Haze stood up eventually and went to his table. He picked his bag, left the cafeteria and headed straight for the bathroom.
Don't cry. He warned himself severely as he hung his bag and started to clean himself.
You will have your revenge, they will die a slow and agonizing death. He continued to wash his face and cleaned his clothes as best as he could.
It was what kept him calm in class as the teachers rambled on, he kept on planning different ways with which he would kill them.
When school eventually ended, Haze still hadn't decided how best to kill them. He stepped out of the building and started to take the path he normal went home with but changed his mind halfway.
What if they are there again. He thought and decided to pass the longer route.
It was while he walked home that he had the idea on how to get rid of them. Haze had a habit, every day at lunch, he bought an apple which he planned to eat since his lunch was terrible. The three bullies also had a habit, every two days, they bullied Haze and took his apple which they ate.
They torment me everyday. He thought bitterly and kicked a stone out of anger.
But tomorrow it will be their greatest undoing. He smiled and even allowed himself skip but he had to stop due to the sharp pains he felt in his body.
By Haze's calculations, the next day the bullies would come to eat his fruit again. If he could find a way to poison the fruit, then they'd surely bite into it and definitely lose their lives:
But where will I find poison? He thought.
When Haze got home, he had a shower and changed his clothes, then he brought out his phone and searched up local alchemists in the area.
If anyone will have poisons, it will definitely be them.
He found the one closest to him and smiled, the first stage of his revenge was almost done. He wore his clothes and headed for the shop. It was a little hard tracking the shop with an online map but eventually he found it and sighed with relief.
The alchemist was an extremely old woman. She looked at him when he entered the shop with surprise.
Maybe young people don't come here that much.
Haze cleared his throat.
"I want to buy something". He said.
"What is it, young man?" The woman asked.
"It is rather.. sensitive". Haze said.
"Nothing is too sensitive here", the woman said. "Tell me what you want".
"I need poison". Haze replied. "I have a.. rat problem".
Understanding filled the woman's eyes. Well, we have all sorts of poison here. She disappeared in the back and came back with small bottle and a syringe. This is the most effective one for your predicament.
"I'll prefer powder". Haze said.
"This will be better". The woman said. "It's easier to inject into the fruit".
Haze stepped back in alarm.
"How do you know I want to inject it in a fruit?" He asked fearfully.
The woman's face remained passive but her eyes lit up with mischief.
"Just a hunch". She shrugged.
Haze took the bottle and paid. He left very quickly as he didn't want to spend any more time in that creepy shop.
He placed the bottle and syringe in his drawer and slept.
Your revenge is tomorrow. He thought as he fell asleep.
The next morning, Haze walked into the school, his stomach was in knots and he was scared his plan was failed, he was also slightly excited to finally get his revenge.
He zoned out through the first few classes since he couldn't wait for lunchtime. The teachers who saw him excited the previous day observed that he had gone back to his normal state.
All is back to normal for the weird boy. They thought.
When the bell rang for lunchtime rang, Haze ran out of the class and headed for the cafeteria.
This is the second day in a row that he's running out of class. His classmates thought. What a weirdo.
Haze headed for the stand and bought an apple from the lunch woman.
"Have a nice day". She told him.
"I will". He promised and she had a shocked look on her face, he had never spoken back to her wishes before.
Haze took his apple and headed to his usual table in the corner. He sat and brought out his lunch.
Soon the three boys locked eyes with him and smiled at each other. That was Haze's cue, he packed his lunch and headed to the empty classroom. He spread out his lunch and brought out the poison, he quickly filled the syringe and injected the poison into the apple.
He hid the poison and placed the apple on his table.
What if the poison doesn't spread enough. He thought, slightly worried.
A few minutes later, the three boys burst into the room.
"Haha". Cage laughed triumphantly. "You thought you could escape us, didn't you?"
You knew I would be here, you imbecile, I wasn't trying to escape. Haze thought in his mind but he didn't say a word, instead he kept mute and just stared at them.
Cage grabbed the apple off the table. "Look, he left it untouched for us this time, how considerate". He bit into it and belched.
"This one is extra delicious, you need to try this guys". He gave it to Adam and Zach who took huge bites, they agreed it was better than the previous day.
"I don't know why I buy lunch anymore, I could just eat yours, it's clearly better". Zach said.
Haze's fury had risen to a point he wasn't timid anymore.
"My lunch is not better, it's worse, you're a bully and cruel person for eating my small lunch everyday!" He yelled at them.
The three of them stopped chewing and stared at them, then they stared at each other.
Cage put the apple down. "Alright, it's time to teach you some manners, you clearly need them".
He reached for Haze and Haze's heart sank with despair, the poison hadn't worked.
Suddenly Cage clutched at his throat, and started to cough, the others looked at him in confusion till they began to cough too.
Haze watched as the boys began to cough more violently till they all lay on the ground, trembling with spasms. He stood up slowly and walked to the door, he turned the key behind it, locking them in, then he went back to the boys who's coughs had now reduced.
"For years you have tormented me and made my life a living hell". He said coldly to them. "Now I'll send you to an actual hell". He paused. "Then I'll come join you".
He looked at the surpised looks on their faces.
"Yes, I'll kill myself too after this". He smiled. "But first.."
He grabbed a stool and raised it over Cage's head, then he brought it down with all his strength. He did it over and over till Cage's skull was nothing more than a bloody, whitish pulp. He did the same to Adam and Zach despite their pleas.
Then he stood up, picked up his bag and ran straight to the bathroom to clean himself.
When he has wiped the blood away as best as he could, he left the bathroom and headed to the exit door.
Then he heard a soft voice call him.
"Haze?" The voice said.
Haze turned back to see none other than Mei, his crush.
"You know my name?" He asked in surprise.
"I learnt it yesterday." She said with a shy smile. "I want to apologize for yesterday, I felt bad about it and I hope you didn't feel too bad".
Haze was standing in front of her at this point.
"No, no, I didn't". He replied. "Thank you".
Then he grabbed her and hit her head against the tiled wall before she could process it. He smashed her head against wall repeatedly till she fell limp in his hands and her skull was bashed in.
Then Haze let her fall and walked to the school exit.
That's what you get for not standing up for me yesterday.
He walked straight out of the school exit and kept on walking, ignoring the weird stares he was getting due to the blood on his clothes. He didn't stop walking till he got out of the school area and entered the woods, even then he kept on walking.
At the end of the woods, there was a steep cliff that overlay the sharpest rocks in the town. Children were warned to stay away from it as it was dangerous and meant almost instant death. Haze didn't stop walking till he got to the edge of the cliff.
Then he stopped and took in a breath to steady his nerves.
It's not like anyone will miss me, my father will probably be happy to finally be rid of me.
Haze took in another breath.
Goodbye world.
He jumped off the cliff.
He didn't know how long he fell for but eventually his body hit the rocks below and Haze sank into darkness forever.