I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.258Please respect copyright.PENANAF3P4RjEA93
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.258Please respect copyright.PENANAKhA5YtRMa8
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.258Please respect copyright.PENANAiZWQxyHorr
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I'm doing better. Slightly.258Please respect copyright.PENANAz8dusLWSGL
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.258Please respect copyright.PENANAQxHQk3uE0A
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.258Please respect copyright.PENANAmIjyOIzlec
"I was sick."258Please respect copyright.PENANAQvMyjIBSpb
And that was it.258Please respect copyright.PENANAEvd7Z545Iv
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.258Please respect copyright.PENANA2swObSIgVw
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 258Please respect copyright.PENANATRpoIK74ZK
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.258Please respect copyright.PENANAYTrQfSYjfK
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.258Please respect copyright.PENANAwLpY1xOLaQ
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?258Please respect copyright.PENANAT7eUukPXAX
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.258Please respect copyright.PENANAqdFI4cGgjY
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.258Please respect copyright.PENANAdtn1IFTK2s
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?258Please respect copyright.PENANAKu3iMKzJFY
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,258Please respect copyright.PENANA9FQRMGs6dD
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,258Please respect copyright.PENANAec1Q8CH6px
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.258Please respect copyright.PENANAdJapvr8BJP
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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.258Please respect copyright.PENANAQwFjLGjD0c
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."258Please respect copyright.PENANAjhOeEcLRid
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.258Please respect copyright.PENANAmXgTXFvX5E
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.258Please respect copyright.PENANAAqXdRqmbul
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?258Please respect copyright.PENANAT6enmBP2U9
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.258Please respect copyright.PENANAoMLN3Q5Sow
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Fast footsteps approached.258Please respect copyright.PENANAuwUFLxgD9N
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."258Please respect copyright.PENANAJJREKBVPCt
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.258Please respect copyright.PENANAJqlZFUS4wh
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."258Please respect copyright.PENANAJgy4nIx0jm
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."258Please respect copyright.PENANADigAG2Vx7T
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.258Please respect copyright.PENANAaCnJd1IBJm
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.258Please respect copyright.PENANAVCQqACfpv1
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.258Please respect copyright.PENANAItlGE0n1kF
And maybe I'll die myself, too.258Please respect copyright.PENANA4nB1VcQzNb
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"258Please respect copyright.PENANALILKqPKyCa
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.258Please respect copyright.PENANAofmrXJqZV7
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."258Please respect copyright.PENANAHPIp9Pc95t
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."258Please respect copyright.PENANATj53Z53pIk
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."258Please respect copyright.PENANAzQ1Bjnucnv
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."258Please respect copyright.PENANAhxEM3WoREt
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?"258Please respect copyright.PENANAT5ukQStZQx
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?258Please respect copyright.PENANAqIBLpIdOp0
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"258Please respect copyright.PENANAKFaRFSGzl2
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.258Please respect copyright.PENANAK01A7lcjBp
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. 258Please respect copyright.PENANAKTm6WppRPA
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.258Please respect copyright.PENANAFdDykSvr4b
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.258Please respect copyright.PENANAl1Nroerm3y
I was taken to the hospital.258Please respect copyright.PENANAQfmHecobXd
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.258Please respect copyright.PENANA7tbatqHxAK
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.258Please respect copyright.PENANAzDEBTYpApY
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.258Please respect copyright.PENANAvk2kugsPEL
Beggars can't be choosers. 258Please respect copyright.PENANAs5A0CEEO4G
As a result, I'm alive.258Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kl5nqXb4u
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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.258Please respect copyright.PENANALhHCANCEPF
Why was he out so late?258Please respect copyright.PENANAWVz7idzJpr
Why did he do all that for me?258Please respect copyright.PENANAV0OqDVemQQ
There's no way he's that perfect.258Please respect copyright.PENANAWWQ7XN5LzO
Did he want to have dirt on me?258Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ5aj1pUoG
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.258Please respect copyright.PENANAC7iYxZWrER
I pretended I never heard him.258Please respect copyright.PENANAa7shmJgjUK
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.258Please respect copyright.PENANAtJcKsQoX43
And trash will always be trash.