I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.381Please respect copyright.PENANAg5Vs2voUHB
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.381Please respect copyright.PENANAOBdyGBqufq
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.381Please respect copyright.PENANAfAqVR5KGON
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I'm doing better. Slightly.381Please respect copyright.PENANAtWVKgysMhz
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.381Please respect copyright.PENANAsB3Dwjeq7z
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.381Please respect copyright.PENANAO3CqOPO3Gy
"I was sick."381Please respect copyright.PENANAB8vICQ0pN7
And that was it.381Please respect copyright.PENANAdURCSs3Ddb
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.381Please respect copyright.PENANA7jdS7j7S2x
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 381Please respect copyright.PENANAtUaDouM8VY
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.381Please respect copyright.PENANAfof7V9zR0I
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.381Please respect copyright.PENANA8slnOvHiiY
I don't need any more than that, anyway. I can't have more than that, anyway.
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Huh? Ah, what happened the other day?381Please respect copyright.PENANA2UK1ZNuZXj
I thought I would get away with not writing anything, damn it. Hahaha. Sorry, must be lame reading a guy talking to himself. Er, writing, whatever.
I think I've mentioned the class prez once. I mean, that's all there is to him.381Please respect copyright.PENANAWiLi605EUK
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.381Please respect copyright.PENANA8fzS24vaOf
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?381Please respect copyright.PENANA2hVS6RPe4p
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,381Please respect copyright.PENANAedM7T2HDnT
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,381Please respect copyright.PENANAvgzjEZf8aq
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.381Please respect copyright.PENANAWhMRX4rT6z
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I didn't even expect him to remember my name. Well, I guess remembering everyone's names in class isn't hard after a while.
But it had to be him, of all people.381Please respect copyright.PENANAX8Wm2BurK0
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."381Please respect copyright.PENANA5Znx2UJubD
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.381Please respect copyright.PENANAsQiIzphnw9
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.381Please respect copyright.PENANAo24LzLFyDY
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?381Please respect copyright.PENANAbnbowQNkw4
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.381Please respect copyright.PENANAH5CxIoaS1J
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Fast footsteps approached.381Please respect copyright.PENANAoqVsYb9Esm
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."381Please respect copyright.PENANAccdfU9F5n1
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.381Please respect copyright.PENANAiOdSgDTUIl
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."381Please respect copyright.PENANAqKm3qNrjYj
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."381Please respect copyright.PENANABVmP307MFY
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.381Please respect copyright.PENANAJzHkoBWLzu
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.381Please respect copyright.PENANAoDhEuVYLQ2
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.381Please respect copyright.PENANAAJM2CgVZvU
And maybe I'll die myself, too.381Please respect copyright.PENANA1b3Pf4s0Cu
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"381Please respect copyright.PENANATmR9ErqQ1l
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.381Please respect copyright.PENANABeIOnSsA0v
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."381Please respect copyright.PENANAIEUByKnyKp
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."381Please respect copyright.PENANATZLw3anvcq
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."381Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1Qwj39tyy
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."381Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6APyBlbPC
Suddenly, I felt annoyed. A feeling I haven't had in a while.
"I know you're not... but isn't it human decency to help a classmate when he's in trouble?"381Please respect copyright.PENANAh205HA5VqE
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?381Please respect copyright.PENANAzaQIm4aUAW
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"381Please respect copyright.PENANA2HyPgHeLEy
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.381Please respect copyright.PENANAXDZx0TYDwd
I remember being prepared to utter a whole line of curse words, but when I noticed his grip shaking, I lost the chance to.
I was tired. 381Please respect copyright.PENANAUKlFtgU1A7
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.381Please respect copyright.PENANAVRrCiZR5WT
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.381Please respect copyright.PENANA0YBpJxhhQm
I was taken to the hospital.381Please respect copyright.PENANAIJqfArmUDd
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.381Please respect copyright.PENANAfbak9tHbw0
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.381Please respect copyright.PENANAEQoOrYpleq
As humiliating as it was, it was conflicting. I don't know if I could've afforded it myself, yet I was angry. I was ashamed.381Please respect copyright.PENANAboO0UX02Z2
Beggars can't be choosers. 381Please respect copyright.PENANASAN6obnxhG
As a result, I'm alive.381Please respect copyright.PENANAkzPmcAx24I
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I'm not sure if I'm grateful, but I owe him.
But I can't bring myself to face him.381Please respect copyright.PENANAAEsLuZPdLt
Why was he out so late?381Please respect copyright.PENANAOCflqBqzsl
Why did he do all that for me?381Please respect copyright.PENANAtFLSjl5zbW
There's no way he's that perfect.381Please respect copyright.PENANACljPY90XXl
Did he want to have dirt on me?381Please respect copyright.PENANAJXNIrd6jXu
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.381Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ7nEy9Ixv
I pretended I never heard him.381Please respect copyright.PENANA18w0HAgh7h
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.381Please respect copyright.PENANARfFjGVXPXq
And trash will always be trash.