Despair

I Swear I'll Get Over It.

Eight years ago...

Photograph by Cody Fry.

"Are you crying?"

"Get away from me!"

"Don't be such a p***y, Miller. Are you okay?"

"No! Shut up, you're mean!"

"Stop... crying, dude."

"No!"

"Who... Who did that to you?"

"It doesn't matter."

"Who did that, Miller?"

"M-M-Matt..."

"From 7th grade?"

"Yes... Just go, okay? I don't need to deal with you, too!"

"I'm going to kill him."

"Please, just— what?"

"Look at your face, i***t. I'm going to kill him."

"But... why? You hate me, too."

"No."

"No... what?"

"I don't hate you, stupid."

"...okay."

"He's coming. Just lay low, okay? Stay here."

"Oliver! Oh my god, are you okay?!"

"I'm fine. Ha— you should see him."

"But you're hurt!"

"Whatever, I won."

"Wow... Thank you... Do you need to— oh, that's Scorpio!"

"Where?!"

"On your backpack!"

"Oh, yeah!"

"So you play MK too? You must be so amazing!"

"Yeah, I am."

"Who's your favorite?!"

"Scorpio, duh!"

"Right! I like Sub-Zero."

"Yeah! He's cool, too."

"My mom just bought me the new game, do you want to play together?"

"...okay."

"Ha! Got you, loser!"

"Wow! That was such a good move!"

"I know, right?!"

"You could be a professional! Can you teach me?"

"Uh, yeah. You're... kind of holding the control all wrong."

"Oh?"

"Here... Do it like this."

"Ohh... So when I kick—"

"Nice! See?"

"You were so right, thank you!"

"No, Mom! Just five more minutes, please?! We're so close! Ollie, tell her!"

"It's okay, you can come tomorrow."

"I can?"

"Yeah! It was fun... My mom doesn't mind."

"Oh, okay! After school?"

"Yeah."

"Awesome!"

Three years later...

(23:20) I'm just not suuure though ?

(23:21) wdym? it's pretty obvious xD

(23:22) shush ?

(23:23) but maybe I don't like LIKE boys

(23:23) maybe it's something else? ?

(23:24) like what?

(23:25) liiiike

(23:26) just this ONE boy maybe?

(23:26) okay

(23:35) who :P

(23:50) you

(00:00) okay

(00:01) I'm sorry! ?

(00:01) I'm making things weird! ?

... it's fine it's not weir—

... it's not a proble—

... dunno maybe I like you t—

(00:05) obviously I'll get over it though!

(00:08) Ollie?

(00:09) I swear I'll get over it

(00:15) ???

(00:58) I know.

What I Needed by Cody Fry.