AMARA pov :
After dropping Mona off at her school, I headed toward my college.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKlv0MrST1
It stood tall and wide—an old building with modern patches, alive with chatter and movement.
I entered through the main gate, the cold air brushing past my cheeks as I walked slowly across the ground.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvDdOScyTa
Students were scattered all around—laughing, walking in groups, some rushing in panic, some half-asleep.
I watched them quietly.
My steps felt heavy .103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTBtW4Q1Pk
I passed the garden, then the notice board, and finally reached my building.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUdMHixIjd
Inside, the hallway buzzed with voices and footsteps echoing off the walls.
I made my way to my classroom, and just as I reached the door, the bell rang.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nf2BON6Lf
Sharp. Loud. Piercing the sleepy air.
I walked in with the others, our footsteps soft against the tiled floor.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobEU3Spezr
I headed straight to the last bench—near the window, my usual spot.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQTYdNuUgB
Dropped my bag beside me and sat down, pulling out my notebook and pen.
A moment later, our physics teacher walked in, holding her register close to her chest like always.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5KcA3wke9
She was strict, but not unfair.
"Roll call first," she said, flipping the pages.
She started calling out names one by one.
"Amara?" she said, her voice echoing slightly in the quiet room.
"Present," I replied, my voice low but clear.
She nodded and continued.
The moment the attendance ended, she turned to the board and began the lecture—some topic on waves and motion.
I opened my notebook and started taking notes.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFEQJnbLOA
My handwriting moved across the page almost automatically.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmsyfkM8kJ
It was mechanical—like my hands knew what to do even if my mind didn't.
Outside the window, the sun had fully risen, casting soft shadows on the ground.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf0abkdSbl
The trees swayed gently, and I found myself staring at the sky instead of the board.
My thoughts drifted, slowly and silently.
What am I doing? Where am I heading?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7alz4R9Y4
Sometimes I wonder if I'm just passing time, or if time is passing me.
I snapped back for a moment when the teacher raised her voice, emphasizing a formula.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP1b5t3t8M
I scribbled it down, then faded again into my own world.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMpdcb9qtD
Thinking... feeling... remembering... and sometimes, just empty.
The lectures came and went like pages turning in a book I wasn't reading.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjPu7oQujB
Math. Chemistry. English. . Computer.
Each teacher entered, spoke, and left.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLWA02g3hY
Students laughed, whispered, yawned, scribbled, stared at the clock.
I stayed there.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5u8pYNMJc
On the last bench, near the window.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbJZEFRrTO
Listening, learning... and sometimes, just breathing.
"Oh Amara, did you do your homework?"103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1a9JbqxMF
Jessica's voice reached me—my classmate, the girl who always sat one bench ahead.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveL7zhwXUK
I looked up and nodded, quietly handing her my notebook.
"Thanks," she smiled.
I just gave a small smile back.
I think... I barely speak in class.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8D7yLjnks
I barely exist in the noise.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFuVLERthD
Sometimes I wonder—do I even have friends?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoedqVoYBcq
Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjqj4LWgPn
Maybe having people around doesn't mean you're not alone.
And if we sit in a room full of laughter and still feel empty—103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w1HJUXURW
Then what's the point of trying so hard to belong?
The lecture ended. The bell rang again. Another hour faded away.
I walked down to the ground, where life felt louder.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfwdaq7OVp
The boys were playing football, their shouts echoing, chasing the ball like it meant everything.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iNZ3R3oGy
The girls stood near the fence, cheering and laughing, waving hands and hair in the cold wind.
I sat on the edge of the grass, arms wrapped around my knees, watching them.
But what was I really watching?
Soon, I wasn't even there anymore.
My thoughts had already taken me somewhere else.
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This world moves fast. Too fast sometimes.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOq3jXYJDF
People talk like they've figured it all out.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGntP6edqaZ
How to be happy. How to be successful. How to be strong.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6mJQI4uEi
But no one tells you what to do when your heart is quiet, and your mind is loud.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQlhR94EpX
No one teaches you how to sit with your own silence and not be scared of it.
Maybe that's why I like this bench. This space. This moment between everything.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwki8RBaIma
Because here, I'm not pretending. I'm not performing. I'm just... living .. breathing.
