It was another day in school. He did the usual routine again. Taking the subway, going to the locker, listening to depressing songs...
But each day Julius gets even more depressed. He came to class with swollen eyes. He cried himself to sleep last night. And when he woke up he could not escape from the depressing things in life. He cried again.
He always stared at his red penknife, while holding suicidal thoughts. Nope, he snapped out of his mind yet again, he did not have the courage to do so. But maybe he could...
Lesson time. The mathematics teacher returned the algebra class test. He failed. With a score of 7 out of 20. Then comes the chunks of group projects. In fact he always hated group projects due to his introversial personality. He doesn't like to communicate with others. Not even with his closest friend Johnny. Whenever Johnny pops up to him and ask what's wrong, Julius would just look down and say "Nothing..." Anyway, he was the last person to be picked for the group project. And his group members do not even like him.
"What the hell we got this weirdo?"
"Oh god."
"He doesn't even talk!"
Julius acted normal, as usual, but deep down these comments are just piercing through his fragile heart. He did not want to contribute to the project as well since he does not feel like working with people that criticizes and ostracizes him.
Lunch break. He bought a bowl of rice, with curry sauce. Eating curry would somehow light up Julius' day. Maybe by a little bit. But today, he bumped into a junior in his school. The hot curry sauce ends up spilling on the 14-year-old junior. The junior ends up complaining to the discipline mistress while Julius just blatantly stare at his curry rice. He felt that everything was against him when he got sent for a 1-hour detention.
When he got home, he laid face-first on his bed. It was a day when everything went wrong for Julius. He got even more depressed and started to take out his red penknife.
He stared blatantly at the penknife. Should he do it? He snapped out of his mind, trying to convince him in the most optimistic way possible. He did not have the courage. But wait, maybe he could...
Author's Note: Thank you for reading the story :P
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That Penknife
Teen FictionJulius, 17, is an introversial and yet depressed guy. Despite him coping well in his studies, he doesn't find the meaning to his life, and often harbour suicidal thoughts. He may looks perfectly normal on the outside, but deep down he's crumbling i...
