I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.300Please respect copyright.PENANARD9qWpdfdG
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.300Please respect copyright.PENANArHKKpgPay1
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.300Please respect copyright.PENANAF9ZXgqcJjd
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I'm doing better. Slightly.300Please respect copyright.PENANAnGqREJOQQL
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.300Please respect copyright.PENANAGhvlLAZ4AH
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.300Please respect copyright.PENANAPZCo0DWd05
"I was sick."300Please respect copyright.PENANASD5C0uTvKr
And that was it.300Please respect copyright.PENANA9nhOCmceFY
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.300Please respect copyright.PENANA96wDeQw91E
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 300Please respect copyright.PENANANMr4eD6lsB
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.300Please respect copyright.PENANAbdhtTZ2ZEJ
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.300Please respect copyright.PENANA5iB721sgzL
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?300Please respect copyright.PENANA244RJ1sv33
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.300Please respect copyright.PENANA5d28lydU6L
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.300Please respect copyright.PENANAi5KTh6pyMP
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?300Please respect copyright.PENANAcKYFvbRnot
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,300Please respect copyright.PENANAobZAwAqiBs
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,300Please respect copyright.PENANAea7ddBfc2U
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.300Please respect copyright.PENANA9GyD4EDbwz
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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.300Please respect copyright.PENANA4x2pLHwbip
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."300Please respect copyright.PENANAxXDS5lJh3O
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.300Please respect copyright.PENANACixwzBXUda
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.300Please respect copyright.PENANAT0IPAqoFIH
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?300Please respect copyright.PENANASEm7GKiVHp
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.300Please respect copyright.PENANAdz9S6mGY5X
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Fast footsteps approached.300Please respect copyright.PENANADHquYediuw
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."300Please respect copyright.PENANAVIkfY2jgtD
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.300Please respect copyright.PENANA5fIlI6bzWR
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."300Please respect copyright.PENANAbTIdVso3Ry
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."300Please respect copyright.PENANAAGzcW9LxBb
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.300Please respect copyright.PENANAw4RK61gbxc
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.300Please respect copyright.PENANAhEYACPN03M
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.300Please respect copyright.PENANAYrJxPZ8MEm
And maybe I'll die myself, too.300Please respect copyright.PENANAlbp2FKEoUM
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"300Please respect copyright.PENANAHfPtgrQn2U
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.300Please respect copyright.PENANAuanlEP6i8P
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."300Please respect copyright.PENANAa9NJ27e9pF
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."300Please respect copyright.PENANAql444MGZfu
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."300Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Nh1gB1jC
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."300Please respect copyright.PENANAlvTb151xgy
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?"300Please respect copyright.PENANAsKqOcjdOEb
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?300Please respect copyright.PENANAdfGiWF6ulv
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"300Please respect copyright.PENANAt0qIFAoQm3
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.300Please respect copyright.PENANAxqUi1Z1del
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. 300Please respect copyright.PENANAeqdyK6Atf2
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.300Please respect copyright.PENANAeFrpw1MkUK
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.300Please respect copyright.PENANA57yZRfHjXr
I was taken to the hospital.300Please respect copyright.PENANAQC6jFgSai0
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.300Please respect copyright.PENANASYNz6uZGwu
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.300Please respect copyright.PENANANY5ymTqgNw
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.300Please respect copyright.PENANAWJFXvWFA8Q
Beggars can't be choosers. 300Please respect copyright.PENANAdHMnTwn2vT
As a result, I'm alive.300Please respect copyright.PENANA9ItZtVhD4K
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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.300Please respect copyright.PENANAPtbbwIMUdm
Why was he out so late?300Please respect copyright.PENANAoaTOsBwNy3
Why did he do all that for me?300Please respect copyright.PENANAWzd5vOJn0l
There's no way he's that perfect.300Please respect copyright.PENANAmVKIoDlVQw
Did he want to have dirt on me?300Please respect copyright.PENANAaat5aEYs35
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.300Please respect copyright.PENANA26IwiRnZl2
I pretended I never heard him.300Please respect copyright.PENANAXxN2PyZReR
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.300Please respect copyright.PENANAssyyQ2CfGi
And trash will always be trash.