TW: Panic attack
At the ball, Leo was thirdwheeling. He didn't really know what to do except being there, so he decided to leave the couple alone and go get some water. Leo was a little good with social interactions, but that didn't mean he didn't share his emotions. He joked around to hide his pain, but that didn't help that much, since no one even listened to him. After his interactions with others, he normally would pass out in his bed, for hours, since he got exhausted from talking to people. He was a bit of an introvert, but also an extrovert as well. It confused him.
Everyone that he told about his mental state, pitied him, telling him it would get better. When in reality, It wouldn't. And he knew it. They would say it would get better, pretending they knew how it was, when they actually didn't. That was the reason he didn't feel like he had someone to talk to. Because no one listened to him. Sometimes he felt like he was neglected. You don't know someone's pain 'till you feel it yourself, his mother had said. He didn't know what she meant at that time, but now he knew. There was a reason he flirted with every single girl he met. It was because he was lonely. He was alone. He missed his mom, and he never had a fatherly figure.
He never had someone to look up to ever since his mother died. Since Ensperanza Valdez passed away.
He remembered how his Tia Rosa blamed him, saying he'd killed his own mother. How she drenched him with holy water, saying he was a demon, that should go back to the place downstairs.
Leo felt his breath shorten, his heart beating faster and faster. He tried to breathe, but it was hard. He sprinted toward his dorm, and locked himself inside. It got harder and harder to breathe every second. Leo knew what it was. Leo Valdez was once again experiencing a panic attack.
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PS: Sorry this chapter is so short!