By_Your_Side

Welp, that's a wrap!
This has genuinely been a fun story to write and I cannot express enough how much I am so happy how much yall have supported me through the months and gwaaaah I'M SO HAPPY <3333THANK YOUUU!!!!!!!!
This will be my final message before I leave CS for good, so just know that I'll miss yall and hope you have a wonderful live <3
Also I want to see that part in Part 6 where Lotus hits her head into a wall either drawn or animated bc I think it'd be funny af ok byeeeee

Once Lychee waved goodbye and shut the door, there was a silence, a peaceful one. Lotus looked at the plush and the balloon and smiled. She knew she was going to sleep peacefully that night because she reminded herself one thing that would help her get through it all.
Everything is ok.
☆ Fin - Final Part of By Your Side ☆

They continued to talk until the sun started to set and the sky turned a nice orange.
"Oh, it's getting pretty late," Lotus looked outside the window in the room, "You should probably go home, we can't have your parents worried now!"
Lychee whined softly, "Buuut I wanna talk to you more! Why can't I stay here overnight?"
"Lychee, this is a hospital. You can't sleep here until you're a patient."
"...Oh yeah."
☆ Part 8 ☆

"Ehehe, you're the bestest friend I have in the whoooole world!" Lychee squealed while climbing on the hospital bed and laying down, kicking her legs up and down while looking up at Lotus. The patient smiled sweetly and picked up her plush to continue hugging it, sparking up a very simple conversation with the girl just to hear her pretty voice.
☆ Part 7 ☆

After a bit, Lychee calmed down and shifted her grab into a reassuring hug.
"It'll be ok, it'll all be ok..." She mumbled, nuzzling aganist Lotus' cheek, "We'll get through this, together." The patient started to cry, touched by the comfort the girl is giving her. The girl continues to pet her back and mumbling sweet things into the patient's ear.
"Th-thank you, thank y-you," the patient mumbled, still softly crying, and pulled her in closer. The girl eventually released her hug, wiping the other's tears away and smiled.
☆ Part 6 ☆

Lotus didn't notice that Lychee started to cry until the girl grabbed her and started to sob into her chest. She said incomprehensible things, which the only words the patient was able to make out was that it was her fault, that she should've been able to tell that the patient wasn't ok because they were best friends, and other self destructive language. Lotus reassured Lychee that it isn't her fault at all and that she didn't know what was happening.
☆ Part 5 ☆

TW - This paragraph is about why Lotus tried to overdose, proceed with caution




"Well, it's for a number of things," Lotus stated, squeezing the slug plushie tight to keep calm, "I felt like no matter what I did, it wasn't enough. It felt like I was always on thin ice, waiting for that time it cracks and sends me under." She closed her eyes, not being able to look at her best friend anymore. However, she still went on, "I had that feeling where I simply didn't want to exist, I wanted to disappear one day or go to sleep and never wake up. I didn't tell anyone about it because I thought I would lose them or they would be disgusted at me, so I bottled everything up until everything became a painful blur and I wanted to end it all."
☆ Part 4 ☆

Lychee sighed, breaking the silence, and looked away, "Lotus?"
"Yes?"
"Why did you... you know, try to overdose?"
Lotus felt a shock going through her body, but she didn't know why. The question felt unreal, like she imagined it all, but it wasn't made up. It was a real concern Lychee had, and she had to answer it. She isn't going to run away this time, like she had 10 days ago. It was time to face the very question that was piercing through her brain also.
☆ Part 3 ☆

Lotus unpacked the gift and took out a medium sized colorful slug plush. The patient hugged the plush, "Thank you, Lychee. This means a lot!" The patient continued to snuggle the plush while the girl sat on the bed and looked at her with warm eyes. There was a period of silence, the two girls looking at each other, not knowing what to say.
☆ Part 2 ☆

Lychee opened the door to Lotus' hospital room, holding a balloon and gift in the other hand. She looked around once she realized that the room was avoid of people other than Lotus.
"Where is everyone else?" The girl tipped her head and walked towards the hospital bed the patient was sitting up in, tying the frog shaped balloon on one of the knobs to a drawer. The patient shrugged and looked at the balloon in delight. "Whatever, I got you a gift!" The girl eagerly handed the patient a wrapped gift, waiting for her to open it.
☆ Part 1 ☆

Wouldn't it be funny if i finished the story rn

Oh shit we're on the final chapter now uh