Open Up

Klaus’s POV

I had to seek permission to leave the class right after the teacher entered. This made no sense to me but Stormie rang to tell me that Dahlia was locked in the office. I don’t know how she got herself locked up but I guess I can try to get her out since I have a key with me.

Will she have opened the door for me if I were in her shoes? To me, the answer to this question is a little too obvious. Come on, it’s Dahlia. After answering myself, a part of me wanted to walk leisurely to the office, but on the other hand, my brain told me to be fast since lessons had already began and I didn’t want to miss much.

Finally, at the office, I fix in the key, unlock the door and push it open a little. Dahlia quickly hops off the desk when I opened the door a and rushes to the door. When I was done, I wordlessly walk away to class as I hear her lock the office door behind me.

“I just switched periods with your Chemistry teacher for today.”, I heard a voice say right before I enter the class. It was Mr. Acquah. I’m a little confused after seeing him. I doubt he was the one to lock Dahlia because I surely got to school before him which only means...I am most probably the one who locked Dahlia.

“It’s you two again.”, Mr. Acquah said right when I stepped into the class. It was then I realized that dahlia is standing right behind me. And suddenly the whole class goes like ‘aaaaayyyyy’.

“Silence! Scramble to your seats before I update your ongoing punishment.”, Mr. Acquah shouted and violently hit the teacher’s desk with the board marker.

Dahlia’s POV

Yesterday was when Klaus started behaving weirdly. It was the same today when he came to unlock the office door. It was so unlike him to not even say a word after getting me out of the place. It was almost as if he was mad at me.

Things became more awkward when the class teased Klaus and I for entering the class late together again. I had finally failed in not letting anyone see me associate myself with him. A whole me. Well I guess I can look at the brighter side of things. He will no longer be bossing me around anymore since he doesn’t even want to talk to me.

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As the siren wailed to signify that school is over, I begin to pack to go home. No office work for me today because I did my portion this morning. My pencil case fell as I was packing up. I bent to pick it up and something fell out of my loose shirt’s pocket. A key. Oh, that’s the key to office.

Wow, now I guess I have to get that to the one person I’m trying to avoid. Klaus. I wanted to go home and act like I forgot I had the key with me. But I knew that in any case, if not now, later I’d still have to face him to give him the keys. Defeated.

I reluctantly drag my guilty butt to the office where I saw Klaus already leaning on the wall, obviously waiting for me, the key actually. I hold out my hand in front of him. He looks at the key in confusion. Klaus picks up the key and turns to unlock the door without a word and walks in. No hello or a thank you even. Wow.

Klaus’s POV

I walked into the office after opening it. She walked in right after me.

“Klaus.”, she softly called out after me.

Wait a minute. Dahlia, called my name, softly, without yelling it soaked in disgust? This seems out of place. Very much out of place. I turn to look at her as she closes the door behind her. She looks different. Was that regret or guilt?

She leans back on the door after closing it. Looking down at her feet she says, “I never knew you were going through something like this, I promise I would’ve never caused you all that trouble if I knew. Can y-”

Dahlia, she seemed really sincere as she went on. But then at this point I am so confused and so I cut her off. What am I going through that I don’t even know? “Umm, what am I going through?”, I asked her with a puzzled expression across my face.

“Okay so back at the infirmary, I heard you tell the nurse that you are sickle cell anaemic. Also, I haven’t been the nicest person to you despite your health condit-”

“Save that pity!”, I cut her off and walked away pissed. Dahlia was just acting like the kind of people I dislike the most. Those who look down at me with pity as if I am some helpless degenerate after they find out about my condition.

I’m actually not mad about her finding out. I’m just mad at the fact that knowledge of this has made even a person like Dahlia look at me with pity. Is being sickle cell anaemic so bad? This really makes me furious with the world.