“… Student, student, wake up.”
My body was vigorously shaken. The voice in my ear was unfamiliar.
I frowned and opened my eyes slowly.
I saw dark blue pants. When I looked up, I saw the security guard bending over and staring at me.
“…”
My body was crumpled like a discarded tissue.
“Ugh…”
“Did you sleep outside? You can’t do this here. Did you also smoke?”
I got up while the guard was nagging. I was still groaning and half-asleep.
I blinked slowly a couple of times before coming to my senses.
My body was bruised, and my entire body ached from being beaten by Pavel.
My cheeks were a little swollen when I touched my face.
The previous night’s events came to mind.
I hit my older brother in the head and ran away while fighting with him.
Then, while sniffling and wiping away my tears on the bench, I ran into Pavel, with whom I had gone to elementary and middle school, and we fought.
To be honest, I was worried about coming across as a weakling in the fight and losing as soon as possible, but it was a long fight.
The fight was a complete mess.
I grabbed a handful of Pavel’s hair, kicked him hard on the thigh, ripped the zipper off his jumper, and threw it somewhere on the ground.
And just as I was about to hit Pavel on the cheek like he did to me, he kicked my shoulder.
He ran away with his friends, leaving me on the ground, and calling me a crazy bastard.
I think I won, but it was a bitter victory.
I lay on my back on a bench alone, wiping away tears, touching my cheeks, sniffling, and closing my eyes.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep, but when I lay down, I fell asleep.
And morning came.
“Oh!”
I quickly reached into my pockets and took out my phone.
The battery was out.
What time was it right now? I need to get to school.
“U-uncle, do you know what time it is?”
“Now? It was past nine. It’s almost ten o’clock.”
My heart was racing as I heard the uncle’s words.
Furthermore, because today was the day before the college entrance exam and a preliminary call-up day, it ended early.
It would be pointless to go now…
My mind was filled with complicated thoughts.
“I still have to go…”
I didn’t like being absent from school because of a quarrel with my older brother.
Nobody could have predicted that I would become so messed up in one night.
Even I had no idea.
It was easier than I expected to become a delinquent teenager.
I suddenly considered what I would do once I finished school, but nothing came to mind.
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Romance"Let's slowly become adults." Jeff Thanapon, who was in school, suffered from the heat and had to leave early. He runs across Alan Hemmawich, a well-known bully in the alley on his way home. Jeff, who is afraid of him, attempts to walk pass him as i...
