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Twenty Four
~Adam~
Craving things.
I've always craved drawing, painting, brush and pencil moving swiftly against a paper.
Right now, what I craved was something totally different.
The urge to go over to where Kunmi sat, conversing with Aminah in low tones, excuse her and just talk to her.
Weird.
Because conversations with her always set me on a edge and it's always like a punch to my stomach.
I'm starting to feel the need to run away from conversing with her and yet, still feeling the need to talk to her.
Like running away from something and still feeling pulled back towards that particular thing.
It was a free period and there was a fervid excitement in the air, the exci
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