Friendly Encounters (A Ricky Horror Fanfiction)

Chapter 4 (Trigger Warning)

Ellie's POV
"So....." I said as I look around the closet. There wasn't much in it. A few jackets, some t-shirts and a guitar with broken strings. "My butt hurts. The floor is hard." I said. "Well...yeah it's a floor." Ricky said laughing. "Shut up. I'm just saying this is uncomfortable." Ricky smirked,"You can sit on my lap if you want...." I slapped his arm. "NO WTF ARGH RICKY!" I yelled. "It was a joke. Calm down." He laughed and rubbed his arm. We sat in silence. "This is boring and I need to get home!" I said annoyed. "Don't worry. We only have a few minutes left. Once the timer goes off, you can go straight home." Ricky said. I waited to hear the timer. Suddenly, the closet became extremely cold. "Fuck it's freezing." I exclaimed. "Why didn't you bring your jacket?" Ricky said. I rolled my eyes. "Here." Ricky began taking off his jacket and handed it to me. "You aren't gonna be cold?" I asked. "No I'm fine I promise." Ricky smiled. I smiled back. I put his jacket over my shoulders and drifted into my thoughts. My eyes started to drift around the closet. Then, my eyes drifted onto Ricky's arms. I stared closely and examined his arms. They looked strange. I couldn't make it out at first. Then I looked closely. I started to tear up. "Ricky....." I whimpered out. "Yeah? What happened? Are you okay?" He asked with a worried expression on his face. "Those...those cuts on...on your arms....you self harm?" I whimpered out, tears falling down my face. He looked down at his arms and swallowed hard. "Shit, you weren't supposed to see that. No one was supposed to see that." He began to cry. He hid his cuts. "I'm sorry....you shouldn't..its not healthy..." I said softly. "It's the only way I know how to get rid of pain...." Ricky said. "But...but...you have others around you that love you. The guys out there, your parents..." He stopped me. "My parents don't love me. They are never there for me. Can we just forget about this? Please?" Ricky choked slightly on his words. I took Ricky's arms and looked at them. He struggled at first but finally gave up. I examined closely. Most of the cuts were deep, one looked stitched up. One cut spelled out "Unloved" My tears fell onto his arms. "Are you done?" He said. I let go of his arms. "I'm so sorry...." That's the only thing I could say. "It's okay...." Ricky looked down. He couldn't even make eye contact with me. I gave him back his jacket and he quickly put in back on. We sat in silence. Then, I couldn't stop myself from giving him a hug. "I'm so sorry...." I said into his chest. He wrapped his arms around me. "It's okay....I'm okay." He said. "When was the last time you..." Before I could finish my sentence, Balz opened the closet door. "HEY FUCK....oh...shit what happened?" Balz said. "Oh...nothing..um I'm going to my room.... I'll see you tomorrow Ellie." Ricky rushed out of the closet and to his room. "Oh yeah...I should be going to....um... Bye guys." I took my stuff and walked home.
------time skip to home-------
"ELINA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" My mother yelled at me when I walked through the door. "Chill, I was at my new student's house...thanks for that by the way..." I said sarcastically. "Oh ok....good...why does it look like you have been crying?" My mom questioned. "That doesn't matter, I'll explain some other time.... It's late I have to go to sleep....Goodnight mom." I ran upstairs to my room and laid down. Then I thought about how awkward tomorrow is gonna be. I sighed and began to doze off with my face in a pillow.