Chapter 11

Chapter 11: A Very Strange Friend

"What's up with you?" Balazs asks. "You're acting strange."

Altoz turns around and gives him an annoyed glare. "What does it matter how I'm acting? Why do you care so much?"

Balazs shrugs. "Because I don't want you to be sad, that's why."

"Why should I be sad?"

"Because I'm your friend, and I don't want you to be alone."

"I'm not alone," Altoz says. "I have you."

"And I'm grateful for that," Balazs says. "But you shouldn't try to pretend that everything is all right. If you're feeling unhappy, you should talk to me about it."

"How do you expect me to feel happy after what happened to me?"

"It's not about being happy," Balazs says. "It's about being normal. All I want is for you to be yourself, and if you're pretending that you're okay, then it hurts me to