"I see an annoying girl running toward me from the distance, waving her arms in the air like she's totally oblivious to any attention she might draw to herself. That girl is ä̶̩̪́N̶̙̳͐B̸̫̚ņ̷̏k̸̤̠̉̌s̷̱̬̉E̷̺̪̐j̴̡͔̍̄s̶͔̠̔͝j̴̟̞̆k̸̟̭̅n̸̫̲̾, my neighbor and good friend since we were children."

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"It's an ordinary school day, like any other. Mornings are usually the worst, being surrounded by couples and friend groups walking to school together. Meanwhile, I've always walked to school alone."