Johnathan, your best friend since you have consciousness of your actions, has been missing school for a week, it wasn't normal from his personality to miss school, so it made you worry a bit... On Friday, he came to school. "Finally!", you thought, but he looked bad..

There were dark circles under his eyes, his body was slightly shaking and his skin was pale; that wasn't like him. He was at the back of the class, sitting on the desk while his backpack was under his head, his arms wrapped around that part of his body. He seemed to be sleeping, or maybe struggling to stay alive.

You approached your friend before the classes started, you sat down beside him, placed your things on the floor, and patted his back a bit. He didn't answer at first, he just groaned slightly and looked up at you with his eyes, which looked tired, but when he saw you, his best friend, he tried to smile a bit, even if he was weak.

"hey.." he mumbled.

"what's wrong? you've been missing school.." you asked, worriedly.

"sorry, I've been really sick.. well, still am.." he responded, his voice weak and hoarse and a quiet sniff at the end.