I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.126Please respect copyright.PENANALKpoNAkDE4
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.126Please respect copyright.PENANAhx4uQ5kwUt
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.126Please respect copyright.PENANAjOVZpGAGex
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I'm doing better. Slightly.126Please respect copyright.PENANAHB7qf2Qp9C
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.126Please respect copyright.PENANAkXRNaPBhnY
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.126Please respect copyright.PENANAIDcgNYtiwg
"I was sick."126Please respect copyright.PENANAF1t5wFWUDp
And that was it.126Please respect copyright.PENANAtX3gnO4EHU
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.126Please respect copyright.PENANAT6EzziDDwN
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 126Please respect copyright.PENANADHCHcOfTLp
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.126Please respect copyright.PENANA7bwY6EcgJB
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.126Please respect copyright.PENANAcynQFHjtxf
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?126Please respect copyright.PENANA9fm6vjobYQ
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.126Please respect copyright.PENANArsjzRig661
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.126Please respect copyright.PENANA6nVk8QIzIy
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?126Please respect copyright.PENANAvjFhvQ87ux
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,126Please respect copyright.PENANAvmYZy9qTiP
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,126Please respect copyright.PENANAb9RYYBbZs0
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.126Please respect copyright.PENANAZukb1dKiyz
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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.126Please respect copyright.PENANAowyiaVuHDv
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."126Please respect copyright.PENANAXG8P6GzDZP
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.126Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nh9dHlx7S
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.126Please respect copyright.PENANAAxVOuqciNJ
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?126Please respect copyright.PENANAtml7KkjwOf
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.126Please respect copyright.PENANAPXgx6jjHxr
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Fast footsteps approached.126Please respect copyright.PENANALtbcqLR4kx
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."126Please respect copyright.PENANAZe5yjejuCG
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.126Please respect copyright.PENANA9oRaWV0nh9
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."126Please respect copyright.PENANA1vALekdjVO
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."126Please respect copyright.PENANAYZGVPveQYw
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.126Please respect copyright.PENANAPmDQXM304h
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.126Please respect copyright.PENANAwbB6cbQNUS
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.126Please respect copyright.PENANAXe06zPbjYu
And maybe I'll die myself, too.126Please respect copyright.PENANAj3lRdVR9K9
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"126Please respect copyright.PENANA5YW9xh8Oar
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.126Please respect copyright.PENANAL3ueGkIm6u
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."126Please respect copyright.PENANAPv65L74Bkc
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."126Please respect copyright.PENANAi6eCyNbRYj
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."126Please respect copyright.PENANApQqeF2QycF
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."126Please respect copyright.PENANAGIyqwcKW4T
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?"126Please respect copyright.PENANAQlaEjh1K8X
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?126Please respect copyright.PENANAkrLHt4wJQH
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"126Please respect copyright.PENANAkbN2p2M2QE
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.126Please respect copyright.PENANAlfoYGM9WY8
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. 126Please respect copyright.PENANAxZKsCFezRe
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.126Please respect copyright.PENANAVeaxxRy9XQ
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.126Please respect copyright.PENANAV8NlMeS86Z
I was taken to the hospital.126Please respect copyright.PENANAoGxmlLqqTa
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.126Please respect copyright.PENANA5eU3NfrJfn
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.126Please respect copyright.PENANAbj85HpBhCm
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.126Please respect copyright.PENANARayOgGVMZs
Beggars can't be choosers. 126Please respect copyright.PENANAvN2vipsi6B
As a result, I'm alive.126Please respect copyright.PENANAJT5jF9v1qv
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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.126Please respect copyright.PENANAcN3NmhhoOf
Why was he out so late?126Please respect copyright.PENANAjz71WdGi6G
Why did he do all that for me?126Please respect copyright.PENANAijPmZ4hxb1
There's no way he's that perfect.126Please respect copyright.PENANAV93GQ9QVfF
Did he want to have dirt on me?126Please respect copyright.PENANADxIQrNaEU2
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.126Please respect copyright.PENANAxai37rlUzz
I pretended I never heard him.126Please respect copyright.PENANAIG2tXDNWbW
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.126Please respect copyright.PENANAxsPpgyx66O
And trash will always be trash.