Safe- Mattheo Riddle

Crimson red

!!WARNING!!:MENTIONS OF SELF HARM

Mattheo

Astoria's nose cracked, we all heard it. I jumped up off the sofa as fast as I could but Theo was faster. I watched as he wrapped him arms around Aurora like I had done a day prior. "Aurora stop, that's enough, you've already broken her nose" Theo exclaimed loudly. At his words Aurora seemed to realise exactly what she'd just done. She stopped fighting his grasp and simply stood still, I could see it on her face, she was broken. My perfect girl, facing pain that she didn't deserve.

She turned around in Nott's arms and wrapped her own arms around his neck, I could tell she was crying from the way her body was shaking. Watching him stroke his hand up and down her back was infuriating me. No one gets to touch her like that apart from me. Only me. I couldn't stand to look at them anymore, so I didn't. I stepped over the crimson red blood that was splattered all over the floor and walked straight out of the door.

Aurora

I felt like my insides were shaking, my heart was pounding in my chest and all I could hear were Astoria's cries. I lifted my head from Theo's shoulder and looked down at her, crimson red blood everywhere. I did that. It's my fault. I should've just ignored her. It's my fault. My fault.

I didn't realise I was saying the words out loud until Theo put both hands on the sides of my face and turned my head away from the mess behind me. "Aurora, it's okay, it's gonna be okay" he kept repeating over and over. I couldn't stand it anymore, it was too loud. I pushed myself out of his grasp and ran. I ran up the stairs and into my dorm, I slammed the door behind me, grabbed my wand, mumbling a spell to make sure no one could get to me. I let my body sink to the floor. No wonder Mattheo left, why would he want me. Why would anybody want me.

All of a sudden the tears stopped, but the pain inside my chest didn't. I stood up and walked into the bathroom, opening up all the cupboards and pulling everything out until I found what I was looking for. I sat down in the bottom of the shower, with the water running cold and pulled up my sleeve. I lifted the blade to my skin and let the crimson red blood run down the drain with all of my problems.

Mattheo

I'd been stood on the astronomy tower for 10 minutes. 10 minutes of trying to get the imagine of Nott and my girl out of my head. It wasn't her fault, she held onto whoever she could to stop herself hitting the ground. But I was jealous, jealous because losing her now before we'd even began, would destroy whatever there is left of my soul. I was snapped out of my thoughts from footsteps rushing up the stairs, I turned around expecting to see my girl but instead I saw him. The face I hadn't stopped thinking about. "Mattheo...you need to come quick...Aurora locked in room...door spelled shut" Theo managed to get out whilst he was trying to catch his breath. I didn't even bother spending time replying to him, as I pushed past him and ran as fast I could.

Astoria was no longer led on the ground where she had once been, the common room was completely clear. I ran up the stairs leading to the girl's dormitory's, I pulled out my wand and muttered "alohamora", I heard the lock click open and walked into the room but Aurora was no where to be seen, her bed was still made and untouched. I walked towards the closed bathroom door and lightly knocked, "Aurora, it's me, let me in please" I spoke softly, but there was no reply. I really didn't want to have to kick this door in, but my patience was running out after I knocked three more times with no answer. So I did it. The door swung open with a loud cracking sound and hit against the sink behind it, my eyes quickly scanned the room and that's when I saw her, sat in the bottom of the shower, shivering, with the sleeves of her shirt covered in her own blood.

It felt like a weight had been dropped on my chest as I held her in my arms. Muttering every god damn stupid spell I could think of to heal the cuts on her wrists. Tears were running down my cheeks, hidden under the water coming from the shower. She hadn't said a word, she was staring straight ahead as if her mind wasn't in her body anymore. As soon as she was no longer bleeding, I put one arm under her knees and one around her shoulders and lifted her up, i placed her down gently on her bed. I had to get her out of these wet clothes before she got ill, I pulled her up slowly so that she was sat up. "Aurora, I'm going to undress you, okay?" And for the first time, she nodded. I carefully unbuttoned her wet shirt and peeled it off her body, i was trying my best not to let my eyes wander over her chest as I pulled a T-shirt over her head that I'd found in her trunk. Then I asked her to stand and I pulled her skirt down and replaced it with a pair of joggers. I climbed into the sheets of her bed and pulled her body into my lap, I watched as her eyes began to close. And so I let myself also drift off into an unsettled sleep...

Authors note
(979 words) To anyone struggling with thoughts of self harm or suicide, please please seek help, talk to someone. There are people who care about you🩷
Kisses xoxo
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