loneliness does make you go crazy

[17]

"Since I was lonely, I first started to talk to all sort of objects in my room to let time pass by faster. Eventually after some time, my mind started to form an imaginary friend. My best friend, he's the best. We usually talk when I don't feel all right or when I'm feeling lonely" he smiled

An imaginary friend? That was actually unexpected.. And the thing called his 'friend', was he with us right now?
Chills came over me.

"The only thing, I remembered from there on, was when I heard my parents fighting, but I couldn't figure out about what they were fighting, but it seemed like it was a big deal. I was playing in my room. Then the police came, my parents were taken away and the police also took me away and put me into an orphanage. Since that day, I never knew who actually called the police and ruined everything for me"
Taehyung suddenly stopped talking, as a group of friends walked pass us, his eyes followed them slowly and unobtrusively.

The people noticed us and looked over to us, the smell of alcohol reached my nostrils, guess they were drunk.
No wonder they were walking so funny. I hoped that they would leave soon, but they decided to stand right infront of us and stare at me.
All eyes were focused on me. To be honest I was slightly scared and I would immediately go home, when I was alone, but Taehyung was here he wouldn't let something happen, right?

One of the guys lurched closer to us, the smell of beer got stronger, the closer he got, he looked like college student.
"Hey-"
"Good bye" Taehyung abruptly interrupted him.
The strange guy pouted
"Am I not allowed to make friends?"
"Good bye" he repeated
"I wasn't even talking to you, so mind your own business" his friends started to laugh

Someone here thought he snapped, ridiculous.

"So what's your name beautiful, wanna come with us? I can assure you that we are much more fun than that buzzkill" as he walked closer to us, Taehyung immediately stood up and pushed him back into his group.
"We don't need your company, now good bye"
"Fine!" he shouted as he pulled himself together "Suck my-"
"Good bye" after Taehyungs good bye they left

"Thank you.."
"No worries" he made himself comfortable on the bench "So where was I? Ah right..
The orphanage wasn't that bad, to be honest, but I couldn't communicate with other kids, so I talked to my imaginary friend instead"

He leaned back and looked up to the sky.

"I wasn't living their long though, the people who worked their, thought that I was 'too' different from the other kids, the reason they thought so was, I didn't communicate with anyone around me, instead I talked to my best friend. Apparently they were really concerned about my mental state, so they put me in a hospital and ran many kinds of tests on me. I guess to see whether I'm still sane or not.."

I didn't know him for too long, but it was very surprising that he actually opened up to me. He told me many things today, but maybe he should stop, so it wouldn't bring back all bad memories.

"It's okay, you're my friend. Why would I think of you differently?" I tried to cheer him up and lighten up the mood
"Well, the people in the orphanage, the doctors in the hospital, myriads of psychiatrists I visted and my family, think that I am crazy"
"Well I don't"
"I hope you mean it"

Silence.

"But why don't you want to go home?" I asked
"Well.. my mother found all the paperwork on the floor and got mad, she would normally hit me or something like that, when I disobey her or do something she doesn't like. When she ran upstairs, I saw that you left your things here and brought them to you. It saved my life, literally" he laughed.
"She was firmly convinced that when she and my dad both adopted me-"

Suddenly he stopped talking and looked on his hand, there was a little rain drop. I felt the rain dripping of my skin too.
"Let's go inside, I think it's going to rain soon. I don't want to get sick before the holidays, I bet you don't want to either" I suggested.