Simply Because

Everything's back to normal?

(What in the world did i do back there?) Thinking very awkwardly to himself all the embarrassing things he had said that time.

Daniel:"I hope there is a place for both of us to show the reality of who we are"

Dying of embarrassment, Daniel continously slammed his head on his table as he sat on his chair in his room.

Daniel:" Should probably head for a run now"

As he ran the usual route he took in an attempt to lose the weight, he had made a decent improvement no longer being overweight however he continued so he could become the person he wants to.

(Doesn't really matter what my actual BMI is overweight or not as long as i look fat i will always be fat. Society is just like that, health isn't the main concern rather your physical appearance and looks, health is a nicely packaged way of saying it.)

As pespiration dripped from his forehead he walked up the stairs to the park he always visited after school he sat alone at his favourite spot to cool down.

Daniel:"Man a lot happened these few weeks and there's still the school festival to worry about damn it why is everything so hectic, if this is what a normal high school life looks like I rather be a working adult, though i know nothing about work looking at my parents i would probably not like it in future but that's besides the point"

Sitting there deep in thought. Daniel couldn't help but wonder about Jasmine that ice cold, rash and incredibly harsh girl he had met just a few weeks ago and yet already she had torn down and peeled back the layers he had so carefully put around himself, he wondered whether he to could one day remove the walls around her heart.

"Beep beep!"

Looking at his phone he saw a message from his sister

"Be back by 7 we can't start dinner without you"

Daniel:" Alright time to begin another horrible week at school wonder what sort of boring uninteresting shit awaits me."

Staring at the ceiling of her bedroom, Jasmine wondered what to do next with her friendship with Daniel, that boy who she saw so much of her former self in and the boy who she wanted to make him stop lying to himself.

"Did you see Jasmine, trying so hard to be a good student"

"Disgusting why is she trying so hard anyways average grades are all you need heh bet she doesn't do anything in her life except study."

Walking past these snarky remarks was normal for Jasmine back then, she was merely doing her best to ensure she got good grades she could never comprehend why she was being mocked for it. Why she was turned away for simply being who she wanted to.

Staring at her recent tests grades of all As she scoffed at herself.

" I've had enough, I need to change."

Jasmine resolved to stop being the hardworking, good and well rounded girl. She craved the social life of any normal high school student and so she adapted. Her grades started to drop to average and she started to hang out with a group of friends she found common interests with. She felt satisfied with her current position, but when alone it knawed at her heart knowing she was lying so openly about herself made her feel miserable inside but she never wanted to go back and for a year she bottled up these thoughts until she met Daniel.

Meeting a boy she saw herself exactly identical to in facades was scary in many ways. Observing how he behaved and how he carried himself she couldn't help but feel the same sense of misery reappear. Lying to himself putting on a cynical front and dettaching himself from school society but still remaining some sense of social interaction. Upon learning the cause for his facades she felt even more obliged to help him or rather wanted to direct her guilt and shame at being unable to help herself onto someone else, she understood how selfish it was, how she was essentially using him as a coping mechanism.