Trigger warning: References to Self-Harm.

"Mitchie, are you okay?" The 13 year old boy asked his best friend. "Yeah, I'm fine." The smaller, younger boy replied. "Are you sure? Because you always say that, yet you always seem sad. I'm worried about you." The blonde said, gently placing his hand on the brunette's. "Yes, I'm fine. Can we stop talking about this now?" The brunette asked. "Sure."

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"Mitchie!" The now 16 year old blonde yelled, running to catch up to his friend. "Hey, Scottland." The brunette replied. "Short sleeves?" The blonde asked. "Yep. Like I promised." The smaller man replied. Scott stopped and wrapped Mitch in his arms. "I'm so proud of you!" Scott said quietly. Mitch smiled, happy that Scott was happy.

"Thanks. So, where to? Your house or mine?" Mitch asked. "Mine. I have something to show you." Scott said, grabbing Mitch's hand and lacing their fingers together. When they got to the door, Scott turned to face Mitch.

"Close your eyes." Scott said. "Why? What if I fall into something? I could die!" Mitch said. "I'll make sure you don't die. Please? For my birthday?" Scott asked, batting his eyelashes. "Your birthday was 7 months ago! But fine." Mitch said, closing his eyes.

"Thank you." Scott said, opening the door and grabbing Mitch's hand, making sure he didn't run into anything. He lead him to a room and stopped. "Open your eyes." Scott said. Mitch opened his eyes, looked around, and looked back at Scott. "Why am I in your guest room?" He asked, puzzled.

"I know how much you hate your parents. Sooo, I talked to my mom, aaaaand..." Scott said, walking over to the closed door and opening it, revealing a sign on the front that read: Mitchie's new room. "You didn't." Mitch said. "I kinda did." Scott replied, smiling.

Mitch ran over to Scott and hugged him. "Thank you thank you thank you!" Mitch yelled. Scott chuckled. "Anything for my Mitchie." Scott replied. "Mitch looked up at Scott. "Thank you so much." Mitch said. "For what?" Scott asked.

"For saving me."