Scars of a star

A star must burn in order to shine

TW: SELF HARM

Collector looked at the sky, gazing at the stars "I wonder when mama and papa will come looking for me..if they ever do..." they mumbled, lighting a small flame via his finger. "They hate you.." an unknown voice whispered in the back of Collector's mind "do it..light yourself ablaze..burn that hideous body of yours you silly child" The voice said, taunting Collector and insulting them. The star-child tried his best to suppress the intrusive thoughts, their eyes welling up with tears. "Do it..burn yourself, silly child with no friends or family.." The voice taunted as Collector stared at the flame that emitted from their finger. Soon enough; Collector gave in to the bad thoughts and rolled his sleeve up. Taking in a deep breath, the child pressed the flame against their arm and hissed in pain. He did this a few more times on different areas of their arm and soon moved to scorch his other arm. The pain was unbearable and made Collector want to cry "set yourself ablaze silly child..scorch your entire body and melt your skin.." the voice sneered, Collector continued to burn themself watching his limbs bleed and sizzle from the heat of the flame.

Soon King returned to the castle he and Collector resided in, a horrid stench hitting his nose "what's that smell...?" The young Titan muttered, reluctantly following the awful stench. It lead him to the Castle roof; there he saw none other than The Collector. The star-child in question was unconscious and covered in blisters, burns and dried stains of blood. "Collector..-!?" King exclaimed, rushing to his new buddy's side in attempts to wake them up, to no avail. "Come on Collector....please wake up" King whimpered out, gently shaking Collector's body. The god-like child started to wake up with a quiet groan "K..King...?" They said shakily, looking at the titan with a nervous expression. King looked at Collector "What did you do..!?" King exclaimed, gesturing to the self inflicted burns. The child looked away, not wanting to answer King's question. "Collector...did you do this to yourself..?" King asked, holding Collector's hands gently in order to not cause more pain. Collector nodded slowly "the bad thoughts were getting too loud..." they admitted before promptly passing out a second time due to the pain he was in.