With a Cold Heart

Chapter 1

"Cold"

"No one will ever like her"

"Fake"

"She has no friends"

"I don't like her"

"She will grow old alone"

"She's so ...objective"

These are the things I hear everyday. Literally. They always repeat what they say and pretend like I didn't hear it, but the truth is that I can hear it... every word they say , ever so clear.

But I chose not to be affected. I mean crying? Fighting back? What good will that do?

So I chose not to. Instead, I chose
to be objective with my life.

So I can graduate and get the heck out of this school.

**

"Technology, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry...... Algebra!"

Yup. You guessed that right.

I am currently in the library.

Studying. We have a quiz first thing in the morning so I have to study before the bell rings. I am the first in the batch and I am going to keep it that way.

I sat at my table. Yes. Mine. No one dared to sit here because this table is the farthest and darkest table from all the books and other tables, and besides, I'm me, remember? No one approaches me. Every time they see me at this table, they scamper away. But I like it that way, so that no one would bother me.

So back at the table, if no one sits on this table but me, I considered it mine, besides, this is my second most favorite place on Earth.

**
I was in the middle of studying the basics, because the content of the quiz will be all about the basics of algebra.

Teacher wants to know if we still know the basics.

So back to the story, I still can't get this problem right.

Find x
(x)(x) - 15 = 2x

Equation. Equation. Equation.

I hate equations. It's making my head hurt.

I know it's basic but I forgot how to do this.

Think Veana , Think.

X multiply x minus 15. Wait! That can't be!
They're not similar terms!!
And what the heck does equals 2x mean?
That's not even the right answer!!
And how could you know the right answer when you can't even perform the stupid operation because of x?!!

I sulk, thinking that I am so going to fail the math test later.

I hit my head on the desk repeatedly.

Stupid Veanaaa, Stupidd Veana. Veana, why can't you think straight Vean---

"Transpose 2x , multiply the x together, then factor it. Negative is equals to x you're finding"

???

I got confused. But I shrugged it off. Maybe he was calling another person. So I kept my head still on the desk.

"Miss, are you alright?"

Again, I ignored it. I know it's not me, I mean, no one likes me right?

He tapped my shoulder and now I know he's talking to me. But why is that?

I look up at the person who's speaking.

I looked at him weirdly.

Well, no one ever approached me before, so who wouldn't be surprised? But I didn't show any emotion.

Instead, I arched an eyebrow.

"What?" He asked and smiled.

I turned my head back and stood up and went to another table. I sighed, so much for 'my second most favorite place on Earth'. But don't worry. I have a third, and it's the same as the second.

And so, I went there.

But this guy kept following me.

As he was, he spoke.

"Hi, I'm Mikeal Vincent Delos Reyes. I transferred here last semester"

I stopped at my tracks.

Huh. Fate had decided.
Decided to torture me again.

But no, I won't let that happen.

No, I'm not going to commit the same mistakes I've done.

I will never be hurt again.

I will never be toyed with again.

I will never love again.

No, never again.

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*Do not be confused. I changed the name from Mike Kirby to Mikael Vincent. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ*