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25. Hallway
🕑 Added 2023-09-15 21:44:26 +0000 UTCI was still quite distressed after witnessing all of that drama. The fact that maybe Tom thinks I might be the reason their relationship fell apart is kind of painful. I don't want to take the blame for something I had nothing to do with. I was just a nerd in school trying to exist. Is my existence really that bad?
I was pulled from my own mind when somebody grabbed me by the wrist, yanking me into an empty classroom. It's always the empty classrooms. I had no time to process what was happening nor did I have time to look at who was doing that to me until I arrived at the classroom. I was hoping it'd be Billy, but I was wrong. It was Tom himself. 'He's gonna beat me up,' I thought to myself. I really thought the bullying was over, but no.
"Why? Tell me, why did you have to ruin what I had with Billy?", there was this rage in his voice that made my knees weak. Even though he was quieter than usual since he didn't want to get the attention of any teachers, the hatred he had towards me was obvious. He got closer to me, and going a few steps back, my butt touched one of the desks, and instinctively I sat on it. Weird, I know, but at least now I was on the same height as Tom.
"I-I didn't ruin anything, it wasn't my fault~"
"SHUT UP! You shut your goddamn mouth, you brat! Everything is your fault! What does he see in you that I don't have?!", it was more sadness than anger now. I know that it wasn't my fault, but I just wanted to comfort him. I knew that would probably end in a disaster, but what do I have to lose? Apart from an unbroken nose, that is.
"T-Tom...", I said cautiously and slowly, "I-I'm sorry that happened to you, but I didn't do anything," at a snail's pace, I moved my hand to put it on his shoulder, "I...I can try and talk to him for you if you want me to... but know that I didn't do anything wrong..."
Tom looked at me for a long second. There was confusion and curiosity on his face. "Why are you like this?", he asked, "Why are you so... nice?"
Huh?
Well, that was unexpected. I was hoping he'd ask me how did I manage to get Billy to befriend me so fast, which, by the way, he made sure if I told anybody about that, he'd kill me, and I take his word for it, but instead he asked me why I was so nice.
"I... I don't know... I just... I have no reason to be mean to people, I guess...", even I didn't know the answer to that question. Why was I so nice? Why was I nice to Bully that night? Why am I trying to be nice and understanding to Tom now too?
I was yanked out of the train of my thoughts by the same person again when he grabbed me by my cheeks and pushed his lips to mine, kissing me firmly like there was no tomorrow. I had no idea what to do at that moment, so I just closed my eyes and kissed him back. It was pure reflex, I swear. This probably had to be the strangest thing to ever happen to me. Even weirder than my situation with Billy.
Talking about the wolf, after a second of kissing with Tom, which is so strange to think about it, yet say it out loud, I opened my eyes, and there was Billy at the door of the classroom, with new rage and hatred in his eyes I hadn't seen before. What was happening at this point?
