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TRIGGER WARNING: abuse

Susie's Pov

I sat up in my bed. I hadn't slept well the previous night. I yawned and rubbed my eyes, causing a yelp of pain. Memories from that night came rushing back.

My father shoving me against the wall because the spaghetti wasn't ready in time, throwing a sandal at me for having the spaghetti too hot, and punching me in the eye when I said I didn't care.

I was on edge last night. I had finally acted upon my feelings for Kris, and I was late to come home. Everything was piling up on me, and I snapped. I shouldn't have said that. With a slight sigh, I stood up to take a shower.

...

I walked out of the house, once again not eating. As I made my way to school, I allowed a few small tears to escape from my ugly eyes. Still, I made sure to wipe the tears away before anyone saw me.

I approached the school and saw Kris standing outside, leaned up against the wall. They looked at me, and their face flushed a bit. I would've smiled if last night weren't so...

"H-hey, Susie!" they called out to me.

"Hey." I raised to fingers at them, lightly waving.

"So, are we...?" I knew what they were implying, but I wasn't so sure. I was already late yesterday, if I was again today, my father might do something that wouldn't be as easily hidden.

"I... I don't know, Kris... My dad was pretty mad yesterday when I came home late..." I said. They nodded immediately.

"That's fine. We can just chill around here." They paused for a few seconds before going red in the face. "T-that is, if you want to, I'm not trying to say that you have to or anything, just, ya know...." I chuckled.

"Of course I do, ya little dork." I ruffled their hair in a playful manner. At that moment, the bell rang.

"We should probably get to class," they said. I nodded in agreement.

Maybe this day wouldn't be too awful, after all.

We walked into the classroom chatting and joking with each other, like, you know, friends. Which wouldn't have been weird if it weren't for the fact that I had no friends before yesterday, Kris had no reliable friends before yesterday, and it was the two of us, which I guess I gave the impression that I hated Kris ever since I met them, when really it was that I liked them and didn't know how to feel.

Then again...

Pinning them against the locker yesterday probably didn't help people's opinions on our friendship.

"Hey, Kris, I never actually got to apologize for pushing you up against that locker yesterday. Sorry about that, don't know what I was thinking." I said.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, it's fine." they responded.

It was then that I realized that the entire class was staring at us. Some were morbidly interested, some disgusted, some utterly confused. Then there was Noelle, who looked half like her eyes were going to explode from her head and half like she wanted to curl up in a ball and die. I could relate.

"What're you staring at?" I growled. Everyone's eyes immediately drifted elsewhere. I nodded. "That's what I thought.

With that, I made my way to my seat, Kris right behind me.

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