I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.373Please respect copyright.PENANAiYkDwLy7Sa
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.373Please respect copyright.PENANAFKUhhMOeIn
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.373Please respect copyright.PENANA1K1uiI6ixB
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I'm doing better. Slightly.373Please respect copyright.PENANA6nd9CM0xQD
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.373Please respect copyright.PENANAs5S0DYTdUq
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.373Please respect copyright.PENANAM6WMbQudL6
"I was sick."373Please respect copyright.PENANA3xmYdCPqG0
And that was it.373Please respect copyright.PENANAz59vTfWIri
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.373Please respect copyright.PENANAge64W7OPE5
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 373Please respect copyright.PENANAzsOtBFWFlV
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.373Please respect copyright.PENANAc6B2jfzfzH
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.373Please respect copyright.PENANA6e3qfT32zE
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?373Please respect copyright.PENANAXwDm3uwUD4
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.373Please respect copyright.PENANAvWZ5RYw2FD
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.373Please respect copyright.PENANA1r2An2Sc4g
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?373Please respect copyright.PENANApgzixXn4WW
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,373Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZNR12dkXx
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,373Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9AR19GJvt
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.373Please respect copyright.PENANAv3IZdzJWeT
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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.373Please respect copyright.PENANA1w3dDQTPuz
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."373Please respect copyright.PENANAfHWcxHehNv
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.373Please respect copyright.PENANAKcYfb8s6p1
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.373Please respect copyright.PENANAqIVgRLQbn9
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?373Please respect copyright.PENANAljJhHIb809
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.373Please respect copyright.PENANAdukiywMOTz
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Fast footsteps approached.373Please respect copyright.PENANAlh4QjDYU3Z
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."373Please respect copyright.PENANAIHl5jd5wK7
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.373Please respect copyright.PENANA7A1xZauuST
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."373Please respect copyright.PENANAMDXeiMxN1N
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."373Please respect copyright.PENANAD2HBcEXksh
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.373Please respect copyright.PENANAFmLoqdO45O
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.373Please respect copyright.PENANAjyMc6w1IhN
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.373Please respect copyright.PENANASU6AoB35CN
And maybe I'll die myself, too.373Please respect copyright.PENANAH4CfCCx5cL
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"373Please respect copyright.PENANA14kBMmu4ib
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.373Please respect copyright.PENANApeUHlnPJwP
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."373Please respect copyright.PENANAOzt7eLAgNC
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."373Please respect copyright.PENANAHStcghla6Q
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."373Please respect copyright.PENANAK8RYfIV6Rr
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."373Please respect copyright.PENANAXfghgxm3ld
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?"373Please respect copyright.PENANAEnGatZ3NAV
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?373Please respect copyright.PENANAj3TKhVqZlt
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"373Please respect copyright.PENANAhWphx0smCh
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.373Please respect copyright.PENANAtekZ8vEReb
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. 373Please respect copyright.PENANAakpqe8lWaQ
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.373Please respect copyright.PENANADInuGMEk9w
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.373Please respect copyright.PENANAjPuI1TmEwt
I was taken to the hospital.373Please respect copyright.PENANAFwLG31vZHH
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.373Please respect copyright.PENANArQZm6q4svg
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.373Please respect copyright.PENANARIisTb0voF
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.373Please respect copyright.PENANATVLDtFDyED
Beggars can't be choosers. 373Please respect copyright.PENANAlY2F4CZV2u
As a result, I'm alive.373Please respect copyright.PENANAy1SHVJbfxk
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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.373Please respect copyright.PENANAxbyf3OgHpL
Why was he out so late?373Please respect copyright.PENANAAqUKJD6m3T
Why did he do all that for me?373Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ed6zrfEXo
There's no way he's that perfect.373Please respect copyright.PENANAsdQw7LmeAm
Did he want to have dirt on me?373Please respect copyright.PENANAHOybR1GYyO
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.373Please respect copyright.PENANAZSMVdLmyKU
I pretended I never heard him.373Please respect copyright.PENANA6d1MWgwJmt
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.373Please respect copyright.PENANArsc5VmKxQn
And trash will always be trash.