WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR

LEGENDS....

" life is not about thinking
It is about get out and do it,
It was never about future
Neither was it about future
It was always about present
And sometimes we forget
What we are
We all are legends...
We all are legends in every small way"

I walked into the school and all eyes were on me. It was difficult but Theo was beside me, helped me when I stumbled.
I was surrounded by a sea of people yet I felt lonely...
" I told you should have brought the wheelchair" Theo complained, but still his voice was concern.
" I can walk Theo, I am not handicapped" I said feeling hurt.
He nodded as he sensed my emotions.
"where is Taley?" I asked and Theo spoke nothing.
" I asked where is Taley?" I asked him again.
" she left." he said and my heart somehow forgot how to pump blood and my lungs forgot how to breathe.
"W-what?" I stammered as I asked the question.
" Lilli, she left America last week, she was there for you every second and cried the hell out of herself but she had to leave." he said and tear rolled down my cheek.
It broke me more.
She left, but it wasn't her fault, it was mine, I was getting punished for all the bad deeds I ever did, for I killed two people.
Broke two houses.

" you okay? " he asked.
" yup" I lied.
I did not wanted him to worry about me, I walked with him across the corridor as I heard the whispers of all students who were staring at me.
" she deserved it, she was nothing more than a tree in the forest, even if it breaks it does not affect the forest at all" said one and I kept quite, I knew shouting at them or threatning them will do no good so I walked past them pretending not to hear but inside o could feel the arrow hitting at the right spot.
Just then Theo's phone rang.
He looked serious as the caller quickly babbled.
"I have to go" he said and I nodded and he rushed out of the school leaving me all alone in this pool of smelly and rusty teenagers...
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" so how is the legend doing? " a familiar rough voice as I shoved the book out of my locker.
" great before you came" I said as I kept on shoving my books out of the locker.
Where the hell did I kept them?
"Look I just want to talk to you." he pled and I tried my best to hold back my fist locking on his face.
" I have a class to join so it would be better if you make it fast" I barked.
" do you like water?" he asked
"what the hell? Yes I like water." I told him confused.
" thank god, then it means you like me 70%" he said.
Without thinking for a second I said, " if it worked that way, I would end up marrying a jellyfish." and kept on finding my books.
Ah found them at last!!!
And then I looked at him.
He blinked.
So did I.
"  you always ruin the cheesy lines" he complained.
"are you done?" I asked.
" can I have a map for your eyes, cuz I keep getting lost" he tried again but it's my thing to ruin the cheesiness of cheesy line so I had my answer ready.
" sorry but map for eyes is unavailable right now but I could provide you map for hell of course." I said before turning away and started to walk towards my class.
I stumbled again and nearly falled but my butt instead of hitting on ground landed in mid air.
My body rested in two strong arms that was for sure not Theo.
I looked up and found it was no one  other that Harsh.
I pushed him off landing on the strong concrete floor.
I found falling on ground a better deal than falling in his arms.
He stuck out his hand to help me stand and said, " we both know that you cannot fall for me"
I took his hand, pushing him towards my left making him fall on the ground as I got up, " then stop trying" I barked.
"what was that for?" he asked groaning.
I ignored him and started to walk towards my class again knowing I was 7 minutes late just because of that stupid.
" You can't walk away from me like this, you owe me", he said.
I  stopped and  looked back  as anger sprouted from my body I spoke as a I breath fire, "you owe me nothing Kaira, nothing."
I pointed my finger towards him and continued,
"You may have borrowed me
Helped me temporarily
Under your name and sway
But you did not make me
And you will not break me
For I and only I can decide my fate"
He remained speechless as I walked by him and kept on looking at me.
I could feel him staring at me until I entered the classroom.
But somehow I felt light, I felt happy.
For the first time I did not felt fine but happy.
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Hello guys...
So this is my 30th chapter.
And I have 504 reads. I m so happy, you guys are amazing.
It isn't even one whole month and I have around 500 reads.
*pats on back*
Thank you guys, you all are awesome.
With love and dhokals
L. Wolf
P. S. Dhokala is an Indian dish ( Gujarati to be precise) and it tastes amazing.
Give it a try once.
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