Then find him under a pile of smuppetts and the smile on his face as dirk picked him up chuckling to himself and wiped away his tears from his cheeks and sitting down on the futon cradling him. Dave looks down at the sleeves on his shirt of his pyjamas he sighs rolling the dark red sleeves up he looks away readying himself then quickly looks down tears flash in his eyes. The voice sings quietly “Stop every clock, Stars are in shock, The River will flow to the sea, I won’t let you fly, I won’t say goodbye, I won’t let you slip away from me”. He gulps and runs his finger tips slowly over the scars biting into his bottom lip, every time he’d tried a new angle trying to work out the best way to make himself forget at least for a small while. The bathroom floor was cold and unforgiving he hugged his legs tightly worried that he’ll slip away, he pulls his shirt down slightly lifting of his chain holding the razor blade he’d kept so close to his chest. He lifts his wrist onto his lap sighing to himself, maybe this time he’ll cut deep enough he thinks to himself sighing more the song carries on this time he chooses to listen as the words “So hold on, Be strong, Everyday on we'll go, I'm here, don’t you fear” But then he thinks, why should he kill himself? After all, he had promised Bro he wouldn’t. He had kept the promise for that long, hadn’t he? If he gave in to the pain, he would be giving up. And Striders weren’t quitters.
