— | Tuesday, 5:30 AM. | —

— Zen laid out the different outfits on his bed, he had trouble deciding. On the other half being that he was also insecure, yet he always looked like a mess. A cute mess that is.

"Ehhh," he sighed, looking at the three different outfits laid out in front of him, "Too emo, too gay..."

He eventually set on an outfit of jeans and black boots. With a dark purple sweater with a painted design with the band 'System of A Down.'

He made it himself, well, painted it himself. It was the band name it fancy lettering.

Zenny scratched his head and put the other outfits away. He put on the outfit he chose; looking in the mirror to ensure a good choice.

He went to the bathroom and continued to get ready. He brushed his hair which was unusually long now, it was getting to his shoulders.

"Zenny?"

"Yes ma?" He called out, but nobody answered.

He went out of the bathroom after brushing his teeth. He went out and saw his mom, sitting on the kitchen table eating breakfast. It was weird that she was home, she rarely is.

"The nurse called and you don't have to go in for the next two days, he's got it."

"Oh. Okay, thanks."

Zenny left the kitchen, he wasn't hungry usually. And his mom never made him food anyways. It made his heart sink sometimes.

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— | 7:45 AM | —

He arrived to class after arriving from the skatepark. He always woke up extra early just to go. He always came early to class, too. So it didn't start for another 10-15 minutes.

He sat down next to his classmate, Lucien. He always had bruises, and looked extremely tired. He wasn't necessarily a friend, either. Just an acquaintance.

"Hey, you're early this time," Zenny pointed out, Lucien was usually five minutes late. "Finally, I don't have to be all by myself.."

"Yeah... my mom is taking a few early shifts the next couple of days. She needs extra cash; she won't tell me why, though."

Lucien looked tired as usual, he was pale-ish with grey eyes. His dirty blonde hair a bit shaggy.

"Maybe she just wants to save money?" Zenny assumed, shrugging his shoulders.

"Sure." Lucien sighed, putting his head down.

Zenny felt concerned, but he never questioned it. Lucien was always like this.

Soon, the teacher arrived, Ms. Vazquez. "Okay children, please take out your books. We'll be reading chapter 14 today.

Zenny never liked to read, but the book in class was interesting. The book was called, "The Hate U give." Zenny liked how it confronted topics about racism and police violence.

The class was too boring, though. He read ahead as always. The rest was a blur.

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— | Lunch | —

It was raining outdoors, so Zenny couldn't eat outside. It was too loud in the cafeteria, and he couldn't even eat without feeling nauseous because the noise overwhelmed his senses.

As he looked for somewhere to sit, there he saw the other boy.

Mateo.

The boy he met at the nurses office.

Something about him caught his eye, he seemed okay. He was always so quiet and calm.

Zenny walked up to him and swallowed nervously, "Hey, uh, may I sit with you?"

Mateo nodded, he was shy. Zenny made him nervous for some reason.

They both stared at eachother, not knowing what to say. Neither uttered a single word for a moment or two.

It was odd, Zenny knew how to talk to others. Just didn't want to talk to others. But it felt too awkward to just say something.

He really wanted to break the silence, but he just couldn't. It felt odd.

Matteo took a deep breath and decided to get his shit together and say something. "So, how is your day?"

Zenny was a bit surprised by Mateo, he didn't seem like the type to break the silence. "It's been okay. Just super boring, I guess."

"Oh, in science we're doing a lab. We're gonna dissect a crab."

Zenny immediately brightened up at that, "Wait really? That's cool!"

He got excited.

And they talked, the whole entire time of lunch.

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author here. sorry it's short i forgot how to type  love u pookies