Boy lightly pushed Girl away, and stood up. Very slowly he pulled out his pocketknife. He then removed his shirt and carved five “X” shaped cuts into his torso: two on his chest, one below each of those, and one on top of his umbilical wound. All the while Girl tried to stop him, but he simply pushed her away and kept on going. This resistance caused the cuts to be uneven, tattering Boy.

                Boy sliced and tour a petite chunk of flesh out of each of his sides. At this point, he was covered in blood. It was as if Satan had painted a new layer of skin made of blood upon Boy’s stomach. Girl’s efforts to discontinue Boy’s insanity proved useless. Then, finally, she yanked the knife from his hand and held it to her neck. She said, “If you do anymore to yourself, I will make you watch me commit suicide! The rest of your life will be pointless!”

                He then began to light a fire. Girl thought he was going to finish the job and burn himself and, without hesitation, pulled the knife slowly across her neck. Boy jumped to her and took the knife. He threw it into the fire. He then grasped her by her shoulders, and said,

“I love you.

There is a method behind my madness.

I do not want to live without you.

But if you are happier with another guy,

So be it.

But I refuse to sit and watch,

As you slowly murder yourself.”

                Boy hugged Girl with all his strength, and wept upon her until her shoulders were soaked in his love for her. She was weeping too, but even harder. He made her promise never to hurt herself again, unless she wished for his life to end. She agreed, and made him agree. They then began to kiss again, and without words, knew where their relationship now stood, and where it would stay