Warning!
This chapter includes bullying and self isolation. If you are uncomfortable reading this chapter, please click away and I will see you in the next chapter.
In the last chapter, we talked about how Ai Yue was mentally bullied by three girls in her new class. Now, let's see how disgusting they can be.
The week after the group project marathon week, the three of them started hanging out alone away from Ai Yue. They would play games together alone with Ai Yue, and soon they would even stop texting Ai Yue.
In the last chapter, we talked about how Ai Yue was mentally bullied by three girls in her new class. Now, let's see how disgusting they can be.
The week after the group project marathon week, the three of them started hanging out alone away from Ai Yue. They would play games together alone with Ai Yue, and soon they would even stop texting Ai Yue.
Ai Yue got depressed because of this and was very sad about it. It was fine a week ago, so why is this happening now?
One day, Ai Yue decided to talk to the girl we talked about a lot in the previous chapter, the girl who spread rumors. She was the one who was closest to Ai Yue.
Ai Yue texted, "Hi, I have been feeling left out by the group lately. Is there something going on?"
The girl replied, "Why do you feel this way? I don't see a problem at all." The girl was hiding behind a mask while saying those words. However, Ai Yue was oblivious to it and got into her trap.
"Do you know how I felt when you gave flowers to our other two friends yesterday?", Ai Yue replied.
The girl did not reply after that. It was so sad that the girl could do such a thing. So, the day before this incident, the girl decided to give flowers to the other two friends in the group and left Ai Yue out of it. There wasn't any significance to why the girl had to give flowers. Ai Yue also acknowledges that she is the one being petty, but if she were to give flowers, Ai Yue should be able to have one too.
Ai Yue helped the girl with her anxiety problems and gave her all the time in the world during her lowest. The girl was not even grateful for what Ai Yue had done for her. Even a small gift of a flower wasn't given to Ai Yue at all. The feeling that Ai Yue felt that day was painful. She saw how the girl gave flowers and even wrote letters to them. It was painful to watch, but the damage was already done.
The girl finally replied, "This conversation was not even that important to begin with; why are you bringing this up?"
Ai Yue texted back, "I was hurt, and knowing you for so long (around a year), I thought you would have known better. I helped you out of such a difficult situation that I was also in, and this is how you repay me? Excuse me, do you think I am an emotional dustbin to you?"
The girl texted back with fury, "Then, what do you think I am? You also treated me like an emotional dustbin. You only need me when you are sad or angry."
"EXCUSE ME! Who was the one who texted me every day? Every morning, I had to turn on my phone to get a string of messages from you! Now, you think you are the victim!"
Ai Yue was furious, but she had to say what she wanted to. Texting someone every single day, every minute, and every second is not a healthy friendship.
Sure, friends need to text.
But not every minute.
The girl didn't text back but instead called the other two friends to play games with her. That night was excruciating for Ai Yue, as she did not know how the girl felt. She entered to observe the game. The three of them were playing the game on their own. But when they realized that someone was watching their game, they immediately turned spectating mode off. After the game ended, the girl messaged Ai Yue and said, "I know it was you in the spectating room; please stop bothering us." Then, the three of them unfriended Ai Yue on the game and unfollowed Instagram.
Ai Yue started being desperate.
"Whatever I do, please forgive me. I never meant to be like this, but please forgive me."
Instead of forgiving her, they scolded her even further.
"You have been treating us like Fen Yi! We aren't people who want to be controlled all the time. Another thing is, why are we always rushing? Can't you just calm down? You bitch!"
Ai Yue didn't know what to say. Sure, Ai Yue made these mistakes. Again, who was the one who was hurt in a previous friendship? Who was the one that stuck with Ai Yue due to her grades?
Ai Yue couldn't control her tears. She couldn't believe that her friends would backstab her like this. It was a very sad situation. She didn't know what to do, and this soon continued on for weeks.