All Hearts Must Bleed

1: Made

s by a cold bucket of water on a rather chilly

cuss in my h

he meagre figure that laid under it. Nothing too outstanding, but nothing overtly disgusting either. The water on his dark, afro hair gradually trickled down his face

she gestured to the phone on the side table, and the brown folder beside it. Both which were just a couple feet to the right of the bed. "How doe

aid, his voice getting a lot lowe

all

ll three in the mo

Don't start with that" he said, getting up from his bed

king her leave from the room scattered beyond reco

day" he massaged his

clean up this room. Besides, your brother's coming tomorrow,

five minutes? I'm not eight or ten or twel

ou watch y

No, that's not why. You know I'm telling

for years and the least you

ou nuts for the past couple of years. Like what the actual fuck? Everybody has problems and he chose his own method of dea

rds, and just said. "I don't have time for this. This room better be arranged by the time I get b

hissing or closing the door to his room, but for a second, contemplated the

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eye out and their dads either at a barbecue or doing absolutely nothing? This neighborhood was the exact opposite. No close bond shared

ing, he thanked God for that. Wouldn't want anyone to see his lean figure dragging out the plastic trash bag wit

n that...please?" his mumbling ended with a grunt as he du

y, faint voice said, a

figure standing a number of feet away, just at the opposite house, the cloak of astonishment gradually lifted itself off his 6'1 stature. It was none other than Vanessa Hughes. His classmate/ six

, Vanessa? It'

. "I see puberty's had a good couple years

a little "-you remember" he sai

cefully behind her, and her fragile red eyes didn't do enough to take away the at

ou... when'd

I come over later though?" He could literally feel his heart pumping out his ches

talk to my... I mean sure. Of co

aid, her eyes

's per

be dry by then though" she remarked as she walked away. Her night gow

red-faced moment in a while, he thought to himself, as he hurried back home to

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sis. Pretty sure you'

I don't kno

adjusted his seat so the laptop camera would

ead through the books we've actually s

ay I had to double on the quality of my work becau

all

th a smile. Still buoyant an

after a couple seconds of tense silence, "I'm sorry to

to speak. "Sorry?" he got a little closer to the mic and system likewise. "Ma'am, these are

a young writer so I'm sure y

Is this because it's not about

e-aged spokesperson said,

first time round, but this was the Seventh platform that rejected his book. The twelfth time he'd been rejected all i

obody saw it, nobody saw through the entire act, but it kind of felt like his life wa

or the fuc