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- [SoundCloud] (╯︵╰,) ALL ALONE 寂寞 by OLFVN アレクサンダー (embed)
- >It's three AM, and you're laying wide awake
- >Outside your window, freezing autumn rain mercilessly whips the pavement, the gale howling it's lonely song
- >You toss and turn in your bed, sweating in the stuffy air of your bedroom
- >The yellow haloes cast by the street lamps filters through your window, piercing through your eyelids
- >It was always like this
- >As always, you'd laid in your bed for what felt like an eternity, tossing, turning, sweating the night away
- >And yet, sleep evaded you
- >You sigh and turn to your bedside lamp, the bulb sputtering to life as your hoof touches the switch
- >The light burns your eyes for a moment, your vision going white
- >Huffing and kicking off your sheets, you step out of the bed and walk to your window, the afterimage of the light bulb dancing in your eyes
- >Taking your cigarettes and a lighter from your cluttered desk, you open the window with a free hoof
- >Just like that, the distant howl of the wind becomes a wild, raging roar
- >The Pegasi had really worked hard for this
- >With good reason, of course
- >The first autumn storm was, and had always been a real show
- >Officially marking the transition from summer to autumn, from warm to cold, from light to dark, it was a monumental occasion, in it's own way
- >Lighting your cigarette, you lean out of the window, the blue cloud of smoke dissipating instantly as it exits your mouth, mercilessly torn to shreds by the storm
- >You take a deep drag, the smoke stinging your lungs as your mind wanders off
- >Exhaling with a sigh, you flick the ashes out of the window, your mane already wet from the rain
- ''I don't want to go.''
- >A couple months ago, your tone may have been pleading, sad, even angry
- >Now, your voice is completely devoid of emotion
- >It was a statement, painfully true in it's simplicity
- >You don't want to go
- >But you have no idea what you really want
- >Do you really want to just stay at home, wasting time as days pass by, grey and dull?
- >Lying alone in your bed, suffocating under a blanket of ennui and boredom?
- >Waiting for something, anything to change, to be different?
- >Feeling empty, sick and worthless, too lazy to even do anything about your life?
- >Stuck with the feeling that this is not what you are, that you were supposed to be so much more?
- >Or do you want to go to school, surrounded not only by the taunts and jeers of classmates, but by painful reminders of the life you do not, and will never have?
- >It's kind of funny, really
- >In a sick, twisted way, but funny nonetheless
- >Moving from Canterlot with your mother and father, you were bright-eyed, almost naive, ready to take on anything the world had to throw at you
- >The reality of high school hit you like a freight train
- >There you were, shy, slightly nervous, but still hopeful
- >Stuck in a new place, no friends by your side, but open and eager to meet new ponies
- >And you just had to wear that sweater on your first day of school
- >You just had to mess everything up
- >It was your grandma's old sweater, the one thing she left you before she passed
- >It was warm, soft, filled with the marks of a hard living that only a life of being an airship technician could produce
- >And, by Celestia, was it ever ugly
- >Gray and faded, filled with holes, slightly baggy, and incredibly worn
- >You still remember the first day in front of your new class, nervously shifting as the teacher introduced you
- >You still remember the cold, panicked feeling that enveloped you when Diamond Tiara laughed at you
- >The first insult she threw at you, her friends' mocking laughter echoing in the classroom
- >After that first impression, nopony wanted to be friends with you
- >Having to sit with Diamond Tiara in all your classes only made it worse
- >The veiled insults, the sardonic smirks, the offhand comments bringing you to tears
- >You ran home as fast as your legs could carry you
- >Tears in your eyes, you cried and bawled in your room for what felt like hours, questions and regrets swimming in a sea of sadness inside your head
- >How could anypony be so mean?
- >Why would anypony say those things?
