save me | phan

02

"Would anyone like to share something with us?" asked Jake
A girl started talking about self-harming, another was rambling about the meaning of life, someone tried to commit suicide a couple of days ago. But Dan wasn't one of them, he didn't belong there because he got better after the event from 2 years ago. At least he thought so.

The black-haired boy kept looking at him. Dan tried to make eye contact but failed every time, looking down at his hands and playing with the sleeves from his over-sized jumper. He felt weak and didn't like it so he raised his head a bit, enough to see the boy. He was smiling at Dan and as soon as he realized it he felt his cheeks starting to turn red so he looked down again.
The time flew by and the session ended.

"Dan?" shouted Jake. "Mate, are you even listening to me?"
"Umm yea, sure. What happened?" asked Dan confused.
"You have to go, that's it for today"
He didn't even realize when everyone left, he was alone in the room with Jake.
"Sorry, I'll go now" he said and started walking to the exit.

As he was walking to the door he saw a tall figure standing and waiting for him. He knew it was the new guy.
"Hello" said the boy while smiling. My name's P--
He didn't even finish his sentence because Dan interrupted him.
"Don't care" he said with a cold voice and left.