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Pim opened his eyes groggy and still tired.
He wanted to go back to sleep, but he had to get to work. he pulled himself up and rummaged through the pile of dirty clothes to find something that didn’t smell that bad.
He got dressed in his usual button up and shorts.
He was halfway through making breakfast before he decided to check the time. “ crap oh God I’m gonna be so late” he made it halfway out the door before realizing he left the stove on.
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Pim Made it to work With two minutes to spare.
he was slipping if he was any later, the other's would have asked questions. he needed to be more careful. He can’t tell them the truth.
"hey guys, what’s going on?"
"Oh hey pim the boss is out of town today so we kind of got the day off"
Pim's phone started ringing "sorry guys. It’s my mom. I need to take this." pim walked out into the hallway. He took a deep breath before answering .
"hi mom said with a nervous shake"what the hell is wrong with you? I swear you should be ashamed to exist. you are such a disappointment. I wish I never had you."
"I know"pim side and ended the call his mother still screaming on the other side of the line he knew he would get an angry call later, but he didn’t have time to think about that pim made his way to the bathroom, reaching into his pocket for the blade He always carries
he locked himself in the bath room hunched over the sink Red velvety liquid dripping onto the floor
As tears rolled down his cheeks suddenly he heard a knock "pim? Pim are you in there?
Pim I um im worried about you I could hear you crying are you OK?" pim Was silent for a moment he didn’t know what to say. Pim wiped his tears. "Yeah I’m fine just um just a call from my mom you know"
"...OK, I’ll be in the break room"
Pim let out a sigh of relief he didn’t want Charlie to see him like this he quickly wiped up the blood
And left the bathroom. pim Entered the break room and sat down "so we have the day off. What do you want to do?" pim said curiously
"well there are a few beers in the fridge"
Charlie said with a mischievous gleam in his eyes
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chapter 2
Pim was wasted they got a little carried away
1 drink became 2drinks 3drinks
and so on pim felt dizzy. glep and Allan left after the second beer. Pim's tolerance is pretty low. "hey man, I think you should go home."Charlie said a little concerned
Pim mumbled something illegible
and Charlie decided he should probably take him home. "hey man let’s get you home"Charlie said well helping pim out the door
Charlie opened the door to Pim's apartmentm
He had to guide pim into the apartment
Pim plopped down onto the couch "I think you should drink some water" pim mumbled a please "dude where do you keep your cups,?"
Charlie found the cubs and poured pim a glass of water. Pim was faced down on the couch, legs up on the armrest."Geez man, sit up so you can drink this water you really need to sober up"
Pim sat up and drank the water with both hands
"Charlieeee" pim said grabbing charlie's arm
"Pim!? What are you doing??" Charlie started to
Pull away "p-please Charlie don't go "
The desperate sound in pim's voice made
Charlie hesitate. suddenly Charlie noticed something
"Pim... Pim give me your arm" Charlie
Lifted pim's sleeve to find trails of dried blood
Covered deep cuts "...pim i-...what- what did you do to yourself" Charlie knew pim's relationship with his mother wasn’t the best
But never thought it was this bad
" Charlie it’s not that bad" "YES IT IS!!"
Charlie said already in tears
Charlie got up and started walking to the bathroom "where are you going?"
Pim sounded embarrassed
"Going to find Band-Aids"Charlie was very determined at this point "NO!" pim had practically screamed "n-no you don’t need to do that. It’s my problem. You don’t need to fix it."
Charlie stop in his track fist clinched his eyes tamed on the floor "Charlie just go home. I can fix i-" "no I’m not just going to leave you here "
Pim was thoroughly soberd up by now
Charlie Ccame back from the bathroom
Carrying Band-Aids and disinfectant
He sat down beside pim and placed all the supplies on the coffee table "give me your arm"
Pim reluctantly did as he was told "you don't have to do this" tears started to roll down pim's cheeks and he started to sob. Charlie put his arms around Pim letting pim cry into his chest
Making his sweater damp. "i’ll always be here to take care of you."Charlie said in a comforting whisper. Pim continued to cry until he fell asleep.
Charlie finished dressing pim's cuts before placing his jacket over pim
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chapter 3
Charlie woke up He had spent the whole night at pim's apartment he looked down and pim still asleep Charlie figured he should probably make pim breakfast
Charlie shook pim awake "pim wake up,"
Pim opened his eyes groggily "noooo five more minutes" "pim you need to get up it’s almost 10:00
Pim jolted up" crap I’m gonna be so fucking late not again, not again"pim got up and started getting ready seemingly not noticing Charlie
"Pim I made you breakfast a BLT" pim stopped rummaging around and turned to look at Charlie
"what are you doing in my apartment?"
"You don’t remember?"
Pim had been pretty drunk did he seriously not remember anything?
"last thing I remember is Allen and glep going home" pim placed one hand on his head trying to remember anything else that happened
"it doesn’t matter I need to get ready for work"
"no need I called the boss last night and told him we are taking the day off you need it"
Pim looked at Charlie with a surprised and confused expression
"what happened last night?"
Charlie was quiet for a moment
"You umm your arm"
Pim looked terrified
He looked down at his bandaged arm
he stayed wide eyed with a mix of shock confusion and guilt in his eyes "pim? Pim listen I’ve been where you are and yeah, it’s sucks so... so I’m not just gonna leave OK I’m always gonna be here for you" pim looked up at Charlie
"I can’t do it"" what pim i-""oh God Charlie I’m so so sorry I shouldn’t have dragged you into this" pim fell to his knees with his head in his hands he started to cry. Charlie rushed over and began to comfort pim. "Pim it’s OK man I’m here. I’m right here. I’ll always be here."
Together they sat on pim's apartment floor