Chapter 23: This is all a Mix Up

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Naomi's POV: TW selfharm and possibly some bad language

  This was all crazy, I felt sick. I was still bleeding and sad. Then my mama came, she knelt besides my mom's head and cradled her upper body in her lap. Her hand was gently tapping my mom's cheek.
   "Monika! Monika!" She sniffed looking seconds away from growing hysterical. "Monika please." She sniffs and tears drip and splatter against her face, trailing down her chin.

   "Sayori where's your other kids?" Yuri whispers softly and my mama doesn't look up.
   "They fell asleep on ...on our bed... What happened?" She sobbed and I felt like this was all my fault. Before my paternal aunt's could fabricate a story my mom's eyes started to flutter and her lips parted and released a pained moan.

  "Nnnn..." She whimpered and my mama cried in relief.
   "Oh Monika thank goodness, I love you so much baby, I love you so much!" She sobbed and my mom started sitting up, I stepped back. Yuri took my hand gently.

"What..?" My mom murmured in confusion and my mama started peppering her face with kisses and tears. "Sayo what's wrong?" She groaned as my mama supported her, clutching her close.
  "That's what I was wondering, what happened love?" She sniffed tucking a strand of my mom's hair behind her ear and my mom's eyebrows furrowed and I could see the gears turning in her head.

  "W-wait where's-" her eyes flicked up and I watched them search between the grownups, I hid behind Yuri, feeling like a toddler but too ashamed to look either of my parents in the eyes.
   "Shh Moni it's alright, let's get you to the couch, you can lay down..." My mama reasoned but to my surprise she stood quickly and her scary green eyes finally caught sight of me.

  "Naomi!" My name left her lips like a strangled sob and she stumbled forward and wrapped her arms around me. Her tears soaked my shoulder and her hands tangled in my blonde hair. I watched my mama finally notice me, I felt like two inches tall under her gaze.

  "Oh God." She rasped fearfully as her shaking hands covered her mouth. I tried to pull back from my mom's embrace to get a look at myself but when I pushed back she tugged me closer and whimpered my name softly.
   "Mom I'm fine.." I whisper, feeling numb, my voice is void of any emotion. She pulls back, her eyes are fierce and yet somehow sad.

  "Naomi, you're not fine ...I can't believe I didn't...why would you...why did you?" Her voice breaks and then my mama kneels next to us. Her hands comb through my hair and she kisses my cheek. I can feel her shaking, holding back her tears.
   "Come on baby let's get you cleaned up." She wraps an arm across my shoulders and guides me towards her room. This was all so mixed up.

Yuri gently picked up each of my brothers and carried them from the room and Natsuki took Rosie.
   "Come here baby let's look at the damage." My mama soothed, pulling off my shirt and my mom stood next to her, those stupid pajamas dangling from her arm. I crossed my arms over my stomach and watched the pain flicker across their faces.

  My stomach, thighs and arms weren't in the best of shape. I hadn't been kind to myself in the past months...since my thirteenth birthday, five months ago.

   "Let's clean you up darling." My mama exclaimed pulling me onto the bed as she disappeared into the bathroom. My mom grabbed my face kissing my forehead.
   "Hey baby I love you, this doesn't change anything..." She told me firmly as she sat next to me and took my arm, looking at the unbandaged one.

Her cold fingers traced each scar and I shivered.
   "I'm sorry..." I whisper and her hand drops and she shakes her head.
   "No I'm sorry." Just as my mama comes back, her eyes are teary, she's holding a wet washcloth.

  "I can do it myself!" I insist grabbing it from her hand as I escape to the bathroom, shutting the door behind myself quickly.
   "Don't lock the door Naomi.." my mom instructs softly and I nod before I realize that she can't see me.
  "Okay..." I whimper.

It takes me a second to clean all the blood off my body and bandage my other arm that Natsuki hadn't gotten to. There's a knock on the door before it opens, I yelp pulling a towel over me.

  "Just mama." She smiles setting my pajamas on the toilet seat lid as she brushes a stray hair behind my ear. There's a knock at the front door that echos through out the house. I frown listening as my mama pulls my shirt over my head.

  "Who's this?" My mom's voice carried from the living room and I share a look with my mama.
  "Conversation not over Naomi Lila.."  before she started from the bathroom, I pulled on the rest of my clothes and followed after her curiously.

To Be Continued...

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