[Warning! Mentions of @bus3.]
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On Thursday, Toby and Helen continued their school day. It was normal, as always. Whenever they had free time in between classes- which doesn't mean transitioning classes/a small amount of time to get ready for their next classes- they'd spend their time hanging out with each other, talking about their day so far.
After school, Toby was able to walk Helen home. When they were both home, they chatted with each other for a bit on facetime. Toby introduces Helen to his sister, Lyra. The three of them are on pretty good terms.
"Take care of my brother at school, Helen." Lyra said on the call.
"L-Lyra!" Toby stuttered, flustered and embarrassed.
Helen chuckled, "I'll do my best."
"H-He's on the other s-s-side of the sc-school Lyra!" Toby said, "H-He c-can't protect me a-a-all the t-time!"
Lyra chuckled, "Alright, alright, I just want you to have fun at school."
Then, glass shattering could be heard. Helen was taken by surprise and Lyra and Toby, especially Toby, started to get scared. "It's dad." Lyra said as yelling occurred in the background.
"Is something wrong?" Helen asked in concern.
"Gotta go, see you later Helen." Toby said, ignoring his question and hanging up immediately.
Helen got worried for his friend. He put his phone on his desk with art supplies and he started drawing possibilities that might be happening on a single sheet of paper. Yesterday, after seeing Toby's father, he seemed to get an idea.. Or theory..
Was Toby being abused?
As Helen drew, he grew worried. He became so worried, he started drawing something to the side without knowing.
On his main doodle was a doodle of Toby's mother doing the dishes, though he doesn't know what his mother looked like, and accidentally breaking a plate. Toby's father was yelling at his mother for breaking the dishes. Lyra and Toby were hiding in his room, trying to ignore the fight.
On the side, his doodle was Toby ACTUALLY being abused by his father, Lyra and his mother begging for his father to stop.
When Helen noticed the side doodle, he began to worry even more. He patiently waited for Toby to call back, scared as hell. 'Please be okay, Toby.' Helen thought to himself, hoping Toby wouldn't be hurt.
For the whole day, Toby never called back or texted him. After dinner, Helen laid in bed, waiting for Toby to call or at least text him. He couldn't sleep at all. He stayed up, constantly checking his phone for any missed calls or texts. Helen didn't want to risk losing his friend.
Finally, around 2 AM, Toby finally texts back.
'Hey Helen.'
'Are you awake?'
Helen immediately looked at the text, filled with joy, he immediately texted, 'Toby! Are you okay? What happened?'
'I don't wanna talk about it.. If that's alright..'
Helen figured if Toby didn't want to talk about it, he went through something bad. So, he texts, 'It's alright, but are you okay?'
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Lemon and Lime
HorrorTobias Erin Rogers and Helen Otis used to be friends in Highschool, March of their senior year. Within a month of their friendship, they had separated. After school was out, they had walked down their own separate paths. They've been away from each...
