Sorry Leo but your my fave turtle so you get to deal with my ideas!

I WANNA MARRY LEO!

*cough* *cough* Sorry bout that... ON WITH THE STORY!

BTW People who are following Moonshadow warriors. I won't be updating till at least friday... CURSE SCHOOL!

There's a boy we know.

He doesn't know how to handle things.

And everything's spiralling out of control...

Sometimes he can convince himself he's not really alive...

Maybe he's in a nightmare... and he just can't wake up.

You would never guess his secret if you knew him.

He hides it so well.

He seems so happy... So perfect...

Do you want to know his secret?

He cuts himself.

He doesn't know why and he doesn't understand why he resolved to it.

But one thing he does know... He can't stop.

He tries and tries but he just can't...

But why?

When he feels out of control...

Overwhelmed with emotion...

Cutting helps him calm down and think.

But at the same time... When he feels so numb... Empty...

Cutting helps him feel alive even just for a minute.

He doesn't have an easy childhood.

There were always arguments...

Always giving... Never receiving...

And he never felt good enough... Important enough...

Who would care if I self harm?

Everyone's better off without me anyway.

That's what he told himself each day.

He was everything he despised.

Boring, pointless, useless.

Sometimes he would sit in his room crying...

A razor blade in his hands at the ready...

Hearing the laughter from outside... He'd never felt more alone...

...And yet no one noticed?

He just wanted a hug and to be told he was loved...

For them to loved him and tell him everything's going to be okay... And that they care...

So why didn't they?

Sometimes he thought about dying.

Just ending it all.

He would never do it, but sometimes he really wanted too...

Who would care after all...Right?

He was only 15.

A lonely and misunderstood boy.

By the time he was 16... He's arms were covered in scars and cuts.

He just wanted to be loved.

Was that too much to ask?

He always tried to be everyone else's idea of perfect... That he completely lost who he was.

He lied to his family and few friends.

Just so he wouldn't see the tears of disappointment in their eyes.

He wanted someone to understand...

To care...

But it didn't happen.

He wanted someone...

Needed someone.

There's a boy.

Do you want to know his secret?

He self harms.

Can you guess who he is?

His name was Leonardo Hamato.

And he's gone now.

Do you know anyone who self harms?

The bubbly girl in class who tells you her cat scratched her?

The smart boy in class? The girl who seems perfect in every way?

Help them, just try to.