my "friend"

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I was at home, studying, then Marco climbed through the window of my bedroom and he sat on my bed.

I raised an eyebrow, "What are you doing here?". He looked at me with wide eyes and stuttered, "w-"
But I cut him off and continued talking, "You are going to tell me what happened or are we not gonna talk anymore today?"

Marco's eyesbrows furrowed, his eyes widened and he pouted. I asked, "what's wrong?"

I got off my seat and sat on my bed, pulled him closer,   "tell me what happened."
Marco didn't reply, instead he buried his face in my chest and started hugging me tightly.

I stroked his hair softly, "I'll wait until you wanna tell me",
I can almost hear his sigh of relief.

I kept rubbing Marco's back, I kept kissing the top of his head. Then he looked at my cupboard with a paranoid look. I asked softly, "what is it Marco?"

He asked, "is the monster in there?"

I was confused but I said softly, "sure I can."

I got up and checked the cupboard,  there was nothing but clothes there...
I said softly, "no monsters."

I got back on the bed and held him again, he started sucking his thumb and holding onto my arm. He rested his head on my chest, and he closed his eyes. his breathing slowed down.

He eventually fell asleep on me.

I laid him in my bed gently and kissed the top of his head one last time before I went to bed.

I layed next to Marco,  my right arm wrapped around him and his head resting on my chest.
I fell asleep quickly, and I slept deeply and well. I slept really peacefully for the first time since Marco came to my house.

when I woke up, Marco was gone and his spot on the bed was cold as ice. I took a deep breath, and got up and got ready for school.

While walking to school, I heard footsteps steps behindr and saw Marco, he immediately wrapped his arms around my arms. he was wearing a white beret with a cherry fabric badge on it, baby blue wool sweater with rainbow, clouds, smiley faces, cherry, watermelon and pink milk fabric badges.

he had white shorts, he had pastel rainbow thigh high socks and white sneakers. I blushed a little, Marco looked so adorable with all these different colours!

Marco held my hand, and he smiled.

-time skip-

we were sitting at my usual spot, he held my arm. I asked, "do you have any lunch?"

he got nervous and his face saddened, I asked softly, "Do you want me to buy you lunch? I got plenty of money."

Marco didn't gesture anything, I asked softly, "Can I get you anything?"

He looked at me with those big brown eyes, I pet him on the head. I said with a soft tone, "I'll get you something."

I got up and ran off to a vending machine, I ordered a small carton of strawberry milk. I ran to the school's bakery and ordered a strawberry and raspberry slice.

I ran back to the cherry blossom tree we were sitting at. I gave Marco his food, He ate his slice happily and drank his strawberry milk happily. that was the first time he had an actual genuine smile on his face.

He cuddled into me while having his food. Mr Smith came up towards us. He asked, "hey Jean, I need to talk to you about your history project. Am I putting you in a bad position by pairing you with Eren? It seemed you that you two don't get along."

I heard sniffling and turned to see Marco crying, I looked at Mr Smith and said, "currently yes."

I noticed Marco wet himself, I said quickly, "we need to go to the toilet."

Mr Smith said, "I'll change your partner."

He walked away, and I took Marco to the toilets quickly, I asked, "do you have any spare pants?"

Marco had a guilty face, and he started crying again. I said softly, "don't worry I got a spare set of jeans."

I got the spare jeans and gave it to him. He hesitantly put them on. Once he did, I asked softly, "do you want me to get you anything else?"

He nodded, and held my hand, we both left the toilets and I took him to the school's bakery. I asked quietly, "what do you want?"

He shyly pointed to the strawberry cremé brûlée. I softly asked, "anything else?"

he also pointed at the strawberry shortcake trifles, and strawberry tiramisu. I smiled and brought him what he wanted.

I walked him to one of the school's vending machines and brought him a carton of strawberry milk.

He ate his baked goods and drank his milk happily.
I sat beside Marco and I watched him eat his desserts. After some time I asked, "what's troubling you?"
Marco stopped eating, he wiped his mouth and sniffled. I asked gently, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Marco hesitated,  I asked, "what is it?"
He hesitated even more, but then he replied, "my parents don't love me."
I felt sad hearing him say it. So I hugged him and cried with him. We stayed that way for quite a while.
We broke apart after a while, he looked down ashamed.

I softly asked, "what makes you think that?"

he sniffled and said, "they didn't protect me from the monster..."

"the monster?"

Marco stayed quiet, I was confused... I tried to get him to continue to talk, but he just stayed quiet.  He started rocking himself back and forth slowly and I realized he was having a panic attack.

so I got up and picked him up. He hugged me tight, but he couldn't hide the fact that his hands were trembling.

I decided to leave school early and let Marco  calm himself down.
When we arrived back home I placed Marco on his bed, we got in it together. I rubbed his back slowly. he kept saying 'thank you' repeatedly. I answered gently with, "it's okay now."

After awhile, I heard Marco snore softly. I need to figure out this boy before it's too late.