I thought you hated me

"Guys, its getting so late. Come on, let's leave quickly." I shout and start thumping my feet on the ground in annoyance so I see him going back to class, while I watch in disdain the little vexing friend oval I carved out of this annoying school too.

Gosh, everything annoys me so much nowadays.

I leave before giving another glance towards their rant and march towards the class holding my books close to my chest, in case it falls on the wet dirt below.
I take a halt on the garden beside for a while to check if the lilies grew to wild or so but as it rains, it starts raining like my annoyance on earth.

I quickly put my blazer on to cover my head and run for a shade. I was so close but I saw someone by the side eye.

He was staring down the mud under the raining shower as he soaked up water all over his body. I couldn't resist hence i shouted from a distance of 3 feet-"i hope your mom won't kill you for doing this when i tell her it was intentional."

He suddenly shots a glance after hearing my devilish phrases. He kept staring at me hard until he gave up on the eye fight. I watch the others rushing towards the shade, as I ran to him. I dont think i want to waste my energy on nothing fruitful or meaningful or a new twist.

I huffed hard as I stopped and proceeded to invite him under my coat. But he refused. He kept staring down hence i followed the gaze to a withered, stomped on flower. It kinda looked like that.

"Whats the matter?" I asked softly as the rain tried to bring my voices in the back of my head down.
"The flower. It was the last specie here. I feel sad. It was my favorite."
I looked at him and my mind freezed when I saw tears trickling down his red face. His face was fair enough for any color to shine as bright has possible. So i know all his emotions.

"Its okay, it will be here soon."
"Soon is a con."
"Tomorrow." I smiled at him when he looked at me after that. He went sober for a minute before bowing for leaving. And went dripping in the rain.
That was somewhere kind of the first time i saw someone crying over a lonely flower.

The next day, I went to school early and planted the same specie flower at the same spot it was earlier on. I wiped my hands on my pants and went running to the classroom before anyone saw what was i up to.

It again rained as we played and this time I wondered if he would look at the spot again while leaving. So i watched him edge towards the place and glance down at the flower. The flower shined brightly in the falling rain as if it was meant to bloom anyways.

I walked up to him this time and he spoke first which freezed me for long-
"I thought you hated me."

(29 December 2023)