1: Stress

A new year rises... The sun rose brighter than ever. Birds sang in the sky of the city of Tokyo. Followed by a sweet breeze of spring in the air, the city's urban space, eternal skyscrapers, gardens, and parks are decorated with beautiful Sakura flowers, and the sea sparkles like a new diamond and is clear as crystal. The HaruIchiban wind blows above the Kanto Plain as busy people fill the streets. So much happiness... However, these circumstances are like taunting towards one boy.

This boy has been through many adventures with a unique robot built in the future. Along with his friends, they go on a journey together sometimes to explore, and most of the time to save the world and its future. He has helped a lot of people, but no one seems to bother that he saved the world. No one seems to care if he exists. No one acknowledged him as our saviour.

Nobi Nobita, A sucky 10-year-old boy who led a miserable life. Often waking up late, getting to school late, being scolded by the teacher, being forced to stay back in class and clean the classroom, Being rejected by his love interest, he gets beaten by his bullies, and when he gets home, he is often scolded by his mother, so he asks his best friend for help.

Meet his bullies, Giant and Suneo. Sure, they help at times, but they have a disgusting hobby. Bullying the weak And they consider themselves heroic... In their dreams... They often ask Nobita to come and play baseball, but every time they lose, they all blame him. Even though it wasn't his fault, they are forced to blame him. Sometimes the cause of their loss is that they picked the wrong person on their team.

Meet his love interest, Shizuka-Chan. Shizuka is such a wonderful girl. She is cute, smart, and likes to stay clean. But she is never forgiving. Nobita saved her a bunch of times, and the reward is getting a slap from her, Bravo! You've won first place in douchebagrism. Come up here and claim your prize. After that, get out of the world and never come back! once again! a round of applause!

Meet his best friend, a robotic cat from the future named Doraemon, everyone's favourite badger! Oh wait, did I get that wrong? Sorry, a fox. Dammit..Doraemon..sure, he helps Nobita, and his reaction when he comes back to Nobita is kind of touching..but when it comes to Dorayaki, he forgets he is even there. oh well.. Onto the story.

Nobi Nobita wakes up on a beautiful spring morning. Of course, you guessed it. He's late..

"Ha! I can't make it!". He said as he scurried to put on his uniform, Doraemon sighs as he watches with a rugged look, The teacher is going to scold him for the umpteenth time. Nobita then begs Doraemon to bring out a gadget to help him get to school faster.

" Fine... Here..." Doraemon admitted defeat as he borrowed Nobita, the bamboo copter. "Be more careful next time, Nobita," Doraemon asks him, Clearly upset

"Sorry, Dora-chan. I will become more careful next time." Nobita bowed to prove his point, and Doraemon just scoffed.

"Pfft...Yeah.." Doraemon said sarcastically as Nobita flew out to get to his destination.

At least Nobita managed to get there in time, but he spends most of the time sleeping and dreaming, eagerly waiting for the class to end for the day. But time stops when the teacher asks him to stand and recite what he had thought of the class, and Nobita's answer was.

"Cow.." he murmured

The whole class laughed at him. What did he do wrong? Clearly, it said cow on the whiteboard. Oh, wait... there is something.. nope... the word wasn't cow.. it was math... great.. now he was the laughing stock of the class. An enraged sensei ordered him to stand outside the classroom, which he did.

Time seemed slow. Nobita kept on hearing insults from Suneo, who was sitting beside the window in the wall that separates the classroom from the hall... I think he chose to sit by the window just to make fun of Nobita when he stands in the hall. When Sensei isn't looking, Nobita will be bombarded by laughs, insults, pettiness, and booing of all kinds. Even Shizuka, the adorable, kindest girl he ever met, was smiling at him.

Nobita clutched his fist tighter. "Damn you, Suneo. I'll get Doraemon to help me."

Well, finally, the school bell rang. Every student packed their bags and exited the classroom to go home. Nobita was about to grab his bag, but Shizuka stopped him. "Nobita-San sensed and asked me to give this to you."

his exam sheet with a 0% marked significant with a red pen.

