Warning: Dark Themes.

He was frozen, guilt rose upon him, his mind was racing. Blinding lights snapped directly at his face causing him nausea, he gently massaged his forehead in pain. Gossip flew around everywhere, people shone their phone light right at him, making the blood on his pale hands even brighter.

Chase was horrified by himself...

Dwayne continued to cry in pain and eventually a student called the ambulance for support.
Chase's eyebrows furrowed and were kept locked. Everest took Marshall to a bench, for him to rest, he was completely red from not only by the complexity of Everest but the pain he felt in him and his friend.

More cameras shone at Chase's direction, I had enough of this behaviour and begged the people to just shut up!

"Shut up everyone! Do you people even believe Dwayne?! Nothing he did was acceptable, why do you listen to him now? Do you guys like wanna puts more gossip stories in your social media posts to have more views? You want to create more drama? Nothing Dwayne said was true!" I yelled top of my lungs, I reached my hands towards Chase's but he shoved my hand away and opened his teary eyes

"Skye...It's true," Chase whispered, shaking uncontrollably

No...It can't be true. All the rumours I heard...were true?! Would Chase actually do that sort of thing, murder...the closest people to him. By the look of Chase's face, he felt guilt, pain and sorrow. I couldn't stop myself from being sorry for him and I did the bravest thing I did today.

I opened my arms and wrapped it around Chase, I closed my eyes to avoid the flashing lights coming our way, I felt one of Chase's arms wrap around me too, tears fell on my head, I lifted my head up towards his face and gently smiled.

"Shh, It's gonna be alright," 

Chase didn't laugh nor be uncomfortable but he slowly nodded his head and rested his chin on my head.

The ambulance came with their sirens on and pushed aside the crown to reach for Dwayne, his eyes went puffy and his cheek were covered in blood which dripped on his white shirt giving it a unsettling colour to style it.

Dwayne whimpered and the nurses were asking him many questions, one of his incisor teeth got knocked out and started to become very dizzy, his eyes were close to locking.

From the commotion and articles surrounding this topic, the Principal stepped in the crowd of people to view what was happening, he stepped through the students and crossed his arms in disappointment towards Chase who was still embracing me.

My eyelids opened and I shook my head "Ryder, Sir, It's not what you think! Please understand-"

"I'm sorry Skye, we all saw it. Videos have showed that Chase did hit Mr Dwayne," Ryder sighed as he glanced at Dwayne who was sobbing on the pavement.

"But sir! Dwayne was the reason Chase hit him! He bullies people at school and-" I let go of Chase and looked straight at the Principal, I cried out, but again Ryder stopped me

"We know Dwayne has been bullying students, we will discuss that later but no evidence has been shown that he physically hurt them, while Mr Gunn hit him right on camera. Violence is not accepted on the school grounds Skye," He furrowed his eyebrows and stared at Chase

"Oh Chase, what are we supposed to do with you?" Ryder sighed while Chase gave him a plain look

"But...sir, do you believe that Chase wouldn't do that on purpose right? He wouldn't hurt people unless it's necessary for defense..." I muttered out, wiping a fresh tear from my cheek

"Uhm, I'm not completely sure Skye, and If I did know, I would keep that to myself for privacy reasons," Ryder replied, he quickly turned to Marshall who was going into the ambulance including Dwayne to get looked upon.

Ryder saw Chase's desire to get out of here so he sighed and smiled weakly "One last warning Chase, no violence unless you want to be expelled and I'm not sure your uncle would like that, you can go now, I see that your uncomfortable, you can take a day off school rethink again, I don't want to see you in any other fights again, is that clear?"

Chase nodded in agreement and Ryder gave him some tissues to cover up the blood on his hands until he gets home.

"Alright Skye, could you escort him home?" Ryder favoured, stuffing the tissue packet in his pocket

"Yep," I nodded in agreement, Chase gave me a stone cold look as we turned around and started to walk away from the crowd who stared at us in horror

We walked for a few minutes. And to be honest, I didn't know where his house but I was excited to see where he lives, we were in utter silence until we heard a buzz coming from Chase's phone.

