AMARA pov :
After dropping Mona off at her school, I headed toward my college.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBFp9W73Pj
It stood tall and wide—an old building with modern patches, alive with chatter and movement.
I entered through the main gate, the cold air brushing past my cheeks as I walked slowly across the ground.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOJ0iBVdj8
Students were scattered all around—laughing, walking in groups, some rushing in panic, some half-asleep.
I watched them quietly.
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I passed the garden, then the notice board, and finally reached my building.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBU8uQCcD4
Inside, the hallway buzzed with voices and footsteps echoing off the walls.
I made my way to my classroom, and just as I reached the door, the bell rang.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3bdgCVCgH
Sharp. Loud. Piercing the sleepy air.
I walked in with the others, our footsteps soft against the tiled floor.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95mIB5XLL5
I headed straight to the last bench—near the window, my usual spot.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZNWHiPvmt
Dropped my bag beside me and sat down, pulling out my notebook and pen.
A moment later, our physics teacher walked in, holding her register close to her chest like always.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9m12Xw25eh
She was strict, but not unfair.
"Roll call first," she said, flipping the pages.
She started calling out names one by one.
"Amara?" she said, her voice echoing slightly in the quiet room.
"Present," I replied, my voice low but clear.
She nodded and continued.
The moment the attendance ended, she turned to the board and began the lecture—some topic on waves and motion.
I opened my notebook and started taking notes.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcx4YWl1VY
My handwriting moved across the page almost automatically.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFylvcRrR5b
It was mechanical—like my hands knew what to do even if my mind didn't.
Outside the window, the sun had fully risen, casting soft shadows on the ground.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPeGhLUk7U
The trees swayed gently, and I found myself staring at the sky instead of the board.
My thoughts drifted, slowly and silently.
What am I doing? Where am I heading?66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6JUbziS8l
Sometimes I wonder if I'm just passing time, or if time is passing me.
I snapped back for a moment when the teacher raised her voice, emphasizing a formula.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiTy8sj8zR
I scribbled it down, then faded again into my own world.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJucSiw4Y7y
Thinking... feeling... remembering... and sometimes, just empty.
The lectures came and went like pages turning in a book I wasn't reading.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhBUdH7S0F
Math. Chemistry. English. . Computer.
Each teacher entered, spoke, and left.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMnaPIzIA6
Students laughed, whispered, yawned, scribbled, stared at the clock.
I stayed there.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJkZbVngLg
On the last bench, near the window.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprXn1wPqTK
Listening, learning... and sometimes, just breathing.
"Oh Amara, did you do your homework?"66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmtgUObFMB
Jessica's voice reached me—my classmate, the girl who always sat one bench ahead.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7LEcYrNKf
I looked up and nodded, quietly handing her my notebook.
"Thanks," she smiled.
I just gave a small smile back.
I think... I barely speak in class.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcNotbUq0E
I barely exist in the noise.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oGnPymthk
Sometimes I wonder—do I even have friends?66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zi0SMcihz
Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtMEwscZSx
Maybe having people around doesn't mean you're not alone.
And if we sit in a room full of laughter and still feel empty—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFxWDD1Idh
Then what's the point of trying so hard to belong?
The lecture ended. The bell rang again. Another hour faded away.
I walked down to the ground, where life felt louder.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtuHwGhAb6
The boys were playing football, their shouts echoing, chasing the ball like it meant everything.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69JGFOnP7l
The girls stood near the fence, cheering and laughing, waving hands and hair in the cold wind.
I sat on the edge of the grass, arms wrapped around my knees, watching them.
But what was I really watching?
Soon, I wasn't even there anymore.
My thoughts had already taken me somewhere else.
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This world moves fast. Too fast sometimes.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9q7j1qnW9
People talk like they've figured it all out.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P7KYrcHwb
How to be happy. How to be successful. How to be strong.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoQ2TeDkoi
But no one tells you what to do when your heart is quiet, and your mind is loud.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn2pHTjieN
No one teaches you how to sit with your own silence and not be scared of it.
Maybe that's why I like this bench. This space. This moment between everything.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKi2rO6Qti
Because here, I'm not pretending. I'm not performing. I'm just... living .. breathing.
