The Girl Covered in Scars

She longs for a better life.

A life where her mother would always be home to protect her from the abusive monster they live and are enslaved by,

and a life where that monster,

- the monster that is her father-

would love both her and her mother

instead of drowning himself with alcohol and drugs.

She's tried talking to someone.

Someone who could possibly help or at the very least comfort her,

but nobody is willing to help or listen to her story.

Instead they refuse to believe her,

and simply wave it off as "fiction."

So she smiles.

Smiles to hide what she truly feels.

Smiles to blend in with everyone else around her.

And smiles to assure herself that everything will be okay...

although it never will.

When she meets him,

a boy physically and emotionally covered in darkness,

so mysterious as he tries his best to avoid the people around him,

but yet posses light whenever he makes eye contact with her,

she's able to forget about the hurt and pain that she's been feeling

and actually smile for its purpose.

She finds him to be understanding;

the first person to ever share the same pain that she's feeling.

Although she trusts him

unlike many others in her world,

she's afraid of revealing her story to him.

Afraid of his judgments,

and afraid of his refusal to help and listen to her.

He already brings the happiness she's been longing for,

and she will do whatever it takes to keep and cherish that feeling for as long as she can.

(Character Description of "Inside & Out")