The Eclipse Mark

Chapter 9

I was standing in the local clinic. Chelsy wasn't awake yet, Thanatos was standing outside. At the moment, she wasn't wearing a shirt because the healer (who is female) had to put ointments on her. Although, it slightly disturbed me. Not her body, but the scars littered around. She had... an alarming amount of scars.

"Was she in a fight recently?"

"Not that I know of."

"Does she pick fights often?"

"Um, no. I haven't known her for long though." The healer nods and leaves to talk to Thanatos. After a second or so, Chelsy wakes up.

"I regret everything."

"I thought so." She looks at herself and squeaks. She quickly covers herself and looks away. "Are you gonna talk to me about those?"

"Just forget it." She picks her shirt back on and storms off. I take a deep breath and sigh.

"I'll talk to her." Thanatos nods before running after her. Seems he was always talking to her and not me.

"I'm worried..."
~~{Chelsy's POV}~~
"Leave me alone."

"Can't do that."

"Can't or won't?" I grit my teeth

"Can't. Just talk to me, Chels." Oh great, a nickname

"Leave me alone. Why are you so insistent on talking with people? Maybe you should leave people alone!" He grabs me by my arms and pulls me close to him. Too close.

"Maybe you shouldn't bottle your feelings up. Looks like we both have issues here." I push away from him.

"I don't have issues, you're just pushy."

"Your scars say otherwise." That hit a nerve in me. A deep nerve that I've tried to pretend doesn't exist

"My scars are mine, and they are none of your business."

"How old are you?"

"What?"

"You heard me. How old are you?"

"...Fourteen. Why?" I cross my arms, although I could almost tell where he was going with this.

"When water mages are in a pool of water for a long time, their injuries are usually gone. Unless they got their scars before they got their mark."

"I was clumsy as a kid."

"That's bullshit, Chels! Tell me what happened." He grabs my hand, but I smack his chest. (Somehow, it felt like a weird angle)

"Don't touch me. Stop touching me. I don't need your sympathy, I don't need your stupid help!"

"Why can't you just trust me for one second? We've been together for what? Three days? We've spent the entirety of three days together."

"Three days is nothing. You're gonna need a lot more than three days."

"How much more? How much more before you tell me that someone has been hurting you?" I raise my hand to slap him, but I...