We - Ourselves - Us

Seven

Everyone sat in a dark room, a small coffee table between them, and everyone holding a mug. They looked from one to another, but it was Mariah that spoke first, "To start, why don't we introduce ourselves to each other. As people know us now. At the end, we can do the same, but with what we have gotten off our chests." As she finished, everyone nodded, clearly liking the idea.

"My name is Mariah. I am a pretty normal, but loud person. I live an average life, and am gay because fuck guys, girls are hot."

"My name is Eclipse.  I am slightly awkward, and prefer not to speak. I camp put at Indigo's house. And life is good."

"My name is Asteroid. I am the shoulder to cry on. I have advice on everything. I live with my family of both parents and sister."

"My name is Mirja. I am a quiet person that doesn't like speaking. At all. It makes me too nervous."

"My name is Sin. I have a lot of other names. I hate a lot of stuff. And that isn't an exaggeration. I live with my family of two siblings and both parents."

"My name is Indigo. I am an agender pansexual, that likes to exist for people to feel what they will about me. I live alone but Eclipse is staying with me."

"My name is Broken. I am the type of person that could really be so different from people's expectations. I live alone, as you all found out recently."

They sat in silence, before listing their problems, in the same order as before. No one made eye contact.

"My family sees me as some sort of object. Not a real person, just something that they can break."

"I know I am not worth anything.  My sexuality is probably wrong. My family wants me to not exist. I am so lost."

"My parents are arguing. They forget I exist a lot of the time. I think they are not staying together. It isn't a healthy relationship."

"I am too scared. Everything is wrong. The girl of my dreams probably only hangs with me because of pity."

"Who am I? Do people see the real me, or just the joke that people hear when they hear my name."

"I can't care. I want to look after you all, and make sure you are all happy. But I haven't felt emotions in years."

"I am going to be alone in a house of strangers for years. They could be anyone. And I have no choice."

This cycle continued for a while.  They offered each other help, speaking in turns and more than a few tears were shed. It felt so awful for everyone. Seeing people break down, then Saying Something that Wouldn't help. They all just needed to be the one to comfort, and to be comforted. They all admitted that they needed to get this off their chests. And they would all be feeling better soon.

And now it was near the end of the session.  It is now my turn to speak. I am just a narrator, and the characters I introduced to you have changed a lot. And I want to be the one to tell you how. Afterall, it has always been my job to introduce everyone's appearance, personality and everything else. And these little children won't say everything that I will.

Mariah is a normal person that speaks and acts loud because she can't at home. She has been beaten by her family, and can't bear it anymore.

Eclipse is an awkward teen that cant help but feel useless on a daily basis. He knows his family hates him, so hides from them, so he can be comforted.

Asteroid is the big brother everyone needs. He looks after people, because no one looks after him. He nevet wants people to feel forgotten like he does.

Mirja is scared of being alive. She is always worried she isn't worth it, or that she has messed up. She doesn't know what is right.

Sin is confused on who to be. He could be Soulless, the joking figure who is never worried. But that is the person everyone sees as a joke.

Indigo is struggling to feel. A traumatic past has broken them. Their Nihilistic personality makes it hard for them to be on the way to happiness.

Broken is a lonely young adult who wants her life to be lived without her knowing. She wants this period of her life to be over.

But someday soon, they will all be happy. And I know that. I can tell you that this story ends happily.

And it also ends here, with our protagonists smiling, knowing they will have each other for eternities to come.

Everytime the sun sets, it rises, just somewhere else. You just have to find it.