A normal Day
Panting, and gasping for air, Arthur raised from the bed.
Eyes and mouth wide open, clothes and hair hot and wet from his sweat.
Quietly sobbing, he closed his eyes and fell back onto his bed, into the, also very hot and sticky, covers.
His whole body was shaking like crazy from the terrible nightmare, even though he should have gotten used to it by now.
Soon, he got up and went straight into his bath, looking into the mirror.
There he was.
Nothing more than an actually average student.
Well, nothing more, but less.
He just moved with his family and changed school..
but a group of people, which suddenly got bored, started to bully him.
Without any reason.
Since then he started to have nightmares and eventually stopped to eat.
He actually didn't even like the dudes, that bullied him, but he took their words serious.
Fat, ugly, stupid.
So he wanted to change.
He dyed his black hair back to normal, blonde, stopped eating to lose weight and learned every day into the night...
His parents didn't even know, what was going on.
They were working very hard, every day and mostly didn't even come home for the night.
They stayed nearby to their job and just send a letter to Arthur, if they'd stay away for a little longer. A little longer...
in fact, a month, or two, maybe.
So they couldn't really watch their son.
Many years ago they had babysitters, but now, they thought, he was old enough to start caring for himself a little and didn't notice him becoming thinner every time they met.
Or sadder.
Arthur slowly ran his hand through his hair and took a closer look at himself.
He had gotten so much bleacher..
he hadn't been out for ages it seemed and he didn't get sun at all.
Nervously, he played with his lip piercing, but concentrated then..
he washed his face with water and tiredly brushed his teeth.
The dark rings under his eyes showed his stress... and the bad situation he was in.
No sleep, not a bit of self-confidence.
Not at all...
Only some minutes later, Arthur silently stepped out of the room into the next, the kitchen.
He grabbed all his stuff for school and put it into his bag, hanging it over his shoulder.
…
Over his shoulder, he looked at the bowl of fruits.
An apple couldn't hurt, could it?
But it was weight, food, after all, so Arthur decided not to eat the fruit.
Instead of that he took a simple bottle of water and tucked it into his bag as well.
At last, he took his keys and stuffed them into his pocket.
He left his home then and locked the front door.
On his way to school, he was all alone, just as he was used by now.
His home was laying a bit apart from the actual city, but was a real luxury.
Arthur took out his cellphone out...
It had some scratches on the display, but only because of him being thrown onto the floor and beaten there.
...
After a 20-minute-walk Arthur finally arrived at school.
As he entered the hallway, the usual loud voices came to silence and the whispering began, just as he had dreamed about.
Everyday was just like hell of a nightmare after all.
Just like in his dream, Alfred walked towards him and said the exact words he had said in his dreams as well.
But, no.
Arthur didn't want to say something wrong again.
"...You look …. great today,Alfred"
Silence.
"Ha ha, that's gay!", every pupil agreed with him and joined his laughter.
But soon, the bell rang.
The mass of people slowly diverged and went to their classrooms.
But Alfred and Matthias stayed.
They called after Gilbert:
"Tell the teacher we're at a doctor, we're coming later!"
The albino nodded and also went into class.
But Alfred and Matthias lay some hand on Arthur, beat him and cursed him and treat him..
At first, Alfred came into the class and after five minutes more, Matthias followed.
Arthur stayed outside, he couldn't do this any longer today.
So he grabbed stuff and ran home, as quick as he could.. without excuse to the teacher.