I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset

                       “ I… Thanks. — I appreciate it…. How’s your head feel? ”

            doesn’t even hurt anymore... is that something that magic thing does too?

[ he wanted to say something to finally end this awkward i-sent-you-nudes-and-then-you-kissed-me-tension, but he was stumped on what to say. ]

            i... uh.... thanks

      That wasn’t the hard part, though. Her throat felt oddly constricted and there was a cold sweat on the back of her neck as she took a moment to collect herself. Harlem had heard about her father’s small meltdown when her mother explained her magic — as nervous as she already was, she was hoping Bailey would be more put together than that. Before further explaining anything, the brunette grabbed a washcloth and wet it to wipe the blood from his face. Focusing on that calmed her enough to get the words out. 

           “ —— I inherited my mother’s magic and that’s how I healed your cut. You’re not              going to have a scar. No one will ever be able to tell this happened. My mom has              had me keep this a secret to protect me from ever being taken advantage of like              she was. Only three people actually know, and two of them are my parents. I —              I need you not to tell anyone about this, Bailey. I know you don’t owe me anything,              but this has to stay between us. Noelle doesn’t know… and it would crush her to              find out I’ve been lying to her for my entire life. ”

                                                                                                “ —— Please don’t freak out. ”

[ of course, once he became friends with noelle, he thought back to the story lefou had told him about rapunzel. it had crossed his six year old mind that there could be a chance his new friend had the powers, but he never thought more of it. ]

[ bailey considered himself to be a pretty mellow person, almost too mellow. so there was no freak out, no scared look upon his face, nothing. he just shrugged at the mention of magic, as if it were no big deal. ] 

                            that’s cool, no biggie. i won’t tell anyone.

[ he thought about the fact that he was one of four people to know about this, even over her own siblings. it seemed odd to him that she wouldn’t tell noelle considering they were close, but he knew that was none of his business. every family had their ways, even his own. ] 

             “ Are you okay? What happened? ”

      Ushering him over to a seat, she took a closer look at the laceration. It was deep enough to need stitches and it had clearly been bleeding for some time. Before she could really think through anything other than helping him, she healed the cut. Only on afterthought did she think that it was a bad call. She couldn’t just bandage him up and explain it away — it was a deep cut right on his face. Her concern was probably evident on her face, so before he could assume the worst, she spoke hesitantly.

              “ —— I’m going to tell you something… and I need you to not freak out. ”

[ in one moment, the pain from the wound was searing. then, as if by a magic wave of her hands, it was gone. bailey reached up to his face with his clean hand, looking for the wound. with a puzzled look on his face, he was confused at where the wound had went. there was no mark, no reminder that it had even been there before. ] 

...ok

NIALL.  Oh. My. God.