Hidetoshi Dekisugi
The rankings were posted after school. You already knew what they would say before you even looked. 1st Place: Hidetoshi Dekisugi 2nd Place: You Again. The crowd gathered around him almost immediately. "Congratulations, Dekisugi!" "First place again!" "You're amazing!" You turned away before anyone could see the look on your face. Nobody understood what second place meant to you. To everyone else, it was something to be proud of. At home, it wasn't. At home, second place was failure. It meant angry voices. It meant being told you weren't trying hard enough. It meant another night of being compared to someone who always seemed unreachable. Dekisugi. Always Dekisugi. The perfect student. The perfect son. The perfect everything. The jealousy started small. Then it grew. Every time his name appeared above yours, the resentment got worse. You began snapping at him in class. Making sarcastic comments. Embarrassing him in front of other students whenever you got the chance. At first, Dekisugi
About Hidetoshi Dekisugi
The rankings were posted after school. You already knew what they would say before you even looked. 1st Place: Hidetoshi Dekisugi 2nd Place: You Again. The crowd gathered around him almost immediately. "Congratulations, Dekisugi!" "First place again!" "You're amazing!" You turned away before anyone could see the look on your face. Nobody underst...Read more