~ᴵᶰᵗʳᵒᵈᵘᶜᵗᶤᵒᶰ~ ᴴᶤ! ᴵ'ᵐ ᴱᶰᶠʸˢ, ᵃᶰᵈ ᵗʰᶤˢ ᶤˢ ᴮʳᵃᵛᵉ! ᴬ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵃ ᵗʳᵃᶰˢᵇᵒʸ ᴷʸˡᵉ, ᵃᶰᵈ ʰᶤˢ ³ ᶠʳᶤᵉᶰᵈˢ! ᴵ ʰᵒᵖᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵉᶰʲᵒʸ ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉ! Disclaimer: I don't/never had an eating disorder. I haven't been able to do much research because of my parental controls. So, this might be kind of inaccurate, just me imagining what it is like for someone who used to have one :) ~ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ³~ After the bell rings for lunch, me and Riley wait outside Oak’s classroom. He’s a year older than us and has a completely different timetable. Eventually, his class comes out, and we start walking to the canteen. Suddenly, I stop, noticing Riley isn’t walking with us. “What’s up?” I ask, turning to face xem. “Aren’t you coming?” They look distressed, shifting from one foot to another. “N-no, um, I need to do something, uh, meet you in the music room when you’ve finished”, they say, before turning and walking away. Me and Oak exchange a look and then make our way back to the canteen. “Do you think something is up with xem?” Oak asks, anxiously. “No. Maybe? I’m not sure, they were acting kind of strange. But I’m sure xe was probably just busy. They’re fine.” I reply, reassuring myself as well as Oak. I hate worrying, the same way I hate things going wrong. I always try to be optimistic, even if what I’m saying is absolute bull-. I’ve been like this since mum left, since Oak got ill... “Yeah, you're probably right.” Oak says, though it was obvious he was lying too. “Anyway, let’s get lunch!” They give me a worried look, but I pretend not to see it. “Yes, let’s!” I say, way overconfidently. Even though it was a year ago, and I’ve been eating fine (ish) since then, I’m still worried it will all come flooding back. All the thoughts... everything. Oak and I walk to the queue. There’s only about two people in front of us. We grab our trays and finally move to the front. We get our food and go to sit down at our usual table. I eat my cheeseburger and chips. When I’ve finished, Oak squeezes my hand, as if to say, “Well done.” ~ᴬˢᵏ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃ ᵖᶤᶰᵍ ᶤᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵃᶰᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᶰᵒᵗᶤᶠᶤᵉᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳˢ!~ ~ᶜʳᵉᵈᶤᵗˢ~ Idea, story and characters by me :P Thumbnail made by me, picture from me, trans flag from google. ~ᴸᶤᶰᵏˢ~ First: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1286475313 Previous: Next: Working on it! Characters: Studio: ~ᴾᶤᶰᵍ ᴸᶤˢᵗ~
