Strawberries and Cigarettes ‧₊˚✧

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NEW DAY, NEW PROBLEMS

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Part Ⅰ: Boys Locker Room

elijah just couldn't catch a break, yesterday was bittersweet overall but today was a new day and a new day meant new problems for elijah.

he stood with his feet stuck in time, eyes darted to the ground and hair in a mess along with puffy eyes that sat on top of his prominent dark circles yet he thought people wouldn't realise his thoughts have been keeping him up all night by his face.

elijah finally mustered the courage to walk through the hallway, he was met with the same people bothering him but he didn't let that get to him. there was something scarier he dreaded the thought of.

gym class.

he hated being picked on for being gay and bad at sports, it was a stupid stereotype anyway but there was one more thing he had to survive during gym class,

boys locker room.

there, he was made to feel like he was violating people's privacy by just existing.

"i aint changing in front of this dickweed." one dude walked right past elijah, he ignored him even though his intrusive thoughts were telling him to rip that guys hair out.

"understandable, i dont like being around gay perverts either." one of the jocks stated, making everyone chuckle.

"dont look at me!" said another one of the jocks to add on the joke.

that hit the nail in the coffin, " don't worry, jacob no one's staring at your ass, there's nothing there to stare at!" elijah shouted, they had gotten on his nerves and that's what they got for testing him.

elijah walked towards his locker as the jocks laughed at jacob, their own friend. that proved they didn't really give a fuck about each other, they found pleasure in the pain of others.

while scanning the locker for his clothes, his eyes landed on the locker adjacent to his. it was occupied by someone which was odd because it had been unoccupied for years. the name sticker read "denis kopotun" 

elijah remembered what happened last day in a span of 0.1 seconds after reading his name. he couldn't just stare at the locker forever thinking about a douchebag so he proceeded to get stuff from his locker.

he was interrupted when he heard a familiar voice, "what the hell is that on your nails?"

elijah turned around only to be faced with denis who was standing about 2 inches away from his face. he pushed him against the locker. 

"you get your nails done at the salon, freak?" he commented. 

then elijah realised. he had totally forgotten he even had nail polish on, it was very natural to him, it felt like a part of body now.

"you're weird, i can't believe we all have the misfortune of going to the same school as you! you're a bad influence on everyone!" denis said, making his douchey friends laugh.

"i am a bad influence?  you are the one pushing me against a locker."elijah replied snarkily.

jacob yelled from the back, "stop doin that man, you are making him hard." elijah saw that one coming, jacob was already salty at him.

that angered denis, he grabbed the blonde boy by his collars.

"pink nail polish, seriously? you're fucking pathetic man." he spoke with a disgusted look on his face.