AMARA pov :
After dropping Mona off at her school, I headed toward my college.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o4BVYVDDa
It stood tall and wide—an old building with modern patches, alive with chatter and movement.
I entered through the main gate, the cold air brushing past my cheeks as I walked slowly across the ground.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwHRHjtu2f
Students were scattered all around—laughing, walking in groups, some rushing in panic, some half-asleep.
I watched them quietly.
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I passed the garden, then the notice board, and finally reached my building.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75rSLkc4RI
Inside, the hallway buzzed with voices and footsteps echoing off the walls.
I made my way to my classroom, and just as I reached the door, the bell rang.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd5nxlQI9J
Sharp. Loud. Piercing the sleepy air.
I walked in with the others, our footsteps soft against the tiled floor.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xfNrbeL8Q
I headed straight to the last bench—near the window, my usual spot.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sjs074hXw
Dropped my bag beside me and sat down, pulling out my notebook and pen.
A moment later, our physics teacher walked in, holding her register close to her chest like always.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjkES1PKBc
She was strict, but not unfair.
"Roll call first," she said, flipping the pages.
She started calling out names one by one.
"Amara?" she said, her voice echoing slightly in the quiet room.
"Present," I replied, my voice low but clear.
She nodded and continued.
The moment the attendance ended, she turned to the board and began the lecture—some topic on waves and motion.
I opened my notebook and started taking notes.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uqGq6jPLv
My handwriting moved across the page almost automatically.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWjln30UBC
It was mechanical—like my hands knew what to do even if my mind didn't.
Outside the window, the sun had fully risen, casting soft shadows on the ground.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gte22B53j
The trees swayed gently, and I found myself staring at the sky instead of the board.
My thoughts drifted, slowly and silently.
What am I doing? Where am I heading?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4RYpeXFkI
Sometimes I wonder if I'm just passing time, or if time is passing me.
I snapped back for a moment when the teacher raised her voice, emphasizing a formula.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanFz57s8mc
I scribbled it down, then faded again into my own world.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuLvgeT6MH
Thinking... feeling... remembering... and sometimes, just empty.
The lectures came and went like pages turning in a book I wasn't reading.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYzttGw4rT
Math. Chemistry. English. . Computer.
Each teacher entered, spoke, and left.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM19Y479Ye
Students laughed, whispered, yawned, scribbled, stared at the clock.
I stayed there.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwygbkmlT3c
On the last bench, near the window.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLcyO17XeS
Listening, learning... and sometimes, just breathing.
"Oh Amara, did you do your homework?"206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSy5hmywzlL
Jessica's voice reached me—my classmate, the girl who always sat one bench ahead.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt6HuJArnz
I looked up and nodded, quietly handing her my notebook.
"Thanks," she smiled.
I just gave a small smile back.
I think... I barely speak in class.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiOKmBevA5
I barely exist in the noise.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90c8BG5Pht
Sometimes I wonder—do I even have friends?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPahNvBN1N
Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFOQJOHPoI
Maybe having people around doesn't mean you're not alone.
And if we sit in a room full of laughter and still feel empty—206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIp2t4mPmj
Then what's the point of trying so hard to belong?
The lecture ended. The bell rang again. Another hour faded away.
I walked down to the ground, where life felt louder.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJRqU2Yqxb
The boys were playing football, their shouts echoing, chasing the ball like it meant everything.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciwcsSG9mI
The girls stood near the fence, cheering and laughing, waving hands and hair in the cold wind.
I sat on the edge of the grass, arms wrapped around my knees, watching them.
But what was I really watching?
Soon, I wasn't even there anymore.
My thoughts had already taken me somewhere else.
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This world moves fast. Too fast sometimes.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD5KxTyWQk
People talk like they've figured it all out.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCZdcPF2YS
How to be happy. How to be successful. How to be strong.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvaN9Qu3Wx
But no one tells you what to do when your heart is quiet, and your mind is loud.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGDW8Lhpz1
No one teaches you how to sit with your own silence and not be scared of it.
Maybe that's why I like this bench. This space. This moment between everything.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj4kZgwXhN
Because here, I'm not pretending. I'm not performing. I'm just... living .. breathing.
