*Asrik*
'I'm an orphan', that's what he said, so simply too, something that I haven't been able to say, for the past two years. He says on his first day, now I understand the look behind his eyes, it's complete and utter fatigue.
The look of someone who is tired of life itself, a person who is living merely for the sake of being alive, a person with no attachments to life. He doesn't care for people, nor what they think of him, in fact he does not care for anything at all , a life so sad, that makes me feel better about my own. To think, that there's someone who has it worse than me, maybe that's why, why before I knew what I was doing, I was standing infront of his desk . At that moment, I had lost my sense of reason, the idea of my reputation, my friends, everything I had worked for, they all seemed meaningless. In that moment, he had become the one and only thing I wanted, I wished to be the only person to know him and the only person he knew, in his darkness I saw light, in his despair, I saw life. The true meaning of life, I wanted to show it to him, for the past eight years, I've been an orphan, dropped at the orphanage steps from birth, I've never had a family. And although babies are normally adopted quickly, I never was, no one chose me, and with time I did not wish to be chosen. I would work hard and leave the orphanage on my own, I refused to associate with the other kids, as I hated the idea of being an orphan.
The people with the lowest social standing on earth, were us, orphans, but after eight years of being alone, I've found someone. Someone who is just like me, no, someone who is an even better version of myself. He is who I choose, I'll turn his darkness into light and his despair into life, I want to give him a reason to live. "How long are you planning on standing there for", he looked up at me with his tired eyes, eyes so tired, that I wanted to put him to sleep.
I smiled, "let's sit together from now on", I turned to Emily, his seatmate, "can we switch seats Emily", I asked with the same smile, the smile that worked on everyone, but him. "S-sure", she smiled as her hands cluttered around the desk, packing her stuff, Eiran didn't say anything, he merely stared forward, looking straight into nothing. While I stared sideways looking straight at him. I could already hear the whispers, ",why is Asrik, sitting with him", "didn't Eiran say his last name was Gray", "does that mean him and Asrik are related". "So Asrik's an orphan", "maybe their cousins", "what, no way", "yeah, but we've never heard him talk about his family", ,"it makes sense if he's an orphan", and so on. Honestly, I had no interest in what they thought, not anymore, in mere moments, my entire world had been turned upside down by Eiran.
Yet, I've never been happier, anyhow, their suspicions shall be confirmed sooner or later sooner or later, we're in the same class, share the same last name and even share the same guardian. Even if I don't say anything, with time I won't need to, everyone will know. The only person I owe an explanation is Daniel and he's a pretty simple kid, so I'm sure he'll understand.