- >Still crying, you burned the ugly sweater in the back yard
- >When your mother asked you about it, you told her you'd lost it in school
- >She was livid, to say the least
- >You don't remember exactly what she yelled at you
- >You only remember the burning feeling of sadness, shame and disappointment mixing together, sorrow welling out from your eyes
- >She was your mother
- >She was supposed to comfort you, to tell you everything is okay
- >Instead, she berated and scolded you for what seemed like hours on end
- >You still remember the expression on your father's face when your mother told him about what you'd done
- >And, most of all, you remember the burning pain on your flank from where he whipped you
- >You remember limping up to your room with tears in your eyes, feeling hungry, sad, and most of all, alone
- >You cried yourself to sleep that night
- >And the night after
- >You thought burning the sweater would make things better, that it would show everypony that you weren't that weird after all
- >Looking back, it only showed everypony that you were a pushover, a bucking bag, always there to be used and abused whenever anypony felt like it
- >And here you are, two years later
- >Still the same worthless, lonely piece of shit you always were
- >Still as useless as ever
- >And, despite your sadness, despite your anger, still completely incapable of standing up for yourself
- >You sigh and throw away the butt of your cigarette, the glow fizzling out as it hits the rain-soaked pavement below
- >Closing the window, you climb back into your bed and turn off the light, staring at the ceiling as the wind sings it's lonely song
- >You close your tired eyes, lulling yourself to sleep with the mantra that's stayed with you for two years of hell
- ''Maybe it'll get better tomorrow…''
- Part 2: Rude Awakening
- >''ERI! GET UP! IT'S TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL!''
- >You jolt awake, your eyes heavy and your coat damp
- >The cold autumn light streaming through the window stings your eyes, and you squeeze them shut, desperately wishing for five more minutes of sleep
- >You lie still, your head tucked under your blanket, trying your best to hide from the world
- >The sound of hooves pounding on your door takes away what little comfort you'd managet to find
- >''Eri, get up now! You're going to be late!''
- >You sigh and kick off your blanket, the cold air assailing you making you shiver
- >Shaking your head to reorganize your thoughts, you slowly make your way off your bed and grab your saddlebags, your headphones and your scarf
- >You wrap the black scarf around your neck together with your headphones and rub your eyes with a quiet yawn
- >You really don't want to go
- >The problem is, you have to
- >You've been faking colds and the like way too much during the previous month
- >As a result, your grades are headed towards rock bottom at a breakneck pace
- >Staying another year in that hellhole of a high school is the last thing you want
- >Sighing quietly, you open the bedroom door and plod towards the bathroom
- >Your mother's hard green eyes greet you like so many times before, a seemingly permanent expression of disapproval etched into the emerald orbs
- >''Tsk, tsk. You really should get up earlier, Eri. You can't be late all the time, you know.''
- >Your mother shakes her head with a disappointed look on her face
- >Your gaze finds it's way to the floor and you yawn, too tired to feel shame at being scolded again
- ''I know, mom. I'm just really tired right now.''
- >''Well, in that case, you should go to bed earlier, not just sit up all night smoking your cigarettes and whatnot.''
- ''Yeah, yeah.''
- >You mumble a half-hearted reply and walk into the small bathroom, locking the door behind you
- >Grabbing the toothbrush, you deliberately avoid looking into the mirror
- >You already know what you'll find
- >Same old tired face, baggy eyes hidden behind pink-and-black bangs and what little make-up you had time to put on
- >Same old ugly snout, same old watery eyes, same old everything
- >You sigh quietly, your business done, and place the toothbrush back into it's cup
- >Slowly walking out of the bathroom, you find yourself wondering why you even bother brushing your teeth, putting on make-up or even showering
- >You'll just get made fun of anyway
- >And, despite the tired, hollow mantra you've whispered yourself to sleep with, you know nothing is going to change
- >The only thing you can hope for is that nopony's had a bad day
- >The cold autumn air bites your muzzle as you tread onward, the smoke from your cigarette wafting through the wind
- >As usual, the streets are packed with ponies going about their day-to-day business
- >Some of the traders are already setting up their stalls, small lines already forming at the multitudes of stalls cluttering the pavement
- >The air is filled with dozens of chattering voices, some laughing, some arguing, some just chatting
- >This was one of the reasons you didn't want to go to school
- >Seeing all these ponies laughing, playing, or even just walking about with smiles on their faces tied your stomach into a cold knot
- >They had friends, careers, a purpose in life
- >And while they went about their lives grinning and laughing, happy despite their trials, you slunk by unnoticed and alone
- >No friends, nopony to love, without even so much as a goal to strive for or to even live for
- >The only thing you do is waste what little time you have, waiting, hoping, pleading for things to get better
- >Thinking up juvenile revenge fantasies you wish you could live out, but know you can't
- >You sigh, shaking yourself from your thoughts
- >No point in thinking about what could be, right?
- >All you'll get for your trouble is a slap in the face and a hoofful of disappointment
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