Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 23

KU, UGH...!

MR. MILLER! GET DOWN AS LOW AS YOU CAN!

NO...!

I HAVE TO HELP...

HEOK, HAAH...

KEUK, HEOK...!!

I CAN'T BREATHE...

Huk, hulk...

Huuk...

YOU'RE WEIRD, CHASE.

GRAYSON...

MY BIRD IS SICK.

IT'S NOT SICK. IT'S DEAD.

DEAD...?

YEAH, SO YOU GOTTA THROW IT AWAY.

NO!!! STOP!!!

IT'S ALREADY DEAD, CHASE, SO YOU HAVE TO TOSS IT.

LEAVE HIM ALONE, GRAYSON.

CHASE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE WEIRD.

WHY IS IT WEIRD TO BE SAD?

WHY IS IT WEIRD THAT I'M SAD WHEN THE BIRD THAT I TREASURED DIED?

PAPA...

MY BIRD DIED.

GRAYSON THREW MY BIRD IN THE TRASH...

AND HE CALLED ME WEIRD, SO DID NATHANIEL,

EVERYONE SAYS I'M WRONG... AM I?

AM I REALLY THE WEIRD ONE?

THE BIRD'S USELESS.

...B-BUT IT WAS PRETTY AND IT SANG.

SO WHAT?

I'LL JUST BUY YOU ANOTHER ONE.

CHASE IS WEIRD.

WHY IS HE CRYING OVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

JUST LEAVE HIM. THAT'S HOW CHASE ALWAYS IS.

NO ONE LISTENS TO ME.

NOT PAPA, NATHANIEL, NOR GRAYSON.

THEY ALL JUST SAY I'M WEIRD.

NO ONE EVER UNDERSTANDS ME.

AS TIME WENT BY, EVEN WHEN I MET PEOPLE OUTSIDE MY FAMILY,

EVERYONE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME.

YOU HATE PARTIES? ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE REALLY A DOMINANT ALPHA?

JUST RELAX AND HAVE FUN! DON'T BE SO UPTIGHT.

EVERYONE'S THE SAME.

THEY DON'T GET IT, THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, LAUGH IT OFF, AND JUST MOVE ON.

I'M TIRED OF IT.

I DON'T WANT ANY THING ANYMORE.

I JUST WISH THEY'D LEAVE ME ALONE.

ONE DAY, ALL OF THIS WILL END...

HAAH...!!

HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED?

THAT MAN...!

AH, MR. MILLER.

DID YOU SLEEP WELL?