"Ganbatte... Nobita...". Shizuka said Nobita looked at her with a confused look as she left, but he figured out why when sensei's voice boomed into his ears.

"NOBITA! "COME HERE OR ELSE I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER PUNISHMENT!" sensei yelled from his desk, and Nobita dashed into the classroom!

"Y-Yes sensei...". Nobita whimpered.

"NOBITA! I'M FED UP WITH YOUR STUPID ATTITUDE! COMING TO CLASS LATE..SLEEPING AND DREAMING IN CLASS..NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU!?". Sensei shouted at his student, and Nobita held his head low in shame.

"Clean the classroom. That is your punishment. Don't go home until the classroom shines.". Sensei said, lowering his voice. Nobita obliged and went to get the dustpan and broom, but if he stayed longer, he could see Sensei covering his face.

Nobita dried his tears as they rolled down his cheeks as he cleaned the classroom without protest. Eventually, he cleans the classroom and meets Sensei outside.

"I hope you learn your lesson, Nobita. I hope you turn a new leaf tomorrow." Sensei said Nobita could only nod and walk away." Sensei pinched the bridge of his nose. "Nobita. Don't you know I hate doing that? I love you and every one of you as my own child. My students... I hope you turn over a new leaf, Nobita. I really do."

Nobita walks home, only to be stopped by Giant and Suneo, who forced him to play as they were short of players, and Nobita has no choice but to accept the invitation.

As expected, disaster fell on Giant's team as Nobita screwed up, Giant and Suneo beat Nobita really out of anger, and Nobita was forced to come home with bruises. Then he remembered something when he saw an angry Shizuka by his house. Nobita promised a study meeting. Nobita ran to her to tell her what happened, but due to his injury, he fell and accidentally tugged on Shizuka's skirt, and you guess what happens?

"Just look at you, Nobita. You're weak and disgusting." Why did I ever choose a friend like you?" Shizuka said as she went back to her house.

Nobita enters the door to his house after being rejected by the girl he likes, only to encounter his mother instead: " Why are you dirty!? and you haven't cleaned your room for quiet sometimes.

She trailed off as she noticed the sheet of paper in his hands. Already in a foul mood, she ripped the paper out of his hands and stared at it, as if someone had dropped the temperature to zero, as her face slowly grew darker. "A zero!? again!?"

Nobita held his head down in shame as his mother gave him a lecture again: "Go upstairs and clean your room. No TV and dinner for tonight! "Cook your own ramen or something."

Nobita was taken aback by those words. Nobita rushed upstairs, still limping from his injury.

"Doraemon!". Nobita came into the room, and Doraemon took one glance at him before returning to the comic, only for the comic to be thrown behind him.

"Holy Cow, Nobita! " You look terrible like you got hit by a car or something!". Doraemon shouted with concern.

"Doraemon, I want a gadget to help me get smarter, stronger, and more useful.". Nobita said

Doraemon cringed a bit. "Sorry Nobita..but this is your own future, And I don't have a tool like that."

"Are you looking down on me!? "Why are you so worthless!?". Nobita said but covered his mouth.

"Worthless!? tell me! Who is worthless? Say it again! I dare you!"

Nobita tried to calm him down. "Calm down!? Oh well, that's sweet! Who helped you during my entire year here? How did I provide the gadgets for you!? I'm done with you, Nobita!" Doraemon said as he opened the drawer.

"Wait... Wha-"

"I'm returning to the future. Don't pray to see me again." Doraemon said sternly as he closed the drawer, "That was the last straw." Nobita ruined him and lost everything dear to him. Nobita kneeled down in despair.

"Worthless. I'm worthless. Everything I've done is caused by him. Doraemon. I'm so sorry..."

Nobita got up and went to his desk. The events that occurred to him today filled his head. Getting up late, Sensei scolding him, Shizuka rejecting and laughing at him, Suneo and Giant laughing and bullying him The laughter echoes in his ears from everything that happened.