The wind picked up slightly.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLRpiVWjLt
I looked at the sky—my old habit—and let myself just exist in that second.
Nothing made sense.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkf6j5LF9PG
But for now, I didn't need it to.
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Sometimes I wonder... does the world even notice the quiet ones?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseoqiJ7VRN
The ones who sit at the edge, not trying to join in, not trying to stand out either.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFXfkK7LRL
We exist too, don't we? In the background, in the pauses between noise.
I see people laughing, shouting, running, living so loudly.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3YTayGUMK
And I sit here... thinking quietly, feeling loudly.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj3CSkczZs
Is that still living?
Jessica walked past with her friends. She waved, and I gave a tiny nod.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdsAINnzJF
She was kind.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVtQrEeFmM
But kindness doesn't always reach where loneliness lives.
I stayed a little longer. Watching the wind play with the edges of scarves.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJsVfMibGl
The way the football kept rolling.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwZg77kQcm
The way voices blurred into noise
Why does everything feel like it's moving without me?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSzjFxU2QN
Like the world is spinning and I'm just... watching from the outside of a glass window.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6k3BH99Ai
I laugh sometimes, I speak when needed. I exist.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviRt3chR9E
But do I live?
Maybe I'm not made for noise. Maybe I was always meant for silence.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgqW8YmOId
Not sad. Not broken. Just... quiet
The bell rang, sharp and familiar.
Everyone moved quickly—some annoyed, some laughing, some still trying to finish snacks.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySaV4M0cfr
I stood up slowly, brushed my skirt gently ...
Back inside the building, it was crowded again.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sR6AIWQae
Voices echoed. Someone ran past. Someone cursed the timetable.
I walked quietly to my next class.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQLMfSlk43
Same bench. Same corner. Same silence.
The teacher came in and began reading a poem.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI71QqhSar
Her voice was soft, flowing with words that meant more than what they said.
I opened my notebook.
Wrote the title.
And stared at the page for a moment.
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"It's strange how words written by someone else can sometimes feel like they belong to you.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMxrdrggu4
Like they've seen your heart before you did"206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bjt6Zc8FS
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soon i was walking to go back __home ...home.__home.
I opened the front door and stepped inside, closing it softly behind me.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZLRCtsjoJ
The air was warm. Familiar.
Mona was already home, still in her school uniform, sitting cross-legged on the couch—watching Friends, again.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMfIdvEBfI
The sound of canned laughter filled the room.
"Change your clothes," I said, placing my bag on the table.
She looked back at me with a small smile. "In a minute."
I raised my brow slightly. "You said that yesterday."
"I'll go. Promise," she mumbled, eyes still glued to the screen.
I walked into the kitchen.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVFt437mFa
On the fridge, taped neatly, was a small piece of paper.
I leaned in and read it.
"I made rice. Eat it, girls. See ya soon. Bye. Love you. — Mom."
Her handwriting was rushed, like always.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZARBJnkRB
I stared at it for a second, then sighed quietly.
"She's at work again?" I asked, turning my head.
Mona nodded from the couch. "Double shift again. I told you yesterday, remember?"
"Right..." I whispered, pulling open the rice pot.
I served myself a small plate and sat at the table, eating slowly.
"You ate already?" I asked, glancing toward Mona.
"Yeah. Right after school. I was starving."
I just nodded. The spoon clinked softly against the plate as I finished my food in silence.
Afterward, I got up, washed my plate and hers too. The water was warm, steam rising gently from the sink.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV0aMA23Se
The kitchen light flickered once, but stayed on.
I dried my hands and walked up to my room.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmv6uMHyL3U
Changed out of my uniform.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa4JEmahCb
Pulled on black pants, a plain white top, and layered my long brown coat over it.
Standing in front of the mirror, I tied my hair again__my vision on the mirror is also tired my almond eyes hollow from inside my face pale..skinny like there is no soul.
Before leaving, I peeked into the living room. Mona had finally changed, now curled up in fresh pajamas with a notebook open beside her.
"I'm going now," I said softly.
She looked up. "Okay. Be careful."
"Lock the door after me, and do your homework. No skipping tonight."
"I know, I know," she said, waving her pencil lazily.
I slipped into my shoes, grabbed my bag, and stepped outside.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmlTbw5n9h
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