A few days later, Luz was exiting Hexside and noticed Willow and Gus.
"Guys!"
They turned and saw Luz.
"Luz! We haven't seen in a couple weeks, what's been going on?" Willow asked.
"It's kind of a long story, mostly sad and horrible, but it has some good moments too." Luz said, "You guys haven't seen Boscha have you?"
"No? Why would you want to know where she is?" Gus asked.
"She wasn't in class today; I want to make sure she's okay. She... she had something incredibly bad happen a few days ago."
Boscha was looking at grave stone. She kneeled in front of it and looked at it with disgust.
"You've spent eight years torturing me and my mother. You hurt me in ways I'll never recover from. My only regret is that I didn't hurt you nearly as bad as you hurt me."
"Hey."
Boscha turned her head and saw Willow standing there.
"W-what are you doing here?"
"Luz told me what happened. I'm sorry."
"I don't need your pity."
"It's not pity, Boscha. I just want you to know that I'm here for you."
"Yeah right. Tell the truth, you don't care about me, you just came to mock me, didn't you?"
"No, I-"
"You don't know what I've been through at all! You've been loved by your parents your entire life!" Boscha took off her shirt, ignoring the burning her skin was getting, and showed Willow her back, "Take a good long look. This is only a fraction of what he's done."
Willow looked and saw dozens of scars, short and long alike, but the most horrifying thing she saw was in the center of Boscha's back.
"Is... is that-"
"A brand? Yeah, that damn sperm doner branded me with the family crest... I was only eight."
"Boscha, I-"
"You know, I was a good person once. I was kind, I wanted to help people. Then he happened. I was soon a completely different person that didn't know what kindness was. I became exactly what he wanted. I became a shell of my former self."
"Boscha-"
"For my thirteenth birthday I wanted a potion making set. I didn't get it; you know what I got? I got him, pulling my clothes off, shoving me on the bed, then him taking his clothes off." Boscha started crying and turned to face Willow, "Why do you pretend to care?! I've done nothing but hurt you!"
Boscha was surprised when Willow grabbed her. She was expecting Willow to hit her, her blowing up at her being the last straw, finally get revenge for everything she's done. Instead, she pulled her into a hug. Boscha started crying onto Willow's shoulder. She felt her legs give out and Willow helped her to the ground, not breaking the hug.
"Why are you being so nice to me? I've done nothing but hurt you." Boscha said.
"Because no one deserves to go what you went through. I should've realized that you were being abused at home."
"I-I-I... I'm sorry for everything I've done to you." Boscha said.
"I know. Everything will be okay." Willow told her.
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