6

I stare at the door with my hand on the door knob. I can see the shadow of his feet from the bottom of the door. I should open the door, he tried to help. He calmed me down, it is the least I could do. However, for the past years of my life I have been doing this by myself and I still can. I am not in the mood to start explaining to him. I don’t need him.

“I don’t need you, Oscar. I don’t need anyone. I can do this by myself. Just go out with your friends and leave me alone.” I tell him in a low voice while I let go of the door knob and walk away from the door.

“Okay, then I will wait for you out here because I want to talk to you.” He says while I hear him slide on my door. I turn to look at the door in shock. “Ava, Imma sit out here and wait. Don’t make me wait for too long. I get hungry.” He says in a light voice. I walk to my bed and lay on it while staring at the door. I cover myself with the blanket and just stare at the door. I can see the shadow of his feet on the space between the floor and the door. He is probably going to leave when he gets tired, They always leave.

No one actually cares about me. They just feel pity when they see me on this state. They believe that if the act kind it will give them more blessing but the will leave when they get tired of pretending. All because he saw me in this state now he feels pity for me but I don’t want his pity. He can just leave me alone. I don’t need him to pretend to care. I have been alone for a long time. I will manage by myself. I grab my phone and scroll through TikTok while I wait for him to leave.

It has been an hour since he sat there and he hasn’t left. Now I feel sorry for him. I get off my bed and walk up to my door. I open it and he almost falls over. He was laying on the door. He gets up and smiles at me.

“You can leave now. I’m fine.” I tell him while I push past him to go downstairs. I am actually hunger now.