I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.128Please respect copyright.PENANApBqlCUmfPN
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.128Please respect copyright.PENANARfhJvNB6us
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.128Please respect copyright.PENANA8Lv9d0dMKi
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I'm doing better. Slightly.128Please respect copyright.PENANARDsXvemMeW
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.128Please respect copyright.PENANAB4LmbYlclN
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.128Please respect copyright.PENANAAhcJkSXgXQ
"I was sick."128Please respect copyright.PENANA61z78XBcwf
And that was it.128Please respect copyright.PENANAuVpe9EZfLW
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.128Please respect copyright.PENANAwfERaaQrl4
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 128Please respect copyright.PENANAvptHWz1h1a
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.128Please respect copyright.PENANABClFDep3AZ
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.128Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ufsyxa2a5
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?128Please respect copyright.PENANAK1aveBGmMG
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.128Please respect copyright.PENANAOnqAiLEBwC
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.128Please respect copyright.PENANAsEUAUrLKA7
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?128Please respect copyright.PENANAY2JkayWYEC
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,128Please respect copyright.PENANABVHUqEczmX
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,128Please respect copyright.PENANAkBZlwlO3ju
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.128Please respect copyright.PENANAaPEdmka7qr
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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.128Please respect copyright.PENANA9HoBcoY5ZO
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."128Please respect copyright.PENANAzOJmu0X7O6
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.128Please respect copyright.PENANAGDC3gUniyC
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.128Please respect copyright.PENANAtoYdVUSmkx
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?128Please respect copyright.PENANANRjDbPrfrg
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.128Please respect copyright.PENANANSAv40Co74
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Fast footsteps approached.128Please respect copyright.PENANAyqAFAIQ4NI
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."128Please respect copyright.PENANAmC91MyH28g
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.128Please respect copyright.PENANAUm3T3wssgs
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."128Please respect copyright.PENANA7x0gMDKMAc
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."128Please respect copyright.PENANAKzWlk1k1xe
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.128Please respect copyright.PENANAu0zu2JmJc2
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.128Please respect copyright.PENANAhJxPC8K8KB
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.128Please respect copyright.PENANAigrP5g97FL
And maybe I'll die myself, too.128Please respect copyright.PENANAxSQEON8B3p
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"128Please respect copyright.PENANAsnkj6jlJgQ
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.128Please respect copyright.PENANAz9Nv0OcMnx
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."128Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ3DfvulzB
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."128Please respect copyright.PENANAfO9rDNLaFS
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."128Please respect copyright.PENANACWUKnRZmBs
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."128Please respect copyright.PENANASm1aYlH0JM
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?"128Please respect copyright.PENANAh1719VsafN
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?128Please respect copyright.PENANAcSbjg56OBv
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"128Please respect copyright.PENANAsuBcYUAcI4
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.128Please respect copyright.PENANAak1rJSlEeU
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. 128Please respect copyright.PENANAaRSwrDixsQ
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.128Please respect copyright.PENANAxzmhnUNaZe
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.128Please respect copyright.PENANAiUULcW1hS2
I was taken to the hospital.128Please respect copyright.PENANAvh3e1QC31t
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.128Please respect copyright.PENANADrScWW2VC0
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.128Please respect copyright.PENANAFb10wGSZDY
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.128Please respect copyright.PENANAuSamhSt9Ti
Beggars can't be choosers. 128Please respect copyright.PENANA7es0joWoeo
As a result, I'm alive.128Please respect copyright.PENANA0deD5cBxHp
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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.128Please respect copyright.PENANATZzCUi4oxT
Why was he out so late?128Please respect copyright.PENANA8kPrH8WM6G
Why did he do all that for me?128Please respect copyright.PENANAOvi5wnRJWE
There's no way he's that perfect.128Please respect copyright.PENANAZAg3pYcsuO
Did he want to have dirt on me?128Please respect copyright.PENANANAHsHF0sSk
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.128Please respect copyright.PENANA9FDo56WatW
I pretended I never heard him.128Please respect copyright.PENANABO5xaLTdb0
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.128Please respect copyright.PENANAzaHaNRmzzl
And trash will always be trash.