𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐄 | Yuki Ishikawa

Chapter 12

ᵉˣᵃᵐ ʷᵉᵉᵏ, ˢᵗᵘᵈʸ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᶜʳᵃᶻʸ ˢᵉⁿⁱᵒʳˢ! ᶜᵒˡˡᵉᵍᵉ ⁱˢ ᵒⁿᵉ ˢᵗᵉᵖ ᵃʰᵉᵃᵈ, ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ⁱᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ

 
    
  
"..Oh, yeah. Free time, free time." Eudias dance around as we finally finished taking our examinations. Only one step ahead, we are off to College.
  
 
 

 
"Hey, you seemed unhappy?" She finally paid attention to me. I place my hands in the pockets of my blouse. "I'm good, I actually did well for this examination. It's just that, I don't think I can leave my Uncle, yet."
 
 

 

"Ah, yeah. I almost forgot you're leaving for Italy. It's almost the end of the semester now." Eudias pouted. Now the mood drastucally changed. "We're graduating. I don't even know what to do for College."
 
 
 
 

"Me too, the only thing I know is that I'm leaving after this and I don't know what to do."
  
 
 
  
 
"If I were you, I will marry someone I met in Italy..Ah, so romantic." She nudges me. "I can't marry an Italian guy, It's not my type."
  
 
 
 

"Or you're still wanting to have the amazing and powerful...you randomly met in the street?"
  
 

 

The way she described him is pure exaggeration. I mean, yeah. Like whatever, "No, not even a single thought of him. Just so Eudias, preferences exist. Plus, I haven't heard from him since then..you know,"
  
 

 

 
"It's because you give up too soon. Now you're regretting, that's what you get."
  
 
 

"It's not that, you wouldn't get it until you've seen his woman. She was gorgeous,"
 
 
 
   
  
She was a woman of about twenty six I think? I didn't have that chance to describe her but she seemed tremendously vital person, interested in everybody and everything, in contrast to myself — apparent indifference to anything.

  
 
 
 

"..and you're doing it again, Nishikawa Mayu. You don't have to compare yourself." She replied, as if she read my mind. I kept quiet, "There was also a warm understanding relationship between them..."
  
  

 

𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿: Teens often compare themselves to those who are better and they also compare themselves to those who are worse when they want to feel better about themselves.
  
    
  
   
But in years time, teenagers will grow and mature, eventually.........