TW - Self Harm.
Marc detached Joseph's arm from his stomach slowly and quietly climbed off the bed. He quietly hummed to himself; taking a shower. He brushed his teeth and changed quietly shutting the door behind him. Marc's mother was in the kitchen and he smiled. "I need to go pick up Joseph's siblings. It's a surprise." He said grabbing some food.
"Yeah hun. They are gonna have to share a room through; since your relatives are over." She answered already knowing they were coming. She smiled at him and he grabbed the keys to his car. "Ok I'll be back in a bit. He shouldn't wake up but if he does distract him." He called walking out the door.
Joseph yawned and slowly woke up; realizing he was alone in the bed. He rubbed his eyes and took a shower. Joseph changed into a black long sleeve shirt and black skinny jeans. He grabbed his black and white checkered slip on vans and stuck them on. Grabbing his phone he walked downstairs to where some of Marc's relatives were eating.
Marie was sitting at the island counter with Lilly making coffee. "Hey. Marc is uhhh.." Marie stuttered, Joseph waking up earlier than intended. "I'm right here." Marc said coming up behind Joseph and hugging him "I brought some guests with me." Rosie and Milo walked into the kitchen with a grin on their face. "Hey we made it!" Rosie squeeled and ran up to hug Joseph.
Milo waved sheepishly and Joseph hugged Rosie back. "I see you didn't brush your hair." Milo commented and Joseph rand his hand along one side of his hair. "Oh." He answered and pulled a hair tie from his wrist to pull his hair up into a ponytail. "Dad isn't gonna be happy about you not cutting your hair." Milo said and Joseph shrugged. "I like it long." He answered going into the massive fridge to get some strawberries.
"How long were you guys gone for?" Joseph asked. "About 30 minutes. I took the backway." Marc answered. "We actually just got back." Rosie nodded and ran off to go meet Marc's family. Milo sighed and said goodbye; to also meet his relatives. Lilly smiled and gave everyone a coffee and they sat at the counter eating strawberries and chatting.
"I don't know how you keep it so long." Marie pouted admiring Joseph's hair. He shrugged and Lilly giggled. She had long black hair that Marie also envied. "Anyway my parents said we can do a small gift exchange in one of our rooms so we don't have to deal with the kids." Marie said. "Yeah. They are cute and all but can be sooooooooo annoying." Lilly replied.
"Yeah. Let's do it now. Preferably in Marc's room." Marie said after Joseph and Marc nodded their heads; their mouths full of coffee. "Good idea." Joseph said after swallowing is coffee. They grabbed each others presents and walked to Marc's room. Joseph kicked off his shoes and they started exchanging gifts.
Marc gave everyone their presents from him. Joseph opened his first and smiled looking a the fluffy blanket. He hugged him and kissed his cheek. "Alright lovebirds our turn." Marie said and Lilly and her opened their presents at the same time; as instructed by Marc. "Awwww." Lilly said and held up a pair of earrings with her name on them. Marie held up a locket that had his smiling face in it.
"Thanks bro." Marie said smiling and handed out her presents to everyone. Marc got new shoes that he had been wanting and smiled. Joseph got that hair dye he wanted and he giggled in joy thanking her. Lilly opened her gift and blushed. It was a locket that said forever in it; with a picture of the two of them. "Thanks babe." She said kissing Marie's lips.
"MY TURN." Joseph yelled quickly handed out his presents. Lilly opened up her gifts a giggled. It was a small cookie jar that had 'feed me." on it. Marie smiled when she opened her gift. It was a perfume that she had been wanting. Marc opened his gift and hugged Joseph. He turned bright red while Marc smothered kisses all over his face.
"Awww." Lilly and Marie said in unison. Lilly smiled softly and gave out her gifts. Before Joseph could open it his phone rang. He picked it up and frowned. "I have to take this." His voice was cold as he walked out of the room. They could hear him yelling in the bathroom at the phone; but could not make out any words. It went quiet and Joseph opened the door.
"I need to go meet someone. I'll be back in an hour." He said briskly and grabbed a coat and shoes. "W- wait." Marc said but Joseph had already rushed out of the room. "Dammit." Marc said and Marie sighed. Lilly looked confused. "I bet it was his father. That ruthless man. He could hurt him." Marc said getting angry and starting to stand up. "Marc.. if we go we could make it worse." Marie said and pulled him down.
"I'm so confused." Lilly said looking between the two of them. "When Joseph was younger his biological mother died. His father was not the greatest and when she died; it made everything worse. He remarried but abused Joseph. When Joseph went to the boarding school he was skittish, scared, and downright nasty if someone crossed his boundaries." Marie said.
"He- he got into a lot of fights. Then we met and he stopped hating everyone. It wasn't a easy journey. He still has more bad days than good. His dad hadn't really hurt him for a while. 3 years to be factual. His dad carved marks into his skin when he found out Joseph was gay. He can't hurt him on school property but he can hurt him here." Marc said twisting his hands.
