Ibinu

Chapter 3: Alone

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I couldn't sleep again last night. That made today the third day in a row.

I'd been walking around in a haze all day and hadn't even realised I'd dozed off in Chemistry class till I felt someone poke my back.

As I jerked off my table, the resulting noise alerted my teacher that there was a student sitting behind the door, out of his view.

I didn't even have time to blink the sleep out of my eye before he was standing in front of me and I just wondered how I was going to get myself out of this one.

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As I kneeled in front of the class with my hands raised up, I eyed the cause of it all, Ronald.

If he had just left me to continue sleeping I wouldn't have been noticed by the teacher and wouldn't have had my seat position adjusted. ꜱᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ʙᴏʏꜱ.

Luckily I was let off with a warning once I explained to the teacher that I was only 'resting my eyes' in his class due to my myopia*.

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ɢᴏᴅ, ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ ᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɢʟʏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴠᴘ*.

After class, he tried to get my attention but I just pretended that I didn't see him. I don't know why he now took it as a sign to come over and talk to me.

"Hey, sorry about that, I was trying to make sure you wouldn't get caught." He looked sheepish as he tried to explain.

"I wouldn't have slept in class if I thought I would get caught or do you think my liver* is that great? I would appreciate it if you would mind your business from now on in anything that involves me. Ok?" I snapped.

"Got it! Sorry I cared. Will make sure I don't touch you even with a 6-foot pole." He retorted as he backed away with his hands held up.

ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ, ɴᴏᴡ ɪ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴊᴇʀᴋ.

"Hey!"

I turned around to see Amandi, "What's up?"

"What was that about?" He gestured between me and Ronald.

"What was what about?" I questioned.

"The poor guy looked scared, did my little honey badger come out to play?" He said while smooshing my cheeks.

"It was nothing and stop trying to smoosh me to death." I waved it off and removed his hands from my cheeks.

"You didn't sleep again last night, right? I could see your eye bags from the back of the class, and you wonder why I always call you panda." He chuckled as he folded his arms.

"Haha, that's hilarious, so funny I forgot to laugh," I said while rolling my eyes. "Way to make me feel insecure about it, you know I have natural eye bags." I started touching my eye bags self-consciously.

"You still didn't answer my question." He replied as he grabbed my hand.

"Are you a parrot? Why do you always say that any time we talk?" ɪ ꜱᴡᴇᴀʀ ᴍʏ ᴇʏᴇʙᴀʟʟꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ꜱᴛᴜᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ꜱᴋᴜʟʟ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴅᴀʏꜱ.

"Cause you always try to wave* my questions, like now. Answer me, Lolaaaa." He groaned while swinging my hand.

"Why are you asking when you already know the answer. I couldn't sleep, happy?" I snapped while turning my face away.