Persona

Till the End of the World

Adrien

The next day took so long to come.

I would wake up every hour to find myself drenched in sweat from worrying about Marinette.

I just couldn't think of anything else; it was like she was tattooed on my mind.

When morning finally came, I jumped up and got dressed as quickly as I could.

I was so nervous to go to school today.

I felt so clammy and my hands were freezing from worry.

What if she wasn't there?

What if she hates me?

What if she ignores me?

My mind kept thinking of all sorts of "what if..?" scenarios and that didn't help my confidence.

Last time I saw Marinette as Adrien was when she ran out on me at the theater, which could effect the way she would speak to me today.

If she even speaks to me at all.

***

When I finally reached school, I held my breath as I ran to find Nino.

I looked everywhere, but people were just showing up.

I walking into the school and searched the halls for a while, only seeing a few people from my class in the process.

I gave up after a while and just went to class, sweat beading on my forehead.

When I came inside, I was surprised to see Nino and Alya were already seated inside.

But something stabbed my heart when I saw Marinette's empty chair.

I bit the inside of my cheek and looked behind me at Alya.

"Where's Marinette?" I asked, trying hard to sound normal.

She shrugged and looked away from me, making me turn forwards and bite my nails.

"How was the date?" Nino asked me, winking and jabbing my arm with his elbow.

I rolled my eyes and didn't respond.

I was not in the mood.

"Not good. She left the theater," I said as tersely as I could, not giving any emotion into my words.

His eyes widened, "What did you do to scare her?"

I groaned, "I don't know, Nino. It just wasn't meant to be I guess."

"Okay. Jeez, what's up with you?" He asked.

His words felt like a thorn in my side.

What was up with me?

Nino's my best friend, and I'm acting terribly.

"I just...don't want to talk about it anymore," I said, which for the most part was true.

"Yeah that and the love of my life killed someone and hates me now," is what I didn't add to make it completely true.

The teacher came in and started to lecture us on something I didn't care anything about, as teachers usually do.

I played with my pencil rather than take notes, and mostly thought about Marinette.

I was still worried for her, but I had realized something when I saw how I hurt Nino.

She didn't love me anymore.

She made it clear when she pushed me away, and said the things she said to me last night.

A single tear dripped out of my eye and onto my blank paper.

It bled through and made the blue lines make a strange pattern in the paper.

But that's not what bothered me.

I loved Marinette.

And I always knew I would love her till the end of the world.

But in that moment, I couldn't feel anything.

I couldn't feel anything as I subconsciously wrote , "to be continued" on my paper.

Over and over and over again.

And every time I did, I could see her saying it to me. 

But when she did, she would take a little piece of my heart with her.

And I  would still loved her.

Till the end of the world.