Pou had been facing some very tough times in the town of Beebe, Arkansas. One day, he decided he couldn't take it anymore, and ran away. He didn't have any idea of where he would run off to, so he stayed on the city bus until the last stop. Little d...
I can't believe my owner just beat me up again. This is the third time this week, and it's only Monday. I would rather be neglected.
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Duo POV
Why won't my student do their lessons? I'm constantly using up their streak freezes to help them out, but that only negatively impacts me.
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CHAPTER 1: Runaways
Duo POV
I can't do this anymore. No one even respects me after the incident. I mean, sure, I killed a man, but he didn't do his lessons.
I have to run away.
Pou POV
I can't do this anymore. I have to get out of this abusive relationship. My owner tried to feed me poison, and I even caught them posting on Reddit, asking "how do I kill pou? please help." This is outrageous. I might just kill myself.
No. I can't. I don't even have a neck.
Maybe I'll welcome the bottle.
No.
I have to run away.
It was September 11th, 2000, in Beebe, Arkansas. The city bus had just made its last stop of the day, and the final two passengers were making their way out. Though they didn't know it yet, they got off at the same stop for the same reasons– because they both wanted to get as far away as possible from where they started. As if it was coordinated, the two figures walked at the same pace alongside each other while approaching the door of the bus.
Pou, the brown one, reached for the pole near the bus stairs to stabilize himself; he wanted to exit as soon as possible, and he couldn't afford to trip down the stairs and embarrass himself. Instead of feeling the cool metal against his hand, Pou felt something rather soft, almost like... feathers.
