School (Danny, Rachel, Cai?, Zoe?)

[daniel_marlow]

Danny had stubbornly stayed home from school until Friday, even though he started to feel better near the middle of the week. Rachel's visit on Monday had gotten him to a point where he didn't feel the need to self-harm in order to sleep, but he was too nervous to see anyone else.

Or he was too nervous to see Cai.

Somehow he had successfully avoided seeing any of his friends until lunchtime. It had taken a bit of maneuvering and a small jump behind a rubbish bin, but he had managed it. Lunch was different though. It would be more difficult. But just what in the hell was he supposed to say to his brother now?

He made his way outside, his small lunch gripped in his hands. With a cursory glance across the schoolyard, he didn't see his friends, and he made his way to a bench to eat. Maybe he was going to be able to avoid them all day. Maybe he would be lucky enough t get home and send the rest of the weekend hiding. Could he spend the rest of his life hiding too?

It sounded kind of good at this point.

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Zoe smiled at him, a watered down kind of expression. "It's okay," she told Danny. "It's kind of about... stuff he saw. Kind of. It's... stuff I've been keeping to myself for maybe too long." Maybe? Maybe? Zoe still wasn't sure. But she'd promised herself she would try to trust them. And Cai knew. And it felt okay, that Cai knew. Not fabulous, not even approaching good. But okay.

"Ooh, heavy," Rachel said. She started to lean into Danny when she noticed he was hitting himself. "Danny," she whispered, and bumped her hand against his fist instead so see if he'd want to take her hand instead of punching himself.