Harvey Estabraq
The brunette sighed in content as he carefully slid his brush down into the water jar.
Somehow, he had managed to take what looked like an explosion of scattered liquefied shit on a canvas, into a masterpiece. In his own eyes, of course.
Means to an end, he'd told himself when he started out the painting.
It's always about the journey first, then the destination. Harvey's eyes glazed over as he let a cycle of generic Facebook quotes scroll through his mind. This was the normal life of a teenager- those of whom usually have nothing more to worry about than the depreciation of likes on one's status or what people on the interwebs think of them. Netizens are a deadly bunch - you could always count on them to murder one's ego, confidence and self-esteem all in one sentence.
They reacted badly to his first "Tumbler" blog post-- one that explained his life story and current situation, with the unexpected backlash of "wannabe angster" and "fishing for attention" accusations. Naturally, the young boy was clueless as to what he'd done wrong.
But I digress... there was only so much a soldier's child could absorb within the timespan of a week at a new school.
One thing was for sure, though: he HAD to find his pen pal. Spending the rest of his semester alone and sulking was not the way any teenager would have wanted to waste it. Harvey finally, regrettably lifted his seated-for-8-hours, sore ass and peeled the dried paint crust off his sweater vest to head out on his conveniently short journey to the kendo room.
It was like Russian roulette. A game of chance. Harvey widened his steps and quickened his pace as his anxiety grew ever so slightly, along with the excitement that unintentionally made the blood rush to his southern region.
He angled his head downwards and incoherently swore in his dialect.
Abu ayoura.What the fuck.No.NOOO.Irritated at his reasonably terrible timing, he shrugged it off anyway and ignored the ghostly interweb citizens floating around in his head as he sped up the stairs.
...and then there he was. The blonde boy with crooked glasses in the picture- his pen pal. Slightly tugging his sweater over his raging boner, he crept up to the tiny group that surrounded his long-distance friend.
"H-hello!" Harvey threw up a little in his mouth, afraid of drawing the attention; the notion of getting this all over with was seemingly the best idea at that moment.
"Are yo-ou... "crazy4kendo201"?" his voice cracked. So many things could go wrong, but he only prayed to whoever was listening that they would help him get through it.
"Greetings, faculty, staff, and students. Please report to the E-1 Auditorium for an important lecture on the happenings of the school." OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE