No, no, no, no!
Swearing as he pushed a piece of cloth against his wrist, Ace shut his eyes.
Stupid, stupid, stupid...!
Cracking his eyes open, his eyes flickered down to the blood seeping through the cloth.
This was so dumb.
He was so dumb.
Sabo had told him, he'd already been warned, now if Sabo found out, then Sabo would...
Biting his lower lip, Ace lifted the cloth gently to peer at the fresh cut on his arm. Why did I relapse again? He swept away the last bits of blood and bandaged it. Maybe if I wear a long sleeved shirt... but I never wear long sleeves, not when it's this hot... Sabo will be suspicious...
He hated the feeling of relief swelling up in his chest after he had done it. Picked up the dagger, pulled it through, cleaned the blood. It had been so easy...
Ace let out another long line of swear words as he dipped the cloth into the river and rubbed the edges together in a futile attempt to clean off the blood.
Why won't it wash off? He rubbed it a few more times, before giving up and throwing the cloth down, a few more swear words escaping his lips.
How was he going to hide this?
His eyes flickered over to the bandage on his arm.
Sabo wasn't dumb. He'd want to see the injury for himself...
Stupid, stupid, stupid...!
Ace pressed his forehead into his hands.
Why can't I just stop?
This was supposed to be easy, he was supposed to be able to stop, just like that, it wasn't supposed to be so easy to just...
He wondered if it was possible to get addicted to this.
Doesn't matter, he thought, closing his eyes. Aren't I already in too deep?
A/N: Yeah, so it's kind of short, but Ace can't help but relapse, and this was needed, so... do you guys think that Sabo should find out?