Family

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Y/N's POV-

Dan and I were lying down on my bed, talking about stranger things "eleven is my favourite" Dan stated "same, I also kinda like Dustin, he's so cute" Dan nodded.

Suddenly we heard a knock on the door and we both sat up immediately. It couldn't be.. "go away Seb!" Shit.

"Stay here" Dan stood up and jogged out the room, I know he told me to stay here but I followed him any way. "Fuck off seb" I ran out into the hall and saw both Sam and Dan at the door. Seb saw me and we both looked into each other's eyes, his eyes were puffy and red probably because he had been crying.

"Y/N! I'm so so so sorry" he started to sob again and I held my arms over my chest and crossed my legs, just being near him made me uncomfortable. "Seb. You can't keep using your schizophrenia as an excuse!" Sam snapped. Seb has schizophrenia? That must be awful for him.

"You have no idea what it feels like Sam! It's fucking horrible!" He started to sob "you think I like doing this stuff to women?? You think I like being like this?? I CANT HELP IT!" I felt like crying myself, it must be so hard for him, having his only family resent him.

"Sam.. go easier on your brother.." I was so reluctant to say that but it was the truth, Seb must try so hard to stay out of trouble "Y/N, do you remember what he did to you? Why are you sticking up for him?" Dan looked at me like I was insane. I don't really blame him, not many people stand up for their abuser.

"Just try to put yourself in his shoes dan! Imagine having the only family you have resent you! Imagine what it must feel like to know that you have committed terrible crimes against your will! Just try to imagine it" if there's one thing I'm good at it's being empathetic.

"Thank you" Seb mumbled through his sobs "no ones ever even tried to see the situation through my eyes before" I could not believe I was doing this.

Dans POV-

Ugh. I guess Y/N is right. It must be hard living with schizophrenia "Seb, I'm sorry.." Sam muttered "I love you big brother" Sam kneeled down to hug him and he reached up towards them. "I love you too" I must admit, that was a pretty cute moment.

"Y/N, please can you forgive me? Im so sorry for what I did" I looked over to Y/N and saw her sigh "ok, but don't do it to me or anyone else ever again" Seb started to cry again "I will try, thank you".

It went silent for a moment, no one knew what to say until Seb spoke up "you probably don't want to move back in with me do you?" He frowned and I looked at Sam, they looked at their feet. "No, but not for the reason you think! Phoenix offered to let me live with him after graduation".

"Sammy that's great! I can't believe you're already moving out!" I decided to go into the living room and let these two have their moment, it felt wrong to watch them have such an intimate conversation.

I collapsed on the sofa and sighed heavily, suddenly I remembered that sitc was around the corner and groaned. Knowing Y/N she'd probably want to come even though it's dangerous for her, I want her to come of course but I don't want her to get hurt. I guess we'll just have to see if anyone else can take her instead.

!!DISCLAIMER!!
I'm not trying to be rude or offensive to people with schizophrenia, I know that it doesn't automatically make someone a bad person or a rapist or anything else like that. I have put a video at the top of this chapter to inform you about schizophrenia, the symptoms and what you can do to get help for either yourself or someone else you know.
Please take care of yourselves and don't exclude or harm anyone because of either their mental or physical disabilities❤️