Does It End?

What's that?

Aiden's pov

The bathroom wreaked of chemicals from the bleach. It was making my head hurt..

Ashlyn's pov

Now that I think about it, I don't know why I agreed to this. I've never bleached or dyed hair in my life. The pressure was definitely starting to hit. "Aiden?" "Yeah" "I don't know if I should be doing this, I've never done this before" He looks up at me from the stool he's sitting on. "There's a first for everything" That makes me smile and feel a little better. I mix the bleach a little more before starting.

"Are you going to tell me now why you've been ignoring me? Ignoring everyone?" I had to ask, I tried letting it go but I couldn't.

Aiden's pov

I don't why or how but I let everything out. Well almost everything.

Ashlyn's pov

Once he started he didn't stop. "You know how I told you my parents have always left me alone for long periods time ever since I was a kid?" "Yeah" "I started losing motivation for everything. I isolated myself. Would stay in bed for days straight. I lost all happiness. I felt like a burden to everyone so I decided to not talk to anyone so I couldn't be a burden to them anymore." The information was surprising but also expected almost.

"Ever since I've dealt with bad depression. I use to take meds but I stopped not liking how they made me feel. It goes through waves honestly. Thankfully for me Ben moved in with us around 5 years ago. He learned about my depression quickly. He helped me, would bring me food, do my school work sometimes so I didn't get left back. He was there for me and still is." He takes a breath, I think I hear a sniffle. This is clearly not a topic he talks about a lot.

"So when I disappear for a few days its cause I'm in a bad depression episode. I don't mean to make you guys worry but sometimes there's nothing else I can do but just stay in my room and lay in bed." Honestly at first I didn't know what to say. I don't think anyone would instantly know what to say after that. So I did the only thing I could think of. I hugged him and he cried in my arms. I didn't care about the bleach I know was getting on me or the snot. All I cared about was him.

Aiden's pov

I made sure not to mention the cutting, she should never find out about that.

She hugged me, it felt like forever and I was thankful for every second of it. I had never told anyone everything like that. Ben had to learn over time. At some point I stopped crying and we slowly made our way to finishing my hair.

Ashlyn's pov

"I'm almost done I think." I tell him, finishing up a spot. He looks in the mirror inspecting his hair. "You missed a spot" he replies pointing to a spot on his head I forgot. But when he pointed his sleeve rolled up.

"Aiden what's that?"

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A little cliffhanger for you guys.

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