despite it all, however, there was one light. one burst of beauty. the rainbow in the storm, the sun that peaked through the grey hallways.

                                                                                      he wore all black; true; but god, his demeanor was the brightest thing. he was the prettiest gem, a ruby. he bore snakebites and band shirts with dyed hair. he was an angel, my angel 

he went by RIN. rin lee waters, to be exact. his name was unique, just like himself. he says it sounds like a "shitty fan-fiction name", but i disagree. it's quirky, loud and all he was. his name was as bright as he was.

                                                                                                              we have known each other since the sixth grade. at first, he was scared of me. than he stuck around me so others wouldn't kick his you-know-what. i was a staggering 6'3'' back than (nothing to my near 7 feet now) and people would never approach me. he and i met through a project. we had to come up with a skit based  off a novel of our choice. we decided on a grim's fairytale, the two brothers. nobody knew what it was but we didn't care.

he's so cool, honestly. he thinks it's because of his vaping, i think it's because he's just...calm. he cracks jokes, he sometimes acts 'extra', but it's in a good way. he's funny. he has his own issues, of course, but from what i know he handles them decent.

                                                                                              he has no idea i feel this way. and i hope it stays that way, because if he ever knew...he would never look at me the same. i'm sure our friendship's just because of pity, anyway. no one can really care about me; i'm just LT