AMARA pov :
After dropping Mona off at her school, I headed toward my college.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGdmVcSg4O
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsafSW0NnSj
Students were scattered all around—laughing, walking in groups, some rushing in panic, some half-asleep.
I watched them quietly.
My steps felt heavy .108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRPgYbQv75
I passed the garden, then the notice board, and finally reached my building.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o65y722Tf
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP1L0KTxqz
Sharp. Loud. Piercing the sleepy air.
I walked in with the others, our footsteps soft against the tiled floor.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf73f4ylYuY
I headed straight to the last bench—near the window, my usual spot.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr64MNAhrOL
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kIxKt5J86
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O5TrsO3Zs
My handwriting moved across the page almost automatically.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y2NaqigXV
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tCKgqdWdi
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?108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNNknroG79
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1G5BrVBZD9
I scribbled it down, then faded again into my own world.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiEhHDLHvt
Thinking... feeling... remembering... and sometimes, just empty.
The lectures came and went like pages turning in a book I wasn't reading.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkk3WrhvTA
Math. Chemistry. English. . Computer.
Each teacher entered, spoke, and left.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEsUOgi56a
Students laughed, whispered, yawned, scribbled, stared at the clock.
I stayed there.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo7MVts6zj
On the last bench, near the window.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47xWz2s02G
Listening, learning... and sometimes, just breathing.
"Oh Amara, did you do your homework?"108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ8AP9Q7FP
Jessica's voice reached me—my classmate, the girl who always sat one bench ahead.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyHWbxCGyD
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOhRqhrg3l
I barely exist in the noise.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ4yRdvRMM
Sometimes I wonder—do I even have friends?108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZal5rh3fUH
Maybe I do. Maybe I don't.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG2UIgagGC
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—108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4gDRHHy4V
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mUdRxxdOM
The boys were playing football, their shouts echoing, chasing the ball like it meant everything.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIDjI37L43
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78jfS6xT5d
People talk like they've figured it all out.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n23qKgMfo
How to be happy. How to be successful. How to be strong.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRHhxXy2A4
But no one tells you what to do when your heart is quiet, and your mind is loud.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WneiEuK5l
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5wUD8nYEi
Because here, I'm not pretending. I'm not performing. I'm just... living .. breathing.
The wind picked up slightly.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmnY86mPUs
I looked at the sky—my old habit—and let myself just exist in that second.
Nothing made sense.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvk5QgOdkU
But for now, I didn't need it to.
god...108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWm2af4jAC
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Sometimes I wonder... does the world even notice the quiet ones?108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejkWOVckTe
The ones who sit at the edge, not trying to join in, not trying to stand out either.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7wPIrbvc8
We exist too, don't we? In the background, in the pauses between noise.
I see people laughing, shouting, running, living so loudly.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YKeQIQWTT
And I sit here... thinking quietly, feeling loudly.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujeC5XVFT6
Is that still living?
Jessica walked past with her friends. She waved, and I gave a tiny nod.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi4vLTLoiC
She was kind.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7lZsn602M
But kindness doesn't always reach where loneliness lives.
I stayed a little longer. Watching the wind play with the edges of scarves.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bL5zCNYsl
The way the football kept rolling.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrfdzSCq9O
The way voices blurred into noise
Why does everything feel like it's moving without me?108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFLx30yJx4
Like the world is spinning and I'm just... watching from the outside of a glass window.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5oMAjK1EY
I laugh sometimes, I speak when needed. I exist.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyL2AT2q7K
But do I live?
Maybe I'm not made for noise. Maybe I was always meant for silence.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyctbzgrSNl
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgvrgW6sU2
I stood up slowly, brushed my skirt gently ...
Back inside the building, it was crowded again.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv69IGGx0e
Voices echoed. Someone ran past. Someone cursed the timetable.
I walked quietly to my next class.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDD4Vz0w97
Same bench. Same corner. Same silence.
The teacher came in and began reading a poem.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrGQzDPocR
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhQrWsyooH
Like they've seen your heart before you did"108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsge4Gaj148
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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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT4YarMpq8
The air was warm. Familiar.
Mona was already home, still in her school uniform, sitting cross-legged on the couch—watching Friends, again.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQ2fETG44j
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9o0nyHgis
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqDF77Bsnq
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvsu9vyI2L
The kitchen light flickered once, but stayed on.
I dried my hands and walked up to my room.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RNx35eg9l
Changed out of my uniform.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPO5Hibfcu
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.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr2NaV1qdI
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