Hey, are you ok?

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It was another day of Peter, Mj, and Ned's sophomore year as well as many others at Midtown. They met each other during freshman year, but eventually they got way closer after Liz left for Oregon. Eventually though, they became close friends with each other and did what normal friends would do. Even during the weekends, Peter would invite them over to the compound where they would be able to meet the Avengers, and get to train with them as well. As far as they could tell, it was turning out to be a pretty good school year, but that would all change because of one bully. The trio and many other students were at lunch when apparently, Flash decided to be a nuisance once again. Apparently, bullying Peter wasn't enough for him, so he decided to insult Michelle instead which turned out to be the absolute worst thing for Mj. "Hey Jones, I heard Parker wanted to ditch you because of your personality. It's no wonder people don't want to be your friend. I mean how would want to anyway! It's not like anyone would care", he taunted which caused his friends and a few others to snicker. Mj could not believe what he just said about her, considering that she only had 2 best friends, which were Peter and Ned. At this point, she felt tears stinging her eyes, and she ran out to the restroom while trying to stop herself from completely breaking down, but failed. (Peter's POV) "FLASH WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?! WHAT IS YOUR POINT IN THIS!? YOU DO THIS EVERY DAY AND IT'S ANNOYING" I yelled. "You know what, I don't even want an answer from you.", I interrupted before flash could speak. And with that, I ran off to find Mj. As I was looking for her and I was passing the bathrooms, I heard what sounded like crying from the girls restroom. I looked inside and found Mj, with her head tucked into her knees. I sat down beside her and began to call her name, but she wouldn't look at me. "Hey Mj, it's me Peter, can you please look at me?". At this point she stopped crying, but she was still sniffling a little bit. (Trigger Warning coming) (Mj's POV) at this point I couldn't take it, so I ran out of the restroom and sent to my next class, which didn't have Peter in it. After that class ended and school was over, I quickly ran out the building so that Peter couldn't catch up with me. I managed to get home quickly, and locked the door. Once I did that, I went to my bathroom and when I locked that door too, I took out my hidden razor from under my sink and then took out my bandage wraps (idk what to call it). I then lifted the sleeve of my sweater, revealing many cuts that have either faded as scars or haven't faded at all. I took a deep breath, and I did it. I dragged it across my arms, leaving multiple angry red lines that were bleeding across both arms that were stinging badly but I ignored it. I made sure to clean them before wrapping the white bandages around my arms, as well as any excess blood. After I did that, I put the medical kit back under the sink and walked out of the restroom. (Trigger Warning over)But to my surprise, Peter was sitting in my room. (No one's POV) "Hi Peter, what are you doing here?" "Mj is something wrong? Because you don't seem like yourself after what happened today", he said worried." "I'm fine Peter, nothings wrong", she said in a serious tone. "He gave her a stern look but she didn't flinch before he gave up and looked at her reassuringly. "Ok, but just know that if you want to talk, I will listen to you and so will Ned." She nodded her head before giving him a hug and guiding him to her door. "I'm hoping that Mj is doing ok, I don't want anything to happen to her", Peter thought. Oh how wrong he was.
