Early Monday.
*Aphmau's POV*
I climbed out of bed and smiled. You know what? I'm gonna show Garroth.

And I'm not gonna be heartbroken and sad. I'm gonna put up a happy face.

No long sleeves today. I'm gonna roll up the sleeves. I'm gonna show who I am.

After I got dressed I headed downstairs and decided that I was gonna skip breakfast today. "I'm leaving! Bye Mom, see you after school!" And with that I closed the front door.

With my backpack on my back, I headed off to school.

Only to be stopped by Garroth.

"Aph! I need to talk to you." He said, and I could see hurt and confusion on his face but I didn't care.

"I don't need to talk to you Garroth. Goodbye." I said. Resisting the urge to wave—I have my sleeves rolled up, and I want him to see my cuts later, at school, with everybody else, so everyone else can see my scars and the new ones—so instead I start walking infront of him and straight to school.

Him trying to talk to me the whole way. While I ignore him.

We finally arrive and I walk to my locker with Garroth trailing me. Finally given up, "for now" in his words. And I headed off to first period, sitting in my usual spot. As for Garroth, when he walked in Ivy pulled him to her seat. And they sat together.
A little bit into the lesson a guy walked in. He had black hair and black eyes.
"I'm new, my name is Aaron. I just moved here." He, Aaron, announced.

And the teacher directed him to sit next to me. I saw Garroth glare at him from his seat as Aaron sat down.

Aaron looked at me and introduced himself. "Hey, as you may have just heard, my name is Aaron and I was hoping you could show me around." He said, holding his hand out for me to shake. And I took it. While seeing him look at my arm.

"My name is Aphmau. And before you ask, I do cut. And I am also assuming that you won't want to be friends with me now, huh?" I ask.

He chuckled while shaking his head, "No I still want to be your friend. In fact, one of my best friends self-harms."

"Really?" I ask.

"Yep." He smiles at me and I smile back.
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A little bit through the lesson, Garroth gets called up to answer a question. And Aaron glares at him.

"Hey, Aaron what's wrong?" I whisper.

"Nothing. Uh, hey, Aph. I have a question I would like to ask after class, because right now isn't the time." He whispers back.

"Okay." I whisper. And we turn our attention back to the teacher when Garroth is done.
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Once we get out of class, I compare Aaron's schedule to mine. And we have all the same classes. Getting a sense of déjà vu I state, "We have all the same classes. So we can talk while we walk." and start walking with him by my side.

"So what did you wanna ask, Aaron?" I ask.

"Well. I wanted to ask, this will probably sound creepy so don't ask and just answer, were you supposed to go on a date with Garroth yesterday?" He asks timidly.

"Yes...? I was. How do you know?" I ask worried.

"Are you-? Are you Shu?" He asks. And I am immediately shocked.

"You're FC?" I ask, excited.
"That's me."

"FC!!" I scream. And engulf him in a hug, which he picks me up and spins me. Making me giggle.

"Hey!" A voice really familiar, screams out at us. Angry.

FC puts me down, and I whisper to him, "That's Garroth. And you can't hurt him." As Garroth walks up to us.

"You're Garroth." He says in a accusing tone. With a hint of anger.

"FC." I warn. And he glances at me and sighs.

"Sorry Shu, what do you want Garroth?" He asks in a kinder tone, that still has a bit of anger.

"Since when do you have the right to call her nicknames?!" Garroth asks angry.

"Since when do you have the right to ask me that?" FC asks equally mad, but holding back more, knowing I would hate him to hit Garroth.

"Why do you get to pick up Aph and spin her around to make her giggle? And why can't I do that?" He asks directing the question at both of us.

"FC, we are gonna be late for second period." I tell FC.

"This isn't over. You're lucky I care about Shu, because she doesn't want to see you hurt. If it were up to me, I would have punched you already." FC says and I giggle alittle even though it's true.

I tug at FC and he follows me to our second period.

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Later at lunch me and Aaron joke and laugh the whole time. About our latest battles and everything. It's good to be with him in real life. He is an amazing guy, although he knows I still like Garroth. FC asked to see all my scars and the ones I did yesterday. I agreed. So he is coming over later.

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