Den of Ghouls | Ghost Band One Shots

⚠️ SHUT UP! [Cumulus x Cirrus]

CW/TW:
• Eating Disorder
• Body Dysmorphia
• Hallucinations
• Mention of Pro-Ana-Websites/thinspiration
• Explicit letter from Ana
• Blood

❗️No real love story, 'cause of the topic❗️

Always remember: Communication is key and only consent is sexy. Stay safe🫶🏻

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So this is loosely based on a true story and I only have one more thing to say:
ED's are bitches!
They're not your friend, don't let them win!

Lmk what you think🫶🏻
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[Before]
Cumulus PoV
"Cir, where are the lyrics to the new songs?" She called out to her friend in the bathroom.
"On my laptop, I left it unlocked." Her friend answered through the closed door.
"Okay let's see..." Cumulus mumbled to herself while looking at the tiny screen of Cirrus's old laptop.
The open browser window attracted her gaze like a magnet. Before she could think better of it, she opened the browser.

"My Dear...
I'm very disappointed in you.
I'm writing to you because I can no longer watch how you ruin everything we've built together. And I've been watching for a long time.
How you sit there on your bed, chewing on noodles, bread, chocolate and cereal. Why do you keep ignoring me when I tell you how bad this is for you?

You are an undisciplined, lazy creature, who doesn't deserve my friendship and the only reason I'm still with you is that I don't want to leave you hanging.
But I won't watch you betray me any longer.
You can't keep ignoring our agreement forever.

Have you forgotten about our pact?
You promised you would hold back, you promised that you would torture your weak, clumsy body with exercise until you collapse from exhaustion.
You promised that you would fall asleep night after night with nothing in your stomach but that gnawing feeling of hunger.

You swore that you would commit to this.
Let me tell you: Our secret isn't one-sided and if you hadn't disappointed me I would've given you so much.
So get up, do your exercises, fight against the voice in your head telling you that you need that disgusting food.
Show me how much potential is hidden inside you.
Stay strong, my dear.
You know why.

Your one and only -true- friend.
Ana"

After reading the text Cumulus's brows were drawn so tight that her face hurt.
"Cir?" She asked uncertain.
"Yea?" Cirrus called back from behind the closed door.
"Have you made any friends outside of the ministry lately?" Cumulus asked, the gears in her head turning on how to get as much info as possible on this strange topic.
Cirrus laughed her high and bubbly laugh "No, why?"
Cumulus shook her head, blinking rapidly "Oh just asking... You know I'm curious."

She closed the tab and opened the lyric sheets Papa sent to them via e-mail.
Cirrus came out of the bathroom door and smiled at her. Cumulus took a moment to inspect her from head to toe.
She looked... skinny. But not as she used to.
More like she lost a lot of weight fast.
"Why are you staring at me?" The other air ghoulette asked, throwing her a suspicious look.
Cumulus shook her head again, forcing her mouth into a smile, but her tail behind her back quivered with unease. Something was very wrong here.

Later, when she was alone in her room, she started a google search on her own laptop.
She just needed to know who this Ana-girl was and why she talked to her friend like that.
The results she found shocked her to the core. The hundreds of so called "Pro-Ana"-Websites, the thinspiration-pictures, the letters from their "friend" Ana...
Cumulus felt like she was going to vomit.