I wanted to end the last entry on a cliffhanger for once.302Please respect copyright.PENANA2WjhzQOSXN
Not because I was too tired to write or anything. Haha.302Please respect copyright.PENANAXFgghOaLQ6
Who am I kidding? Being able to write again is already a huge step.302Please respect copyright.PENANANPXVY2iVWS
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I'm doing better. Slightly.302Please respect copyright.PENANAREGfO9rY7o
I went to class on Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Ah, yeah.
No one said "welcome back," or anything.302Please respect copyright.PENANAfEBByHb0tm
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"Where've you been?" Glasses asked.302Please respect copyright.PENANA4BwvQu8lI0
"I was sick."302Please respect copyright.PENANAmvmHPuWTcN
And that was it.302Please respect copyright.PENANAhwH1aXL7mV
He didn't even raise his head from his phone to look at me.302Please respect copyright.PENANASPsBFhzUCr
The other idiot looked at me, shrugged, then shifted his gaze back on his game. 302Please respect copyright.PENANAbOLnqKDZe5
"Lucky."
I didn't think I was expecting much, but I guess I underestimated myself.302Please respect copyright.PENANAZOKVfPA9Mv
They're... my friends. Yeah. It's fine.302Please respect copyright.PENANAyizPml8Bkh
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?302Please respect copyright.PENANAON70ARMZHA
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.302Please respect copyright.PENANAM6ZpVbWwsB
The kind of guy that everyone wants to be. On the outside, at least.302Please respect copyright.PENANAksCQNOdG6P
I like to think that no one really genuinely likes him but sucks up to him for the benefits, you know?302Please respect copyright.PENANAugPWwPjYzW
What a tryhard. We've exchanged the odd,302Please respect copyright.PENANAyo3aS6rG3a
"hey, have you handed in your assignment yet?" or,302Please respect copyright.PENANA0YwRuHssL8
"you want to bat?" in a game of cricket.302Please respect copyright.PENANAgMCz0mYoEy
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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.302Please respect copyright.PENANA8NpE6n2izQ
Mr. perfect, and me, who's utter trash. On that day...
"You've got the wrong person."302Please respect copyright.PENANAnBSWfXbKQ6
I snatched my arm away and started walking. I didn't even know where I was going. Just anywhere.302Please respect copyright.PENANANioEtPYLBh
Lucky I was wearing a hoodie.
There were no footsteps following me. Good.302Please respect copyright.PENANAAAhZRhxqxe
I remember wondering, why in the hell was he out so late, anyway? Why did I have to run into him?302Please respect copyright.PENANAHd3LbzuNvP
I wanted to die. In that moment, I really just wanted to bury myself in a hole.302Please respect copyright.PENANAQNCX5oRUBK
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Fast footsteps approached.302Please respect copyright.PENANAmHJVhDHdN3
Two feet appeared in front of me. Then a face.
"What are you talking about, it is you."302Please respect copyright.PENANAeqUeAkPDaQ
"Sorry, but... I don't think I should let you go," he continued.302Please respect copyright.PENANAOwU30Tc2JN
"I haven't seen you in class lately... you know what, let's go to the station together."302Please respect copyright.PENANAx1cJRqXr0K
I clicked my tongue.
"Hah, no one's here, so you don't have to play the good guy now."302Please respect copyright.PENANAuYJkNXLSoh
Strange. I haven't said anything over three words to someone in such a long time.302Please respect copyright.PENANAdsTTiXuYeM
It still felt like a dream at that point.
I glared at him. It seemed to work, because he looked anxious, and rightly so.302Please respect copyright.PENANAma5T4NTYo6
Maybe I should just kill him here, and I won't have to worry about anything else.302Please respect copyright.PENANATj7SG8yRJd
And maybe I'll die myself, too.302Please respect copyright.PENANAziX6Pd6ZEC
I guess it was a relief that I never went through with that thought.
"What are you talking about?"302Please respect copyright.PENANADW3qfTlEyG
He reached for me, then decided against it. Haha, that was funny.302Please respect copyright.PENANAMR2TZTLuCt
"Look, if you don't want to go to the station, I'll walk you home... your parents must be worried."302Please respect copyright.PENANA2WvIqdSLMD
"I'm not a kid. Plus, I live alone."302Please respect copyright.PENANAPtLn5Tf2rk
"Ah... no, I see... it's just that you don't seem too well... at least let me take you to the doctor."302Please respect copyright.PENANAmBsObn0Oye
"Why do you care? I'm not your responsibility."302Please respect copyright.PENANAsQDaNrglqg
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?"302Please respect copyright.PENANAtwamFqN5b3
Human decency? Haha. What is he trying to pull? There's nothing to gain from helping me. Saviour complex, perhaps?302Please respect copyright.PENANAo2KiRBw3hC
Playing hero.
"Shut up. I'm saying I'm not in trouble, so leave me alone-"302Please respect copyright.PENANAMqhJYaCgDD
Before I knew what was going on, I was pulled forward.302Please respect copyright.PENANA9wPyYhTBPS
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. 302Please respect copyright.PENANAJooJy3yaYl
"Let him play hero or whatever he wants," I thought to myself.302Please respect copyright.PENANAGYImx3tZ0i
Hey, it was getting cold, and I lost my will to fight.
And that's that, I guess.302Please respect copyright.PENANAKS5JyEVsxg
I was taken to the hospital.302Please respect copyright.PENANAsB9TJvDOjJ
It was a blur- forms were filled out, and next thing I knew, I was lying with an IV drip attached to my arm.302Please respect copyright.PENANAb4Ryi3hioQ
I remember asking the nurse how much treatment would cost, only for her to respond that it had been paid for.302Please respect copyright.PENANAOTSspqW1lV
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.302Please respect copyright.PENANAAbahHGEj9s
Beggars can't be choosers. 302Please respect copyright.PENANA00694WCi80
As a result, I'm alive.302Please respect copyright.PENANAlKnstnQY6c
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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.302Please respect copyright.PENANACTJbO9XUHI
Why was he out so late?302Please respect copyright.PENANAIhMjTpm8u5
Why did he do all that for me?302Please respect copyright.PENANAQlRAXnV51E
There's no way he's that perfect.302Please respect copyright.PENANA9tL6a2OuWC
Did he want to have dirt on me?302Please respect copyright.PENANALmUP6c95Re
Was he going to brag about it in class?
On that Friday, he called my name during break.302Please respect copyright.PENANArvnuyx35XR
I pretended I never heard him.302Please respect copyright.PENANAk7Y2kcF8pd
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Mr. Perfect will always be Mr. Perfect.302Please respect copyright.PENANAvCsCzYTqBI
And trash will always be trash.