flicker oneshots.

A sinner and a saint

 Nikolai, Mateo

Angst

TWs

Attempted su cide

Mention of sh

Bullying

Abuse

lots of time skips 

(some parts suck, i need improvement :sob: )

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Mateo

RING!!!! 

      Ugh, stupid alarm. God, time for another shitty day at school, and another day of dealing with Nikolai's bullshit. I sighed closing my eyes. I got up and grabbed my backpack and walked downstairs to breakfast. "Good morning, Mateo! Breakfast is on the table." Mom said as soon as she saw me. "Thanks," I replied. Ham sandwich, again. Well I'm not complaining, I like sandwiches. After I finished I said bye to mom and put on my shoes and walked out the door. I can see Rosalie staring at me."Well, you look like a mess, did you sleep late?" She said to me as we were walking. "Better question, how did you find my fucking address?" I asked. "Oh uh.. uhm." She paused. "I saw you walking home." Yeah, right.. "Okay.." I said, looking up at her suspiciously. Gosh how the hell is she so tall, she's taller than a fucking tree. "Anyways.. we're at school now." I frowned a bit. "Don't worry, I'll defend you from Nikolai." She said with a smile. This calmed me down a bit, even though she always stays with me at school. She has been my best friend ever since 4th grade to now and she's always been here to defend me from Nikolai. 

      Anyway, I went to my locker, she followed me. Our lockers are both close to each other. As I opened my locker, a pink post-it note slipped out. In curiosity, I picked it up and read it. "Loser." It was Nikolai's handwriting. I heard snickering from behind me. It was Nikolai, he had his hands in his pocket and was smirking. I turned back around and ripped the note. Rosalie seemed to notice. She turned around and yelled at him. "Will you leave him alone goddamn?!" She snapped. Her voice was so loud that everyone around heard and started staring at them. "Gee, okay. Is she your girlfriend?" He looked at me. I didn't respond. He laughed. "Go away! Why don't you go bother someone else?" Rosalie said. "Oh calm down Rosie, no need to get all offended," He said. "Besides, no one would actually wanna date a freak like him." He said coldly. There were tears prickling in my eyes, I wanted to snap. I wanted to charge at him. But I couldn't. All I could do was run to the restroom "Mateo!" Rosalie yelled, following me. I could hear Nikolai laughing in the distance. I went inside the restroom and stared at myself in the mirror. My stomach hurt. Why am I getting all sensitive? He didn't even say anything too bad this time. So why am I crying over this? "Mateo? You okay?" Rosalie said. "I'm fine. You should get to class." I told her. "What about you?" She said. "I'll be fine. Just go to class." I said. "Alright.." I sighed. Why do I keep letting him just get away with this? I thought. I wiped away my tears and washed my face. Time to get to class I guess. 

        For the rest of the day, I couldn't focus at all. I was thinking every day about what Nikolai does. Pulling my hair and beating me up, calling me names and putting notes in my locker, and more shit. I've always been so naive and nice towards him. Why does he act like this? Why me? Why always me? I thought I was used to this already. But never mind I guess. I think I may have gotten too far in my thoughts since the bell rang and it was time for lunch. "Hello? Earth to Mateo? You here?" Rosalie said. "Oh uh yeah, I just zoned out," I said. "Alright then, are you okay though? From.. earlier." She asked. "Yeah yeah. Let's just go to lunch." 

       We walked over to the cafeteria. Lots of people getting their lunch and talking with their friends. Loud as hell. We got in line to get lunch and sat down at a table in the corner. "Ew. I hate school lunch. What did they put in the mashed potatoes?" Rosalie said in disgust. "I don't know, but I kinda like it," I said. She turned her head and stared at me like I was a maniac. "What?" I asked. "What did you just fucking say.?" She said. Jeez, she's scary. "Uh, nothing." She nodded her head while still staring at me. Gosh. I'm concerned. Just as I was about to take another bite of the food, I felt someone behind me. Shit. It's definitely Nikolai. I thought. And it turns out I was right. I felt like an icy cold waterfall just came down on me. He poured cold water on me. I heard him laughing behind me. "What the hell!?" Rosalie yelled, turning around to look him in the eye. Again, she was loud. The whole cafeteria went silent and turned to look at us. "Aww, girlfriend mad again? That's cute." He smirked. "Leave them alone Nikolai." A male voice from behind said. "LeAvE thEm AlOnE" Nikolai mocked. "Why don't YOU leave, 'class president? This is none of your business." He turned to look Reza in the eye. "I don't care if this is none of my business, you bullying everyone you see isn't okay. So either you apologize or I'll report you to the principal." Reza said. "Gee, so scary. Oh I'm SORRY for pouring water on you mAtEo." He said, in a squeaky, sarcastic voice. "Apologize like you mean it." Reza said, getting annoyed. "What will you do?" Nikolai asked him. "Report me to the principal?" Reza slid his hands in his pocket. "Yes actually. I'll report you to the principal and you'll get in trouble and she'll get your parents involved. I don't think your parents will be okay with your behav-" He cut him off. "Be okay with my behavior? Hah! You think my parents will actually give a shit!? No honey. They won't. I just know it. They have their own problems to deal with. They don't give a fuck about me. I get abused enough at home so either way, they won't care. I doubt they'll even answer the call." He smirked. "So do it. Report me. I don't care." He said, walking away still smirking. As he was walking away, I noticed something. Bruises and small cuts on the back of his neck.. most of it was covered by his jacket. Holy shit. Reza came a bit closer to my table. "Are you okay?" He asked. Rosalie looked at me. "I don't think Nikolai was lying." I said. "About what?" Rosalie asked. "About the abuse part, I saw bruises and cuts on his neck, most of it was covered by his jacket." I said. "Oh.." Reza said. "Uhm, I'll get paper towels. You're still wet from the bottl-" I cut him off.  "No it's fine I don't care." He nodded. "What do we do now?" Rosalie asks. "I'll need some time to think about this." I said. "Mhm."