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9. Help

Jack

I walked to Zach's door, pushing it open tentatively. As soon as I did, I saw Jonah carrying Zach. My Zach. The same Zach that was incapable of ever loving me. I tried to suppress the strong wave of jealousy that washed over me, allowing myself to steal a glance at Zach.

Zach looked awful. What had done this to him? He didn't seem to take breaking my heart to harshly, even if he didn't know he was breaking it. I hadn't seen him in two weeks, and he looked almost unrecognizable. He looked dead.

Seeing him like this absolutely destroyed me, even more than seeing him with Jonah did. Why was Jonah carrying him? Were they..a thing?? I didn't want to look, or think, I just ran to the bathroom and threw up. The thought of it made me sick. I went straight to my room and flopped on to my bed, my noodle curls sticking to my sweaty forehead.

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Jack ran away, to the bathroom, leaving Jonah confused as Zach nuzzled his head in to his shoulder from behind, not wanting to think about Jack; the one who had made him like this.

Jonah closed the door and continued to carry Zach to his bathroom, where he set him down on the side of the bath and helped him take his grey sweats off. Zach was now only in his boxers. Jonah looked up and down his body, trying not to cry at the sight.

It was worse than he had thought. You could see all of Zach's bones through his thin pale skin. He looked like a bag of bones. Zach looked down, ashamed at the sight of himself. Jonah tried to be strong, and gave Zach a weak smile.

"Y-you don't have to.." Zach began, looking down at his boxers. Jonah knew Zach was too weak to take them of himself. He was barely strong enough to muster that sentence, which left Zach absolutely drained and look like he was about to faint.

"I know I don't have to. I want to" Jonah said, pulling down Zach's boxers. He then realised why he should have worded that sentence better. He placed Zach in to the bath, grabbing some soap and scrub.

He helped Zach clean himself, while Zach sat there, greatful for the help. Jonah washed his hair. When Zach was clean, he drained the water and wrapped Zach in a towel. He dried him and sat him back down on his bed.

Zach shakily reached over for Jack's hoodie, but Jonah pulled his arm back. "I'll get you a different one of his hoodies. That one needs a serious wash. Zach looked down as a hint of colour showed up on his pale cheeks. How did Jonah know?

By now, Jonah had gained some understanding on to what the situation seemed to be. He walked out to get a hoodie from Jack's room. He opened Jack's door to see Jack asleep on his bed, cuddling up to a wrecked notebook, that seemed to have many pages missing. He creeped over to Jack's closet and took out a hoodie.

Silently closing the door as he left, he returned to Zach's room. He saw Zach on his bed still in his towel, asleep. Jonah knew he must be exhausted from the movement today. He barely has any energy.

Figuring he was in a deep sleep, Jonah softly lifted the light boy up to put Jack's hoodie on him without waking him. After he successfully accomplished his task, he got in to Zach's bed and cuddled him. He didn't want Zach to be alone any longer. Jonah vowed to get him better.

A few hours later, Zach woke up. He looked behind him to see Jonah holding him, still asleep. He turned to face Jonah, panting at the effort it required. Jonah woke up and looked at Zach. "Hey Zach" he said, with a concerned look in his eyes.

"Jonah..." Zach breathed out, looking as if he was about to cry. Zach felt like he was going to die if he carried on the way he had been for the past two weeks. He didn't want to die like this, he wanted help.

He didn't know if Jonah cared, but he couldn't live with himself without asking. "I don't want to be like this anymore" he said, sniffling. Jonah's heart broke as he pulled the younger boy close to his chest.

"I know Zach, I know. And, Zach, I'm going to help you. I'm going to do whatever it takes, whatever I can. I will help you because I love you Zach. Always remember that."

Zach cried in to Jonah's chest, the two staying like that until they drifted off, sleeping through the night.

Aha a little Zonah friendship action up in here. Better chapters coming soon 👀
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