The school bell rings,


    telling everyone that


    lunch is over.


    I wipe away my teary


    eyes and sniffle.


    Have I been crying?


    This black clown


    shouldn''t be crying.


    She swore to herself


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    a distraction.


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    WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!


    My own sobs sound so


    painful.


    It hurts to listen to


    this terrible


    music.


    "Cerise…."


    A gentle voice speaks


    from behind.


    I glance back, eyes


    widening.


    "Ronin….you''re


    not supposed to


    be here."


    I sniffle.