AMARA pov :
After dropping Mona off at her school, I headed toward my college.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeYtyle7py
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91PVPK1Fvq
Students were scattered all around—laughing, walking in groups, some rushing in panic, some half-asleep.
I watched them quietly.
My steps felt heavy .28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSXPFzMvAH
I passed the garden, then the notice board, and finally reached my building.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsa51bqGSqt
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu0loKyJSi
Sharp. Loud. Piercing the sleepy air.
I walked in with the others, our footsteps soft against the tiled floor.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNmnIj9un9
I headed straight to the last bench—near the window, my usual spot.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo36FHnESNT
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo82A2qYuVe
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciBaj5Aeiz
My handwriting moved across the page almost automatically.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2czXUKC0KX
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcUZUubvil
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?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqLZKYXQd7
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvO6UUSVaWw
I scribbled it down, then faded again into my own world.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYZPOKyPTI
Thinking... feeling... remembering... and sometimes, just empty.
The lectures came and went like pages turning in a book I wasn't reading.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1eLrZtuCH
Math. Chemistry. English. . Computer.
Each teacher entered, spoke, and left.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy1nWmMIfS
Students laughed, whispered, yawned, scribbled, stared at the clock.
I stayed there.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3eHKwy5gy
On the last bench, near the window.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCSId87tGt
Listening, learning... and sometimes, just breathing.
"Oh Amara, did you do your homework?"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzWSXYZy3c
Jessica's voice reached me—my classmate, the girl who always sat one bench ahead.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E93RJnzeN
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai8BT7qV5X
I barely exist in the noise.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGObd3KxaIY
Sometimes I wonder—do I even have friends?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlc2CPiGw5x
Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdam4mVTjSr
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—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hsHAQg0BP
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFkF6RvX0f
The boys were playing football, their shouts echoing, chasing the ball like it meant everything.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyzE2SwY7c
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUj0GQMDao
People talk like they've figured it all out.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vMxIdC8Ha
How to be happy. How to be successful. How to be strong.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznb7OB1DTV
But no one tells you what to do when your heart is quiet, and your mind is loud.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE17SHANgd
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwgOlWog9S
Because here, I'm not pretending. I'm not performing. I'm just... living .. breathing.
The wind picked up slightly.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLWUbUBDZO
I looked at the sky—my old habit—and let myself just exist in that second.
Nothing made sense.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv6CYktear
But for now, I didn't need it to.
god...28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HLimzYYDG
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Sometimes I wonder... does the world even notice the quiet ones?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nWbrOSfZU
The ones who sit at the edge, not trying to join in, not trying to stand out either.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6olCkHz36e
We exist too, don't we? In the background, in the pauses between noise.
I see people laughing, shouting, running, living so loudly.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0kU1aD2Vm
And I sit here... thinking quietly, feeling loudly.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNsQjQYq2L
Is that still living?
Jessica walked past with her friends. She waved, and I gave a tiny nod.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLum3LQlwb
She was kind.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHmHVuaWwi
But kindness doesn't always reach where loneliness lives.
I stayed a little longer. Watching the wind play with the edges of scarves.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zyaG9fGx5
The way the football kept rolling.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01NoPWL8P8
The way voices blurred into noise
Why does everything feel like it's moving without me?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKf0HzJdF4
Like the world is spinning and I'm just... watching from the outside of a glass window.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2tCgZ3m0F
I laugh sometimes, I speak when needed. I exist.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRLeJ8vUZa
But do I live?
Maybe I'm not made for noise. Maybe I was always meant for silence.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDVQPBVOnn
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08YAXA2bDe
I stood up slowly, brushed my skirt gently ...
Back inside the building, it was crowded again.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtr34ji17X
Voices echoed. Someone ran past. Someone cursed the timetable.
I walked quietly to my next class.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxXSQIX4SY
Same bench. Same corner. Same silence.
The teacher came in and began reading a poem.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDmcJBX2w0
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSWoaGLX9G
Like they've seen your heart before you did"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nlXnrPtaM
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3Qmn3frhk
The air was warm. Familiar.
Mona was already home, still in her school uniform, sitting cross-legged on the couch—watching Friends, again.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdRZiyOlgg
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1U13gdKJ1
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZvcydsCwr
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26Kc08gJKA
The kitchen light flickered once, but stayed on.
I dried my hands and walked up to my room.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHwqpe1a7Y
Changed out of my uniform.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BUgI9wFgT
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5MrY20Shr
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