𝐼𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠| 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑧 𝐴𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜

𝐂'𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞"

☁️chapter 2:annoying☁️

Clinginess. I find it very annoying. It's also a desperate call for attention and an annoying way to show emotion, should that you're dependent on someone. I would prefer, if the human kind wasn't so greedy, but who am I to judge those, who can't live on their own?

In my case, which I involved myself into with no intention whatsoever, I had to deal with the new kid and can't seem to shake him off. Yes, Marcus is a very persistent guy. His desperate need for family and friends is his biggest weakness, while I prefer being on my own.

Unfortunately for me the guy doesn't seem to understand that, so he continued to 'bump' into me since we talked for the first time. I guess I gave him the wrong impression, which I admit..is my fault.

And now I have a puppy in my hands. One very needy and greedy puppy, that needs to be fed with attention almost all of the time. But I'm no soft person, I don't give him the satisfaction of having my attention. But he didn't give up.

"Could you perhaps stop following me around like I'm your master?", I finally turn to face him after ignoring him all day. He was following me around the school trying to get my attention and to speak to me, "I find you very annoying, so please leave me alone".

"Why do you talk and act like that all the time, it's so strange?", Marcus avoids my question and the following request, "I just want us to be friends, so I'm trying to be friendly".

"I told you many times..I don't make allies, it's draining my energy".

"Do you know what you need right now?".

"A bullet in my head?".

"No", Marcus looks at me like I'm the weird one here, "A friend. You seem very lonely and sad all the time. This seriousness of yours is what keeps people away from you".

"Have you ever thought that I might like it this way? Or perhaps you don't understand?", I got closer to him and I pock his chest with my fingers, "Marcus, do you know the difference between a lion and a wolf?".

"One of them is bigger?", he said.

"The lion is the most powerful animal in the animal world, the king of the animals known as the most brutal hunter and killer", I began to explain to the clueless boy, "but a lion is nothing without his pack, nothing without the other lions to back him up. While a wolf can be strong in a group and by himself. Learn how to be a wolf and your life will be easier".

I back up and I turn my back at him, so I can continue with my day as normal and no one will talk to me. Or at least I thought so.

"What, if a lion and a wolf are fighting against each other? Who is going to win?", Marcus shouted after me making me stop in my tracks and turn around to face him.

"Well", I made a quick pause, "a wolf will obviously lose against a lion, so you don't need me for that answer, do you?".

"And in this situation I'm the lion and you're the wolf, correct?".

"Correct", I nod my head.

"Okay, then I advice you to give up before you lose the battle. Because I'm not planning on giving up on our friendship".

The audacity that this man had to advise me how to live my life pushed my buttons more, than I expected it will. Marcus already proved to me, that he's a stubborn guy, but this was on another level and I didn't like it.

All thought I have to admit that the fight he was putting up was very intriguing. It almost made me smile, which will hurt my face, since my facial muscles were no longer working.

Once again I got closer to him, I put my hands on my hip and both me and Marcus stare at each other. He was so confident in his abilities to change me and it was so amusing.

"I'm not the type to give up", I told him straight away and my eyes fall down on his shoulders, then back on his face, "and if you want to bother someone, you can always go to Saya and befriend her. I'm not interested".

"But I am", he spit that answer immediately.

"Find a hobby, fill your time with something more interesting than me".

"You're a broken project, that I want to fix till the end of the school year".

"Excuse me?".

"Don't you think I don't know what you're doing, just so you can be alone", Marcus came closer to my face and smirked at me, "you are not heartless, even if you like to play it that way and deep down that dark soul of you wants to be held, loved and appreciated, but you are too scared to let someone do it for you".

"You know nothing".

"Oh, correct me then".

"I'm not capable of having any emotions and I'm glad for it, because human emotions are what makes the human kind weak", I explained to him, "Don't you see it? Look around you and use my point of view. All of them are led by their emotions to the point when it's pathetic to watch it. Love, fear, sadness, anger...this is what destroys a person".

"Who told you that?", Marcus asks me.

"My own observations. I can give you an example with at least 50 students here, who are going to die before even graduating this stupid school. Especially Chico, he's the first one".

"You know awfully well what's going on around here for someone, who's not interested in having any friends".

"I can't help it", I look Marcus dead in the eyes and crossed my arms, "y'all are rubbing your foolishness in my face all the time".