"jenn. get the hell over here." luke says, stuffing a bunch of noodles into his mouth at once.
jenn stands up, and pads across the floor to get to luke's bed.
luke is her brother, best friend, and company.
she plops down on to his penguin blanket, and grabs a box of white rice from the table, along with a pair of chopsticks.
after luke doesn't say anything, she decides to speak.
"luke, i want to die." she whispers.
jenn has been depressed for the past year, but really hasn't brought it out to the world yet.
"w-what?" he stutters, dropping his pair of chopsticks into his box of chinese food.
"yea, and i've been cutting for the past year, too." she sniffles, pulling up her dark sleeve.
his eyes grow wide and he sets the box on to the table.
"don't hate me." she states.
silence.
"i'm going to show you." he speaks.
"show me what?" jenn replies, wiping her nose.
"show you ten reasons not to die." he grabs her open hand and pulls her to her side of the room.
yes, they share a room.
he sits her down on the bed and jogs to the box of chinese noodles on the table.
he hands her the pair of chopsticks and jenn fixes them into a comfortable position between her fingers.
"eat it." luke commands.
jenn takes a few noodles with the wooden sticks and puts them in her mouth.
she slowly chews, enjoying the savory taste of the food.
"reason one. chinese food." luke smirks, and walks out of the room.
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hey!
i'm just letting you guys know,
some of these chapters are going to be
kind of short.. i just don't
need much space to write while getting
my point across.
but, i will be updating more
often so yay!
okay, bye guys!
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barely breathing // luke hemmings
Short Story(lower case intended in this story) jenn is a shy girl. a depressed girl. just needing a friend, to tell her the reasons of being alive. but he truly knows, she's barely breathing.
