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Vil opened his eyes and he saw Jack staring back at him.
"Jack!" Vil sat up and hugged his best friend, "Thank goodness your okay-"
"Vil, help me." Jack pleaded, "It keeps coming back, Vil, help..." Vil squeezed him tighter, he was acting so vulnerable. "Jack, what happened?-"
SWOOSH~
Vil looked behind Jack and Jack spins around as black fog raced towards them,
"VIL!-" JAck screamed burying his face into Vil as he hugged him tighter as the smoke covers the two.
Vil opens his eyes again, but this time he was in a black and white version of Jack and Vil's hometown.
Vil looked around when he saw 2 older kids ganging up on a younger, fatter kid.
Vil walked up to the boys until he noticed something.
The boy the two older ones were bullying, was Jack.
"Fatso!" "Stubby legs!"
"Are you sure you haven't eaten a seal yet?!"
"You're as fat as my grandma!"
Vil stepped back in anger and shock, as the wails of younger Jack flooded his senses. He realized something...
Where is Jack?
Vil then immediately set off running through the street, trying to find him,\
He looked at all the old shops,
trees,
spots he and Jack use to spend time in...
It felt like forever, until he turned a corner when he heard wailing.
at this rate, he started sprinting
he ran,
and ran,
ran,
ran,
RAN,
Until he saw Jack again with a shadow version of him.
"Your fat,
ugly,
worthless,
your nobody unless your strong"
"Shut up!" Jack screamed, covering his ears.
The voice continued to talk, Jack continued to protest.
Vil only watched, until he reached out and took Jack's arm.
"Jack..."
"Stop, stop, stop."
Vil looked at the shadow, then shooed it away and it left with no fight.
Jack looked up and met Vil's eyes, "Jack...Please talk to me," Vil said, "Why did you not tell me, why did you say I wouldn't understand?"
Jack just looked at him and hugged him.
Suddenly, it all began to fade into black...Again ?
Vil body shot up, sweaty and shakey.
"Vil..." Vil looked to his right, He saw Jack, he was pale and skinny but he was smiling.
"Vil im sorry, I didn't mean for you to get caught in my personal drama-" Jack started, running his hand through his hair, "Jack." Jack looked at Vil who looked sad.
"It's fine, your mental health wasn't the best, but you are trying to get better. I can speak from experience that blots aren't great at all. But you will get better." Vil said, giving him a soft smile.
and Jack gave one back.
Then there was a knock on the door, They both turned and saw Epel whose face fell with relief.
"Jack..." Epel gasped, he ran towards Jack's bed and hugged him.
"Epel-"
"Idiot what were you thinking! Why didn't you talk to us about this?!" He said, but his voice wasn't laced with anything but concern.
"Epel, hey, hey come down 'kay? Im sorry," Jack said, hugging the latter, "Dont be sorry you idiot!" Jack laughed and kissed the top of his head.
Vil looked at this, with a smile.
Even though it hurt a bit,
Jack was already getting better.
And that's all that matters.