Bully - Regrets of locked away feelings | A Hengle Fanfiction

Present time*

Tears flow down my face as I held that newspaper that screamed the words that I wished I never saw. My hands trembled as I grabbed that dreadful paper as my tears hit the tile floor. The faces of my friends held much sorrow. I cried, and shouted his name, cursing myself for not being there for him when he needed me. I was so blind. I could've stopped him.

"I should've stopped him."

Now I'm too late.

Past time*

"Hey, look, here comes that emo."
"That weirdo, HellBent?"
"Yeah, I mean he doesn't want anyone to call him by his real name! I bet it's something stupid like Benny or something!"
"Hahaha, look at him, he's such a loser!"
"Look at him sit down with his so-called 'friends', yeah right he's not an emo for nothing!"
"What a loser! Can't he get a life, oh wait he can't because he's just a waste of space!"

HellBent was a student at YT high school and he was extremely bullied. Over the years he's created himself an outer shell of a cool, serious, sarcastic, and stubborn personality to cover the sensitive and hurt side of him. The only friends he has are Dolan, Dolan's no name brother, Melissa, and Shima. He lives in an abusive household and is always getting beat up and sometimes to the point of passing out. Just because of one parent being drunk and becoming violent, while the other one is out doing something illegal in the night. And if he isn't hurt enough, he cuts, drinks sometimes, and he's picked up the habit of smoking. He wears a long-sleeved jacket over top of a t-shirt with black jeans to cover up the cuts and bruises he endures. His parents hate him and he knows that. He also was in love with the leader of the group who bullies him, he goes by PTO, or Pringle for short. People run in fear at the mere mention of the name. And little did Hellbent know that someone liked him the same way he did and was suffering similar struggles like him, and they're closer to him than he thinks.