(#2) 𝕆𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕟.

Chapter 3 - Poison.

~Kamsi~

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People are worse than poison. You see, the thing about poison is; that it slowly kills you and leaves you writhing in agony. Pure, unrefined agony. But, human beings were even worse than that. They'd have you killed, yet pretend to save you while at it. While all along, they'd been the ones concocting your demise.

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I was still trying to disentangle myself from the trance Angel had put me in. I couldn't get the fact that she even said all that. Like, who the f*ck was she?

After she was being all mushy towards me, I couldn't help being in the same room as her. But I still stayed and read a bit of the book I'd taken off of the shelf.

"I'm sorry if I kinda, um," she chuckled. "Made you uncomfortable." She whispered, whilst flipping a page of her book.

"You didn't. I'm just wondering what planet you're from." I blurted out, without realizing it.

She laughed, although managed to keep it real low. "Well, why though?"

I shrugged. "You're weird." Another blunt remark I didn't plan to say. And for some reason, I really wanted to take it back.

Surprisingly, she chuckled. "Cause I don't hate you?"

I shook my head. "Cause," I bit my lip, contemplating whether or not it'd be right to even start up a conversation with this girl. "Forget it."

Silence lingered, and soon she resumed to reading her book. It felt like I was getting swallowed by the awkwardness, so I was really glad when the electronic bell went out for the morning Assembly. That was a relief.

As I was about leaving the library, those warm, soft hands of hers, came over mine. "If you're wondering why I'm kind of, like, perching around you... Then, maybe it's cause you're just really good-looking. Well, that and the fact that I know that behind all that uptight, I-don't-need-nobody-in-my-life-right-now kinda attitude; there's a sweet boy, begging for release. I see it in your eyes." She shrugged, and soon retrieved her weirdly comfortable hands from mine.

Like water doused on a weak plant, she stared down at the ground; seemingly shy all of a sudden. "Guess that's why you think I'm weird." She said, her voice barely above a whisper. I took a peek at her, and I couldn't help but almost grin at the fact that she looked so— so— so adorable. I felt a weird flip in my chest. One that was ripping giddy emotions out of me. It was crazy.

"I— um," I sighed, helplessly. I really wanted to say something to her, I swear I did, but I didn't even know how. It felt like I'd forgotten how to speak. It felt like my reservoir of words suddenly went dry at that exact moment. I couldn't even flirt right anymore cause it'd been a really long time since I'd done that. I wasn't good with people anymore. And especially girls like her.

The other girls in this school were pure idiotic, moronic, foolish, dumbbells without brains and way too much makeup hooding their inner ugliness.

That was the real truth.

"I guess... I guess I'll see you around?" Angel said instead, and because I was more or less speechless and dumbstruck, I replied with a nod.

She waved at me. A small, friendly wave, and a her signature smile appeared on her pinkish-red lips. I gulped, and shook my head in refute. This wasn't normal. It shouldn't be happening. I couldn't be catching feelings so quickly. It never ever happens.

But,
before I could snap out of my reverie, she was already gone. I sighed, and allowed the recognition of what was really going on to settle inside of me. I knew I had to get to the Assembly soon, or I'd be punished, but I really couldn't seem to force my long legs to move to their destination.