Afterdeath/Poth Story Pile (Complete)

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  I need more Lotus content and I also need a break from writing Fraud to Kin while working out a few things.//

   Between the loud music and loud teenagers, well Lotus hated everything. Palette and Goth dragged him to this stupid party. "Hey, Eye patch kid!" Oh great, Lotus glared up at the taller human. "Get lost" he growled. The human laughed, "Lighten up dude! It's a party! Here take this" he hands Lotus a red cup, but Lotus pushes it back "I don't take cups from stangers" he comments. "Its just punch-" "that's most likely spiked." The guy scoffed, "yea no duh. God who invited you" he sneers before stopming off.

   Lotus sighed. Eventually he left his little wall, trying to find his friends. He's nearly out of the living room when a hand latches on to his shoulder and is pulled into the inner circle of a group of boys. One of which was the one from a little earlier. "Watch it!" Lotus sneers. "Hah, he really does look like a pirate!" One of the boys laughs, "really Colton? That's the best you can come up with?" Another boy called out, "You know what, I think I wanna know what's under it!" The boy from earlier says. "Wait Thomas, don't you think that's kinda mean?" The boy , Thomas, scoffs.  "Maybe it'll lighten him up. You know after he pushed me." Lotus looked back at the kid "I didn't push you! I told you to get lost!" He defends. "No he pushed me. Now come on, help me. I wanna see-" "I don't know Thomas, Alex was right. Don't you think it's unfair." Thomas scoffs again, "whatever. I'll get it myself." Lotus steps back, covering his eye patch as Thomas steps closer.

    Lotus tried to back up, but two girls block his way "Come one Thomas. Hurry up" one says, Thomas rolls his eyes, grabbing Lotus's shirt, who in turn begins to struggle. Thomas chuckles, and it takes Lotus back to... He lets out a half scream, trying to get away. The two fall on the floor from the struggle. "Thomas come on man! He's freaking out!" Alex calls, "yea man! Get off, he's scared!" Another voice calls, but no one goes to stop Thomas. He finally gets his hands on the eye patch. "Get off of me! Get off! Please!" Lotus shouts, but the other doesn't listen, and when he feels his eye patch slip he quickly goes to cover his eye. But Thomas just holds him down. He's weak again, he can't fight the other off just like he couldn't fight Rurik off, or his parents. The memories flood back and he starts crying.

   Finally, someone pulls Thomas off. And the group gasps at the sight of Lotus' eye. He quickly covers his eye. Sobbing, someone helps him up but he pushes them away. Running in a direction, he didn't know where, but he wanted to get away. Wanted to go back home. Cry in his room. Maybe, if Geno will let him, cuddle with Alpha for a while. Stars anything. He finally makes it into a room. He closes the door, and hides in himself. He sobs his soul out.

   There's a knock on the door, and a familiar voice calls his name. "Lotus? Some one said you weren't feeling alright... Do you wanna go home?" Lotus stands up. Opening the door and pulling Palette in. He just needed a hug. Someone he knew. Palette looks down at him, but frowns, "what happened to your eye patch?" Lotus couldn't get the words out, just cried harder. "Ok... Ok.. Um. Here,you stay in here and I'll go get Goth ok? Or do you wanna go with me?" Palette asks, guiding him to the rim of the bathtub. Lotus gasps, trying to get the words out, "here" he chokes out. Palette nods. Before heading off to find Goth.

   Lotus tried to calm down but every time he would close his eyes, it would replay memories from the past. Another scar to add to the next. He finally hears Goth's voice. "Ok. It's ok. I'm here. Lets go home ok?" Lotus nods, trying to catch his breath. Goth helps him up, and leads him out back, to avoid the crowd. "Can you drive? I want to sit back with Lotus... I don't think this panic attack is ending soon" Goth asks, holding out his keys, Palette nods taking them. Goth sits the still sobbing skeleton into the back of his car. Getting in besides him, trying to calm Lotus down. When they get back home, Lotus' sobs are reduced to soft crying. Goth lead Lotus into the house.

   Geno wasn't home yet, which meant Goth couldn't ask to borrow Alpha. He leads Lotus to his room. "Do you want me to stay?" Lotus nods. Goth nods and sits with his friend. Letting Lotus hold on to him. "Do you mind telling me what happened? What happened to your eye patch?" Goth gently asks. Lotus pulls back, he explains everything, "and- and it felt like- like when- I'm- I'm sorry-" Lotus couldn't breathe anymore, Goth gently took Lotus' hands, "Breathe with me" Lotus nods. Following the other as he breathes in and out. When the other caught his breath, Goth stood up. "Here, I think my dad has an extra eye patch in his bathroom." "I- I don't know... I don't want to take anything from him.." Goth looked down at his friend. " Hey don't worry to much about it ok? My dad usually changes them out every six months, and I'm pretty sure he's told you that it's- wait... No it's ok. You can use one. Sorry I almost let myself be a little ignorant." Goth chuckles nervously. He walks out before the other can say anything else.

    Lotus sits there, nervously picking at his fingers, until Goth comes back, "Here. Just like your old one. Except this one you don't have to tie! Isn't that cool!" Goth handed the new eye patch to his friend, shakey hands take the eye patch and put it on. "Oh Lotus! Your hands are bleeding. They might leave scars..." "I'm sorry..." Lotus shys away, "oh- oh no it's ok. Just umm, it's fine." Lotus mummers another apology. But it was, indeed, another scar...