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Joey's POV

It happened all the time. The voice.
So loud but yet too quiet at the same time. I would see things that weren't really there. I felt like something inside me was controlling my entire body and only Daniel could stop it. Whenever he left me it would come back and eat me alive.

'He doesn't love you' the voice would tell me. It told me that Daniel pitied me and I was insane. I believed the voice.

The voice, I called the voice Nine. I don't know why. Nine.

At the time, Daniel had just left for work. I was sat on the bed, on tumblr when I heard Nine.

"Don't you see? Daniel left. He takes every excuse to get away from you. You're disgusting"
I shook the thoughts away and tried to distract myself.

I stared at the screen without blinking as I scrolled through tumblr; trying my best to keep my mind clear of Nine.

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After a few hours of switching from the phone, to my laptop, I felt my stomach growling. Isn't that a really weird term?

I chuckled a bit and put the laptop down, and stood up; stretching a bit from the uncomfortable position on the bed, and opened the door and went to the kitchen. I scanned the fridge to find something.

"Are you actually going to eat something? How much do you weigh? Are you sure you want to eat?"

I heard Nine say.
"Shut up" I murmured after taking a deep breath. "You're the one who needs to shut up. Maybe if your mouth wasn't open stuffing food in, you'd be skinnier."

I slammed the fridge a lot harder, and louder then intended. "Good job" Nine said. I bit my inner cheek and walked over to the living room.

I didn't turn the TV on. I just sat on the couch criescross and stared around the room.

It was completely noiseless. For a few minutes anyway.

"It's true, you know"
I heard Nine say. I mentally sighed because I was in no mood for this. Then again, nobody would be in the mood for Nine.

"What's true?" I asked out loud. Like I was having a conversation with an invisible person.

"That's you're insane. Just look at you. Look what damage you're causing to yourself and your family. You're ruining everyone's lives just because you're a high functioning sociopath. And most of all, you probably are going to drive Daniel crazy too. With all your yapping, he can't even have a normal day with you getting all weird"

I closed my eyes and dug my finger nails into the pillow I had in my lap.
"You don't know that. If he didn't love me, he wouldn't be here!"
I shouted opening my eyes. I heard him scoff before continued.

"Joseph, are you actually serious? He feels bad for you! Daniel is better then to leave the poor boy that won't eat and talks to himself. If you weren't like this, he would've been far away by now. With someone he truly cares about. But instead, he's stuck with you."

I threw the pillow across the room and let out an angry groan.
"Shut up, Nine! You don't know anything!"
I frustratedly shouted. "Oh, but I do"

Then like magic, he was gone. I didn't hear him breathing anymore. He must've taken a break from mentally torturing me.

I heard the door open and I let out a quiet sigh of relief. He must've heard Daniel and left. Daniel was a safe zone.

"Hiya" I said as I stood. "Hello!" He says happily as he set his phone down on the counter.
"How was Nicole?" I sighed as I hoped up and say on the counter.

"She's great. She sends her love" he said opening the fridge. "And her doctor recommendations I'm assuming?" I murmured quietly as I reached next to me and grabbed an apple. "Your allergic to those, Joseph"
He said snatching the apple from my hand.

"Who doesn't want me to eat now? How the table have turned!" Said sarcastically. "Eat something actually filling not just an apple. what else have you eaten?"
I rolled my eyes as I hoped down.
"I don't need a food journal in human form, thanks" I murmured as I walked back to the living room.
"Tacos it is!" He shouts rummaging through the fridge.

One of the many things I love about Daniel; he never ever stops caring.even when I did.

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