𝐖𝐂𝐊𝐃 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ᵗᵐʳ ⁻ ˢᵃᶠᵉ ʰᵃᵛᵉⁿ (Novella)

Chapter 10: White Roses

Did I think I'd ever have my own space in the middle of a forest? No, not really. But here I am, sitting in front of the small patch of roses I found when I first explored the forest a few months ago.

A small rose was starting to grow next to the two roses at the back of the patch. It was different though. It was a white rose while the rest were red. I remember when I first found this patch of roses, there was a white rose... but it was wilting. And only a few days later it was dead. Which was sad. I love white roses. I always have and I always will.

The smell of the forest is calming. It smells wet, like rain. I guess because it rained two days ago. It's been raining a lot recently. I don't even have a clue why. It's rained more the last four days than it has in the last two years. Im betting it's some kind of solar storm. Or winter. Which ever one.

The birds sang their melodies softly in the trees and a crow sat near me on a rock... just watching me. The crows have been around me a lot. At least the animals find me tolerable. Sometimes I wonder about crows. They can be violent at times, yes, but their peaceful... There's more to crows than meets the eye. That much is obvious. They're very majestical. Like unicorns, which according to Max is my 'spirit animal' because unicorns are rainbow and I'm gay.

So i'm a unicorn now.

It's better than being called a fish or something. But i'd rather be like a honey badger or something. They're brave yet still small. Just because we're prey doesn't mean we need to be helpless.

I know I'm helpless. I can't swim for god's sake. I let myself get beat up and almost killed all for what? Just because a stupid guy hates me because I "killed" his sister. I didn't pull that trigger. I know for a fact I never did. But no one ever believes. They all only believe what they're told. I get it, Alex and his friends were eye witnesses. They saw a bullet go through her. But I never pulled the damn trigger.

Sometimes I just want to strangle Alex. I don't care if he'll die. I just- *mental sigh* maybe that's a little violent. He's just so frustrating. I'm too scared to tell anyone what he's doing to me because i'm afraid they'll either say I deserve it or call me an attention seeker. 

I watch as a small squirrel inches closer to me. It climbs down the trunk of a tree, crawling with it's little feet until it's stopped right in front of me.

Well, more like next to me. It just sat there. Not moving and just blinking up at me. I slowly moved my hand in front of it and it kinda of flinched and moved back a tiny bit. I just left my hand there where it was, hoping the squirrel won't run away. Last thing I need is animals to be afraid of me.

It's nose sniffed my fingers before moving a little closer. And closer. And closer. Now it was rubbing it's head against my hand. I thought squirrels were afraid of people. I know it has a lit of germs but i'll wash my hands. I always wash them. I know the basic human etiquette.

I think.

I hope.

I gently picked it up and held it in my hand. It was smaller than I thought. Maybe it's a baby squirrel. It looks like a baby one. I just stroked his head. And it dug it's claws into my hand and I accidentally dropped it and helped.

Ouch.

There were small red dots forming on my hand. And blood was coming out of it... and fast. The squirrel ran away and up a tree trunk and into one of those holes in the middle of it. I wiped my hand over my shirt but that stained it.

My bad. I forgot I was wearing a white shirt :/

That didn't help. Blood was still coming out of my hand. Do squirrels have rabies? Did that squirrel have rabies? I hope not. If it did I might die. I don't know. What do you normally do when you get rabies. Probably go to a hospital. But hospitals don't exist anymore, Well there's a med-hut. I should probably go there. I hope Will's in there. Can you get rabies from claws?

Will is pretty. I'm not too sure what he thinks of me because he only asks me what I need aid for whenever I go to the med-hut, which is pretty often. He doesn't ask any other questions or say anything else.

Will had long, blonde hair. More like medium length hair. It went to just around his shoulders. He had a small scar going over his eye and heterochromia, which is having two different coloured eyes. He had one brown eye and one grey one. He's around 2 or 3 inches taller than me and biceps. I could talk about them for days. But I won't.

That'll make me seem like a creep. I know everything about his looks. I even notice the things other people won't. Like the small moles on his face or the small patch of brown hair that he has.

Okay, maybe I watch him too much. It's not like I have a crush on him. That's reserved for someone else. Wait- forget that. Forget I ever said that.

Anyways, i'm currently on my way to the med-hut, trying to stop the blood, but it just keeps going. How hard did that squirrel claw me? Jesus.

After walking into the med-hut, I see that Will is in fact there. He looks up and waves at me, which he never does. Or at least he's never done it before. I waved back with a bloodied hand and went up to him. He saw my hand and looked confused for a second.

"Sit," he murmured, but loud enough for me to hear. "What happened?" He asked, getting stuff like bandages, a wet cloth and disinfectant.

"Squirrel clawed me," I said.

"Did you provoke it?" He asked, confusion laced in his tone. Strange. He never asks any other questions. Maybe he's never seen someone get clawed by a squirrel. I mean, i'd be confused as hell too.

"I picked it up and it's claws dug into my hand and then I accidentally dropped it," I explained.

"Ah... right? Well I'll get that fixed for you," He said as he used the wet cloth to clean the blood off both my hands. My other hand got bloodied when I was trying to stop the blood from leaving my body. That didn't help at all.

"Thanks," I murmured.

His hands were soft... get rough? I don't know. He was gentle. Maybe he isn't as bad as some of the other people. He's never judged me. Then again he's never really talked to me other than in the med-hut. I never see him hang out with anyone, though. Whenever I see him he's alone. Maybe he doesn't like his friends.

A/N
I love when people recognise my Percy Jackson references 😊