~As Bright as the Sun~[DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 2

I was kinda surprised for what she did. All my life, no one ever sacrificed even the tiniest thing for me. But..but why was she so nice to me?She just met me. Was it because of my looks?Her behavior was too good to be true.

The bell for lunch break rang. I packed my belongings and went to the school canteen to buy a packet of buns. I bought a simple vanilla filling bun,because my allowance wasn't much. I went and sat in a deserted bench and took a bite of the bun. Suddenly from behind I heard someone say " Hey!!"

I fumbled with my face mask and quickly put it on.

I turned and saw Aurora grinning at me. I turned front and quietly said" Hello."

"Why are you eating alone?"she asked and sat beside me.

"I have no friends" I replied.

I turned a little and looked at her face. She was really beautiful. Her face was now amazed. I was used to people looking surprised after hearing this. But then she took my hand in hers and said looking in my eyes,

" I will be your friend!!"

I looked at her, dumbstruck.

Friend? No one...NO ONE EVER said me that he or she wanted to be my friend!! I pulled away my hands from her soft ones and turned away. This....This was too good to be true. If she knew about it...she would hate me like others. Look at me with disgust or pity like the others. I should not have ANY hope. But as I said it to myself, I could not help hoping she would still like to be my friend after knowing about it.

"Why" I said" Why do you suddenly want to be my friend?" I turned and looked at her "Do you even know what I carry? I am sorry, I don't want fake or pretend friends, who leave the moment they know what I carry." I tried my best but still I could not put the bitterness out of my tone. I turned away from her.

She looked at me for a moment and said "What if I don't care?"

I turned and looked at her. She had no smile in her face. Her face was simple, nearly emotionless. But somehow she looked more beautiful. Her long beautiful eyelashes,her brown eyes which shone and sparkled like crystals,her long brown hair and her pink tinged cheeks.

"You should" I said.

"Why?" she asked. Her tone did not have any cheeriness any longer. It was simple and plain. Her true voice. It was gentle, like a delicate mist. It had a mysterious aura with it,which made it even more beautiful. It was like a low chord of music, gentle and soft, yet melodious.

The more I spend time with her, the more beautiful she looked. No one could ever be tired of it.

I don't want to say her. I know she would leave. Those brown eyes would be full of hate and disgust. But...What did I have to lose? Better tell her the truth than keep it hidden.

"HIV positive. I am a HIV positive." I said and looked down at my feet. I waited for her to a answer. I waited for the harsh insults.

Shit. Now she would hate me too. My shitty luck.

With all my willpower, I turned towards her. Surprise was etched in every feature of her face. Then she said " Are you MAD?"

I turned away. The little hope that she would be different from the others extinguished. She was the same. The same like the others. I kept quiet. I wished she would leave.

She said again " Are u CRAZY! Dude!! You are HIV positive!!! Your immunity is weak!! Yet you are having these cheapo buns!!"

I turned at her surprised, dumbstruck and TOTALLY bewildered.

" You..y..you...d..do..don't..m..mind?" I stuttered. She burst laughing and said "Idiot, why would I? You didn't commit any unforgivable crime!! It's just a disease!"

She shoved her lunch book in my hands and said "Eat this!" Then she took the bun from my hand and threw it in the garbage.

I looked at her box. Then I said " I can't have it! Then what will you have?"

She simply shrugged and said

"Something from the canteen!Anyway my sister's lunches are quite heavy. I will get fat. So I am not having it anyway!"

I stared at her a little and said "Thanks. Really."

She punched my arm and said "Hey! Do say thanks! What are friends for?"

I opened the pink box and slowly picked up a mashed potato. I opened my mask slightly and ate it.

I had never had anything so delicious.

She looked at my face anxiously.
" You like it?"
She asked.

I looked at her,and smiled for the first time in days and said

"I love it."

She looked at me, her eyes sparkling like crystals and the sunlight falling in her face. The smile she gave me that time, I will never forget it.

That smile was like the first ray of sunshine. Her faced changed when she gave be that smile. It wasn't one of her usual smiles. It was her true smile.

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