"I'm gonna go to the bathroom"

"Okay! On your way back, go to the vending machine and get me a coke"

"Okay"

As the distance between them increased, his smile faded and he sighed loudly.

He didn't even make it past the lockers, getting punched in the stomach. He stayed quiet and took the beating with struggle.

Once they were done toying with him, they left him with a nose bleed. Trying to hold back his tears, he stumbled to the bathroom and fixed himself up so that she wouldn't notice anything off about him.

He went back with a smile on his face and a coke can in his hands.