I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.301Please respect copyright.PENANAlJEBy0dTEd
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.301Please respect copyright.PENANASC3YqeP79e
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.301Please respect copyright.PENANA4pOS86cCJz
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I'm doing better. Slightly.301Please respect copyright.PENANAsRAl4Z0WBM
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.301Please respect copyright.PENANAokGWoRr1Ce
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.301Please respect copyright.PENANAmHjaPPhfy9
"I was sick."301Please respect copyright.PENANAcrBR84k8wr
And that was it.301Please respect copyright.PENANAw05QjbgRGa
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.301Please respect copyright.PENANABsnpT5NGLZ
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 301Please respect copyright.PENANAbtNJlJkg2W
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.301Please respect copyright.PENANAUZCh3OThoe
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.301Please respect copyright.PENANAYGBb75kaJK
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?301Please respect copyright.PENANAMTEMpPckKi
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.301Please respect copyright.PENANAekBx2qZICd
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.301Please respect copyright.PENANADgcLzrXrpG
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?301Please respect copyright.PENANAvL2XPaNdW3
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,301Please respect copyright.PENANA3XedeISz2r
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,301Please respect copyright.PENANANbJXWCe1Gc
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.301Please respect copyright.PENANAfUbMDS9zcb
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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.301Please respect copyright.PENANAe1IaykId8D
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."301Please respect copyright.PENANALlzm4cIhpn
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.301Please respect copyright.PENANApYafj8dap7
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.301Please respect copyright.PENANA91jllFk2Jv
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?301Please respect copyright.PENANALe2ragOV7H
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.301Please respect copyright.PENANAwmREqMe9fu
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Fast footsteps approached.301Please respect copyright.PENANAtcSMloX2we
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."301Please respect copyright.PENANAwE2PpMBiWs
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.301Please respect copyright.PENANA3GtSp6zECX
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."301Please respect copyright.PENANAGdf0QPX96l
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."301Please respect copyright.PENANA1WGhvarp4f
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.301Please respect copyright.PENANAq7ZeNx4QA4
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.301Please respect copyright.PENANAqA8YvHvgbb
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.301Please respect copyright.PENANAQNV9UWz4aN
And maybe I'll die myself, too.301Please respect copyright.PENANADlCtxYHNCR
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"301Please respect copyright.PENANA5Xkw2K0oz9
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.301Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6pmYNgR80
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."301Please respect copyright.PENANAFvwQy8AzFL
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."301Please respect copyright.PENANAV2lZmm4sTP
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."301Please respect copyright.PENANA1FYeRwDBGD
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."301Please respect copyright.PENANAU4M0L8VHSU
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?"301Please respect copyright.PENANALENLlyhegC
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?301Please respect copyright.PENANAMPfCtieY0H
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"301Please respect copyright.PENANA10Dv5PCDLd
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.301Please respect copyright.PENANAWx6Ek7wgNh
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. 301Please respect copyright.PENANAdDi3VUG6FE
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.301Please respect copyright.PENANAmYwUAbxvmI
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.301Please respect copyright.PENANAod5bwWSZHm
I was taken to the hospital.301Please respect copyright.PENANAfDwqgbxOxX
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.301Please respect copyright.PENANADq6YXvcA3M
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.301Please respect copyright.PENANA0iuYwslTXh
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.301Please respect copyright.PENANAw2oFPxkaEM
Beggars can't be choosers. 301Please respect copyright.PENANAmlsVsLMOJC
As a result, I'm alive.301Please respect copyright.PENANAc2tB70qDxL
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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.301Please respect copyright.PENANAev2AM9Xr4M
Why was he out so late?301Please respect copyright.PENANArgJJEw5EYr
Why did he do all that for me?301Please respect copyright.PENANAUgcQGeVked
There's no way he's that perfect.301Please respect copyright.PENANAsJeSd6Cxjj
Did he want to have dirt on me?301Please respect copyright.PENANA0IQaEJsGSA
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.301Please respect copyright.PENANA788AILiaVe
I pretended I never heard him.301Please respect copyright.PENANAoUKAhGuXhj
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.301Please respect copyright.PENANA6PB3lE5i2w
And trash will always be trash.