After Peter left Michelle's apartment, he put on his Iron-Spider suit and decided to go on patrol just to clear his head. However, he couldn't get his mind off of Mj. While he was swinging around, Peter managed to stop 2 mugging, a robbery, and helped a boy get his cat down from a tree. He checked the time, and sure enough it was 11 p.m. So Peter decided to head back to his home with May where he started on his homework and played some games on his phone until he fell asleep. (Mj's POV) After Peter left I couldn't stop myself from thinking back to what happened at lunch. This isn't the first time that this happened though. I have been made fun of since middle school because of how I dress, look, sound, and what I enjoy doing. Seeing as tomorrow was a school day, I realized I would have to deal with everyone, and I didn't want Parker or Ned to find out that I'm cutting. So I decided to at least try and fall asleep without any issues. (Time Skip) I woke up suddenly in a cold sweat, regretting the fact I tried to sleep knowing I might have a nightmare again. Glancing at my alarm clock, the time said 7:16 AM. I decided to get up and start on my morning routine. Before I got in the shower I took of the bandages and hissed in pain at how much my cuts were stinging. After I showered and put lotion on, I decided to put on a black long-sleeve shirt with a t-shirt under it with jeans. I then replaced the old bandages with new ones and wrapped those carefully. Heading downstairs, I decided to put 2 pieces of bread in the toaster. After that was finished I grabbed my backpack with my shoes and headed out. When I left the apartment I waited at the bus stop for it to arrive and decided to go on my phone and scroll through social media. After a few minutes, the bus eventually pulled up, and the doors opened so I could get in. I could feel the stares of the other students beating down on me as I made my way to the back where Ned and Peter were. I was having trouble reaching the back seat, so I reached out my arm so that either one of them could reach out and help me. Peter stood up so he could help me considering the bus was kind if cramped and crowded. As he grabbed my arm to take me to the seat with Ned, I slightly winced at the stinging feeling, but I didn't know that he heard me. (Time Skip) we arrived at Midtown and began funneling out the bus to our lockers. The 3 of us managed to make it through our first class with no issues everything seemed to be going smoothly until we had to go to P.E. (Peter's POV) While we separated into the locker rooms to change, apparently flash decided to be a complete idiot towards me and Ned. "Hey Puny, you going to at least try today? I highly doubt you would because everything you can do I can do better." Instead of giving him a response, Ned and I just gave him the finger and walked out onto the main area. It turns out Mj wasn't wearing her usual short-sleeve but she was still wearing her sweatshirt and occasionally tugging at the cuffs of her sleeves. I was thinking something is up with her, but I eventually pushed it back as we began seeing who could do the most push-ups. Thanks to my powers, I managed to get around 200 push-ups, with flash getting 142, Ned getting 89, and Mj getting 105. As class was about to end and we were walking back into the locker rooms, Flash apparently got a bit aggressive with me. "Hey Parker, I see that you were able to do the most push-ups in gym today! How about I try and stop that?", he shouted. "Flash stop, you've already done enough to him and to Mj yesterday. Why can't you just leave them alone?", Ned asked him."Hush Ted, unless you want a beating too!", Flash threatened. He then shoved me against the locker and then started punching, very hard. After he was finished, he left me with a bruised abdomen, split lip, small cuts over my face, and a slightly black eye. I packed my clothes in my gym bag, and instead going to the nurse or telling the principle, I decided to go to the restroom and clean myself up. When I did that, I made sure to catch up with Ned and Mj for lunch. Surprisingly, I didn't see Mj at our usual lunch table. Instead, I saw Ned looking at me worringly. "Hey do you know where Mj is?", I asked him. "Oh dude it was horrible. First, Flash insulted her again, but way worse, and most of the people in here started laughing. And then he started bullying her by slapping her tray out of her hands. I think she might've ran off to the restroom.", he told me. And with that, I went to find her. I quietly snuck inside of the restroom and to my shock, I caught her cutting herself. "Michelle?", I asked, and when she turned to look at me, I could tell that she had been crying a lot because her cheeks were stained with dried tear streaks and her eyes were super red and puffy. As she started to look at me, her breathing started to get faster as she dropped her blade. "Hey, hey, it's ok, I'm not mad, but I would like to know why you started cutting ok?", I asked assuringly. And then it dawned on me. Her tugging at the cuffs of her sleeves in gym. Her constantly saying she's fine and that nothings wrong. When she winced as she winced when I grabbed her arm to help her on the bus. I sat down beside her and pulled her into an embrace as she started to cry again. "Hey, it's going to be ok because I'll help you through this.", I assured her. "Do you want to talk about why you're cutting?", I asked. She took a deep breath, and began to tell me.

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