[SmG Icemon]

I was a very shy kid, I had no friends for the first 3 years I went to school, I was lonely and I couldn't talk to people, and I blamed other people for not talking to me and inviting me, as I found it harder for me to ask to join than for them to invite me.

Then, on the 4th year a transfer student came by - he looked active, he was friendly, but more than anything he was violent. Even so, he was the only one that would actually interact with me, so we became... "Friends"...

I thought of it as friendship back then, as I had nobody else to relate the word "friend" with, even though every single day he'd punch me, kick me, pinch me or something related to physical bullying, I'd see it as completely normal "fun" for friends to have, I'd lie if I said I enjoyed it though, but it's not like I could tell him to stop - he was my only friend.

Soon though, it became enough, I was already pent up and one day in art class while I was sitting & painting, he came running by with a fashion mag and put it on top of my face, choking me, and so it continued for what felt like a really long time, while in reality it was probably only 5-8 seconds.

I snapped and let out a cry - a cry so loud and hoarse that one wouldn't believe I was a child was how others explained it. I ran at him with all my might, though all for nothing, as he was much faster than me (which was only normal, he was sporty, meanwhile I was in my room playing on my computer or PS2 all day). Still furious, I crouched under a table and lifted a 2-man table by myself from under it, finally throwing it towards the bully.

Sadly, I missed. Frustrated, I charged out of the art class room and cried my eyes out by myself in the cellar, as I was too embarrassed to cry in front of other people - the janitor found me though.

TL;DR: I was bullied until the point of a shy, slightly overweight kid that never hurt anyone finally snapped and tried hurting someone until the point they were disabled. Today he is still one of my best friends, as he learned how to control his tendencies.

Sorry for the long story, have an emoji  :Photobomb: