dreamt of how good is life would've been if Leroy had never been born. When he woke up, he looked at himself again and sighed.
He thought, "I hate Leroy for taking that life away from me." His rage started to take over, but he resisted giving in and going on a rampage of destruction. But it still seemed like it was going to take over. He knew what he had to do. He had to let some of it out, or it would consume him. Since he was the only one in the desert, he had to hurt himself. So, he used one of his claws and slashed his right side, from just above the bellybutton and ran it up about an inch. He winced in pain as he did so. When he removed his claw, he saw that the blood that came from the wound was black, like his skin.
He sighed, "Guess that drug also changes my blood color. Oh well." His rage went down to normal levels for him when he's in his dark form."
(End Flashback)
Jasmine said, "I feel so sorry for you."
Gamer sniffled as he replied, "It's all right. I just wish that the life I could've had in the dream back then was real."
Jasmine smiled as she said, "But, everything happens for a reason. The whole thing with your Dark form, the reason behind that was so that we could have a stronger relationship when I found out, for example."
Gamer smiled back as he replied, "You're right." They kissed. When they broke apart, he said, "I love you Jasmine."
Jasmine smiled as she replied, "I love you too, Gamer."
