Sweet As Honey

Chapter 5: Supporting you

Let's get straight into this!
-Mouse
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Luka's PoV
"Dr Bellerose, I'll talk to her." I say as I run to her side
"Very well!" De Bellerose sighs.
I ask her to take deep breaths again. Once she recovers, she cries and I offer her a hug. She cries into my chest.
"It's so hard. Talking to someone for too long, getting to know someone... it's hard... I don't know why it's not happening against you. I guess it's because I didn't know you before and you offered me so many acts of kindness."
Just then, Adrien and Marinette run in.
"Chloe!"
She gasps and angrily exclaims, "how did you- you told them didn't you?! Ugh, I knew I shouldn't have trusted you. The one person I actually trust my life story with! This is UTTERLY RIDIC-ridiculous..."
She sadly frowns.
"Marinette, Adrien, can you guys wait outside?"
They nod and I go to chloe's side again, "listen, I haven't told them anything about your singing to anything. Just that you were in hospital. They care for you Chloe. Adrien is your childhood friend, and Marinette would do anything for anyone."
She hums, " I'm not sure that you didn't..."
"Why would I lie?" I ask
Shrugging shyly, she allows me to bring them in and they bombard her with a hug.

The next day, I see Chloe and walk up to her, "hey bee!"
Chloe glares shyly, "really?"
"Hey, you can call me... snakey?"
"Nah, I'll call you scaley!" She laughs. I laugh back and seeing people give us weird looks reminds me that Chloe has literally no friends.
"Hey, do you want to come hang with me?"
She shrugs, "I mean, I don't have anyone else to sit with..."
I watch her sit on the chair and sit with her. I don't know why but I want to know what she's thinking, how she used to think, what she did and does in her free time. How she survived so long on her own...
Maybe one day... maybe...

Chloe's PoV
How did I survive on my own for so long? Well, it was hard. All I ever did was sit on my own, eat, study and then by the time I'd finished studying, it was back to lessons. It's not that complicated but my mental health definitely was affected.
As I chew on my apple, Luka's friends come over.
"Hey Luka-ahhhh, hey, umm, can we talk dude?"
I look at them as Luka and his friends go far away. They all look at me and I immediately know what is happening.

"Why is SHE there?"
"What are you doing with a VILLAIN?"

I watch Luka defend me but I know it will be to no avail. Therefore I grab my bags and return to my usual spot, the library.
"Wait, Chloe!"
I turn around and cry, "ENOUGH. This is exactly the reason why I broke off any friendships. It's because I will hurt them no matter what, whether it's on purpose or on accident! This is why I left my best friend, Sabrina, the ONE person who was going to stay with me."
Everyone watches me cry and scream at him but I don't care.
"And you know WHAT. As a RESULT *gasp* of this *gasp* I, I am, *gasp* really happy! So please *gasp* leave me ALONE!"
Just then, I collapse and Luka runs to grab me. He hugs me tight, tears down his face.
"Why *gasp* are you crying?"
He checks my face then checks my pulse.
"Your pulse is low. Will you be alright?" He asks. I look at him. Then I look around and see people watching us. Pushing him away, I try to, well, get away. But he doesn't let me. He holds me tight.
"Don't go."
I shakily say, "b,but-"
"I promise that I'll help you. Everyone else hasn't seen what I've seen. They don't know the true Chloe. As I want to help you show them that."
I feel my heart beat rapidly.
"... what about your friends..."
"Do you know what we were saying?"
I admit and shake my head.
"Well, at first they were skeptical but just before you ran off, I told them about you. About how you've changed."
I look at them and see them wave. I sit up, out of Luka's arms.
"You still didn't answer my question. Why are you crying?"
"Because... all those things you said... made me realise that you are someone I want to protect."
We look at each other deeply but then I blush and stand up. He does so too, a slight red tint on his cheek.
"How embarrassing, huh ?" I say as we walk over to his friends.
"Not at all... ok maybe a bit," he sheepishly laughs. I do so too and he offers the space next to him.
"Hey Chloe, I'm Clarice!"
"I'm Erik, and this is Jade!"
"Oi, I can introduce myself, hey, I'm Jade."
"Finally, I am Raphael!"
I wave. Clarice is beautiful. She has long brown locks and gorgeous tanned skin. Her freckles are adorable!