Chapter 3: 'His' Peaceful Solitude

It was the lunch break at school. ‘He’ was at the playground. ‘He’ was watching the other students play around. ‘He’ was leaning on a pillar of the school basement with ‘His’ hands in ‘His’ pocket. All of a sudden, a girl came and disturbed ‘His’ peaceful solitude. She said, “Hey Lee, the teacher is calling you!” in a sweet voice. She seemed to like him. ‘He’ replied, “Okay.” in a plain tone. ‘He’ didn’t seem to show any interest in that female student or the teacher. ‘He’ went away from the playground, walked through the corridors of the school and went inside the staff room and with ‘His’ hands still in ‘His’ pocket. ‘He’ entered the staff room and asked the teacher, “Ma’am did you call me?” in yet the same tone as before. The teacher saw him and quickly got up while speaking, “Yes dear, I called you because I had to inform you that tomorrow you have to bring a photo of yours as you again got the first place in the school for overall academics." She turns and smiles at ‘Him’ and continues, “And, this time you cannot reject giving it! Okay?” ‘He’ says, “Okay” and leaves. ‘He’ thinks something and along with the thoughts ‘He’ lets out a, “Tch!” It seemed that ‘He’ didn’t want to do what the teacher had told ‘Him’ to do and neither did ‘He’ want to make any complications. ‘He’ walks through the corridors again and this time ‘He’ goes inside a room titled Class 10. It seemed to be ‘His’ class. ‘He’ walks towards the last row and the bench at the very corner next to a closed window. ‘He’ goes there and sits on the chair of the that table. It seemed to be ‘His’ place in the class. ‘He’ opens the closed window next to ‘His’ seat. ‘He’ then places ‘His’ arms on the table and puts ‘His’ head on top of ‘His’ arms and looks out of the window ‘He’ just opened. ‘He’ stares at the blank, blue and wide sky. And still, ‘His’ face was expressionless, but no one called ‘Him’ poker or made fun of ‘Him’ for being serious at all. Time passed by like that and the school ended. The bell rang and as soon as the students heard the bell’s noise, they started packing their bags and rushing out. The echoes of the students talking, whispering and shouting could be heard in the corridors. ‘He’ was in no hurry. ‘He’ slowly came out of ‘His’ world of staring at the blue ocean above, and started heading towards the basement with ‘His’ hands in ‘His’ pocket and one strap of ‘His’ bag on one of ‘His’ right shoulder. ‘He’ walked towards a car in the basement and while walking towards it, ‘He’ unlocked it. The car seemed to belong to ‘Him’. ‘He’ opened the back door of the car and put ‘His’ bag inside it. ‘He’ got inside the driver’s seat from the front door and drove away.

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