2024-12-10 18:50:42Lutenant fumbled, the pain rising like a thousand spikes through his spine.
If you had ever experienced that pain, you would be able to relate. The pain of having a handsome face, and an intelligence that paves the way for a bright future.
But you are nothing more than a fathom in people's imagination. Seemingly not to exist. The ones you loved lingering in the hands of others.
Nah, Lieutenant would have been better off if he had been treated like a nonexistent creature. He was a breeding den for bullies, even though he was already in college, he could not pass the day without a stomp in his stomach.
Someone pulling his hair and saying trashy things. He was the most popular celeb in school, also known as the trashy celebrity. Popular for being broke and having the poorest background for a school that was meant for rich people.
He had scaled through because of his will to become a great person. The will that drove him to apply for a scholarship eventually.
Sigh, but this spiky pain was a lot more different. It yelled at him right in the face, your end is near.
The one that mattered most had collapsed in his hands, diagnosed with kidney failure and she was not going to survey for a weak.
Ariel was the only one who stood by his side. And gave him a reason to live. He could not see her die, he would rather give his life in exchange and see her live instead.
He gave one of his healthy kidneys but then the deadly news came, his other kidney was failing.
"Are you okay?" His sick sister inquired, seeing how his face had turned pale, dripping with sweat.
"I'm fine." Biting his lower lips to subdue the pain that welled up throughout his body.
He could not let any of them mourn over him. Not even Ariel. He was going to enjoy the rest of the few days that he had with her, that was the only thing that he asked for.
"Are you sure?" Her voice was laced with worries as she coughed out.
Even with the pain, the Lieutenant was still able to force through a weak smile.
"I am fine." He responded.
"Then you should get going already. So the chicken soup doesn't get cold, with that, I am sure that Ariel is going to heal faster." She replied.
"I can't wait to see the both of you get married," Arizona said.
Lutenant smiled, knowing that her wish was not going to come through.
With his hands structured at his lower abdomen, he made his way to the hospital, his foot merely getting to the floor.
But at the hospital, she was not there, the doctor revealed that she had been discharged already.
Lutenant was confused. From the last time that he saw her, she had merely healed properly.
He tried to call her but her contact was not going through. Then he called one of her friends.
"Which planet do you live on?" She mocked.
Even though Elsa despised the fact that her friend was dating the campus junk dumb, she could not help but admire her love for her.
"Everyone is headed to the campus runway, I am sure that you might see her there. That's if you search properly." She quickly cut off the phones.
Then the lieutenant signed, wishing he had money to get a cab. With one spike like a thousand stings running through his body, he gritted his teeth in pain.
But he didn't mind the pain. Seeing Ariel's face was going to be the greatest antidote.
He nosed through the see of Student, his eyes pairing around to see if he was going to notice Ariel somewhere in the crowd.
"Get your hands off me Stinky Lut." Numerous people strolled away as he got closer to their paths.
"Maybe being the school's dump wasn't so bad after all."
"I can't believe that Prince Michael is finally proposing to a girl." A group of girls gossiped as the Lieutenant walked by.
While the first girl jumped repeatedly into the air, the other girl beside her had her hands around her chest angrily.
"Why are you so happy when someone is stealing the school prince from our hands? Do you realize the prestige it will get us being in that position?" Scoff.
"At least I'm not that beautiful like you guys and I know I will never be able to compete if I were to." She kept on jubilating while the other girl hissed.
They got a glance at Lieutenant and soon burst out into laughter. "Another waste of sperm." They sprouted out.
"Or a walking corpse, in my opinion, he should be just dead already." He added. The lieutenant continued to walk, ignoring their statement, and his pain seemed to increase even more.
Micheal was the mayor's son and a popular playboy. Only God knows what they see in someone that changes girls like pieces of clothing.
Soon, a group of boys who seemed friends with Michael began to chant out words that flooded the center's stadium.
"Say yes Ariel! Say yes!"
"Say yes Ariel! Say yes!"
The words seemed to pull a string in the Lieutenant's head.
"ARIEL!" His heartbeat shot up.
Lutenant quickly let out a chuckle, pushing the thoughts off from his head.
"What are you even thinking Lut. How can Ariel cheat on you with someone else? I am sure that you owe are an apology for even daring to abor the thoughts in your mind."
"Even if she had the intentions, wouldn't she reconsider after you sacrificed one of your organs just to save her life?" Her inner subconsciousness is revealed.
Lutenant nodded his head unconsciously and continued with the search, making his way deeper into the circle.
Then, there was a sudden pause in the hall that even a teardrop could be held throughout the Arena.
"Yes." The lady announced, her voice pulling Lieutenant into the night clouds and the crowd roared in jubilation.
But their wild jubilations didn't penetrate hearings and he could hear only his voice.
"No! It can't be!" A stream of sweat flooded down from his face.
Lutenant pulled quickly through the crowd, the rate of his beating heart going faster until he got to the free circle with all the boys and the girls.
The sight of Ariel accepting the rings from the renowned school's playboy tore his heart into shreds.
The pain of the spikes was now nothing compared to the pain packed in his eyes, wanting to force themselves through...
"Ariel..." The lieutenant yelled his lungs out and the crowd paused.
Their once happy looks shifted into skin-ripping glares when they replaced their gazes
[ What does he think he is doing ]
[ Is he intending to beg for money? ]
[ Such a pathetic loser ]
But all his world was directed at her.
"Tell me it's not true. Tell me that I am dreaming." His whole world came crumbling down right before him.
Michael snared, his anger gradually rising to its peak at the disturbance.
"So what if it's true?" Her cold glance broke up the rest of him. "I'm only doing what's best for him."
It was as though he had been pulled into a different world of its own. More spikes accompany the pain of a broken heart.
The voice of his already broken voice was a signal of his pain.
"But I thought at least you loved me."
"Love?" She scoffed.
"Just take a good look at yours. How long did you rank that I will be able to put up with that broken ass of yours?
I needed someone to get me clothes, expensive stuff. I needed someone to call my boyfriend, not an animal... I never said I needed a dirty pet.
Even Khole Meow won't be dragging the stage with you." She didn't reserve her cold words.
The pain that he felt in his stomach almost pulled him down to the floor but he clutched tightly to it, half bent to the floor as tears welled up in his eyes.
"After everything. After cleaning your feet, cooking your meals, going to the far lengths of paying your fees even though I have a sister in the hospital." He chuckled in bitter sorrow, the pain clouding his mind.
Have you ever been broken to the extent that it seemed you forgot how to express pain?
"And even after." His voice cracked. "Even after giving up my healthy kidney, this is what I get?" He chuckled.
Ariel's eyes farrowed.
"Stop being such a liar Lieutenant. Taking up credits for what you didn't do? How despicable and pathic of you."
"You never did any such thing for me so stop painting yourself as the good guy here already." She was highly irritated by his words.
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