When the bully falls in love
Th corner of his mouth was red and swollen a little bit and his left eye had a sore below it.
I had made the habit of never asking people what they weren’t comfortable about or were trying to forget. I wouldn’t ask about his wounds, if he didn’t want to talk, because I knew how it felt, people digging into your flaws and problems.
‘‘You know, there is something beneath your skin, that flows in your veins and bones, something rare in this world, it is called real,’’ he breathed.
‘‘Oh,’’ I gasped at his observation.
‘‘Real is rare, people pretend all the time, they pretend to care, pretend to be good people, but you just don’t pretend, everything about you seems so real,’ he smiled.
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