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taehyung always wondered what he had done to be ignored, to be despised by the whole of his town.

he sat at his desk, his broken wolf mask slipped off his slim face. his father refused his request to buy a new one. he was a snowflake after all, there was no need to replace something that he'd just throw and break again.

but today was different. taehyung, out of the corner of his eye, noticed another pair of eyes meeting his. it was such a rare occurrence for him, and it almost made him cry. he flinched again as the ear-piece deafened him. his headache grew worse. he expected that though.

taehyung finally met the boy's eyes after a few attempts, but the boy quickly looked away. as if he never even thought about making eye contact with him. a snowflake. someone different from the rest, beauty in many ways, was just an obstacle in others. taehyung felt the last pinch of hope release, and what could he say, he didn't expect it? that would just be lying. taehyung was not a liar.

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taehyung was sitting on a bench in front of the school. his days were always different, he journeyed to different places, found different ways to walk. as he did so, he watched the kids amongst him take the same bus and walk the same route home.

no, he was not like that. he could never follow their routine. he watched the same sneakers in a flurry, walking to their buses. he watched their masks, their eyes, their dull, grey, haunting eyes look at nothing.

the only eyes he caught looked away before anyone could notice. its like he had a disease and it could spread rapidly with the slightest glance in his direction.

"why do you look so different?" a sweet, harmonious voice chirped. it sounded almost like if shackles had been broken and a soul had been freed. taehyung slowly lifted his head up and to the right. a pretty bunny stood before him. he fiddled nervously with his hands. taehyung assumed he was nervous. maybe he thought taehyung would bite him or something like that. he wouldn't, of course.

taehyung looked at him, no emotion graced his face. he gave the boy a confused look, almost a confused look, maybe more disappointed than confused. emotions were hard to decipher on taehyung, they had been stripped from him and they faded away so long ago. when the weights finally caved in, his heart felt hopeless and his mind clouded with thoughts of hatred for himself. if he even had enough time to think such things before another loud sound interrupted him again, he wouldn't even try.

"why does everyone think you are so bad? you don't seem that bad." the boy urged on, reaching out to touch taehyung's mask. taehyung quickly pulled himself away. his eyes filled with sorrow as he looked the boy in his dull, grey eyes. his voice had been lost in his thoughts, he did not want to answer. almost like something within him wanted to keep quiet. he just swallowed hard and tried to realign his thoughts.

"don't talk to me ever again."

and with that, the wolf left before the bunny could object.

and that's how it should be.

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