[DIA] (BFDI x II) A Black Hole living on Earth

Even black holes need therapy

Black Hole's PO.V:

Once chemistry had finished I went straight to the cafeteria. I don't remember anything that happened with me the other day but from what I told I'm both guilty for the chaos and embarrassed of everything else. I grab my lunch and look for a place to sit, normally in my case I would prefer to sit by myself but according to Tree and Candle that kind of isolation was what caused my personified anger to lash out. 

Mic: BLACK HOLE! OVER HERE! :D

I look to see Mic waving at me with her volume up so I could hear her, she'll do. I walk over to sit with her.

Mic: Been a while since we've spoke together huh?

Black Hole: Yeah..

Mic: So... I saw the news, what was all that about??

Black Hole: Oh... that... That was just my suppressed anger personified. Long story.

Mic: I'm sorry Suppressed anger? Black Hole, have you been upset about something and haven't talked about?

Black Hole: I suppose..? There were moments where I felt the need for an.. aggressive reaction but I've come to learn that rage doesn't usually get you anything good so I thought avoiding it would be better for everyone. 

Mic: Yeeeaahh that's... not healthy for anyone. I mean yeah there are points of time where letting yourself get angry isn't accepted (mostly in schools or work places) but that doesn't mean you need to bottle it up. The same thing can go with other emotions as well, you just need to find a way to express yourself. 

Black Hole: Hm, I guess I still have a lot to learn about basic emotions huh? They really have an effect on my powers though.

Mic: Yep, the ways emotions work are a real mystery. Did you always carry a lunch of that amount though?

Black Hole: It's something called 'stressed eating'. 

I fling everything on my tray into my face and then the tray, after that I get my phone out and play  a few games.

Mic: Sounds like something you'd do when stressed. Me, I like to vent my negative feelings through song. Usually I sing something that fits what I'm upset at and pretend I'm singing it at whoever I'm upset with. Like my killjoy of a Mom, YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE MY DREAMS MOM, I'M A PUNK AND I LOVE MYSELF THAT WAY!!

Mic slammed her fist on the table and stood up yelling, not with her volume up but it was still enough to make me jump.

Black Hole: Dang, and Tree says I'm the one who needs to see a therapist.

Mic: Your getting therapy? You actually know what that is?

Black Hole: No, but Tree says it'll be good for me so I'm going with it.

Mic: Well good for you then, therapy always helps.

She pats on my back leans me in to hug. After school Tree brings me to some kind of clinic and talks with the receptionist.

Tree: Okay I set you up with Dr. Torch, I'm gonna have to leave you here but when he's ready for you they let you know, just sit over there to wait. I'll see you soon.

I wave my goodbyes to Tree as he leaves and sit down in the waiting area. I look around me and find Pencil on the opposing side with a booklet titled "Are you worth redeeming?", I guess she's got her state of mind jumbled up too makes sense considering she abused two clubs and I had to help end it. She looks my way and I turn the other direction as I didn't want to make things more awkward. 

Dr. Torch: You Black Hole? Right this way boy.

I get up and follow Dr. Torch into one of the rooms but not before looking back at Pencil.

Black Hole: Hey uh good luck, with whatever you're going through...

Pencil: ...

Pencil: Whatever.

Dr. Torch: Ok, so where do we begin...?

Black Hole: Are you not even the slightest bit on edge that your current client is a literal black hole from space?

Dr. Torch: Had I not already hear of you from my kid maybe I would be rattled, but that's neither here or there. Now tell me, have you always been a black hole with morals?

Black Hole: Well, I actually gained moral compass when I spent some time with an alien fleet instead of devouring them. Before that though I was no better than any other black hole.

As I talked about myself Dr. Torch took notes on a clipboard.

Dr. Torch: Would you say this past of yours haunts you to some degree?

I remain silent and balled myself up a little processing the question.

Black Hole: ....

Dr. Torch: Okay... moving on... *ahem* Do sentient black holes like you have parents, if so what would you say your relation ship was like with them?

Black Hole: My... parent...? I...

My metaphorical stomach starts to knot up again, my accretion disk turns more blue yet still remained dim. I was almost on the verge of bursting into non-existent tears.

Dr. Torch: Are you okay..?

Black Hole: *sniff* No... I never knew my parent star.. us black holes are born from the death of a star so they died as I was born and I... I ate them...

I sat there on the sofa crying without regard of the torch in front of me looking rather concerned, he reaches into a box somewhere and offers me a plush ram with a starry pattern and box of tissues that last one wasn't really required but I took it anyway.

Black Hole: *sniff* Sorry for breaking down on you like that...

Dr. Torch: No don't be, it's totally normal to cry. Sometimes a good cry is all a person needs to feel better. 

Black Hole: R-really?

Dr. Torch: Well of course, every emotion we experience has an important purpose in our lives. That aside, your emotional distress would seem to sperm from the childhood you had without a parental figure, you may not have found out about it until you came to this planet am I not wrong? And that falls into a category we on earth call trauma. 

Dr. Torch: Would you care to tell me what motivated you to live on our planet?

Black Hole: That's a bit of a long story but I'll tell you all about it.

The rest of the visit went along fine and I did feel a little better to some of that off my chest, we both scheduled my next visit the same day two weeks later.

~To be Continued~