𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆 [ᴋᴀᴡᴏsʜɪɴ]

➂ - ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴇʟʟ ᴏғ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏʟᴏɢɴᴇ

I don't know what to do.

I spent the last 2 days only thinking about Shinji after he wasn't in school the day after I brought him home.

That was on Tuesday and today is Friday.

I know something is wrong but I can't do anything.

I don't have his phone number and he didn't text me at all.

Maybe he doesn't have a phone?

God no that's stupid.

I walk to school hoping to see him again and talk to him.

I enter the classroom and make my way to my desk when I see someone already sitting in the classroom next to the window.

My eyes light up and I hurry over to Shinji.

"Kaworu?"

Shinji looks at me and I smile brightly at him.

I look him up and down and notice a bruise on his arm.

Shinji follows my gaze and quickly pulls down his sleeve.

"Oh Shinji."

I don't want to ask anything. I don't want him to remember whatever happened on Tuesday I just want him to forget about it even for just a moment.

Looking down at him I pull his other sleeve down.

He looks shocked at the sudden touch and smiles a soft fake smile.

"I'll walk you home on time today."

I whisper and look him deep in the eyes.

"I promise, Shinji."

With that I sit down at my own desk and start thinking about the whole situation.

How can I help him? Does he even want help?

God this boy has some serious problems.

But I need to help him because it's my duty. Would I help him if I didn't have this perfect life and this reputation to keep up?

The bell rings and I snap out of my thoughts.

I take a piece of paper out of my notebook and write something down.

'Wait for me at the school exit after class. Also can you give me your phone number?'

I pass the note over to Shinji and wait for him to answer. I wait for the whole period but he didn't give the note back.

After the bell rings once again Shinji already leaves before I could speak to him.

And after a boring day of school and thinking about Shinji I make my way to the exit where Shinji would wait for me.

Today I'm a little late because I was still talking to the teacher about my homework.

I start walking a little faster as I scan the corridor for Shinji.

I see our classmates all talking to Shinji like first time.

Shinji looks scared and tries to explain something then one of our classmates pushes him against the lockers.

"Are you crazy?!" I shout but nobody hears me.

I try to run as fast as possible past the people walking in the other direction.

As I look over to them again Shinji is still laying on the floor and the others are starting to kick him.

"Hey! Stop that!" I run faster with every kick Shinji receives and finally arrive at the exit door.