"Oh." Lilly said and processed the information. "So the last time he hurt him was when he was 12?" She asked and Marie nodded. "Anyway. Let's uh do something else to pass the time." She said and Marc flopped in his bed. "I'm gonna take a nap." He mumbled and Marie turned off the lights. He curled up and passed out. Marie kept and eye on him while Lilly went to get food.
About 3 hours passed and it was 2 pm. Marie shook Marc awake. "Hey. Uh he's not back." Marc shot up after hearing those words and checked his phone. "Nothing." He mumbled and sighed. "What if he's hurt." Marc whispered and Lilly sat next to him. "He is alright. Oh by the way your parents came to check on us and said that we could open the presents they bought us later."
Marie smiled tightly at him and Lilly kept saying reassuring words. There was a loud bang downstairs and someone pounding up the stairs. Joseph stood in the doorway his face bruised and his arm bleeding. Marc stood up and ran over. "WHAT THE FUCK JOSEPH." He yelled and Joseph shrank back a bit. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU LEAVE LIKE THAT." Marc continued yelling and Joseph's eyes filled with tears. Milo ran up the stairs and stared at Joseph.
I'll clean him up." He said gruffly and flicked off Marc. He grabbed Joseph's good arm and took him to the bathroom. Marie stared at him and shook her head. "Marc what is wrong with you." She said and pushed past him pulling Lilly with her. Marc stood an silently closed the door. He sunk against it and started sobbing. His body shook as he slowly got up and walked into the bathroom.
He looked for what he needed and grabbed a pair of tweezers. He walked out and looked for the glass slides. He made the slide shatter. He pulled up the sleeve of his shirt and picked up of of the glass pieces. Marc quickly cut it across his skin about 100 times up and down his arms; making sure they bled and were deep. The blood dripped down his arm and he walked to the bathroom numbly.
There was a loud banging on the door that got increasingly rapid. Marc sat down in the bathtub and passed out. The person finally got into the room and looked at the blood drops. He ran into the bathroom and yelled for someone to call an ambulance. Joseph sobbed as he shook Marc pleading for him to wake up. An ambulance pulled up to the house and they carefully picked him up out of the bathtub. He was put on a gurney and quickly rushed to the ER.
Joseph cried softly as he watched Marc's motionless body be carried and driven to the ER. Marie and Lilly helped him sit down in the waiting room. "I shouldn't have left. He did this because of me."He kept repeating softly. "No. It wasn't your fault. I should have never have left. He always lashes out in fear for people's lives. He wasn't mad and I knew that I just-" Marie tried saying but Lilly interrupted her.
"It was neither of your faults. He has emotions. I've seen how stressed he was; from the start of the trip. You guys he already knew he was gonna do it; or at least try too. I found a suicide note in his bag." She said and they looked at her in shock. "Something happened while we were on that trip to D.C." She looked straight into their eyes and they started crying even harder. "I should have known." They both said.
A nurse came out and motioned for them to come. "He is awake. We were able to use a healing ointment but those scars are permanent." She said and let them into his room. Joseph ran over to his bed. Marc's parents smiled sadly and left the room. "Hey.." Joseph said and Marc gazed at him. "I'm sorry for yelling at you. Truly sorry. I just snapped and I-" Joseph kissed him cutting his sentence off.
"I'm just glad you are ok. We can talk about it later." Joseph said and Marie nodded. "Lilly has something she wants to say." Marie said and Lilly stepped forward. Marc's face turned from confusion to sadness. "Oh.. you found it." He said softly and Lilly smiled sadly. "Yeah. Did someone hurt you?" She asked and Marc nodded. "I- I got into a fight. I was suspended and the headmaster smacked me." He answered. "Marc..." Joseph said and hugged him.
"It was just so stressful because I know my relatives think lower of me now." Marc said and Marie shook her head. "They know we are never gonna reproduce, of course they would pick on the next thing; Marc you are a beautiful human being. Don't scare the shit out of me again." She said smiling and he laughed. "They said I had to stay here to be reviewed. I gotta live here for a couple days." He said and Joseph sighed.
"I uh. I have to go back to California." He whispered and Marc looked at him sharply. "My dad." He said softly. "He uhm wants me back home." Marc's grip tightened on his hand and he sighed. "Fine; but please be careful." Marc said and Joseph nodded. There was a loud knock on the door and Joseph's father was there. "Let's go. NOW." He said and Joseph kissed Marc. "I'll see you in 5 days." Marc said and Joseph nodded.
His dad grabbed his wrist and pulled him out of the hospital and into a car. "We are going home; Now." He snapped and they went to the airport. Joseph was silent on the ride back and went straight to his room in the roomy but cold mansion he called home.
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