I'm Sorry Rocky

Chapter 6

             It's summer now and River hasn't had his freind over in a long time, recently a different freind has been coming around and thankfully they use the name River for him too!
  
             Today is River's last day of school before summer break and he should be coming home in the next few minutes. I'm gonna nap until he gets here until he gets back to pass the time.

             Suddenly I awake to a familiar noise, it's River! As he reached up to pet me on his bed, his sleeve came up. There were a few bright red lines. He immediately pulled his sleeve back up but it was too late, I had already seen everything.

              I have been suspecting something was wrong lately because almost every day he would go into the bathroom with a flat shiny peice of metal, then come back into the room and press a button on his phone that said "reset timer". He would usually cry on his bed for a few minutes after that, and sometimes he would want my kisses but usuallyhe just wantedto be alone.

              Today he came into his room and took off his jacket after coming back from the bathroom, when he took off his jacket he was wearing a short sleeved shirt underneath. The thin red lines on his wrist slowly dripped a few drops of blood, but when I touched my nose to his arm to tell him that I care he seemed to wince in pain. I immediately pulled back making sure to not hurt him for I have probably hurt him enough already.

                I slowly walked over to his bed and hopped on it with a feeling of guilt from hurting him creeping over me. He looked over and assured me that I didn't hurt him, but I still feel ashamed for all the damage that I have done.