"She's really annoying, isn't she?" 
I literally jumped on my feet when I saw the guy again, sitting in front of me sucking on his popsicle. What the heck? 
"The worst."
I sigh in return, thinking about my route home. I seriously hate this.
"I got you strawberry-flavoured ice cream, but you took so long that it melted, so I ate it before it really melted. Drink this instead."
He quickly got on his feet as we continued to walk to the school gate. This is weird. What's even weirder is when I took the milk he gave me. I mean, I am thirsty from waiting for the clerk earlier. What could even happen? The milk is not even opened, so there's nothing to worry about. Right? 
"Thank you." 
I thanked him for being thoughtful. Who would have thought, eh? Now that I think about it, I don't even know his name. Why is he acting so familiar?
"Okay."
He replied as we continued to walk in silence. What the hell is happening? Why are we walking in the same direction? Huh? Is he following me or something? I suddenly feel uncomfortable, and I don't know how to ask that of him.
"Um, I'm going this way."
I finally said as I took a different turn. I'm hoping that he's going a different route. He just stared at me for a moment before giving me a nod. 
"Bye bye." 
He waved at me, which is weird. I don't even know his name, for goodness sake. But better be safe than sorry, right? I waved back at him as he started to walk in the other direction. Shit, he's really going in the same direction as me. I must've been delusional. Well, at least he's not doing anything weird. 
—
Going back home, or should I say room, is tiring. Just walking makes me lose five years of my life. It's really tiring; my feet hurt so badly from standing in the train filled with people. Not to mention the extravaganza smell, oh my god. Don't get me started.
"I just want to disappear."
I hate this so much. I hate it when these thoughts come back to me. It's taking a toll on my mind. Ugh, go away. The bathroom smells like a thousand shitholes, and I don't understand how nobody seems to mind that. It's disgusting. It's suffocating to be here. 
"I just wish you were here."
Koby suddenly crossed my mind as I stared at the ugly ceiling. Ugh, why now? But still. Thinking about him makes me somewhat relaxed. I want to meet him, but I don't know if I should. We've been inseparable since we were kids. I wonder if he still thinks that way. We used to live next to each other, and I saw him every single day, so we basically spent every day together. Being with him was so much fun; we pretty much did everything together. He's literally the other half of me, or so our families have told us. 
"You two are glued to each other, like soulmates."
It doesn't bother me at all when his mom used to say this,
since every day is filled with laughter. The day we spent with each other makes it hard for me not to get attached. I mean, even when we were kids, he always protected me, looked out for me, cared for me, and spoke up for me when I was teased for hanging out with only him and his friends. At some point, I was labelled as a tomboy since I got along better with the boys in preschool. I never really cared about that back then, since I was just happy to be in his circle. 
How time flies.
I just wish that tomorrow came already; maybe I should just approach him first? I don't know. 
"Why can't you people flush the toilet? It's fucking disgusting!"
I heard a man yell across the hall. Well, that was something. Still, living with strangers—and even a man at that—I seriously needed to find another place to live. It must be nice if the school has dorms. Well, now that I think about it, the school should have dorms, right? Hopefully. I seriously don't know if I could live in this room. It feels like I'm being buried in a box. Ugh. 
—
"Good morning, heroine."
Felix greeted me as I entered the classroom. He's even embarrassing me early in the morning.
"Good morning to you too." 
I laughed at him when he gave me the heart finger? Finger heart? I don't know which is the right phrase, but yeah. Although it was troubling trying to get to school, it was actually fun once I got here. The only place that I don't hate, for now. 
"Good mo—"
Ruby was waving her hand when she entered the classroom, but her greeting got interrupted when a person came running to the room, panting heavily, looking shocked. 
He seems familiar. 
Wait. 
Oh—
"Nadine!"
I don't know why my heart feels weird. I feel like it's going to burst inside; I could hear every beat that it's making. How fast it is and how strange it is for me to feel this exhilarated. 
"Koby."