Shattered

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"I'm here!" Benji said gasping for air, "5 minutes late, go get changed!" Jake said, Jake was team captain of the basketball boys team.

"Hey short stack!" Rin yelled, RIn was 6', Benji was 5' 6", "Cut it out Rin!" another tall guy named Evan shouted. Benji walked to the locker room and saw Tyson, "Hey man!" Tysan said, "Hey!" Benji said fake smiling.

"You alright?" Tyson asked, "Oh ya, just tired, overslept a but." Benji pulled out a work out long sleeve shirt and sweatpants, "You wearing that?" Another guy said walking in his name was Cal, "Ya, I forgot to grab my work out clothes, this is all I have." Benji said, embarrassed. That was a lie, the real reason he was wearing the long clothes is because he had cuts on his lower arms and thighs, he also had a lot of bruises and scars from his dad that he didn't want people to see. "Whatever." Cal walked back out like nothing happened, "You gonna change?" Tyson asked, "Oh ya in a minute." Benji said, he was staring at his clothes in his hands. Tyson walked down to the door but faked opening it and hid against a wall. He peeked his head so he had a dissent view of Benji.

Benji looked at the door to make sure he was alone now. He took off his shirt to reveal bruises and cuts, Tyson gasped and covered his mouth. "What happened Benji! Is he abused, suicidal?" Tyson thought. Tyson heard footsteps towards his way, Benji was coming, "Crap!" Tyson thought he quickly walked to the other side of the room and his behind another wall. Benji passed and walked out. "What did I just see!" Tyson whispered, "He was skinnier too plus way more paler!" Tyson whispered. Dylan walked in, "Tyson?" What are you doing?" Dylan asked, Tyson was shaking and looked scared. "I need to talk to Jake." Tyson stood up and walked out. Dylan stood there in utter confusion, soon he walked out too.

Tyson walked over to Jake and pulled him to the side. "Yeah? What is it Ty?" Jake asked, concerned,

"Somethings wrong with Benji!"

"What do you mean?"

"Look at him, doesn't he seem off to you?"

Jake looked over at Benji. Benji was awkwardly standing by the end of the court,

"Now that I look, he has been more exhausted than usual."

"Yeah, in the locker room he had bruises and cuts all over him."

'Huh? Do you think it's self harm?"

"I don't think so, maybe?"

"I'll keep my eye on him Ty, don't worry."

Jake hugged him and kissed Tyson on top of his fluffy gray hair, "Thanks." Tyson whispered in his chest.

The team had Benji, Rin, Jake, Henry, Cal, and Max run upstairs. On the court Denny, Carson, Sam, Braden, James, and Even were practicing dribbiling. The boys upstairs stretched, Benji was over in a corner by Rin and Cal, all the sudden Rin went on and on about how short Benji was,

"Calm down will ya!" Cal said angrily,

"What! It's the truth, look at him!" Rin laughed,

Benji started to curl up on himself, "Stop it." Benji whispered,

"What was that shorty?" Rin asked,

"I said stop." Benji said a bit louder,

"Oh my god, you have the tiniest voice ever like a girl!" Rin laughed again,

Benji's vision blurred, he had tears falling down his cheeks, the voices came back to his head,

"You worthless piece of crap!" it said,

"Maybe you should do it!" another said,

Benji curled up in a ball and started to yell, "Get out! GET OUT!" he was sobbing now, Cal and Rin looked at him like he was crazy, 'Don't hurt me please, please, I didn't do anything wrong I swear!" Benji mumbled, he kept mumbling stop over and over again. After a few seconds Cal stood up and yelled down to the court,

"Hey! Somethings wrong with Benji!", Tyson and Jake looked at each other concerned,

"What do you mean?" Sam asked,

"I don't know, he's freaking out!" Cal yelled back.