I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.401Please respect copyright.PENANA3FHEFZ5qOD
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.401Please respect copyright.PENANAc67EN6RYFU
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.401Please respect copyright.PENANAHwRkGlgkFv
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I'm doing better. Slightly.401Please respect copyright.PENANAn3JObkCGec
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.401Please respect copyright.PENANAJW7tCo7EhD
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.401Please respect copyright.PENANAZRLKlPaTuk
"I was sick."401Please respect copyright.PENANAtHWdOjrUxv
And that was it.401Please respect copyright.PENANAo9OJeoDUSU
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.401Please respect copyright.PENANAYCjoxiMSrn
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 401Please respect copyright.PENANATuIlmwHJA2
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.401Please respect copyright.PENANAiCkp6mkD9n
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.401Please respect copyright.PENANAq3kj1kZVOc
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?401Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y0FaA3B1l
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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAloBrOZ8acw
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.401Please respect copyright.PENANAD9lG9QrTmE
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?401Please respect copyright.PENANAvZE36YDLQ1
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,401Please respect copyright.PENANAlsfhmySXjk
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,401Please respect copyright.PENANAFoCetww9Pg
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.401Please respect copyright.PENANAWQm8ILnOuE
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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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAm3hh4tYbyU
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."401Please respect copyright.PENANAIi4bKz7mk1
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.401Please respect copyright.PENANASECuwDuRV8
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.401Please respect copyright.PENANAzR0OS5fJcb
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?401Please respect copyright.PENANASjefZH7Mpv
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.401Please respect copyright.PENANAWNedJdLib9
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Fast footsteps approached.401Please respect copyright.PENANAJGqsvNK394
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."401Please respect copyright.PENANA58YnZgs30a
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.401Please respect copyright.PENANAxBG5wxd6cK
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."401Please respect copyright.PENANAzhI5y9CAaB
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."401Please respect copyright.PENANAhpJ1fZaILa
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.401Please respect copyright.PENANAPXhbEAn39p
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.401Please respect copyright.PENANA2HKgmcY22g
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.401Please respect copyright.PENANATmdDmIJ6X9
And maybe I'll die myself, too.401Please respect copyright.PENANAFRieHUY1tx
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAqGOzCCzg2Y
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.401Please respect copyright.PENANAtpu9htChdM
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."401Please respect copyright.PENANAXXRVbD9g7k
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."401Please respect copyright.PENANA1K4ZnaGncs
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."401Please respect copyright.PENANAgpu3vM9ggs
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."401Please respect copyright.PENANAdPjMjOJ3NY
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?"401Please respect copyright.PENANA4oVGYInf14
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?401Please respect copyright.PENANAKtMni8ourH
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"401Please respect copyright.PENANAlSeYm0RVmE
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.401Please respect copyright.PENANAkPua1UFATy
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. 401Please respect copyright.PENANAhTPhuHRSFa
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.401Please respect copyright.PENANA73PTcsRym9
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.401Please respect copyright.PENANAvG0A35FJ9A
I was taken to the hospital.401Please respect copyright.PENANAgOsEBGZuBb
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.401Please respect copyright.PENANAC8ThVxLbh8
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.401Please respect copyright.PENANAr1A8rBciK7
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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAHUtWCZvdEa
Beggars can't be choosers. 401Please respect copyright.PENANAJdhccQZEYb
As a result, I'm alive.401Please respect copyright.PENANAjMXlTtg1lK
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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.401Please respect copyright.PENANALRtZYY5MmS
Why was he out so late?401Please respect copyright.PENANAXSNHJTd2Qe
Why did he do all that for me?401Please respect copyright.PENANA0QzL7ahzxw
There's no way he's that perfect.401Please respect copyright.PENANAjBNadNxXip
Did he want to have dirt on me?401Please respect copyright.PENANAI5vzlYtWrZ
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.401Please respect copyright.PENANARsfQOGYM8z
I pretended I never heard him.401Please respect copyright.PENANAMypNX2UUH9
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.401Please respect copyright.PENANAHtG3CCkHBq
And trash will always be trash.