The wind picked up slightly.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibDjnofyYH
I looked at the sky—my old habit—and let myself just exist in that second.
Nothing made sense.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8iXZHnJM6
But for now, I didn't need it to.
god...103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9miDNO46X
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Sometimes I wonder... does the world even notice the quiet ones?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pOCYKbBdz
The ones who sit at the edge, not trying to join in, not trying to stand out either.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmv2rtwo7e
We exist too, don't we? In the background, in the pauses between noise.
I see people laughing, shouting, running, living so loudly.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dIov1lWnV
And I sit here... thinking quietly, feeling loudly.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfQD8HWGMr
Is that still living?
Jessica walked past with her friends. She waved, and I gave a tiny nod.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0LLR0Xapm
She was kind.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAL3TJ7sQ2
But kindness doesn't always reach where loneliness lives.
I stayed a little longer. Watching the wind play with the edges of scarves.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9zhlroDZn
The way the football kept rolling.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoposC8eSJ
The way voices blurred into noise
Why does everything feel like it's moving without me?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAQgU8oafR
Like the world is spinning and I'm just... watching from the outside of a glass window.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvzo1YUxnt
I laugh sometimes, I speak when needed. I exist.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGzZLAq7ry
But do I live?
Maybe I'm not made for noise. Maybe I was always meant for silence.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE32T6gNB0K
Not sad. Not broken. Just... quiet
The bell rang, sharp and familiar.
Everyone moved quickly—some annoyed, some laughing, some still trying to finish snacks.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxQz7Mj6iF
I stood up slowly, brushed my skirt gently ...
Back inside the building, it was crowded again.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzDOHss3gk
Voices echoed. Someone ran past. Someone cursed the timetable.
I walked quietly to my next class.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA3Dxkjx7b
Same bench. Same corner. Same silence.
The teacher came in and began reading a poem.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHuP3X8kOv
Her voice was soft, flowing with words that meant more than what they said.
I opened my notebook.
Wrote the title.
And stared at the page for a moment.
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"It's strange how words written by someone else can sometimes feel like they belong to you.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVj0jndhNN
Like they've seen your heart before you did"103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF23sYVOeyg
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soon i was walking to go back __home ...home.__home.
I opened the front door and stepped inside, closing it softly behind me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8CmfAw35j
The air was warm. Familiar.
Mona was already home, still in her school uniform, sitting cross-legged on the couch—watching Friends, again.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMqPd1Rip9
The sound of canned laughter filled the room.
"Change your clothes," I said, placing my bag on the table.
She looked back at me with a small smile. "In a minute."
I raised my brow slightly. "You said that yesterday."
"I'll go. Promise," she mumbled, eyes still glued to the screen.
I walked into the kitchen.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmqxVWqO6j
On the fridge, taped neatly, was a small piece of paper.
I leaned in and read it.
"I made rice. Eat it, girls. See ya soon. Bye. Love you. — Mom."
Her handwriting was rushed, like always.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjx79yJKiw
I stared at it for a second, then sighed quietly.
"She's at work again?" I asked, turning my head.
Mona nodded from the couch. "Double shift again. I told you yesterday, remember?"
"Right..." I whispered, pulling open the rice pot.
I served myself a small plate and sat at the table, eating slowly.
"You ate already?" I asked, glancing toward Mona.
"Yeah. Right after school. I was starving."
I just nodded. The spoon clinked softly against the plate as I finished my food in silence.
Afterward, I got up, washed my plate and hers too. The water was warm, steam rising gently from the sink.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxZPZjvbMK
The kitchen light flickered once, but stayed on.
I dried my hands and walked up to my room.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8VR3WYzID
Changed out of my uniform.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rCqqbwYXu
Pulled on black pants, a plain white top, and layered my long brown coat over it.
Standing in front of the mirror, I tied my hair again__my vision on the mirror is also tired my almond eyes hollow from inside my face pale..skinny like there is no soul.
Before leaving, I peeked into the living room. Mona had finally changed, now curled up in fresh pajamas with a notebook open beside her.
"I'm going now," I said softly.
She looked up. "Okay. Be careful."
"Lock the door after me, and do your homework. No skipping tonight."
"I know, I know," she said, waving her pencil lazily.
I slipped into my shoes, grabbed my bag, and stepped outside.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyosnZFmyAn
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