I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.396Please respect copyright.PENANAWu7Lhez23p
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.396Please respect copyright.PENANAAXEDzs0vPy
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.396Please respect copyright.PENANAyi3UEWTtDJ
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I'm doing better. Slightly.396Please respect copyright.PENANAgptPk3HpZ8
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.396Please respect copyright.PENANAghGpxOT7Fa
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.396Please respect copyright.PENANAm43xGKg8fJ
"I was sick."396Please respect copyright.PENANARc7KxXdpe3
And that was it.396Please respect copyright.PENANAhCdkYz6hug
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.396Please respect copyright.PENANAe7j0lKha9m
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 396Please respect copyright.PENANAmO0dhoDCE3
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.396Please respect copyright.PENANA0fYimEWcUq
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.396Please respect copyright.PENANAwgTgH1xmCk
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?396Please respect copyright.PENANAZ67jADslVM
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.396Please respect copyright.PENANAeCPEQtyvtL
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.396Please respect copyright.PENANA5JoPxmw0fS
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?396Please respect copyright.PENANAfI4LCGZcG4
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,396Please respect copyright.PENANAneorKHBIVR
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,396Please respect copyright.PENANAhTToJLUJ1W
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.396Please respect copyright.PENANAdj3ua6WEoW
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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.396Please respect copyright.PENANAGFqTHijqJ6
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."396Please respect copyright.PENANAxqk4YXbdTi
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.396Please respect copyright.PENANAyspA9UH95X
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.396Please respect copyright.PENANAgvBcPODSKw
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?396Please respect copyright.PENANAsh1wLTOHdN
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.396Please respect copyright.PENANAY8RBFIxqDz
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Fast footsteps approached.396Please respect copyright.PENANAI9YiobldnQ
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."396Please respect copyright.PENANAd7Yo91h5dr
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.396Please respect copyright.PENANA6NGzZ5OzJS
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."396Please respect copyright.PENANAJvMmULXwJF
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."396Please respect copyright.PENANAU7Hq0OPnDv
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.396Please respect copyright.PENANA50pIH7m8cJ
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.396Please respect copyright.PENANAUJEYz7N5FC
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.396Please respect copyright.PENANA2IzztKrcdW
And maybe I'll die myself, too.396Please respect copyright.PENANAkL5HZVguQS
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"396Please respect copyright.PENANAweRMEPZCqW
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.396Please respect copyright.PENANAW8X4BlamCu
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."396Please respect copyright.PENANAAkgxNGRw8d
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."396Please respect copyright.PENANAssiEAQBFGJ
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."396Please respect copyright.PENANAcqmjLXPC9w
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."396Please respect copyright.PENANAYexAZeVtxo
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?"396Please respect copyright.PENANAu1ZHoHtX8B
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?396Please respect copyright.PENANAIootlxf67n
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"396Please respect copyright.PENANAcw30miVSfx
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.396Please respect copyright.PENANAYxG3QfbkSt
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. 396Please respect copyright.PENANAOAwU2nFYET
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.396Please respect copyright.PENANAo16e1L8JSU
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.396Please respect copyright.PENANAL3RDNQZqJ6
I was taken to the hospital.396Please respect copyright.PENANAY7Mi4qWS60
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.396Please respect copyright.PENANA5zkWODr8J8
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.396Please respect copyright.PENANATFgeIpBxiw
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.396Please respect copyright.PENANAOgYyJtjJpx
Beggars can't be choosers. 396Please respect copyright.PENANA8FQi2amvvE
As a result, I'm alive.396Please respect copyright.PENANAnUf084wLhn
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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.396Please respect copyright.PENANAk0CNSTHY6N
Why was he out so late?396Please respect copyright.PENANAEEymWQklIx
Why did he do all that for me?396Please respect copyright.PENANAzHHgv3U2wA
There's no way he's that perfect.396Please respect copyright.PENANACbG0XlWp22
Did he want to have dirt on me?396Please respect copyright.PENANAGpPNv749hr
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.396Please respect copyright.PENANAC5adg9EFHj
I pretended I never heard him.396Please respect copyright.PENANArosxHFGGNT
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.396Please respect copyright.PENANAqYzDqMGKUe
And trash will always be trash.