Pings everywhere, Chase fumbled for the phone and opened his messages to see unread texts from Gasket and probably his uncle asking where he was.

He gave a long sigh and covered his face with his bloody hands, I touched his shoulder for support and frowned

"Do you wanna...talk about it?" I whispered in a light tone, pulling his red hands away from his dark eyes

His eyes darted at mine, knowing how worried I was, he rubbed my hand off of his shoulder "No, go home. It's getting late,"

"B-but, I can't just leave you to go home by yourself! What if you get into another fight or someone on the streets catches the blood on your fingers! What if you get hurt! I know, I'm not the strongest person ever but I want to make sure you're okay. I know you don't like me that much and we're not friends or anything like that, but I just wanna look out for you!" I waffled, letting tears fall out my damp eyes

Chase's eyes widened and gave a small smirk "Don't worry, I'll be okay. Go visit your mother at the hospital, she probably really missed you," He softly said, wiping the tear off my cheek

"I'll get my uncle to pick me up and besides to you even want to be alone with some sort of murderer?" He spat his last words out with pure anger

I swallowed "Chase-"

"Go," He said while nudging me away from him, I turned to Chase and gave a sad stare, I then walked away, pushing the tears off my cheek

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The moon appeared shining its pure light towards him, a beautiful starry night sky shone, he breathed heavily and turned on his phone while sitting on a bench to take a little rest before going home

Did he lie to Skye? Yes. Did he do it for her own good? Probably. Did he finally get her name right? Yes he did. Was everything he said to her a lie? No...

The phone's light annoyed his dried eyes, articles, posts, videos, all on social media about his sudden rage, In those videos...he actually looked like the monster.

Will I seek help from my uncle or Gasket? Certainly no. But, all he knows is getting a lecture from Gasket when he sees her again. Yay...

No cars were on the road, the pavement was rocky and broken at some parts. He continued to walk again but the more he walked the more he could only hear two people at a distance, giggling and venting. They both sounded extremely familiar...

Chase turned my head around only to gasp to see the most devillish couple to ever exit.

Dwayne and Sweetie?!

Dwayne must of had a quick recovery even though he was plastered and many scars were still on his body, he was holding a walking stick. He seemed angrier than usual while Sweetie rubbed her hands against his shoulder comforting him.

"Aw, which meanie did this to you love?" Sweetie cooed, while her purple eyes glared at Dwayne's

"Uh...I don't remember, I think his name was...-" His sight locked into the bloody Chase, his teeth grinded and cracked his knuckles

"It's him...CHASE GUNN!" Dwayne ran towards Chase, full of anger

Sweetie gasped as she could remember Chase at midnight, the boy she flirted with and followed.

Dwayne was about to pounce at Chase but he dodged his rage, Dwayne breathes heavily, making his bandages on his face swift across him, showing parts of his scars.

His walking stick fell making it harder for him to walk but all the revenge was worth it.

"Oh, you'll regret giving me these scars," Dwayne yelled with fury, he sped towards Chase and smacked Chase's stomach causing him to fall to the ground

Dwayne bended down to reach Chase's level, Chase's eyes were pure with anger, his clothes were muddy and lightly ripped.

Dwayne smirked and grabbed Chase's jaw and squeezed it as hard as could.

The intensity was extremely painful, Chase tried pulling his arms away from him but the force Dwayne was using against him was phenomenal.

"Dwayne stop!" Sweetie begged, trying to pull him away

"Huh? Why do you care?" Dwayne snapped while increasing his strength to Chase's jaw

"Uhm, we'll get caught love! He'll snitch on you!" Sweetie waffled, squeezing her boyfriend's other hand against her chest

"W-why Dwayne? What did I ever do to you? I was only looking out for my friend." Chase said in once gasp, closing his eyes tightly to decrease the pain on his jaw

Dwayne wasn't listening though, his tears streamed down his face.

Chase had enough, he clenched his jaw and slapped Dwayne right across his face dropping him right to the ground, the damage made Dwayne's face's blood flood on the stoney pavement

Chase slowly rised and grabbed Dwayne's bloody face, his eyes were puffed, face was red. The light breeze made Dwayne's dark hair cover his angered eyes

"T-there's more blood on your hands Mr Gunn," Dwayne coughed, tears turned into blood, a smirk turned into fear. Daylight turned into pitch black darkness with only a dim lantern hovering over them.

