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"Why Do You Cover Your Mouth When You're Laughing?"

A/N: Long title. @~@
Request: Myself
Origins: OoO Origins of Olympus
Ship: None
Genre: Angst
Warnings: Mentions of bullying, blood and thoughts like 'I'm fat or ugly' etc.
Summary: Cal covers his mouth when he laughs or smiles. One day Coleus, Cal, Soren and Xylo are all hanging out with each other. Coleus notices Cal covers his mouth when he laughs so he asks about it.

Cal finds himself taking another pair of pills again, ever since he had those nightmares he couldn't help but being them out again, even when he promised he would stop. He stepped on the scale once again for the 5th time this hour and slid it under his wardrobe, he sighs and closes the container of pills and hides at the bottom of his bedside table.

|~|...|~|

The constant ring had sprung Cal up and he turned off his alarm gently, he could still hear the ringing in his ears. He quickly got dressed and waited outside of the Pyramid, he firstly saw Coleus near a tree by some beautiful multi-coloured birds. He quietly walked over to the nature boy and sat gently on the soft grass, leaning his back against the tree. They talked for sometime while waiting for the others.

The birds chirped cheerfully as they heard the pitter-patter of a new pair of footsteps, the could hear the slight noise of a sword sliding back into it's holder of some kind and the sound of them sitting down. Cal opened his eyes to see Xylo facing him, he closed his eyes again and waited for another pair of footsteps to sit down.

They talked for another good 10 minutes, the birds had flew off to their children or mothers and Cal had been laughing at the Hades children jokes. They felt the wind blow in their faces as the late-winged one had arrived, they all laugh as Soren tucked in his wings as close as he could then he sat down next to Xylo.

They all talked and cheerfully laughed while walking around the camp, they passed by some other campers and they greeted them happily. They are now in a garden the Hades children made together, each part of the garden representing each brother. 

Coleus and Cal were sitting on a swinging bench together, it was covered in flowers and vines which made the white-ish wood glitter in  perfection, they were laughing and joking around for a little while before Coleus noticed something about Cal that he has never thought about before.

"Hey Cal?" Coleus said in a questioning way, Cal hummed in response while looking up at the sky. "Why do you cover your mouth when laughing?"

That question strucked Cal out of his gaze up in the sky, he looked at Coleus with a sad face and looked down at the ground. "How about I'll tell you another day?" Coleus looked at him with a frown and put a soft hand on Cal's shoulder.

"That's alright, you can tell me when you're ready." Coleus Said with a smile on his face, Cal looked up to Coleus' face and returned the smile back. They continued to laugh and talk for a while before it became late, they all bid their goodbyes and start walking to their own direction.

Cal closed his door and slid down, silently crying at a certain memory that hasn't been triggered in a long time. Cal stood up and walked over to his bed. He hugged himself under the covers while silently crying again and fell asleep with tears in his eyes.

|~|Flashback|~|

"Where is our money freak?" The boy went over and kicked Cal in the stomach harshly. Cal coughed and hugged his knees tightly as he gained his posture once again, 2 other boys held him up against a wall and the boy who kicked him continued to kick and punch Cal as hard as he could. Cal coughed out blood, it felt like he couldn't breathe.

Cal rested his head against the wall and tried to catch his breath and trying not to pass out behind the school, he breathed out and closed his eyes resting himself feeling himself catch into the darkness.

|~|...|~|

Cal woke up to a bright shine in his eyes which made him close his eyes shut, groaning in pain as he laid on the soft fabric. He clenched the soft fabric and opened his eyes slowly to see a smaller male then he is, staring at him with soft facial expression. Cal coughed as he sat up and the little boy walked over to help him with his recoveries.

|~|...|~|

"Ew, look at his smile. What is he smiling about?" Cal's face darkened but kept on smiling to hide the pain, Cal felt his life just shatter. All his life he was complimented for his smile, was it all a lie? Cal shook the thought away and stood in front of the classroom preparing for the paper to be thrown at him, he opened the door and walked through. Paper hit his face, he ignored it and quickly sat at his desk which was drawn all his over and filled with hateful messages.

|~|End Of Flashback|~|

Cal shook that thought away and listened to what the others were saying, they were all staring at them with expressions of confusion, worry and curiosity. Cal realised what was happening and forgotten he hasn't finished his sentence, Cal stumbled on his words and managed to blurt out something which was believable but dumb. Thankfully, they thought it was nothing and continued on with the conversation.

|~|...|~|

Cal shut the door tightly, to get away from the questions rattling outside of his room. Why can't they leave me alone? Cal couldn't take it anymore, he opened the door forcefully and his face had darkened.

"Cal! Thank god you're alright, can you tell us what is happening?" Xylo said in concern as the others nodded agreeing. Cal felt himself cry but pushed it back in as he didn't want to seem weak.

"Fine." Cal simply said. He explained his past and all he got in response after he had finished was silence.

"I bet you have a beautiful smile Cal!" Momiji went over to hug the boy and her tears were staining Cal's shirt, he smiled a little but quickly frowned when he realised he hadn't covered his mouth.

"Don't cover your mouth sweetie."

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A/N: Damn... So uh, you know that feeling when you publish something and then 2 days later you think you haven't posted in like forever. That was what I was feeling while writing this, anyway! I feel like this is cringeworthy and I'm gonna see myself out of the door bye! <3