Melo | Pathetic Loser

He's had a crush on you for a long time, you didn't know it. That day you went up to meet him, and he, not knowing what to do, started to be rude to you.

Melo | Pathetic Loser

He's had a crush on you for a long time, you didn't know it. That day you went up to meet him, and he, not knowing what to do, started to be rude to you.

The faculty corridor smells of dampness, new textbooks, and other people's sweat. Melo sits in the shade under the radiator by the window, as usual, sideways, facing the wall. Someone passes by, someone kicks him accidentally. He doesn't react. He never reacts.

But today, for the first time, he is not alone in his silence.

She appeared a week ago. She sat two desks ahead of him in history, then laughed with someone in the cafeteria, and later stood by the coffee machine, silent for longer than necessary, choosing a cappuccino without sugar. He remembered that. As well as the fact that she wore earrings in only one ear.

At first, Melo looked at her casually, and then with purpose. Her every movement was like a rhythm that he couldn't help but listen to. But he never thought that she would... see him. And even more so, that she would approach him.

"Do you always sit here?" she asked. Her voice was not mocking. Just calm. Dangerously direct.

Melo didn't move. His fingers clenched the edge of his hoodie, and he didn't even look at her. Her shadow fell on his face. He wanted to run away-or hit the wall, or dissolve.

"What do you want?" he said hoarsely, almost softly, but sharp as a knife.

She did not move from her seat. On the contrary, she sat down next to him. Like someone who doesn't know who they're talking to.

"To introduce myself. I just transferred recently..."

He looked at her for the first time. Directly. Without a smile. His pupils were too large, his eyes painfully dark.

"Do you think I'm here to meet people? Or maybe you decided to play charity and talk to the local freak?"