The wind picked up slightly.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQptzdAhxm
I looked at the sky—my old habit—and let myself just exist in that second.
Nothing made sense.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvsQw1ckLf
But for now, I didn't need it to.
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Sometimes I wonder... does the world even notice the quiet ones?66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvF8GhNNyF5
The ones who sit at the edge, not trying to join in, not trying to stand out either.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDdl7ZNM8k
We exist too, don't we? In the background, in the pauses between noise.
I see people laughing, shouting, running, living so loudly.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV5iPBFQil
And I sit here... thinking quietly, feeling loudly.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILW0bBFjNf
Is that still living?
Jessica walked past with her friends. She waved, and I gave a tiny nod.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwRAL3pimu
She was kind.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8n5YOn74HW
But kindness doesn't always reach where loneliness lives.
I stayed a little longer. Watching the wind play with the edges of scarves.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC6GniXagd
The way the football kept rolling.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7HV0UB5J1
The way voices blurred into noise
Why does everything feel like it's moving without me?66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3veoAkBiTd
Like the world is spinning and I'm just... watching from the outside of a glass window.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8R6IgzNht
I laugh sometimes, I speak when needed. I exist.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXShl25W7C
But do I live?
Maybe I'm not made for noise. Maybe I was always meant for silence.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVv1dbazeL
Not sad. Not broken. Just... quiet
The bell rang, sharp and familiar.
Everyone moved quickly—some annoyed, some laughing, some still trying to finish snacks.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DzyDGsytP
I stood up slowly, brushed my skirt gently ...
Back inside the building, it was crowded again.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvAs6TfR43
Voices echoed. Someone ran past. Someone cursed the timetable.
I walked quietly to my next class.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbllmz0map
Same bench. Same corner. Same silence.
The teacher came in and began reading a poem.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGssc3M3kUx
Her voice was soft, flowing with words that meant more than what they said.
I opened my notebook.
Wrote the title.
And stared at the page for a moment.
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"It's strange how words written by someone else can sometimes feel like they belong to you.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEG8OxdPBHh
Like they've seen your heart before you did"66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXx8U0tHwq
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soon i was walking to go back __home ...home.__home.
I opened the front door and stepped inside, closing it softly behind me.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpu2jCV2WJ
The air was warm. Familiar.
Mona was already home, still in her school uniform, sitting cross-legged on the couch—watching Friends, again.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tndz1OUQe
The sound of canned laughter filled the room.
"Change your clothes," I said, placing my bag on the table.
She looked back at me with a small smile. "In a minute."
I raised my brow slightly. "You said that yesterday."
"I'll go. Promise," she mumbled, eyes still glued to the screen.
I walked into the kitchen.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37mnvqJHc8
On the fridge, taped neatly, was a small piece of paper.
I leaned in and read it.
"I made rice. Eat it, girls. See ya soon. Bye. Love you. — Mom."
Her handwriting was rushed, like always.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCrzaucSEN
I stared at it for a second, then sighed quietly.
"She's at work again?" I asked, turning my head.
Mona nodded from the couch. "Double shift again. I told you yesterday, remember?"
"Right..." I whispered, pulling open the rice pot.
I served myself a small plate and sat at the table, eating slowly.
"You ate already?" I asked, glancing toward Mona.
"Yeah. Right after school. I was starving."
I just nodded. The spoon clinked softly against the plate as I finished my food in silence.
Afterward, I got up, washed my plate and hers too. The water was warm, steam rising gently from the sink.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ1P414zyl
The kitchen light flickered once, but stayed on.
I dried my hands and walked up to my room.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEhIWTYmxj
Changed out of my uniform.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvPmXRclsZ
Pulled on black pants, a plain white top, and layered my long brown coat over it.
Standing in front of the mirror, I tied my hair again__my vision on the mirror is also tired my almond eyes hollow from inside my face pale..skinny like there is no soul.
Before leaving, I peeked into the living room. Mona had finally changed, now curled up in fresh pajamas with a notebook open beside her.
"I'm going now," I said softly.
She looked up. "Okay. Be careful."
"Lock the door after me, and do your homework. No skipping tonight."
"I know, I know," she said, waving her pencil lazily.
I slipped into my shoes, grabbed my bag, and stepped outside.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXtii0EVoH
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