Kazuichis pov

I sat in the classroom tapping my foot nervously. I've never been good in social situations and whenever I force myself into a social situation I usually end up saying whatever comes to mind and upsetting them. It's no wonder I don't have friends.

I felt tears prick my eyes. My dad always told me that I shouldn't let my condition hold me back in life, that I can do anything any normal boy can do but it's not as easy as he says. He doesn't understand. He doesn't understand what it's like for people to be annoyed by your very presence. For people to consistently yell at you to stop staring, to stop being creepy. To call you a jerk for accidentally saying something insulting.

It's hard. It's really hard to make friends and it's even harder to cope when there's so much yelling around me. I covered my ears and whined. Make it stop make it stop please make it stop!

I stood up and ran out the door with tears in my eyes. This startled my classmates. They called after me but I didn't listen. I ran into the garden and broke into shaky tears.

"whoe there are you ok?" I looked up in shock. I didn't expect anyone to be outside with me. My eyes met with a boy with soft brown hair and a kind smile.

"y-yeah" I said through choked sobs.

"whoe whoe take it easy. Just breath with me" he said softly as he sat beside me.

I nodded and did what he told me. In a little while I felt better "t-thank you" I muttered softly as I kept my eyes on the floor. I didn't want him to yell at me for staring.

"no problem" he smiled at me "do you want to talk about it?"

I kept my head lowered. No please. I don't want to say the wrong thing!

"ok then let's talk about something else" he said quickly "your clearly an ultimate. Why don't you tell  about that"

My eyes lit up. Finally something I know how to do!

"I'm the ultimate machanic" I said excitedly "ever since I was a kid building things has always been one of my obsessions-"

"what do you mean obsession?" he asked.

I immediately freaked out. Crap I was using ASD language. Of course he's not going to get it!

"hey it's ok" he placed a hand on my shoulder with a gentle smile "whatever it is I won't judge"

My eyes widened. He won't judge me. I wanted to hear those words for so long.

"I have autism" I muttered softly "it's kinda why I was freaking out earlier on. I have sensery issues and everyone in class was yelling" I looked away.

"hmm I think I've got something for that" he reached into his bag and pulled out a pair of headphones "here you are. Noise cancelling headphones. It should block out your noisy classmates no problem!"

I slowly picked them up and put them on. Just like that it cancelled out all the surrounding sound. I never knew that school could be so peaceful.

The boy gave me a thumbs up. I teared up and did something I've never done before...

I hugged him.

(just a little vent piece of mine. Hope it didn't come off too weird 😅)