Chase sighed and then gave a light, torturing smile "It's your blood though, It doesn't matter,"

Sweetie cried, not knowing what to do. Her make-up smeared all over her perfect face

Dwayne's disturbed eyes showed fear as Chase switched the roles around making him the one to squeeze Dwayne's face until it breaks while Dwayne just laid their in horror

"How does it feel huh? To get hurt. Believe me, it's the worse thing ever," Chase whispered, grasping his palm even more making Dwayne cough continuously

Ka-Ching

A photo was taken right at the tremendous scene, Chase's head turned around only facing horror

Two people, same age as them. The boy holding the phone up with the girl shrieked in horror hiding behind him

"W-What are doing...Chase?" Marshall stuttered, still holding the phone tightly against his palm, he had a red mark visible on his neck from being choked by Dwayne, Everest stood behind him with a face of terror.

"No..." Chase muttered while letting go of Dwayne's worn out face dropping him fiercely to ground only covering him with more blood

Chase glimpsed at his hands once more only showing him the intense reality of his hands. Blood. Murder. Pain.

Marshall and Everest ran away in fear into the darkness unable for Chase to see them

"No, wait!" Chase cried, pulling out his bloody hand towards them

The only two surrounding him were Sweetie, crying on the empty pavement and...Dwayne, with his eyes closed and coughing uncontrollably

Sweetie fumbled and reached for her phone to call the ambulance, inaudible cries came from Sweetie as she explained almost everything to the emergency crew over the phone, she hanged up and gave me a look of fear.

Chase just sat there, sitting on a pavement with a pool of blood circling him, covering his clothes and skin. He was next to the boy who was about to die.

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He breathed heavily, his palms against the sink breaking into tears while staring at himself at the mirror which only showed him blood. He grasped his face and slapped himself. He reached for his drawer, fumbling through all his stuff to only reach for a small bottle.

It read Antidepressants

He shakily opened the small bottle and dumped a few pills in his mouth before getting a glass of water and jugging it in his mouth, swallowing the pills until it had gone.

Stop having so many pills Chase, you're gonna kill yourself.

Chase splashed some cold water on his blood covered face and stared at himself at the mirror

Still a monster

His lips quivered, he sobbed, dropping the glass on the floor, smashing it to pieces

The setting of this place gave eerie vibes. The floorboards creaked, dying from old age, eerie tunes came from it. The most lightest step made the floorboards a whole orchestra. Dust formed on every single object in the house, not being cleaned for ages, the walls were ripped, wallpaper half fallen. Willows surronded the 'haunted' looking house, they swayed from the cool, howling breeze.

There's no place like home

He chuckled lightly, making him look quite like a psychopath. Blood dripped down his pale face. His chuckles turned into cries. His emotions were going haywire.

He collapsed against his counter, trembling. He curled up, hugging his legs with his face low. With the only sort of life in creaking floorboards which sang to him with eerie tune while he sobbed to sleep.

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A few days later...

Two people sat on chairs opposite to each other. A young female adult sat on one chair, with her legs crossed and her hands holding a couple of papers. She grabbed her bright glasses from the wooden table and gently put it on her face. She dropped the papers on the desk and faced a student with a light smile.

"So Chase, how are we feeling today?"

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This is presumably my darkest chapter yet. Sorry about that haha.

Hahaha...I'm changing this book to mature-

And, that's right folks! Dwayne x Blood and Chase x Suffering are going to be the main ships! I guess they beat Sweetie and Skye to it! Better luck next time girls.

All jokes aside, What do you wonder happened in that cliffhanger...hm? It's quite obvious if you ask me.

And was this chapter too dark? I never wrote 'blood' so many times in a chapter before. Wow!

But also, this book is halfway done! I'll probably continue this book until it gets to 30 chapters. And I'll try finishing this book by the end of the year. No promises though because of my terrible updating haha. Anyways, see you in the next chapter!