PTSD? Just have Coffee

Chapter 15

Oakley's POV

  I woke up to finding myself laying on a bed seemingly made of fluff, my eyes were irritated. I felt a bit drowsy and disoriented as I tried to remember what happened last night. Then I remembered the talk with my dad, that woke me up immediately and I tried to get up before feeling a weight on my side.
  I looked to my side and saw Kuo peacefully sleeping on me which shocked me to see her actually sleeping, at the same time I felt my cheeks get warm as I realized our position. Then she started to stir, she opened her eyes and looked at me. Then she blushed and shot up, she almost fell off the bed but I caught her arm before she did.
  I smirked at her, "Morning Kuo, had a good sleep?" Her cheeks turned a bit more red as she replied while scooting back onto the bed, "y-yeah, おはよう(good morning). Um, you can let go of me now." I quickly noticed that I was still holding her arm and let go of her while laughing, embarrassed. There was then a knock at the door before Markus entered. He smiled at us, "bonjour(good morning) you two, glad you decided to wake up. Me and Toby just finished making some soft boiled eggs and K-kar-tof-fel-s-sup-pe?"[A german potato soup, from the potato nation] Markus said seemingly reading at a piece of paper he brought. I could feel Kuo's eyes staring at my head. But decided to ignore it in favor of something else, "You guys made Kartoffelsuppe, that is me and my bruder's(brother's) favorite soup." I gushed. Markus replied, "Well if you want some while it's still hot then get dressed."
  He left and I realized that I had my Pj's on which meant someone changed me. I looked at Kuo and she was looking away from me with red ears. I blushed a bit but grabbed my mint green turtleneck with yellow embroidered flowers and white sweatpants before heading to the bathroom to change. Side note; Kuo is staring at me weirdly.

25 minutes later

  We finally finished dressing and walked down the hallway together. We arrived at the kitchen and found Toby and Markus already eating so we sat down and started eating as well. It was a peaceful silence and my soup tasted like it had some cheese in it, I chuckled at the thought thinking that they were probably worried about what I was eating. I ate a lot slower than the others but when I finished eating, my friends looked at me and I knew what they were going to ask.
  Kuo gave me a sympathetic look before asking, "Oakley, what happened yesterday? What happened in the past couple of weeks? Who is Alex?" Her tone was raising with each question, I could tell that she was desperate for answers and it looks like the others wanted to know as well. I breathe deeply, "Well... you know how I was struggling with my mental health but have been trying to heal? I couldn't really fix myself fast enough so my roommates decided to set a couple free sessions with this lady randomly walking around claiming to be a therapist, her name was Alexis but insisted on being called Alex. They didn't know that her personality that she showed on the outside was really a facade, she was basically bullying me in a way and insulted me and my family. I couldn't really do anything about it, I also didn't want to let you guys know because I didn't want to burden you with my problems." I took a quick breath, "Then I visited my bruder(brother) because it was the anniversary of my mother's death. That visit brought up some unlivable memories but Matt was there for me. I was lucky that father wasn't there as he was abusive and would've made the visit much harder to bear, Matt had already received a really bad bruise when I visited. So basically, all my depression came back full force on me."
  I didn't realize it but Kuo had scooted closer to her while she was explaining and was hugging her. She was tearing up and Oakley adjusted her position so that she could wipe them away. Markus and Toby were giving me sympathetic looks.
  "Oakley, I don't think you should see Alex anymore." Toby said, I looked towards him. "Yeah, I know that I probably should've stopped a while ago but I didn't want my roommates to feel guilty for it." Kuo intervened, "Who cares? We can always go see an actual therapist. Please, just stop." She begged, "Kuo... Okay, I'll stop. But I don't really want to see another therapist anytime soon." I hesitantly said. "And that's perfectly fine, you're probably still traumatized by the event. I suggest maybe staying away from the dorms for a little longer because we want to help you but leaving you alone for a period of time doesn't sound wise." Markus suggested
  I thought about the suggestion for a little bit. I'd probably have to explain to my roommates about the situation tomorrow but they'd understand even if it makes them a bit guilty.
  I made my decision and looked up to the others and nodded.