𝐌𝐢 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐫 || 𝖳𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗈

꧁~The Act (1)~(Part XXXV)꧂

When I opened my eyes, I could feel the sunlight fill my vision.

That's when I realized my alarm was buzzing.

Morning already?

I pressed the button to turn it off.

Time to take my life back, I guess.

Yawning, I pulled the covers away and stood up.

Though my motivation was low, I couldn't show it.

I can't be worthless.

My plan was to fake it. Fake it to my family, to my friends, and to myself.

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I stepped onto the bus and walked up the stairs.

Should I have eaten breakfast?

That's when I saw him in the corner of my eye.

He was seated in one of the back rows.

I felt myself begin to shake.

No. No. No..

Feeling myself begin to cower, I quickly took the nearest seat, I knew he was looking at me, I could practically feel his stare pierce my skin.

Holding myself, tears threatened me.

You can't break. You can't break.

Hiding my face on my bag, it muffled my wild, erratic sobs that I failed to hold back.

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Minutes later, Techno was sitting down beside me, hugging me tight.

Everything but relief hit my body.

This is too hard.

"María, you don't have to be here today-"

"N-no, I'm fine, I'm good," I cut him off with quick words.

He didn't know how to respond, my attitude was more than likely confusing to Techno.

Forcefully turning my head to look out the window, I watched as the colors flew by.

His arms never let me go, they never loosened the grip.

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~Techno's POV~

María Anderson was acting strange.

Anyone within two kilometers could tell.

It was blatantly obvious, she was not herself.

"Hey," a voice called out, "you."

Automatically assuming that whoever was yelling, wasn't yelling for me, I kept walking down the hall.

"Hey!"

The voice drew louder.

"Techno?"

And with that, I stopped almost instantly at the sound of my name.

I turned around.

Who the fu-

That's when I saw their face.

Do I know this person?

"Uh, yes?"