Small Steps

Chapter 5

Oliver pov

I sit up as my head feels like lead 'what happened?', I looked down to see my wrist bandaged up as I slowly start to panic.

All of a sudden I feel a pair of arms wrap around me "shhhh it's okay, you're safe" as he keeps whispering and playing with my hair I lean into his touch.

"W-what happened?" I asked kins of dazed "well I found you umm...cutting and you passed out so I patched you up and brought you to bed" I just hum as I sit scared of what he plans to do with me.

"I-I should g-go..."

"Why would you go?"

"I d-don't want to c-cause any problems f-for you-" I get cut off by being pulled into a tight comforting hug "listen to me Oliver. You will never cause me any problems okay? How you feel and you're well being comes first got it?"

I nodded as tears started forming. "Now want to tell me why you did that?" I sat there for a moment before taking a deep breath "umm...well the voice i-it kept y-yelling and w-when I cut i-it goes a-away..." I feel myself start to tense at the thought.

I continued to tell him about everything my parents did as he just sat there and listened not judging me at all, it felt kind of...nice? To have someone just listen to my problems.

"I'm so sorry you had to go through that"
"I-its fin-"
"No its not!" Alexander pulled me away from the hug and grabbed my chin to make me look at him "nothing about that is okay do you hear me? A sweet boy like you shouldn't have had to go through that you deserve nothing but love understand?" I nodded as he pulled me back into the hug.

The next thing I knew I was crying. "Its okay just let it all out I'm here for you"

-after he calmed down-

"Now what do ya say we go eat?" I shook my head "come on buddy you haven't eaten since you've gotten here"

"C-can't eat t-to fat..." I stuttered out looking down at my hands "buddy you're skin and bones it's not healthy for you"

'𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐠'
"s-stop"
'𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐄'
𝐂𝐔𝐓
𝐂𝐔𝐓
𝐂𝐔𝐓
I try to get out of bed to find a blade or something but I'm held back "hey hey calm down what's wrong?"

"N-neee the r-razor please..."
'𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭'
"S-stop please n-no" I start to panic as the 'voice' keeps yelling at me
'𝐂𝐔𝐓
𝐂𝐔𝐓
𝐂𝐔𝐓
𝐂𝐔𝐓'
I feel myself being shook, I look over to see Alexander's mouth moving but nothing's coming out.

Breathe....

BREATHE DAMMIT!!...

My lungs feel like there on fire as I try to get air into them, then everything goes Black....

Alexander pov

"Oliver!? Oliver wake up!!" What in the world just happened he kept trying to get up then started panicking and passed out. I pulled out my phone and called an ambulance.

"911 what's your emergency?"
"Yes umm my 'friend' passed out and he won't wake up"
"Sir please stay calm, where is your location?"
"Its **************"
"Okay please make sure he's laying down elevated until we arrive"
"O-okay"

I sat my phone down and propped him up as I called for Damien.

"What's wrong?"
"O-Oliver he panicked a-and passed out I called 911 b-but what if h-he-"
I felt Damien hug me trying to calm me down "everything is going to be fine he probably passed out from stress let's calm down and wait for the ambulance okay?" I nodded not letting Oliver go until we heard a knock at the door.

-at the hospital-

"I-is he okay?" The doctor nodded "he's going to be fine...but are you aware of all the bruises and scars on his body?"
I shook my head "h-he just moved in h-his parents were abusive but we never saw bruises anywhere but his arms"
The doctor wrote something down on his clipboard "well we do believe that he has an eating disorder, here is some medication for the pain and a diet for him as well" we took the medication and the diet list and went to his room.

We walked in and saw him with a tear stained face looking at his hands "hey buddy how are you feeling?"
He didn't say anything just kept looking back down.

We sat in silence for a while until he spoke "I-I'm really s-sorry..." I gently grabbed his hand making him look up "honey you have nothing to be sorry for" Damien nods "we're just glad you're okay"

Oliver looked back down,"b-but I caused a-another problem"

Me and Damien brought him into a hug feeling him relax,"Oliver you didn't cause a problem okay? We're just happy you're okay" he leaned into Damian's chest as he relaxed even more."go back to sleep Oliver we'll be here when you wake up"

He nodded and closed his eyes as his breathing evened out. "We're gonna help you through this buddy, everything's gonna be fine"

Sry this chapter was bad oof.....
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