Was literally holding my breathe the whole time reading this cause I thought at the last moment the father would come back and harm one of them but I'm so glad they lived happily ever after
All you gotta do is occupy yourself with meaning life stuff, like hobbies, maybe going out more, etc. Self harm is not gonna make things better, Everytime you look at those scars I'll just be a reminder on how much you wanna kill yourself. Also, depending on where you cut you can't wear certain things (unless you don't mine people seeing them). I think you should tell atleast someone how your feeling, even if they look at you differently, if they are ur friends and care about you, they'd want the best for you.
Wait a minute, does he fall in love with him thinking he's a actual dog? Like romanticly??? Hopefully,when romantic feelings are brought up he'll see him as a human