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for what seemed like ages, his hunched frame barely visible u

his nose, and he peered over them, lost in h

no attention to begin with, kept flinging my gaze from side to side, every now an

's principle stat

t raced faster with everyone's eyes pinned at me. Frozen,

rinciple--",

up and tell the whole

jerk', I

tiny droplets of sweat carpeting my blood

I thought..

en he uttered those words and at that point, I

desk, my heart racing with every step I took

ear, burying my face downwards to avoid making an eye

at does Le Chatelie

he mention of that

m talking to you"

lifting my head to catch a glimp

guy clad in a really cool leather jacket, who constantly fiddled wi

from his perfectly chiseled jawline to his ebony black hair, lined wit

mbled under

pad and pencil he was holding, rising from his

principle?", the

spense lingering in everyone's eyes as th

y changes in concentration, temperature, or pressure, the system will adjust it

brief glances I stole at him, that his gothic e

d of his sentence. Meanwhile, he grabbed his sketchpad an

averting his unimp

next time, you should pay more attention in my

ement, with my gaze sti

nd the bell rung, prompting eve

e else did. My stomach couldn't help but grumble at the thought of having lunch in the school

llway, its atmosphere consumed b

ep breath, the warm and creamy aroma of mac

ria, swaying my gaze from the sleek red seat

, where Trisha and I loved to sit, enjoying a clos

y wrist from behind, jolting m

y,

my heart sk

you've got to s

it's mac and

me, pulling me with him as he w

y eyes, I

an t

inch, my eyes scanning past the array of palatable dishes un

ng good today...is th

ng curls, her face beaming with a warm smile on hearing Asher's words. A warm

re," she said in a

eplied, eyes glued to the mac and che

e...double sc

ha

besides Asher, she was the only one who actually

e 42, hands flailing

t a

eryone poked at me with their edgy gazes, even though my eyes were pinned at him alon

, it's di

s on hearing those words. The voice sounded familiar, and it wa

...it's giving pathogenic", so

deaf to their words

mum died of h

om every angle and my quivering hand let go of the

ch who uttered those words, and

smirk on her face. It felt like though I was a prey amidst the girl

t in fear, but fury

did yo

ng her hair leftwards before drenching my blue dress with its pink liquid content. E

with annoyance while watching

u no right to insult my mum or spread lies

ed my dress' neckline and emptied th

, wincing as the tingling pain zipped through my brain in seconds. My fingers were bathed in red when I rubbed my nose with the

iliar voice rang

lose every single tooth fro

transforming the atmosphere. Shivering from the humiliation I had just experie