Salem x Devland

Chapter 33

⚠️TW: self harm, blood⚠️

Richie's POV
Salems mom pushed through everyone and ran over to Salem. She looked soo sad. "Baby it's ok. Mamas here. What happened?" She asked worriedly. "I'm sorry" Salem said crying. "Salem honey do you just want to talk to me?" His mom asked cautiously. He nodded. "Um you guys can step out of the room. I'll keep them in here" the counselor said. Salem and his mom walked out. I saw his dad sit down and start crying. "Hey are you alright?" I asked. He shook his head. "No. I saw the blood on his sleeves and I'm soo fucking scared his gonna take it further. I can't lose him" his dad said.

Oh my god. I stood up and walked out. "Salem I'm soo fucking sorry" I said. I looked and saw Salem with his sleeve up showing his mom his arm. Oh god. There were soo many cuts. "No Salem I'm sorry for what I said" I said desperately. His mom looked absolutely destroyed. Salem walked up to me and just hugged me tightly. "It's not your fault. I promise Richie. I love you" he whispered. I laid my forehead on his shoulder and we just sat there hugging each other. I felt soo bad. I would've never said that stuff to him if I knew what he was doing.

Luis's POV
I walked out of the office and saw that guy and Salem hugging. They let go and the guy said something to him. But I didn't care. I was worried about Allyson now. She looked absolutely destroyed. I walked over to her and I could tell that she was trying not to cry. "Honey what's wrong? You have that look" I said. She looked at me sadly and whispered "Salem thought I hated him. He thought I didn't want him anymore and that I wanted Ozzy. He was hurting himself. My baby..." "Allyson. It's gonna be ok. We can help him" I said hugging her. I looked over and saw Salem watching us.

He looked... ashamed?

He walked over to us and sighed. "Um mama. I wanna go see Ozzy. Please" he said. "Ok baby. Anything for you" Allyson said grabbing Salem's face and kissing his cheek. "Richie I'm checking you out too" Allyson said. Finally I learned his name. I didn't wanna ask between all this stuff going on. "Yes! Thank you soo much" Richie said happily. "Um mom we need to go get out backpacks from the classroom" Salem said softly. "Ok honey. Me and Luis will be waiting for you guys in the office" Allyson said. She gave Salem a kiss on the head. "Don't forget about me" Richie said walking up to Allyson. She let out a chuckle and kissed Richie's forehead. Weird.

Time skip~

Salem's POV
I got home and got out of my truck. My mom got home before me so she should be inside. But Richie drove behind me on the road. So he's gonna stay here with me. I waited for Richie to get out of his truck so we could walk inside together. Once he did we walked in. I saw my mom sitting at the table. Fuck. She's crying. "Go wait for me in my room" I said to Richie. He nodded and walked off. I walked over to my mom and just hugged her as tight as I could. "I'm sorry mama" I whispered. "No baby it's ok. Come see" she said. She pulled me closer and kissed my forehead. "Ozzy is gonna come see you today" she said.

That made me soo happy.

"Really?" I asked happily. "Yes. He was at your dad's house because I had work and you had school" my mom said. "I'm gonna go tell Richie. Call me down when he's here" I said. My mom nodded and I ran upstairs to my room. I saw Richie laying on my bed. He was on his phone, probably texting Xavier. "Ozzy coming visit" I said. He looked over at me with a smile. "That's great. I can't wait to meet him" He said happily. I nodded and laid down on my bed with him. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close to him. It sounds weird but we're friends. So it's fine.

Right as me and Richie were cuddling I heard my door open. "Hey Salem I brought Ozzy" I heard Luis say. I looked over at him and he looked confused. "I didn't realize you guys were um... busy" he said confused. "No we were just cuddling" I said with a giggle. "So you guys are like a thing? I don't mind" he said the last part quickly. "Ew no. Richie has a boyfriend. We just cuddle" I said. "Oh. Ok. Well here. Your mom said Ozzy can stay in here with you guys" Luis said handing Ozzy over to me. "Ok. Um can you make sure my mom is ok? I'm worried about her" I said. Luis nodded and kissed my forehead. "Of course I will" he said. With that he walked out.

"Let me see him" Richie said jumping out of my bed. He ran over to me and looked at Ozzy. Ozzy was awake but he was just staring at Richie. He looked confused. It was soo cute. "Hi Ozzy" Richie said. "He's soo cute" Richie said with a smile. Ozzy still looked confused by Richie. I guess it's because he's never seen Richie in his life. "Hey Richie. Wanna hold him?" I asked. "Yes I do" Richie said. I handed Ozzy to him and Ozzy started crying. "Hey it's ok. I'm not gonna hurt you" Richie said calmly to Ozzy. He tried to cheer Ozzy up. He was rocking Ozzy and stuck his tongue out at him. I saw Ozzy smile and try to stick his tongue out too. It was soo cute.

Luis's POV
I was sitting on the couch with Allyson. She was soo sad about Salem. I laid down and pulled her down with me. "Come see" I whispered to her. She laid down by me and I wrapped my arms around her waist. "Calm down honey. It's gonna be ok. Salems ok" I whispered. I rubbed arm comfortingly. "I'm sorry. He's done this before a few years ago but I didn't know he would do it again" Allyson said. That made me tear up. "Oh no honey. Don't cry" Allyson said turning around towards me. She gave me a bunch of kisses on my face. "I just wish I could've been there for him. You don't know how bad I wanted to see him when he was born" I said sadly. I saw Allyson smile. "I know baby. I know" she whispered to me.

All of a sudden I heard footsteps approaching us. I sat up on my elbows and look towards the stairs. I was Salem holding Ozzy and Richie walking with him. "Hey what's up?" I asked. "He fell asleep" Salem said. "Oh I'll get him honey" Allyson said. She got up and gently grabbed Ozzy from Salem. "I'm gonna go lay him down in my bed ok?" She asked Salem. "Ok" Salem said. Him and Richie then came sit down on the other couch. "So are we moving in with you or are you moving in with us?" Salem asked randomly. "Um I don't know" I said hesitantly. I didn't even know Salem liked me that much. It kind of made me happy.

To be continued~
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