I’ve always wondered what this all was, it started a few weeks ago. Every morning, on my skin laid a new scar. At first I thought I was imagining it, but no. No pain, no memory, no reason, it just appears. It started with small ones on my feet, hands then a few bigger ones on my face and neck.

I was sitting swaying my feet impatiently for the bus to arrive, the brisk air freezing my lungs. It was always the same everyday day for school, but today there was someone different sitting with me at the bus stop. I studied his form, he looked quite like me, if you asked a stranger he’d believe we were siblings. He looked over my way making my head swing away.

“Hey?” He questioned invitingly.

Shoot did he see me looking at him. I looked over to him and answered timidly.

“Huh?”

He extended his arm toward me his finger outstretched, he pointed to my neck.

“I have that one too” his arm hovered in the air pointing at it before he extended his neck, showing a snake of scars.

“Ha-twins I guess” I loosened up after knowing he wasn’t upset with me.

“They look awfully similar” he paused for a moment “I got mine from a nasty car crash I was in when I was about your age.” He looked away, his gaze on his scared hands. His face brightened up a bit before he looked back at me “where’d you get yours?”

I shrugged, “they just kinda got there”

“What?”

I shrugged.

“I got a few more all over but- they just kinda got there” I lifted up my pant to show a bit of the scars. His eyes widened.

“Oh, Alex” he said underneath his breath almost as if he was condoning a puppy.

“How-“ I puzzled.

“Just-know that it’ll be alright. Just-you’ll be okay. You’ll live, trust in that.” He said before getting up starting to walk away.

“What?” I stood up, not ready for him to leave quite yet.

“Bye kid”

My gaze shifted to the buss that pulled up before I looked back to the mysterious man, but when I looked back he was gone. I walked up to the bus, I wonder who he was, he sure reminded me of myself though.

(Just kinda whipped this together but I’m glad I got something together. This is a really good prompt so if you got a good one just comment I’d love to check it out!”