I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.177Please respect copyright.PENANAP2g4pgTPcI
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.177Please respect copyright.PENANASWGZF0cMzj
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.177Please respect copyright.PENANAECgOfHzlHM
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I'm doing better. Slightly.177Please respect copyright.PENANAGhjE5VoKRS
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.177Please respect copyright.PENANAAf2hz3zfsy
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.177Please respect copyright.PENANAvbfUI0fANS
"I was sick."177Please respect copyright.PENANArsILn5m6X3
And that was it.177Please respect copyright.PENANALfBBedvVCk
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.177Please respect copyright.PENANAQkzmMfyUdR
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 177Please respect copyright.PENANAC1g6QXKcuU
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.177Please respect copyright.PENANACvsiOl8FY0
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.177Please respect copyright.PENANARUh0rxtpoK
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?177Please respect copyright.PENANAo7B44qlzDr
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.177Please respect copyright.PENANA20g8hb7rGj
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.177Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZWy2QojWS
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?177Please respect copyright.PENANAtaNnWSuJYX
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,177Please respect copyright.PENANAzeKmClVLFi
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,177Please respect copyright.PENANAXFuBPWGBLr
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.177Please respect copyright.PENANAtznm7s990X
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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.177Please respect copyright.PENANA3X7o7jMaex
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."177Please respect copyright.PENANAtcx970cXNN
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.177Please respect copyright.PENANAbpWBxogBJ3
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.177Please respect copyright.PENANA0CubN85fsN
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?177Please respect copyright.PENANA3kmXmMMa06
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.177Please respect copyright.PENANAEli7Qmf9IK
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Fast footsteps approached.177Please respect copyright.PENANAGK9bYS1kGU
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."177Please respect copyright.PENANAIhv3vKBHWc
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.177Please respect copyright.PENANAdQaR55vJHS
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."177Please respect copyright.PENANA41C8chbgat
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."177Please respect copyright.PENANAeSm4rA4SUV
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.177Please respect copyright.PENANAZInL1D3Rhy
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.177Please respect copyright.PENANAyO0oxiAjSh
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.177Please respect copyright.PENANAygtGvNCpjz
And maybe I'll die myself, too.177Please respect copyright.PENANA7XKFox5duq
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"177Please respect copyright.PENANAoIjDJ9ajXn
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.177Please respect copyright.PENANAwmMjFIXAsj
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."177Please respect copyright.PENANAFE1E6zQm1n
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."177Please respect copyright.PENANA8kxcnD8lPA
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."177Please respect copyright.PENANAw1Fgj39chb
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."177Please respect copyright.PENANAogNxUUrJm0
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?"177Please respect copyright.PENANAzAIJepkttO
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?177Please respect copyright.PENANAeUkX5j8ZqQ
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"177Please respect copyright.PENANAbFWWLaGvYL
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.177Please respect copyright.PENANAPSRBZK0UbA
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. 177Please respect copyright.PENANAIUB23XhPkU
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.177Please respect copyright.PENANA1fwF9WUv8N
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.177Please respect copyright.PENANAUPWiuzbNaX
I was taken to the hospital.177Please respect copyright.PENANA7mFIyPWkR5
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.177Please respect copyright.PENANASlfNy07nhL
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.177Please respect copyright.PENANAEhsjFv1qHF
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.177Please respect copyright.PENANArRjCLEx4z8
Beggars can't be choosers. 177Please respect copyright.PENANAkOQWlmeJIJ
As a result, I'm alive.177Please respect copyright.PENANALWiOrW30cG
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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.177Please respect copyright.PENANAEtig13WAvZ
Why was he out so late?177Please respect copyright.PENANAXnomPd7dct
Why did he do all that for me?177Please respect copyright.PENANAtkNS9ynI59
There's no way he's that perfect.177Please respect copyright.PENANAJrLpoOeucN
Did he want to have dirt on me?177Please respect copyright.PENANAnbBnhhXQV4
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.177Please respect copyright.PENANA0lyOqp0BXs
I pretended I never heard him.177Please respect copyright.PENANApEoCzWdXTF
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.177Please respect copyright.PENANAUCJY0CqoXH
And trash will always be trash.