Mutilate

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The tower doors opened as the three teen boys raced to their rooms. Damian was able to get to his own room first which meant he'd shower first. After grabbing his towel he walked to the bathroom and upon arriving he noticed the light on. He turned the door knob to find that it was locked. Immediately he got irritated and used a technique his father had taught him to open the door. He stuck his head inside of the lit room; his eyes went wide, he dropped everything and he rushed down to Raven. He looked around the room and found the pills. "No..no.." He picked his unconscious girlfriend up and stuck his fingers down her throat over the toilet. "Come on..throw up please.." he cried to himself while trying to make her puke. He felt her gag reflex come alive once more. "Raven..don't give up on me yet." He plunged his fingers a little further down causing her to throw up all of the poison the flooded her body. Raven's eyes sprung open while the released herself of the pills. She continued to cough up the bile while Damian cried into her back. "Dame.." He unhid his face. "Princess? Oh my god..oh my god..you're alive.." He happily cried as he held Raven close to him. "Can I brush my teeth?" She weakly asked him. He vigorously nodded and proceeded to help Raven up from the ground.

   She brushed the disgusting taste from her mouth. Damian washed off his own fingers to rid them of the same smell.
The empath turned the faucet off and slowly turned around. "Why would you do that?" Damian asked solemnly. She stared down at her shaking hands. "Why wouldn't I do that?" She answered him after a short silence. He looked at her like she was insane, "Because you're amazing. Beautiful, kind and everything I need in my life." She shook her head in denial from his words. The mage refused to believe such lies.

    "Love, we need to tell Kori..or someone else." He dreaded saying that to her. Rapidly she began to shake her head, "No..no Damian we can't..I can't.." the scared empath started to hyperventilate. Damian put loving hands on her shaking shoulders. "Rachel, baby look at me," he moved his hands from her shoulders to her face, "Calm down. I won't tell Kori unless this gets any worse. You have to promise me that you'll try to stop and that you'll never try to leave me like that again. Deal?" She looked up and mumbled, "Deal.."

   He went over to the shower and turned it on to let it warm up. While he did that, Raven cleaned up her mess and put away things. "I'll leave if you want me too." She spoke to Damian. He looked in her eyes, which were staring back into his, "Don't. I want you to shower with me." This made Raven blush. She'd never expected Damian of all people to tell her that. But she didn't question it. After all, she did need her boyfriend the most right now.

    Their clothes were taken off slowly because of the fear of the temperature change. And the slightly awkward vibe in the room. It wasn't much, just enough to know it was there. The two nude birds got into the warm shower. Instantly raven broke into a sob. "Shh..beloved don't cry. I'm here, don't worry." Damian cooed her while he kissed her wet hair. He slowly pulled away from her, "Love, let's wash off a bit, okay?" Raven nodded.

    Twenty minutes later the two were dried off and warm in their pajamas. Both on the bed and cuddling together. Occasional tears streaming down the mages face.