𝗔𝗰𝗲 ✔️

𝔽𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕙

Waking up was the last thing he wished for.
Couldn't it just end?
Couldn't it just stop?
Couldn't his heart start losing hope and stop beating uselessly?
He's pitying his functioning organs.

He tries to get up but his body stopped at the pain he's feeling, he groans loudly and slams his head back onto the soft pillow.

The softest he had.
"You finally woke up," The deep voice says.

Mr Garret smiles slightly and looks at Ace's face.

Ace is unable to form any words, it's as if someone is squeezing his throat to stop him from talking, so he kept on staring.

" Who did this to you!?" Mr Garret points at his bare bandaged body.
Ace looks down at himself with an empty mind.

He looks back at Mr Garret and shrugs.

" is anyone abusing at home?" He asks again but Ace doesn't utter a word to confirm or deny him.

It's a house, not a home.

" Okay, come on. I prepared breakfast," Mr Garret smiles at Ace and gets out of the room.

Ace blinks, his eyes waters and the tears fall.

No one has ever treated softly like that.
Not even the sister he loves the most.

He buries his face into the pillow and screams as loud as he can.

He wants to go.
He wants to go.

" where!?" Oren asks.
Ace forgot about him for a while, he's feeling the guilt.

" Far away from this world, " Ace answers and gets up to wash up and eat breakfast.

They are sitting in front of each other in the neat dining room.

" Who did it!?" Mr Garrett asks again and looks at Ace dead in the eyes.

" you can not help me, " Ace whispers and continue taking tiny bites from his toasted toast.

" you don't know that, " Mr Garret frowns.
Ace looks at Mr Garret and laughs.
He ignores him and continues eating.

Ace thanks Mr Garret and starts walking to the school.

The school that doesn't even accept his existence.
The school that destroys him more than you can imagine.
The school that drains the life out of him as much as the house that is supposed to hug him like home.

His school day goes by normally, with no black eyes or broken ribs.

He walks to the cold, damp and dry house.
The screams of his beloved siblings are heard, the laughter and the giggles that pain his heart.

He steps into the house, no one is paying attention to him, a relief, he can not tolerate anyone anymore.

No one calls him for lunch.
No one calls him for dinner.
No one calls him.

Ace gets up, heads to their house's library, he picks up a stack of papers and a couple of pens.

He lays on the floor and starts writing.

Dear Family,

I love you all.

Anaya,

I'm sorry, I will run away from this world all alone, I don't want to bring you with me, you should stay, take care of your siblings, make a life, get married and be happy.