As if his body was moving on its own... He suddenly swiped the books that were on the table and punched a hole through the cupboard sliding door. He ran to a mirror nearby and smashed it. Nobita ran around his room, searching for things to destroy and vent his anger on. He even tore his favourite comic into pieces.

'I had it... I had it... Why... Why can't I be useful... Why am I so useless... Why... Why Dammit Why! ' He screamed in his head. Anger overwhelmed him as he lifted his chair and threw it across the room, not caring if his mother would get angry, not caring if she would walk into his room right now and see the mess he made, not caring if he would make the ruckus that would disturb the neighbours, not caring if Doraemon would suddenly appear and see him like this...

'Why can't I have a normal life? '

Grabbing the torn pillow, he pushed his face into it and screamed. Hopefully, no one was able to hear his cries for help, his cries of anger,

and cries of disappointment...

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Shizuka felt guilty and worried.

She knew she shouldn't have blown up in Nobita's face. She just realised he was limping and probably tripped on her by accident; heck, he even turned his head away when he tugged on her skirt! Why didn't she notice it sooner? She just said mean things to him now, and she knew that as caring and kind as Nobita is, he still has his limits, and she just broke them.

Here she was on her desk, spending the whole night thinking of ways to apologise to the boy wearing glasses. She was still feeling nervous, but she hardened her resolve and decided that she would apologise tomorrow.

But what if Nobita hates her? What if he doesn't want to talk to her anymore?

No... She will just catch him and apologise in front of him; hopefully, he won't hate her.

Suneo sat emotionless in front of his big TV. Today's event occurred to him. He suddenly felt a tight knot in his stomach, as if he had done something wrong today.

Of course, he did

He felt sorry—not sarcastically, but he truly did. He heard sensei shouting all the way from the football field. He knew that sensei was shouting at Nobita, and he felt guilty for teasing Nobita earlier. What makes matters worse is that he just helped Giant beat Nobita up after the game. They blamed Nobita for it, but have they ever considered looking at their own mistakes at all?

He rested his face in his palm. He needed to apologise, but the knot in his stomach told him that even if he did, he would never be forgiven.

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The giant felt sick to his stomach.

He excused himself from dinner and went to the bathroom to wash his hands. Giant stared at the mirror as he washed and turned the tap to stop the flowing water. He paused as his eyes finally landed on his wet hands.

Had he just beaten up his friend?

He suddenly felt like vomiting. He never felt this guilty before when he bullied others, but now here he was, hunched over the toilet bowl, waiting for the food to exit through his mouth. He coughed for a while before getting up to wash his hands and face, his hands trembling as he splashed cold water on his face.

He needed to apologise to him, but how?

The giant felt like he wanted to dig a hole and shove his head into it.

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Tomorrow came, and the three instantly knew that by looking at each other's faces, they would meet up on their way to school.

They thought of the same thing: to apologise.

Shizuka wanted to wait for him at his house, but Suneo suggested that Nobita may still need some space to cool off and decided to talk to him at school.

but he did not show up in class today, or the day after, or the day after.

And finally, a week had passed, and they had not seen Nobita at all. They all felt sick to their stomachs, and Giant was about to throw up again. They decided to visit Nobita at home after school, and they did just that. They knocked on the door when they arrived at the Nobi residence. hoping that Nobita would answer the door...

Only to find his mother, but what shocked them the most was how she looked... She had bags under her red, puffy eyes to indicate she had been crying; she looked messy, and the three bet that Nobita's mother has not showered for days.

"M-Miss Nobi?" Shizuka was the first to snap out of her shock.

"Nobita... "

"Mi-ss Nobi" Shizuka tried again, but she was surprised when Miss Nobisuke suddenly lunged at her, clutching both of Shizuka's arms.

"Please! Help me!"

"Miss Nobisuke, calm down. What happened?" Suneo asked while being shocked.

That was the day their whole world crashed down on them when they first saw how desperate Miss Nobisuke looked.

"Nobita, he's gone."

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Word Count, excluding author notes: 2404