Orange Juice

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by TaintedDark789

by TaintedDark789

PART 9/13

Y/n POV

I find them in the bathroom. I sit in the stall next to them and listen.

Oh, oh, stick it down your throat.
I'm watching from the bathroom.
Making sure I don't choke, choke.
From the words you spoke when you're screaming at the mirror.
Now you're sitting in the cafeteria.
Shoving clementines and orange bacteria.
Down your throat a dozen times a year, yeah.
Fooling those around of your bulimia.

You turn oranges to orange juice.
Enter there, then spit it out of you.
Your body is imperfectly perfect.
Everyone wants what the other one's working.
No orange juice.

Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.

Oh, oh, I believe you chose to blow it on the reading carpet.
That's what happens when you're starvin'.
Please say that you won't continue.
Ordering oranges off the menu.
Stuffin' up your mouth like t-t-tissue.
The way you look is not an issue.

You turn oranges to orange juice.
Enter there, then spit it out of you.
Your body is imperfectly perfect.
Everyone wants what the other one's working.
No orange juice.

Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.

Ooh, I wish I could give you my set of eyes.
'Cause I know your eyes ain't working, mm~
I wish I could tell you that you're fine, so fine.
But you will find that disconcerting.

You turn oranges to orange juice.
Enter there, then spit it out of you.
Your body is imperfectly perfect.
Everyone wants what the other one's working.
No orange juice.

Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.

Eee, I, ah, OJ.
Eee, I, ah, OJ.

I lead her over to the mirror. "Wanna know something I learned about bodies? They don't define us. We aren't our bodies. They're just temporary. I know it sounds impossible, but try not to expect shallow people to love you. They don't even have the capacity to understand how amazing you are. And, we all have to learn how to love ourselves without the approval of others." She smiles slightly. "I know. It's just extremely overwhelming when everyone around you is making you feel like you're not good enough. As if you're not deserving of the same kind of love if you're different." She looks down and I speak up. "Everyone's deserving of love." She looks at me and I look back at her. "Everyone." She sniffles and hugs me.

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We return back to the cafeteria. It's complete chaos. Flora and I rush over to my friends. I introduce them. Soon, Dark enters the cafeteria. "Who started this?" Kelly, of course, speaks up and blames me. I get brought to detention.

(419 words)

~Tainted