❧𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡❧ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐂𝐔

₀₄ | '𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥'

16th of August, 2022

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DING, DING, DING

The school bell rang through the busy hallways as an 8-year-old Aria made her way to her next class—P.E.

God, she hated P.E. There was constantly this one boy, Jacob, his name was. Who would constantly pick on her. He said that she was a 'slow poach'. Aria wasn't a slow poach, she knew that, but she hated it. She hated being picked on. It made her feel less than everyone else.

That, and well, the amount of noise overwhelmed her quite a bit.

Aria's mother had tried to bring it up with the school, but they just shook it off as 'innocent banter'. However, the young girl and her mother knew that it was not innocent banter.

"Come on, Snail!" The boy—Jacob yelled with a giggle as he sprinted past her. Aria's fist clenched by instinct. She always had problems with anger, she never knew why. One time in 1st grade, she punched a girl in the nose because she stole her crayon.

Aria only let out a sigh as she unclenched her fist. Her mother made her promise never to punch another person, no matter how badly she wanted to.

She lazily made her way to PE and got changed into her PE uniform. She walked out, only to realise that the lesson was a game of dodgeball. Great. The young brunette thought to herself.

She sat down away from everyone else as the teacher explained the rules of the game. She didn't bother to listen, since she'd memorized the rules early on in the year when they played it.

She fiddled with her shirt as she looked out the window, watching as the birds sang in the trees and the sun streamed inside through the large windows.

God, she'd kill to be a bird right now.

Aria was so focused on the birds that she didn't realise that the game had begun. That was until she felt a ball hit her head, at least.

"What the—" She began as she whipped her head around, only to see that it was no other than Jacob, standing there with a smug smirk on his face.

"Come on, give me my ball back," He teased, the smirk on his face only widening as he saw Aria's face twist into one of pure annoyance.

Her fist tightened again, but when she tightened it, she felt a zap on her finger. She flinched and quickly untightened her fist before she inspected her palm. What the hell was that?

Before she knew it, Jacobs possy and him were laughing at her. Aria felt tears well in her eyes as her throat tightened and the tingle in her hands only became stronger.

"Stop!" She cried, covering her ears to try and stop the laughing. It was all too much for her. "Please stop!"

They weren't going to stop, she knew that. But god, did she wish that they would just leave her alone for one day.

She stood up and tried to make her way out of the room, she couldn't deal with this. Not right now.

She ran to the bathroom with tear-stained cheeks and uneven breaths. She leaned over a sink, her hands on either side as she looked up at herself.