“bye” I said to my friend while walking away, smiling, before that faded to blankness.


    Walking to home would always show me the loneliness I surround myself with. Not being close with others makes me feel safe.


    Reaching home again, doing the same as usual, before going to bed and falling asleep.


    —---


    The wasteland surrounds me again, I could see the figure in the distance more clearly.


    “Who are you?” I said to him, not expecting an answer.


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    “no one.” but surprisingly I got an answer from the figure.


    “But why.”


    “I lost who I am.”


    “How?” I asked in curiosity.


    “No one was ther-” but he got cut off before he could answer me.


    —------


    Waking up wasn’t easy for me, the fact that I have to be near others disturbed me to no end, but there was nothing I could really do, I just had to deal with it. I get up and get ready.


    Finishing, I walked out and went to school. There was no one to talk to on the way but I enjoyed it. It was empty and lonely but it was something I was used to at this point.


    Reaching school, I went to my class and sat down. No one came towards me, but looked at me in disgust, it was a normal thing for me to deal with. Sitting there, waiting for class to start, no one came to me to talk, but seemed to stare at me instead like I was some form of animal in a zoo.


    I ignored it and went into my thoughts. I almost got an answer but it was cut off again, in honesty I was surprised he even answered at all, but the end made me wonder what he was going to say.


    ‘What was that dream?’