Chap 2:

When I was in middle school, I was a round boy, with rough black skin that looked very messy and dirty. I was ridiculed by a female friend named Mac Thu… Her words were spoken, but the slaps kept pushing hard. the mind of a child like me.

- Oh my god, why are you like a pig?

- Both black and ugly.

-You look terrible, A Minh.

I just laughed and ignored those words…

-Come on, I don't think it's okay... don't tease me anymore.

Just like that in class, I was embarrassed by Mac Thu's words… I thought a lot, I was so sad.

After class, I rode my bicycle home on a small empty country road, I kept whimpering, I was really hurt by those malicious words...

Everything happens naturally. When I was in 8th grade, that year a big pandemic happened, I had to study online at home, so I didn't see Mac Thu anymore. While at home, because of the difficult economic situation and the fact that it is not easy to buy and sell food, I decided to lose weight. It was true that I lost weight but that decision was really wrong, I lost weight unscientifically, I fasted, I took medicine, I did such bad things to the point of being hospitalized… but in the end he was 67kg a day. Which is only 50kg.

A year later, my school organized vaccinations to prepare for the work of sending students back to school. At that time, I met Thanh Vinh a classmate, he helped me a lot while studying online. I actually study quite well compared to other students, but due to the nature of sleeping a lot and studying less, A Minh here missed a lot of classes… especially math. It was the Thanh Vinh people who taught me a little something called knowledge. I am very grateful to him, and more than grateful… maybe I… I fell in love with a boy? I'm going crazy, A Minh, my dear!

I finally returned to school after a month with a new look, maybe it's because A Minh I've worn down my body so much? I'm pretty fit compared to before but… I'm short!

And that was also an excuse for a guy named Thanh Vinh to bully me A Minh! Aaah that's too much!

The day of class has also come, me and Thanh Vinh met, he stood close to me. I thought he must be in love with me… but NO.

- Hey, hey, he's too short to eat, he's only up to my shoulder, A Minh.

-Hey, that tall, tall name! Since when is height a measure of a person!

Since then, Thanh Vinh and I have become closer than usual, he pinched my cheeks, he patted my head, I also often lie on his lap, the love is no different from the love stories on the internet. Time keeps repeating itself… keep meeting, criticizing short, pinching cheeks, rubbing head. We were so close that a subject teacher even dared to ask.

-A Minh? Do you and Thanh Vinh know each other?

- What can I do, miss, it's so stupid.

I kept smiling, but inside I was really happy. That last year of high school was probably something to make up for my Ly A Minh's disfigured soul. A Minh from an introverted, taciturn, quiet boy has gradually opened up to everyone around him, a change that I myself did not expect.

In the last months of middle school, Thanh Vinh and I signed up for a grade-level exam preparation class, and to be honest, I studied much worse than him. You and I sat together, he taught me the lesson, and I… bullied him… well, it wasn't even a matter of bullying, just hitting him a few times when he dared to touch the little fat in my belly… Thai!

The day of the exam finally came, because I didn't do well on the test, I was so worried, I cried with you so much...

-Huh... if I fail, I'll probably drop out of school...

- Then quit school.

I have to say this damned, dead guy doesn't know how to comfort others? Studying well but talking sounds inversely proportional to academic ability.

Finally a week after the results were available, I got 23 points more than 7 points to get into the school I wanted, I was really happy, I was about to show off with that damned name when…

*Ting ting* The message sounds.

-Look at this, look at this...

It's Thanh Vinh, you sent his scorecard via… 39 points?? Human or demon?

-Show off *beep beep*

I texted him back while he was still teasing me.

- What do you see, horrible?

-It's terrible, it's terrible...

-You passed too! Cheer up, I'll take you to explore the new school someday.

-And then...

And then, my crush and I also passed high school, moreover, you and I went to the same school…

-Haiz… damn name!

I sighed and cursed at him in my mouth, while my smile never knew how to bloom on my lips.