Hello everyone, here is the next chapter
This is about Haruta and how she react to finding out
And a question to everyone, who do you want to be the next one to find out?
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Ace had just gotten Haruta to a private place, so he could speak with her. He had decided to tell her next, as they were close. Haruta had asked what he wanted, and Ace took a deep breath, knowing he needed to continue now. "I didn't have it easy growing up, and I found a way to cope." Haruta nodded. "Okay, and what was that?" Ace took another breath. "I used to… harm myself." Haruta blinked. "What?! Why?!" Ace shrugged. "In some weird way, it helped with the pain I felt inside me." Haruta blinked again. "But how does that make sense?! It doesn't! Why would you do something like that!" Ace sighed. "I don't know, but it did…" Haruta looked bothered. "I don't get this. Why are you telling me this?" Ace took a breath. "Izou found out, and told me I needed to tell those I care about."
Haruta nodded. "But how did he find out without you telling?" Ace took a third breath. "I… I have a lot of scars. And he saw them…" Haruta nodded slowly, looking more bothered with that. "I- I don't know what to say. You harmed yourself?! That's wrong!" Ace sighed. "I know, I know. It was wrong of me." Ace actually felt worse as each second passed, thinking he shouldn't have told Haruta so suddenly. Haruta took a breath of her own. "I just, don't know how to react." Ace nodded, he got it, but didn't like it. He would like a reaction, be it good or bad, not just this unsureness. "I get it… But I wanted to tell you, so you know. I mean, I care about you and don't want to hide this." Haruta nodded. "Okay. I just, I need to think about this." Ace nodded, he got that, and would let Haruta do that. He then bid goodbye, not getting one back, and they parted ways.
The next few days were hard for Ace. Every time he was close to Haruta, she would walk away, clearly ignoring him and not wanting to be close. Sending him unsure looks all the time. It made him feel bad inside. Like he had messed up. He liked Haruta, she was kind and funny. But now it was as if she wanted nothing to do with him. It made him feel low and sad. He didn't want to ruin their friendship. He liked Haruta a lot. It was after a week of feeling low Izou cornered him. "Why do you seem so down?" Ace sighed, he should tell the other. "I think I messed up."
Izou blinked, before she frowned. "Don't tell me you did anything bad?" Ace was on his way to say he might have, when he got what Izou was hinting at. "Not like that. ...But I told Haruta, and since then, she's been avoiding me… sending me looks… and not wanting to be around me." Izou blinked. "What?" Ace nodded, before he repeated it, and when Izou asked how he had told her, he told how the conversation had gone, and it had Izou frown more. "Oh, I'm going to have a chat with her." Ace blinked. "Please don't. I don't want to make this worse." Izou shook his head. "Oh no no no. This is not on you, but on her. She should be able to handle this in a good way, not like this! Let me speak with her, please." Ace sighed. "Fine. You can." Izou nodded. "Good, I will when I get a moment of peace with her and we can be alone." Ace nodded, hoping this would help. He felt like he had royally messed up. He just wanted to fix this.
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Izou moved up to Haruta, it having been 2 days since he had spoken with Ace, and hadn't had a time to speak with Haruta yet. But he had seen how she had looked at Ace at times, and it really wasn't fine. But after seeing the looks and how she was avoiding Ace, he had had enough and grabbed Haruta by her arm and dragged her to his room, closing the door behind them. "Izou? What is this about?" Izou gave a stern look to Haruta. "You're avoiding Ace! And giving him bad looks! Why?!" Haruta blinked, before she sighed. "I just, don't know what to do." Izou blinked. "You don't need to do anything. You just need to accept it." Haruta moved her hand a bit. "How? How can I do that!? He used to hurt himself! " Izou nodded. "I know that. But he's fine now. He is. You acting like this is just making things worse. You're actively avoiding Ace and sending him looks. How do you think that makes him feel? You're making him feel bad." Haruta blinked, before she got a sheepish look. "Oh, I didn't think about that… I just feel unsure." Izou nodded. "I get that, but don't take it out on Ace. He doesn't deserve that." Haruta gave a small nod, not saying anything.
Izou moved his hand to Haruta's shoulder. "Ace is fine now. He is. This is all in the past, but he has lasting effects, the reason he told you. In case you should ever see his arms. Don't change, Ace doesn't want you to change. He likes you for you, and you need to do the same." Haruta nodded. "I will, I will speak with him." Izou nodded. "You should. See that Ace is fine." Haruta nodded. "I will. I didn't mean for him to feel bad." Izou nodded. "I get it, but you did. Now you need to fix that." Haruta nodded. "I will. Thank you for speaking with me." Izou nodded. "It's fine. Just fix this, or you need to deal with me." Haruta nodded. "I will try and fix this. I will speak with Ace." Izou nodded. "Good good. You have 2 days on you." Izou didn't want this to take all the time in the world, so he gave a time limit. Haruta nodded, and they parted ways, Izou hoping Haruta would fix this fast.
-x-
Ace walked out on deck, just walking around and enjoying a good day. As he was walking around, he stopped when a voice spoke up behind him. "Ace? Could we talk?" Ace turned around to see Haruta, and nodded. "Sure." He hoped Izou had spoken with the female, as he didn't know what to do to fix this. They then headed to Haruta's room, and when they were inside and the door closed, Haruta sighed. "I'm sorry for being so non-understanding lately. I just didn't know what to do. I didn't mean to make you feel bad." Ace nodded. "It's oka- or not. I mean, I really felt bad. I really like you and our friendship. I didn't want to ruin it." Haruta shook her head. "And you didn't. I just needed time. I just didn't know what to do with the information you… used to harm yourself." Ace nodded. "I get it, I mean, it's not normal."
Haruta shook her head. "But still, I'm sorry. I was just shocked and worried, and didn't know what to do, so I avoided you until I knew… I realise that was wrong of me." Ace nodded. "It's fine, it's fixed now. Right?" Haruta nodded. "It is. I might still need a bit of time, but I won't avoid you anymore. I'm sorry I did." Ace shook his head. "No, it's okay. I get it. I am just glad we're still friends." Haruta blinked. "Our friendship wouldn't have broken because of this! I really like you!" Ace smiled with that. "I am glad to hear that. I was worried." Haruta then moved to hug him. "Oh no, I wouldn't give up our friendship because of that." Ace hugged back. "I am glad." They then let go and spoke about small things, before they parted with a goodbye for now. Ace was glad it was all fixed, that Haruta would stop avoiding him and send him looks. Things were fine.
The next few days were fine and Haruta acted like herself, which was good. They were still good friends, and that was good. Izou had fixed it for him.
And that's the chapter, hope you enjoyed
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