I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.341Please respect copyright.PENANA8fpaEM4j1w
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.341Please respect copyright.PENANApgL0GZdEAd
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.341Please respect copyright.PENANAaslylA2pSb
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I'm doing better. Slightly.341Please respect copyright.PENANA1Moi0dXbRG
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.341Please respect copyright.PENANAIGRArY1H9k
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.341Please respect copyright.PENANAJAT2m6UJR8
"I was sick."341Please respect copyright.PENANAbToaIZd689
And that was it.341Please respect copyright.PENANA4hrBCbpb2v
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.341Please respect copyright.PENANAIKZ6rdhgL5
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 341Please respect copyright.PENANA1d12FwhcZX
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.341Please respect copyright.PENANARVPUVHxih6
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.341Please respect copyright.PENANA2m95TMiZ8r
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?341Please respect copyright.PENANAWp7Z8tX5u7
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5vC24P73e
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.341Please respect copyright.PENANAmFYT1zYsUu
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?341Please respect copyright.PENANABB8JyN84C5
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,341Please respect copyright.PENANAO2eCOwl37f
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,341Please respect copyright.PENANA4gOgAYvEwt
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.341Please respect copyright.PENANAMEiQzox7GO
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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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAGZH7UmKY0h
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."341Please respect copyright.PENANAJJKtir9zfn
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.341Please respect copyright.PENANAdKuhqZmiju
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.341Please respect copyright.PENANAMr2daIQzUt
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?341Please respect copyright.PENANACc6Uo1qakv
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.341Please respect copyright.PENANACYamSE5Xv9
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Fast footsteps approached.341Please respect copyright.PENANAQZu5cA4L4w
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."341Please respect copyright.PENANAaNU4yYKdXe
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.341Please respect copyright.PENANAOgCIqR4EMy
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."341Please respect copyright.PENANA5usZILvAJV
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."341Please respect copyright.PENANAHkVoerEy1T
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.341Please respect copyright.PENANA640fcmervz
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.341Please respect copyright.PENANAgVorJgtD9m
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.341Please respect copyright.PENANAjj27h7mYzE
And maybe I'll die myself, too.341Please respect copyright.PENANAvR9UCuG10O
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAXL6x8jaSx1
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.341Please respect copyright.PENANAfWdF6Ge1dt
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."341Please respect copyright.PENANA2y8Qs3d5x0
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."341Please respect copyright.PENANAB0FZNjKTON
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."341Please respect copyright.PENANAiCIMzyxS2I
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."341Please respect copyright.PENANAguHzMHfHFj
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?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAqsRXOR7PCG
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?341Please respect copyright.PENANA0jUa3WMJsb
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"341Please respect copyright.PENANAN4oz2UvIXU
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.341Please respect copyright.PENANARHMBF3PFtj
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. 341Please respect copyright.PENANAt4DnDoL4TY
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.341Please respect copyright.PENANAtwSAMRDF0b
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.341Please respect copyright.PENANAPgrNZFbRb2
I was taken to the hospital.341Please respect copyright.PENANA8FNvBopjkI
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.341Please respect copyright.PENANAe6t1ZD3kt8
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.341Please respect copyright.PENANAhLlVAPjeWI
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAOBJDynSIrO
Beggars can't be choosers. 341Please respect copyright.PENANAozUD6Uv9Ou
As a result, I'm alive.341Please respect copyright.PENANA7doeqT6KJy
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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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAeMMNylP5xK
Why was he out so late?341Please respect copyright.PENANA25mNvxbjGF
Why did he do all that for me?341Please respect copyright.PENANADO5fu04xWV
There's no way he's that perfect.341Please respect copyright.PENANANFGKpy2iqC
Did he want to have dirt on me?341Please respect copyright.PENANA1n5uzNwwxN
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.341Please respect copyright.PENANAKtxCy44l3V
I pretended I never heard him.341Please respect copyright.PENANAabwY2MgB04
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.341Please respect copyright.PENANA2DQjy4BsRo
And trash will always be trash.