Mind on fire

01. summer camp?

Chapter 01: summer camp?

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The bell finally rang, announcing the end of the boring class... I can't believe that I will finally be returning home after a long day that has tired me out so much...

I started collecting my things and putting them in my small bag. When I turned to the seat on my right, I did not find Veronia...

This is a bit strange...

Veronia is my best friend. I mean my best friend for real. We have not been apart for even a moment since we first met. We shared our secrets and spent wonderful days together.

In fact, her absence made me feel a little strange... but I quickly gathered my things and headed outside. I was walking in the hallway with steady steps despite the eyes directed towards me.

Why do they look at me like I'm an alien? Why are they looking at me in the first place? I was just a person who had no name, like the ghost of a class, or in other words, like the rest of the coal when burned... I was not a single point from the center of the universe, I was and always have been.

I had always been invisible to everyone... And what was happening now terrified me. I did not pay much attention to their glances, and I kept walking. In the hallway until I reached my closet...

I opened it in confusion and did not look around much for fear of meeting their frightening eyes again. Then I gathered my important things, closed the closet again, and arranged my hair, which was a bit messy.

I turned around again, intending to leave. And then I stared at the students.

Perhaps I will find Veronia among them...but to no avail.

quickly I reached the end of the pass, but suddenly I felt someone's hand falling on my shoulder hard. My eyes widened and I was surprised. So I turned towards him and my eyes met the most beautiful face I had ever seen.

Dain Richard 's face..

Dain was my first love ever since he gave me an apple at school 10 years ago, I've been in love with him..

I know it's a weird, and stupid thing to love someone at 10 years old just for a fucking stupid apple.. but I did.

I could say that I was just one chapter in his book, but in my story he was the entire title.

So I blinked several times in a row and felt the heat in my cheeks, which always exposes me when I feel shy.

I looked at him for a long time while I was in the most astonished state... while he was also looking at me with his attractive blue eyes. His blonde hair falls over his forehead and his prominent jaw..

I wanted to speak, but I could not find the appropriate words for that, and I could not even say anything...so I preferred to remain silent for a long time rather than speak and expose myself with my tense tone...

Then he smiled at me with a wide smile, showing his beautiful teeth, and presented me with a red rose that he was hiding behind his back.. A red rose? Yes, a red rose..

At the same moment, I felt suffocated and my breathing stopped. I gripped my notebook tightly with both palms and held it close to me.

My chest is tight...

I can not breathe...

My breaths are intersecting...

My heart beats fast...

I want to breathe, but I cannot.

Did he give me a rose or am I just imagining? Then he decided to speak while giving me the same smile..