AMARA pov :
After dropping Mona off at her school, I headed toward my college.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGUIgwnj3R
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8tfrjMPQT
Students were scattered all around—laughing, walking in groups, some rushing in panic, some half-asleep.
I watched them quietly.
My steps felt heavy .34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUOKZyEDpm
I passed the garden, then the notice board, and finally reached my building.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbS70WvUQvF
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaimzf27xxC
Sharp. Loud. Piercing the sleepy air.
I walked in with the others, our footsteps soft against the tiled floor.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i73KkHZre
I headed straight to the last bench—near the window, my usual spot.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdykBquULS1
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlcxF6Z2Nn
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIyHAa0NpK
My handwriting moved across the page almost automatically.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvUwkHCocB
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLRborUk18
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?34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZbLZY7FvK
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz4WV5UQxx
I scribbled it down, then faded again into my own world.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt1mCgREV8
Thinking... feeling... remembering... and sometimes, just empty.
The lectures came and went like pages turning in a book I wasn't reading.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkP8lRRWM3
Math. Chemistry. English. . Computer.
Each teacher entered, spoke, and left.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1pO68yMiU
Students laughed, whispered, yawned, scribbled, stared at the clock.
I stayed there.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiWOm87Hq8
On the last bench, near the window.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItfFFVVNZV
Listening, learning... and sometimes, just breathing.
"Oh Amara, did you do your homework?"34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclfPuB2sLc
Jessica's voice reached me—my classmate, the girl who always sat one bench ahead.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZQ9uMscac
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsBjkpqXWN
I barely exist in the noise.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfnDL51pW0
Sometimes I wonder—do I even have friends?34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPiSXqJywi
Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbuGzgGqWt
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—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfMaddGwOh
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmiaeQRpdo
The boys were playing football, their shouts echoing, chasing the ball like it meant everything.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJQMVeRJps
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdDDLBK3kn
People talk like they've figured it all out.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVleXZdv0vg
How to be happy. How to be successful. How to be strong.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12HIRIpnci
But no one tells you what to do when your heart is quiet, and your mind is loud.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9UoDXPYhr
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDYsFnzYSC
Because here, I'm not pretending. I'm not performing. I'm just... living .. breathing.
The wind picked up slightly.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zI6APULer
I looked at the sky—my old habit—and let myself just exist in that second.
Nothing made sense.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcL5i2a6j9
But for now, I didn't need it to.
god...34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ggYFRlV4S
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Sometimes I wonder... does the world even notice the quiet ones?34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe6NC6UIZz
The ones who sit at the edge, not trying to join in, not trying to stand out either.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp1fp6i53E
We exist too, don't we? In the background, in the pauses between noise.
I see people laughing, shouting, running, living so loudly.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2dUELaM7M
And I sit here... thinking quietly, feeling loudly.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAkyVyEI5V
Is that still living?
Jessica walked past with her friends. She waved, and I gave a tiny nod.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1xKxzKRjd
She was kind.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW027lQ738e
But kindness doesn't always reach where loneliness lives.
I stayed a little longer. Watching the wind play with the edges of scarves.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOqIjkXbfb
The way the football kept rolling.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi91pKSyuXs
The way voices blurred into noise
Why does everything feel like it's moving without me?34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUTpDPHZyL
Like the world is spinning and I'm just... watching from the outside of a glass window.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNIy5jisKn
I laugh sometimes, I speak when needed. I exist.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMJ6HUyTXP
But do I live?
Maybe I'm not made for noise. Maybe I was always meant for silence.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbRCKs0kCf
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1iTpVjjOr
I stood up slowly, brushed my skirt gently ...
Back inside the building, it was crowded again.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wnjL7zuMn
Voices echoed. Someone ran past. Someone cursed the timetable.
I walked quietly to my next class.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZnuvQF2rj
Same bench. Same corner. Same silence.
The teacher came in and began reading a poem.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSpna9D1q1
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlUWWJgfSX
Like they've seen your heart before you did"34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4NQcFld6D
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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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcKfH1hnX3
The air was warm. Familiar.
Mona was already home, still in her school uniform, sitting cross-legged on the couch—watching Friends, again.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdeWJvZghq
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEb9QDncJg
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMOjt8i2Zz
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkom4YiXnVo
The kitchen light flickered once, but stayed on.
I dried my hands and walked up to my room.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgk6hC7NgX
Changed out of my uniform.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtWHF37283
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcvi3UYWXs
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