Boor was awake restless in the middle of the night. Bored, he scrolled through his cell phone.
Every now and then he would check his notifications hoping for a new message.
The scrolling and endless waiting slowly annoyed him bit by bit and he threw the blanket away like a toddler when he got to his nadir. "Ack! I can't fall asleep!"
His restless head moved his body to the closet and he pulled out some clothes for school. He gritted his teeth and mumbled in a slurred way, "Then I'll just go to school."
while he hastily looked for an outfit. "It's better for me anyway!" He flumped on the floor and folded his clothes and put them next to the bed and saw his backpack "then mom won't bother me anymore but…"
Boor frowned at the memory of his teacher and unfinished homework "Mrs. Ackerhurst will…"He tore open his backpack and pulled out his biology worksheet. Then and then he thought to his biology teacher, who always pestered him, 'If I do this now then I'll skip the stress tomorrow' and took a pen before reading through the tasks on the worksheet, which was full of questions about plants and animals cells.
"label a plant cell…
What is a mitochondria…" were the first two questions he read out loud to himself.
the first two questions he knew nothing about.
He frantically looked at the sheet for another few seconds and slapped it on his face. When he put it back down, the person sitting next to him asked him, "Dude, are you okay?"
Boor was now in front of his school desk.
"everything's OK with you?" he asked again.
Boor looked to the side, hair unkempt, deep dark circles and half-lidded eyes. Well, as always actually.
Suddenly he got an idea and asked his friend, the person sitting next to him, "hey, do you have your biology homework?"
his friend blinked twice, confused. "Which one?"
"Well, this one with the cells and mitochondria"
He 'ooh'd' and asked in horror "that couple of weeks ago?!" The friend sighed shortly before he started again. "We've already covered the topic, you don't have to worry about it."
Boor hummed "good."
After the break between the classes, the biology teacher entered the class and looked at Boor in surprise, "and where were you?"
"At home," Boor replied.
"Did you at least do any homework during that time?"
…
"Oh."After the biology lesson, Boor planned to waste the rest of his time in the toilet stall by playing truant.
He sat on the toilet seat that had the lid closed to get some sleep. As he was about to doze off he heard the notification ring and took his cell phone out of his pocket. He opened WhatsApp and he saw his friends from school had written to him "Dude, where are you?"
Alex [ You were in class ]
GloriousgGamer[ Are you skipping againt? 🤨 ]
Sem[ At least he went to school. Let's applaud him for lasting this long. ]
His cell phone was vibrating from the many messages from his friend group.
boor typed back quickly
[ Shut upI m tired ]>
Sem[ one sees ]
Sem texted back
Sem[ can you even open your eyes? lol ]
GloriousgGamer[ Why so mean? I was just joking ]
GloriousgGamer[ You can't even type normally ]
Alex[ You also make billions of typographical errors, don't talk ]
GloriousgGamer[ I was just talking and he's getting so angry ]
GloriousgGamer[ Anger therapy please ]
GloriousgGamer[ Am I not even allowed to write? ]
GloriousgGamer[ to you ]
[ be quiettt ]>
Sem[ apparently not ]
GloriousgGamer[ so mean ]
GloriousgGamer[ Are we not friends??!? ]
Alex[ Oh no ]
[Boor has left 'Petchuk']
In the meantime, Abia and Alba were in a cafe. Abia listened while she ate her cake and Alba had a long conversation with her that took many turns. She was just talking about her work and how her vacation was about to end and she had to go back there.
"and I have to talk to her, you know?"
she huffed.
"I not only have to do work as a logistics employee but I also have to talk to her, but her breath always smells like cigarettes and she's incredibly close… always!"
Abia nodded as she listened to Alba whine about her co-worker.
"Everyone knows her because of that! She doesn't understand what privacy is and I try to understand her… and be nice to her… but she looks straight into my phone when I'm doing something quickly on it."
Alba sighed "I get too worked up don't I?"
Abia with her mouth full: "No no, I don't like it when someone looks at my cell phone either"
Alba agreed "yes.. she says I'm always looking at my phone but I have to research things don't I?! And when I said I write with my children she said 'can't they take care of themselves?' If my eleven year old son writes to me, shouldn't I write back? .. and above all how-"
{Ding!}
"Oh, sorry, a teacher just texted me."
Abia "no problem at all"
Alba read the message from Boor's German teacher as she asked why Boor didn't go to school for over a week.
"what? but he was today.."
Was boor not at school today?
She gasped "He's skipping school again?!"
Abia looked surprised as she took another bite of her cake and saw how she had finished eating her cake when Alba's cake wasn't even touched.
Alba tried to call Boor but she had no credit left to call without internet. Abia fathomed the situation and said "don't worry you can use my phone"
Alba quickly tried to write in Boor's number but her battery died and she hiccuped.
Abia: "Don't you know his number by heart?"
Alba smiling sheepishly: "That would be a lot of numbers to remember…"
Abia looked at her contact list and felt a little guilty asking the same person again but ended up calling Boon because he had Boor's number.
Abia: "Hi Boon"
The windy gust and the sounds of driving cars could be heard on the other side of the call.
"Mam? Hello mam, I can't hear you so well.."
Boon replied.
Abia noticed this and asked "Where are you?"
Boon: "I'm going home from school"
Abia: "ah, Boon?…"
After Boon heard this sound from his mother's voice he could already guess what it was about.
Boon: "…"
Boon: "Mam, I can't hear you very well right now but I'll be home soon, it won't be long"
Abia: "Sure, sure. So you have Boor's number, right?"
Boon: "Yes and I wrote to him too"
Abia: "Alba doesn't know where he is. He should have been at school, we think. Can you call him and ask where he is and what he's doing?"
Boon: "…Okay"
Boon finally arrived at his door and let his backpack fall to the floor while he quickly took off his coat and shoes
"Bye mom"
"Bye my dear. I love you soo much"
"I love you too, bye"
He hung up and brought his clothes and backpack to his room.
With a deep sigh he opened his WhatsApp.
'How do I even begin?'
His finger hovered over the call icon.
He didn't know what to expect and shook his thoughts away before quickly pressing it.
"what now…"
Boor groggily said to the phone before exploding with rage
"Leave me alone! Just leave me alone, man! Didn't I tell you guys that I'm tired?! I'm tired, I want to sleep! Let me sleep!!!"
…
Boon: "I'm…sorry?"
Boor's eyes widened when he saw the screen and it wasn't actually one of his friends. He hung up in panic and
"Crap! crap crap crap.."
He rubbed the back of his neck and groaned, "What do I do now?"
{Ding!}
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