campus lounge.

This . And it … hard hard. Next levels kind of hard.

Just because Alex was the youngest one who worked in the mental health department of the school’s faculty didn’t mean he had to get subjected to something like… Like this.

Scrutiny. Humiliation. Complete and utter social decimation.

Alex wasn’t someone who cared much about social currency; it didn’t mean much in university and meant even less to him back in high school. Perhaps this was because Alex was always an introverted type of person, he didn’t like meeting new people, and he, even more, didn’t like talking to strangers, especially out of necessity. He hated it when his parents would drag him to neighbourhood parties or the one family party they went to, and he hated it now when his department decided to put him on the chopping block to give out flyers and brochures to unrelenting students who judged you for just about everything and ignored you for everything else.

At least, at the very least, he didn’t have to shout about the benefits of journaling and regular counselling sessions as if he was selling free sweet potato samples on the side of the road. He just had to sit there and wait, the scent of free coffee and donuts by his side, for any caffeine-addicted and starving student that came his way. And, at least, he wasn’t alone. The poor sap beside him looked just about as bored as he was, and perhaps this tiny sense of camaraderie gave Alex the confidence to say: “You as bored as I am?”

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