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⚠️ TW'S
Cursing
Self harm signs
Self harm talk
Lia's POV
Time skip
I felt my eyes open as light peed through the window. I began to creep out of bed till I felt something stop me. I looked over to see Tommy curled around me with his arm around my torso. I felt a big blush creep up onto my face. I smiled at his beautiful sleeping face as I lifted his arm off me. I turned off his alarm, closed the curtain and quietly slipped out the door.
I made my way into the kitchen to see Wilbur pouring I cup of coffee.
"Morning" I said groggily. Wilbur smiled and began to turn to me. The second he saw me he smirked.
"Morning" he replied still smirking.
"What's with you this morning " I asked while laughing
"You, wearing Tommy's sweater that looks like a dress on you" he said to me
"Uhh no, this is my sweater" I commented in confusion
"But where did it come from" Wilbur said
"Tommy let me keep it" I said with embarrassment in my voice. He saw my blush and chuckled.
"May I ask you a question?" Wilbur asked Cautiously
"Mhm" I said
"Are you really the girl from the video?you seem so happy" Wilbur asked Cautiously
"I am, it was probably the lowest point of my life" I said shamefully
"But Tommy changed it all, he actually talked to me, he met me every other day to check on my and have me eat food. He treated me with kindness and acted like I am important. He saved my life and I can't be more thankful" I concluded
"Huh, and I thought he was just a giant simp" Wilbur said with a chuckle
"He's also that" I laughed. After that me and Wilbur decided to make breakfast. After the hour everyone was up eating order in food and starring at our plate if Burt pancakes. I saw Tommy sitting happily on the couch chatting with Tubbo.
As I scrolled through Twitter until I noticed something. My heart dropped and I felt my breath hitch.
"Hey Tommy..." I said
"Yeah?" He responded in confusion
"You got canceled, but this time is different" I said with my voice filled with worry.
"Oh god, what now" he said with a sigh.
"Can I read it out loud" I asked, followed by murmurs of yes
"Why is no one paying attention to the fact that Tommyinnit calls himself an influencer, but runs around with his sleeves up showing his scars of self harm to children that watch his content. Tommyinnit decided to advertise the shit he does to himself to the world. Take Tommyinnit down and tweet #tomminnitisover" I said with sadness filling my voice. I watched as Tommy flopped onto the couch dramatically. I giggled at his sarcasm.
"At least I didn't get canceled for tweeting about woman" he joked, everyone laughed.
"But seriously what are you gonna do?" Tubbo asked
Time skip
Tommy's POV
"Hello chat" I exclaimed dully. I looked over to see Wilbur, Tubbo and Lia close to me smiling. And behind me was techno and Phil in the background. I knew I needed to do this but my brain screamed at me not to. But for all I know this is one step closer to honesty.
"So as most of you know I'm trending" I joked
"But not in the way I wanted" I said as my fake smile dropped
"Id like to ask you guys a question" I said
"Imagine walking into the living room, eating order in because your friends Burt breakfast" I said with a small smile
"And then you are told that you are being canceled, and the world turns it's back on you because you wore a short sleeve shirt" I said trying not to tear up. For the first time I saw chat stop moving and the people around me stopped and stared.
"I feel bad, that people like me get treated like this, get treated like shit for wanting to be over there mistakes. And I feel bad that people decided that instead of being kind for 5 minutes they decided to spend 5 minutes telling a 17 year old to be ashamed of something they are already very ashamed of." I said with tears threatening to fall. I looked at Lia and she smiled at me and I knew this would be ok.
I slowly rolled up my sleeves and continued to talk.
"I am extremely unhappy with what I have done. But when I wore a short sleeve I felt proud that I survived something I did. But I feel like it is unfair that I have to where I sweater because I made a mistake" I said tears finally falling.
"And to anyone who feels like me, who feels like that have to listen to all these people. Don't listen, wear a t-shirt, be proud and don't give them the satisfaction of breaking down. And to the person who started that tweet, you should be more ashamed then me." I finally finished. And with that I ended stream I let my head fall in my hands. I felt proud for standing up for myself, but scared for the backlash.
I turned around in my chair to see everyone look at me. I was concerned why I couldn't read their expressions. Then suddenly Phil hugged me, and it felt so good. To finally feel like someone is proud of me.
"You did good Tommy, you did really good" Wilbur said to me. I smiled a genuine smile and I knew everything would be ok.
After that everyone decided to go for a walk. We all began to walk around the community chatting and laughing our asses off. I felt so happy knowing I said something and standed up for this bullshit.
"You good mate?" Tubbo asked me.
"Yeah, I'm good, I'm really good" I said with a smile. And that night as everyone laid on the couch with a stupid comedy playing in the background. And as Lia Laid in my lap I let my mind roam. I let myself wonder, 'did what I say make a difference'. I let myself wonder 'did I make I mistake'. I reached for my phone preparing myself for what I see.
As I looked my worry turned into relief. The trending tag on Twitter is no longer #tommyinnitisover. It is now #Tommyinnitsupport. I smiled at how many people noticed. Then I saw apology, after apology tweet. I let myself smile at how I actually made a difference. I then came across so many clips of my five minute stream. I even saw a tweet that made me proud.
"Everyone should listen to this message from Tommyinnit during his stream today. He is right." I read the tweet in my head. I felt a little nervous at the amount of people who are talking about this but it all stopped when I saw one tweet.
"Hello, I am the original tweeter of #tommyinnitisover. I must sincerely apologize for my foolish and stupid actions. I attacked a 17 year old and made the world turn its back on him for a day. After watching Tommy stream i came to a realization, that I really messed up.So Tommy, please take this as my form of apology, I know it's not nearly enough but it's something" I finished reading.
I didn't know how I felt about the tweet, but because I understand his apology I liked the post. I heard loud wheezing from techno and Wilbur as a dirty dad joke was said on the tv. Then I look down to see Lia still on my lap but repositioned. Her head was buried in my chest and her arms were around my torso as she laid on top of me. I laid down with her still in the same position and combed through her long hair. As I let myself slowly fall asleep one thought was prominent in my head.
Things will stay good and get better, I just got a few mountains to climb.
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