I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.197Please respect copyright.PENANANm3WvR3d7p
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.197Please respect copyright.PENANAJMU0fdTAfJ
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.197Please respect copyright.PENANAS21tHyfF8B
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I'm doing better. Slightly.197Please respect copyright.PENANAZYxAKGLCpa
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.197Please respect copyright.PENANAsZltY7IrNT
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.197Please respect copyright.PENANA304sNAB2Zs
"I was sick."197Please respect copyright.PENANAbAC6vS2Ihz
And that was it.197Please respect copyright.PENANAJY8uYBUDvX
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.197Please respect copyright.PENANAoiDdI2P65J
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 197Please respect copyright.PENANAqfB4qv0Zag
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.197Please respect copyright.PENANAdAEZcDMudr
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.197Please respect copyright.PENANAWY6xOu2HQE
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?197Please respect copyright.PENANAoHoL9bzgxG
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.197Please respect copyright.PENANAJGHymPD5tH
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.197Please respect copyright.PENANAGkrfwX3znt
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?197Please respect copyright.PENANAEPHsWZkkdF
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,197Please respect copyright.PENANAjTp5cUEKhx
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,197Please respect copyright.PENANAeL5gi8uoEM
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.197Please respect copyright.PENANAvsmZ7KG7fn
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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.197Please respect copyright.PENANAzIdZob3ptN
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."197Please respect copyright.PENANAY4QCLvkb4H
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.197Please respect copyright.PENANAdEy5WhSM3K
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.197Please respect copyright.PENANA7LsBmtggV0
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?197Please respect copyright.PENANA6bc5nENZOz
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.197Please respect copyright.PENANAtV6a1Z4Ypn
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Fast footsteps approached.197Please respect copyright.PENANAJxxLxgO1dc
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."197Please respect copyright.PENANAXTYyo9S0Ue
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.197Please respect copyright.PENANAoOfth5zTZ3
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."197Please respect copyright.PENANAeTaB9PNXbr
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."197Please respect copyright.PENANAPa37PJHpBH
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.197Please respect copyright.PENANAF3JHsPpvQ9
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.197Please respect copyright.PENANAEYsULp16Km
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.197Please respect copyright.PENANApiHpv8AGHU
And maybe I'll die myself, too.197Please respect copyright.PENANA7INtFftg6v
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"197Please respect copyright.PENANAMS5FS6MRnO
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.197Please respect copyright.PENANA7kYyHtDHPU
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."197Please respect copyright.PENANAdDgKDwMFQA
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."197Please respect copyright.PENANAqwNRvhKC2s
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."197Please respect copyright.PENANA1OwETLHVIS
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."197Please respect copyright.PENANAGl6wtcKPZm
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?"197Please respect copyright.PENANAmqkiTMArGI
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?197Please respect copyright.PENANAlS1puiFu73
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"197Please respect copyright.PENANA3E5s8ZJQGy
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.197Please respect copyright.PENANAeEkxzS0vgv
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. 197Please respect copyright.PENANATzCrcQd9sf
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.197Please respect copyright.PENANAGBCwGEQ5JD
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.197Please respect copyright.PENANAoy9hspPnMy
I was taken to the hospital.197Please respect copyright.PENANAUK8HrdUq5Q
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.197Please respect copyright.PENANAH8sswJ4RdN
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.197Please respect copyright.PENANAYehoc0IzSa
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.197Please respect copyright.PENANAzHIjL3Suns
Beggars can't be choosers. 197Please respect copyright.PENANAB3UuBdCcRV
As a result, I'm alive.197Please respect copyright.PENANAIOGUozmuS0
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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.197Please respect copyright.PENANAThTg4pmhbz
Why was he out so late?197Please respect copyright.PENANA3flmegfgbi
Why did he do all that for me?197Please respect copyright.PENANAVVeUHDTTbV
There's no way he's that perfect.197Please respect copyright.PENANACjsN0S8anR
Did he want to have dirt on me?197Please respect copyright.PENANA3QkXfQIJbf
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.197Please respect copyright.PENANAe0uLhfxOlN
I pretended I never heard him.197Please respect copyright.PENANAJjr27rWh12
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.197Please respect copyright.PENANAElxM2b4aCk
And trash will always be trash.