There was no love, there was no affection. He sat on the cold floor in a wide room with white walls that was encompassed by darkness. He was always feeling alone, living a blank existence quite honestly. Constantly questioning why he held onto this misery over and over and over again in this damned room. It was an asylum.

Everyone had left, no one cared. His worth had disintegrated long ago. No one knew the real him, how often he cried, how much he wanted to disappear. In his room, alone, he took off his mask and grabbed his pocket knife. He slowly dragged the small blade across his scarless skin. He watched the red flow and drip down staining the perfectly cleaned floor.

He watched it fall… he felt it numb…

One time was all it took to let the demons consume him.

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Kevin finished organizing his school supplies that were messily laid out on the table and placed them back into his backpack. His first class was an open period and he often spent this time doing homework or studying in the library. Often he wished to sleep in, however his tormentors left him uneasy at the thought of leaving Nazz alone. He would usually escort her to her first class of the day. If the bullies saw that he was present that morning they would leave the girl alone for the day.

He stood from his seat swinging his backpack over his shoulder and left the empty library heading towards his locker to grab his calculus textbook. There were students walking about either trying not to get caught for skipping, or they possibly had some other sort of business to attend to. Whichever, Kevin suddenly saw a wave of these wanderers begin to scurry in different directions; all coming out of the direction he was headed. Coincidence or not his locker happened to be in that particular hallway.

His pulse quickened, and his hands became sweaty. He knew he had to turn around and make a run for it. Forget the textbook he needed to get to safety. Yet something caught his attention, a familiar squeal. His eyes widened and he quickened his pace into the hallway.

There in front of his locker stood the pack of bullies. The three members surrounded someone against the lockers, making it impossible for the person to escape. Johnny a bald creepy guy was chuckling, the other one named Jimmy was towering over someone while Eddward stood on the side looking completely uninterested with his hands stashed in his pockets.

There was another squeal and Kevin stood on his tiptoes to get a better view of the innocent victim hidden from sight. This however had gotten the attention of Eddward and he saw how the bully's eyes swirled with interest towards the ginger's reaction. Kevin became intimidated and wanted to run away before they could grab him as their next prey. Though, when Jimmy turned to see the ginger noticing his leader's sudden change in demeanor, Kevin caught sight of the person they held prisoner. It was poor little Nazz.

Kevin immediately became furious and without thinking rushed to her side, by sliding underneath the bully's arm and standing in between Nazz and Jimmy. His arms extended to their full capacity trying to block the bullies "Leave her alone, you assholes!" he huffed angrily.

"Well, well, well if it isn't superman" Johnny cracked a smirk.

"Don't get your panties in a twist, we were merely asking for your whereabouts, right Captain?" Jimmy pulled back some and looked at Eddward with a wide smile watching his leader finally perk up.

Kevin followed his gaze towards Eddward's murky blue ones. A chill ran down his spine but he kept his firmness as he felt Nazz slightly grab his sweater. "Indeed" answered Eddward staring directly at the ginger. Kevin's legs began to tremble like they always did whenever that dark voice spoke. He knew what would be coming and he couldn't run away.

"You know the deal pipsqueak, come hang out with us a bit and we'll leave your chick alone" Johnny grinned leaning closer to Kevin shoving his stupid piece of wood named Plank right at his stomach.

Kevin huffed irritated and now looked directly at Johnny wincing at the pain. If only he was just as big, just as strong, he would be able to take them on. If only, but he knew reality was cruel and there was no other way to protect Nazz. "Fine…" he growled out.

"K-Kevin don't!" Nazz breathed out a whisper and wrapped her arms around his waist, holding him tight.

"Excellent we'll see you after school then, wouldn't want to let the teachers see your condition after our hang out, now would we?" Jimmy said placing his hands in his pockets.

Eddward lifted himself off the lockers he was leaning against and leaned closer to a petrified Kevin. His cold dark eyes a mere three inches from his terrified ones "Don't try to escape little Minnow, because I'm sure you are aware of the consequences of such actions…" he paused "…I'll find you, no doubt" Eddward whispered darkly into his ear and started heading down the hall followed by his goons who quickly sent them the middle finger as they chased after their leader.

Once again Kevin was flabbergasted by Eddward's presence. He didn't know how the tyrant did it, but every time Kevin was left stupefied and speechless. His eyes wide open in fear staring at the menacing predator that lurked about his high school. He gasped faintly feeling air returning to his lungs when he felt Nazz's hold tightened around him. "Kevin, are you alright?" She asked looking at him with concern.

He placed his hands on top of Nazz's and gave them a squeeze to reassure her "Yeah I'm alright" He turned around to get a better look at the girl "How about you, did they do anything to hurt you?"

Nazz shook her head, "No, I'm fine" she took his hands in hers "You got here just in time, thank you…" she gave him a sad smile then looked down at the floor "…I'm sorry to have caused you trouble again"

Kevin wrapped his arms around her "Hey, don't worry about it, they throw a weak punch" he smiled at her, and she returned the smile. Then after a second of comforting each other, Kevin grabbed his textbook from his locker and they walked towards their math class.

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