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7

..."Time doesn't heal anything,it just teaches us how to live with the pain"—

Iretiola's POV

Thankfully,no one has tried to contact me and I have avoided the little garden space, I need to find a name for that spot. I'll just go with 'safe space'. I haven't spoken to Travis or Alex since the day I went off on Alex, yesterday, seriously!,it felt like a lifetime ago. I didn't go to my safe space last night not because I was afraid of Travis and/or taking his threats seriously but because I was ashamed of what he might have seen.

I have never wanted anyone to see my scars cause they're the evidence of my mental deficiency and madness. My arms look disgusting and destroyed,like I've been held captive by a crazy nut job who in this case happens to be me.

I scream out my frustration into my pillow. No,my roommates aren't here cause they're busy preparing for the freshers party happening tomorrow. Don't get excited, I'm not going, I'd rather stay alone in my room and try to fall asleep.

Since, I've got absolutely nothing to do right now and I can't go to my safe space,lemme check all my notifications. First,I check TikTok and surprisingly I have over two thousand notifications. I can't believe I have so many notifications because of a video of me whining about being hungry that Aarin made and posted without my knowledge. What could be so interesting about a two second video that went "Aarin, I'm hungry", I wasn't even smiling and trust me, I know how hard it is to gain followers on TikTok cause Ola and I tried multiple times.

Whilst holding my breath,I click on the notification button and I have 996 followers,984 likes,10 comments and 241 tags,so the followers were definitely not because of the video but the tags instead and clicking on them led me to the video of Alex and I in the Cafeteria. Those idiots think we're secretly dating and most of the comments from his female fans are not pretty at all. What the hell happened to women supporting women?. "What does he even see in her?" Beauty,you monkey I answer in my mind and I go on to check the rest of the tags and there's also one of the time I was with Travis after Aarin had gone to get me chocolate milk.

This time, I was tagged by the people in the comment section. "Her friend leaves and boom, she tries to seduce Travis, that doesn't work so,she moves on to Alex, what an attention seeker". I was going to ignore but who the fuck does she think she is?, I type "You're an idiot" and hit send, Immediately she replies "so she speaks??" I exit the app after that and try to make some TikTok videos. I made some and got ready for my afternoon class.

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Stepping out of my lecture room, I have come to the conclusion that Mrs Akinbade hates her job as she constantly gives nerve-wracking and neverending assignments. I make my way to the cafeteria for my lunch with Aarin and surprisingly I find her at the table with.....,you guessed right, Travis. Thank God I have an assignment to attend to, I'll just grab chocolate milk and chocolate cookies, i mentally plan .

I stop by the table and greet them without making eye contact with Travis. "Hey Travis, hello Aarin, I'm sorry I won't be able to stay for lunch right now,I have to finish my assignment before tomorrow" I explain and Aarin furrows her eyebrows in confusion

"I thought you said you aren't going to attend the freshers party so,why do you have to finish it today" She asks and Travis responds for me "Because she is uncomfortable with me here" "why ?" Aarin asks facing me

"Don't mind him,It's not about him, I just have a lot of sleep to catch up on" I lie and leave no room for further conversation cause I go to purchase my snacks and I leave the cafeteria for the library and on my way Alex blocks me.