The Last Night

Chapter Four: Tell

Shun's POV

Shadow soon pulled away from the kiss after a moment, and looked at me.I kinda got lost in his pupiless red eyes.

"..Shun, you should tell the others about your reasons for cutting yourself. Dan most likely told them that you cut, and they must be worried about you" Shadow says, and he was right. I had to tell, I couldn't keep this hidden from the others, I couldn't keep that secret bottled up in me. I can't have the others find out about it through a suicide note. So, my only option was to tell.

"You're right, Shadow. I should tell them, we don't need them worrying" I say, and look at my bloodied wrists. There were multiple slashes on both of them, when I had cut myself earlier. The pain hadn't bothered me, it had actually felt kind of relieving. Cutting was like a drug, and I didn't want any part of that. I stand up, and Shadow does too.

"You should go wash the blood off your wrists." Shadow says, and walked up to me. He kissed me on the lips again, and then deepened the kiss. After a minute or two,I pulled away.

"Yea,I should." I say, and walk to the bathroom and wash the blood off my wrists, and bandage them up again. Shadow takes my hand, and we head towards the heart of Interspace, where us brawlers usually met. I walk in slowly, and see the others there. They all look at me, Alice visited every now and then. So she looked pretty worried

"Shun why did you cut yourself, we were all worried" Alice says.

"And Shadow was the one who saw you pass out" Dan said

"And I was the one who Shadow brought in, to help you. I was more worried than everyone else here Shun. Why? Because you're like a damned brother to me." Sasha says. Her voice slightly upset, yet full of worry. I was against the wall. Tears threatening to fall. I try to blink them away, but it fails and only makes a few rush down my face. I quickly wiped them away, then I looked at the others.

"I-I'm sorry guys, just. I felt unneeded, and things at home are really bad" I manage to choke out.

"Why do you feel unneeded, and what's going on at your home, that's making you try to kill yourself" Dan says

"My grandfather is abusive, it's also the anniversary of my mother's death. She died when I was 13, and before she died, she gave me Skyress,that's part of the reason when Marucho, Dan, Sasha and I were in the Resistance. I wanted to free the bakugan, I'm also not human and my grandfather calls me out on that. I'm half human,half bakugan" I say, and almost fall back.But feel a magic glow surround me then push me into a chair, I look up to see a grey and green aura fading around me and from Sasha's hand. I say a small thanks to her.

"Shun, why didn't you tell us about this earlier. So we knew what was going on with you. We could have helped" Marucho says. I look at the Aquos attributed brawlers.

"I thought you guys,would think differently of me." I say

"Why would you think that?" Marucho says.

"Because, I've always been the loner of the group. And kind of felt like an...-" I was cut off by Sasha.

"-Outcast,I know how it feels to be the outcast. I was bullied pretty badly in school, I never fit in. And was also picked on for playing Bakugan." Sasha says. I look at the raven haired girl. We all turn to look at her, I stand up and walk over to her. I see faded scars across her wrists, I was one of her few friends. We had both been childhood friends, and she quickly turns away.

".....Sasha, you've cut yourself, too? You've felt the way I'm feeling before, haven't you?" I ask the raven-haired girl, who usually was a fighter and swore seemed pretty different at the moment. She silently nodded a yes.

"Why haven't you told anyone?" Dan says, feeling concerned for the girl.

"Because nobody needs to know. I'm fine." She says, turning into her cold yet sweet self again and turns to face us.

I sigh and look at Dan, my expression telling him not to push the subject any further. Dan only looks at me and nods.

"Is there anything else you need to tell us" Sasha says, looking at me. I nod no, deciding not to tell them about Shadow and I. I'd already been picked on enough for being gay. They nod, and I walk out of the room. Shadow following close behind.