He hated them. He hated how they would laugh, and talk of stranger things.
He hated the way they would laugh it off if they tripped and fell, and the incessant songs they were singing under their breath. He loathed the instruments they played and how they would dance on the balls of their feet when their favorite songs played on the radio.
Light fading into a dusty classroom. Two voices, three heartbeats, and mutual dislike filled the air.
“I don’t get it. What do you have against us?”
Walking out of their world seemed wisest. Perhaps he should hurry.
(“No answer? How can you be so shallow?”)
He despised how they would talk and use poetic analogies, spiraling further and further into an oblivion of obscure words and light –
“Can we call you ‘Matt’?” He had to run to escape the sounds of their laughter, and his own blushing.
Don’t wish me farewell, you little dogs: I won’t be able to return the compliment honestly.
If he could scream and shout and rage, he would. Just keep going to your classes, staring at the back of their heads as they ran in front. Jogging, breezing, as he struggled to run in their wake.
“What? Another C? Matt, we expect better.” Silence, and the nice carpet beneath feet clad in slippers. “Matt?”
Pride gave him little wings and shame spurned him forward, but Envy kept him going…
Where are you taking me?
He hated their perfection. He detested their laughter. But most of all…
He hated how he adored them.
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I was so nervous about posting this. I think the last time I posted something was in, like, October? Long time ago. Seven Deadly Sins Contest entry, in any case.
The basic theme here is Envy, and Matt is actually based off of...drum roll...me. Yes. I'm extremely jealous and it's not even funny how much of a perfectionist I am.
"Lust" is the undertone I tried to add in...did anyone catch that?
Please rip to shreds. Thanks for reading! ^_^
~Sumi
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have you seen ten things I hate about you? 'fraid it has been done before.
Thanks for replying!
I used most of the odder things for the style -- dialogue in parenthesis and "stranger things" are purely for stylistic effect.
So I need to expand it a little, huh? All right, I'll try that.
Thanks again for reviewing! I really appreciate it. ^^
~Sumi
I was reading really fast so this was all I caught:
You meant strange, right?
Now, I think this could be good, if I had had any idea of what was actually GOING ON. You describe emotions really well, and I liked the mysterious quality to this, but there's such a thing as TOO MUCH mystery.
What's going on? Why does he hate them? Why does he adore them? Why are they so cruel to him? Who are THEY?
Keep writing.
Okay, so I really liked the last few sentences- that was when I really got into the story. mikedb1492 has a point, though. I think your story would be a lot more powerful if we knew what exactly was going on, and why the character had such strong hate/jealousy towards the other characters. Really, I felt the strongest moment in the story was when they laughed at his 'C' because I think everyone can relate to that, I mean most everyone has felt embarrassed about their grades at some point or another.
Quick thing: you said, "(“No answer? How can you be so shallow?”) " I didn't quite understand why you put parentheses around this particular piece of dialog. Maybe this is just me being ignorant.
This was really well written, and overall it was good for what it was. The only thing is that I wasn't sure what was going on. I didn't know what was going on between these people or why the main character felt this way, but then again, I don't know if you could have added that in. This kind of writing and be sort of restrictive, I guess.