concealer // a.i.

2 // flesh.

ashton observed farrah plenty, after that day. she seemed perfectly normal, laughing with her friends (which were a lot), and smiling. he didn't want to admit it, but she had a pretty smile. she had a small dimple on her left cheek, and straight, white teeth.

farrah wore a lot of printed tees, ashton noticed that, and liked shorts too. her arms were constantly exposed - so how didn't anyone see the scars?

the library was closed for a day, and ashton felt lost. he had nowhere to go, so for the first time in forever, he went to the cafeteria. it was packed, and then ashton noticed farrah and her friends sitting around the biggest table. jake, a blockhead (and one of farrah's friends) saw him, and waved him over.

"me?" ashton pointed to himself, confused. jake nodded, and ashton walked over, slowly. jake laughed as he reached the table. "i don't bite, mate."

ashton felt even more confused as people shuffled over to let him sit down. he did so cautiously. jake leaned over the table. "so, you're ashton, right? seen any nice girls lately?"

one of the girls shoved him playfully, mumbling, "jake, you're a dog, you know that?" and jake laughed. "i'm serious."

"well," ashton spoke quietly, when someone caught his eye. he glanced over, and saw farrah watching him, with sullen eyes. jake noticed this, and laughed even harder. "get in there, farrah!" ashton felt himself blush hard, as farrah shot glares at jake.

she stood up, walking over to ashton and whispered in his ear. "we need to talk."

~

"what exactly did you see, back in the library?" farrah demanded. ash and farrah were behind the main building, where there was little chance of anyone walking through.
"t-that," ashton stammered, pointing at farrah's arms. she glanced at them and swore.

"it's come off...shit." farrah pulled out a small stick of make-up, and pulling of the lid, rubbed it on her arms. immediately, some kind of flesh coloured liquid covered her scars, and farrah rubbed it in. within minutes, they were hidden. ashton was stunned.

farrah looked up.

"have you never seen concealer before?"