Henry Bowers

Ever since he was a child, Henry remembered you as the most cheerful person who was extremely difficult to upset. You were like a bright ray of sunshine in his life. Like a clear, clear stream... as pure as your soul.

You both grew and changed naturally... Character, body, voice, relationships. You loved celebrating holidays as kids and raided food because you had a good appetite, but coincidentally you started gaining weight more and more, looking bigger than all the girls at 10-11 when you were 9 years old.

At first you didn't care for it and just spit on it until you were bullied in middle school. They mocked, threw things at you, broke notebooks, pens and various personal items, as well as unpleasantly called you names.

How did Henry feel about that? He didn't care either. He liked you all kinds of people. As long as you didn't have a sad face. He couldn't stand your tears.....

And so, before entering high school, of course, it was summer vacation and you didn't stay in town as usual. You and your family went to the country for the whole summer.

Those three months went by quickly for Henry, but slowly for you.

And then came the first day of school... the day you would see each other for the first time after being apart for so long.

What was Henry's surprise when he saw you, but more... different?... A little pale skin, your hair wasn't as thick as it used to be. They looked so thin. But for now, he didn't choose to pay much attention to it. For now.

As time went on, you continued to have good conversations with him and even his gang. But Henry didn't understand one thing. Why did you always eat so little? Or the times you'd go to the bathroom during class and ONCE after lunch. He didn't understand, but he WOULD have guessed.

One day he didn't know what to do about it so he decided to go to the bathroom after you and eavesdrop.....

You asked to leave again and then a minute later he asked to leave too and they let him out, luckily. He was walking down the corridor to the women's restroom and slipped inside unnoticed and heard strange sounds like... Vomiting or nausea?... He hoped with all his heart that it wasn't what he thought it was.

The sounds were coming from the last stall and he slowly approached that stall and kept eavesdropping. Shit! It was exactly the kind of thing he wouldn't wish on you. He didn't expect that all the bullying could really get you to this point.....

Suddenly you came out of the stall, trembling, your eyes watery and your knuckles red and your mouth wet.

"Baby..."

He whispered and with a sad, regretful expression on his face, he gently put his arm around your shoulders, letting you rest your face against his chest.

"Why didn't you tell me... We could have gone through this together. You don't have to do this... I love you any way, and those assholes are just... idiots. I know I'm not the best people either, but when it comes to you, I'm willing to do anything."